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D.C. Councilman Harry Thomas Jr. to pay $17K for student loans 01/05/2012 09:12am • Neal Augenstein, wtop.com WASHINGTON - As federal prosecutors and defense lawyers for D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. discuss a deal that would avoid a criminal charge for misappropriating $300,000 in city funds, Thomas agrees to begin making payments tomorrow on a long-defaulted student loan. Companies get very creative with data about you 01/01/2012 12:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) - Companies are getting smarter at predicting your next move. As it becomes easier to gather information on consumers, businesses are crunching personal data in new ways to forecast a wide variety of behavior. In much the same way that credit scores predict how likely you are to pay y Bay shows evidence of bouncing back 12/30/2011 10:11am • Kristi King, wtop.com WASHINGTON - There's evidence at least some of the Chesapeake Bay is bouncing back after two massive storms this fall. Chesapeake Bay grasses in the upper bay survived "pretty well," according to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Those grasses still are chugging awa More aid approved for Va. quake victims 12/29/2011 03:30pm • Hank Silverberg, wtop.com WASHINGTON - There's more help coming for victims affected by August's 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Virginia. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved individual assistance to people who live in six localities including the city of Fredericksburg, and th Deadline for SBA, storm damage loans approaches 12/29/2011 08:44am • Kristi King, wtop.com WASHINGTON - It's not free money, but loans as cheap as 2 1/2 percent are being offered to people whose properties were damaged in September by Tropical Storm Lee. The deadline to get the disaster loan money to make property repairs is Jan. 13, 2012. The U.S. Small Business Feds OK HOT Lanes funding, but not bike paths 12/16/2011 10:53am • WASHINGTON - High Occupancy Toll Lanes. Yes. Bike paths. No. The U.S. Department of Transportation approved $20 million in federal funding to build HOT Lanes on Interstate 95 in Virginia. The agency rejected a request for $29 million to pay for pedestrian and bicycle paths and walkways around Me RoomStore files for Chapter 11 12/12/2011 01:55pm • Richmond-based furniture retailer The RoomStore Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will close a significant number of its stores. The RoomStore has 63 retail locations in eight states including Maryland and Virginia. Eleven of its 63 stores are in the Washington area. &l Local Credit Unions Benefiting from Bank Blunders 11/28/2011 11:34am • The phrase “bank fees” used to describe a commonly-accepted practice. But in the past few months, rising fees have stoked consumer frustration. As a result, fed up customers have been abandoning big banks, and credit unions — including those located in Arlington — are reapi Higher FHA loan limits will impact entire market 11/27/2011 02:41pm • Eldad Moraru, Long and Foster. Read more at his blog Va. flood victims protest for FEMA aid 11/18/2011 06:46pm • Max Smith, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- Their homes were destroyed more than two months ago by flooding in Tropical Storm Lee, today dozens of residents of the Holly Acres Trailer Park in Woodbridge protested outside FEMA headquarters, asking for help. The group delivered a petition signed by about 300 Low-interest loans now available for Va. storm damage 11/16/2011 12:52am • Hank Silverberg, wtop.com WASHINGTON - People whose homes or businesses were flooded out or damaged by Tropical Storm Lee this summer have until next Tuesday to apply for low-interest loans. The Virginia Small Business Administration has opened offices in Fairfax County and Prince William County f Emmitsburg sewer rates going up 11/08/2011 12:55pm • EMMITSBURG -- Emmitsburg residents will see an increase in their sewer rates over the next few years to help fund a new, state-mandated wastewater treatment plant. Of the total $20 million cost to build the new plant, the town has been awarded $14.5 million in federal and state grants. The town is Ocean City sees surge of foreclosures, short sales 06/28/2010 02:51pm • Colleen Kelleher, wtop.com OCEAN CITY, Md. - Drive up and down busy Coastal Highway in Ocean City and you'll see real estate company after real estate company advertise foreclosed properties and short-sales. The signs are not typically what you see in O.C. as real estate firms try to catch your ey