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What to do if you lose your job and can't make your credit card payments 03/08/2019 10:00am • When you lose a job, reality can hit pretty quickly. Suddenly, your well-planned financial arrangements may be in jeopardy. It is possible to manage credit card payments and prevent damage to your credit score after you lose a job. But it will take some organization, self-sacrifice and possibly a Manafort gets 47 months, judge cites mostly 'blameless' life 03/08/2019 07:33am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians, much less than what was called for under sentencing guidelines. Manafort, sitting in a wheelchair a Movie Review: 'Captain Marvel' follows formula for empowering entertainment 03/08/2019 12:56am • It's hard to believe it took 21 installments before Marvel introduced a female lead, especially with Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow, Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique and Halle Berry's Storm. Ironically, it's the one area where the DC Extended Universe actually beat Marvel to punch thanks to the New Open Space Plan Sparks Bruising Fight Over the Future of Arlington’s Athletic Fields 03/07/2019 03:30pm • Arlington’s lengthy, detailed public space planning documents might seem dry and technical at first glance, but an impending update to those plans has sparked a bitter fight in the county. Though the sparring centers largely around reams of statistics and data, the debate cuts to the heart of Insta-Monarch: Queen Elizabeth makes first Instagram post 03/07/2019 07:52am • LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has posted her first Instagram image. The media-savvy queen posted from the Science Museum Thursday to help promote the museum's summer exhibition. Using an iPad, she shared an image on the official royal family Instagram account of a letter from 19th century How student loans affect your credit 03/06/2019 07:00pm • Student loans can have a major effect on your credit score, so it pays to understand the relationship between student loans and credit. On one hand, borrowing and paying back student loans can do wonders for your credit history. On the other, a misstep like a missed payment can send your score plumm 'I failed': Army staff sergeant convicted of murdering wife, Va. officer apologizes 03/05/2019 02:31pm • The life of Ronald Hamilton — an Army staff sergeant convicted of capital murder for killing his wife and a rookie Prince William County, Virginia, police officer — was spared last year when the jury deadlocked in considering the death penalty. The jury unanimously reached a life verdict on o Md. mom outraged at early release of her 14-year-old daughter's killer 03/05/2019 08:19am • The man who killed and allegedly sexually attacked a 14-year-old Maryland girl is getting out of prison Tuesday after serving less than nine years of his 15-year sentence. Nia Owens was found dead in the woods near Northwestern High School in Hyattsville in 1996. Police said she had been sexually AP FACT CHECK: Trump's epic speech is laced with fabrication 03/03/2019 08:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump uttered a dizzying number of false statements in his epically long weekend speech, to an audience that didn't seem to mind at all. He got the unemployment rate wrong. He misstated his winning margin in the election. He reprised so Police: Husband, not panhandler, killed woman in Baltimore 03/03/2019 07:19pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland woman whose death last year was blamed on an attack by a panhandler was actually killed by her husband and his adult daughter, police said Sunday. Keith Smith, 52, had told police that his wife, Jacquelyn, an engineer from Harford County, was trying to give money College hoops: Is Kansas' Big 12 title streak in jeopardy? 03/01/2019 11:43am • There are givens on this planet. The sun will rise and set. The Rolling Stones will go on tour for what might be the final time. Hallmark holiday movies will somehow feature a twist, yet arrive at a happy ending. And since 2004, Kansas has secured at least a share of the Big 12 men's basketbal Frosh taps Elizabeth Embry to probe sex abuse allegations in Baltimore Archdiocese 02/27/2019 07:44am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) has rehired a high-level prosecutor to lead a probe of sex abuse in the Baltimore Archdioc Ex-U.Md. basketball players sue 'Fortnite' game makers over dance 02/26/2019 11:37am • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Two former University of Maryland men's basketball players are suing the makers of "Fortnite," claiming the video game's creators misappropriated a dance they popularized online. The federal lawsuit, filed Monday in Maryland, accuses Epic Games Inc. of unfairly profitin Fans of the giant panda should take a bow for the species' resurgence 02/24/2019 11:28am • WASHINGTON — It wasn’t that long ago the giant panda was considered an endangered species, with a dwindling population that led to worries about extinction. But today that’s no longer the case. As the population has begun to rebound the species has been “uplisted” to what’s now considere Car Review: Kia Rio goes from bargain basement to sophisticated subcompact hatch 02/24/2019 09:11am • WASHINGTON — It wasn’t long ago that the Kia Rio was just basic transportation for those who wanted to buy new and not used. It was loud and not very pleasant inside. Come to think of it, I would pay more if I heard that was my ride at the rental car counter. But in 2018, Kia went back to the dr