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Millennial Money: When pinching pennies isn���t enough 10/18/2022 07:00am • Scaling back streaming subscriptions is solid savings advice for some. But what if the choice you���re faced with is not whether to pay for Netflix or Hulu, but whether to pay for food or electricity? Millions of Americans face food, housing and general financial insecurity every year, according Judge rejects Maryland's digital ad tax 10/17/2022 08:17pm • Maryland's first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising has been struck down by a judge in Anne Arundel County on Monday. Judge Alison Asti ruled from the bench in favor of Comcast et al., in the case against Maryland's Office of the Comptroller. More Maryland News More Anne Arund W&OD Trail closure to replace powerline strung before Ashburn's housing boom 10/17/2022 01:42pm • In the 1970s, the building that now houses a popular barbecue restaurant along the W&OD Trail on Ashburn Road in Virginia was a corner store, with two gas pumps out front. Now, if you look straight up, the power line that runs along the popular walking and cycling trail is the same cable that Locked in tight Senate race, Del. Saab sues foe for defamation 10/17/2022 12:22pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. One of the most competitive state legislative races of the 2022 election cycle has taken an unexpected and nasty turn. Del. Sid Saab (R-A Data Doctors: Tips for using Windows Task Manager 10/15/2022 05:58am • Q: I���m relatively new to Windows and want to understand when and where I should use the Task Manager utility. A: The Windows Task Manager is a useful troubleshooting tool that begins by showing you what���s currently running and how it may be impacting your computer���s performance. It���s a Elon Musk is now selling perfume that smells like burning hair 10/15/2022 02:02am • Elon Musk's latest internet jest has taken the form of a perfume with an unsavory scent: "Burnt Hair." The tech mogul, entrepreneur and sometimes internet troll announced the launch of the product on Twitter on Tuesday, calling it "the finest fragrance on Earth." The perfume is apparently being s Prince George's Co. schools to repurpose some snow days for virtual learning 10/14/2022 08:37pm • In case of inclement weather, students in Prince George's County, Maryland, will not have to miss too many days of school this year. But don't despair kids, there will still be snow days. The Maryland State Department of Education gave Prince George's County Public Schools permission to replace s Montgomery Co. gives out 50,000 laptops to low-income residents following $22M grant 10/10/2022 03:58pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, will use most of a multimillion-dollar grant to the county to provide 50,000 loaner computers to low-income residents. The county���s digital equity program, Montgomery Connects, received $22.6 million in federal and state grants in order to expand access to technolog Data Doctors: Tips For using free voice recognition software 09/30/2022 02:13pm • Q: Are there any free voice recognition programs for my computer that are worth trying? A: The pursuit to have computers understand human speech started in the early 1950s when Bell Labs designed a system that could only recognize digits from a single person���s voice. Today���s voice recognitio The purple M&M is here, but not the way you might think 09/28/2022 12:02am • Earlier this year, Mars shocked the internet when it unveiled new looks for its M&M'S characters. Gone were Green's iconic go-go boots, replaced by sneakers. Online, mayhem ensued. Now, M&M'S is making another, bigger change ��� this time, it's adding a brand new character to the mix. Mee Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze hopes you're 'Tempted' to grab a ticket to City Winery 09/26/2022 01:02pm • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� In the early '80s, Squeeze songwriting duo Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook were hailed as the "heirs to the Lennon and McCartney throne" during the so-called "Second British Invasion." On Thursday, Tilbrook makes his way to A Questions doctors wish their patients would ask 09/25/2022 04:00am • A curious patient is a healthy patient. When you go to the doctor it's typically for a specific problem, such as a cold, stomach pain or another issue that you want to get better. But it's also an opportunity to learn what's going on in your body, understand why you're receiving a specific treatm Virtual learning or snow day? Anne Arundel Co. to let superintendent decide 09/23/2022 07:23am • Anne Arundel County's school board has voted to give the superintendent the flexibility to switch to virtual learning, rather than declare a snow day, when winter snow and ice could make it dangerous for students and teachers in the Maryland county to travel to school. The plan would give Superin Virginia elections commissioner: Same-day voter registration in effect, but don't wait until the last minute 09/21/2022 12:38pm • Virginia's elections chief on Wednesday reminded voters that they have more time to register to vote in November's election, though the process will be a little different if they wait. Virginia's voter registration deadline is Oct. 17. Voters can register anytime after that, under a same-day regi Prince William School Board asks court to halt subpoenas 09/19/2022 09:44am • The Prince William County School Board is seeking court intervention to stop its former chair from continuing to subpoena members for documents in his defamation lawsuit against the former superintendent. In two scathing motions, attorneys for the board and former Superintendent Steven Walts asked