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Morning Notes 08/28/2013 08:40am • What To Know About Metro For The 50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington — Metro is expecting a high ridership day as people make their way downtown for March on Washington events. The system has issued an advisory. Life Sciences Company To Add 170 Employees, Gets County Loan &

The latest small business haven: Loudoun County 08/27/2013 05:41pm • New lending data suggests Loudoun County has emerged as a major growth area for small businesses. The data, which track commercial loans of less than $1 million and the jurisdiction in which they were made, show that Loudoun's loan growth blew by every other major county in Greater Washington last y

Which banks give the most love to D.C.-area small businesses? BB&T and AmEx 08/26/2013 05:09pm • Which banks have given the most love to D.C.-area small businesses? Here's a hint: It's not necessarily the biggest banks in town. Newly released data about loans of less than $1 million made to Greater Washington-area businesses during 2012 shows that Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT

Gov. McDonnell works to shift focus 08/20/2013 03:02pm • FAIRFAX - Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell continues touting job creation around the state, but he can't escape questions about looming legal problems. "I don't have any other comments on that," McDonnell told reporters in Fairfax on Tuesday. "I just don't have anything else to say on that at this ti

Ask Andrew: Appraisal Contingencies 08/20/2013 11:45am • 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

Embattled Va. gov. wraps up 7-day legacy tour in Leesburg 08/15/2013 07:11pm • LEESBURG, Va. - Under fire for the gift and loan scandal, Virginia's embattled governor has been touring the state touting the accomplishments of his administration over the last three and half years. His last day of the tour included stops in Alexandria and Fairfax where he talked about education

Student loan debt in D.C. highest in nation 08/15/2013 10:55am • Student loan debt in the U.S. is approaching a record $1.2 trillion, and nowhere do borrowers have more of it than in D.C. Credit monitoring firm Credit Karma said the average outstanding student loan debt among District borrowers in July was $43,856, the highest in the nation when D.C. is ranked ag

Special session on ethics reform unlikely in Virginia 08/13/2013 03:34pm • WASHINGTON - The loans and gifts scandal that has engulfed Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, and has had a significant impact on the race to replace him, continues to produce calls for a special session of the General Assembly to address financial disclosure and ethics reforms. But a special session m

Md. foreclosure rates among highest in the country 08/11/2013 05:20pm • WASHINGTON - A second round of foreclosures is hitting Maryland and more people are losing their homes as the state catches up on the backlog of delinquent mortgages. Maryland once had some of the lowest foreclosure rates in the country, but this year, it's jumped to the third highest, The Washi

Changes to student loan rules impacts black colleges 08/11/2013 06:49am • WASHINGTON -- It's a change in the way student loans are processed. But it's one that is hitting black colleges particularly hard. With little notice and no fanfare the Department of Education made a critical change to the Parent PLUS Loans program by tightening the restrictions and now there is

APAH Plans New Carlyn Springs Apartments 08/08/2013 04:30pm • The Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing is planning to build a 104-unit apartment building to replace its three-story, 27-unit Carlyn Springs apartment complex near Ballston. The site, at the intersection of N. Carlin Springs Road and Thomas Street, has gone through its first ro

To binge or not to binge? That's the TV trend 08/02/2013 09:05am • WASHINGTON - The final season of "Breaking Bad" kicks off Sunday night. And fans of Walt, Jesse, Hank and Skyler are fired up, thanks to a recent phenomenon: binge-watching. There's no one way to binge-watch. It can be done with an iPad in your bed, with a laptop hooked to your TV, with an ether

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 07/31/2013 05:50am • Keeping your man by having an expensive handbag? Download WTOP's David Burd reports Read more from CBS News: Women may buy designer bags to protect their relationships, study suggests 8:10 p.m. - Paul Kita, Men's Health Magazine Download Keeping safe w

Congressional gridlock could raise Virginia's gas tax 07/31/2013 03:14am • WASHINGTON - The price Virginia motorists pay at the pump come January may depend on Congress and an embattled governor's ability to influence a local congressman. Virginia Republican Bob Goodlatte chairs the House Judiciary Committee where a bill to put a sales tax on online purchases has lan