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Md. state police arrest 2 after rash of roadside scams 10/18/2016 04:52am • WASHINGTON — The Maryland State Police arrested two Baltimore men this weekend in connection with a roadside scam that police say has been reported with increasing frequency across the state. This weekend, two men, 29-year old Aron Miclescu and 35-year-old Constantin Stan, were arrested and cha 'Curious Incident' explores dead dog mystery at Kennedy Center 10/12/2016 01:24am • WASHINGTON — It won five Tony Awards last year, including "Best Play." Now, the Kennedy Center welcomes "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" on Oct. 5-23, exploring the mysterious death of a neighborhood dog, sparking an investigation by a young boy. "It creates for a Be the Best Trick-or-Treat House on the Block Without Breaking the Bank 10/11/2016 08:00pm • Halloween is the scariest time of the year, but that isn't always due to the ghosts trick-or-treating you, or the creepy clown sightings on the news. The price of Halloween candy, not to mention the cost of costumes and home decorations, can give anyone the heebie-jeebies. According to the National Study: Placebos work even if patients know they're taking fake medicine 10/10/2016 11:16am • WASHINGTON — It turns out the "placebo effect" — in which sugar pills, saline solution or other fake treatments actually resolve a patient's condition — may also work even when patients know the medication they're taking is bogus. CBS News reported on the findings of a new study from Harv 'The guns aren't real,' Md. city advises as film crew arrives 10/10/2016 10:09am • FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- The City of Frederick is advising residents that actors will be using fake guns during a downtown filming project. Spokeswoman Patti Mullins says in a statement that a crew from the Silver Spring-based production company Sirens Media is filming Monday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Officials: Threats against schools are crimes, not pranks 10/07/2016 06:22pm • WASHINGTON — Although online threats against area schools this week might have been intended as a prank, the seven students charged with making the threats face penalties that are no joke. Nationally and in the D.C. area, school districts are seeing a rash of social media threats against scho Column: Should you tape over your webcam? 10/07/2016 10:12am • Q: Is it a good idea to put tape over my laptop’s webcam, or is there something else I should be doing? A: With the recent story about FBI Director James Comey admitting to having tape over his webcams at home, this question is making the rounds once again. Comey isn’t the only one. The in Down the toilet: Farm stand turns outhouse into voting booth 10/06/2016 10:00pm • ASHLAND, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire farm stand is letting customers put their votes for president where he thinks they belong: right in the toilet. Owens Truck Farm is home to an outhouse-turned-fake-voting booth with mannequins of presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and toi Md. man plotted attack on US service member, faces terrorism charge 10/03/2016 06:07pm • WASHINGTON — A Hyattsville man has been arrested on a federal charge of trying to aid a terrorist organization for planning to attack a member of the U.S. military in Maryland. Nelash Mohamed Das, 24, a permanent U.S. resident from Bangladesh, was arrested Friday during a sting operation. He be Redskins' character emerges with win over Giants 09/26/2016 09:15am • WASHINGTON — There had been talk of locker room talk among the Redskins —internal grumblings born out of frustration from a 0-2 start. After Sunday’s 29-27 win over the Giants the conversation has changed and the team’s character has emerged. When the Redskins fell behind 14-3 to the Gian Tips to help your lawn survive your dogs 09/23/2016 10:14am • Save the date: McGrath in Fredericksburg Oct. 15 & 16 Mike will appear at the Fredericksburg Home Show at the Fredericksburg Expo Center on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15 and 16. He’ll give talks at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. on Saturday and at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Find more informat 5 steps to take after Yahoo security breach 09/23/2016 08:45am • WASHINGTON — Computer security experts suggest users take action to make sure they are not affected by the what could be the largest hack of all time. Yahoo said Thursday at least 500 million user accounts were affected by the data breach, in which names, emails, passwords, telephone numbers a Former Prince George's school aide confesses to child porn charges 09/23/2016 08:27am • WASHINGTON — A former Prince George's County school aide accused in federal and state court of taking and receiving nude photos and videos of his students at school confessed to the crime while being questioned by police. Deonte Carraway was questioned by detectives in early February after a fa Va. man pleads guilty after 'Supergirl' foils fraud scheme 09/21/2016 06:49am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man whose multiple fraud schemes unraveled in part after he used a Hollywood actress' photo on a fake passport has pleaded guilty to identity theft and fraud charges. Forty-four-year-old Amit Chaudhry of Ashburn pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Alexan Stock Sectors: Winners and Losers in the First 8 Months of 2016 09/19/2016 08:00pm • The bull market in U.S. stocks that began in March 2009 continues to march higher, supported by low interest rates, low inflation and a moderate growth environment. However, the market is much more than just the quote you hear on the news about the Dow Jones industrial average or the Standard &