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Manasssas bookstore building eyed for landmark status 01/23/2020 08:44am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The 108-year old Hibbs & Giddings building in Old Town Manassas is finally getting its due. A proposal to add the structure to Tired of abandoned shopping carts? Bill would require Northern Va. stores to collect them 01/23/2020 07:44am • If you go to a grocery store, chances are you toss your items in a shopping cart, but what's convenient at the store is becoming a nuisance in Northern Virginia. After repeated complaints of abandoned shopping carts in Fairfax and Arlington counties, and the city of Alexandria, state Sens. Scott How likely are you to be a 'porch pirate' victim? New study offers clues 01/22/2020 04:05pm • As more and more consumers shop online, opting for the convenience of having packages delivered to their door, thieves are finding it pretty easy to steal the boxes with minimal fuss. There’s even a term for such a thief — “porch pirate” — and it’s a crime that impacts millions at a subs Edmunds: How to buy a high-demand car in a seller's market 01/22/2020 07:30am • This undated photo provided by Kia shows the 2020 Kia Telluride. In recent months, in-demand vehicles such as the Kia Telluride and the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid have been selling for a few thousand above MSRP. It's a textbook case of supply and demand in which there are more customers than cars. (Kia Mot Baltimore County man gets 8 years for gun store burglary 01/21/2020 06:37pm • One year to the day after he broke into a Baltimore County, Maryland gun store, a Gwynn Oak man was sentenced to eight years in prison on federal firearms charges. Byron Keith Goines, 25, pleaded guilty in August to stealing firearms from a Halethorpe, Maryland, gun dealer. Prosecutors said Go Buzzy shoe startup Rothy's opens in Georgetown 01/21/2020 02:55pm • Rothy’s, the shoe company that makes women’s staple flats out of recycled plastic, has opened a rare brick-and-mortar store in Georgetown. The boutique opened in mid-December at 3068 M St. NW in Georgetown, in space previously inhabited by Alex + Ani. The sales floor covers approximately 700 Skyland Town Center is getting DC's first drive-thru Starbucks 01/21/2020 11:52am • Skyland Town Center in Ward 7 will be home to the first drive-thru Starbucks in the District, as well as the second Chase Bank east of the Anacostia River, after the tenants recently signed leases with the project developers The new tenants, which signed just a few months Rappaport landed Lidl a 5 ways to save for vacation 01/21/2020 11:00am • Summer vacation planning often begins around this time of year, when you start thinking that it would be nice to get away. But hopefully you're also thinking about budgeting for a vacation. Vacations tend to go better when ample money is set aside for them. If you're planning a summer vacation, try New nutrition facts label 01/19/2020 11:00am • For three decades, the Nutrition Fact Panel on the food label has provided a nutritional snapshot of the food inside a package. By law, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration dictates that the label must list not only the calories, but also other important nutrient information, such as the amount of How to do a frugal February challenge 01/17/2020 10:00am • Frugal February might be a way to get your budget back in line for 2020. If you're interested in saving money and killing off debt, you may want to try a "Frugal February" challenge. The origins of this monthlong challenge are murky, but it's been around for at least several years, gaining no Maryland store owner accused of fencing more than $100K in stolen goods 01/15/2020 02:51pm • Here are some of the items that the Charles County Sheriff's Office said is stolen and was being kept by Husani West as part of a theft ring. (Courtesy Charles County Sheriff's Office) The owner of a Waldorf, Maryland, store has been accused of running a theft ring, buying and selling more than Police release surveillance footage of suspects linked to Silver Spring shooting of teen 01/10/2020 05:31pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, are still investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old in downtown Silver Spring earlier this month, and have now released surveillance footage of the suspects they believe were involved. The shooting happened around 5:50 p.m. on Jan. 5, in the area of 933 El Data Doctors: Shopping around for 5G networks 01/10/2020 05:02am • 5G is going to be one of the biggest stories of 2020 as each of the major wireless carriers continues their network rollout. (GettyImages/ThinkStock) Q: What’s the difference in the 5G being offered by the various cellular companies? A: 5G is certainly going to be one of the biggest stories Maryland expands operations to help people get REAL ID-compliant licenses 01/09/2020 05:10pm • Nine months might seem far off, but Maryland is making adjustments now to help everyone get a REAL ID-compliant license by the October deadline. The Motor Vehicle Administration branch in Gaithersburg doubled the number of REAL ID appointments it can process at the Walnut Hill Shopping Center bra Boardroom Salon for Men opens first DC-area locations 01/08/2020 09:05am • Southlake, Texas-based Boardroom Salon for Men will bring its wood-paneled men's barber shop and spas to Fairfax, Virginia, and Rockville, Maryland, this spring. Boardroom Salon will open a location in May at 2920 District Avenue in Fairfax's Mosaic District, and in June at 12031 Rockville Pike i