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10 restaurants that offer free birthday meals 10/12/2016 07:50am • Not every country celebrates birthdays with presents and cake. In China, birthday tradition dictates that you slurp down long noodles to represent longevity. In Jamaica, your friends and family might chase you down and cover you in flour on your birthday. With perhaps the strangest traditio Be the Best Trick-or-Treat House on the Block Without Breaking the Bank 10/11/2016 08:00pm • Halloween is the scariest time of the year, but that isn't always due to the ghosts trick-or-treating you, or the creepy clown sightings on the news. The price of Halloween candy, not to mention the cost of costumes and home decorations, can give anyone the heebie-jeebies. According to the National New laundry app hopes to clean up in DC 10/11/2016 12:42pm • WASHINGTON — Your smartphone can't do your laundry, but it can get it done for you. New York-based Cleanly is launching its on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service in D.C. Cleanly is initially working in the Logan Circle and Shaw neighborhoods, but plans to expand to Dupont Circle and Far Rejected For a Credit Card? Try These 3 Simple Credit-Building Strategies 10/10/2016 08:00pm • Building credit can feel impossible. It seems as if you can't get a credit card unless you can demonstrate that you use credit responsibly, but it's difficult to show responsible credit use if you can't get a card. If you've been rejected for a credit card and don't know what you can do to prove you Counting on cash on the other side of the world 10/09/2016 05:55am • WASHINGTON — It's expensive to spend money anywhere. And you're always vulnerable to hacks, loss or theft. Cash and credit troubles could ruin an overseas vacation or business trip, but journalist turned traveler Sabrina Sabbagh has found a couple of tips and solutions. To avoid or minimize Starting Your Own Business: Should You Incorporate or Not? 10/06/2016 08:00pm • Some people start their own businesses to have control of their own destiny. Others may feel they have little choice if they've been laid off. Others yet may simply feel they can make more money. Whatever your reasons for starting a business, you have one thing in common with everyone who starts th 6 Best Columbus Day Sales of 2016 10/05/2016 08:00pm • During the Columbus Day weekend, you'll be unlikely to spot Santa Clauses, candy eggs or bright-green shamrocks. You will, however, have no trouble finding excellent sales at your favorite retailers. Over the weekend, you may stumble upon mattresses for as much as 60 percent off and shoes at half pr Here's Where You Can Get Halloween Costumes for Cheap 10/05/2016 08:00pm • Halloween is right around the corner, and now is the perfect time to start thinking of a great costume. With all the fun that comes with dressing up, shopping for a costume can be more expensive than you anticipated. Luckily you can find a costume for a low price -- maybe even for free -- by knowin How Giving a Good Boss's Day Gift Can Advance Your Career 10/04/2016 08:00pm • Boss's Day, which falls on October 17 this year, may be the oddest "holiday" we celebrate. Mother's Day, Father's Day and Secretary's Day make sense as opportunities to celebrate and thank people who do so much for us -- and who are so often overlooked. But Boss's Day? Isn't it enough that we arriv Can Barack Obama Help Hillary Clinton Win the Black Vote? 10/03/2016 08:00pm • He's not on the ballot, something he's repeatedly noted, since winning re-election in 2012. Yet President Barack Obama is pushing one of his key constituencies -- African-American voters -- to the polls for Hillary Clinton, who can't win without their overwhelming support. "If you don't vote, that' Podcast: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself When Creating a Financial Plan 10/02/2016 08:00pm • Certified financial planners will tell you that there are six official areas of financial planning. But reading through them just might be the best cure for insomnia. The good news? There's an easier way to a successful financial plan that you'll be excited to follow. Instead of wading through lots Is It Time to Replace Your Front Door? 10/02/2016 08:00pm • Is it time to replace your home's front door? If it looks shoddy and does a poor job of keeping out the weather, now is a great time to buy a stunning new door that will add to your home's value, improve comfort, increase energy savings and ensure security. A new front door can give your home insta 7 Stocks to Buy for the Fourth Quarter 10/02/2016 08:00pm • It's time to finish the year off strong.This year got off to a historically bad start as stocks suffered their worst-ever two-week period to open a year. Thankfully, markets have staged a rebound since then, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index is up about 6 percent going into the fourth quarter. 1M Americans have wrapped up their holiday shopping 09/29/2016 01:08pm • WASHINGTON — There are 87 shopping days left until Christmas, or almost a quarter of a year. But some Americans claim they are already done with their holiday shopping. A lot of them. A CreditCards.com survey reports about 1 million Americans claim they already have finished their shopping. Amazon grabs our search, not necessarily the sale 09/28/2016 10:42am • WASHINGTON — More than half of U.S. consumers head to Amazon first when looking to purchase a product online, but Amazon doesn’t always get the sale. The personalization platform company BloomReach says 55 percent of consumers now turn to Amazon for their first search online, up from 53 perc