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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 Service has designated driver pick you up -- and your car 06/12/2014 02:05pm • GAITHERSBURG, Md. - A night of drinking can end up in disaster for anyone who's had too many but doesn't want to leave their car. But a new program in the area will get a driver for those in need. The BeMyDD program is available in 31 cities across the country and is gaining popularity in the D. Stocks flat...Tyson wins Hillshire bidding war...NY court to hear GM lawsuits 06/09/2014 03:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are drifting between slight gains and losses in afternoon trading on Wall Street. The market has been on a steady climb for three weeks running, pulling the S&P 500 up 4 percent in a month. On Friday, the S&P 500 index notched its latest record high, its eighth in 10 trading Uber launches public lobbying effort to keep operating in Va. 06/06/2014 04:19pm • WASHINGTON - A day after being told to park its cars, Uber urged its riders to contact Virginia state officials in support of the mobile-based car service. In an email to users, Uber urges riders to tweet, email or call Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Attorney General Mark Herring or the Department of Motor Stocks rise...May job gains...Hertz accounting errors...Colorado regulating ridesharing companies 06/06/2014 11:30am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are moving higher this morning on Wall Street, after the government reported another month of solid job gains in May. The Dow and the S&P 500 are both in record territory, with the blue-chip index adding about 70 points in the first hour of trading and the S&P adding 7. The N Uber, Lyft become regulated in Colorado 06/06/2014 11:30am • DENVER (AP) -- Leading a push to legitimize Internet companies that connect riders to drivers with a few taps on a cellphone app, Colorado has become the first state whose legislature passed a law regulating companies like UberX and Lyft.Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the bill on Thursday."Consumer p