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Always checking your smartphone at work? Here's how to break the habit 07/09/2018 01:00pm • When it comes to your smartphone, your "checking" behaviors may be killing your productivity. It may seem quick and innocent enough, but the sneak peeks you keep giving to your email, apps and Facebook feed have been proven by researchers to be costly if you care about getting things done. The co Walmart yodel kid of viral video fame announces debut album 07/09/2018 08:58am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� It was only a matter of time, just a couple of months actually, before a preteen boy captured in a viral video yodeling in a Walmart put out a record. Mason Ramsey, the adorable 11-year-old whose version of a Hank Williams classic has been watched more than 50 millio Volunteers spruce up local memorial ahead of 20-year anniversary 07/07/2018 04:02pm • WASHINGTON ��� A U Street fixture got cleaned ahead of its 20th anniversary celebration in D.C. on Saturday. About a dozen volunteers gathered at the African American Civil War Memorial with cloths, orange buckets, cleaning solutions and their muscles to help restore the memorial���s shine. �� Va. man gets 20 years in prison over child porn, ISIS involvement 07/06/2018 01:53pm • WASHINGTON ��� A Sterling, Virginia, man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for receiving child pornography and for destroying evidence in a terrorism investigation, Justice Department officials announced Friday. Sean Andrew Duncan, 22, pleaded guilty to a federal indictment back in April. In a Why Facebook, Inc. (FB) Is a Must-Own Stock This Summer 07/04/2018 08:00pm • Negative headlines about Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) data security dominated the Facebook news cycle so far this year. However, Facebook's underlying advertising business is booming, and analysts say FB stock is the best play on the explosive growth in mobile internet usage. Facebook investors got A Fourth of July Debate: Which English Is Better -- American or British? 07/02/2018 08:00pm • LONDON -- Harriet Clarke says that during the first of two years she spent in the U.S. , she became inured with the near-daily routine of people telling the then-University of Nottingham student that they loved her accent. But even Clarke, 25, was a bit stunned when a woman in an elevator in Daytona Instagram Numbers Hint at a Facebook, Inc. (FB) Earnings Beat 07/01/2018 08:00pm • Amid constant headlines about data security, regulatory crackdowns, newsfeed redesigns and user boycotts, Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) investors are happy to be done with the first half of 2018. Fortunately for Facebook, the stock has still managed to gain 10 percent so far this year, and analysts s Column: What is cryptojacking? 06/29/2018 06:50am • Q: What is ���Cryptojacking���? Cybercriminals are constantly exploring methods to exploit users for profit, and with the popularity of cryptocurrencies on the rise, so is the malware that allows for cryptojacking. Cryptojacking is the hijacking of internet-connected devices to secretly make use 3 Ways to Top 2 Percent In Short-Term Accounts 06/28/2018 08:00pm • In June, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the second time this year and for the seventh time since it began normalizing rates in December 2015. Overall, deposit rates have been slow to respond. Even today, you may see little difference in the interest rate of your bank account compared 19 Essential Tools a DIYer Should Have 06/28/2018 08:00pm • Stock up for your next DIY project.If you're always finding new home improvement projects to take on, you're not alone. In a 2015 study of 500 do-it-yourselfers by Venveo, a digital marketing agency and parent company of DIYConsumer.com, 58 percent of respondents said they do a DIY project either be 5 Guidelines for Investing a Retirement Portfolio 06/27/2018 08:00pm • Most retirees made their money through work, saving and investing. The main goal now is not to grow your nest egg, but to preserve it and live off the proceeds. So with that in mind, here are five guidelines for investing a retirement portfolio. 1. Keep five years of uncovered expenses in cash. 7 Tools to Help You Get the Best Rate 06/27/2018 08:00pm • Whether you're renting a car or getting a mortgage, you may be wondering if you're truly netting the best deal. These days, a number of websites and other resources are available to help ensure you aren't paying more than needed. But rather than spend hours combing the web or calling companies to l 6 Ways to Transform Family Travel 06/27/2018 08:00pm • For many families, summer is a time to hit the open road or fly to a far-off place. But it's not the destination that matters. Traveling together is your chance to get everyone's attention off their digital devices and onto each other as you experience something new. With so much quality time togeth Ask the Governor: Northam sharply critical of Trump on immigration, tariffs 06/27/2018 03:00pm • WASHINGTON ��� Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam talked U.S. immigration policy, Trump tariff impacts on the state and more when he visited the WTOP studio Wednesday for "Ask the Governor." Northam defended his decision to pull four Virginia National Guard troops and a helicopter from the Mexican b Political novice Ocasio-Cortez scores for progressives in NY 06/27/2018 08:39am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old political novice running on a low budget and an unabashedly liberal platform, upset longtime U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley on Tuesday in the Democratic congressional primary in New York. The surprise victory by the community organizer in a