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11 Tips for Starting a Business in Retirement 06/10/2015 08:00pm • The baby boomer generation is redefining retirement. While their parents may have looked forward to golf in their golden years, many people heading toward retirement today are thinking about work instead. Some of that focus on punching the clock is necessity, and some is desire. Most baby boomers d The Hunt: Social media key to Islamic State's success 06/10/2015 03:48pm • ISIL has survived and even thrived for a year in Iraq. In this week's edition of The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, Iraq's Ambassador to the U.S. Lukman Faily says social media is the key to their success. The Financial Picture When Your Parents Move In 06/09/2015 08:00pm • There's a lot of talk of boomerang kids who come back to live with mom and dad after graduating from college, but sometimes parents can boomerang, too. Sometimes, it can make sense for a mother or father to move in with an adult child. Heck, it might even be fun, if you and your parent have a good How much you need to buy a retirement home in 10 cities 06/09/2015 09:00am • Expensive metro areas Retirement in a major metropolitan area often gives you access to great medical care, culture and other amenities. But the cost of housing is often much higher than what you would pay to live in a smaller city. Here's a look at the housing costs for retirees in 10 major U.S. 4 Surprising Ways Your Identity Can Be Stolen 06/08/2015 08:00pm • You bought a shredder the moment identity theft experts started stressing their necessity. You have 72 different passwords locked away in a fireproof safe, which is where you keep all of your personal financial information. But it may not matter. Thieves are resourceful and shrewd when it comes to Iraqi official: Deal with ISIL now in Iraq, or later in the U.S. 06/08/2015 06:38am • WASHINGTON -- A top Iraqi diplomat is warning the West has been too slow to address the global crisis presented by the Islamic State, and may soon have to pay a heavy cost. Lukman Faily, Iraq’s Ambassador to the U.S., told WTOP in an exclusive interview that while the west is intellectualizing Diets of Straw 06/07/2015 08:00pm • We have been diverting what we know about nutrition and health into lamentable nonsense for decades already. But now, our dialogue about nutrition seems to have devolved further into a sequence of assaults on straw man arguments, aided and abetted by the shoot-aim-ready inclination that prevails in How to Boost Your Retirement Confidence 06/07/2015 08:00pm • People are feeling better about retirement than they were just a few years ago -- although they're still not as confident as they were back in the halcyon days of the 1990s, according to a recent survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Today, almost 60 percent of American workers are con Countdown to Retirement: Dos and Don'ts for Your Final Working Year 06/07/2015 08:00pm • Some 4 million baby boomers are expected to retire in the next year. If you're one of them, you need to make sure you're on solid ground before exiting the workforce. Otherwise, you could find yourself without a job and without enough monthly income to cover your expenses. Retiring has the potential How to Reduce Your Housing Costs in Retirement 06/07/2015 08:00pm • Housing is likely to be your biggest retirement expense. But there are a variety of ways to pay less for housing in retirement. Here's what you can do to bring down your housing costs after you retire. Pay off your mortgage. Paying off your house eliminates one of your biggest monthly bills. Insura Fraley Film Guide 06/05/2015 03:08pm • Not everyone can keep up with new releases at the movie theater. Sometimes, the flick you want to see is already out of the theater by the time you have a free weekend. Have no fear. WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley keeps a running tally. Click the links below for the full reviews based on a 4-star sca How to protect your identity while you're on vacation 06/05/2015 04:30am • Whether it is sickness, bad weather or terrible service, many things have the potential to ruin the vacation you've worked so hard to plan. However, identity theft may trump all of those unfortunate situations. Having to close cards, fight fraudulent charges, deal with your credit card providers and Facebook offers option to make email more secure 06/04/2015 04:00am • WASHINGTON — When Facebook informs you that you've been tagged in a photo, the social media giant can do it by a secret notification even the National Security Agency can't decipher. Facebook has announced users can add an OpenPGP key to a Facebook profile. Here's how it can improve your pri 4 Savings Strategies for Peace of Mind in Retirement 06/02/2015 08:00pm • For many people, day-to-day budgeting and financial planning can seem daunting. Fast-forward to retirement, with the stress of not having your regular paycheck, and this can make managing your finances seem even more overwhelming. To help alleviate this stress, you may need to look at your savings Retirement Enhancing Moves That Are Difficult to Pull Off 06/02/2015 08:00pm • Most of us know what we need to do to be better prepared for retirement. But that doesn't necessarily mean that it will be easy or even possible to implement our good intentions. Wise retirement moves are hard to make, even when you know they will improve your nest egg. Here are a few things that w