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When is it time to retire your driver's license? 03/28/2013 05:43pm • John Aaron, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Two high-profile incidents are raising awareness about seniors and driving. Earlier this month, an 88-year-old woman wound up taking the wrong ramp onto Route 50 in Annapolis, Md., driving eastbound in the westbound lanes. Police say she clipped three cars and ap U.S. attorney dropping case against Uber driver 03/14/2013 02:01pm • Update - Friday - 4/5/2013, 5:15 a.m. ET WASHINGTON - The U.S. attorney's office in D.C. has stopped an investigation into an Uber car service driver accused of raping a customer and is not prosecuting the case against him. The Washington Post reports statements by the alleged victim and susp Deer Dilemma Part 5: Car crashes and feeding the hungry 03/06/2013 03:46am • Editor's note: This is the fifth installment of "Deer Dilemma," a WTOP series about the controversial deer hunt planned for Rock Creek Park. Michelle Basch, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Those living in the region have likely been involved in a deer-car crash or know someone who has. As WTOP Ga Accokeek family looks to community after fire 03/04/2013 02:55am • Thomas Warren, wtop.com ACCOKEEK, Md. - Pat Ellis lived in her Accokeek, Md., home for 29 years. As quick as a finger snap, it was gone in the flames of a Feb. 23 fire. "You got your car, you got your kids, you got your dogs, but the whole life in that house is now gone," says Ellis. Luckily, D.C. ranks 1st in car affordability 02/26/2013 10:57am • Ever see the rows of German luxury cars lining the streets in D.C. and wonder how all those people can afford them? As it turns out, Washington-area residents have a lot more money to spend on their cars than people do in any other major U.S. city. A report released Tuesday by Interest.com, a Bankr Woman drives car into Glenn Dale home 02/19/2013 07:11pm • WASHINGTON - A woman drove a car into a home in Prince George's County Tuesday afternoon. Prince George's County police say the woman was going down a hill and hit the gas instead of the brake when she came to a stop sign. Her car barreled into a home in the 10800 block of Maiden Drive in Glenn Going car-free could save nearly $10K in D.C. 01/30/2013 12:21pm • Using public transportation instead of driving could save commuters an average of $10,502 a year, according to the American Public Transportation Association.Commuters in Washington could save $9,700 annually, while in Baltimore the average savings is $9,939, according to a monthly report release County Wants Out Of ‘Overlapping’ Trespass Towing Law 01/24/2013 12:35pm • Montgomery County wants to opt out of a recent state trespass towing law officials say confuses its already stringent regulations against the practice. But Eric Friedman, director of the county’s Office of Consumer Protection, told a County Council Committee today the state legislator who s Man gets decade sentence for Frederick-to-Thurmont chase 01/10/2013 12:08pm • A 28-year-old man who led police on a chase from Frederick to Thurmont last summer, injuring two, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday.Roy Ellsworth Summers II, of the 8000 block of Hollow Reed Court, was sentenced on two counts of second-degree assault and one count of driving while impai Bethesda Boards & Scooters Rides Again 12/12/2012 02:25pm • The eclectic pop-up store offering scooters, skateboards, surfboards and even a collection of high-end women’s fashion from Brazil is coming back permanently in Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle. Owners Kaare Wieneke and Tyson Plumbtree, who operated for four months last summer in the soon- Residents At Odds With Planning Staff on Bethesda Development 12/10/2012 10:50am • Residents from a number of neighboring homes and apartments disagree with Montgomery County Planning staff’s recommendation to approve a seven-story, 120-unit apartment building on West Lane. The proposed 118,000-square-foot, 70-foot tall project from D.C.-based developer SJG Properties is t Ask Adam: What Does a $250K Income Buy You in Arlington? 11/27/2012 12:45pm • This periodic sponsored Q&A column is written by Adam Gallegos of Arlington-based real estate firm Arbour Realty. Please submit follow-up questions in the comments section or via email. Question: A certain politician has been using $250,000 in income as the benchmark for rich fa Former Frederick County deputy dies in crash 11/16/2012 12:19pm • A former deputy with the Frederick County Sheriff's Office died over the weekend after a motorcycle crash in Virginia.Theodore Randolph "Randy" Dorsey, 43, of Charles Town, W.Va., died Sunday when a sports car crossed the center line and struck a group of motorcyclists, including Dorsey, on U.S. 211 Remembering our wounded soldiers this Veterans Day 11/08/2012 10:21pm • Darci Marchese, wtop.com WASHINGTON - When a military service member is injured, it can take a long and painful toll on the whole family. That's why one local group is trying to ease some of that pain. The Walter Reed Society, created in 2004, established a fund that assists warriors, especial Beware of flood-damaged cars post-Sandy 11/01/2012 02:32pm • WASHINGTON - Hurricane Sandy flooded many cars up to their axles, but not all of those ruined cars will be junked, Ron Montoya, consumer advice editor from Edmunds.com says. Cars that have had any sort of flooding will result in future electrical or mechanical problems and would normally be s