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Reflections: How Gandolfini, 'Sopranos' changed TV 06/21/2013 10:28am • WASHINGTON - The Writers Guild of America recently voted "The Sopranos" the best written show in TV history. How easy it is to forget it was also one of the best acted. When I "woke up that morning" and heard of the passing of James Gandolfini, I felt like I'd been whacked. More so, I thought a For pedestrian safety, Montgomery County cracks down on both sides 06/13/2013 08:30am • SILVER SPRING, Md. - With 11 pedestrians killed in Montgomery County this year -- more than in all of 2012 combined -- some pedestrian advocates are saying transportation officials and police are not doing enough for them. "Some of us believe that many roads have been built in Montgomery County w Wednesday, June 12, 2013 06/12/2013 08:31am • 10:20 p.m. Rachel Lighty, BGE spokesperson Download Preparing for severe storms in the Washington area 9:20 p.m. Le-Ha Anderson, Dominion Power Download How Dominion Power will respond to potential power outages from the storm 9:20 p.m. WTOP's Dave McConnell receives Career Achievement Award (Video) 06/06/2013 03:52am • WASHINGTON - WTOP's Capitol Hill Correspondent Dave McConnell received the first-ever Career Achievement Award from the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association. McConnell, an employee of WTOP since 1965, covers Capitol Hill and has done so for more than three decades. "For all the time Your Beermonger: The Small Operation and Big Sour Ales of Alvinne 05/31/2013 01:30pm • Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Nick Anderson, beermonger at Arrowine (4508 Lee Highway). I occasionally find myself becoming fascinated with a brewery. Sometimes, it happens very quickly — I fell in love with the beers of Maine Brewing Company almost immedi Smoke from Leesburg house fire distracts drivers 05/30/2013 02:25pm • WASHINGTON - The Loudoun County Sheriff's Department says police and fire are responding to a Leesburg house fire that is showing a large amount of smoke. The single-family home is fully engulfed with flames, the spokesman says. The fire was reported at 11:55 a.m. Authorities believe there is Sunday, May 26, 2013 05/26/2013 03:30am • 12:50 - Nycci Nellis, The List Are You On It Download New places to grab a warm-weather cocktail 12:20 p.m. - Deborah Kotz, Boston Globe health blogger Download A cure for cell-phone distraction 9:50 a.m. - Ken Walsh, U.S. News & World Rep Time to 'kirk out' again with 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' 05/16/2013 06:41pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic WASHINGTON - J.J. Abrams is officially Marty McFly. He's gone back in time, strapped on a futuristic suit and placed Van Halen headphones on our pointy ears: "Silence, earthling! My name is Darth Vader. I am an extraterrestrial from the planet Vulcan!" That's bec Infant in stroller falls onto Philly train tracks (Video) 05/16/2013 10:09am • By KATHY MATHESON Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A stroller carrying a 14-month-old girl rolled off a slanted train station platform and fell onto the tracks Wednesday, but the girl's mother leaped onto the tracks to rescue her with the help other passengers, transit officials said. "Wh Majority of Va. drivers drive distracted on I-95, or observe it 05/14/2013 06:30pm • DALE CITY, Va. - A new survey from AAA Mid-Atlantic and Transurban-Flor finds that a vast majority of drivers in Virginia along I-95 either drive distracted or have witnessed someone doing so. Overall, 94 percent of drivers say they've witnessed someone driving distracted, with 56 percent admittin Computer games may help reverse brain aging 05/14/2013 12:17pm • WASHINGTON - Senior citizens, put down the crossword puzzles and start playing computer games. A new government study finds that cognitive-training computer games can reverse aging in the brain. One game called Double Decision forces users to find matching road sign icons amid a series of i Washington Ballet performs sensual interpretation of classic Hemingway novel 05/14/2013 10:38am • WASHINGTON - From the moment the music swelled and the curtain rose in the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater, Septime Webre's adaptation of "The Sun Also Rises" charmed its audience. More a multimedia production than a ballet, the performance Friday night gracefully walked many fine lines -- More parents admit to multi-tasking behind the wheel 05/06/2013 09:19am • WASHINGTON - While most parents consider children precious cargo, their driving habits don't always reflect that. New research finds many parents admit to multi-tasking behind the wheel, putting their kids and others at risk. "There's a significant increase in crash risk for those parents who Overcoming common obstacles to achieve a healthier body 05/06/2013 09:18am • Josef Brandenburg, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON - When people come into our personal training gym, they've usually got two things working against them. The first is a ton of misinformation. This misinformation varies from the idea that "cardio" works best for fat loss, that low-calorie and/ Gabby Douglas credits local nonprofit group for success 04/27/2013 05:20am • Kathy Stewart, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Olympian Gabby Douglas and her mother Natalie Hawkins paid a visit to the Washington area to honor the nonprofit Our Military Kids at its 2013 celebration. The nonprofit organization gives grants to children of deployed Reservists and Guardsmen and also to