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A District Heights man convicted in January in connection with a prostitution ring run out of a Rockville Hilton Hotel will spend more than 10 years behind bars, a Montgomery County judge ruled Wednesday. Nahshon Kornegay, 32, was nicknamed "The Pimp of the Pike" during his trial on charges of prostitution and human trafficking. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Ronald Rubin said he considered Kornegay's "total lack of remorse" before handing down a 20 1/2-year sentence, 10 years of which...

A District Heights man convicted in January in connection with a prostitution ring run out of a Rockville Hilton Hotel will spend more than 10 years behind bars, a Montgomery County judge ruled Wednesday. Nahshon Kornegay, 32, was nicknamed "The Pimp of the Pike" during his trial on charges of prostitution and human trafficking. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Ronald Rubin said he considered Kornegay's "total lack of remorse" before handing down a 20 1/2-year sentence, 10 years of which...

Packing for business in China? Bring your passport and business cards, but maybe not that laptop loaded with contacts and corporate memos. China's massive market beckons to American businesses — the nation is the United States' second-largest trading partner — but many are increasingly concerned about working amid electronic surveillance that is sophisticated and pervasive . Security experts also warn about Russia, Israel and even France,...

Gary Weaver could have told Bill Gates he was about to create an international stink. On a visit this week to South Korea, the Microsoft founder met with the country's new president, Park Geun-hye . A photograph shows a beaming Gates and Park engaged in a "one-handed shake," as it's become known among South Korea's sore social media. In that country, one hand in your pocket — wasn't that an Alanis Morissette song? — means you are hiding something. The grip-and-grin set off...

Judy Smith , D.C.-based crisis manager extraordinaire, is the inspiration, if not the subject, of the ABC drama series "Scandal," debuting April 5. She's played by L.A. babe Kerry Washington . Smith is the show's co-executive producer. Her first book, "Good Self, Bad Self, " debuts this week, too. This is almost beyond belief. For more than two decades, few high-profile people in Washington have been as invisible as Smith. She famously represents the well-to-do who are in high-end contretemps — Monica...

Take a look at the video above (which oddly reminds me of the early 90s) and you'll see that IBM has taken a page from Evernote's book . Its research labs have been working on a project codenamed "PENSIEVE" that promises to algorithmically construct digital address books from photographs of business cards and the people they represent. While not production ready for at least another year, PENSIEVE will get rid of that stack of business cards sitting unhelpfully on your desk.

When it comes to business cards, the Fairfax law firm Odin Feldman Pittleman has gone digital. Beginning this month, the firm's 55 attorneys have the option of adding a "Quick Response Code" that can transmit information via bar code scanners and camera phones. The idea is that QR codes provide a pain-free route to move names, address es and other printed information onto smartphones. Though commonplace in Europe and Asia, the practice is only recently making waves in the United States.

It happens at every trade show: I say no, but it doesn't matter--everyone I meet sticks a business card in my hand anyway. At this year's CES, I collected over 80. Coincidentally, every year theNeat ReceiptsPR people pitch me on their little scanner and software that scans, recognizes, and manages business cards. Each year I find excuses not to try one: I have plenty of things cluttering up my desk already. The device insists on using a USB connection on the back of the PC and I'm running out of free ports.

A Maryland man pleaded guilty last week to charges that he helped organize a commercial prostitution scheme throughout Virginia, including Manassas and Woodbridge. Angel Campos Tellez, 27, pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Alexandria to transporting individuals to engage in prostitution, according to a news release. He also uses the names "Israel Campos Martinez," "Abel Cruz Bonilla," and "Abel Campos," prosecutors said. The conviction means that Campos Tellez, an illegal immigrant...

VATICAN CITY — At the conclusion of a news conference here late last year, reporters rushed the stage in the hopes of getting a word with Marc Ouellet, a Canadian cardinal who even then was topping many short lists to be the next pope. As the reporters called "your eminence" and waved business cards in the air, he politely smiled, stepped back and disappeared through a door, stage left. Ouellet, who had come to talk about the church in the Americas, apparently had little interest in...

Position: Chief executive of Deltek, a Herndon company that provides software and information solutions for professional services firms and government contractors. (Deltek provides content for Capital Business ). Corkery has led financial operations at various telecom companies, including AT&T and Nextel during its merger with Sprint. As chief financial officer at Deltek, he led the company through three acquisitions in nine months and will now lead the company as chief executive.

Name: Vincent DeMarco Occupation: President, Marylanders To Prevent Gun Violence Age: 55 Hometown: Baltimore How come you're not drinking coffee? This is my drink, hot chocolate with soy milk. I use coffee, only as a drug if I have to drive late at night. Tell me what you're working on in Annapolis this session. This is a big week for us, for Marylanders to Prevent Gun violence, we're promoting lifesaving gun violence prevention laws.

In business, you never want to miss an opportunity — however small — to make a good impression. Here are four questions about best practices for behavior at business events, with answers from Protocol Partners' specialists. — S.H . When exchanging business cards, how should you position the card? A. Hold the card so the text is facing the recipient. B. Hold the card face down. C. Hold the card sideways. At a business luncheon, where should the guest of honor be seated?

Lobbyists from Drinker Biddle's government affairs team — including chair Ilisa Halpern Paul, Julie Allen and Erin Morton — share some of their tips for how business owners can most effectively lobby members of Congress and their staff. Do: • Learn the acronyms of congressional staffers you'll be meeting with: COS is chief of staff, LD is legislative director, LA is legislative assistant, LC is legislative correspondent • Treat all staffers with the same respect. "Today's staff assistant could be...

For a sense on how things are going in the nation's service sector, take a look in your workplace's office-supply cabinet. Two major companies' latest financial numbers give a sense of the economic trends afoot in offices across the United States, and they're flashing signs that no major upswing is on the way. Although there is a wealth of measures of how things are going in the U.S. manufacturing and construction sectors (industrial production, factory...

Reader: I recently bumped into a gentleman on the street and was involved in a brief, professional discussion. Business cards were exchanged, and I assumed that might be the last of the interaction. Since then, he has called and e-mailed several times for a lunch meeting. I'm not sure what the meeting would be for; we are not in similar fields. Today, he called three times. I finally answered on the third call and politely refused a lunch invitation, saying I had work commitments to complete before heading out of...