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Awesome New Year's sales 12/31/2016 07:00pm • If you're looking for fitness equipment, Christmas decor or new clothes, head to this year's New Year's sales, which will abound with savings for shoppers. Retailers will heavily discount holiday decorations, outerwear and winter apparel to make way for the soon-to-arrive spring inventory. Consumers How to take control of your bills 12/29/2016 06:00am • It's a common scenario: You wake up in the middle of the night, and while you try to get back to sleep, your mind veers to the topic of money. Before you know it, you're wondering whether you forgot to pay the bills -- or worse -- that you don't have enough money to pay them. We all have a differ 7 Smart Travel Credit Card Hacks You've Never Heard Of 12/28/2016 07:00pm • Use these underrated tactics to leverage points and perks in 2017.You want to pick a loyalty credit card with generous perks. You value elite-status benefits such as free checked bags, airport lounge access and the chance to collect award hotel stays and free flights quickly. And you want to be rewa 10 Financial New Year's Resolutions 12/27/2016 07:00pm • Resolve to do better next year.About one-third of Americans plan to make a money resolution for 2017, according to a Fidelity Investments survey, with 50 percent of them planning to save more and 28 percent planning to pay down debt. Looking to join their ranks? Here are 10 money resolutions to cons Make sure your recycling bin doesn't tip off holiday thieves 12/27/2016 04:42am • WASHINGTON — There's one last step homeowners can do to protect their gifts this season: Pay attention while taking out the trash. St. Mary's County Sheriff's Department is reminding its online followers to think twice before throwing out the boxes for their new electronics and gaming systems t Last-minute shoppers dash to stores as Christmas descends 12/24/2016 10:41am • WASHINGTON — Even though Christmas comes around the same time every year, some people are still caught off guard. Now, in the eleventh hour, they are heading out to get that Christmas shopping done. For those who are either picking up a last-minute gift or who have not even started their Chr A way to put old shipping boxes to good use -- for free 12/23/2016 06:50am • WASHINGTON -- You might have a lot of empty boxes from online retailers lying around your home this holiday season, and now there’s a free way to put them to good use. The Give Back Box program allows people to fill their shipping boxes with items they want to donate and ship them to the neares What to do if you lose something at the airport 12/21/2016 05:01am • WASHINGTON — If you lose or forget something at the airport, whom should you contact? It depends on where your item was lost. Check with your airline for items lost at check-in counters. To try to find items left in gates, restrooms, shops or restaurants, you should contact the lost and foun Housing Predictions for 2017 12/20/2016 07:00pm • For the past several years, rumors about rising mortgage rates triggered a sense of urgency for some buyers, but those increases largely hadn't materialized. However, as expected, last week the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in a year. Jonathan Smoke, chief economist for r Tips and tricks for saving money on Amazon 12/19/2016 05:00am • Chances are you've found some pretty good deals on Amazon.com. You may also be an Amazon Prime member. But bestselling author David Pogue says there are ways to save even more money on Amazon that many people don't know about. He also has tips to help you maximize your $99 annual Amazon Prime membe Basketball around the Beltway: Hoops for the holidays 12/19/2016 02:17am • WASHINGTON — If you're reading this, you either have finished all of your holiday shopping or are procrastinating, because who wants to go to the mall when it's this crowded? Or, if you're online shopping, perhaps you got tired of watching videos on YouTube. That’s a perfect time to take ano 6 marvelous last-minute holiday sales for 2016 12/18/2016 07:00pm • Avast, ye holiday shopping procrastinators! Although Black Friday and Cyber Monday have long since passed and Christmas is days away, you still have time to catch great holiday deals. To woo last-minute shoppers, many retailers are launching spectacular sales across all major gift-giving categori How -- and Why -- to Stop Wasting Your Time Banking Offline 12/18/2016 07:00pm • You can do almost everything digitally these days, and banking is no exception. More than half of American adults bank online, according to the Pew Research Center -- which isn't surprising, considering the benefits. Here's why banking offline is costing you too much time and what you should do to o 5 Simple Moves That Can Help Your Credit In 2017 12/18/2016 07:00pm • How's this for a New Year's resolution? "I resolve to make 2017 the year I stop being intimidated by my credit score and start taking control of it!" Sure, it may not be your typical resolution. It won't help you eat better, lose weight, get organized, spend more time with your family or travel the How to Navigate the Boom in 'Bare Fares' 12/18/2016 07:00pm • With an increasing number of airlines set to roll out bare-bones ticket options that offer low-priced fares with few perks and amenities (think: no seat assignments or ticket changes), the big three legacy carriers have begun to shake up air travel as we know it. Delta was the first legacy carrier