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What Is a Credit-Builder Loan (and Should You Get One)? 09/19/2018 08:00pm • It's an age-old dilemma for would-be borrowers: Creditors want evidence you can handle a loan or unsecured credit card before they give you one, but there's risk in offering credit products to borrowers without a good credit history. That's where credit-builder loans come in. These atypical loans, 7 Blockchain Stocks That Are Ahead of the Curve 09/19/2018 08:00pm • Blockchain is a huge investment opportunity.Cryptocurrencies have been one of the more controversial topics on Wall Street in the past couple of years. However, technology experts say there's no arguing the value of the blockchain infrastructure at the root of currencies like bitcoin. The innovative 3 accused of running $364M investment fraud scheme including victims in Md., DC, Va. 09/19/2018 12:13pm • WASHINGTON — Three men have been indicted in an investment fraud scheme that took more than $364 million from hundreds of victims, largely in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia. Prosecutors in Baltimore said Kevin Merrill, 53, of Maryland, along with Jay Ledford, 54, of Texas and Nevada, and Cameron J What was the most-stolen car last year? 09/19/2018 09:14am • WASHINGTON — The most stolen car is 20 years old. The National Insurance Crime Bureau's "2017 Hot Wheels Report" of the most-stolen cars in the U.S. last year is topped by the 1998 Honda Civic. Why is a 20-year-old car the most stolen vehicle? There are many still on the road and thieves Hours before bodies were discovered inside burning mansion, neighbors saw man slip inside 09/18/2018 04:41pm • WASHINGTON — On the day a mansion in D.C. went up in flames in May 2015 and the bodies of three members of a family and their housekeeper were discovered inside, neighbors said they saw a man with dreadlocks approach the house's attached garage and duck inside. The description of the man came f Driver identified in fatal I-66 collision after a chaotic morning commute 09/18/2018 12:02pm • WASHINGTON — Drivers on eastbound Interstate 66 probably found Tuesday morning's commute to be a chaotic mess after a fatal accident and a second crash just hours later in the same area. Delays were slowly easing in the Vienna area on both I-66 and alternate routes. At 8:40 a.m., callers told W Flash flood watches continue after a night of storms from Florence 09/18/2018 10:42am • WASHINGTON — If thunder and lightning woke you up last night, you weren't the only one. Florence's remains dumped around 2 inches of rain on most of the D.C. region. Flood watches continued on Tuesday. Florence is slowly making its exit, bringing strong thunderstorms, floods and even a few torn Veteran Prince George's Co. officer ID'd in fatal shooting of car break-in suspect 09/18/2018 10:22am • WASHINGTON — The Prince George's County police officer involved in the fatal Monday shooting of a vehicle break-in suspect is a 10-year veteran of the department. Cpl. Joseph Keifline works with the Bureau of Patrol. He's on administrative leave in the wake of the shooting. It's Keifline's b How to Remove Yourself as a Co-Signer on a Loan 09/17/2018 08:00pm • When a family member or friend asks you to co-sign on a debt, that person isn't requesting a small favor. If you accommodate the request, you'll be putting your cash, credit score and perhaps future access to credit on the line. Even if your friend is responsible when repaying the loan, an unexpect 7 Health Care Dividend Stocks to Watch 09/17/2018 08:00pm • This could be a profitable prescription.Open wide and say, "ahhh" -- as in ah, the feeling of making a healthy profit. A generation of baby boomers hitting retirement age -- and holding onto record amounts of wealth -- means a strong outlook for companies in the health care sector. And more than a f Assistant who dropped off $40K in cash testifies in trial of man charged with killing DC family 09/17/2018 07:22pm • WASHINGTON — Jurors in the murder trial of the man accused of killing a D.C. businessman — along with his wife, son and housekeeper — heard key testimony from the businessman's assistant, who prosecutors say unknowingly dropped off $40,000 in ransom at the time the family was being held hostag Police identify suspect shot, killed in Prince George's Co. 09/17/2018 06:15pm • WASHINGTON — A police officer shot and killed a man suspected of stealing from cars who the police said shot at them first in Temple Hills, Maryland, on Monday. The shooting happened in the 3000 block of Brinkley Road, north of Henson Creek Park, in Temple Hills, Prince George’s County police Bicyclist killed in Prince George's Co. collision 09/17/2018 05:16pm • WASHINGTON — A bicyclist was killed in a collision with a car in Prince George’s County on Sunday night. The county police said in a statement that Mario Yattum, 33, of Lanham, Maryland, was on his bike in a median at Annapolis Road and Morley Road, in Lanham, at about 10 p.m. He entered the Montgomery County teacher's aide, coach arrested for sex abuse of teen girl 09/17/2018 01:56pm • WASHINGTON — Montgomery County police arrested a Beltsville, Maryland, man Friday after authorities say he inappropriately touched a teen girl and propositioned her for sex. Authorities are concerned there could be more victims. Thomas Henry Ridges, 38, of Chase Terrace, was charged with two co How to get a free bus ride in Arlington this week 09/17/2018 01:10pm • WASHINGTON — Think there's no such thing as a free ride? Not if you take the bus in Arlington, Virginia, and you're traveling on Sept. 20. Arlington Transit is letting passengers ride free Sept. 20 as a way to celebrate the transit agency's 20th anniversary. ART operates 15 bus routes throug