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November to April Are the Best 6 Months in Stocks 10/31/2016 08:00pm • As the calendar flips to November, the U.S. stock market is entering what has historically been its best performing six months of the year. Just like spring ushers in summer and after fall comes winter, the stock market has seasons and cycles too. As you get ready to embark on your holiday shopping What's behind Metro's fare-hike, service-cut proposals? 10/31/2016 12:11pm • WASHINGTON — Metro ridership is falling, and the general manager says that dropoff is a major reason service should be cut back, fares should be raised and local jurisdictions should contribute more money. Fares and tax contributions to the operating budget have not increased in a few years, bu Md. Gov. Hogan proposes $82M in cuts 10/31/2016 05:27am • WASHINGTON — Maryland's governor is asking for $82 million in spending cuts so the state can begin to close a budget gap that is expected to grow. Gov. Larry Hogan's administration says the cuts are necessary and that more will probably be needed, The Baltimore Sun reports, since tax rev 5 new 401(k) and IRA rules for 2017 10/31/2016 05:00am • The contribution limits for 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts will stay the same in 2017. Workers remain eligible to defer paying income tax on up to $18,000 that they save in a 401(k) and $5,500 in an IRA. And employees age 50 and older continue to be able to save an additional $6,000 'Top Chef's' highly anticipated restaurant, The Shaw Bijou, opens its doors in DC 10/31/2016 01:05am • WASHINGTON — After a year and a half of construction, permitting and menu testing, one of D.C.’s most highly anticipated restaurants will open its doors Tuesday. Unlike other buzzed about dining establishments, The Shaw Bijou won’t have a line around the block and guests won’t be packed 4 Need-to-Know Facts About State Aid for College 10/30/2016 08:00pm • With the rising cost of tuition, more students and their families are relying on grants to pay for college. The College Board's 2016 Trends in Higher Education report found that undergraduate students received an average of $14,460 in financial aid during the 2015-2016 school year -- which includes 6 Last-Minute Retirement Fixes 10/30/2016 08:00pm • Once you make it to your 60s, there's not a lot of time left to build wealth for retirement. But you do have some options to quickly and significantly improve your retirement finances. Here's how to boost your cash flow in the years leading up to retirement. Downsize. Retirees no longer need sever 5 Ways to Share Housing in Retirement 10/30/2016 08:00pm • Many retirees eventually find themselves living alone after their kids have moved out, or perhaps after a divorce or a spouse passes away. That's the time when it might make sense to consider living with other people, whether they're friends, relatives or even complete strangers. Living together ca How I-Bonds Can Help Pay for College 10/30/2016 08:00pm • Raise your hand if there's a U.S. savings bond in your safe deposit box. No? Well, that's not too surprising. Once upon a time, savings bonds were one of Americans' top investment choices. But now your portfolio is more likely to be crammed with mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, individual stock Local leaders say agreement on dedicated Metro funding possible 10/28/2016 03:57pm • WASHINGTON — After years of talking about how localities need to come up with dedicated funding sources for cash-strapped Metro, leaders may be getting closer to taking action. "We are now at a place of no return," said Roger Berliner, chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governme Market Anxiety Remains as Vote Nears 10/27/2016 08:00pm • People don't like change. Anecdotally, most of us know this. But there's a well-known behavioral phenomenon called the "status-quo bias" that shows why people prefer the current situation over something unknown. In a 1991 academic paper, "Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Q How Retirement Communities Are Going Green 10/27/2016 08:00pm • Green initiatives are making their way into retirement communities across the country. While swapping out light bulbs and installing smart water systems can save money, community executives say these moves are desired by residents as well. "My mom lives in one of our communities, and she's the on Va. police: Man used store as front for cigarette smuggling 10/27/2016 12:56pm • MIDLOTHIAN, Va. (AP) — A man has been charged in a major cigarette smuggling operation in which police say he purchased more than $1 million in Virginia cigarettes over 18 months that were transported to New York and resold. Chesterfield police Lt. James Profita tells the Richmond Times-Dispatc Becoming a Parent With Cystic Fibrosis 10/26/2016 08:00pm • The best news of Paige Montgomery's life was that she was pregnant. Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 22, doctors told her she'd never be healthy enough to conceive, strong enough to carry a pregnancy or live long enough to see her own child grow up. The worst news of Paige Montgomery's life cam Through the Electoral Looking Glass: How the Presidential Election Affects Us 10/26/2016 08:00pm • There is no doubt that the American people are in the midst of a presidential campaign like none other in memory -- marked by polarizing personalities, raucous discourse, hyperbolic tone and bare-knuckled tactics. Everywhere we turn, the candidates and their surrogates are splashed across digital,