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Walking tours explore D.C.'s darker side 08/09/2013 07:24pm • Rick Massimo, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Lafayette Square, behind the White House, plays host to a typically Washington bustle of high-powered staffers and tourists circulating through the park, heading to meetings and holding impromptu photo shoots among the statues. But two walking-tour guides in t Crime Report: Masturbating Man Seen at Country Club 05/29/2013 11:45am • A 16-year-old girl told police that she saw a man masturbating behind a window at an Arlington country club last week. The alleged incident happened around 5:30 p.m. last Tuesday at the tennis courts of the Washington Golf and Country Club (3017 N. Glebe Road). According to a police spokes Bethesda Parking Fee Changes Could Be Sign Of Demand Pricing To Come 05/22/2013 10:38am • County Councilmember Roger Berliner told a Citizens Advisory Board on Monday that he sees recent changes in Bethesda’s parking fee structure as a move toward the demand pricing that cities are using to reduce circling and double parking in busier areas. The County Council approved the County D NOVA Legal Beat: Spousal Support for Ex-Husband? 05/21/2013 02:45pm • Editor’s Note: This new sponsored Q&A column is written by Mathew B. Tully of Tully Rinckey PLLC. Question: My soon-to-be-ex-husband makes less than I do. Does that mean I have to pay spousal support after we divorce? The short answer here is probably; however, it can sometimes be i Syrian rebels deny using chemical weapons 05/06/2013 09:23pm • WASHINGTON - The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Syria is "wrong" about reports the Syrian rebels have used chemical weapons, according to a rebel spokesman who accuses the organization of not being trustworthy. "Absolutely it's not true and there is no clea New parking meters meant to encourage garage parking 05/04/2013 12:02am • GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Starting June 1, drivers going to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and the surrounding medical buildings will have to pay to park on the street. Montgomery County crews are currently installing 360 parking meters on Medical Center Drive as well as Broschart and Blackwell Road Peter’s Take: Wrong Budget Priorities Stall Foreign Language Teaching 04/18/2013 02:15pm • Peter’s Take is a weekly opinion column. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ARLnow.com. Earlier this year, when Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Patrick Murphy unveiled his proposed schools budget, he coine Tree Advocates Speak Out, But Cemetery Expansion Moves Forward 03/22/2013 04:15pm • Barring an act of Congress, a planned expansion of Arlington National Cemetery will move forward, despite the objections of some residents who say the plan will cut down too many trees and destroy a natural habitat. Cemetery leaders and the Army Corps of Engineers, which designed Slice of Life: John Rider, serving burritos with a side of jokes 03/20/2013 04:00pm • Natalie Plumb, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON - John Rider, 55, is the owner of Pedro & Vinny's, your standard burrito food truck. But there's not much that's normal about Rider's business. He serves up to 225 people every day, and tells jokes to every one. He memorizes a few names in the proc Vets save NYC dog who swallowed 111 pennies 03/13/2013 10:23am • NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City dog has undergone emergency surgery to remove more than 100 pennies from his stomach. The New York Daily News reports (http://nydn.us/X4UR6b) that a Jack Russell terrier named Jack swallowed 111 pennies last week and quickly became ill. The 13-year-old pooch's o Spielberg's 'Schindler' out on Blu-ray for 20th anniversary 03/07/2013 12:49pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic WASHINGTON - With recent revelations that the Holocaust was even worse than we thought, there's no substitute for the archival footage of documentaries like "Shoah" (1985) and "Night and Fog" (1955), which Francois Truffaut called the greatest movie ever made. Th Off the 8's: The Negro Girl and the Pee-Pee Girl 02/26/2013 02:03pm • Stephanie Gaines-Bryant, wtop.com WASHINGTON - At 5 years old, I made history in my hometown of Vauxhall, N.J. My siblings and I were among the first black children to enter the all-white Franklin Elementary School. I was one of the first black kindergarteners to enter the school. There were n Morning Notes 02/06/2013 09:00am • Additional Funding Request for New Elementary School Plan — On Thursday (Febraury 7), School Board members will be asked to approve additional funding for the architectural firm working on the new school on the Williamsburg Middle School campus. The project has gone over its expected three mo Va. lawmaker: Study alternate currency for state 01/29/2013 11:33am • WASHINGTON - Prince William County Delegate Bob Marshall says Virginia should look at creating a separate currency for the commonwealth. Marshall, a Republican, says the state needs to be ready if the U.S. dollar collapses. He says that could happen if there is hyperinflation or another Great Aging French lovers teach the true meaning of 'Amour' 01/24/2013 05:23pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic WASHINGTON - Last year, the French silent film "The Artist" (2011) won five Oscars, including Best Picture. Now, another French filmmaker hopes to do the same with "Amour," winner of the Cannes Film Festival's coveted Palme d'Or. The ninth and final Oscar nominee f