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Rent the Runway to open brick-and-mortar store in Georgetown 09/10/2014 05:44am • Online designer clothing rental business Rent the Runway is putting down some D.C. roots. Rent the Runway, which rents out designer gowns and other items to customers for a fraction of their purchase price, will open a store at 3336 M St. NW in November, taking 4,354 square feet of space in Cady's A Rental Report: Should I Hire A Property Manager? 09/09/2014 11:05am • 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. You&#8217 6 Renting Costs That May Surprise You 09/09/2014 12:00am • When Tiffani Hill-Patterson, 42, an Alabama mom, downsized from a two-bedroom to a one-bedroom apartment in June, she reluctantly paid more than $200 to transfer her utilities within the same building. "The utility transfer fee was $80," she says. "The water transfer fee was $150. I was shocked, es Wall Street mostly lower ... Treasury to limit profitability of overseas shifts ... Twitter test service 09/08/2014 11:50am • NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stock indexes moved mostly lower in early trading Monday after the market reached a record high last week. At 10:35 a.m. Eastern Time, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 49 points to 17,089. The S&P 500 lost seven points to 2,001. And the Nasdaq composite rose four points to Remembering Maywood’s Oldest Resident 09/08/2014 11:00am • Arlington’s Maywood neighborhood lost its foremost historian last month. Robert McAtee, the community’s oldest resident, died Aug. 10 at the age of 100. A colorful local figure, “Mac” was a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was known for his love o AP corrects ethics reform reference in trial story 09/05/2014 12:20pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- In a story Sept. 4 about the public corruption convictions of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, The Associated Press reported erroneously that ethics reform was passed this summer by a Republican-controlled General Assembly. The bills were passed in the Former Va. governor's attorney vows to appeal 09/05/2014 11:12am • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Kathleen L. Carmody said she voted for Bob McDonnell and thought he was "terrific for Virginia" as governor -- but as a juror in McDonnell's corruption trial, she was compelled to convict him."The facts spoke for themselves," she told The Associate Rental Report: Should I Hire a Property Manager? 09/04/2014 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. You&#8217 Plenty of light! Feds are selling off lighthouses 09/04/2014 10:24am • PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press YORK, Maine (AP) -- Lighthouses for sale! Actually, lots of lighthouses for free.Technological advances and a desire to purge unneeded properties have paved the way for the federal government to get rid of more than 100 lighthouses over the last 14 years, and it inte Looking for a verdict: What the jury has to consider in the McDonnell trial 09/03/2014 04:15pm • RICHMOND, Va. - The jury working to reach a verdict in the corruption case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen is entering its third day of deliberations. And jurors have a lot to wade through. The jury must weigh weeks of testimony that included personal histories, sord Netflix unveils new way to share recommendations 09/03/2014 12:54pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Netflix is giving its Internet video subscribers a more discreet way to recommend movies and TV shows to their Facebook friends after realizing most people don't want to share their viewing habits with large audiences.Until now, Netflix subs Some fear auto industry returning to bad habits 09/03/2014 05:16am • TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) -- Big discounts. Six- or seven-year loans, in some cases to buyers who would have been turned down in the past.As the auto industry strives to sustain its post-recession comeback, car companies are resorting to tactics that some experts warn will lead to trou Listing your house or apartment on Airbnb? Know the rules 09/02/2014 05:58pm • WASHINGTON — It seemed like a no-brainer. For one night in Paris, I could pay $300 a night for myself and four friends to stay in a "classic French apartment" -- a tiny, yet charming, unit, complete with crown molding and floor-to-ceiling windows — just steps from the Notre Dame. The other o Flight diverted, woman removed over seat dispute 09/02/2014 04:10pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A combative woman upset over a reclining seat was removed from a flight to Florida, airport officials said Tuesday, but the woman told authorities she was not aggressive -- just upset over the recent death of her two dogs.The Delta flight from New York to West Palm Beach w 7 tips for managing rent as a college student 09/02/2014 12:00am • Moving out of the dorms means one thing to most college students: sweet, sweet freedom. Living outside the dorms has some great perks, but renting your first apartment or room in a house may require a bit more financial responsibility than you expected. Here are seven tips for budgeting in colle