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• Virtual Sukkah Hop - Washington, DC

  Published: October 2, 2007, 11:08 pm

  Tags: Community, Holidays, Hop, Silver Spring, Succah, Succos, Succot, Sukkah, Sukkot, Virtual, Washington

  Here is a picture of our Sukkah. It is located right outside of Washington, DC. It’s big and blue, and adorned with artwork from the grandchildren, a paper chain, and artwork from our artistic grandfather, as well as various gourds and pumpkins for the fall season. Thanks to modern day Sukkah technology, ours was put up by Dave and my father

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• Creative Financing Can Give Sellers an Edge

  Published: October 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Creative, Financing, Can, Give, Sellers, Edge, Seth Koch, Kevin Connelly, Barbara Bellman, Silver Spring, Washington Dc, Bb Amp T Corporation, Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Holdings, Arlington, Brenda C Small, Chevy Chase, Georgetown

  People move to new homes for all sorts of reasons, even when the market is slow. In the case of Seth A. Koch and Barbara Bellman of Silver Spring, the decision was spurred by aching joints.

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• Koreans, Hispanics Work for Harmony

  Published: October 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Koreans, Hispanics, Work, For, Harmony, Thomas Yoon, Carlos Yoon, Fairfax, Gerardo Avila, Daniel Choi, Kil Cho, Lorena Portillo, Ronald Tobar, Mexico, Fermin Soto, Lyndhurst, Northern Virginia, Ricardo Garcia, Shirlington, Silver Spring, South America, U S Census Bureau, Unive

  At Korean-owned Super H Mart in Fairfax, where Hispanic workers bag groceries and Korean employees run the tills, a window into the increasingly diverse and complex business landscape of the Washington region can be seen through the store's 10 Rules For A Happy Workplace.

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• New Burmese Refugee Group Finds a Home In Md. Suburbs

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: New, Burmese, Refugee, Group, Finds, Home, Suburbs, Myanmar, Malaysia, United States, India, Toyota Corolla, Maryland, Office Depot Inc, The Home Depot Inc, Frederick Maryland, Gaithersburg, Rockville, Silver Spring, Yangon, Bangladesh, Howard County, Thailand, U S Depart

  As the military rulers of Burma yesterday rejected international criticism of their brutal suppression of pro-democracy protesters last month, those who fled the repressive regime to come to the Washington region continued to fear for the safety of those left behind.

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• Discovery Gets Into Online Search Business in $250 Million Deal

  Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Discovery, Gets, Into, Online, Search, Business, 250, Million, Deal, Howstuffworks Inc, David Zaslav, Discovery Communications Inc, Doug Mitchelson, Jeff Arnold, Bruce Campbell, Convex Group Inc, Deutsche Bank Ag, Google Inc, Silver Spring, Webmd Inc, Wikimedia Foundation

  Discovery Communications has purchased Web site HowStuffWorks for $250 million, adding a key element to the Silver Spring cable television network's growing digital presence, the company announced yesterday.

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• Pink Slips, Blue Folders at AOL

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Pink, Slips, Blue, Folders, Aol, Aol Llc, J Miner, Washington Dulles International Airport, Google Inc, Yahoo Inc, Columbus Ohio, Randy Falco, Ron Grant, Silver Spring, Tucson, Loudoun County, Old Dominion University, New York, Washington Dc

  AOL employees clutching navy-blue folders stuffed with severance package information started walking out of the company's Dulles campus gates at about noon yesterday.

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• Contracting, Tech Help Lower N.Va. Jobless Rate

  Published: October 27, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Contracting, Tech, Help, Lower, N Va, Jobless, Rate, Aol Llc, Northern Virginia, William F Mezger, Virginia, Maryland, Loudoun County, The Motley Fool Inc, Alexandria, Kevin Smith, Montgomery, Prince George S County, Reston, Silver Spring, Toby Murdock, Washington Dulles Inte

  Unemployment in Northern Virginia fell to 2.1 percent in September from 2.3 percent in the corresponding period last year as strong employment growth in high-tech and government contracting businesses continued to fuel one of the nation's strongest job markets.

