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Balikbayan boxes: How Spam, toothpaste, even toilet paper can say ‘I’m thinking about you’ 05/18/2022 04:17am • Piles of stuffed animals, clothes, hangers, towels, decorations — even bird feeders — were neatly gathered in Nita Matheson’s Springfield, Virginia, house last Wednesday. In her garage, flattened jumbo boxes lay atop even more items that she plans to send to family and friends far away. It' DC cracks top 20 in US News' annual 'Best Places to Live' rankings 05/17/2022 09:41am • D.C. made a sizable leap up the rankings in this year's "Best Places to Live" from U.S. News & World Report, though you may be surprised by the top choice. The list ranks the country’s 150 most populous metropolitan areas based on affordability, desirability and quality of life. 7 Money Market ETFs to Buy for Safety 05/16/2022 08:00pm • Consider these money market ETFs to keep your capital safe in a volatile market.Stocks and bonds have dropped in tandem throughout 2022 as markets priced in a series of anticipated 50-basis-point interest rate increases. Year to date through May 16, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker: SPY) and i Wide Gap Between LSAT Scores, GPA: What to Do 05/15/2022 08:00pm • While the American Bar Association recently signaled that accredited law schools may soon be able to relax their requirement that applicants submit a standardized test score, the two most influential factors in law school admissions remain grades and LSAT or GRE scores. Accordingly, many applicants 5 Health Benefits of Gardening 05/12/2022 08:00pm • Despite the lingering of winter's cold, all around are signs of spring! The days grown longer and color returns all around us -- first in the crocuses and daffodils followed by the beauty of tulips, azaleas, forsythia and green lawns. This is a great time to turn our thoughts to the many perks of be Paceline Card Doubles Your Rewards for Working Out 05/12/2022 08:00pm • Finding the motivation to work out can sometimes be a struggle, but what if your credit card gave you extra cash for getting off the couch? That is exactly what you get with the Paceline Card, which connects to the Paceline fitness rewards app to track your physical activity. The card will double yo Suit moves forward alleging cops protected sex traffickers 05/12/2022 03:47pm • A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit against two former police officers accused of protecting a sex trafficking ring in northern Virginia in exchange for sex can move forward. The former Fairfax County officers, Michael O. Barbazette of Manassas and Jason J. Mardocco of Gainesville, had Can You Become Addicted to Exercise? 05/11/2022 08:00pm • Exercise addiction and anorexia had caused 33-year-old Rebecca Quinlan to be in intensive care, where she was tube-fed to stay alive. She was admitted to an eating disorder clinic after her hospital stay, but it was ineffective. She would wake up at 5 a.m. crying and running uncontrollably back and 7 Best Biotech ETFs to Buy 05/11/2022 08:00pm • Biotech stocks face volatility but boast long-term potential.A highly volatile subset of the health care sector is the biotechnology industry. These companies are involved in the development of pharmaceuticals, treatment processes, genomics, food production and even biofuels. The effects of the COVI No timetable yet on patching large Md. sinkhole 05/11/2022 11:34am • Officials in Frederick, Maryland, are searching for contractors to patch a large and growing sinkhole that opened up last week along Monocacy Boulevard, causing a waterline break and collapsing part of the road. There is no timeline or estimated costs for the repairs yet, said Tracy Coleman, depu The 8 Most Active Stocks to Watch 05/10/2022 08:00pm • Keep an eye on these actively traded stocks.Just over a third of the way through 2022, this calendar year has proven to be a challenge for many investors. In April, Wall Street suffered its single worst month since the pandemic-induced sell-off of March 2020, as markets came to terms with the most a 7 Best REIT ETFs to Buy 05/09/2022 08:00pm • Risk-off investors may find comfort in high-yield REIT ETFs.Many asset classes are in turmoil as bonds are upended by a changing interest rate environment and stocks are giving investors ulcers with extreme volatility. However, real estate remains one of the most solid and sure-fire long-term invest 7 Space Stocks and ETFs to Watch 05/09/2022 08:00pm • The business of space is attracting big bucks.The space industry is taking off. Last year saw a global record of 145 launch attempts, with 45 of those coming from U.S. spaceports, according to the nonprofit advocacy organization Space Foundation. Venture capital funds in 2021 put $17.1 billion into Mediterranean Diet vs. Keto 05/09/2022 08:00pm • The Mediterranean and ketogenic diets are both popular eating plans that are drawing plenty of interest from people who want to lose weight. The keto diet promises quick weight loss, while the Mediterranean diet results are more gradual. Keto requires drastic restrictions of certain healthy foods wh 2 barges break free in flooding, float down the Potomac 05/09/2022 04:44pm • Two construction barges broke free from their moorings amid flooding on the Potomac River over the weekend and floated miles downstream before being snagged by underwater materials, a National Park Service official said. The larger barge carrying an excavator and other equipment got loose Saturda