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Update on the latest in business: 02/12/2015 03:25am • FINANCIAL MARKETS Greek standoff weighs on Asian shares, data boosts Japan TOKYO (AP) — The standoff between Greece and its creditors is weighing on Asian stock markets, but improved economic data and a weak yen is lifting Japanese shares. Shares were lackluster in many markets after an emergency DDOT outlines plans to deck over portion of 3rd Street Tunnel 02/11/2015 03:56pm • This portion of the 3rd Street Tunnel will be decked over, (WTOP/Dave Dildine) WASHINGTON -- The signs say I-395, but most just call it the 3rd Street Tunnel. It's actually three separate tunnels but Washington's very own "Big Dig" is changing that. A large, open section will be decked over in 7 Fun Date Ideas on a Tight Budget 02/10/2015 07:00pm • The cost of going out can be significant -- drinks, dinner, concert tickets and door cover charges at your favorite entertainment venue can add up, putting you well over your budget limit for the month. Still, you can make the most of your time with your significant other with some less costly, or e Chocolate Lovers Festival brings sweetness to City of Fairfax 02/07/2015 06:25pm • WASHINGTON -- With Valentine’s Day only a week away, the chocolate season is upon us.  This weekend, chocoholics are descending on the City of Fairfax. “The smell chocolate overwhelms you,” says Beverly Meyers with the Chocolate Lovers Festival. She says the festival began in 1993 as a Boats out of water: The 30-year rise of the MidAtlantic Erg Sprints 02/06/2015 03:00am • WASHINGTON -- It’s the nation’s second-largest indoor rowing event. That’s a sentence worth reading at least twice, to really appreciate what it means. When winter’s grip takes its hold on the mid-Atlantic region, turning even the wide, flowing Potomac into sheets of ice, rowers are fo Evaluate 3 Factors When Comparing Business School Acceptances 02/05/2015 07:00pm • Receiving an offer of admission from one of your target business schools is every MBA hopeful's dream, and that achievement feels even more amazing when a second or even third offer comes in. After taking some time to properly celebrate, now comes the hard part. Since you likely applied only to pro If Tiger can’t tame Torrey Pines, is this the beginning of the end? 02/05/2015 02:14am • WASHINGTON -- For you or me, the weekend golfer, an 82 is a perfectly decent score. For some, it might even represent a lifetime best. But when Tiger Woods shoots 82, something is horribly wrong. Of course, not all 82s are created equal. After all, Tiger once shot an 81 in the British Open back i Dalai Lama comes to Washington; D.C. native premieres documentaries 02/04/2015 02:58am • WASHINGTON -- The road to peace may be paved by the Dalai Lama. But who knew the road to the Dalai Lama included John Wayne, Johnny Cash and Harrison Ford? The three cultural icons influenced D.C. native Khashyar Darvich in most unusual ways en route to creating a powerful pair of documentari 3 Ways to Start Your Retirement Right 01/29/2015 07:00pm • When I first retired I was not sure exactly what I should be doing. For 30 years my life was pretty much dictated by my career. I went to work Monday through Friday, and then tried to catch up with the rest of my life during fast-paced weekends. Raising a family, paying the bills and trying to put a Rock Creek Park celebrating 125th anniversary year 01/25/2015 06:00pm • WASHINGTON -- It's the oldest urban national park in the country. Rock Creek Park is also a local treasure.   This weekend marks the kickoff of events celebrating the 125th anniversary of the founding of the park, which runs through parts of northwest D.C., extending into suburban Maryland.   World Cup of Hockey tournament set for 2016 01/24/2015 08:32pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The World Cup of Hockey is making a long-awaited return in 2016. And the NHL intends to host it every four years. "We decided that bringing back the World Cup was vitally important," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Saturday during the league's All-Star game weekend f Weekend brings chance for snow or rain 01/22/2015 01:42pm • WASHINGTON - Welcome to winter. Finally it has arrived and finally we have something to talk about. A conveyor belt of systems is moving this way from different directions. Let’s first concentrate on the system that will move into the region Friday night into Saturday. First off, a Winter W Metro to make changes after deadly smoke incident 01/22/2015 10:21am • WASHINGTON -- Metro is making changes after that deadly smoke event on the Yellow Line last week. Metro Deputy General Manager Rob Troup on Thursday ordered a list of 10 actions aimed at improving safety. The steps are not formal recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board. Va. native makes Sundance debut, while Va. hosts Rosebud Film Fest 01/22/2015 02:49am • WASHINGTON -- It's the biggest of films; it's the smallest of films. A tale of two film fests. One accepts movies from around the world. The other focuses strictly on D.C.-area filmmakers. We're talking about the renowned Sundance Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday in Park City, Utah, an Howard Co. teen sentenced to jail for burning speed camera 01/15/2015 04:50pm • ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- A Howard County teen has been sentenced to two days in jail for setting fire to a speed camera near Glenelg High School and trying to light another last May. Connor Eash, 19, of Glenelg, admitted to setting a speed camera on fire on May 22, 2014. Howard County Police witness