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10 Can't-Miss Christmas Market River Cruises 11/18/2016 07:00pm • Embrace time-honored traditions and explore medieval villages on a trip to remember.Across Europe, from mid-November through Christmas Eve, cities large and small are transformed from everyday life into enchanting, fairy tale-like villages. Locals and tourists pour into hundreds of Christmas markets DC-area hotels already filling up for inauguration, march 11/18/2016 05:35pm • WASHINGTON — Booking accommodations in the D.C. area for the week of the presidential inauguration might be tougher this time compared to previous ceremonies. The Jan. 20, 2017 inauguration on Friday will be followed on Saturday by a Women's March On Washington. "So, it's two major events im Wine of the Week: Beaujolais Nouveau 11/11/2016 11:19am • WASHINGTON — Like the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano or the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, there are certain events in life that you can just count on. In the wine world, it is the release of the current vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau on the third Thursday of November each yea Veterans Day 2016 traffic, transit changes and closings 11/10/2016 07:43pm • WASHINGTON — The Veterans Day holiday means a number of traffic and transit changes from a typical Friday. Reversible roads & HOV Because it is a federal holiday, roads with reversible lanes like Rock Creek Parkway, Canal Road and Connecticut Avenue will remain in weekend mode all day wi College Students and Binge Drinking: When a Rite of Passage Becomes a Path to Destruction 11/08/2016 07:00pm • What do weekend parties, Greek life and football games have in common? For college students, the answer is obvious: alcohol. College life and binge drinking go hand in hand, but all too often the pairing ends tragically. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports that nearly 40 9 underrated attractions and experiences in NYC 11/03/2016 09:00am • Skip tourist-heavy institutions for crowd-free local hot spots and seasonal packages. With the holiday season fast approaching, now is the time to start planning your getaway to the Big Apple. With its award-winning Broadway shows, lavish parades and decorative storefront displays, no metropolis 5 Ways to Share Housing in Retirement 10/30/2016 08:00pm • Many retirees eventually find themselves living alone after their kids have moved out, or perhaps after a divorce or a spouse passes away. That's the time when it might make sense to consider living with other people, whether they're friends, relatives or even complete strangers. Living together ca Apps, parking and more: Tips for Marine Corps Marathon 10/28/2016 04:46am • WASHINGTON — For the 41st annual Marine Corps Marathon weekend, organizers have a few last-minute tips for participants and spectators: Sign up for the app The MCM App for is free and downloadable to your Android or iPhone. Organizers will use it to send real-time notifications to runners, Retail 'racetrack' -- Clarksburg Premium Outlets open 10/27/2016 12:47pm • WASHINGTON -- How do you design an outlet center to make sure shoppers hit as many of the stores as possible? You design it like a racetrack. Clarksburg Premium Outlets, which will have about 90 stores once all tenants are open, held its grand opening Thursday, about a year after construction beg Marine Corps Marathon brings road closures to Arlington, DC 10/25/2016 06:24pm • WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps Marathon is one of the most celebrated road races in the Washington region and also one of the most disruptive to traffic. The Sunday racecourse for runners and the obstacle course for drivers hasn’t changed much since last year. The major affected routes include The divide over dinner: Smithsonian festival highlights the politics of food 10/25/2016 01:56am • WASHINGTON — This year, the country has heard a lot about lost emails and “bad hombres," but drama surrounding the 2016 presidential election has buried a topic that’s been at the forefront of politics since the dawn of time: food. “At the broadest level of politics, every regime since Chevrolet SS: A fun-to-drive V8 sedan 10/24/2016 06:29am • WASHINGTON — Most people are asking, “What’s the Chevrolet SS Sedan?” I say, “I’m driving an SS manual,” and they say, “oh the new Camaro.” Nope. This is simply called an SS sedan, and Chevrolet imports about 2,000 each year from Holden, in Australia. It’s the same division The missing detail that could determine Metro service cuts 10/21/2016 01:28pm • WASHINGTON — Even as riders challenged Metro proposals to cut eight hours of rail service each week, a key piece of information that could shape the Metro Board’s decision is missing: the significant differences in the potential financial and track-work impacts of each proposal. While each of 'Never Go Back:' Tom Cruise returns in 'Jack Reacher' sequel 10/21/2016 01:38am • WASHINGTON — Most action heroes have secondary roles from hit book series that keep them working between installments of their signature franchise roles. Harrison Ford supplemented his signature role as Indiana Jones by playing Jack Ryan, the hero of Tom Clancy's hit action-thriller boo Metro riders say service cuts will be 'disaster' 10/20/2016 06:36pm • WASHINGTON — Metro riders challenged plans to cut back service hours at a long, stop-and-go, nine-and-a-half-hour public hearing Thursday. Many concerns focused on workers with shifts that end near or after midnight any day of the week, and for the impact on social experiences and night life.