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Take a hike: D.C. area No. 1 on a new ranking of walkable real estate projects 06/17/2014 05:58am • The D.C. area strolls to No. 1 in a ranking of the nation's 30 largest metropolitan areas in terms of walkable real estate development projects and places, according to a study co-authored by The George Washington University School of Business and LOCUS: Responsible Real Estate Developers and Invest Deputies make record bust in quiet Ohio township 06/16/2014 07:50pm • MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) -- Except for a sprawling state park and a unicycle drill team that was once a fixture in Macy's Thanksgiving Day parades, Newbury Township in rural northeast Ohio is not known for much.Last week, it became the site of the biggest drug seizure in the hi Pentagon City apartments converted to ‘high-end luxury' 06/12/2014 05:30pm • The Metropolitan Pentagon City apartment building has undergone a renovation and rebranding and is now charging more than $6,000 a month for some apartments. The 17-story building at 901 15th Street S. is now Instrata Pentagon City, a part of the Instrata Lifestyle Residences chain that cas Rental Report: Location, Location, Location 06/12/2014 02:30pm • 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. In a prev AP WAS THERE: OJ Simpson's slow-speed chase 06/11/2014 03:42am • MICHAEL FLEEMAN Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE: The first week of the O.J. Simpson case in mid-June 1994 moved quickly, with reporters racing to reach the news. The only thing that was slow was The Chase.The football great had been accused of killing his ex-wife and her friend, and there he was on l AP WAS THERE: OJ Simpson's slow-speed chase 06/11/2014 03:42am • MICHAEL FLEEMAN Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE: The first week of the O.J. Simpson case in mid-June 1994 moved quickly, with reporters racing to reach the news. The only thing that was slow was The Chase.The football great had been accused of killing his ex-wife and her friend, and there he was on l Could Bethesda office market be on verge of a rebound? 06/09/2014 02:35pm • It took a while, but the developer that spent millions gutting and rebuilding an empty downtown Bethesda office building is finally filling it with tenants. Akridge, which bought and rebuilt the old NIH office building at 7550 Wisconsin Avenue, announced on Monday it has signed six new leases. Th Stock market heads higher after jobs report 06/08/2014 03:48am • MATTHEW CRAFT AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- News that U.S. employers added workers at a good clip for the fourth straight month helped send the stock market higher Friday.The Standard & Poor's 500 index notched another record high, its eighth in the past 10 days. For the week, the index climbe Hertz and Marriott are big market movers 06/06/2014 05:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEHertz Global Holdings Inc., down $2.76 to $27.73Accounting woes are spreading at the car rental company, which says its financial report from 2011 "should no longe Stocks move higher as US jobs grow at healthy clip 06/06/2014 04:44pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are closing higher after the U.S. government reported more healthy job growth in May.The Standard & Poor's 500 index notched its eighth record high in the last 10 trading days.U.S. employers added 217,000 jobs last month, in line with forecasts. The unemployment rate stayed p Hertz to review 3 years of financial results 06/06/2014 01:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Hertz Global Holdings Inc. said that it has to review and correct its financial reports from the past three years after an audit by the car rental company found accounting errors.The announcement, made in a government filing Friday, sent Hertz shares down nearly 10 percent in mornin Stocks rise...May job gains...Hertz accounting errors...Colorado regulating ridesharing companies 06/06/2014 11:30am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are moving higher this morning on Wall Street, after the government reported another month of solid job gains in May. The Dow and the S&P 500 are both in record territory, with the blue-chip index adding about 70 points in the first hour of trading and the S&P adding 7. The N Residents relieved no one injured by military jet 06/06/2014 01:26am • JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Military crews on Thursday mopped up the debris of an exploded fighter jet that struck a Southern California neighborhood, as authorities launched an investigation into the latest crash of the Cold War aircraft with a history of problems.The Harrier AV Texas city ends defense of immigrants' rental ban 06/04/2014 11:48am • FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (AP) -- A Dallas-area city will pay $1.4 million to end its defense of a failed ordinance that would have banned immigrants living in the U.S. illegally from renting apartments.The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1jQs6US ) reports that the Farmers Branch City Council on Tues Virginia Square apartments set for conversion back to condos 06/03/2014 06:05pm • The Goldstar Group plans to convert a Virginia Square apartment building that was originally built as for-sale residential units back into condos after acquiring the site May 29 for $40 million. Goldstar bought 3409 Wilson Blvd. for about $469,000 a unit from a joint venture between Korman Communiti