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Patient Engaged: Preventing and Managing Disease With Mobile Technology 11/19/2015 07:00pm • According to a Pew Research Center report released last month, Americans are engaged and connected like never before. Nearly 70 percent own a smartphone, and 45 percent have a tablet-like device. It's clear that almost all of us interact with mobile devices on a daily basis. Wearable sensor technol Incoming, outgoing Jesse Matthew prosecutors prepare for transition 11/19/2015 12:49pm • WASHINGTON — The Albemarle County prosecutor who secured murder indictments against Jesse Matthew in the deaths of two Virginia college students has detailed the cases to the former federal prosecutor who beat her on Election Day. Denise Lunsford tells WTOP she and Robert Tracci, who staged a b Target These 5 Best Places to Find College Scholarships, Grants 11/18/2015 07:00pm • It is much faster and easier to search for college scholarships and grants than it was 20 years ago, before the Internet changed the process for finding information forever. Now you just need an I nternet connection and a phone, tablet or computer to find multiple resources for free money for colle 7 Retirement Money Wasters to Avoid 11/18/2015 07:00pm • Investors are rightfully concerned with saving and investing enough money to provide a comfortable retirement. But just as important is keeping a close eye on the spending side. Here are seven retirement money wasters that can quickly drain even a well-stocked retirement portfolio. 1. Not shopping 5 unique ways to save on your holiday shopping 11/17/2015 11:00am • Whether we like it or not, the holiday season is here. That means one thing: spending money and potentially a lot of it. In a survey by the American Research Group, Americans plan on spending nearly $900 on their holiday shopping. Such an amount can put a significant stress on a budget, leaving fami Is your Facebook use at work hurting your career? 11/17/2015 07:00am • Do you have a case of " FOMO" that keeps you checking Facebook throughout the day during work hours? According to Suzana E. Flores, author of "Facehooked: How Facebook Affects Our Emotions, Relationships, and Lives," this fear of missing out is increasingly common in social media culture. "t's hard Anonymous hackers' group declares war on ISIS 11/16/2015 09:40pm • By Paula Cohen, CBS News WASHINGTON — As warplanes pound ISIS targets and U.S. special forces ramp up operations in Syria, the war against the terrorist group may be unfolding on another far more unconventional front as well. The hackers' collective known as Anonymous says it, too, is at war Should You Use a Third Party to Negotiate Your Cable Bill? 11/16/2015 07:00pm • Despite many consumers' interest in streaming content online, TV subscription prices continue to rise. In fact, consumer research from Leichtman Research Group Inc. found in a survey of 1,222 American households earlier this year that the mean reported monthly spending on TV cable, satellite or oth Nontraditional Ways to Find Funding When Banks Won't Help 11/16/2015 07:00pm • A woman approached me a few weeks ago with a question about how to get approved for a credit card with a subprime credit score. This woman, we'll call her Allie, had a short-term cash flow problem. She'd soon earn income working for a volunteer organization, but she needed $1,500 to relocate for her 8 Tech Funds to Buy to Invest in the Future 11/16/2015 07:00pm • Big risks, big rewardsTech stocks are exciting. Apple (ticker: AAPL) is up almost 9,000 percent in the past 20 years, Amazon.com (AMZN) has seen a 38,000 percent increase since coming public in 1997, and even sluggish Microsoft (MSFT) has gained 1,200 percent in total returns over the past two decad Baker reprises Cousins’ ‘You like that!’ chant, things get meta 11/16/2015 01:33pm • WASHINGTON -- Three weeks ago, quarterback Kirk Cousins put the internet on notice with an uncharacteristically emotional display following Washington’s come-from-behind win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On Sunday, it was teammate Chris Baker invoking Cousins during his own postgame interview fol 5 reasons why traveling by rail is the best way to see Europe 11/16/2015 07:30am • Traveling Europe by train allows you to immerse yourself in different cultures and see multiple countries with the ease of one rail pass. You can travel from Brussels to Paris in one hour, pass through charming hidden towns, take a night train in Germany and wake up in Sweden. And best of all, you c Claymont boy prints hand, wins arm-wrestling match 11/15/2015 09:00am • CLAYMONT, Del. (AP) — People print all kinds of things at the library — resumes, book reports, even business plans. Colin Consavage, age 10, printed himself a hand. Colin was born with his left hand in a fist — the result of amniotic banding that kept one hand stunted. He used a 3-D prin Parisians use ‘Safety Check’, ‘#PorteOuverte’ to connect with family, friends and strangers 11/14/2015 01:35am • WASHINGTON-- French president Francois Hollande declared a national state of emergency on Friday night after several violent attacks in Paris left at least 120 dead. The nation’s borders have been sealed, and the identities of the victims have yet to be released. As police officers, emergency res How to realistically hunt for a home 11/13/2015 12:30pm • You've met with your lender, selected a real estate agent and you're finally to the fun part -- house hunting. But even if you have a big budget, the chances of finding a home with that three-car garage, marble countertops and everything on your Pinterest board are slim. Still, that doesn't mean