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Growing dilemma: Automated jobs meet social consciousness 09/04/2017 03:29am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Security guard Eric Leon watches the Knightscope K5 security robot as it glides through the mall, charming shoppers with its blinking blue and white lights. The brawny automaton records video and sounds alerts. According to its maker, it deters mischief just by making the roun Fear of robots taking jobs spurs a bold idea: guaranteed pay 09/04/2017 12:09am • HONOLULU (AP) — Driverless trucks. Factory robots. Delivery drones. Virtual personal assistants. As technological innovations increasingly edge into the workplace, many people fear that robots and machines are destined to take jobs that human beings have held for decades. For many affected work Black, white, rich, poor: Storm Harvey didn't discriminate 09/02/2017 09:08pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Harvey did not discriminate in its destruction. It raged through neighborhoods rich and poor, black and white, upscale and working class. Across Houston and surrounding communities, no group sidestepped its paralyzing deluges and apocalyptic floods. "Harvey didn't spare anyone A September Stock Market Is No Reason to Panic 08/31/2017 08:00pm • It's not only the leaves that fall in autumn. Historically, September is when the stock market tends to perform the worst, and October has a scary reputation that has nothing to do with Halloween. "The fall's not so great," says Jason Brady, president and CEO of Thornburg Investment Management in S Hurricane Harvey Victims Eligible for Emergency Retirement Withdrawals 08/31/2017 08:00pm • Hurricane Harvey survivors are now eligible to take loans and hardship distributions from 401(k) plans and similar types of retirement accounts, due to relaxed IRS rules. Retirees who haven't received their scheduled Social Security payments also have several options to pick up their checks. Here's 3 Financial Steps to Take After a Natural Disaster 08/30/2017 08:00pm • Hurricanes have a way of reminding people that we are all potentially one natural disaster away from finding ourselves in big trouble. Hurricane Harvey obviously got everyone's attention when it stormed onto the Texan shores on August 26, devastating in particular the city of Rockport, taking out p 2 Shortcomings Retirement Savers Can Fix 08/30/2017 08:00pm • Planning, saving and investing for retirement are financial priorities for most Americans. Anyone with even the most general sense of how saving and investing works knows saving as much as possible as early as possible is the smartest path to an early and enjoyable retirement. In an ideal world, ev 7 Ways to Pay Off Your Summer Vacation Debt Pronto 08/30/2017 08:00pm • Summer is coming to a close, and that means credit card bills for charges made on vacation will soon be arriving. It's not unusual to go into debt during the summer months, according to finance experts. "It takes a lot of fortitude to budget for ," says Jake Serfas, lead financial strategist with O 3 ways a Roth conversion can build and preserve wealth 08/30/2017 04:24am • WASHINGTON — When it comes to building and preserving wealth, Roth IRAs can offer tax savings to individuals and their heirs in certain situations. Often because of IRA income limits, many higher net worth families are under the impression that they don’t qualify to have a Roth IRA. In fact, Metro chairman: 'Winter is here,' and $15 billion is needed to fix system 08/29/2017 10:58pm • WASHINGTON — Cutting the size of the Metro Board would make little difference, Chairman Jack Evans said Tuesday as he emphasized the need for a significant increase in funding for the system to avoid potentially draconian cuts next summer. “In ‘Game of Thrones,’ they always talk about ‘ Invest to Cover Life Insurance Gap 08/29/2017 08:00pm • Anyone with a spouse or children but not a great fortune is wise to get life insurance. Often, a term policy is best, covering the family for 20 years until the kids are grown. But what happens after that? Typically, the policyholder hopes investments will grow large enough to cover needs after the Retire in Stockholm: A Peaceful Island Archipelago Turned Tech Hotspot 08/29/2017 08:00pm • Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is built on 14 islands. The entire Stockholm Archipelago includes more than 30,000 islands. It's one of the most spectacular landscapes imaginable and is best appreciated from the water. Swedes see the sea as an important part of everyday life. There's a boat for e Norton suggests Metro's board should resign, speed up governance reforms 08/29/2017 03:52pm • WASHINGTON — D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton called on the entire Metro Board of Directors to resign on Tuesday, a day after former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called for a smaller, temporary board to lead the transit agency. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Va. considers raising taxes for transit, with or without funding for Metro 08/29/2017 02:07pm • WASHINGTON — To avoid even worse traffic in coming years, Virginia needs to raise taxes to pay for basic transit maintenance beyond major needs for Metro, a final report submitted to the General Assembly on Monday concludes. The Transit Capital Revenue Advisory Board report includes some tweaks How much should divorced, separated parents pay in back-to-school costs? 08/29/2017 08:59am • WASHINGTON — Going back to school can be stressful for children and expensive for their parents — especially when parents are divorced or separating. "Going back to school is not only anxiety-producing for the children, but also for the parents as well," said family law attorney Alan Plevy, o