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'Noah' builds master-craftsman ark with giant hole in hull 03/27/2014 10:52am • WASHINGTON - Darren Aronofsky is the most shockingly provocative filmmaker we have going today, melding a Bergman-style existentialism with a Hitchcockian dark side, Kubrick-level ambitions and a Howard Hawks versatility of genre. In just five films, he's delivered a sci-fi thriller ("Pi"), an an New speed cameras help drivers avoid tickets 03/27/2014 01:49am • LAUREL, Md. -- New speed cameras recently unveiled in Laurel are being called a prototype -- they tell drivers how fast they're going before they reach the camera. The cameras on Montgomery Street in Laurel have digital speed displays mounted to a pole on top of each speed camera, and they loo 8 D.C. students surprised with prestigious scholarships 03/25/2014 04:57pm • WASHINGTON -- A free college education is rare, but eight D.C. high school seniors learned Tuesday their hard work paid off big time. They were awarded the Stephen Joel Trachtenberg scholarship, which provides a full ride to George Washington University. The scholarship was kept secret to the re In-car cameras could reduce road rage 03/18/2014 04:22pm • WASHINGTON -- Angry and tired drivers on the Washington area's congested roads may be prime candidates for a new technology that could help curb road rage. French researchers say an infrared camera installed in the steering wheel can read a driver's face and recognize, in most cases, when the dri Williamsburg Residents Speak Out After Pedestrian Death 03/14/2014 11:30am • About 100 residents packed the auditorium at Nottingham Elementary School last night, less than three weeks after a mother placing a child in her minivan was killed by a dump truck in front of the school. Arlington County Police Chief Doug Scott gave members of the Williamsburg Civic Associatio In Maryland, 'Jake's Law' would help curb distracted driving 03/10/2014 02:12am • Clinton Yates, commentator Off the 8's: Unplugging is hard to do 03/09/2014 08:13pm • WASHINGTON -- I unplugged for a day and survived, I think. The whole idea of unplugging from the iMac, iPad and iPhone was part of a national campaign to get people to put down the devices that keep us plugged in and hooked 24/7. It's an innocent enough concept, and, in fact, I have unplugged o AAA: Daylight Saving Time May Make for Drowsy Drivers 03/07/2014 10:00am • Daylight Saving Time officially begins at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, when clocks should “spring forward” one hour. The change will result in an extra hour of daylight in the evening, but will come at the cost of darker mornings and an hour of lost sleep. AAA warns that the change can leave dri Save The Trail Leader Builds Fence Near Trail, Opponents Cry Foul 03/06/2014 12:35pm •   This controversial fence backing up to the Capital Crescent Trail in Chevy Chase belongs to Ajay Bhatt, the president of a group pushing to save the trail from Purple Line construction. On Jan. 21, a district court judge ruled the fence — built last May — was built illegally, abou 5 tips for saving at the grocery store 03/05/2014 04:19am • Marissa Paiano, special to WTOP.com Grocery shopping doesn't have to be a chore you dread all week. Follow these five simple tricks from Yahoo! Finance and you'll be in and out of the store with what you need (and nothing more) in no time while saving money. Go to the store late If you go shop Texting, walking more risky than distracted driving 03/04/2014 10:48am • WASHINGTON -- Texting while walking accounts for more injuries per mile than distracted driving, according to a professor of emergency medicine who says he's treating a skyrocketing number of pedestrian injury cases. "Pedestrian injuries are particularly dangerous because there's no protective a Hands-free iTunes in car gets test drive 03/03/2014 09:30am • WASHINGTON -- Enjoying music-to-go will soon get a bit safer for iPhone users as Apple is test-driving its hands-free CarPlay system in a small number of luxury cars. With CarPlay, drivers will be able to access their iTunes library, including music, podcasts, audiobooks and iTunes Radio. Use Video Shows Shoplifters Steal Champagne From Bethesda Store 02/28/2014 11:10am • The owner of a local beer and wine store is offering a reward of $1,000 for any information leading to the arrests of the two people who quickly stole champagne and fled from his store on Thursday night. Arash Takafor, owner of Georgetown Square Beer and Wine in the Georgetown Square Shopping Cente Jake's Law would toughen Md. cellphone driving laws 02/26/2014 03:11pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Using a handheld cellphone while driving is risky. And there's a move to toughen the penalties for drivers who cause serious crashes while using one. A bill was presented to lawmakers in Annapolis Wednesday that would raise the penalty for cellphone distracted driving to a mis Training the brain for cognitive success 02/24/2014 05:24pm • WASHINGTON - Lian Hollenbeck says she knew something was going on with her daughter's learning abilities from the time she was 1.5 years old. Over the years, the Herndon, Va., mother spent hours poring over research, driving to doctor's appointments and speaking with therapists about her daughte