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5 must-have products on Black Friday 10/22/2019 08:00pm • Every year, the combination of doorbuster pricing and holiday hype results in a few products that stand out -- and often sell out -- on Black Friday. Low prices and buzzy sales will have these brand-name items flying off the shelves during this major shopping holiday. If any of these products are on College Park startup raises $55 million from investors with ties to Samsung, UAE 10/22/2019 02:37pm • A College Park-based startup working to bring the world's most powerful quantum computer to market has secured $55 million in Series C venture funding. IonQ Inc.'s newest round was led by the Samsung Catalyst Fund, a venture arm of Samsung Electronics, and Mubadala Capital, backed by the governme Crowdsourcing data firm moves to DC, will double local workforce 10/22/2019 09:22am • A San Francisco company with a D.C.-area presence that pays people to snap photos of products on store shelves and record observations, such as prices in their local markets, is expanding. Premise Data, a small, fast-growing data and analytics company, is moving its Washington-area operations fro Buckle up — Canada's election will be a cliffhanger 10/20/2019 09:45am • Nasty. It is not a word associated much with Canada -- except perhaps with the winters here. But during this election campaign, nastiness has been one of the only unifying themes, as parties trade insults and dig up scandals from coast to coast to coast. Canada votes in a general election on Mond Fans support Hong Kong, Tibet at Nets' 1st game since China 10/18/2019 11:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A group of fans held signs, wore shirts and chanted support for Hong Kong and Tibet in the Brooklyn Nets' first game since returning from China. The fans sat behind the backboard near the Nets' bench at Barclays Center in their 123-107 loss to Toronto on Friday night. A USA c Top Microsoft exec says online privacy has reached 'a crisis point' 10/14/2019 09:25am • Microsoft president Brad Smith thinks it's time antitrust laws are updated for the digital age. Rather than the traditional method of calculating a company's market share, Smith said regulators should also consider how much consumer data it possesses when determining whe Today in History: Oct. 9 10/09/2019 01:30am • Today is Wednesday, Oct. 9, the 282nd day of 2019. There are 83 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 9, 1967, Marxist revolutionary guerrilla leader Che Guevara, 39, was summarily executed by the Bolivian army a day after his capture. On this date: In 1776, a grou Strangled over towing fee: Arrest in College Park murder 10/07/2019 01:03pm • A 24-year-old D.C. man strangled an employee at a College Park, Maryland, tow company over a towing fee, Prince George's County police say. When police were called to the company in the 5000 block of College Avenue, off Campus Drive and near the College Park Metro station, around 1:50 a.m. Sunday Row house with slave-trading history for sale in Alexandria 10/04/2019 10:40am • The property at 1315 Duke Street in Alexandria was the site of the Franklin and Armfield slave-trading business, from 1828 through 1836. (Google Earth) A four-story row house in Alexandria, Virginia, that historians say was the site of one of the country's largest slave-trading businesses is now FTC: Millennials more likely to report falling victim to financial scams 10/02/2019 10:11am • The Federal Trade Commission has a new report out on who's more likely to report being victims of financial scams — and it's not who you'd think. "We oftentimes hear about grandma or grandpa getting scammed by clicking on the wrong thing online, but in this case, the FTC is saying that the re Interventional radiology offers minimally invasive treatment for a range of medical conditions 09/29/2019 12:00am • Medicine is constantly evolving. Each day, it seems, there are new drugs, technologies and trials that are improving patient outcomes and changing the way physicians provide care.  One innovative medical specialty that is changing the treatment paradigm for both common and life-threatening heal Guide to contemporary design trends for your home 09/24/2019 10:45am • Carpeting doesn't line up well with contemporary styles, and while rugs are used, they're often used as accent patterns or colors. (iStock / Getty Images Plus) Wanting a home that looks stylish and photo-worthy is a common goal. But how can you keep up with the trendsetting interior spaces of th Data Doctors: Wi-Fi 6 is faster, but do you need it? 09/19/2019 05:16am • Q: What is Wi-Fi 6 and do I need it? A: The use of the term ‘Wi-Fi 6’ is an attempt by the Wi-Fi Alliance, a nonprofit organization that promotes and certifies Wi-Fi technology, to simplify the alphabet soup that Wi-Fi has become. To break it down: 802.11b is Wi-Fi 1; 802.11a is Wi-Fi 2; 802 Favorite reality shows in DC, Md., and Va. 09/18/2019 09:14am • America loves reality TV, but what is each state's fave? HowToWatch.com ran TV titles through Google Trends to determine each of the most followed reality TV show in each state. Fall TV Guide: When your favorite television shows return The History Channel's "Alone," where people are Despite claim, no evidence drugs planted in Rose McGowan's wallet at Dulles Airport 09/16/2019 03:57pm • A new book about the investigation into Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's treatment of women details steps taken to keep actress Rose McGowan and other victims of sexual assault and harassment quiet. But one claim against Weinstein — that he hired someone to plant cocaine in McGowan's wallet, whi