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Vending machines that hand out gold, bikes, even wash pets (VIDEO) 03/13/2012 03:43pm • WASHINGTON - Consumers who find themselves in an endless debate at the vending machine are in for real frustration. Vending machines are offering far more than salty and sweet treats, according to SmarterTravel. In China, people in the mood for seafood can grab their live dinner from a vending mac Car sharing may be the next big thing in car rentals 03/07/2012 06:40pm • John Aaron, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Do you need a set of wheels, but you're nowhere near a Zipcar or a rental agency? Do you have a car that sits unused for hours and hours each day, and could you use some extra cash for gas? Peer-to-peer car sharing may be the solution. Many are touting it as the n Landlord's failure to pay water bills leaves 260 without water. 03/04/2012 12:38pm • Frederick County turned off the faucet for 260 customers in the first two months of this year.One of the those water shut-offs was in Libertytown, where Thomas Lofft rents from Kevin Starke.Lofft went to take a shower on Monday, he said, only to find that no water was coming out of the faucet.Lofft, Fannie Mae to pull out of Herndon's Monument IV 02/22/2012 02:58pm • Fannie Mae is planning to pull out of the Monument IV building at 12900 Worldgate Drive in Herndon come June, casting another shadow over the building after its mortgage was transferred to a special servicer fearing just that possibility last spring. Fannie has about 400 employees in the 228,425-sq Ask Adam: Spring Real Estate Market 02/21/2012 01:10pm • Editor’s Note: This monthly sponsored Q&A column is written by Adam Gallegos of Arlington-based real estate firm Arbour Realty. Please submit follow-up questions in the comments section or via email. What should we expect from the spring real estate market in Arlington? It feels like spring New car-sharing service coming to D.C. 02/18/2012 04:17pm • Jamie Forzato, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Hertz wants to cash in on car-sharing services. They will try to compete with the popular Zip Car company to provide quick, convenient car rentals throughout the District. Hertz will expand it's "Hertz on Demand" program to 80 locations including Union Station Frederick crafting rental-property policy 02/16/2012 12:10pm • Frederick's five-year effort to identify scofflaw owners of rental properties and force them to bring their buildings up to city code will take at least 90 more days, but it has new direction.Alderwoman Karen Young summarized Wednesday five years of local and state research that caused her and other County Board Advertises Two Cent Tax Rate Hike 02/15/2012 09:37am • The Arlington County Board gave itself the flexibility to raise real estate taxes by as much as two cents as part of its FY 2013 budget process. The Board voted unanimously last night to advertise a rate of 97.8 cents per $100 of assessed value for Calendar Year 2012, two cents higher than the 201 Fatal fall prompts push for Md. balcony inspection law 02/10/2012 11:58am • ANNAPOLIS — A New Market woman whose son died in 2008 after falling through a rotting second-story railing urged state lawmakers Thursday to require balcony inspections in apartments and other multi-family dwellings.If legislators pass the bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Young, balconies on apartme New Commercial Tenant for Bromptons at Cherrydale 01/27/2012 10:35am • A commercial tenant will soon move into a building that’s been the center of a years-long controversy in the Cherrydale neighborhood. A Subway restaurant is coming to the Bromptons at Cherrydale building (3800 Lee Hwy), now known as 3800 Lofts. The residential space above the restaurant was Crime Report: Female Escort Sexually Assaulted 01/25/2012 06:20pm • A female escort was held against her will and sexually assaulted in a Crystal City hotel room last week, according to the latest Arlington County crime report. ABDUCTION WITH INTENT TO DEFILE / SEXUAL ASSAULT, 01/19/12, 2000 block of S. Jefferson Davis Highway. On January 19, around 8 pm, a female Northern Virginia Housing Fair Coming to Arlington 01/24/2012 10:30am • Arlington will host the second annual Northern Virginia Housing Expo this year. The event features dozens of exhibits “showcasing both homeownership and rental opportunities and resources throughout Northern Virginia.” There are also free workshops that will help prepare attendees for Mental health groups fear Md. will slash funding 01/17/2012 08:11pm • Darci Marchese, wtop.com WASHINGTON - It's budget-slashing time and among the most fearful of budget cuts are groups that look after the mentally ill. "After so many years of budget cuts, we're all in a very fearful mode," says Katherine Slye-Griffin, executive director of the National Alliance o D.C. apartment sales surge in 2011 01/17/2012 10:45am • Sales of apartment and condominium buildings in the Washington area surged to $4.7 billion in 2011, a $1.1 billion increase from 2010 and a sign that investors’ efforts to buy into D.C.’s heavy demand for rentals in particular is on the rise, according to CBRE Group Inc. Multifamily sale Chief: MPD asks for help with violent crimes; 170K fewer traffic tickets 01/05/2012 12:08pm • WASHINGTON - Increased ticketing has resulted in a significant change in driver behavior, the chief of D.C. police told WTOP on Thursday, thanks to more traffic and speed cameras and a focus on the skyrocketing number of cyclists on the road. Police have quadrupled the number of tickets issued to