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Despite pandemic, business startups are booming in Maryland 04/08/2021 04:09pm • As the COVID-19 crisis ravaged the U.S. economy, countless numbers of businesses shut down and millions of Americans lost jobs. Yet, the pandemic sparked an unexpected trend: The number of business startups is surging across the U.S., and especially here in Maryland. From April to December of Frankfurt and Wolfsburg disrupting Bundesliga's top 4 04/08/2021 10:49am • D��SSELDORF, Germany (AP) ��� It's been a long road back to the European elite for Eintracht Frankfurt. Sixty-one years have passed since Frankfurt lost to Real Madrid 7-3 in an epic European Cup final in front of a crowd of 127,000 in what is still considered one of the greatest games in the compet Mortgage rates dip for first time since January 04/08/2021 10:30am • McLEAN, Va. (AP) ��� Mortgage rates fell for the first time in more than two months as buyers continue to be stifled by high prices and limited supply. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the benchmark 30-year loan rate dipped to 3.13% this week from 3.18% last week. At this time last Today in History 04/08/2021 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, April 8, the 98th day of 2021. There are 267 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On April 8, 1864, the United States Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery. (The House of Representatives passed it How to Find a Financial Advisor if You're Not Rich 04/08/2021 12:00am • Financial advice isn't just for the wealthy. In fact, the right guidance early in your financial life can have the biggest impact on your long-term success. Many financial advisors, however, simply aren't interested in working with the middle class. Many firms in recent years have stopped paying co Tiger Woods was driving more than 80 mph when he crashed SUV 04/07/2021 06:00pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Tiger Woods was driving more than 80 mph ��� nearly twice the posted speed limit ��� on a downhill stretch of road when he lost control of an SUV and crashed in a wreck that seriously injured the golf superstar, authorities said Wednesday. Sheriff Alex Villanueva blamed the Feb. State House funds rail, kills funds aimed at Hoeven's bank 04/07/2021 05:29pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� The North Dakota House agreed Wednesday to fund a rail spur to help a troubled shipping center in Minot, but balked at giving more than $8 million in taxpayer money to bail out a trio of banks ��� including one owned by Republican U.S. Sen. John Hoeven -- that obtained the fa Factors to Consider Before Cashing Out a 401(k) 04/07/2021 12:00am • If you lose your job and have a 401(k) through your previous company, you may have the option of cashing it out. Sometimes employees choose to take the money instead of keeping it marked for retirement. However, before taking money out of the account, it pays to evaluate your reasons for the withdr Using Student Loans to Fund Technical, Alternative Education 04/07/2021 12:00am • Many good jobs require additional training beyond high school, but a four-year degree isn't necessarily the only way to an advanced career path. Technical and alternative schools are great training and education options to college. A prosperous technical job can bring career satisfaction, a solid i Virginia lieutenant governor says he was treated like George Floyd or Emmett Till when told to resign over sexual assault allegations 04/06/2021 11:10pm • Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax compared the calls for him to resign following sexual assault allegations against him in 2019 to the high-profile killings of two Black men, using the comment to attack former Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday during the first debate in the Democratic gubernatorial pri AGs from Kentucky, Tennessee sue over stimulus tax rule 04/06/2021 04:44pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) ��� The Republican attorneys general of Kentucky and Tennessee have added their voices to those in several other states who are objecting to a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic aid plan that bars states from using relief money to offset tax cuts. Kentucky Attorney General D Restaurant owners clash with police in Rome lockdown protest 04/06/2021 03:10pm • ROME (AP) ��� Italian restaurant owners and others angry at having their businesses shut for weeks due to a virus lockdown clashed with police Tuesday during a protest outside Parliament in Rome, while in the south, hundreds of demonstrators blocked a major highway. One officer was injured in the sc Dutch police make arrest in thefts of Van Gogh, Hals works 04/06/2021 10:19am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� Dutch police arrested a suspect Tuesday in the theft last year of two valuable paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals from different museums, a spokeswoman said. The paintings, however, remain missing. In a statement posted on Twitter, police spokeswoman Maren W EU approves $4.7 billion in state aid to carrier Air France 04/06/2021 08:24am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The European Union has approved $4.7 billion in state aid for national carrier Air France as it struggles through the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a decision the French government welcomed as ���good news.��� In return for the aid, the carrier has promised to make slot Millennial Money: Reboot your budget to prep for reopening 04/06/2021 06:51am • Picture cruising your car deep into 2021 and never glancing in the rearview mirror. Vaccines, travel and a hope of normalcy are finally on the horizon. With so much to look forward to in the future, it���s understandable to not want to look back. But returning to typical day-to-day life will b