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Teens learn the dangers of distracted driving 12/02/2012 05:19pm • WASHINGTON - Teenagers from around the country are in D.C. this weekend for a summit to help prevent distracted driving deaths. On Sunday afternoon, personal speeches were given by two teenagers who suffered serious consequences because of distracted driving. Wil Craig suffered a traumatic brain Avoid hidden dangers when decorating for the holidays 11/30/2012 07:19pm • Kristi King, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Red and green aren't just colors for Christmas cheer. They also portray important safety information on electric decorations. "If it's a red 'UL' in a circle that means the decoration has been given extra tests, like rain tests or cold weather tests, to show tha Simple ways to stay safe installing electric holiday decorations 11/30/2012 02:48pm • Kristi King, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Red and green aren't just the colors of Christmas cheer. They also portray important safety information on electric decorations. An easy safety tip to remember: Look for a red icon on the decoration. "If it's a red UL in a circle that means the decoration has be 'Life of Pi' brings crouching tiger, hidden parable 11/29/2012 04:54pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic WASHINGTON - Few filmmakers are so intriguing that you can't wait to see what they'll do next. Ang Lee is one of them. The Taiwanese native and NYU grad has made a career of proving leopards can change their spots. Or should we say tigers? He started in rom Police Encourage Safe Shopping This Holiday Season 11/26/2012 03:50pm • The holiday season is notorious for increases in robberies and thefts as people stock up on gifts. Montgomery County Police are hoping a list of safety tips will help prevent some of the those crimes. Last week, the county announced the debut of its “Shop With a Cop,” program. Accordin Stores know how to get customer cash 11/26/2012 02:05am • WASHINGTON - Retailers know their customers better than shoppers think. According to The Fiscal Times, there's a science behind shopping. Some stores hire retail experts to figure out what customers want and what will get them to buy. For one, shirts may cost a few dollars and come from Sri Lan Big deals, big risks: Thieves thrive on big shopping days 11/23/2012 01:17pm • WASHINGTON - The case of a 14-year-old boy robbed of his shopping bag outside Anne Arundel Mills Mall after a Black Friday shopping trip highlights the need for shopper safety awareness, police say. The Baltimore Sun reports the victim told police he was accosted by five men as he walked out of ACFD: Distracted Cooking Is Top Thanksgiving Fire Hazard 11/21/2012 01:15pm • Normally around this time of year, readers and watchers of local news are bombarded with warnings about the dangers of turkey fryers. Those dangers still exist — see below — but the Arlington County Fire Department says there’s another Thanksgiving danger that often goes un-publici Police Warn of Friendship Heights Phone Scam 11/20/2012 03:50pm • Montgomery County Police say someone is calling mostly elderly residents in Friendship Heights and pretending to be their grandchild to scam them out of money. Since mid-October, the suspect or suspects have made out with $2,000 by claiming they have been arrested in an accident in Mexico of Canad Holiday travel: Heads up, more drivers on their phones 11/19/2012 12:45am • Andrew Mollenbeck, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The days surrounding Thanksgiving are some of the year's busiest on the roads, and a survey suggests more drivers will have their eyes on their phones instead of the lanes around them. "We are definitely seeing an increase in the number of drivers who r Write-Ins: Support groups for NaNoWriMo 11/18/2012 04:52pm • Marlena Chertock, special to wtop.com BETHESDA, Md. - Every November, thousands of would-be novelists around the world take on the challenge of writing 50,000 words in a month for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. A group of about ten D.C. area residents meet in the back corner of La Robberies Down, Assaults Up In Latest Crime Statistics 11/15/2012 03:50pm • In an update this afternoon from 2nd District Police Commander Capt. David Falcinelli were year-to-date stats comparing crime numbers to last year. Despite 784 reported thefts from autos (211 fewer than at this time last year) Falcinelli said property crime was down in all categories entering the Petraeus scandal doesn't distract from day-to-day military operation 11/14/2012 02:56pm • JJ Green, national security correspondent Empty D.C.: Time-lapse series shows city without human life (VIDEO) 11/08/2012 08:53pm • Alicia Lozano, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Imagine D.C. without cars or people. Imagine the city's most iconic sites - the Washington Monument, Dupont Circle and Capitol Hill - completely still except for the moving clouds and changing light. Those alien images were captured over three days by dire Film crews on River Road avoid distracting drivers Friday 11/08/2012 04:17pm • WASHINGTON - Crew trucks for a BBC movie being filmed in the region parked out of view on Friday morning to avoid distracting morning commuters. Portions of the movie, Philomena, starring Judi Dench, were shot Thursday and Friday in Potomac, Md. near River Road. For her role, Dench plays a woman l