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The Right Note: Ten Things to Talk to Your County Board About in August 08/08/2013 02:30pm • The Right Note is a weekly opinion column published on Thursdays. The views and opinions expressed in the column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ARLnow.com. Like Congress, the Arlington County Board takes the month of August off from regular meetings. Members of C Get out the credit card: It's your best friend's wedding 08/08/2013 03:21am • WASHINGTON - Great news: You've been invited to a friend's wedding. Bad news: It's in Costa Rica. Visions of the wedding march turn into the march toward debt as you get ready to shell out if you want to attend. Marketwatch.com reports a new poll finds 43 percent of Americans say they've decl International trade office spends much of its time traveling domestically 07/31/2013 11:35am • So what’s America’s official trade negotiator to do when there’s no momentum for international deals inside an administration sensitive to labor union concerns? How about travel the United States giving speeches to U.S. workers, instead.President Obama’s two trade representat International trade office spends much of its time traveling domestically 07/31/2013 11:35am • So what’s America’s official trade negotiator to do when there’s no momentum for international deals inside an administration sensitive to labor union concerns? How about travel the United States giving speeches to U.S. workers, instead.President Obama’s two trade representat New taxes could alleviate VRE, Metro commutes 07/26/2013 03:22am • FAIRFAX, Va. - Heavy traffic pushes many commuters to Virginia Railway Express and Metro. Both railways are over capacity, but new transportation funding could make the experience much smoother. The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) approved 32 projects on July 24. Among them ar Top colleges list is more than just ranking 07/25/2013 08:23pm • WASHINGTON - It's a hot topic for parents and high school seniors every year: The Forbes' ranking of America's Top Colleges. But just what does "top" mean? This year's list ranks Stanford University in California No. 1; University of Virginia in Charlottsville No. 29; and Johns Hopkins in Baltim Former Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell told her tax records were breached 07/22/2013 04:45pm • More than two years after her upstart Senate campaign rocked the Delaware political world, Christine O'Donnell got an unexpected contact from a U.S. Treasury Department agent warning that her private tax records may have been breached.The phone message earlier this year shocked the battled-scarred c Morning Notes 07/22/2013 08:45am • County’s Debt Upgraded to ‘Stable’ — Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the outlook on Arlington County’s debt from “negative” to “stable.” The county’s otherwise triple-A bond rating was downgraded in 2011 due to Arlington’ What to do when debt has you afraid to answer the phone 07/18/2013 12:24am • WASHINGTON - They call when you're having dinner. They call on Sunday morning. So, what can you do when the debt collector starts harassing you? "It can be very stressful as a consumer to be receiving collection calls," says Suzanne Martindale, an attorney with Consumer Union. She advises maki AAA: Furloughs May Ease Traffic Congestion 07/08/2013 04:45pm • Department of Defense furloughs went into effect today and AAA Mid-Atlantic suggests that may mean less traffic congestion. In Virginia alone, nearly 72,000 DoD employees are affected by furloughs, which require one unpaid day off per week for 11 weeks. The state is expected to be particularly hard Medicare failed to collect back $543 million in overpayments 07/03/2013 05:11pm • Medicare, already under fire from Congress for its financial woes, did not recover $543 million in overpayments during 2010, and can provide little information on which contractors they overpaid, according to a new report from the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.The Center for How will student loan interest rates affect you? 07/02/2013 06:49pm • WASHINGTON - Strapped with a student loan and worried about the doubling of interest rates? You may not have to worry depending on your loan. CNBC reports that interest rates will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on new, subsidized, federal Stafford loans. Interest rates on existing Stafford The real impact of rising interest rates on student loans 07/02/2013 03:45pm • WASHINGTON - If you're strapped with a student loan and worried about the doubling of interest rates, you may not have to worry, at all, depending on your loan. Interest rates are doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent only on new, subsidized, federal Stafford loans. Students only borrow mo Tuesday, July 2, 2013 07/02/2013 08:53am • Salamander Resort The Salamander Resort & Spa is set to open Aug. 29. 2013 in Middleburg, Va. Salamander Resort & Spa to open in Middleburg next month Download WTOP's Bob Madigan reports Related Story: Salamander Resort encouraged by bookings two Healthy fear of debt 06/25/2013 06:20pm • Chris Core, commentator