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Robots invade Las Vegas consumer electronics show 01/07/2014 01:57pm • Steve Winter, special to wtop.com LAS VEGAS - While fans of the Terminator movie franchise can breathe easy that Skynet is not as yet online, the 2014 Consumer Electronic Show clearly marks the "Rise of the Machines." The robots are not hunting down humans on a war-ravaged landscape, but are e How college pricing is like holiday retail sales 01/02/2014 02:09pm • by Marian Wang ProPublica, Jan. 2, 2014, 9:27 a.m.You know all those seemingly great sales during the holidays? It turns out, they are often a "carefully engineered illusion."  A recent piece in the Wall Street Journal The fire power of a sticker: Businesses jump to declare support for gun rights 01/01/2014 09:22pm • WASHINGTON - Businesses across the country are ready to stick 'em up in the name of gun rights, a window sticker that is. A sticker declaring support for the Second Amendment has become the must-have item for like-minded shop owners across the country. And it's the brainchild of a Leesburg rest Waygoose Redux Closes In Bethesda 12/30/2013 10:15am • Another independent business at the Shoppes of Bethesda is out, and its owner says opportunities for small, local businesses in Bethesda could be on the way out too. Deborah Simon closed her Waygoose Redux gift shop at 4926 Hampden Lane on Saturday. Simon had recently taken in Shoppes of Bethesda n Local stores offer after-Christmas deals 12/25/2013 08:01pm • WASHINGTON - If you have gift cards, items to return or just a hankering to shop the day after Christmas, retailers are ready for you. Stores are opening as early as 5 a.m. and offering deals in store and online in hopes of getting shoppers back after a day of celebrating with family. Before Last minute gift? These stores are open 12/23/2013 08:58pm • WASHINGTON - Last minute-shoppers are getting help in the form of extended store hours and discounts. Do you have last-minute gifts? Probably. But worry not, here are some stores that are open nonstop, 24 hours a day, until Christmas Eve. Yep, you read that right. The doors won't lock. Click Time is running out on sending gifts by Christmas 12/21/2013 03:39am • Lori Lundin, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Procrastinators take note: Time is running out for sending gifts and packages in time for Christmas. While the deadline for regular parcel post has come and gone, there are still options. Saturday, Dec. 21 is The deadline for Priority Mail is Saturday, Dec. 21. Reduced fat? Learn what those labels really mean 12/20/2013 12:24am • WASHINGTON - You know it's important to check food labels when you go grocery shopping. But how much of that information is fact and how much is hype? Paul Kita, a senior editor with Men's Health magazine, has been looking into the labeling phenomenon. He says marketers put their best stuff on Freebies: Gift card deals and bonuses 12/18/2013 03:11am • WASHINGTON - With Christmas just one week away, many people will finish their holiday shopping by buying gift cards. In fact, the National Retail Federation predicts 81 percent of holiday shoppers will buy at least one gift card this year. With so many stores and restaurants offering holiday Shopping for a stargazer? Here's your gift guide 12/17/2013 01:16pm • WASHINGTON -- Ho, ho, ho, happy holidays! Got a stargazer on your gift list and stuggling with what to get them? You've come to the right place. Monthly magazine subscription As a first step for someone new to astronomy, I recommend getting them a magazine subscription to either -- or both -- As How to haggle for a discount this holiday season 12/16/2013 04:59pm • WASHINGTON - This holiday season, more and more stores are ready to give shoppers a discount -- all they have to do is ask for it. It's easy to walk into a store, find an item you like and then use your smartphone to see if you can buy it cheaper online. Brick-and-mortar stores know custom Du-par’s Hopes To Stay Open After Dropping Hamburger Hamlet 12/16/2013 01:30pm • The Bethesda Hamburger Hamlet will soon be gone, but the man who partnered with the restaurant last year in an attempt to revive it hopes to keep his operation going in the same space. W.W. “Biff” Naylor, who owns the L.A.-based Du-par’s diner chain, took over operation of the res Free shipping day and how to ship gifts successfully 12/12/2013 05:40pm • WASHINGTON - As a push to get consumers to buy, a lot of big retailers are offering free shipping this coming Wednesday. "It's December 18, it's free shipping day. Hundreds of retailers are going to be offering free shipping with no minimum order required and guaranteed delivery by Christmas, Target tests Pinterest-powered online storefront 12/09/2013 04:45pm • Target Corp. has taken its love for social-media website Pinterest to the next level. The popular big box store has launched Target Awesome Shop, a new e-commerce website that is powered entirely by Pinterest recommendations, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. The site curates a Two Companies Win Ballston Startup Competition 12/05/2013 11:00am • Some of today’s big names in local business gathered in Ballston Wednesday night to decide who will be the big names of tomorrow. Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis, former United States Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) were among the jud