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Marriott extends luxury hotel brand to Caribbean

Marriott International Inc., which noted the strong market in worldwide travel in its most recent earnings report, is extending its luxury hotel brand, JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Tags: Marriott, Hotels

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Bethesda ad agency renames itself RG3

Some proud Redskins fans wore their jerseys to work. Others changed their Facebook status. That's nothin' compared to what this local agency did.

Tags: RG3, draft, ad agency

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Ride On rates, parking fees could go up in Mont. Co.

Montgomery County is considering increases to Ride On bus rates, as well as charging more for parking in certain areas.

Tags: Adam Tuss, parking, ride on, wheaton, Silver Spring, parking fees

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Bar breathalyzers have arrived in the D.C. area

Bars all over the country -- including one in Bethesda -- have installed breathalyzer vending machines as a way of informing customers of their driving capabilities.

Tags: Boozelater 3001, Clark University, andrew mollenbeck, breathalyzer vending machines, horrorcore, breathalyzer tests

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Marriott reflects on 40 years leading hotel giant

Tags: Marriott, Bill Marriott, Hotels, Twin Bridges Motor Hotel, Arlington

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Jewish, Arab girls find peace on the soccer field

The goal of Middle East peace may seem unattainable to some, but there's a program in Israel that's promoting peace between Jews and Muslims -- one kick at a time.

Tags: nathan hager, Peres Center for Peace, Jewish Federation of Washington, soccer,

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Grand Hyatt forfeiture hurts results at Host Hotels & Resorts

Bethesda-based Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. improved net income and funds from operations in its latest quarter, but admitted that the results would have been better had the company not backed out of a deal to acquire the Grand Hyatt Washington.

Tags: Hotels, Host Hotels & Resorts, Grand Hyatt

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Lululemon police interview video released

Recently released video of convicted Lululemon murderer, Brittany Norwood, shows her interview with police one week from the day she killed her co-worker Jayna Murray.

Tags: Brittany Norwood, Jayna Murray, Lululemon,

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Chefs perform labor of love on Valentine's

Chefs won't spend Valentine's Day with their significant others, unless they're working together. Valentine's Day is one of the busiest days of the year for restaurants.

Tags: Valentines Day, restaurant, Bistro Provence, Yannick Cam

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Lanes along Rockville Pike, Connecticut Ave. to be torn up

The commutes along Rockville Pike and Connecticut Avenue are about to get a lot worse as lanes are torn up near the National Institutes of Health and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Tags: hank silverberg, brac, rockville pike, Connecticut Avenue

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