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4DX movie theaters: traditional cinema's savior, or passing fad? 04/02/2019 12:12am • There has been a lot of talk in recent years about how the movie theater experience fits in with the age of at-home streaming. With options like Amazon and Netflix now offering Oscar-quality films, something has to change at theaters to get butts in seats. On a recent theater excursion, I saw an Northam nixes online sales tax set-aside for Amazon 04/01/2019 11:00am • Gov. Ralph Northam doesn't want Virginia's online sales tax used to pay Amazon.com Inc.'s promised $750 million incentive deal. At least not yet. The legislature wanted to start collecting money in July 2020 to eventually pay Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). The first $40 million was going to come from the States renew push for taxes on sugary drinks 04/01/2019 09:43am • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Nearly three decades after a U.S. state last imposed a special tax on sugary drinks, Connecticut's governor is pushing for one to help close a budget deficit — and bracing for a fight. Taxes on soda and other sugar-loaded drinks have taken effect in recent years in seve Drugmaker sues after Virginia port shipment falls in river 03/30/2019 03:44pm • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A New Jersey-based drug manufacturer has filed a federal lawsuit after its shipment at a Hampton Roads port fell into the Elizabeth River. The Virginian-Pilot reported Saturday that the newly filed lawsuit stems from a July mishap in which eight large containers toppled like Metro won't raise fares and will boost service on some lines. Is that enough to win back riders? 03/28/2019 12:25pm • In a bid to win back riders who have fled the system in droves, Metro plans to add some rail service this summer without raising fares and does not plan any significant service cuts. That's according to a $3.5 billion operating and capital budget unanimously approved Thursday by the Metro Board. Man sentenced to life in prison in killing, rape of Reston teen 03/28/2019 10:37am • A Northern Virginia man who pleaded guilty to raping and killing a Reston teen in what authorities called a "road rage" attack has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Darwin Martinez-Torres attacked 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen in June 2017 as she was walking back to a mosque with frie Man sentenced to life in prison in killing, rape of Reston teen 03/28/2019 05:04am • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A Northern Virginia man who pleaded guilty to raping and killing a Reston teen in what authorities called a "road rage" attack has been sentenced to life in prison. Darwin Martinez-Torres attacked 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen in June 2017 as she was walking back to a mosque wi US budget deficit hit $234 billion in February, a new monthly record 03/22/2019 04:51pm • The US logged its biggest monthly fiscal gap ever last month. The budget widened to $234 billion in February, the Treasury Department announced on Friday, compared with a monthly shortfall of $215.2 billion a year earlier. Last month's budget gap helped push the US go What to know about mobile device tracking options 03/22/2019 02:19pm • Q: Is a free laptop tracking program safe to use or should I look for a pay service? All of your mobile devices are much more vulnerable to being lost or stolen, so planning ahead is really smart. Various options are built into operating systems, such as Find My Mac, Find My iPhone from Apple, Loudoun Co. approves huge Silver Line mixed-use project 03/22/2019 01:00pm • The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has approved a developer's ambitious project to develop a 158-acre mixed-use community between the Silver Line's Ashburn and Loudoun Gateway Metro stops, with plans that include thousands of townhomes, condos and apartments. Detroit-based Soave Enterprises, Pansies: Pretty in the garden and good for your skin 03/22/2019 05:10am • Meet Mike and learn how to grow titanic and tasty tomatoes at Homestead Gardens in Annapolis; Saturday, April 6 at 11 a.m. Amazing orchids up for auction next Saturday Those epiphyte espousers are at it again — or will be next Saturday, March 30, when the members of the National Capital Orchid S Today in History: March 20 03/20/2019 12:01am • Today is Wednesday, March 20, the 79th day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On March 20, 1995, in Tokyo, 12 people were killed, more than 5,500 others sickened when packages containing the deadly chemical sarin were leaked on five separate subway trains by Aum Shinrikyo (ohm shin-ree-kyo The 'bliss point,' or why you can't just eat one cookie or potato chip 03/19/2019 04:34am • Have you ever found yourself staring at an empty bag of cookies you just devoured? Don't beat yourself up. Your brain is wired to eat that cookie — and the next 10. It's as automatic a response as running away from a loud noise. But resisting the cookies (or chips, or What's next now that Amazon has its Arlington incentives? 03/18/2019 03:10pm • Amazon.com Inc. has secured much of what it asked for from Virginia and Arlington when the tech titan launched its HQ2 hunt. The state passed its incentive deal last month, and after a contentious county board meeting, Arlington approved its package Saturday night. So now what? When will HQ2 star DC startup Framebridge opens first storefront on 14th Street 03/18/2019 12:12am • Five years after launching its direct-to-consumer framing business online, a D.C.-based startup is planting brick-and-mortar roots in the city. Framebridge, once dubbed the Warby Parker of frame-worthy art, is opening a 1,200 square-foot shop March 19 on 14th Street NW. Framebridge founder and Ch