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Should You Buy Off-Campus Housing for Your College Kid? 10/09/2017 08:00pm • If you have a child heading off to college in the near future or you currently have a student in first-year dorms, you may be experiencing sticker shock at the price of student housing. Average prices per year for housing are more than $9,000 in college towns. In highly desirable college towns outs White House to order health care alternatives 10/08/2017 07:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system. P Want Metro to work? Empowering citizens at core of grass-roots effort 10/07/2017 03:03pm • ARLINGTON, Va. -- A grass-roots effort is underway to push for dedicated funding for Metro. Civic activists say they are no longer just waiting around for elected officials to agree on desperately needed Metro funding — instead they are educating and empowering citizens to lobby and to advocate Prosecutor: Alexandria baseball shooting an act of terrorism; lethal force justified 10/06/2017 01:26pm • WASHINGTON — Alexandria's top prosecutor says police were legally justified in using deadly force against the man who shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others during a congressional baseball practice in June — an attack the prosecutor called an act of terrorism. In a 41-page rep Equifax makes money by knowing a lot about you 10/06/2017 01:05am • NEW YORK (AP) — Equifax knows a lot about you. That is, in essence, how it makes money. The company and its competitors have in their files the personal financial information of tens of millions of Americans like you, going back decades. Your mortgage loan totals. When you switched from a Macy' Is the Bear About to Come Out of Hibernation? 10/05/2017 08:00pm • The Standard & Poor's 500 index, the Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq composite continue to reach record highs, surprising investors who think a bear market is imminent. However, the combination of synchronized global growth and low inflation may keep the bear in hibernation for a lo 8 Things Millennials Need to Know About Roth IRAs 10/05/2017 08:00pm • If you're a millennial and you want to start saving and investing for retirement, consider putting your money in a Roth IRA. A Roth IRA is an individual retirement account that has the potential for tax-free investment growth and withdrawals. Millennials have an opportunity to let the account grow Facebook to build $750M data center in Virginia 10/05/2017 11:58am • WASHINGTON — Facebook will invest $750 million in a new data center in Virginia's Henrico County at the White Oak Technology Park near Richmond International Airport. A renewable energy tariff agreement with Dominion Energy will lead to hundreds of millions of additional investment in the const 5 secrets of super savers living on a single income 10/04/2017 08:00pm • With many dual-income American couples living paycheck to paycheck, single-income families may feel even more pinched, especially since they don't have the security of another income if one partner loses their job. However, as these families prove, it's not how much you earn, but rather how m 9 Things to Know About Robo Advisors 10/04/2017 08:00pm • Automate your investing with robo advisors.Robo advisors have become a popular option for American investors who prefer an actively managed account without the expensive fees associated with hiring a human manager. Robo advisors are digital account management services that utilize trading algorithms 7 Insider Tips to Make Open Enrollment Work for You 10/04/2017 08:00pm • It's that time of year when employees across the country have the opportunity to change their workplace benefits during the open enrollment period. Companies will hold meetings, pass out booklets and launch apps to help workers understand their options, and experts say it's more important than ever Opponents of a Prince George's Co. tax increase want more support for lawsuit 10/04/2017 06:32pm • UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — A court case opposing higher taxes in Prince George's County is moving forward, and the men filing the lawsuit want public awareness and support for their cause. Fred Price Jr. and James K. Wass believe the 4 cent increase in the county's real estate tax rate approved in 2 3 questions every trustee needs to ask 10/04/2017 12:15am • WASHINGTON — Most people don’t get asked to be trustee of a family trust all that often — or more than once in a lifetime. Even the most responsible and financially adept among us may not be aware of all of the duties of a trustee, especially with a family estate that’s large and involves ma 7 Great Ways to Buy Energy Stocks 10/03/2017 08:00pm • Oil prices are seeing a bounce.The energy sector has been under pressure for the better part of two years now. However, in late 2017 we've seen some glimmers of hope as crude oil prices have recovered about 20 percent from short-lived lows around $40 this summer. But the big questions right now aren 7 Tips for Staying Safe After the Equifax Breach -- Without Equifax's Help 10/03/2017 08:00pm • If your bank got robbed, would you make a large deposit the next day? If a babysitter lost your child, would you ask that person to lead the search party? Then why would you turn to Equifax for help dealing with the Equifax data breach? Equifax already allowed hackers to steal 145.5 million people's