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Presto's Picks: Maryland, Virginia, Virginia Tech & Navy try to avoid a scary Halloween 10/30/2020 05:02am • Halloween is here! Or is it? We won't be seeing costumed neighborhood kids wandering around in packs knocking on doors looking for processed sugary treats this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, nor will we see adults running around dressed as who knows what. M Street will be clear of costumed Big Tech Struggles Despite Solid Earnings 10/30/2020 12:00am • Days out from the presidential election, as virus cases rise, the stock market is reacting with heightened uncertainty. Investors are concerned about the prospect for a contested election, says Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. "Conventional wisd Should You Buy Facebook (FB) Stock? 10/30/2020 12:00am • With more than 2.7 billion monthly active users, a number of the world's population uses Facebook (ticker: FB) or its products. Among the six most popular social media platforms in the world, Facebook owns three: WhatsApp, Instagram and, of course, Facebook itself. With the pandemic continuing to r Should You Buy Amazon (AMZN) Stock? 10/30/2020 12:00am • AMAZON.COM (TICKER: AMZN) has been in the spotlight quite a bit this quarter, and not always under happy circumstances. CEO Jeff Bezos -- along with other Big Tech leaders -- defended his company in an antitrust hearing before the House Judiciary Committee at the end of July. It was a stark reminder How did we get the Electoral College, and why do we still have it? 10/29/2020 05:27am • Look, it’s happened to all of us: We’ve been in a meeting for what feels like forever, so we all decide to agree on something that has a little bit of everyone’s idea, just to get out of there. Sometimes, it results in ridiculous projects that are forgotten quickly. Other times, it results Arlington woman saying goodbye to DC during MCM 10/29/2020 04:00am • Elizabeth Sloss sees the Marine Corps Marathon as a personal "farewell tour" of D.C. (Courtesy Elizabeth Sloss) Much has changed in the last few months, and even more has changed over the last 15 years for Elizabeth Sloss, of Arlington, Virginia. She came to D.C. for college in 2005, decided to Pros and Cons to Buying Microsoft (MSFT) Stock 10/28/2020 12:00am • Twenty years ago, Microsoft Corp. (ticker: MSFT) was the most valuable company in the world. Microsoft is now worth around $1.6 trillion, and other tech titans like Alphabet ( GOOG, GOOGL) and Facebook ( FB) are not too far behind. The company that brought you Windows may not be alone at the top an 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for November 10/28/2020 12:00am • One of the most chaotic years in decades is finally winding down -- but investors aren't out of the woods yet, and there's still an incredible amount of uncertainty packed into the final two months of 2020. In November, Wall Street's obsessive focus on the prospects for another stimulus package wil Using Google Docs Resume Templates 10/26/2020 12:00am • Getting started is often the hardest part of writing, which is why some job seekers gravitate toward Google Docs resume templates. It's a free tool that allows people looking for a new job to have a blueprint for writing a resume. It won't write the resume for you -- that's still up to you -- and so Data Doctors: The value of a 'burner' phone number 10/25/2020 03:27pm • Q: How are so many companies getting my cell phone number if I’m on the Do Not Call registry? A: The Federal Trade Commission launched the Do Not Call Registry in 2003, which gave a lot of people a false sense of what it was going to do. It was designed to stop sales calls from companies tha Maryland group uses old smartphones to help coronavirus patients 10/25/2020 02:57pm • One Takoma Park, Maryland, nonprofit is using old smartphones to help COVID-19 patients. The organization, Secure the Call, is hoping anyone eyeing a new smartphone for Christmas will donate their old phone. Secure the Call takes old smartphones and sends them to hospitals across the country so p Pastrami-specialist Carving Room in DC's Mt. Vernon area to close temporarily 10/22/2020 02:35pm • The Carving Room Kitchen & Bar has become the latest in a growing list of restaurants forced to close up shop because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Credit: Google Street View) News of local restaurant closings continue to come frequently, and the latest to fall victim to the COVID-19 pandemic i 2 popular Foggy Bottom-area restaurants close permanently 10/21/2020 02:39pm • Burger Tap & Shake on Washington Circle, in D.C.'s Foggy Bottom neighborhood, is closed for good. (Credit: Google Street View) Two more well-established D.C. restaurants have become victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. District Commons and its next-door neighbor, Burger Tap & Shake, on W How to Find Unclaimed Money 10/21/2020 12:00am • If you think it's fun to find money under couch cushions or a random coin in a parking lot, just wait until you start looking through databases for finding lost or unclaimed money. Chances are, you'll find it more fun -- and possibly far more profitable. Banks, insurance companies and the U.S. Treas DC launching new coronavirus exposure app 10/20/2020 02:45am • The District is launching a new smartphone app to assist in contact tracing as it continues the fight against coronavirus — but it won't work with a similar tool for Virginia, and Maryland doesn't have one yet. Residents can get exposure alerts from DC CAN starting Tuesday. D.C. Health Direc