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Practicing gratitude during the holidays 11/24/2019 07:00pm • I have a keynote speech I give to groups that I presumptuously call "The Meaning of Life." It contains eight life lessons that we actually all know but don't always practice. Every lesson features a personal story, a song and actual research that backs up the claim. The eye-opener is that every stor Stretch your winter travel budget by waiting for Cyber Monday deals 11/23/2019 05:55pm • Hold off booking your winter vacation for just a few more days. A number of travel sites like Orbitz, CheapTickets and Travelocity will soon be rolling out Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, according to travel experts. Jason Heidemann, a senior writer at Travelocity, said Cyber Monday can prod New Monroe Street Bridge opens, enhancing link between Catholic Univ., neighbors 11/23/2019 05:29pm • The Brookland neighborhood in Northeast D.C., home to Catholic University, now boasts a newly constructed concrete bridge with new sidewalks, two-way bike lanes and a traffic signal. Mayor Muriel Bowser led a Saturday morning rededication of the three-span Monroe Street Bridge. "We invested $1 Tiny houses bring joy: Maryland vendor prepares for state show 11/23/2019 05:35am • FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — It's a few weeks before the Maryland Christmas Show and the dining room table at the Mount Airy home of Mary Ann and Keith Gehle is filled with tiny little houses in various stages of completion. A few finished buildings include a 3-inch tall log cabin with a chimney stack What could DC's airports do better? More bathrooms, shorter customs lines 11/23/2019 05:00am • Leading into the Thanksgiving travel rush, statistics suggest people flying in and out of Reagan National and Dulles airports are generally satisfied with their experience — despite some rather specific areas of concern. Overall customer satisfaction in 2018 was 3.7 out of 5 for Reagan National Historic Warrenton seeks to charge electric vehicles, tourism 11/22/2019 09:15am • Two new charging stations in historic downtown Warrenton, Virginia may lure drivers of electric vehicles to spend tourism dollars. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) The historic town of Warrenton, Virginia is hoping cutting-edge technology, will give energy-craving electric vehicle owners a reason to visit Should you open a store card for holiday shopping? 11/20/2019 07:00pm • With the holiday shopping season heating up, retailers may try to sell you on the idea of opening a retail store credit card. While store credit cards can potentially yield savings and rewards, first consider what one could really be worth to you, compared with a traditional rewards card. Store c Honest Tea moving to Atlanta 11/20/2019 12:08pm • Honest Tea Inc. is moving to Atlanta, 22 years after setting up shop in Bethesda and less than a week after co-founder and CEO Seth Goldman announced plans to part ways from his homegrown bottled tea business. The company, owned since 2011 by The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO), will relocate to its par Top Black Friday deals from major retailers 11/20/2019 11:00am • During the final stretch until Black Friday, most major retailers have announced their deals via their Black Friday ads, which are advance advertisements of all their Black Friday deals (either in physical or electronic form). Retailers generally release these in the weeks before Black Friday. Presidential stay: House on property once owned by George Washington available on Airbnb 11/19/2019 09:14pm • An Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, town house that sits on property once owned by POTUS1, George Washington, can be your home for a short time. The George of Old Town is a 6000-square-foot town house on Cameron Street, and it is available on Airbnb. It has been renovated with modernization and improv Best vehicle brands and best certified pre-owned, as ranked by US Â鶹´«Ã½ 11/19/2019 09:10am • Get your motor running. U.S. Â鶹´«Ã½ & World Report have released its annual Best Vehicle Brands and Best Certified Pre-Owned lists. And once again, it's good to be a Mazda owner. In this April 17, 2019 file photo, the 2019 Mazda CX-5 is shown at the New York Auto Show.  (AP Photo/Mark Lenn Do Fairfax Co.'s biggest malls have too many parking spaces? Mall owners say yes 11/17/2019 05:00pm • As the holiday shopping season draws near, stress levels are bound to rise. Thousands upon thousands will head to malls filled with holes in their wallets as they try to game plan how to get in and out of the biggest malls in the D.C. region as quickly and efficiently as possible. One of the hard Fishing pier partially collapses after loose barge hits it 11/17/2019 02:23pm • HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Officials in a coastal Virginia city say fishing pier has partially collapsed after a barge broke loose during stormy weather and struck it. Hampton police spokeswoman Amanda Moreland told the Daily Press that nobody was injured when a portion of the James T. Wilson Fishing Push cart business grows into healthy food restaurant 11/17/2019 09:00am • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — What started as a mobile push cart in Eastside and Southbridge, then grew into a kiosk on Market Street, Wilmington Green Box has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in the city. The opening of the shop at Fourth and Market streets comes as downtown Wilmington is cha How much should you be spending on vacations? 11/16/2019 09:57am • Even if you have most of your financial life budgeted down to the dollar, figuring out what you'll spend on vacation can be a lot more difficult to predict. Prices for flights are constantly in flux. Plus, there are the unforeseen expenses like delayed flights, packages that are not as all-inclus