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From roads to furloughed feds, Va. makes big changes in veto session 04/03/2019 07:35pm • Virginia will raise truck fees and diesel taxes statewide and add gas taxes along Interstate 81 to pay for major interstate upgrades across the state and to fill a hole in Northern Virginia left by last year's Metro funding deal. The changes include more funding for the Northern Virginia Transpor TSA's social media highlight weird stuff confiscated at Dulles Airport 04/01/2019 03:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) — David Johnston stands over a table full of peculiar items confiscated at Dulles International Airport: A glittery clutch with brass knuckles as a clasp. A perfume bottle shaped like a grenade. A rusted circular saw blade. A pocket-sized pitchfork. None of those are quite right What should you do with your company pension when you retire? 03/28/2019 08:00pm • Figuring out what to do with your company pension when you retire can be quite a bit more complicated than making a plan for your employer-sponsored 401(k) plan. Retiring workers basically have two choices when deciding what to do with their 401(k): Leave it with the company or roll it over into Analysis: Mueller probe conclusions send ominous signal to Kremlin 03/25/2019 06:01pm • U.S. Attorney General William Barr released a letter Sunday that had been sent to members of Congress announcing there were two key conclusions from the 22 month-long special counsel's probe led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller. On the question of whether any Americans, including individua Trump didn't coordinate with Russia in 2016, report declares 03/24/2019 09:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice, Attorney General Setting boundaries at work 03/17/2019 08:00pm • There's a fine line between being too social and too focused at work. You may think never leaving your desk is how to impress your boss, but being too much of a busy bee can prevent you from a task essential to career success: networking with your colleagues. How can you strike a healthy balance Worried about your child's ID being stolen? Here's what to know 03/15/2019 06:02pm • Q: I’ve heard the horror stories of a child’s identity being stolen, so what should I be doing to protect my children’s identities? It’s easy to think that identity theft is only a problem for adults, but statistics from last year reveal that it’s twice as likely that a child’s ID is Pricy Lobbying and ‘Spilled Blood’: The Inside Story of How Arlington Won a Veto in Richmond 03/14/2019 03:30pm • (Updated at 10:45 p.m.) About a year ago at this time, Arlington looked to be in serious trouble down in Richmond. In mid-March 2018, county officials faced the decidedly unpleasant prospect that they’d come out on the losing end of a bruising legislative battle with two local golf and country Your cellphone number is now your ID — and that poses problems 03/07/2019 11:29am • Your identity used to be tethered to your birth certificate or your Social Security number. But because of the ways tech and social media titans like Facebook prefer to secure accounts, that's changed. Now, your cellphone number is the key — and it's raising concerns. As Axios technology editor Can Zuckerberg really make a privacy-friendly Facebook? 03/07/2019 09:41am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After building a social network that turned into a surveillance system, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's shifting his company's focus to messaging services designed to serve as fortresses of privacy. Instead of just being the network that connects everyone, Facebook wan Today in History: Feb. 26 02/26/2019 12:01am • Today is Tuesday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2019. There are 308 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1904, the United States and Panama proclaimed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to undertake efforts to build a ship canal across the Panama isthmus. On this Virginia legislature fails to reach budget deal, may go into overtime 02/22/2019 07:21pm • RICHMOND — Virginia's General Assembly session could be forced into overtime due to delays in finalizing a budget deal, even as other bills from Interstate 81 to tampon taxes have already been sent to the governor. On the budget, House and Senate leaders got stuck on how to structure higher ed Analysis: With Md. arrest, growing concerns about domestic terrorism 02/21/2019 06:53pm • WASHINGTON — The arrest of Christopher Paul Hasson is a symptom of a shift in thinking inside the law enforcement community. For almost 20 years, deep, well-founded worries about international terrorists penetrating the homeland and launching massive, catastrophic attacks such as that of 9/11 h When to Expect Your Social Security Checks 02/12/2019 07:00pm • Claiming your Social Security payments is a retirement milestone. But not everyone receives their Social Security check on the same date. Benefits are paid out on Wednesdays, and those with a date of birth early in the month receive Social Security payments before those who were born later in the mo How to Invest in the Ones You Love 02/12/2019 07:00pm • This month, as you consider how to say "I love you" to that special person in your life, skip the flowers, stuffed animals and chocolates, and opt instead for the true gift of romance: life insurance. While this might not be immediately as well-received as jewelry, per se, it is a gift that will kee