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  • KELLNER: Photography's digital evolution scoped out on F Street

    I was wearing slacks, a dress shirt, tie and jacket as I ambled up to the new Leica Store at 977 F St. NW the other day - a few doors down from a L'Occitane en Provence outlet - and I'm glad I was.


  • Odwalla chocolate protein drink recalled

    Odwalla Inc. says it is voluntarily recalling its Odwalla Chocolate Protein Monster beverage because four customers who have peanut allergies experienced severe allergic reactions after drinking it.


  • Washington Wizards point guard John Wall looks on during the second half of his team's first preseason game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, in Washington. The 76ers won 103-78. The Wizards lost the second game, but showed improvement, losing 101-94 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

    HELLER: Little cheer for another year of pro hoops

    Excuse me please if I'm not jumping up and down about the Washington Wizards belatedly opening their season the day after Christmas. Or even twitching.


  • Economy Briefs

    A rally that drove major stock indexes up 7 percent this week stalled Thursday. Stock indexes ended slightly lower, a day after the market posted its biggest gain in 2 1/2 years.


  • Charles Johnson dumps pecans into a bucket in Louisiana. The average retail price for a pound of pecans has risen from $7 in 2008 to about $11 this year. (Associated Press)

    Peaking pecan prices could boost the Thanksgiving tab

    Expect to pay more for pecan pie this Thanksgiving, thanks to drought in parts of the South and soaring demand from China and other Asian markets.


  • Pat Kenyon looks over the wine selection at a Costco warehouse store Oct. 31 in Seattle. Whether Costco will be able to sell hard liquor alongside the wine depends on the outcome of a Washington state referendum on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

    Costco in spirited bid to privatize liquor sales

    The campaign for Washington state's Initiative 1183 is based on the belief that Costco shoppers should be able to pick up a fifth of Jack Daniels along with their family pack of hot-dog buns and three-pound tubs of mixed nuts.


  • Economy Briefs

    Americans say they feel worse about the economy than they have since the depths of the Great Recession.


  • Laura Duffy, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California, displays photos of marijuana cotton candy found for sale at a medical marijuana dispensary in her district, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

    Feds vow crackdown on Calif. pot operations

    Federal authorities in California vowed to shut down dozens of pot growing and sales operations in a major crackdown, saying the worst offenders are using the cover of medical marijuana to act as storefront drug dealers.


  • Economy Briefs

    Costco Wholesale Corp. is raising its membership fees 10 percent as the wholesale club operator tries to keep its prices on products low to keep drawing value-focused shoppers.


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