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WWI toxic munitions cleanup in D.C. faces 2-3 year delay 09/29/2014 01:36pm • WASHINGTON -- The cleanup of a World War I chemical weapons testing site found under a house near American University will take almost three years longer than anticipated. When the crucial and potentially risky step of excavating under the foundation began a year ago, the U.S. Army Corps of En Art is Specialty for Big Data Startup 09/29/2014 01:30pm • Editor’s Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups, founders and funders. The Ground Floor is Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn. The Harris Teeter to carry wine-cola in a can 09/29/2014 08:33am • Wine with cola in the same drink? Chardonnay mixed with vanilla? It's coming soon to a Harris Teeter near you. Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., which entered the Washington region when it agreed to purchase Harris Teeter in 2013, has signed a deal with Sonoma County, California-based Truett-Hurst Inc. 'Yoga tax' kicks in this week 09/29/2014 03:56am • WASHINGTON -- You might want to get a few yoga classes in early this week -- it's going to cost more starting Wednesday. That's when the so-called "yoga tax" -- a 5.75 percent tax on health clubs and fitness centers -- goes into effect. But a lot more than exercise is affected by the tax, incl Ryan Tannehill leads the way in London 09/29/2014 03:38am • CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- Keeping Ryan Tannehill guessing may have been just what was needed.Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin again and again last week declined to say that Tannehill would be the starting quarterback against the Oakland Raiders in London, creating a distractin Car Report: 2015 GMC Yukon Denali is still large SUV, now with more polish 09/29/2014 02:05am • WASHINGTON -- The 2015 GMC Yukon Denali is a big SUV in an ever-changing market, where more and more SUVs are changing their truck underpinnings and becoming more car-like crossovers. However, GMC stays true to its roots with its big SUVs. The new GMC Yukon keeps the SUV spirit alive and adds Why Your Smartphone Needs to Measure Blood Sugar Levels 09/29/2014 12:00am • There have been some really interesting announcements in the news recently. For one thing, smartphone companies announced that they'll be loading their phones with new health apps to measure a lot of your numbers for you. And a new study showed sugar substitutes -- those blue packages of aspartame, Homeless High Schoolers Face Barriers to Education 09/29/2014 12:00am • Homelessness among public school students is at an all-time high, and teens without a home face unique challenges. Some teens are homeless with their families. But others are on their own, simply trying to get through life without anyone looking out for their well-being, says Barbara Duffield, dire What Not to Do in a Law School Personal Statement 09/29/2014 12:00am • When applying to law school, your personal statement is your best opportunity to present to admissions committees aspects of who you are that are not apparent through LSAT scores, GPAs and transcripts. It is this access to your personality and non-quantifiable characteristics that makes it such an i Patriots-Bills moves to Fox under 'cross-flexing' 09/28/2014 07:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- An AFC East showdown will air on Fox as part of the NFL's new "cross-flexing."The league said Sunday that the Oct. 12 game between the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills will be on Fox instead of CBS, which owns the AFC package. The policy change in the current TV rights agreeme Twins fall 3-0 to division champion Tigers 09/28/2014 07:04pm • NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer DETROIT (AP) -- Another 90-loss season for the Minnesota Twins has left the status of manager Ron Gardenhire and his coaching staff in question.The Twins finished Sunday with a 3-0 defeat at Detroit and fell to 70-92 as the Tigers clinched their fourth straight Americ American football growing quickly in Brazil 09/27/2014 10:30pm • TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazilians are starting to pay attention to a different type of football -- the one played with the hands.American football -- once the sport nobody could understand -- is quickly gaining space in the land of soccer, attracting a growing number of fans AP Source: Video addressed to NFL security chief 09/27/2014 02:26pm • ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- The video of Ray Rice punching his fiancee inside a casino elevator was sent to NFL headquarters to the attention of league security chief Jeffrey Miller in April, a law enforcement official says.The NFL has repeatedly said no one with th SEC alleges $129M pyramid scheme in China, US 09/27/2014 12:28pm • MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. regulators have charged two companies and three individuals with operating a pyramid scheme that made some $129 million from preying on investors in China, Taiwan and the U.S.The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the civil fraud char Steelers hoping new 'D' nets same results vs. Bucs 09/27/2014 12:02am • WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Cam Heyward has been around long enough to know the drill.No matter whom the fourth-year defensive end stands next to in the huddle Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1) face the staggering Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-3), the way the Steelers go about