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How to Support Small Business Owners on a Budget 12/21/2015 07:00pm • This holiday season, it's really easy to hit up Walmart and Target and knock out every single gift on your list in one go. However, we're increasingly becoming a society that craves "one of a kind" and unique gifting experiences. While I'm all for literally gifting experiences, doing some or all of 9 Things to Know About Investing in a Mutual Fund 12/21/2015 07:00pm • Once in a while, the markets deliver a timely reminder that not all investments are created equal. We just got one -- and right in time for the holidays. Third Avenue Management's Focused Credit Fund recently announced it would stop investors from cashing in their holdings. The reason was to facilit 7 Last-Minute Gift Ideas 12/20/2015 07:00pm • Even the most prepared and organized gift givers among us can easily forget a holiday gift exchange or accidently overlook a deserving recipient. When there's no time to order a gift online and shopping malls are closed for the holidays, how do you hastily hunt down a gift that doesn't look like an Georgetown professors analyze the 'Star Wars' universe (Video) 12/18/2015 01:47pm • WASHINGTON �����How real is ���Star Wars?��� Not very, on an obvious level. But some of the science isn���t that far off; some has actually come true; and many of the larger questions the world of the film franchise raises resonate in our own time and place. That���s the conclusion of a video ser DHS launches new terror alert feature 12/16/2015 05:37pm • WASHINGTON �����The Department of Homeland Security unveiled a modified National Terror Alert System (NTAS) that features an advisory system to distribute terror-related information directly to the public. ���We are creating an intermediate level to the NTAS system that includes an NTAS advisory, A new dad's advice to expecting fathers 12/16/2015 10:30am • **MEMO** TO: ALL EXPECTING FATHERS (OR PARTNERS) FROM: SETH GINSBERG, NEW FATHER RE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW She peed on a stick, and the plus sign appeared. And just like that, life was about to change. Until my daughter was born last week, I was sitting right where you are now -- in sho How to keep kids safe from predators ��� even if they're authority figures 12/16/2015 09:24am • WASHINGTON ��� The news on Tuesday of the suicide of a Manassas, Virginia detective��as police were coming to arrest him on child-sex charges was unsettling ��� even more so because David Abbott was a hockey coach and��worked on a regional task force to protect children from Internet crimes. Mary Donald Trump ���Open��� to 'Closing' Parts of the Internet to Fight ISIS 12/15/2015 10:02pm • (LAS VEGAS) -- Donald Trump acknowledged at Tuesday night’s presidential debate that he would be open to "closing" down parts of the Internet in order to squelch the recruitment efforts of the Islamic State. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, one of the moderators, asked Trump if he would be open to cl Va. detective facing child sex-related charges kills self 12/15/2015 04:24pm • WASHINGTON ��� A Manassas police detective who worked on a regional task force to protect children from Internet crimes and was at the center of a child exploitation investigation killed himself Tuesday as police came to arrest him. Investigators had evidence that Manassas City Det. David Abbott How to take a vacation from social media 12/15/2015 02:22pm • (NEW YORK) -- Ed Sheeran's decision to take a break from his phone, emails and social media -- the ultimate digital detox -- sounds like a lofty undertaking for many people who are constantly glued to their phones. If the "Thinking Out Loud" singer has you feeling inspired to take a vacation from How National Security Could Dominate the Last GOP Presidential Debate of 2015 12/15/2015 12:27pm • (LAS VEGAS) -- It has been nearly a month since the last time the Republican presidential candidates gathered for a debate. Since then, terrorists have killed more than a hundred people in a coordinated attack in Paris and on U.S. soil.At the center of the Tuesday debate stage in Las Vegas will be f How Hillary Clinton Says the US Can Stop Domestic Terrorism 12/15/2015 12:23pm • (MINNEAPOLIS) -- Just hours before the latest GOP presidential primary debate, Hillary Clinton will lay out her strategy for counterterrorism during remarks Tuesday on the campus at the University of Minnesota -- Minneapolis.According to aides, in her speech, the Democratic frontrunner will call for 10 gift ideas to get kids cooking 12/15/2015 10:00am • Looking for some gift ideas for the kids on your list? Why not give a gift that fosters their love of cooking? Getting kids into the kitchen early and often is one of the best ways to help them grow into a healthy, self-sufficient adult. Here are some ideas to inspire kid cooks of all ages: Build What your real estate agent can't tell you 12/15/2015 07:00am • You could ask your real estate agent, "Is this a good neighborhood?" But don't expect a straight answer. Your agent isn't purposely giving you the run-around. Certain details about a neighborhood or community can violate the Fair Housing Act, which was enacted in 1968 to eliminate housing discrim Monmouth brings flair, talent to face Georgetown 12/15/2015 01:25am • WASHINGTON ��� Monmouth is a small private university of roughly 6,000 students in West Long Branch, New Jersey, just a few blocks off the Atlantic Ocean, 20 miles south as the crow flies from Manhattan. Until a few weeks ago, it was perhaps best known for its polling center, the one Donald Trump cl