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10 Easy Exercises and Energizers to Reverse the Damage of Your Desk Job 11/27/2018 07:00pm • Sedentary work shouldn't sabotage your health.Like emails in your inbox, studies on the health harms of being sedentary keep piling up. Even so, the toxic combination of spending long hours sitting and leading an overall inactive lifestyle is the reality for 1 in 10 U.S. adults, according to a resea Focus on Wellness Instead of Weight Loss 11/27/2018 07:00pm • Recently, I got a call from a concerned mother who'd been referred to a registered dietitian because of her son's weight. When she and her son saw the pediatrician for an annual checkup, the doctor suggested that his weight was cause for concern. Now this mom sits across from me confused and wonder 3 more U.Md. adenovirus cases diagnosed after student's death 11/27/2018 11:50am • COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Three more cases of adenovirus have been confirmed at the University of Maryland, College Park, attended by an 18-year-old who died of complications from the respiratory infection. News outlets report the three new cases over Thanksgiving break bring the total number of case 2018's most popular baby names are … 11/27/2018 10:02am • WASHINGTON — Would you consider naming your baby Leviathan? (Biblical implications notwithstanding.) Maybe after a spawn from the Kardashian-Jenner clan? Perhaps something influenced by yoga or Eastern spirituality? Well, maybe you wouldn't, but plenty of new parents are taking inspiration from DC among most expensive cities to have a baby 11/27/2018 09:41am • WASHINGTON — Bringing a newborn into the family brings joy — and more expenses. And it turns out the D.C. metro region is among the most expensive places to raise a child. Magnify Money added up a basic, no-frills monthly baby budget for America's 100 largest metropolitan areas, and included Montgomery Co. high school teacher charged with DWI in fatal crash 11/27/2018 07:38am • WASHINGTON — A Montgomery County, Maryland, teacher is facing charges after a fatal car crash over Thanksgiving weekend. The accident happened along Interstate 95 in North Carolina early Thursday morning. Nicholas Saadipour, an English and theater instructor at Quince Orchard High School in 9 Stocks That Dominate Your 401(k) 11/26/2018 07:00pm • You probably own one of these companies.For many Americans, 401(k) investment plans may as well be written in another language. Aside from the general idea of equity funds, mutual funds, bond funds and relative strategies and risks, many 401(k) account holders may have no idea which stocks are in th 13 Colleges With the Lowest Acceptance Rates 11/26/2018 07:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: How to Encourage Good Grades Without Financial Rewards 11/26/2018 07:00pm • It's a challenge that many parents face: They want to reward and honor good grades but don't want to translate that reward directly into a financial prize. Not only does paying for good grades add up when your children are performing well at school, it often conveys to them that they should be direc What Should I Do if Addiction Runs in My Family? 11/26/2018 07:00pm • Dr. Nora Volkow was decisive when a physician at the emergency room who was evaluating her for a foot fracture suggested she take prescription analgesics to ease the pain: "No thank you," she told the doctor. "I'll manage the pain," Volkow says she told the physician during the December 2017 encoun Will the border-wall battle lead to a government shutdown? 11/26/2018 03:18pm • WASHINGTON — A debate is developing in Congress over how to handle the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, and whether President Trump will get the billions of dollars he’s seeking for a border wall. While lawmakers don’t agree on much, members of both parties are concerned a standoff over Brooms found around Md. school where police say students were raped 11/26/2018 03:00pm • WASHINGTON — The Montgomery County, Maryland, school where five students are accused of a locker room rape involving a broom was the site of an "extremely upsetting" act that took place over the weekend: Someone attached brooms to areas on and near campus. "This act is extremely upsetting and c 4 Md. teens charged with rape in Damascus HS locker room attack released on bond 11/26/2018 02:24pm • WASHINGTON — All four teens charged as adults with rape in connection with an attack in a Montgomery County high school locker room described by prosecutors as "cruel and violent" have been released on bond. Jean Claude "JC" Abedi, Kristian Jamal "KJ" Lee, Will Smith and Caleb Thorpe have all b How Common Is It for Boys to Be Sexually Abused? 11/25/2018 07:00pm • Undoubtedly, sexual abuse is one of the most underreported crimes in our nation. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2016 more than 57,000 children reported being sexually abused, and that's on the low end since only about a third of cases are reported. What's more, ma Will Pregnancy Affect My Health in Old Age? 11/25/2018 07:00pm • The payoff of a nine-month pregnancy is profound. The little person you create will bring you immeasurable joy, love, laughter, sleep deprivation, frustration, worry and gratitude. But for many women, childbirth will also bring physical side effects later in life. "Every pregnancy stresses the syste