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Things to do around DC this weekend: Dec. 6–8 12/06/2019 10:57am • (Ana Caceres; Rick Diamond/Getty; National Geographic Museum; National Theatre) All Weekend The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival at the Dulles Expo Center is a one-stop holiday spot featuring arts and artisans, crafters, demos, vendors, music and kids entertainment. The Christmas Village at Baltimore Movie Review: ‘Yesterday’ imagines Beatles-less world in magical rom-com 06/28/2019 01:19am • A unique premise doesn't always guarantee a great movie, but every once in a while, such a premise is executed with such heart that we can't help but leave the theater feeling changed. That's the case with the new rom-com fantasy "Yesterday" by director Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire") and Free Launchbox this weekend for its 1-year anniversary 05/14/2019 12:30pm • Launchbox — the TopGolf-inspired golfing experience at 1757 Golf Club’s driving range — is offering the first hour of play for free this Friday through Sunday. Imagine playing golf with real golf balls and never losing one in a space where pace of play is never an issue. With just a touch o Movie Review: 'Isn't it Romantic’ is a cute rom-com spoof 02/15/2019 12:17am • WASHINGTON — The romantic comedy is one of the most beloved genres in Hollywood history, its pendulum swinging from masterpiece to guilty pleasure with fascinating regularity. Folks who roll their eyes at the genre have likely never seen the better examples throughout time. If you've never Fraley Film Guide 2019 01/18/2019 12:44pm • 2019 MOVIE GUIDE   4 STARS ”Parasite” - Bong Joon-ho directs Korean masterpiece on upper and lower class families ”1917” - Sam Mendes salutes grandfather with WWI trench mission shot like one long take "Little Women" - Greta Gerwig masterfully adapts the classic novel by 7 Founder-CEOs Doing Fabulously for Shareholders 10/23/2018 08:00pm • Founder knows best.On Wall Street, everyone's looking for an edge. Ironically, the elusive advantage that everyone from portfolio managers to private investors are seeking might not be so thoroughly hidden: many of the world's best stocks are led by founder-CEOs. A 2009 paper in The Journal of Finan Is it Prime Time for an Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Dividend? 04/09/2018 08:00pm • Once upon a time -- and given the fairy tale endings of each succeeding chapter, that's the only way to begin this story -- there was an entrepreneur named Jeff Bezos, who was so strapped for startup cash he put his earliest employees at desks made from doors and sawhorses. His 1994 creation was an WATCH: Chainsaw artist at work at Oakgrove Park (Video) 03/13/2018 11:25am • When a grand old oak tree died just prior to construction on an improvement project at Oakgrove Park, landscape architect Kathy von Bredow knew what she had to do. She got in touch with prolific chainsaw artist Andrew Mallon, who’s responsible for a number of intriguing tree sculptures aroun Fraley Film Guide 2018 02/08/2018 01:06pm • 2018 MOVIE GUIDE   4 STARS "Green Book" - Viggo Mortensen & Mahershala Ali shine in a reverse "Driving Miss Daisy" "Black Panther" - Chadwick Boseman & Michael B. Jordan shine in Coogler's cultural moment "A Quiet Place" - John Krasinski directs an instant horror classic Don't Let Dire Market Forecasts Shake You 11/20/2017 07:00pm • The headlines are frequent and give a scare to investors who take a glass-half-full-view of the stock market. -- "Black Monday Is Coming Again," warns the Daily Express.-- "Investors, This Is Your Last Warning About the U.S. Stock Market," cautions MarketWatch.-- "Crash Fears Escalate As Markets Hi Charlie Clark releases latest Arlington history book 08/15/2017 07:00am • Historian, author and Falls Church News-Press columnist Charlie Clark has released his latest book: “Hidden History of Arlington County.” The book chronicles “forgotten stories from the nation’s smallest county,” though some stories are less forgotten than others. From the book’s desc 8 Hacks to Ease Your Financial Life 02/18/2015 07:00pm • Upgrade your financial planning.Like the maestros who figure out how to convert a couple of Ikea bookcases into a kitchen island, some financial advisors have secret tools and secret ways to use common tools. Here's a roundup of eight common hacks experts use for financial planning -- and that you c Cheat sheet: Fall TV preview guide 08/19/2014 11:34am • WASHINGTON -- As kids head back to school, it's time to plan for another big fall event: new TV shows. This upcoming season features dozens of premieres for your viewing pleasure. Here is a breakdown of what to expect and when: "Intruders" (BBC America) Premieres: Aug. 23 at 10 p.m. "Dr. Who" Officials: Man loses fingertips on Disney ride 07/11/2014 09:10am • LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- Officials say a tourist from the United Kingdom lost two fingertips on his right hand while riding on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida.The incident happened Thursday morning.Bo Jones of the Reedy Creek Fire Department to Fabien Cousteau plans 31-day underwater mission 06/01/2014 03:54pm • JENNIFER KAY Associated Press ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) -- Like viewers worldwide, Fabien Cousteau was entranced by his famous grandfather's films about marine life and human exploration underwater. Now he's adding to his family's sea stories with a 31-day underwater expedition in the Florida Keys.Coust