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8 Industrial Stocks to Buy in a Booming Economy 09/23/2018 08:00pm • American industry is picking up steam.The U.S. economy expanded by 3.1 percent in the first half of 2018, driven by $1.5 trillion in tax cuts, and August consumer confidence was at its highest level since 2000. The U.S. economy is booming, and industrial stocks are reaping the benefits. Not only hav When Tech Is a Pain in the Neck 09/23/2018 08:00pm • Smartphones and tablets have reinvented the world as we know it. We're now in a constant state of connection -- whether it be for work or for play. Business partners keeping up with their latest meetings and e-mails, busy parents arranging their jam-packed calendars, college students studying for e Florida College Road Trip: University of Florida 09/23/2018 08:00pm • Growing up in Ocala, Mario Agosto owned a University of Florida Gators hoodie and hat and was certainly familiar with the public university about 40 miles from home. But in terms of all that makes the place special, "I never understood it until I got here," he says. Before graduating in the spring Musical instruments available for checkout at Montgomery Co. library Musical instruments available for checkout at Montgomery Co. library 09/22/2018 06:16pm • WASHINGTON â One library in Rockville, Maryland, was not as quiet as usual Saturday. At the Twinbrook Library in Montgomery County, those attending the launch of the Library of Things were able to create music with the inventory of 29 musical instruments now available for checkout. Montgomer Best height to hang pictures? HGTV star answers home questions Best height to hang pictures? HGTV star answers home questions 09/21/2018 10:57am • WASHINGTON â This weekend, HGTV star Vern Yip, a graduate of McLean High School, is back in his hometown to headline the Capital Home Show. And chances are, someone will ask him for advice on hanging pictures. âœHow high do I hang the pictures in my house? ⦠Itâs the number one question Va. law preventing police from identifying juvenile homicide victims misguided, chief says 09/21/2018 10:52am • FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) â The police chief in Virginia's largest jurisdiction says a state law is hampering his department's efforts at transparency. The 2017 law bars police from releasing the names of juvenile homicide victims without written permission from the family. The law has come int How to build an estate plan for your pets How to build an estate plan for your pets 09/21/2018 06:00am • What would happen to your pets if you died tomorrow? Would a friend or relative take them? Are you sure? If your pets feel like family members, as they do for so many of us, it makes sense to include instructions for their care in your estate plan. The resources you have to make these plans ma Cracking code to 'break the cycle': STEM middle school opens in DC Cracking code to 'break the cycle': STEM middle school opens in DC 09/21/2018 12:03am • WASHINGTON â On Aug. 13, more than 120 sixth-graders met inside a Branch Avenue baptist church in Southeast D.C. for the first day of school. They arrived with uniforms, backpacks and a general consensus of who would be âœthe most popularâ in the class: a 4-foot-tall robot that tells jok How to Raise Healthy Kids This School Year 09/20/2018 08:00pm • The school bell rings -- and so does the opportunity for children to be around a variety of peer influences who may have a lot to say about food and body weight. Perhaps your child is entering a new school this year with new food selections, or he or she has different friends than they've had to ea How College Students Can Find Mental Health Services on Campus 09/20/2018 08:00pm • Evelyn Wallace was just 3 years old when she was mauled at the playground by a pit bull, a trauma that has led to crippling bouts of "life dread" in situations that make her feel insecure. Experiences, for example, like adjusting to freshman year at the University of Michigan--Ann Arbor -- and a hou Learning Life's Lessons the Hard Way 09/20/2018 08:00pm • From school suspensions to traffic citations, teens can get into a boatload of trouble. And it's inevitable that adolescents are going to make mistakes and some are going to be doozies. But as a parent, how do you handle it when your teen gets into big trouble? My son, for example, recently receive What Happens When a Lifelong Runner Stops Loving the Sport? 09/20/2018 08:00pm • I can barely remember life before running. I was a track and field athlete in high school and college, and a marathon coach for a charity organization after that. For more than 30 years, I've spent my weekends socializing over long training runs or post-race beers, and my vacations tackling races in Jurors in Savopoulos family murder trial shown graphic photo of youngest victim 09/20/2018 05:57pm • WASHINGTON â Jurors in the murder trial of the Maryland man accused of killing three members of a D.C. family and their housekeeper in 2015 were shown a graphic photo of the youngest victim as the trial neared the end of its second full week. It was the first time a photo of one of the victims Georgetown students help free man wrongfully convicted of murder Georgetown students help free man wrongfully convicted of murder 09/20/2018 09:05am • WASHINGTON â Valentino Dixon wanted to eat lobster for his first family dinner as a free man in more than a quarter-century. "He decided he wanted to go to Red Lobster because he's never been there," said Georgetown University student Ellie Goonetillake, who helped get Dixon exonerated after se Go-Go local: Wizards’ G-League team puts emphasis on DC roots Go-Go local: Wizardsâ G-League team puts emphasis on DC roots 09/20/2018 12:45am • WASHINGTON â Sometimes, the obvious decision is too obvious. The Wizards could have overthought it. They could have looked at Pops Mensah-Bonsu â the 35 year-old former George Washington star who has lived in D.C. since college, throughout his NBA playing career and the last three years as a
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