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How to Invest in Bitcoin and Digital Currency 04/06/2017 08:00pm • In the years since the Great Recession, you've probably heard about the electronic payment system and so-called cryptocurrency called bitcoin. But you're perhaps less likely to have heard of the underlying technology that powers it. It's called blockchain. Blockchain technology is a digital ledger d How Online Identity Thieves Are Getting Smarter 04/06/2017 08:00pm • Your credit card may now have a security chip inside it, but you're as much at risk for identity theft as you ever were. Javelin Strategy & Research recently came out with its 2017 Identity Fraud Study and concluded that 6.15 percent of consumers, or 15.4 million Americans, were victims of ident Millennials Especially Susceptible to Global Opioid Addiction 04/06/2017 08:00pm • Kelly O'Reilly was angry at her brother, Michael McGovern, when he died. In February, their mother called to let her know that he was sick. But O'Reilly thought, "here we go again with the cycle," a cycle of doctor visits, pain prescriptions and self-medicating overdoses. The next time O'Reilly and How to Spot Bad (and Good) Diet Trends 04/05/2017 08:00pm • The internet hosts a cacophony of competing and conflicting nutrition advice, peddled by folks with widely varying food philosophies. But, as a democratic platform, the web doesn't filter the worthwhile advice from the faddish nonsense, and it can be hard to know which food trends are worth falling Time for spring cleaning your digital closets 04/05/2017 01:46pm • WASHINGTON — The National Cyber Security Alliance and the Better Business Bureau want consumers to use spring cleaning season to clean up their digital lives as well. One of the biggest risks to identity theft is digital disorder, but the NCSA says taking time once a year to declutter your digi 5 Things Your Surgeon Wants You to Know -- Before Surgery 04/04/2017 08:00pm • Many of us know, and have experience with, the many team members comprising the health care system today -- from doctors and registered nurses to pharmacists, and social workers, just to name a few. Surgeons, though, represent a unique group within this community. To start, there are fewer of us -- 8 Stocks to Buy for a Starter Portfolio 04/04/2017 08:00pm • Newbie investors shouldn't shy away from individual stock ownership. There are a variety of advantages to holding individual stocks in your portfolio. These include the ability to tailor your portfolio to your values and beliefs -- and avoid so-called "sin stocks." Other advantages include more cont 10 ETFs to Buy for Aggressive Growth 04/04/2017 08:00pm • So-called "aggressive growth" exchange-traded funds are geared toward exactly that: aggressive growth stocks, which typically come with some heightened risk. But that's the cracked egg that makes the omelet. Investors of most stripes should have at least some money allocated toward riskier growth st ISPs Are the Real Threat to Google, Facebook 04/04/2017 08:00pm • A new law signed by President Donald Trump this week repeals Federal Communications Commission restrictions that block internet providers from selling users' internet browsing history to advertisers. That will allow internet service providers, or ISPs, such as AT&T ( T), Verizon Communications ( Teen asks grandma to prom, school says she's 'too old' 04/04/2017 11:53am • WASHINGTON — A sweet "promposal" from a teen to his grandmother turned sour after his high school barred her from attending. Alabama high school senior Bryce Maine asked his grandmother to prom in celebration of his 18th birthday. In classic promposal fashion, Maine surprised her with a "PROM?" 4 Fields Where Doctorates Lead to Jobs 04/02/2017 08:00pm • Graduates of doctoral programs often struggle to translate their academic training into a steady job. This is especially true for doctorate recipients who compete for tenure-track faculty positions. Although there are many fields where finding a doctorate-level job is difficult, a few offer a plent 3 Steps for Educators to Start a High School Help Desk 04/02/2017 08:00pm • Student-run help desk programs have been popping up at high schools nationwide over the past several years. Among them is Lake Central High School in Indiana, which will offer a computer tech support class next fall, according a recent report. Burlington High School in Massachusetts created a help 5 Ratios Investors Need to Know 04/02/2017 08:00pm • Most investors are familiar with the price-earnings ratio, or P/E, a quick and easy guide to whether a stock or index is expensive or cheap. But experts have produced a raft of other ratios, such as price-book and enterprise value-EBITDA. Which ones to you really have to understand to buy and sell The best 2017 April Fools' Day pranks 04/01/2017 09:27pm • WASHINGTON -- In honor of April Fools' Day, here's some of the best the internet has to offer. Some of these are actually good ideas. Not the feather car, though, that just seems like a disaster. The following is a sampling of April Fools' pranks. These are not real, people. DC named the country's most literate city 04/01/2017 03:14pm • WASHINGTON — Bookworms rejoice! A new survey ranks D.C. as the most literate city in 2016. D.C. has ranked number one since 2010, only bumped down to number two by Minneapolis in 2014. (No national study is available for 2015.) Since 2003, this Central Connecticut State University study has