On the 12th and top floor of an Arlington building, the quarterback wore a sharp, five-button suit and led a huddle that numbered nearly five dozen.


Quarterback - Video Games - Games - Space Combat - United States

The Washington area real estate market is entering its second-busiest sales period of the year under a yellow flag of caution.


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Ben S. Bernanke refinanced; how about you? The Federal Reserve chairman, who bought a rowhouse on Capitol Hill in 2004 using an adjustable-rate mortgage, saw his payments surge in 2009. He refinanced late last year into a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, for "a little over 5 percent," as he told Time...



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President Obama on Friday named economist Austan Goolsbee to head the Council of Economic Advisers and urged quick passage by the Senate of his package of small-business incentives.


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One particularly enjoyable environmental front group to monitor is Bottled Water Matters, which is funded by The International Bottled Water Association, a trade industry...

A crackdown on reckless mortgage lenders by the Federal Housing Administration has failed to root out several executives with criminal records whose firms continue to do business with the agency in violation of federal law, according to government documents, court records and interviews.


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09.10.10, 08:26 AM EDT WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) has announced the following: "RAI again recognized for leadership in corporate...

Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and members of Virginia's congressional delegation vowed Thursday to fight Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates's decisions to shutter the Joint Forces Command, a military installation in Hampton Roads, and to slash the Pentagon's military contracting budget by 10 percent a...


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We need to call a truce between Main Street and Wall Street.



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Filed at 6:43 p.m. ET ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York appeals court has held off deciding whether to extend or lift an order blocking the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American stores to non-Indian...

The United Steelworkers union launched a broad challenge Thursday against what it alleges is illegal support for China's growing dominance in the renewable energy industry. The move targets China's practices in a sector that President Obama has said is central to U.S. economic renewal.


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Apple is still keeping tight control over the universe of programs for the iPhone. But at least it's shedding a little more light on why some apps make it and others get left out.


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From the moment Richard Blumenthal entered public life, his persona has been calibrated to a certain image. He was the boy wonder with the impeccable resume, the brash young...

The Food and Drug Administration warned five makers of electronic cigarettes Thursday that they were violating federal law. The agency said the products, devices that turn nicotine liquid into a vapor mist that users inhale, are drugs that—like other nicotine-replacement products...

(09-09) 14:33 PDT Richmond, Va. (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Thursday to makers of electronic cigarettes, saying some make unproven health claims, but also said the agency wants to work with them to clarify what's...

From the moment Richard Blumenthal entered public life, his persona has been calibrated to a certain image. He was the boy wonder with the impeccable resume, the brash young...

Retiring Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) said he plans to help push a package of small-business incentives through the Senate next week, a move that would give President Obama and congressional Democrats a key victory on the economy in the final weeks before the November midterm elections.


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RICHMOND, Va. The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Thursday to makers of electronic cigarettes, saying some make unproven health claims, but also said the agency wants to work with them to clarify what's...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A New York appeals court has held off deciding whether to extend or lift an order blocking the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American stores to non-Indian...