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How Consumers Can Protect Their Online Privacy Right Now 05/08/2017 08:00pm • There's nothing more disconcerting than having the pair of shoes you once considered buying stalking you around the web, popping up in advertisements while you read the morning news, browse Facebook or send an email. Nothing, it seems, is truly private online, whether it's your shopping history, th 8 snared in Fairfax Co. child solicitation sting 05/08/2017 06:29pm • WASHINGTON — A three-day internet predator sting in Fairfax County, Virginia, netted eight arrests last month and police say the high number of apprehensions should be a reminder to local parents just how pervasive online solicitation is in the digital era. Fairfax County police released the na Political Tensions Cloud Ukraine's Preparations for Eurovision 05/07/2017 08:00pm • KIEV, Ukraine -- The scene in this country's capital was celebratory: Television crews filmed musicians as they released balloons with countries' flags attached, the city's onion domes visible in the distance. Up a hill, pop celebrities walked a red carpet more than two football fields long in fron LSAT Online Video Courses: What Prospective Law Students Need to Know 05/07/2017 08:00pm • Like so many other aspects of our lives, LSAT preparation has gone online. Now, in addition to live courses and one-on-one tutoring, students can prepare for the exam with online-only learning platforms. Some of these, such as live virtual courses and virtual tutoring, mimic their in-person counter After dropped rape charges, Montgomery Co. school safety review continues 05/05/2017 05:33pm • WASHINGTON — After prosecutors announced they were dropping charges against two Rockville High School students accused of raping a 14-year-old classmate, the Montgomery County schools chief has called for "healing" in the school district. But even with the dropped charges, the safety review spu Not enough status for an airport lounge? Buy your way in at BWI Marshall 05/03/2017 04:08pm • WASHINGTON — Airport Lounge Development Inc., a Dallas company that builds out airport lounges that are not airline or membership specific, has opened The Club BWI, at BWI Marshall Airport. A day pass to the club costs $40. For that, passengers — business or leisure — get access to a 2,2 6 Top Hotel Brands for Your Summer Road Trip 05/02/2017 08:00pm • With kid-friendly features and cutting-edge amenities, these hotel companies stand apart. If you're hitting the road this summer, now is the time to book hotel rooms along your route. But with dozens of well-known hotel brands vying for your attention on multiple hotel booking sites, it's hard to kn Can Technology Help Kids With ADHD Stay Focused? 05/02/2017 08:00pm • Many experts maintain that with proper monitoring of a child's tech time -- and a full understanding of it themselves -- parents can incorporate technology as a tool to help their son or daughter more effectively manage struggles with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- in particular, maint John Waters, David Simon kick off Md. Film Fest at restored theatre 05/02/2017 01:57am • BALTIMORE — If you've never been to the Maryland Film Festival, or if you go every single year, this is the perfect time to rediscover a Baltimore institution. That's because the 19th annual festival will screen this year's slate from Baltimore's newly-restored Parkway Theatre, which ope The Value of Fear and Greed 05/01/2017 08:00pm • "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful." -- Warren Buffett In February 2009, the Standard & Poor's 500 index crashed to 735. When billions of dollars were fleeing the stock market looking for safe harbor, if you dared to put in $30,000 in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF 9 Inexpensive and Thoughtful Graduation Gifts 05/01/2017 08:00pm • Graduation season is here, and for many of us that means finding great graduation gifts for the students in our lives. High school graduates, college graduates, graduate school graduates -- all of them are completing one part of their lives and moving on to another, and with that achievement comes Long-awaited baby giraffe gets name 05/01/2017 09:55am • WASHINGTON — The baby giraffe whose long-awaited livestreamed birth had millions of viewers glued to YouTube now has a name. Animal Adventure Park in upstate New York announced Monday the baby giraffe, who was born April 15, has been named "Tajiri," which means hope in Swahili. Park officials s Should You Try Carb Cycling for Weight Loss? 04/30/2017 08:00pm • Erika Straus used to consider herself one of those lucky people who can eat whatever they want and not gain weight. So, naturally, she did -- filling up on pasta, pizza and other dorm life staples while maintaining her fit figure. But when the then-college rugby player hurt her knees and stopped e Review: 'The Circle' explores our sci-fi suspicions of social media 04/28/2017 02:12am • WASHINGTON — Few things are as ripe for sci-fi suspicion as our obsession with social media, making many of us think twice about the adage "sharing is caring." It made for a 2013 page-turner that drew dystopian comparisons to "Brave New World" and "1984." Now, David Eggers' "The Circle" 5 Tips for Effective Real Estate Photography 04/27/2017 08:00pm • In today's era of real estate marketing, the internet is the undisputed champ. Whether it's on social media, the local multiple listing service or real estate information sites, the key to making your house stand out from the competition is through the visuals presented by photographs and virtual t