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SB-Urban goes micro again, this time in Blagden Alley 08/18/2014 02:21pm • SB-Urban is playing small ball. First, the fledgling joint venture from Mike Balaban and Frank Saul III p roposed to convert Georgetown’s Latham Hotel into 140 micro-units. Then, it acquired the Patterson Mansion in Dupont Circle, with plans of renovating it as 90 luxury micro-units. Now, i Haves, have-nots divided by apartment poor doors 08/18/2014 01:56pm • JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- One new Manhattan skyscraper will greet residents of pricey condos with a lobby in front, while renters of affordable apartments that got the developer government incentives must use a separate side entrance -- a so-called poor door.In another apartme Atlantic City fears closing casinos may be eyesore 08/18/2014 11:46am • WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Before summer ends, Revel, Trump Plaza, the Showboat and the Atlantic Club will be shuttered ex-casinos, leaving Atlantic City officials looking for a way to avoid having dark, empty shells on its signature Boardwalk.Analysts and entrepreneurs O.C. to discuss ban on weekly rentals of single-family homes 08/18/2014 08:04am • WASHINGTON -- Complaints about rowdy parties have Ocean City officials considering a ban on weekly rentals of single-family homes in several neighborhoods. The change to be discussed at a public hearing of the Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday would ban rentals of single-family homes for pe Speed cameras activated in College Park 08/16/2014 01:57am • COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- In the weeks since a high-profile press conference to address three pedestrian fatalities near the University of Maryland, several measures to increase safety have been put into place. At the beginning of the month, the State Highway Administration (SHA) lowered the speed lim Prosecutors rest in ex-Virginia governor case 08/15/2014 03:12am • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Prosecutors wrapped up their case in the public corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on Thursday by giving jurors their first in-person look at the designer clothes and other gifts the couple received from After 5 year manhunt, fugitive couple arrested 08/13/2014 10:10pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A couple accused of leaving their severely injured 2-year-old daughter at a hospital and keeping their other adopted children in putrid conditions were arrested after a five-year manhunt, authorities said Wednesday.The search for Janet and Ramon Barreto began when they skipped FBI agent testifies about ex-governor's debts 08/13/2014 07:10pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were swamped with heavy credit card debt and money-losing real estate investments when they turned to a wealthy businessman for financial help, an FBI agent testified Wednesday.Prosecutors i Spielberg encounter described at ex-governor trial 08/12/2014 10:35pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The wealthy businessman who showered former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife with thousands of dollars in gifts and loans tried to impress a cardiologist by having the then-first lady introduce him to movie director Steven Spielberg, the do Rental Report: You Found A Great Place, Now What? 08/12/2014 01:00pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. Now that Foreign policy crises intrude on Obama vacations 08/12/2014 03:44am • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) -- Foreign policy crises have a way of intruding on President Barack Obama's Martha's Vineyard vacations.Obama's last three summer sojourns to this Massachusetts island have coincided with tumult primarily in the Middle East and North Afri Former state AG testifies in ex-Va. governor trial 08/11/2014 07:16pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The wealthy businessman who lavished former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife with thousands of dollars in gifts and loans said repeatedly that the couple supported his company and its signature product, former state Attorney General Jerry K Authorities investigate Ocean City diving accident 08/06/2014 04:30pm • OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) -- Maryland authorities are investigating a diving accident in Ocean City that left a Pennsylvania man critically injured.Maryland Natural Resources Police say it occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday night as a group was returning a pontoon boat to a rental facility after visi GOP establishment on a roll over tea party 08/06/2014 03:22pm • DONNA CASSATA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Add Kansas to the list of states where tea partyers tried and failed to knock out Senate Republicans this year. Next up: Tennessee, and the odds for the upstarts are no better.Three-term Sen. Pat Roberts dispatched tea party favorite Milton Wolf on T Md., Va., decide fates of car-sharing services; take opposite positions 08/06/2014 01:01pm • Amanda Iacone and Ari Ashe, wtop.com WASHINGTON - On one day, neighboring states Maryland and Virginia took opposing stances in how they would treat car-sharing service Uber. In Virginia, the state cut a deal with both Uber and Lyft that would allow the companies' drivers to operate legally as