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Don't be fooled by January pay - higher taxes loom
12/22/12 11:02 AM
No matter what Congress does to address the year-end fiscal cliff, it's already too late for employers to accurately withhold income taxes from January paychecks, unless all the current tax rates remain unchanged, which is an unlikely scenario.
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High School Sports Dec. 21, 2012
12/22/12 8:56 AM
Watch coverage of some of the best high school sports of the week.
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NRA wants armed officers in all schools
12/21/12 11:28 PM
LaPierre's speech, which represented the nation's largest gun-rights lobby, is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings."
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Fiscal cliff: Obama says he's 'ready and willing' to avert fiscal cliff
12/21/12 11:26 PM
President Obama says he's still "ready and willing" to get big package done to avert the fiscal cliff.
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Snow, ice close schools, roads in Western Maryland
12/21/12 7:02 PM
In Garrett County in Western Maryland, parts of I-68 were closed briefly overnight because of the ice. And because of the icy roads, they closed schools Friday.
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RGIII: Jacqueline Griffin sits down with Britt McHenry
12/21/12 6:10 PM
Jacqueline Griffin sits down with Britt McHenry.
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Knockout Panties founder Angela Newnam
12/21/12 6:03 PM
Angela Newnam is in her home office, happily sifting through fabrics and lots and lots of underwear. It's not just any underwear, because as with most new products or inventions, these came from a personal need and she was tired of being shy about it.
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Midwest blizzard causes travel problems
12/21/12 5:31 PM
Travelers facing canceled flights and closed roads were hoping to finally head to their holiday destinations as a widespread snowstorm that dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest moved across the Great Lakes toward Canada.
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Fairfax Schools leak: Personal student info will be removed
12/21/12 4:38 PM
Fairfax County Public Schools Wednesday learned confidential student information from Fairfax High School was leaked and posted online, but that information is now being taken down.
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Fiscal cliff: Obama calls for smaller-scale budget deal with GOP
12/22/12 9:11 AM
In a White House appearance Friday, Obama also called on Congress to extend jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that would otherwise be cut off for 2 million people at the end of the year.
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Game of the Week: Dec. 21, 2012
12/22/12 8:17 AM
The Colonels are the defending state 4A champions. They only lost a few players from that title team and got by an early test this season by beating Dematha. This week's game of the week in Silver Spring is sponsored by Rosner Automotive Group.
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Some stores to stay open 24 hours through Christmas Eve
12/21/12 11:27 PM
With just four more days until Christmas, the last minute shopping has begun. And to help out the last minute crowd, some stores are staying open for 24 hours through Christmas Eve.
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Judge OKs settlement in BP class action suit
12/21/12 10:18 PM
BP PLC has estimated it will pay $7.8 billion to resolve economic and medical claims from more than 100,000 businesses and individuals hurt by the nation's worst offshore oil spill. The settlement has no cap; the company could end up paying more or less.
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Sunland Inc. peanut butter plant can reopen
12/21/12 6:25 PM
A consent decree filed Friday in federal court says Sunland Inc., the nation's largest organic peanut butter producer, can reopen if it hires an independent expert to develop a sanitation plan, which then must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Woodlawn Stables future still murky as road construction looms
12/21/12 6:06 PM
The future of Woodlawn Stables, generations-old horse farm in the Alexandria portion of Fairfax County, is anything but stable after a project to widen Route 1 continues to press forward.
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Air Jordan Retro 11: Shots fired into crowd waiting for shoes
12/21/12 5:59 PM
People lined up overnight in the cold to be the first to get their hands on the new Air Jordan Retro 11’s. And while the scene in Hyattsville was calm, that wasn’t the case for everywhere else.
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College Park explosive device found for second time in one week
12/21/12 5:30 PM
A suspect has been arrested after, for the second time in the span of a week, an explosive device was found near a home in College Park on Friday morning.
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Josephine Gay, Sandy Hook victim, was Md. native
12/21/12 3:51 PM
One week after the shooting, Howard County Executive Ken Ulman presented a dogwood tree from the county's "Blossoms of Hope" program. It will be delivered to the Newtown, Conn. community as a gesture of sympathy and solidarity.
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