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Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia stages iconic love story in 'Rocky: The Musical' 03/23/2022 10:54am • Rocky's trainer Mickey famously declared: "You're gonna eat lightning and crap thunder!" That's not quite on the buffet menu at Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia, Maryland, but you can savor the new production of "Rocky: The Musical" from March 26 through June 5. Playwright Thomas Meehan She Also Served: A woman veteran spotlight with Alise Faircloth 03/15/2022 04:18am • This content is sponsored by American Military University. Alise Faircloth, an ambitious U.S. Army veteran from Connecticut, had one of the most intense careers in the military one could imagine, serving as a combat medic who worked to save lives in the field. "It really puts in front of you w COVID meant deficits for Md. college athletic departments 03/14/2022 01:57pm • The NCAA basketball tournament tips off this week, an event that’s worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the college athletics industry. Eventually, a big chunk of that money makes its way in varying amounts to individual schools, depending on conference affiliation and the success achieved Appeals court revives suits against AU, GW seeking tuition refunds 03/09/2022 08:25am • A federal appeals court panel has revived class action lawsuits against two major D.C. universities that seek tuition and fee refunds over campus closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. The suits, leveraged separately against American University and George Washington University, allege both instit Drivers get grace period to pay back millions in back-tolls to Maryland 02/24/2022 02:51pm • Thousands of Maryland drivers are still peeved about a bill they got last spring with an unexpectedly high balance. The pandemic delayed the state's ability to send out invoices for toll payments, but now it's offering drivers a reprieve. When those bills went out to Maryland drivers starting las WUSA Channel 9 owner to be acquired by private investors 02/22/2022 09:46am • Tysons, Virginia-based Tegna, whose 64 television stations include WUSA Channel 9 in D.C., will be acquired by private investors for $5.4 billion. The total value of the takeover by New York-based Standard General LP, including assumption of Tegna debt, is $8.6 billion. More Business N 9 red flags that could trigger a tax audit 02/21/2022 07:50am • What is an IRS audit? The IRS may choose to review a taxpayer's accounts and financial information to ensure all tax laws are being followed. Even though the IRS only audited 0.3% of individual income tax returns in 2020, many taxpayers live in fear of a letter from the IRS questioning items on Bill to protect mental health of frontline health care workers passes the Senate 02/20/2022 07:40am • A bill designed to reduce and prevent suicide, burnout and mental health conditions among health care professionals has passed the U.S. Senate and is on its way to President Biden's desk for signing. The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, introduced by Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine in DC attorney general's suit against Trump inaugural committee gets trial date 02/17/2022 02:31pm • D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine's lawsuit against former President Donald Trump's inaugural committee, the Trump Hotel and the Trump Organization over the alleged misuse of $1.1 million is going to trial in September. The Office of the Attorney General filed the suit in 2020, alleging that the NFL stadium bills clear Virginia Senate, House 02/16/2022 05:51pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Bills that could lead to construction of a $3 billion Washington Commanders NFL football stadium complex in Prince William or Loudoun cou Virginia Stadium Authority bill to lure Commanders passes in House committee 02/08/2022 05:43am • Virginia lawmakers on a House of Delegates committee advanced a bill Monday that aims to lure the newly-renamed Washington Commanders to the commonwealth. The legislation, which passed on a bipartisan 14-7 vote in the House Appropriations Committee, would establish a Virginia Football Stadium Aut Looking for love? Fix your credit score 02/07/2022 09:24am • With Valentine’s Day coming up, there will be seductive gifts and intimate dinners. But you know what is really sexy? Being financially responsible. Especially now. More Business News “Over half of people would break up with their significant other if he or she spent irres Here’s a look at fundraising in a dozen key Md. state Senate districts 01/31/2022 11:15am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The General Assembly’s legislative map has just become law — though it will be subject to lawsuits. And the candidate filing deadline Here’s what campaign finance reports say about Md. county exec races 01/25/2022 03:07pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Some of the hardest-fought elections in Maryland this year will be races for county executive in the state’s biggest jurisdictions. Competi DC region ranks highest for federal student loan debt, but that’s skewed 01/24/2022 10:15am • Student loan debt continues to climb to new record highs, and the D.C. region has among the highest in the nation. A new report from LendingTree’s student lender rate comparison site Student Loan Hero found that, when compared to states, D.C. has the highest federal student loan balances in the