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31 Dec 21:15

How to Declutter Your Facebook News Feed Once and For All

by Whitson Gordon

How to Declutter Your Facebook News Feed Once and For All

When was the last time you looked at your Facebook feed and actually liked everything you saw? For all of Facebook's fancy algorithms, it can never create the perfect feed for you. Here's how to declutter that feed once and for all and only see the stuff you care about.

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31 Dec 21:14

NanoLeaf Bulbs Provide Unusually Bright, Energy-Efficient LED Lighting

by Adam Dachis

NanoLeaf Bulbs Provide Unusually Bright, Energy-Efficient LED Lighting

We're all for energy-efficiency, and NanoLeaf managed to pack quite a bit of it into one of the weirdest looking lightbulbs we've ever seen. With their LED bulb you get 30,000 hours of brightness equivalent to a standard 100W unit.

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31 Dec 20:58

Show Us Your Favorite Bathroom Hack

by Walter Glenn

Show Us Your Favorite Bathroom Hack

Getting ready for bed. Getting ready for work. Answering nature's call. Caring for your teeth, your skin, your kids, your pets. We spend a lot of our time in bathrooms. What clever tricks have you come up with to make that time a little easier?

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31 Dec 20:52

Ask an Expert: All About Smarter Grocery Shopping

by Tessa Miller

Ask an Expert: All About Smarter Grocery Shopping

Say hi to Erin Gifford of Ziplist, a service that simplifies meal planning and grocery shopping. Ziplist integrates with some of the web's best food sites, allows you to search more than 1 million recipes, and supplies users with relevant coupons. It also exports lists and meal plans to mobile devices, making grocery shopping that much easier. Erin is here for the next hour lending her expertise on smarter, faster food shopping—ask away!

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31 Dec 20:51

How Can I DIY in a Small Living Space?

by Alan Henry

How Can I DIY in a Small Living Space?

Dear Lifehacker,
I love DIY projects—both household and electronic—but I live in an apartment in the city, and I don't have much space to work. How can I get my DIY fix without worrying about fumes, storage, sawdust, or bothering my neighbors with the noise of power tools?

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31 Dec 05:39

Malwarebytes for Android Kills Malware, Protects Your Privacy Too

by Alan Henry

Malwarebytes for Android Kills Malware, Protects Your Privacy Too

Android: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a great tool for removing trojans, worms, and other malware from your Windows computer, but now it's made the jump to Android. It still offers robust malware protection, but it goes further to protect your privacy from apps with overreaching permissions or other vulnerabilities.

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31 Dec 05:38

Turn a Set of Leather Straps Into Space-Saving Curtain Rods

by Alan Henry

Turn a Set of Leather Straps Into Space-Saving Curtain Rods

If you don't have a lot of room to mount curtain rods around your window frame, or you just want a different look than traditional rods offer, grab a set of saddle-grade leather straps instead. They're easily screwed into the wall, lightweight, and look good even with a curtain hanging from them.

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31 Dec 05:38

The Essential Life Hacking Supplies You Can Get for $1

by Eric Ravenscraft

The Essential Life Hacking Supplies You Can Get for $1

A life hacker without the proper tools is a bit like Leonardo DaVinci with a box of crayons: you can probably make something good, but you're not going to create the Sistine Chapel of life hacks. Here are some of the most useful life hacking supplies you can get for a dollar or less.

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27 Oct 02:36

Employee at 7-Eleven Hit With Metal Pipe - PotomacLocal.com


PotomacLocal.com

Employee at 7-Eleven Hit With Metal Pipe
PotomacLocal.com
MANASSAS,Va,– Woman struck in the head with a metal pipe when man robbed store. More in a press release: Armed Robbery | Assault & Battery –. On October 19th at 3:07AM, police responded to the 7-11 located at 12125 Dumfries Rd in Manassas ...

24 Oct 21:50

Meeting set on Iraq vet's SpongeBob gravestone

- Officials at a cemetery that removed a slain Iraq war veteran's towering SpongeBob SquarePants headstone from her final resting place after they deemed it inappropriate for their traditional grounds were planning to meet with the soldier's family to explore possible solutions.
24 Oct 21:33

Iraq veteran's SpongeBob gravestone removed

- An Iraq war veteran's towering SpongeBob SquarePants headstone has been removed from her final resting place because officials at the historic Cincinnati cemetery deemed it inappropriate for their traditional grounds.
24 Oct 21:32

Boy Scouts remove 2 men who toppled ancient rock

- Two Utah men already facing possible criminal charges for purposely toppling an ancient rock formation in a state park have now been removed from their posts as Boy Scout leaders.
24 Oct 21:32

Study: Speeding up Corridor H good for W.Va.

- A new study says West Virginia would receive $1.25 billion in new revenue and an uninterrupted link to the Inland Port in Front Royal, Va., if Corridor H is completed ahead of schedule.
24 Oct 02:12

Onion story on Redskins name uses racial slurs

The debate over the Washington Redskins moniker has reached the pages of The Onion, best known for its satirical and faux news stories. The Onion parodies the debate by using racial slurs against the team's owner.
24 Oct 02:12

Va. bike thief sentenced to 12 years

A 42-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Friday for his role in a series of bike thefts, Arlington County reports in a news release.
22 Oct 19:50

Detroit man accused of raping, setting fire to 5-year-old

Prosecutors have filed charges against a Detroit man they say abducted, raped and killed, then burned the body of a 5-year-old girl.
22 Oct 19:49

Woman nearly passes out during President's speech

A woman standing behind President Obama as he discussed issues with the Affordable Care Act website on Monday was seen wobbling
22 Oct 18:38

Fairfax County schools facing massive deficit

Fairfax County Schools are among the top in the nation but that could be in jeopardy.
22 Oct 18:29

Monday morning sky shots

See some of the shots of landmarks and the sky early this morning here
22 Oct 17:04

[Comic 10-21-13] Casting Call

22 Oct 16:59

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by Lar deSouza
22 Oct 01:44

Halloween safety tips for your trick-or-treaters

Fire officials want to make sure that you don't forget to take steps to keep your trick-or-treaters safe.
22 Oct 01:44

Super smog hits north China city

Visibility shrank to less than half a football field and small-particle pollution soared to a record 40 times higher than an international safety standard in one northern Chinese city as the region entered its high-smog season.
22 Oct 01:43

Biggest pumpkin ever part of NYC sculpture

The biggest pumpkin on record is part of a massive sculpture in New York. 
22 Oct 01:43

PHOTOS: Vintage Halloween

Take a look at these vintage Halloween photographs from the 19th and early 20th century.
22 Oct 01:43

Monday morning sky shots

See some of the shots of landmarks and the sky early this morning here
21 Oct 23:17

Character actor Ed Lauter dies

The veteran performer was 74.
21 Oct 19:34

Dog tethering limited in Arlington; violators could pay $100

With the new regulations, there is a three-hour tethering limit within a 24-hour period
21 Oct 15:23

The funny math of clothing sizes

The average American woman is about 25 pounds heavier than she was in 1960. Yet women's plus-size clothing still makes up only about 9 percent of the $190 billion spent annually on clothes.
21 Oct 15:23

DC area housing market doing better: what you need to know