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Rental Report: Tips for a Happy Landlord-Tenant Relationship 01/23/2014 03:15pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. Whether y Crime Report: Christmas and New Year’s Eve 01/03/2014 01:45pm • The Arlington County Police Department has issued its crime report for the two weeks ending Dec. 31. A few days before Christmas, some Grinch stole a fruit basket (and a gift card) from a Virginia Square apartment mail room. BURGLARY, 131219008, 3500 block of N. Washington Boulevard. At 7:30 am Arlington Pet of the Week: Harper T. Beast 12/26/2013 12:30pm • Our latest Arlington Pet of the Week is Harper T. Beast, a leopard gecko. Harper is named after both a young D.C. star athlete and a famous author Harper Lee. Here’s more about the lizard that’s “not the least bit wet or scaly” from his owner, Kathryn: Harper T. Beast is Local stores offer after-Christmas deals 12/25/2013 08:01pm • WASHINGTON - If you have gift cards, items to return or just a hankering to shop the day after Christmas, retailers are ready for you. Stores are opening as early as 5 a.m. and offering deals in store and online in hopes of getting shoppers back after a day of celebrating with family. Before Tips for gift card use and shopping 12/25/2013 06:45pm • WASHINGTON - Did you get a gift card this Christmas? They can be great: one size fits all and you get the excitement of selecting something you really want -- or need. But there are a few ground rules to keep in mind. You have up to four years to redeem your store-specific gift card in Maryla D.C. Jewish Community Center volunteers lend a hand for the holidays 12/25/2013 03:53pm • WASHINGTON - Christmas is a day for getting gifts. For about 1,000 local volunteers at the D.C. Jewish Community Center, Christmas Day is a time for giving back. They fed the homeless, donated blood and looked on as their children made special holiday cards and visited nursing homes. Members of Gansler, Maryland settle with AT&T over calling cards 12/24/2013 01:54am • WASHINGTON - Some military families will get a gift this season thanks to a settlement between AT&T and the state of Maryland. Between 2007 and 2013, AT&T advertised prepaid calling cards for a given number of minutes. But a minute didn't always equal a minute. "For every minute that somebody u Want to return? Here are tips to do it right 12/22/2013 11:54pm • WASHINGTON -- Reliable retailers follow a fundamental policy that the customer is always right. So, if your sweater has a hole in it, the toy is broken or the electronic device doesn't power-up, chances are most retailers want to make things right. But it helps to properly complain. The Wal Best and worst return policies this gift-giving season 12/22/2013 11:19pm • WASHINGTON - December is the month for giving and receiving. After that? It's time for returning. And as much love and thought as went into your gifts, something will, in all likelihood, be returned. Business and planning site Kiplinger put together a great list of the places with the best and w Owners hand in guns, get gift cards 12/21/2013 05:02pm • LANDOVER, Md. - Gun owners who wanted to get rid of their pistols, rifles, and semi-automatic weapons handed them over to Prince George's County Police Saturday, and in return were given gift cards. The event, held at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Landover, was part of the department's " ‘Soberman’ Tries to Save Clarendon Bar-Goers from DUI 12/20/2013 10:00am • It started on Thursday night with numerous police vehicles zooming into Clarendon with sirens blaring. Drivers pulled over and pedestrians stopped in their tracks. Suddenly, revelers were met with a most unusual sight — a superhero in a cape and leotard emerging from the Ch Suburban Hospital ‘Adopts’ Families With Holiday Donations 12/19/2013 02:40pm •   The last of 15 adopted families came to Suburban Hospital on Thursday to pick up boxes of toys, food and other holiday goodies the family would otherwise not have had this holiday season. Each year for the last 20 years, Suburban Hospital has reached out to school guidance counselors to find 'American Hustle' is a modern pop masterpiece 12/19/2013 01:52pm • WASHINGTON - Three years ago, David O. Russell directed Christian Bale to an Oscar with Amy Adams in "The Fighter." Last year, he directed Jennifer Lawrence to an Oscar across Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook." Today, he combines all four stars for his greatest achievement yet, "Amer When is it acceptable to regift? 12/19/2013 10:27am • WASHINGTON - Is it acceptable to regift? The etiquette site Emily Post says it's really not an acceptable practice. But since people do do it, and because Thursday, Dec. 19 is National Regifting Day (as pronounced by Regiftable.com), it seemed appropriate to offer some guidelines. The Emily Pos What to give your favorite business traveler this holiday season 12/19/2013 10:22am • After plowing through dozens of "travel" gift guides, I've come to an inescapable conclusion: Nobody understands business travelers except those of us who do it. To be charitable, business travelers are creatures of habit. We're not comfortable with optional changes and we're very protective of the