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France's camps offer family-friendly flexibility 08/06/2014 09:52am • SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press SAINT-JUST-LUZAC, France (AP) -- One son's conquering a waterslide. The other's at the soccer pitch leading French, British and Dutch teammates to victory. Mom's getting a massage. Dad's poolside chatting to his new European neighbors and plotting a barbeque.You mig It's not a typo: Apartments in The Woodley priced at up to $12,000 a month 08/05/2014 11:18am • The JBG Cos. sold its 212-unit The Woodley apartments by the Woodley Park Metro for a record-setting $195 million, or roughly $920,000 per unit earlier this year. The price might seem hard to fathom until you try to rent one of them. Units in the development at 2700 Woodley Road have been priced at Missing from New Zealand's ski slopes? Snow 08/05/2014 08:16am • NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Winter has rolled into its third month in New Zealand, and Nick Jarman says he's going stir crazy as he stares out at the driving rain on the small ski area he manages in the Southern Alps.The Craigieburn Valley Ski Area is one of several a D.C.'s floating food truck: Nauti Foods feeds Potomac traffic 08/04/2014 12:14pm • WASHINGTON -- On a recent Sunday afternoon, three paddle boarders coast slowly past a pontoon boat that's anchored in the Potomac River between the Key Bridge Boathouse and the Potomac Boat Club. The paddlers strain their eyes to read a sign on the boat; they take a few seconds to digest what they r Correction: On The Money-Energy Investing story 08/04/2014 12:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- In a story July 30 about investing in yieldcos, The Associated Press reported erroneously that NRG Yield owned a coal-fired power plant in Delaware. That plant has been converted to burn natural gas.The story also said that NRG Yield hopes to increase its dividend by 10 percent to 1 Tips for landlords looking to invest in rental properties 08/03/2014 01:26pm • Ron Sitrin, Long & Foster Billionaire now owns all of Lanai's hotel rooms 08/01/2014 03:40pm • LANAI CITY, Hawaii (AP) -- Billionaire Larry Ellison has purchased the historic Hotel Lanai for an undisclosed price.The deal that closed July 7 now makes Ellison the owner of every hotel room on the island, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://ow.ly/zQLTQ ) reported.Mary Charles' Lanai Hospitality GM boosted June sales with discounts to dealers 08/01/2014 10:46am • TOM KRISHER Associated Press Auto Writer As General Motors tackles a safety crisis, a look its numbers from June show just how intent the company is on keeping new-car sales on the rise during a record spate of safety recalls.The Detroit automaker has recalled nearly 30 million cars and trucks this GM boosted June sales with discounts to dealers 08/01/2014 10:46am • TOM KRISHER Associated Press Auto Writer As General Motors tackles a safety crisis, a look its numbers from June show just how intent the company is on keeping new-car sales on the rise during a record spate of safety recalls.The Detroit automaker has recalled nearly 30 million cars and trucks this GM boosted June sales with discounts to dealers 08/01/2014 10:46am • TOM KRISHER Associated Press Auto Writer As General Motors tackles a safety crisis, a look its numbers from June show just how intent the company is on keeping new-car sales on the rise during a record spate of safety recalls.The Detroit automaker has recalled nearly 30 million cars and trucks this Rolex passed among jurors in ex-Va. gov trial 07/31/2014 06:10pm • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The requests for lavish gifts were frequent. Jonnie Williams -- the star witness in a corruption trial against the former Virginia governor and his wife -- was being asked for everything from a joy ride in his Ferrari to stock in the company he le Portland OKs Airbnb-type short-term rentals 07/31/2014 02:00pm • STEVEN DUBOIS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Portland City Council voted Wednesday to legalize short-term rentals in single-family homes, giving added legitimacy to rental websites such as Airbnb.Homeowners will be allowed to rent one or two bedrooms once a safety inspection is done and Audit: D.C. fails to collect nearly $400K in rent at Eastern Market 07/30/2014 04:42pm • D.C. officials failed to collect nearly $400,000 in rent from merchants operating in Eastern Market’s South Hall for fiscal 2011 and most of fiscal 2012, according to a D.C. Auditor's report detailing what appears to be widespread financial mismanagement at the historic fresh foods market on C Man pleads guilty in Minnesota cartel house case 07/30/2014 12:40pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- One of the four men accused of keeping a "stash house" for a Mexican drug cartel in St. Paul has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.Antonio Navarro, 19, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Tuesday, clearing the way for the state t Man pleads guilty in Minnesota cartel house case 07/30/2014 12:40pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- One of the four men accused of keeping a "stash house" for a Mexican drug cartel in St. Paul has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.Antonio Navarro, 19, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Tuesday, clearing the way for the state t