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GPS distraction may prompt new guidelines 02/17/2012 12:32am • Jeremy Anwyl, vice chairman, Edmunds.com Crime Report: Witness Punched, Drug Suspect Tased 02/08/2012 02:15pm • This week’s Arlington County crime report contained a number of notable items. Among them: On Tuesday, Feb. 7, a suspect tried to flee after police found 32 grams of crack cocaine during a traffic stop on S. Glebe Road. Police used a Taser to help stop the suspect, identified by police as 41 Mike's Take: A real sticky situation 02/07/2012 08:40pm • ">Mike Causey, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON - Maybe we should establish some ground rules before going on: How I got glued into my pants last Friday really isn't important. In fact, too much detail would confuse a pretty simple situation. Let's just say it involved two toy monkeys, two wine bo How to cure the Super Bowl hangover 02/05/2012 12:32am • WASHINGTON - Whether or not your team is playing, Super Bowl Sunday is a time for partying. And after all the heavy eating and drinking comes the morning pain. "The number one thing you have to do is rehydrate with water," says Jennifer Shea, a registered dietitian with the Shoppers grocery chai Scorsese conducts magical 3D experiment in 'Hugo' 02/01/2012 01:45pm • Countdown to the Oscars: Join WTOP for an in-depth look at all nine Best Picture nominees every Wednesday and Friday until the Academy Awards on Feb. 26. Jason Fraley, WTOP Film Critic WASHINGTON - Martin Scorsese wanted to make a film his daughter could finally see. So he took the children's boo Driving distracted with 'The nice day syndrome' 02/01/2012 09:45am • Amy Freedman, wtop.com WASHINGTON - We expect to encounter numerous wrecks in the rain and the snow, but on the unexpected beautiful day, we have a much more insidious enemy -- one that Bob Marbourg coined, "The nice day syndrome."” The syndrome occurs on a day exactly like Tuesd Crime Report: Female Escort Sexually Assaulted 01/25/2012 06:20pm • A female escort was held against her will and sexually assaulted in a Crystal City hotel room last week, according to the latest Arlington County crime report. ABDUCTION WITH INTENT TO DEFILE / SEXUAL ASSAULT, 01/19/12, 2000 block of S. Jefferson Davis Highway. On January 19, around 8 pm, a female Texting while driving could become a primary offense in Va. 01/21/2012 02:11pm • WASHINGTON - A new bill could soon make it easier for police to pull you over for texting while driving in Virginia. A Senate Transportation committee approved approved legislation this week that would allow police to pull over drivers who are texting. Currently police can only pull you over for 'Alarming' spike in anti-Arab sentiment concerns community 01/19/2012 06:02pm • Amy Hunter, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Shortly before the December holidays, an olive-skinned construction worker showed up to his job to find two holes drilled into his toolbox with wires sticking out -- a prank by his co-workers, whose intention was to make the toolbox look like a bomb. Taped onto t Teens share passwords as sign of trust 01/18/2012 10:29am • UNDATED - You might take great pains to protect passwords, but some teens now share them as a sign of trust and love. A Pew Internet and American Life Project survey of teens, parents and counselors finds the practice of sharing passwords to email, Facebook or phone accounts is widespread, accordi Making our roads safer 01/12/2012 06:25pm • Chris Core, Core Values Bill would make it easier for Va. police to stop distracted drivers 01/12/2012 03:22pm • WASHINGTON -- A startling statistic on traffic deaths in Virginia has reinvigorated calls for stricter texting-while-driving laws in that commonwealth. The Old Dominion recorded 250 more traffic deaths than Maryland in 2011, which the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety blame on what it says is Missing search and rescue dog found 01/06/2012 10:22pm • WASHINGTON - A missing search and rescue dog who went missing Thursday has been found. Vito, a 3-year-old black German Shepherd with "brown stockings", was performing a search and rescue exercise with his handler, Sonja Heritage, at White Marsh Park off Route 3 in Bowie, Md. when he apparently g Classic matchup: Rangers, Flyers meet in showcase 01/02/2012 02:04pm • By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA - Claude Giroux and Jaromir Jagr hit the ice looking more ready to shag flies than practice the power play. The Philadelphia Flyers stars smeared eye black to fight the glare on a sunny morning as they skated on a rink constructed on the site of two F A host of hurdles in store for Virginia's General Assembly 01/01/2012 04:12pm • Hank Silverberg, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- Virginia's General Assembly already faces a big hurdle when they meet on Jan. 11. A leadership battle in the Senate, where Democrats and Republicans both have 20 seats, could slow the session down as the two sides debate what powers Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling has