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Honda bolsters Fit to boost crash resistance 08/21/2014 06:30pm • TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) -- When the subcompact Fit failed a crash test, Honda went back to the drawing board.The tiny Fit, redesigned for the 2015 model year, initially flunked the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's small overlap test, earning just a "Marginal" rating. The test Stocks gain...Labor Day travel expected to rise...Mortgage rates decline 08/21/2014 03:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are on pace for a fourth straight day of gains. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is on track to beat its record-high close set last month. Trading is light on Wall Street with many investors on vacation.UNDATED (AP) -- A trade group for the nation's big airlines predicts that Washington's Top News -- Wednesday, August 20, 2014 08/20/2014 03:37am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Floods force dramatic rescues in Phoenix area Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says Tuesday's floods in her state ``looked absolutely devastating.'' The Phoenix area was battered by torrential rain storms Tuesday that caused severe flooding across Kuchar healthy again after bizarre back injury 08/19/2014 06:59pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) -- Chalk this up to one of the more bizarre injuries in golf. Matt Kuchar missed the final major of the year when his back locked up on him from having to sit too long in traffic.Adding to this forgettable tale: He was shopping for a slip-and-slide.Kuc Fairfax County mom dies after hornet sting 08/19/2014 06:49pm • ANNANDALE, Va. -- On a Saturday afternoon earlier this month, Melodye Creason decided to trim back the azaleas in front of her family's Annandale home before running an errand. It was a life changing decision, says her husband of 24 years, Rich Creason. As she was trimming the azaleas the Barwood Taxi Boss: Uber Is ‘Hitting Below The Belt’ 08/18/2014 03:25pm • Montgomery County’s Barwood Taxi is continuing its public relations push against ridesharing services such as Uber. Barwood Presdient Lee Barnes penned a letter-to-the-editor in last week’s The Gazette claiming that Uber has an unfair business advantage because it doesn’t yet Maryland, Virginia, D.C. see historic declines in auto thefts 08/18/2014 08:46am • WASHINGTON -- Auto thefts saw major declines in the D.C. area in 2013, but AAA says it's no reason for drivers to let their guards down during summer's high-risk theft time. Maryland, Virginia and D.C. all had decreases in the number of vehicles stolen in 2013, according to information AAA Mid-A App to hail taxis, limos launches in Las Vegas 08/14/2014 01:41pm • MICHELLE RINDELS Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Las Vegas visitors can now hail a ride from a taxi or limo company using their smartphone, even if they can't use the popular ridesharing apps available in many other U.S. cities.Integrity Vehicle Solutions on Wednesday launched the Ride Genie app, Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk