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Stocks close a strong quarter ... Retirement plans underfunded ... 2 banks fined 06/30/2014 06:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks are closing out another strong quarter, giving the Standard & Poor's 500 index its sixth straight quarterly gain. The market was mixed on the day as trading was muted ahead of the July Fourth holiday in the U.S.DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors is adding 8.2 million vehicle Stocks gain slightly ... Corporations can opt out of contraceptive coverage ... Home contracts up 06/30/2014 11:40am • NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks are up slightly in early trading as the market appears set to end June with a modest gain. The stock market ended last week with a slight loss. But that was a minor setback. The S&P 500 has managed a gain of 1.9 percent in June, despite rising oil prices and signs of tep What credit card offers the best rental auto insurance policy? 06/27/2014 10:33am • Sophie Ho, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON-- With summer in full swing, for some tourists it might be a natural decision to rent a car for their travels. But the decision to purchase complementary rental car insurance is a little trickier. CardHub has released its annual study analyzing the rent App helps drivers fight traffic, parking tickets 06/27/2014 09:30am • WASHINGTON -- Nothing changes a person's mood faster than seeing a parking ticket tucked under the windshield wiper of their car. Until now, there's been little an offending driver can do, other than curse their carelessness or the likely departed traffic officer who wrote the ticket. But a new Corvette museum likely to keep part of sinkhole 06/25/2014 07:07pm • BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press A massive sinkhole that swallowed eight prized sports cars at the National Corvette Museum has become such a popular attraction that officials want to preserve it -- and may even put one or two of the crumpled cars back inside the hole.The board of the museum in Bowl Why a grim US economic picture is brightening 06/25/2014 08:00am • CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the government updates its estimate Wednesday of how the U.S. economy fared last quarter, the number is pretty sure to be ugly. Horrible even.The economy likely shrank at an annual rate of nearly 2 percent in the January-March quart Successful surgery after wrong cancer diagnosis 06/24/2014 04:17pm • BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A Kentucky medical team has painstakingly repaired the disfiguring injuries to a woman's face, caused by radiation treatments for a cancer she never had that caused a gaping hole in her cheek and made her an outcast in a former Soviet republic Board fines 2 used car dealers in Winchester area 06/24/2014 09:30am • WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) -- A state board has fined two used car dealers in the Winchester area for violations.The Winchester Star (http://bit.ly/1pIE7SQ ) reports that the Virginia Motor Vehicle Dealer Board ordered Goldstar South in Frederick County to pay a $6,500 fine. D&S Imports in Winchester was London's Green Tomato car service comes to D.C. 06/23/2014 05:00pm • Jasmine Song, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON -- Move over Lyft and Uber, a new car service has made its way to D.C. London based Green Tomato Cars launched in March 2006 and picked the District to test its success in a U.S. market. The company's vice president and co-founder, Jonny Goldstone, Robot valet to park cars at German airport 06/23/2014 12:42pm • BERLIN (AP) -- Plane to catch and don't feel like hunting for parking?Travelers at Duesseldorf airport in Germany can soon leave the job to a robot valet.An airport spokesman says the robot, nicknamed Ray, starts work Tuesday and can be booked using a smartphone app.Thomas Koetter says all travelers Vida Blue sticks to slow stuff at Sonoma 06/22/2014 04:50pm • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer SONOMA, Calif. (AP) -- Vida Blue stuck to the slow stuff at Sonoma Raceway.The former star pitcher for the Oakland A's in the 1970s was content in his role as grand marshal of the NASCAR race, and had no urge whatsoever to get behind the wheel."My insurance probably Tips: how to weather the summer storms 06/21/2014 01:37am • WASHINGTON -- Storms on Thursday rolled over Fairfax County in Northern Virginia, knocking down trees and throwing out power for thousands of customers in the region. No one was injured, officials say, but the storm's devastation, which came as a surprise amid an otherwise trouble-free summer w Killer robots: Is that really a thing? 06/17/2014 11:28am • By Gregg Stebben, Men's Health WASHINGTON -- I'm not making this headline up: "As robotics advances, worries of killer robots rise." But what does the New York Times mean by "killer robots"? Do they mean robots that kill by accident? Or robots that kill on purpose? It turns out that robots o Kahne knows he's got to step it up for Hendrick 06/16/2014 05:50pm • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Hendrick Motorsports likes things neat and clean and organized. NASCAR's top team works hard to avoid drama, and its way of doing business is a huge part of the organization's success.It's fairly standard for Hendrick to tie its sponsors, drivers and crew chiefs int Kahne knows he's got to step it up for Hendrick 06/16/2014 05:50pm • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Hendrick Motorsports likes things neat and clean and organized. NASCAR's top team works hard to avoid drama, and its way of doing business is a huge part of the organization's success.It's fairly standard for Hendrick to tie its sponsors, drivers and crew chiefs int