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NBC Makes Donation to Buy and Forgive $1.5M in Medical Debt
Medical debt cripples millions of Americans, including hundreds of thousands in the D.C. area, and NBC is taking steps to help.
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Veterans Affairs Asking Veterans to Return Benefit ‘Overpayments'
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is sending thousands of overpayment notices telling veterans to pay back their benefits.
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Senior Citizens in Prince George's County Say Unreliable MetroAccess Puts Their Health at Risk
Some senior citizens with disabilities in Prince George’s County, Maryland, say the MetroAccess system they rely on to get around is unreliable and putting their health at risk, and Metro acknowledged it has missed on-time performance goals.
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Virginia Couple Says Someone Is Buried in Their Prepaid Cemetery Plot
A local couple prepaid for their cemetery plots so they could be buried next to their loved ones, but when they visited the cemetery about a year later, they found someone else had been buried there.
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How to Lower Car Insurance Costs
Car insurance can be expensive, especially for families with multiple drivers, people with poor credit and drivers with imperfect track records, but Consumer Reports says if you do a little homework, there are ways to lower car insurance costs.
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Virginia Woman Reimbursed for Hypnosis Seminar That Didn't Happen
An advocate of hypnosis spent almost $2,000 to go to a seminar, but when she got there, the event wasn’t happening.
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Maryland Man's Background Check Includes Criminal History of Florida Man With Same Name, Birthday
A Maryland man’s life is turned upside down because he shares a name and birthdate with a felon.
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Consumer Confusion Over Bikeshare Rules Can Be Costly
Bike sharing is a popular way to get around these days. But what you pay depends on the terms of service — and how well you understand them.
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Md. Couple's Termite Warranty Fails After Their Pest Control Company Is Bought Out
When termites returned to a Maryland couple’s home, they reached out to the pest control company with which they had a 10-year warranty, but that company had been sold to another company that doesn’t do termites.
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DC Woman Reports Another Samsung Phone Caught Fire
Following last year’s global recall of millions of Samsung Galaxy Note7 cellphones last year, consumers are reporting other phones have similar problems overheating and catching fire.
