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How to Make the Most of Your Monthly Paycheck 03/30/2017 08:00pm • Most financial experts will tell you that in order to get ahead in life and your career, you need to save more money. That's true, but you can make even greater gains (and avoid a lot of the spending guilt) by making more money. If you're going to keep up with 3 percent average inflation and all of The Latest: Flynn discussing immunity with intel committees 03/30/2017 07:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate intelligence committee's hearing on Russian interference in last year's presidential election (all times local): 7:35 p.m. Michael Flynn's attorney says the former national security adviser is in discussions with the House and Senate intelligence committe White House operating on 4 burners 03/30/2017 02:09pm • Heading toward April, the Trump administration was operating on several fronts, following the withdrawal of Republican-led legislation revising health care law. The Office of Management and Budget underscored the White House desire to re-organize the federal government. It issued 119 pages of gui Leftist gains edge ahead of tense Ecuador presidential vote 03/30/2017 12:42pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador until recently looked like the next domino to fall in a right-wing resurgence in Latin America. Trapped in recession and disgusted by corruption scandals, voters seemed poised to kick out the leftists who have ruled for a decade and hand power to conservative banker G Pelosi backs Trump administration on debt ceiling increase 03/30/2017 12:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi says she supports the Trump administration's request to increase the government's borrowing limit. The increase was requested by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in two letters to Congress earlier this month. Pelosi said she and fellow Democrats w Your Paycheck Tells the Tax Tale 03/29/2017 08:00pm • It's that time of year again. If you have not already submitted them, you will soon be up against the clock to get your taxes completed. While unraveling the mysteries of the tax code is an endeavor best saved for CPAs, there are certain aspects of taxes that are important to understand. Taking a c 10 Tips to Help Your Marriage Survive Retirement 03/29/2017 08:00pm • While you may view retirement as a long-anticipated emancipation from the work world, it is also a period of considerable change and adjustment. If you are married, some of the most profound changes will take place within the context of your relationship with your spouse. For some couples, the fact 10 Benefits of an Early Bedtime for Your Child 03/29/2017 08:00pm • Many of your child's sleep struggles may be significantly lessened by one new habit: an early bedtime. I often talk to parents whose children struggle with waking up at night, early rising and resisting getting in bed as well as going to sleep. One of the most consistent issues that we need to addr 4 Mistakes Bond Investors Should Avoid When Rates Rise 03/29/2017 08:00pm • A strengthening economy typically means more jobs and moderate adjustments to the inflation rate but it also opens the door to something else: rising interest rates. Following a 0.25 percent rate hike in December 2016, the Federal Reserve recently announced another rate increase, moving the key bor 'Unreal when it targets you': Faceless trolls attack online 03/29/2017 02:42pm • One morning near the end of her long-shot congressional campaign, 25-year-old Erin Schrode rolled over in bed, reflexively checked her cellphone — and burst into tears. With mounting horror, she scanned a barrage of anti-Semitic emails from anonymous trolls. "Get out of my country, kike," read one International travelers cite politics as factor in US trips 03/29/2017 02:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Some international travelers are citing politics as a factor in whether to visit the U.S. this year, according to survey research by the tourism marketing agency Brand USA. The findings add to existing concerns about the tourism industry. Other new data shows that a slowdown in int Never sign a tax return you haven't read 03/29/2017 06:46am • WASHINGTON — Do you remember the Volkswagen "Sign Then Drive commercial," where would-be buyers are careening all over the road as they attempt to sign the lease while driving the car? Signing your tax return without reading it is a lot like that. When you don’t know what’s in it, you’re China confirms detention of Taiwanese pro-democracy activist 03/29/2017 06:33am • BEIJING (AP) — China's government confirmed Wednesday it is holding a Taiwanese pro-democracy activist and is investigating him on suspicion of "pursuing activities harmful to national security," the latest detention in an ongoing crackdown on civil society. Lee Ming-che, 42, cleared immigration i AP FACT CHECK: Trump no factor in Social Security increase 03/29/2017 03:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Widely circulated online reports crediting President Donald Trump for 2017 increases in retirees' Social Security checks don't accurately portray how the system works. Social Security payments are based on a government measure of inflation, and are set automatically without any i Austere Texas spending bill passes Senate amid budget woes 03/28/2017 05:19pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Budget woes in Texas caused by a prolonged oil slump would be patched with cuts to higher education, kicking the can down the road on growing Medicaid costs and rebuffing priorities of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott under an austere spending bill passed unanimously Tuesday by the