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What Is a Credit Card Skimmer? And How You Can Avoid Them 12/13/2018 07:00pm • The threat of credit and debit card skimmers has grown in both number and sophistication in recent years. Today, you can't fill up your gas tank or withdraw cash from an ATM without the risk of becoming the next victim of a skimmer. Statistics about the prevalence of skimmers -- electronic devices e LEON likes DC: Mount Vernon Square getting its 2nd US restaurant location 12/12/2018 08:39am • WASHINGTON ��� London-based fast food chain LEON, which opened its first U.S. location earlier this year at Washington Square at 1050 Connecticut Ave., NW, will open a second location in Mount Vernon Square next spring. LEON, which calls its Mediterranean-leaning menu "Naturally Fast Food," was c H-eel-o there: Rare find in one Rock Creek Park stream ��� the American eel 12/11/2018 08:30am • WASHINGTON ��� Eels were once a tasty meal for early Washingtonians and Native Americans who lived along the banks of the Potomac River. The American eel thrived in the rivers and streams of this area, but are now rare ��� victims of the urban landscape. Therefore, environmentalists were excited 5 Ways to Save Money on Honeymoon Travel 12/10/2018 07:00pm • With the average wedding in America costing around $33,000 (according to The Knot's most recent Real Wedding Study), the last thing many newlyweds want to do is empty their pockets to go on a lavish honeymoon. Thankfully, with some careful planning and creativity, you can soak in wedded bliss on a Q&A: Buddy the Elf sings into Olney Theatre Center in 'Elf: The Musical' 12/10/2018 12:08am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'a198c7f8-3526-48ae-9d0a-c97d866028ea' }).render("629615366f28d707");}); WASHINGTON -- If smiling is your fa How Investors Can Check for Risk 12/09/2018 07:00pm • With oil prices gyrating, politics whipsawing, news breaking daily about the trade war with China, and a persistent drone about the bull market's advanced age, investors know that risk is a constant companion. In fact, managing risk is one of those fundamental tasks that investors are lectured about 5 Smart Home Technologies to Elevate Your Home in 2019 12/06/2018 07:00pm • With technology continuing to be a growing presence in every aspect of life, the home is no exception. While popular smart home technologies such as Amazon Alexa and Echo, Google Home and Apple HomePod provide users with an array of high-tech functions such as playing music and accessing informatio DC bagel shop cooks up crowds, even months after opening 12/06/2018 01:08am • WASHINGTON ��� When Andrew Dana first started working on the concept for Call Your Mother, a Jewish-inspired deli that opened in October in D.C.���s Park View neighborhood, he imagined it would be ���a semi-sleepy��� neighborhood bagel shop that drew a small crowd on the weekends. ���I wanted to Is the Bull Market Over? 12/05/2018 07:00pm • The U.S. stock market is enduring an early winter, as losses since Sept. 30 erased nearly all the year's gains in the S&P 500 index. Some of the biggest winners during the first three quarters of the year were among the biggest losers during the downturn. Since Sept. 30, Facebook (ticker: FB), A About WTOP News 12/05/2018 05:34pm • Senior digital editor Colleen Kelleher and mid-day producer Joslyn Chesson work from the editor's desk inside the WTOP studios headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD. (IMG/Gensler) About WTOP WTOP delivers the latest local news, traffic and weather information to the Washington, D.C., region across mul Oxon Hill man dead in Fort Washington shopping center shooting 12/05/2018 08:22am • WASHINGTON ��� An Oxon Hill, Maryland, man was found shot to death in a Fort Washington shopping center parking lot Monday night, Prince George's County police say. Kinard Adams, 24, was discovered by police around 7:20 p.m. in the 8500 block of Allentown Road. He had been shot multiple times What Student Loan Borrowers Can Expect From Financial Aid Mobile App 12/04/2018 07:00pm • Last fall, as part of its efforts to modernize the financial aid process from application through repayment, the U.S. Department of Education announced a blueprint for its Next Generation Financial Services Environment. The enhancements will better serve both potential and current student loan borr How to Write a Resume for College Admissions, Scholarships, Internships 12/04/2018 07:00pm • A resume is no longer reserved for after graduation. Students may want to craft one as early as the ninth grade for everything from college admissions to scholarships and internship opportunities. The resume should continue to evolve over the course of one's academic career, shaped by his or her exp Farmers market favorite Little Austria gets its own Loudoun bakery 12/03/2018 07:51am • WASHINGTON ��� For over a year, Austrian-born Helene Gallent has been selling freshly baked strudels at local farmers markets, working out of shared commercial kitchen ChefScape in Ashburn, Virginia. Now, Gallent is breaking out on her own. Little Austria plans to grow beyond farmers markets to n Supreme Court: Signature phrases each of the justices use 12/03/2018 01:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Justice Sonia Sotomayor wants you to know she's sorry. Justice Neil Gorsuch is only asking for some help. When you sit through almost all the Supreme Court arguments in a week, a month or even a term (as The Associated Press does), you hear the same phrases over and over. S