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Fall in Love With Stone Fruit Right Now 07/13/2015 08:00pm • I have a challenge for you this summer. Go to your closest farmers market and pick up a perfect, ripe peach. Then take it home, bite in and let the juice run down your chin. I promise you, it will make your day. Right now, across the country, local farmers markets are offering a bounty of ripe, del Portfolio Analysis: a Hyper-Aggressive $1.29 Million Portfolio With Holes 07/13/2015 08:00pm • It's commonly and incorrectly presumed that people with large investment portfolios are smart investors. But as counterintuitive as it may sound, this false presumption is simply not true. How do I know? Because I've analyzed and graded many multimillion dollar investment portfolios ($27 million i When Active Fund Management Makes Sense for Investors 07/12/2015 08:00pm • The debate between active and passive management may never be settled, particularly in the media. Plenty of investors, advisors and academics hold strong views on either side. But there are some who believe that a combination of active and passive management styles is in investors' best interest. The Digestibility Dilemma 07/12/2015 08:00pm • Should the food we eat be digestible? It seems like a simple question with an obvious answer. The purpose of food is to nourish our bodies with essential macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein and fat) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), and we can only access the nutrients in food if we a Should You Get the Birth Control Implant? 07/12/2015 08:00pm • Quita Christison intended to get an intrauterine device, or IUD. The 26-year-old had gone off her birth control pills and heard IUDs -- which are inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy for up to 10 years -- revered by her graduate school professors, who were experts in women's health and had Eat this, toss that: How can you tell when food is spoiled? 07/10/2015 11:45am • How long has it been since you cleaned your spice rack? Or checked on those frozen pieces of steak? Food often sits in your refrigerator, freezer and pantry for a long time. Then one day, a light bulb goes off and you start contemplating if the food is actually still edible. Hopefully, these tips wi Vacation time? 4 reasons to try a farm-to-table trip 07/10/2015 11:35am • In the dreary, snowy days of January, the southwestern border town of Yuma, Arizona, is bathed in sunshine and booked with tourists experiencing a unique vacation. The travelers harvest winter produce straight from the field, then deliver their pickings to culinary students who create a meal of loca Baltimore vs. Washington: Whose brand of beltway baseball is better? 07/10/2015 02:36am • WASHINGTON — The Nationals and Orioles head to Baltimore this weekend to square off in a three-game set. That got us thinking — in the spirit of The Battle of the Beltways, which beltway city is a better baseball town? Each year that the Nationals become further entrenched in the Washington s What Is Climate Change Doing to Your Health? 07/09/2015 10:00pm • Temperatures are rising. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent. Air quality is decreasing. Climate change is not only taking a toll on the environment, but on our health. It's no longer a question of what will happen; it's what's happening right now. The 2014 National Climate Assessme 7 diet mistakes sabotaging your weight loss 07/09/2015 08:00pm • Want to lose weight? Here's what not to do. You've taken the first step: vowing to eat well, starting now. Many dieters are so determined to finally lose that weight that the pounds will indeed start to whittle away. The problem, though, is that many haven't learned from their mistakes -- and wit Are health foods making you fat? 07/09/2015 08:00pm • Supermarkets are filled with more "health foods" than ever before. Still, America's collective waistline has also reached record proportions. Unfortunately, there may be a link. Of course, that's not to say every food lining your supermarket's health-food aisle is the nutritional equivalent of a Va. bid to banish Confederate flag from plates opposed 07/09/2015 06:51pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Southern heritage group says it is going to federal court to keep the Confederate battle flag on Virginia license plates. The Virginia division and the national leadership of the Sons of Confederate Veterans said Thursday they want to stop the state from removing the Wearable Technology Can Now Detect Your Emotions 07/08/2015 08:00pm • Complete calm for Jonathan Palley is cruising on California's scenic roads -- mountains on one side, ocean on the other. But as soon as the 30-year-old from San Francisco turns onto a busy highway or city street, his cool evaporates. "That's just utterly unenjoyable for me," he says.Palley's wearabl Is High-Intensity Interval Training Your Get-Fit Answer? 07/08/2015 08:00pm • Any exercise is better than none. But, for those able to do it, higher intensity exercise -- running, rather than walking, for example -- can further boost the health payoff, such as increasing cardiovascular benefits. Unfortunately, experts say that with roughly two-thirds of Americans considered Trapped trucks a recurring issue on the area parkways 07/08/2015 04:47pm • WASHINGTON — For the second time in a week, an over-height truck became lodged under a low-clearance bridge on the Rock Creek Parkway in D.C., requiring a lengthy extrication and causing long traffic delays. The moving truck was traveling southbound on the Rock Creek Parkway around 11 a.m. Wedn