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Ex-lawyer gets 7 years for defrauding business, charity, Va. campaign 01/24/2020 06:26pm • A Fairfax, Virginia, man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for conspiring to defraud the campaign of a Virginia state senator. Former lawyer David H. Miller, 71, was sentenced Friday to 88 months in prison for defrauding SkyLink Air and Logistic Support Inc., the campaign of s A new text message scam is disguising itself as a FedEx notification 01/23/2020 07:13am • It's an exhilarating feeling we can all relate to -- FedEx notifying you that your package has been delivered. But before you mindlessly click on that text message that looks like it's from FedEx, take a second look because it could be a scam. Some people around the country are receiving Fairfax County 'swatting' suspect with neo-Nazi ties to remain in jail 01/15/2020 09:51pm • A Fairfax County, Virginia, teenager, with links to a group law enforcement say is sympathetic to neo-Nazi causes, will remain in jail on federal charges related to so-called swatting calls that targeted black and Jewish people. "Swatting" involves calling 911 and faking an emergency that draws a Maryland man's killer sentenced 15 years later 01/10/2020 09:29pm • His death went unsolved for more than a decade, and 15 years after the fatal stabbing of a Laurel, Maryland, man, his killer is going to prison. Michael Andre Duvall, 61, of D.C. was sentenced Friday to the maximum time of 30 years for the murder of Brian Moses. On Sept. 15, 2005, Moses was fo Beyond Carne: District Taco unveils meat substitute on menu 01/07/2020 01:35pm • Called "Itza — Beyond Carne," the meat substitute is a proprietary District Taco ingredient, even though it was developed with Beyond Meat. (Courtesy District Taco) District Taco has put a plant-based meat substitute it developed in collaboration with Beyond Meat on the menu. Called Itza � Maryland man used fake passports to launder romance fraud money 01/07/2020 07:26am • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Federal officials say a Maryland man used fake passports to facilitate a money laundering conspiracy involving nearly $1 million. Arinze Michael Ozor, 36, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of forgery or false use of a passport, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Dis The other fake meat: Impossible Foods unveils pork, sausage 01/07/2020 07:21am • After a big year for its plant-based burger, Impossible Foods has something new on its plate. The California-based company unveiled Impossible Pork and Impossible Sausage on Monday evening at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas. It's Impossible Food's first foray beyond fake beef. The Impossible Cook, Vikings upend Saints 26-20 in OT in NFC playoffs 01/05/2020 05:18pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kirk Cousins hit tight end Kyle Rudolph with a 4-yard fade on third-and-goal in overtime, and the Minnesota Vikings pulled out a 26-20 victory over the Saints in the wild-card round of the NFC playoffs on Sunday. The Vikings will face the top-seeded 49ers in San Francisco on How will gadgets change our lives in 2020 and beyond? 01/01/2020 12:39pm • It is hard to believe the first iPad was released 10 years ago. On the first day of 2020, Data Doctors' Ken Colburn says quickly-evolving personal technology will change our lives in the next decade in ways we can't imagine. "Starting with 5G and the wireless car, both of which will create new i Kansas officer resigns, faked story of expletive on his cup 12/30/2019 11:11pm • JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas police officer has resigned after he admitted to making up a story that a McDonald's employee wrote an expletive and the word “pig” on a coffee cup, the police chief announced Monday. Herington Police Chief Brian Hornaday said at Bumble dating app blocked Sharon Stone after users thought her profile was fake 12/30/2019 08:27am •  The Golden Globe-winning actress Sharon Stone has revealed she was bumped from the dating site Bumble because other users had reported her profile, not believing it to be genuine. Stone, 61, best known for starring in 1992 drama "Basic Instinct", said she was locked o Data Doctors: Instagram backup and security tips 12/20/2019 06:13pm • Q: Is there a way to backup my Instagram account that I use for my business just in case something happens? A: Instagram's popularity has grown to the point that cyberthieves are increasingly focused on compromising accounts in order to take them over and demand a ransom. If you don’t pay up Trump plots his defense following the historic rebuke he hopes to foil 12/14/2019 08:18am • Historic? Yes. Rebuke? Not so much. The House Judiciary Committee's vote Friday passing articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump was meant as extraordinary repudiation. The history was certainly there, and is weighing on the President. But it did not app The woman at the center of the Epstein scandal hasn't been seen in months 12/08/2019 12:01am • Prince Andrew has sparked an unprecedented crisis in Britain's royal family since his disastrous TV interview about his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. This week the focus has turned to the British socialite and ex-girlfriend of Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is facing new a Buyer beware! These are the tricks online stores use to get you buying more stuff 11/29/2019 12:27pm • There's a reason you fall into the rabbit hole of online shopping. A new study breaks down a few wily ways digital retailers sucker shoppers into spending more and committing to hidden costs. Websites, it turns out, employ a series of "dark patterns" meant to mislead or