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Super Bowl ads use celebs, humor, lots of dogs 02/12/2023 10:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Advertisers bet big that viewers were turning to the Super Bowl for a comforting escape, and delivered a series of advertisements that relied on familiar celebrity faces, light humor, and plenty of cuddly dogs. This wasn’t a year for edgy humor or experimentation. After the gl Doja Cat, John Travolta, Adam Driver star in Super Bowl ads 02/12/2023 01:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The big day for marketers has arrived: The Super Bowl is advertising's biggest, glitziest stage. Big name advertisers from Netflix to Google paid as much as $7 million for a 30-second spot during the game Sunday night, seeking to capture the attention of the roughly 100 million The history of fudge: Did a mistake create a sweet treat? 02/12/2023 09:23am • ▶ Watch Video: The history of fudge This time of year, freezing temperatures are nothing unusual in northern Michigan. But there's one kitchen that knows a recipe for keeping warm. Original Murdick's Fudge has been in operation since 1887, when it first opened its doors on Michigan's M Montgomery Co.'s 'Project Prom Dress' brings new life to dress collection 02/10/2023 09:48pm • The loss of Gayle Gulley's sister in September 2022 left her with a lifetime of memories and more than 100 dresses. Gulley, of Fairfax County, Virginia, explains that her sister Cathy Norgaard, who died of cervical cancer, spent a lifetime amassing a collection of dresses and gowns. Gulley, a Remember slot cars? 1960s craze zooming back in 2023 02/10/2023 10:21am • Long before the popularity of car racing video games, the slot car craze in the 1960s and '70s had young people and their parents obsessed with racing scale models. Now, a new generation of slot cars is zooming around the track. "A slot car is an electrically powered miniature vehicle, runnin Food for Others opens expanded, 'grocery store-like' space for increased demand 02/09/2023 03:23pm • Northern Virginia-based food bank Food for Others opened a new expanded facility on Thursday that includes a grocery-store like shopping experience for people that rely on them. The 10,391-square-foot expansion includes “My Market,” a space for people to pick out food for themselves from DC police offer tips to stem recent rise in tire and rim thefts 02/09/2023 03:03pm • In the movie "Gone in 60 Seconds," the entire car vanished — with the current rash of tire and rim thefts, the ugly skeleton of a stripped car is left behind. Local police have called it a regional problem, and are offering tips and strategies to try to prevent wheel thefts. "People are waki These Eagles, Chiefs free-agents-to-be may entice the Commanders 02/08/2023 06:00am • Commanders could target these Chiefs' and Eagles' free agents originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington   Super Bowl 57 represents the final game of the 2022 NFL season — and for many members of the Eagles and Chiefs, it could also mark the end of their careers with those respect Water’s End Brewery opening new location in Leesburg 02/07/2023 10:26am • Craft brewer Water’s End Brewery, founded by a former Fairfax County police officer in 2016, is opening a fourth location, this one at the Village at Leesburg development in Virginia. Water’s End will be part of a makeover of the existing Chefscape food hall, which is being repositioned as Th Making Montgomery Co. a destination for businesses — and a pledge to cut red tape 02/06/2023 07:48pm • Montgomery County Council President Evan Glass says he's determined to push harder to attract and retain businesses — and on Monday, he announced a "road map" to boost the Maryland county's economic development. During a news briefing, Glass explained he had moved to split one of the county cou Mr. Bake bringing substance and style to Prince George’s Co. 02/03/2023 09:37pm • Kareem Queeman's nickname is Mr. Bake and right now, his career is running way hotter than any of the ovens used to bake his desserts out of a ghost kitchen in Riverdale Park, Maryland. Queeman is someone you might recognize from various appearances on TV shows and Food Network cooking com A DC ice cream shop that’s warming hearts and happily freezing brains 02/03/2023 09:19pm • You might not be thinking about ice cream this winter, but there’s a shop in D.C. that’s pleasantly warming people’s hearts: Everyday Sundae in Petworth on 713 Kennedy Street in Northwest. One day last spring, shop owner Charles Foreman gave away a cone to a kid who didn’t have any money. Buying a car? Here’s what to know about pre-qualifying for auto loans 02/01/2023 02:00pm • This content is sponsored by PenFed Credit Union, federally insured by NCUA. Getting a new car can be exciting, but don’t forget about one important step before you apply for an auto loan: getting pre-qualified. Getting pre-qualified for an auto loan means a lender has reviewed basic financi For Virginia family, young son's cancer diagnosis spurs 'Boredom Busters' legacy 02/01/2023 08:01am • For a young child diagnosed with cancer, a lengthy stay in the hospital is often the key to saving their life. A Northern Virginia mother who lost her son to cancer in 2020 is continuing his legacy to help other young children. "When my son was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2004, he was in the Still need your prom outfit? No you don't, so how about donating it to Montgomery County's giveaway 01/31/2023 09:01pm • For the second year in a row, Montgomery County, Maryland's, Department of Recreation will hold the "Praisner's Prom Dress" giveaway event. Is there a dress or suit in your closet that you haven't worn in years? Maybe it doesn't fit anymore or maybe you want to pare down your wardrobe.