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Wells Fargo tops Wall Street 1Q targets, earning $5 billion 04/14/2023 08:25am • Wells Fargo beat sales and profit targets in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, boosted by higher interest rates. The quarter saw the collapse of two banks that rattled the financial sector and the broader stock market. Wells Fargo participated with other banks in pumping $30 billion i Police: Inmate who escaped by faking death back in S. Africa 04/13/2023 10:45am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison with help from guards by faking his own burning death was brought back to South Africa early Thursday after going on the run with his girlfriend. The couple were arrested in Tanz Pauly Shore reflects on career from 'Encino Man' to 'Bio-Dome' en route to gigs at DC Comedy Loft 04/13/2023 04:12am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” When Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan both won Academy Awards last month for "The Whale" and "Everything Everywhere All At Once," respectively, their "Encino Man" colleague Pauly Shore was ecstatic to see his old pals persevere to US, Ukraine say many war secrets safe from intel leaks 04/12/2023 11:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine's leaders say they don’t see a major U.S. intelligence leak as gravely damaging future offensives. A key reason: They have long held back on sharing their most sensitive operational information, doubting Washington's ability to keep their secrets safe. Ukrainian and US intelligence leak complicates summit with South Korea 04/12/2023 10:41pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting Washington spied on South Korea have put the country's president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit to the U.S., the first such trip by a South Korean leader in 12 years. The documents contain purportedly private c Ukraine's outrage grows over video seeming to show beheading 04/12/2023 09:26pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into a gruesome video that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier, in the latest accusation of atrocities said to have been committed by Russia since it invaded in February 2022. The video spread quickly online and dr Claims guards aided killer fake death in S. Africa jailbreak 04/12/2023 04:25pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A convict serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison in South Africa by faking his own burning death likely got warders to help smuggle a corpse into his cell, a parliamentary hearing was told Wednesday. Thabo Bester's elaborat Man agrees to plead guilty in Basquiat artwork fraud scheme 04/11/2023 08:17pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The paintings ultimately wound up at the Orlando M Editorial Roundup: United States 04/11/2023 05:18pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: April 8 The Los Angeles Times on a federal judge's ban on abortion pill In the most far-reaching court ruling on abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and robbed women of the constitutional right to an abortion last Kimberly Palmer: How to protect parents from financial scams 04/10/2023 07:00am • When a scam artist called Cameron Huddleston’s mom to tell her to wire money in order to claim a prize, Huddleston had to intercept the calls. Her mom, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, was convinced she had to wire the money as soon as possible. “That was a wake-up call for me. If y DC leads nation for IRS robo-scams (and no, the IRS won’t text you) 04/07/2023 09:49am • Reston, Virginia-based Transaction Network Services has seen a spike in recent months in IRS-related robocall and robotext scams — and residents in the D.C. region are getting a lot of them. “What we see now in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area there is the highest level of per-capita spam WWE alum Al Snow reflects on 'bizarre wrestling career' of mannequin heads at DC Comedy Loft 04/06/2023 04:25pm • Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” He's best known for talking to a mannequin head, then using it to bludgeon his opponents in the ring. WWE and ECW alum Al Snow performs live at the D.C. Comedy Loft at 7 p.m. on Saturday. "I'm still pretty much a (stan 3 DC-area residents sentenced over credit card fraud scheme 04/06/2023 02:02pm • Three people from the D.C. region were sentenced for taking part in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars being lost from local retailers and financial institutions. Adiam Berhane, 50, had been convicted in a December 2022 trial for a number of char Montgomery Co. 2nd graders learn finances through a classroom economy 04/04/2023 03:56pm • It can be difficult to keep track of your money, especially when you're young and just starting out on your own. One Montgomery County, Maryland, teacher is proving it's never too early to begin learning about income, paying bills and fiscal responsibility. On Tuesday morning, Capri Coleman's sec How to Run a Tenant Background Check 04/02/2023 08:00pm • Finding reliable, responsible and respectful tenants is no easy task, but it's one of the most important aspects of managing a rental property. One way to help landlords find the right tenant and minimize liability is to perform a background check. Conducting a thorough screening as part of the appl