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• United Therapeutics Shares Soar on FDA Report

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: United, Therapeutics, Shares, Soar, Fda, Report, Remodulin, United Therapeutics Corporation, Jennifer Chao, Martine Rothblatt, Food And Drug Administration, Ventavis, Phil Nadeau, California, Actelion Ltd, Cowen Group Inc, Deutsche Bank Ag, Silver Spring

  United Therapeutics said yesterday that final human testing of an inhaled form of its lead drug, a treatment for pulmonary hypertension, exceeded the minimal requirements set by the Food and Drug Administration, sending its shares up 38 percent.

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• Web's New Field of Dreams Emerges in D.C.

  Published: November 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Web S, New, Field, Dreams, Emerges, D C, Facebook Inc, Chris Mcgill, Aol Llc, Yahoo Inc, Youtube Inc, Mclean Virginia, Toby Murdock, Myspace Inc, Elias Shams, Phil Bronner, Silver Spring, Steve Case, Tim O Shaughnessy, Google Inc, Intersouth Partners, Novak Biddle Ventu

  The wave of social networking and interactive content companies that has washed over Silicon Valley, promising to upend Internet business models, has reached the Washington area.

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• The Shopkeeper Whose Sign Was 'Open'

  Published: November 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: The, Shopkeeper, Whose, Sign, Was, Open, Jeffrey Johnson, Jonathan Chudnoff, Bangkok, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Maryland, University Of Wisconsin, Capitol Hill, Frank Spector, Jim Graham, Kensington, Limoges, Logan Circle, Rod Glover, Roger Limoges, Silver Spring, Council Of

  "Hi. Dear." Like some exotic bird chirping a clipped yet singsong call, Noi Chudnoff delivered her simple greeting to virtually all who entered Go Mama Go! And if it were a return visit, they'd often get a "Hi. Dear" followed by a hug and kiss.

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• Challenger to Wynn Hopes For Edge From Internet Buzz

  Published: November 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Challenger, Wynn, Hopes, For, Edge, From, Internet, Buzz, Albert Wynn, Donna F Edwards, Iraq, Maryland, Jane Hamsher, Montgomery, George W Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Prince George S County, Silver Spring, Openleft Com, Dick Cheney, Fort Washington, George E Mcdermott, George E Mit

  In front of a crowd of several hundred cheering supporters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) clasped hands with Rep. Albert R. Wynn (D-Md.) last weekend and declared that it was a "political and personal pleasure" for her to endorse his run for a ninth term in Congress.

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• Stricter Policy On Growth Approved in Montgomery

  Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Stricter, Policy, Growth, Approved, Montgomery, Isiah Leggett, Royce Hanson, Clarksburg, Silver Spring, Duchy Trachtenberg, George Leventhal, Jerry Weast, Jim Humphrey, Marc Elrich, Marilyn Praisner, Michael Knapp, Nancy Floreen, Greater Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber

  The Montgomery County Council approved a growth policy yesterday that increases taxes on builders to help pay for roads and schools and encourages denser development near public transit to try to absorb an expected influx of newcomers.

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• Read Them, Or Weep

  Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Read, Them, Weep, Dave Rivera, Andrea Evers, Lisa Franklin, Peggy Ferris, Brandon Green, Melanie Zamborsky, Pia Trigiani, Robert Segan, Keller Williams Realty Inc, Annandale, Dupont Circle, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Temple Hills, Washington Dc

  Perhaps someone should have highlighted the word "estimate" for Dave Rivera as he reviewed the budget for a new 30-unit condominium in the District's Chinatown.

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• Rock Study

  Published: November 19, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rock, Study, Barclay Saul, David C Levy, Drummer Andrew Cohn, Paul Green, Steve Kilgallon, Big Dan, Gaithersburg, Jeffrey Levin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Neil Peart, Silver Spring, Tom Sawyer, Vienna, Paul Green S School, Silver Spring School Of Rock, Virginia, Afi Silver

  In a rundown walk-up in Silver Spring, class begins to rock.

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• Whose Music in Silver Spring?

  Published: November 30, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Whose, Music, Silver, Spring, Live Nation Inc, Isiah Leggett, Seth Hurwitz, Silver Spring, Hob Entertainment Inc, Washington Dc, Alexandria, Annapolis Maryland, Baltimore, Fillmore, Council Of The District Of Columbia, Loudoun County, Montgomery County Maryland

  It wasn't too many years ago that even street musicians would refuse to perform in downtown Silver Spring. Now things are so hopping that you've got Live Nation, the country's biggest live music outfit, and Seth Hurwitz, owner of the District's 9:30 Club and operator of the Merriweather Post...

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