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2018 Rehoboth, Dewey, Lewes beach guide 05/21/2018 12:05am • EDITOR’S NOTE: For more beach news, traffic and weather, visit WTOP’s Summer Beach Guide section. WASHINGTON — North of Bethany Beach, Delaware, is the final stretch of oceanfront destinations in the WTOP Summer Beach Guide: Dewey, Rehoboth and Lewes. The three neighboring beach 2018 Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island beach guide 05/21/2018 12:05am • EDITOR’S NOTE: For more beach news, traffic and weather, visit WTOP’s Summer Beach Guide section. WASHINGTON — Those looking for a break from Beltway commutes and the commotion of the city retreat to Bethany Beach, where bike cruisers dominate the roads and the chime of emails are drown Is Credit Monitoring Worth It? 05/20/2018 08:00pm • Hackers are just itching for the next chance to steal a company's data and pounce on your most sensitive financial secrets. With this in mind, it would be comforting to know that someone has your back. Credit monitoring services promise to safeguard your personal information from such criminals. Typ 10 Advantages of Using a 529 to Pay for College 05/20/2018 08:00pm • More families are saving with 529 accounts. When saving for a child or grandchild's college education, a tax-advantaged 529 plan is a popular way to save because of its many advantages. A 529 plan allows an investor to contribute after-tax dollars for qualified higher education expenses, such as tui Target Corporation Earnings: What to Expect From TGT Stock 05/20/2018 08:00pm • Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) will look to maintain its 2018 momentum when it reports first-quarter earnings on May 23. Recent store checks suggest changes Target made to its operations are improving customers' shopping experience, and investors will soon know whether or not those changes are boos Frederick Co. seeks federal aid after businesses, residents suffer flood damage 05/19/2018 04:32pm • FREDERICK, Md. — The Frederick County Emergency Management Division released a post-storm assessment survey Saturday to help businesses and residents affected by the week's heavy rain and flooding. The survey is meant to help the division collect information on damage and losses, which will hel 2 men sentenced in 2016 DC barber shop shooting 05/19/2018 02:32pm • WASHINGTON — Two men convicted of shooting at a Southeast D.C. barber shop which left a father and his young son wounded have been sentenced. Prosecutors say Terrance Atchison, 22, and Barry Bloomfield, 29, both of D.C., were among three shooters who entered Wrenn’s Barber Shop on 8th Street The love of your pet is priceless - but bills can add up 05/18/2018 11:11pm • WASHINGTON — Pets can be delightful and even help lower your blood pressure according to the Mayo Clinic. But prospective pet companions should be ready for a serious financial commitment. Purebred puppies can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars. It can even be costly adopting from a shelter. 2018 Ocean City beach guide 05/18/2018 11:54am • EDITOR’S NOTE: For more beach news, traffic and weather, visit WTOP’s Summer Beach Guide section. WASHINGTON — With its iconic boardwalk, family-friendly beaches and vibrant night life scene, Ocean City, Maryland, has become a go-to summer destination for Washingtonians. Whether Marriott thinks hotel guests want to shop, extends mall hotel business 05/18/2018 09:30am • WASHINGTON — Bethesda-based Marriott International is expanding a partnership with shopping mall owner Simon Property Group to open more hotels that are directly connected to shopping centers. It already has a Ritz-Carlton hotel connected to Simon Property's Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, and Resurrection City: An overlooked protest of the 1960s turns 50 05/18/2018 03:07am • (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: '8b83accc-f4ac-4cdf-bde5-65fc4eb9bdaa' }).render("12615365f279e8b");}); WASHINGTON — Last Saturday, yellow tape Newly announced Ballston Quarter restaurants include Ted's Bulletin, burger joint, coffee shop, seafood spot 05/17/2018 01:30pm • WASHINGTON — The redeveloped Ballston Mall, an 850,000-square-foot reboot that includes a 22-story residential tower, is nearing its fall opening as Ballston Quarter and it continues to line up new tenants, including lots of dining choices. Developer Forest City Thursday announced 12 new resta Neighbors, businesses angry at changes to Potomac Yard Metro station 05/17/2018 09:20am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A long-planned entrance to the proposed Potomac Yard Metro station has been eliminated, upsetting several residents and businesses in Alexandria. The decision comes weeks before Metro is expected to award a construction contract for the Blue and Yellow Line station along Route Police investigate fatal shooting in Forestville 05/16/2018 01:34pm • WASHINGTON — Prince George's County police said a man was fatally shot late Wednesday morning in Forestville, Maryland. Police received reports at about 11 a.m. Wednesday of a man shot in the 3200 block of Walters Lane, near the Penn Mar shopping center. When officers arrived, they found a man Tuesday's flash flooding leaves its mark on Frederick, Md. 05/16/2018 12:19pm • FREDERICK, Md. — The YMCA of Frederick County was among several buildings in and around Frederick, Maryland, that were damaged by severe weather and flash flooding that hit the area Tuesday night. "It is significant damage," said the facility's CEO Chris Colville. "We got about half a dozen pum