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These Books Can Actually Transform Your Health 12/07/2016 07:00pm • The power of words Books can bore, enchant, educate or scare you. They can also inspire you -- and more. "Books saved me and gave me the lessons, the teachings and father that I didn't have," says Dr. Lawrence Peacock, a psychiatrist in West Hartford, Connecticut, who credits books -- from the seemi Holiday gift ideas that build financial knowledge 12/07/2016 09:26am • WASHINGTON — A holiday gift of financial knowledge will last longer than a gift card or a fruitcake (OK, maybe not a fruitcake) and pay off for the rest of the recipient’s life. An area financial adviser shared her recommendations for some great choices. Dawn Doebler, senior wealth adviser at How Much Do Doctors Learn About Nutrition? 12/06/2016 07:00pm • In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that diet plays a starring role in preventing and treating certain chronic diseases. And physicians are often on the frontlines of counseling patients about how their diets and other lifestyle habits can affect their health and weight -- a reality th Everything You Need to Know About the XLK ETF 12/06/2016 07:00pm • The stock market has been set afire for the past month in the wake of Donald Trump's election victory. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 3 percent, driven by go-go gains in financials (4.7 percent), materials (6.9 percent) and industrials (8.5 percent). But technology stocks -- the market's 3 research-backed ways to halt holiday weight gain 12/06/2016 11:40am • Here's some jolly good news: Research suggests people typically gain only about one to two pounds over the holiday season. The bad news is that it may take as long as five months to take those extra pounds off. In the study, published in September in the New England Journal of Medicine, researche 2016 NFL Week 13 Wrap: The unfireable Jeff Fisher 12/06/2016 01:27am • WASHINGTON — Jeff Fisher just can't seem to lose. (Not in a cool DJ Khaled way; more like a Parker Lewis way.) Well, Fisher can't seem to lose his job, but he's losing plenty of football games. Sunday, the Rams lost for the seventh time in their last eight games to drop to 4-8, clinching Fis Why the Dollar Will Surge Further in 2017 12/05/2016 07:00pm • Hold onto your hat. The dollar surge, which started in April, looks set to continue next year. The trade-weighted dollar index versus major currencies recently hit 95, having rallied from 88 at the end of April, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. There are plenty of reaso 5 Tips to Prepare Your Car for Winter and Save Money 12/05/2016 07:00pm • With winter weather popping up in many parts of the country, it's time to start taking steps to make sure that your car is prepared for colder temperatures. Getting stranded or having an accident in cold, wintry weather can be dangerous for everyone involved, so here are five key ways to minimize y Political pros make sense of 2016, look to 2020 12/05/2016 04:38pm • WASHINGTON — Both major parties are trying to learn the lessons of the 2016 presidential election. And there are plenty of would-be teachers. "(Donald Trump) confronted them with the fact that many of their own base voters didn't want the traditional Republican party platform," said politics wr Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary Is Time To Pardon Gen. Short and Adm. Kimmel 12/04/2016 07:00pm • Soon to be 75 years ago, the deadliest military attack to ever take place on United States soil occurred, and two men were blamed for it. There was plenty enough blame to go around for the failure, but two men were considered the culprits who failed to keep America safe: Adm. Husband E. Kimmel, comm Boost Your Portfolio Before the New Year 12/01/2016 07:00pm • The time to review your stock and bond portfolio isn't in the New Year, it's now. Here's a look at some tweaks you can make before Dec. 31 to help optimize your investments and save money on your tax bill. The end of the year is "a great excuse to make sure that investors are revisiting their portf Can You Gain Muscle While Losing Weight? 12/01/2016 07:00pm • Losing weight can be great. But not if that poundage comes from muscle loss. Unfortunately, a lot of the time, when people lose weight, they wind up with a lot less muscle than they started out with. Some even find their body fat percentages increasing. Why? Because when you consume fewer calories t 3 Ways to Take Your Plant-Based Diet to the Next Level 11/30/2016 07:00pm • Ready for some good news? While 2016 continues to be unpredictable, your diet doesn't have to be. By simply building meals around vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, you can create a phytochemical shield against chronic diseases including obesity, diabetes, heart disease and e Why Can't I Get Pregnant? 11/30/2016 07:00pm • Results: negative It can feel like a cruel game of hide and seek: Many women spend years actively avoiding pregnancy, but when they welcome it, it evades them. If that sounds familiar, take heart: "It can be totally normal to try for 11 months and not achieve a pregnancy," since infertility is defin What to Expect When Your Loved One Is in the ICU 11/29/2016 07:00pm • It starts with the shock that someone you love is sick enough to be here. The sight of your parent, partner or child under harsh lights, possibly bandaged and bruised, attached to tubes, drains, IV lines, maybe even a ventilator. The unfamiliar sounds of beeps, buzzes and emotional outbursts from n