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5 Ways Becoming a Mom Changes the Way You Eat 06/23/2016 08:00pm • I started to study parents' influences on children's eating behavior long before I was a parent. In hindsight, that was unreasonable; no one should try to understand parenting until he or she is a parent. Only then, do the complexities become so much more, well, apparent. At any rate, I was confide I Lost My Legs and Fingers to Meningitis, and This Is What I Learned 06/22/2016 08:00pm • As a new student at the University of Texas--Austin in the fall of 2008, I was excited to learn and enthusiastic about the world of possibility before me. Little did I know that one of the toughest lessons of my life -- and the one I least expected -- was in store for me at UT. During my first semes What Employers Think About Your Online IT Degree 06/22/2016 08:00pm • When Reza B'Far completed his online master's degree in computer science through University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering, he watched the same lectures as the on-campus students. "The degree that you got was the equivalent of a normal college degree," says the 44-year-old, 8 foods to boost summer weight loss 06/22/2016 07:00am • 8-foods-to-boost-summer-weight-loss How Sleep Helps Manage Diabetes 06/21/2016 08:00pm • Often, people with diabetes blame what they ate or their inactivity as the culprit for an out-of-range blood glucose level. But there are other health behaviors that can affect blood glucose levels, and poor sleep habits is a common -- and maybe unnoticed -- one. Not only do poor sleep habits affec 10 Energy ETFs That Will Clear Your Conscience 06/21/2016 08:00pm • Investing with a green thumb.Solar and wind companies might be the future, but they're often risky investments, with many stocks in the space suffering large annual losses and volatile price movement. But that's not the only way to invest "clean." In addition to these game-changers, there are a numb Is it bad that my knees crack when I exercise? 06/20/2016 06:00am • You're halfway into a squat or lunge, and your knees start spazzing out. They crack, pop and pretty much create their own less-than-pleasant workout soundtrack. Called crepitus, this crackling can freak out anyone who doesn't want to destroy his or her knees, or perhaps has some existing knee iss 3 Things to Know About Investing in Self-Storage Spaces 06/19/2016 08:00pm • Stocks mentioned in this story: PSA, CUBE, SSS, EXR, TSLA We love our stuff. Many of us might even be considered hoarders, which makes self-storage a good industry. Occupancy rates are generally high, turnover and maintenance is low. When the economy slows, people tend to downsize and put their pos How to Know if You're Getting Good Career Advice 06/19/2016 08:00pm • If you're looking for advice on your job search and your career, you'll find that there's no shortage of advice out there. The problem is that some of it is pretty terrible. In fact, some career advice is so bad that it can actually harm your career! Complicating matters even more, some of this bad 3 Facts About Weight Control 06/19/2016 08:00pm • Weight control is possible, in spite of it all -- and that revelation has something to do with ice skates, and swim fins. We'll get back to that. Unintentional weight gain in the modern world is easy, and intentional weight loss is hard. Weight control over time is even harder. That's unfortunate f How Not to Be Intimidated at the Gym 06/19/2016 08:00pm • We are all guilty of it -- sneaking a peek at our neighbors during a workout class or at the gym. Is she sweating as much as me? Can he hold this position as long as me? Why is she smiling? Group exercise has many benefits, but there can be downsides, too, and comparing yourself to others may be th The rules of grass: Don't feed your lawn 06/17/2016 01:15pm • Professor Longhair’s lawn Anthony out west in Warrenton writes: “We have a new house with a new Kentucky bluegrass lawn. When should I cut it? Some say I should wait until after it goes to seed the first time. Others say that, because of hybridization, the seeds produced will introduce a differ 3 Observations From Cities With the Best and Worst Credit Scores 06/16/2016 08:00pm • Most people don't know what their own credit score is, let alone their city's average, and how that compares to neighboring municipalities and the national mean of 668. That's unfortunate. On a practical level, being unaware of what your credit qualifies you for can make it difficult to know if you' Hogan, Baker trade barbs over transportation priorities, Metro 06/16/2016 07:48pm • WASHINGTON — The state of Maryland is hanging Prince George’s County out to dry as the region prepares for a two-week Metro track shutdown, County Executive Rushern Baker said Thursday. Baker said the state has not done enough to supplement the county-run bus system or the state-run MARC serv Arlington resident preparing for U.S. Police & Fire Championships 06/16/2016 05:30pm • Arlington resident Penny Ingles needed a mid-life course correction. So she picked up the javelin, of all things, and now the career firefighter who turns 41 on Friday is standing out, in more ways than one. “It’s not every day you see a firefighter with javelin in hand,” Ingles acknowle