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New digital music store to cater to theater fans 06/03/2014 03:22am • MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The digital age virtually wiped out specialty theater record stores, where show-tune lovers could happily browse aisles bursting with cast albums and sheet music. Now some entrepreneurs are hoping to bring back such an experience -- online, of course.Mon 10 Things to Remember about Author Maya Angelou 05/29/2014 03:40am • The Associated Press Ten things to remember about poet and writer Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday at age 86:1. HOW SHE GOT HER NAME"Maya" was a childhood nickname bestowed upon her by her brother. "Angelou" was inspired by the last name of her Greek-American first husband, Tosh Angelos.2. SHE WAS Today's divorces can mean cake and eating it, too 05/28/2014 04:48pm • LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Divorce, it seems, has turned into a party -- special cakes and all.Event planners, bakers, lawyers and academics note the rise of "divorce parties" over the last several years, many with cakes featuring weapon-wielding brides or gloomy black frosting Iran cleric condemns 'satanic' divorce parties 05/23/2014 12:10pm • ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A senior Iranian cleric on Friday called divorce parties a "satanic" Western import and a "poison" for Islamic society.Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani, Tehran's Friday prayer leader, was referring to the Western phenomenon of holding parties t Fears linger for students who faced deadly tornado 05/21/2014 07:34am • SEAN MURPHY Associated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Ten-year-old Kai Heuangpraseuth will return to a new Plaza Towers Elementary in the fall, built on the same spot where seven of the boy's schoolmates died last year after a top-scale tornado reduced it to a pile of rubble.Christopher Legg will not be Rental Report: Rent It Faster With Perks 05/20/2014 11:10am • 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. Not so lo Slope failure evacuees get monetary assistance 05/18/2014 05:43pm • WASHINGTON -- Earlier this month, several homes were evacuated in Fort Washington after a few of them began to slide off their foundations. Now, Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III has announced ways for you to help those displaced by the slope failure. The Peterson Family Fo Rental Report: Rent it Faster With Perks 05/15/2014 02:30pm • 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. Not so lo First lady praises own mom at Mother's Day event 05/12/2014 05:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Extending the Mother's Day celebration by a day, Michelle Obama on Monday saluted military mothers for the sacrifices they make both for their families and their country, and honored her own mother as the person who keeps her "standing up straight on my feet."The first lady joked 2 in 5 carry less than $20 cash every day, survey finds 05/12/2014 09:42am • WASHINGTON -- The days of carrying cash in your wallet appear to be disappearing. A new Bankrate.com survey finds eight of out 10 people carry less than $50 with them every day, and two in five carry less than $20. About 9 percent say they don't carry cash at all. People use cash to buy things Resell jeans? Resale value goes beyond used cars 05/10/2014 07:34am • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Jenna Broems shops for clothes the same way she hunts for a new car: She considers resale value.Broems, who lives in Stamford, Connecticut, only buys brands like Abercrombie & Fitch and 7 For All Mankind because she believes they will fetch the Village plans fundraisers for slain state troopers 05/09/2014 06:40pm • TANANA, Alaska (AP) -- Residents of the small village where two Alaska State Troopers were gunned down are coping with the unwanted attention but trying to move forward."A lot of people have a lot of feelings about what has happened," said Therese Achton, school superintendent and principal of the M Weddings can be pricey, even for guests 05/07/2014 02:50pm • JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Weddings are expensive, even if you're not the one walking down the aisle.Chantay Bridges expects to spend more than $4,000 to attend the weddings of three close friends this summer.That tidy sum is going to dresses, shoes and gifts, as well as tu AWLA’s Walk for the Animals Set for Saturday 05/07/2014 01:30pm • The Animal Welfare League of Arlington’s biggest fundraiser of the year, its annual Walk for the Animals, will be held this Saturday at Bluemont Park (329 N. Manchester Street). The event begins with registration at 9:30 a.m. and there will be a 3-mile walk or a 1-mile stroll for participants, Easter egg hunt promotes Silver Spring businesses 04/19/2014 03:17pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Hundreds of kids scoured Silver Spring's small businesses on Saturday as part of a citywide Easter egg hunt. With a map of the city in one hand and a purple bag in the other, 12-year-old Evan Litofsky had a loose strategy of how he planned to collect the most eggs. "We're j