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Should a Part-Time Job Be Part of a Retirement Plan? 09/26/2016 08:00pm • The traditional face of retirement continues to change. No longer can the average worker count on a defined pension plan to fund retirement. Social Security is estimated to become insolvent in 2034, and surveys show many workers are not saving enough on their own. Beyond that, people are living lon How much life insurance do you really need? 09/26/2016 06:00am • Kyle Winkfield knows a thing or two about how life insurance has the power to change lives. The managing partner at financial firm O'Dell, Winkfield, Roseman and Shipp in the District of Columbia has seen how life insurance payouts have impacted many of his clients, but one particular case sticks ou Terrorism and ���the unknown��� keep top FBI official in DC awake at night 09/26/2016 05:08am • WASHINGTON ��� Twenty-year-old Ardit Ferizi will likely spend most of his next 20 years in federal prison. The Kosovo native was sentenced by a court in Northern Virginia on Friday for hacking into a ���protected��� computer, extracting and providing more than 1,300 names of government and milita Deep South College Road Trip: Xavier University of Louisiana 09/25/2016 08:00pm • Bright green roofs top many of the buildings at Xavier University of Louisiana, marking the rebuilding that's been going on since Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans a decade ago. Founded in 1915 as a high school for Native Americans and African-Americans, XULA is today the country's only Ca How to Cope With 3 Common Retirement Emergencies 09/25/2016 08:00pm • Most people pay for retirement using a combination of their Social Security income and withdrawals from personal savings. Retirees learn to live on this typically modest fixed income. But a significant home repair or large health care cost can disrupt your spending plan, perhaps even causing you to 13 Tips for Singles Nearing Retirement 09/25/2016 08:00pm • Making plans.If you're single and about to retire, you're about to join 20 million other unmarried retirees in the U.S. who have different concerns than married folk, and need different considerations when planning retirement. Some singles are divorced, separated and never married, but most, (11 mil How to Give to Charity and Pay Less in Taxes 09/25/2016 08:00pm • What could be better than having more retirement money than you need? How about being able to give it to charity tax-free? For the lucky investor who has amassed excess funds for old age, this option became permanent under a law signed by President Barack Obama in 2015. Previously, Congress approve Is 4 Percent Still the Safest Retirement Amount? 09/25/2016 08:00pm • One of Wall Street's most rock-solid tenets is increasingly coming under scrutiny, if not outright attack, from industry insiders. That would be the once-venerated 4 percent annual retirement drawdown, which is something of a staple in the financial planning industry. But now, more financial expert Many women will be single in retirement. Are you ready? 09/24/2016 08:00pm • Regardless of whether they were married earlier in life, many women will be single at some point during their retirement years. Over half (54 percent) of women age 65 and older were single in 2014, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Those women may have always been single or may be widowed or div 8 Must-Do Financial Tasks Before the End of the Year 09/22/2016 08:00pm • With only one quarter left in 2016, it's about time to begin thinking about year-end planning strategies. While you still have a few more months, keep in mind that nearly all of the strategies that can reduce taxable income must be complete by Dec. 31. These eight tips can help you avoid leaving mo 5 Reasons to Switch to a New Medicare Advantage Plan 09/22/2016 08:00pm • Medicare Advantage plan participants are allowed to switch plans or resume original Medicare each year during the open enrollment period from October 15 to December 7. But most retirees (78 percent) don't choose a new health insurance plan, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation report. An ave Female terrorists train to attack the West, authorities say 09/19/2016 05:06am • WASHINGTON ��� A plot to attack the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris unraveled earlier this month��after a police officer spooked a female attacker. She fled, leaving a car loaded with gas canisters sitting very close to the iconic structure with its hazard lights flashing. She never had the chance The Latest: Suspicious device checked at NJ train station 09/19/2016 12:39am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Latest on an explosion hitting a crowded Manhattan neighborhood (all times local): 12:30 a.m. Investigators are examining a suspicious device found in a trash can near a New Jersey train station, and service on the busy Northeast Corridor line has been suspended. Eliza 10 Financial Perks of Getting Older 09/18/2016 08:00pm • Advancing your finances.Aging certainly comes with plenty of problems. Wrinkles, gray hair, vision and hearing loss and general aches and pains are all common ailments. But there are also many perks of growing older, especially where your finances are concerned. Here's how getting older can save you 13 Ways to Take the Emotions Out of Investing 09/18/2016 08:00pm • Remove emotions from money decisions.During times of financial stress, people lose 13 percent of their IQ points and make rash decisions, resulting in poorer decision-making, according to a study by Science magazine. It might be the reason why many people buy high while stocks are popular and prices