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Where you can get a Thanksgiving Day turkey deep fried for free in DC 11/21/2018 04:19pm • WASHINGTON — Not just anyone can deep fry a turkey. You need skills and equipment. But the restaurant Medium Rare in Southeast D.C. will do it for free on Thanksgiving Day. The tradition, now in its 10th year, got started as a way to help people who had received donated birds. "Someone who Notification services can let you know about deliveries to stem package pirates 11/20/2018 08:11am • WASHINGTON — Few things suck the holiday spirit out of this time of year faster than a stolen package or check you were expecting in the mail. New technology can help stem porch piracy, but as is always the case, crooks have figured out ways to exploit the safeguards. The U.S. Postal Service 8 Restaurant Stocks Dealing With a Dining Slowdown 11/19/2018 07:00pm • Casual dining stocks face headwinds.This year hasn't been particularly kind to restaurant stock investors, particularly when it comes to casual dining. BMO Capital Markets analyst Andrew Strelzik recently downgraded casual dining stocks across the board and said the widening price gap between what i 12 Colleges That Give Merit Aid to the Most Students 11/19/2018 07:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: Best deals and sites to shop this Cyber Monday 11/19/2018 10:35am • WASHINGTON — Black Friday isn't the only day for deals. The Monday after Thanksgiving, known as Cyber Monday, offers online bargains without the hectic crowds. Here’s what to know as you navigate the virtual sales. What to buy Unlike Black Friday, which is useful for larger purchases like f Friends, foes or both? Metro, Uber, Lyft in talks on late-night service 11/16/2018 03:58am • WASHINGTON — Metro hopes to finalize agreements in coming months with ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft for late-night transportation services rather than providing additional rail service hours, even as the agency tries to compete with the services at other times of the day and week. Reston's 1901 Group will create more than 800 new jobs 11/15/2018 01:48pm • WASHINGTON — Reston, Virginia-based government and commercial IT contractor 1901 Group will invest $4 million to expand its corporate offices in Reston and an IT operations center in Blacksburg, Virginia. In exchange for incentives from the Virginia Jobs Investment Program, 1901 Group will crea How to Get the Most Value Out of YouTube TV 11/14/2018 07:00pm • YouTube has long been known as an audience-created video platform, with its streaming video primarily consisting of amateur content and uploads from users hoping to go viral. However, with YouTube TV, the Google-owned entertainment titan has been branching into streaming live channels and on-demand Virginia Tech's 'Innovation Campus' played a key role in Amazon's HQ2 decision — so what is it? 11/13/2018 05:24pm • WASHINGTON — Amazon listed Virginia Tech's $1 billion investment to build an "innovation campus" in Alexandria as a major factor in its decision to bring half of its second headquarters to Northern Virginia. So what is all that money going to build? According to the university, the new million- 'Shot in the arm': Northern Va. lands half of Amazon's massive HQ2 deal 11/13/2018 04:51pm • WASHINGTON — It's official: Northern Virginia and New York City will both become home to Amazon's long-anticipated second headquarters, the digital giant announced Tuesday, concluding a more-than-yearlong search for its "HQ2." In the D.C. area, Amazon's multibillion-dollar plan envisions a full The 2019 Best Cruise Lines for the Money 11/12/2018 07:00pm • Your next cruise may cost less money than you think.Since a cruise is basically a package deal, with lodging, food and entertainment all included in one price, a vacation at sea is often a better value than a land-based getaway -- if you choose wisely. To help you make the most of your travel budget Elijah Cummings, likely chair of House oversight committee, gets ready for his close-up 11/08/2018 08:25am • On the day after voters handed Democrats control of the House of Representatives, President Trump said members of the opposition party can work to strike bipartisan deals on policy or they can use their newfound power to investigate him – but they can’t do both. The likely future chairman of The Hunt: Ricin attacks, what's old is new 11/07/2018 06:49pm • WASHINGTON — Recently two suspicious packages arrived at the Pentagon's mail screening facility that. After testing, it was revealed they contained a precursor for ricin, a dangerous poison. In this week's edition of "The Hunt" with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green, Robin Simcox, As Amazon rumors intensify, advocates worry Arlington won’t press for affordable housing help 11/07/2018 01:45pm • As all signs continue to suggest that Crystal City will soon become home to at least half of Amazon’s new headquarters, affordable housing advocates are increasingly concerned that Arlington won’t force the tech giant to take action to mitigate the new office’s impact on housing prices in the Report: Amazon to split HQ2 between Crystal City, Queens 11/05/2018 09:29pm • WASHINGTON — Amazon is planning to split its long-anticipated second headquarters between two locations rather than choosing one, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday evening. Following the Journal's report, The New York Times reported those two locations will be Crystal City, Virginia, and