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Retailers Are Fighting for Your Business -- Here's How to Take Advantage 06/03/2018 08:00pm • Competition is fierce among the biggest players in the retail industry. And one of the biggest battles is over the busiest customers -- the ones who don't have time to shop in stores, but also don't want packages left unsecured on the front stoop during their long workdays. The ones who need grocer Rain cuts first cleanup day short in Ellicott City 06/03/2018 06:20pm • Ellicott City, Md. — One week after the Ellicott City flooding, the city's cleanup progress is being hampered by rain that just won’t go away. Earlier on the city's first official cleanup day Sunday, officials announced they were scaling back access to Main Street due to rain being in the fo How to Prequalify for a Credit Card 05/31/2018 08:00pm • Prequalification allows a credit card issuer to look at your basic credit information and decide if you're ready for a new card. Many credit card issuers allow applicants to prequalify, and during this process, you'll find out if you're likely to be approved for the card before submitting a full ap The Truth About Emotional Eating: It's Not Bad 05/31/2018 08:00pm • You've read the stories -- or at least the headlines -- before: "Gain Control of Emotional Eating." "How to Stop Emotional Eating." "Conquer Emotional Eating." In so many words, we're constantly told that emotional eating -- or eating to to soothe, suppress or distract from negative or positive emo 10 Ways to Make Money if You've Been Laid Off 05/31/2018 08:00pm • Losing a job can turn your life upside down, especially if you are only a few years away from retirement. But a sudden layoff doesn't have to completely derail your retirement plan. Here's how to make some money between jobs and get through this period unscathed. 1. Go for a temp job or contract w 10 Cities Where Gig Workers Can Flourish 05/31/2018 08:00pm • The rise of the internet has propelled the growth of the gig economy. Rather than hold down a 9-to-5 job with a single employer, workers are increasingly weaving together their livelihood from a number of short-term gigs. Those who drive a car for Uber or assemble furniture for customers found on t 'So grateful we made it:' Ellicott City store owner's story of survival, heartbreak 05/31/2018 10:59am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '946b98fc-0ff6-4098-a7e5-ea3f69df664e' }).render("135615366778f48e");}); WASHINGTON — After Joan Eve Shea-Cohen' Reston's Hunter Woods retirement community on track for spring 2019 finish 05/31/2018 10:15am • A Pennsylvania-based company plans to complete a senior citizens’ independent living and assisted living facility neas Hunters Woods Village Center by the spring of next year. The $72 million project — the first Virginia location for IntegraCare — aims to address the shortage of senior housin Chef Mike Cordero expands sports bar empire with Rockwood in Gainesville 05/31/2018 08:47am • WASHINGTON — Veteran Northern Virginia chef Mike Cordero opened the newest addition to his stable of D.C. area sports bars with Rockwood Sports Bar in Gainesville, Virginia, on Thursday. Rockwood Sports Bar is at 7505 Iron Bar Lane in the Virginia Gateway shopping center. It occupies almost Ellicott City flood victims hear latest on recovery 05/31/2018 03:59am • ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman is still coming to grips with the terrible déjà vu of Sunday's raging flood in Ellicott City, the town's second in less than two years. "I keep thinking that my wife's going to reach over and wake me up and this is a dream because I How to Successfully Negotiate With Wedding Vendors 05/30/2018 08:00pm • Wedding planning is supposed to be exciting, but the process can quickly become stressful as budgets grow tight. According to the 2017 Real Weddings Study from The Knot, an online resource for wedding news and inspiration, the national average wedding cost $33,391. So, it probably comes as no surpr Sears Holding Corp. (SHLD) Can't Stop the Bleeding, Will Close More Stores 05/30/2018 08:00pm • Sears Holdings Corp (Nasdaq: SHLD) failed to provide a light at the end of the tunnel for investors on Thursday, reporting widening losses and yet another quarter of double-digit sales declines. Analysts say it's difficult to make a bull case for SHLD stock at this point. Sears reported a first-qu Tysons Corner Center is a top 100 property taxpayer 05/30/2018 09:49am • WASHINGTON — A list of the properties across the U.S. with the 100 largest annual property tax bills includes only one Washington area property, with this list dominated almost entirely by New York City, Chicago and California. Tysons Corner Center, the 2.1 million-square-foot shopping center b ‘It’s Mayberry’: In booming Loudoun, Hamilton holds on to small-town charm 05/30/2018 12:00am • WASHINGTON — Like so many municipalities across the country, the town of Hamilton, Virginia, marked Memorial Day with a parade that honored veterans and those in service. But between the Scout-led flag ceremony and bagpipe-accompanied commemoration, there was also cause for celebration. Aft What Are Closing Costs? 05/29/2018 08:00pm • While first-time homebuyers typically focus on saving money for a down payment, you also need to budget for closing costs, which are an essential expense of homebuying. Some closing costs, such as real estate agent commissions, are paid by home sellers. The term "closing costs" includes a variety of