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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 16-22 12/16/2018 12:23am • Here are some celebrities having a birthday this week. Dec. 16: Actress Joyce Bulifant (''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'') is 81. Actress Liv Ullman is 80. Journalist Lesley Stahl (''60 Minutes'') is 77. Guitarist Tony Hicks of The Hollies is 73. Singer Benny Anderson of ABBA is 72. Actor Ben Cross Car Review: Dodge Durango SRT 392 is a family hauler with disguised muscle 12/15/2018 11:10pm • WASHINGTON — Usually when a car fanatic outgrows his or her fun muscle car, it gets parked and used only on special occasions or, more likely, traded in for something family-friendly. That new vehicle is usually an SUV or crossover — both do well as family haulers — but the driving isn't qu Virginia man sentenced to 30 years for sexually abusing 13-year-old boy 12/14/2018 04:56pm • UPDATE 1:18 p.m Dec. 17: The Howard County State's Attorney's Office issued a correction to their original news release which stated the victim's father committed suicide. In fact, the victim's father died of a drug overdose.  WASHINGTON — Joseph Coffinberger of Reston, Virginia, pleaded guilt VIDEO: Drivers stop traffic on NJ highway to pick up $500K spilled from armored truck 12/14/2018 04:34pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Nearly $300,000 remains missing a day after two bags of money fell out the back of an armored truck and set off a mad scramble by motorists to grab some of the fluttering bills, police in New Jersey said. More than a half-million dollars spilled Thursday from a DC man gets 20 years for stabbing that cut 'three-fourths of the way around' victim's neck 12/14/2018 03:45pm • WASHINGTON — A D.C. man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a brutal stabbing in Southeast in September 2016. Onzay Gibbs, 28, was sentenced Friday. He was found guilty in May of aggravated assault and assault with intent to kill while armed. Prosecutors said in a statement that Gibbs an 1 dead, 2 injured in Outer Loop crash near Oxon Hill 12/14/2018 10:35am • WASHINGTON — A crash on the Capital Beltway's Outer Loop in Maryland left one person dead and two others injured late Thursday night. Maryland State Police responded to a collision between a Toyota Sequoia and a Kia Optima on the Outer Loop at Maryland Route 414 near Oxon Hill shortly before mi Car comparison: Which flashy SUV is best for you? 12/14/2018 05:06am • (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: 'ec9af545-acdb-4df5-a2fa-cad723283875' }).render("67661536bd83c2bc");}); Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a Sports activism in the age of Kaepernick, Trump 12/14/2018 12:38am • WASHINGTON -- “When people agree with you, there’s no problem.” With those eight words, former Washington Wizards player Etan Thomas summed up the state of sports activism in 2018 as succinctly as anyone could at an Aspen Institute panel this week. Colin Kaepernick’s protest and everyt 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 No across-the-board Metro fare hikes, but some riders on track to pay more 12/13/2018 04:49pm • WASHINGTON — Metrorail riders may see targeted fare increases at certain times next year, but will not face across-the-board fare hikes, a series of votes Thursday by the Metro Board assured. Metro will now charge riders more to ride on weekends or holidays when there are large regional events Maryland man admits to stalking, trying to frame wife as terrorist 12/13/2018 04:46pm • WASHINGTON — A Hanover, Maryland restaurant owner faces up to five years in prison after he was arrested for stalking and plotting to frame his estranged wife as a terrorist. Khalil Ahmad, 51, who owns Allah Rakha Restaurant, pleaded guilty Wednesday to stalking his estranged wife, according to A puppy for Christmas? Reasons you may want to rethink giving a pet 12/13/2018 02:03pm • WASHINGTON — It may be tempting to put a puppy under the tree as a surprise for someone this holiday season. But becoming a pet owner is a decision that includes a lifelong commitment that shouldn't necessarily be a surprise, says veterinarian Dr. Katy Nelson. Adopting a pet for a holiday gift Car comparison: Which muscle car is right for you? 12/13/2018 05:57am • (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: '2f777a1b-4d37-4161-84e9-3f0cdc450d32' }).render("58615360605bb76");}); Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a After Thanksgiving traffic jams, Dulles and DCA hope Amazon arrival could help widen roads 12/13/2018 04:30am • ARLINGTON — Airport leaders are outlining potential responses to the long Thanksgiving weekend traffic jams at Reagan National and Dulles International airports, and deflecting blame away from ongoing construction for the particularly bad backup at Reagan. Big crowds came for flights from early 1 caught, another sought in DC-Md. kidnap and rape 12/12/2018 09:11pm • WASHINGTON -- A D.C. man is in custody, and police are looking for a second person in a nightmarish kidnap and rape of a woman who was taken at gunpoint after leaving a Metrorail station on her way home. It happened on Dec. 3 at the Naylor Road Metro Station in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland. The wo