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Tax Write-Offs You Shouldn't Overlook 03/26/2021 12:00am • Not only was life very different in 2020, but your taxes may be different, too. You may be eligible for some tax breaks that you never considered in the past if, for example, you lost your job, had new child care expenses while schools were remote, or did some freelance work and set up a home office 3 Cheap REITs to Buy for an Economic Recovery 03/26/2021 12:00am • As vaccines continue to be administered in higher quantities and huge portions of the economy begin to reopen, investors are trying to determine how they should invest in a post-pandemic world. With tech stocks dropping and the market's momentum cycling toward value investments, it's clear that all Loudoun Co. leaders, Va. Senator discuss uses of American Rescue Plan funding 03/25/2021 06:23pm • Loudoun County, Virginia, is laying out the ways in which it plans to use funding from President Joe Biden's COVID-19 relief package that Congress recently passed. Virginia is expecting to receive $4 billion from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Loudoun County will get $80 million in tw Data Doctors: Understanding Windows 10 search indexing 03/25/2021 05:12am • Q: I was told that if I turn off search indexing in Windows 10, my computer would run faster. Is this true, and what do I give up if I turn it off? A: Windows 10 search indexing is designed to make finding things on your computer faster by creating an index of your files. It’s like the index How to prepare kids for social media use 03/23/2021 04:22am • When Alexi McCammond, the newly appointed editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, stepped down after the resurfacing of several racist and homophobic tweets from her teen years, parents had a host of reactions. Some were aghast that someone who'd uttered such things would, even 1 Automatic Credit Card Payments: What You Need to Know  03/23/2021 12:00am • Setting up automatic credit card payments seems like an excellent way to pay your bills -- including your credit card -- without thinking about it. But you'll need to keep a close watch on your account to avoid surprises when your payment date rolls around. What Is Credit Card Autopay? The most comm Is melatonin safe for kids? Here's what the experts say 03/22/2021 05:07am • Melatonin is a popular over-the-counter sleeping aid, touted as a natural way for adults to fall asleep and used by millions around the world. So why wouldn't it be good for children, too? "There is a view that if it's natural, then it can't hurt," said Rebecca Robbins, an associate scientist at What Is a Tax Shelter? 03/22/2021 12:00am • The term tax shelter could have you thinking about wealthy people and businesses tucking away money in shady offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes. "Typically, tax shelter is kind of a dirty word," says Bill Smith, managing director of the national tax office for financial firm CBIZ MHM. However, Some Charles Co. public school students to return to in-person learning 03/21/2021 07:09pm • Some students in Charles County, Maryland, will be returning to in-person instruction on Monday. March 22 marks the first day of Phase 2 return to school buildings. The schools returned after winter break to continue Phase 1 virtual learning. Teachers returned to Charles County classrooms on F Frederick Co. substitute teacher arrested on child pornography charges 03/19/2021 03:35pm • A 27-year-old Frederick County, Maryland, man who worked as a substitute teacher was arrested Thursday morning on charges related to possessing and distributing child pornography. Maryland State Police said Daniel Elieze Valentin-Morales, of Frederick, was charged with six counts of distribution Indiana man arrested in DC child porn case 03/18/2021 10:10am • An Indiana man has been arrested over child pornography-related offenses alleged to have occurred in D.C. over the span of a year. Local, state and federal law enforcement officials announced the arrest of 35-year-old Indianapolis resident Chancellor Karla on charges of transportation and possess Northern Virginia remains king of data centers 03/18/2021 08:53am • There is a good chance that much of what you do on the internet flows through data centers in Northern Virginia, and the region once again led for delivery of new data center capacity in 2020. CBRE reports Northern Virginia had 217.2 megawatts of net data center absorption in 2020, more than five Survey results capture DC teachers' pandemic struggles, successes 03/18/2021 01:31am • More than 1,000 D.C. teachers took an online survey in late January and early February asking how they and their students have handled the pandemic, and the results are in. Teachers from 185 schools shared their thoughts, including teachers from every D.C. public school and most of the city's pub What Is Arbitrage? 03/17/2021 12:00am • Arbitrage is a fancy financial term with French roots that's occasionally tossed around in investing conversations and write-ups. It's one of the more interesting concepts in finance, and it's something that every investor would love to take advantage of if given the opportunity. But what exactly is What are best cars for families? US News offers insight 03/16/2021 04:19am • For car shoppers, parenthood means changing up that wish list. Safety becomes an even more important factor, as does convenience, and it's through that lens that U.S. News & World Report evaluated 86 different vehicles for its list of the 2021 Best Cars for Families, released on Tuesday. "