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Today in History: Feb. 14 02/14/2019 12:30am • Today is Thursday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2019. Today's Highlights in History: On Feb. 14, 2018, a gunman identified as a former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, killing 17 people in the nation's deadliest Richmond mayor tapped to head group on children and families 02/13/2019 05:01am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has been appointed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors to develop a strategic agenda as the new chairman of the group's Children, Health and Human Services Standing Committee. USCM President Steve Benjamin, the mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, sai Cellphone data might help 911 responders find callers in emergency 02/12/2019 05:00pm • WASHINGTON — The data collected by your cellphone is proving to be a rich resource for 911 call centers trying to pinpoint the locations of people calling for help from mobile devices. "We are embedded in the operating systems of the devices," Jeff Robertson, senior vice president of RapidSOS, Md. man turns childhood Hot Wheels passion into world's priciest collection 02/11/2019 10:28am • WASHINGTON — When he was 7 years old, Bruce Pascal's Matchbox cars weren't doing it for him. "They came in a box, so you couldn't see the car unless you opened it up. They didn't have great colors or details. And then, if you pushed the car, it only went two inches," Pascal said. Then, in Ma Venezuelans Abroad Face Painful Choices About Returning Home 02/10/2019 07:00pm • LIMA, Peru -- Venezuelan exiles Nayise González and Oswaldo Romero could not be clearer about their desire to return to their troubled homeland. "Of course we want to go back," says González, 38, who arrived in the Peruvian capital in November after an eight-day bus ride with not much more than t Data Doctors: Do card skimmer detection apps work? 02/08/2019 12:18am • Q: Do apps that scan for card skimmers at gas stations work? A: Credit card skimmers are a growing problem, especially at gas stations because gas pumps still aren’t setup to read chipped cards. In the past, thieves would have to sneak the skimmers on to the gas pumps and then come back later U.S. Democracy Has Weakened 'Significantly', Says Freedom House 02/07/2019 07:00pm • The health of U.S. democracy has "weakened significantly" in recent years, according to an annual report evaluating global democracy that warns against assuming American institutions can indefinitely withstand what it describes as attacks on the pillars of the U.S. republic. The assessment by the Wa Smartphone Ownership Still Favors People in Advanced Economies, Survey Says 02/05/2019 07:00pm • More than 5 billion people around the world own a mobile device, with half of them smartphones. Yet mobile technology still doesn't reach people equally, according to a new survey by the bipartisan think tank Pew Research Center. People living in advanced economies are more likely to own a cellular 7 Reasons to Buy Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Stock Now 02/05/2019 07:00pm • You can buy GOOGL stock at a discount.Alphabet Inc (Nasdaq: GOOGL, GOOG) investors didn't get the earnings report they were hoping for in February. Despite exceeding consensus earnings and revenue expectations, a combination of rising costs and falling advertising prices sent GOOGL stock price lower 4 Strategies for Lowering Your Internet Bill 02/04/2019 07:00pm • For many people, high-speed home internet service is a significant monthly expense. Availability and price vary widely between locations, but many people pay as much as $100 or more a month for high-speed internet and $200 or more a month for a bundled internet, phone and television service. Further 8 Oversold Internet Stocks to Buy 02/03/2019 07:00pm • These internet stocks have serious upside.Some of the top-performing internet stocks of the past decade took a beating in the second half of 2018. But while traders are still concerned about the possibility of a bear market emerging in 2019, long-term investors are looking for opportunities to buy s 12 shopping apps and sites to score best price 02/02/2019 11:00am • Use these money-saving tools to secure the best deals. Snagging the lowest price takes perseverance: It not only requires time and energy to uncover the best deals, but also knowing where to look for sales and discounts in the first place. But while deal hunting can be challenging and time-consum Today in History: Feb. 1 02/01/2019 12:00am • Today is Friday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they'd been refused service. On this date: In 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court What Is Card-Not-Present Fraud? 01/31/2019 07:00pm • Card-not-present fraud occurs in fraudulent transactions where a cardholder does not present a card to a merchant in person. It includes internet, phone and mail-order transactions. In most cases, this type of fraud happens after a crook steals card information such as a card number with hacking, s 7 Ways to Profit From Payment Stocks 01/31/2019 07:00pm • Bank of America's best payment stocks to buy.There is plenty of uncertainty in the stock market at the moment, stemming from a range of issues ranging from the Federal Reserve's tightening to trade war tariffs to slowing growth in emerging markets like China. However, according to Bank of America an