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Arlington Home Buyer Seminar (Sponsored) 12/05/2013 06:00am • Editor’s note: This post is written and sponsored by Urban Turf. Are you considering buying a home in Arlington in 2014? If so, attend this Arlington home buyer seminar in Clarendon on Tuesday, December 10th. Three industry experts – Joe Zamoiski of 1st Portfolio Lending, George Papakos Ask Andrew: First Steps To Finding Your New Home 11/26/2013 10:35am • This sponsored, biweekly Q&A column is written by Andrew Goodman, Associate Broker and top producing agent with Gallagher & Co. Real Estate, Inc. Based in Bethesda, Andrew serves clients in Maryland, D.C., and Northern Virginia. Please submit comments, questions, and opinions in the comments s NVR Inc. buys in at Westphalia Town Center 11/08/2013 02:49pm • It's too soon to say whether the FBI will pick Westphalia Town Center to be its new headquarters, but if it does, the agency's employees will have places to live nearby. Reston-based NVR Inc. has signed on as the first residential homebuilder at Westphalia, a 479-acre mixed-use project being develo Sex trafficker is convicted, but disappears 11/01/2013 07:30pm • WASHINGTON - In a taped interview with police, a man sits on a couch, facing two interviewers. In an almost inaudible voice he says, "I knew it was wrong ... her desperation pulled me in." Bejarni Rivas, 45, of Gaithersburg, said he knew it was wrong to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, but it's n D.C. preparing for the worst as Specialty Hospitals debts mount 11/01/2013 12:59pm • D.C. officials are developing contingency plans for patients at Specialty Hospital of Washington as the health care company’s debts, liabilities and legal problems mount. Specialty Hospital, which runs two nursing homes and the city’s only two long-term acute-care hospitals, faces at lea FBI seeks Va. real estate agent involved in mortgage application scam 10/31/2013 11:59am • WASHINGTON - The FBI is searching for a real estate agent from Northern Virginia who allegedly helped net more than $7 million through a mortgage application scam. Rosita Vilchez, a 39-year-old formerly of Manassas, Va., is wanted on charges of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and op Obama to Campaign for McAuliffe in Arlington 10/30/2013 09:35am • President Obama will come to Washington-Lee High School on Sunday to campaign for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. The rally will start early Sunday afternoon. Tickets to the event are being distributed to the public on a first-come, first-served basis starting today (Wednesda Ask Andrew: Rent Or Sell? 10/29/2013 11:15am • This sponsored, biweekly Q&A column is written by Andrew Goodman, Associate Broker and top producing agent with Gallagher & Co. Real Estate, Inc. Based in Bethesda, Andrew serves clients in Maryland, D.C., and Northern Virginia. Please submit comments, questions, and opinions in the comments s APS Considers Limiting Teacher Gifts 10/28/2013 10:00am • Apples for the teacher will be acceptable under a new gift policy for Arlington Public Schools, as long as it’s fruit and not electronics. APS is circulating a proposed change to its gift policy for employees that would limit the amount of gifts educators can receive to $50. The School Board w Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 10/27/2013 12:59pm • 12:20 p.m. - Deborah Kotz, health blogger for Boston Globe Download A new trend? Teens are smoking candy-flavored cigars Teens smoking flavored little cigars, despite laws banning sale to minors -Boston Globe Not your average Halloween party Download Alfonso Lopez: Why You Should Vote For Me 10/25/2013 02:00pm • This week, we asked the candidates for competitive House of Delegates races in Arlington districts to write a sub-750 word essay describing why residents of their districts should vote for them on Election Day (Nov. 5). Here is the unedited response from 49th District candidate Alfonso Lopez: I curr D.C. celebrates progress, prepares for future in city's fight on HIV/AIDS 10/24/2013 11:37pm • WASHINGTON - There will be a celebration Saturday morning in the streets of Washington -- it's for all the progress the city's made in the war on AIDS. But it's mixed with a recognition that much more remains to be done. The annual AIDS Walk Washington is a big fundraiser for Whitman Walker Hea US average rate on 30-year loan at 4.28 pct. 10/17/2013 12:54pm • Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages rose slightly this week, staying near three-month lows. Here's a look at rates for fixed and adjustable mortgages this week and over the past year: Current avg. Last week 52-week high 52-week low 30-year fixed 4.28 4.23 4.58 3.31 15-year fixed 3.3 Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 10/17/2013 08:20am • A common household complaint from boomers is that they just have too much stuff. Stuff that the kids left behind when they moved out. Marketwatch reporter Amy Hoak has tips on how to declutter your home. Listen to the audio below. 2:20 p.m. - Amy Hoak, Marketwatch real estate reporter Poll: Va. voters support gay marriage 10/16/2013 03:39pm • WASHINGTON - A majority of Virginians support a repeal of the state's ban on same-sex marriage, according to a new Christopher Newport University poll. The poll finds that 56 percent of likely voters questioned oppose the ban on same sex marriage, compared to 36 percent who favor it. Virginia vo