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Police Once Again Setting Up Sobriety Checkpoints During Holidays 11/29/2012 03:30pm • Montgomery County Police have set up a special task force to deal with alcohol offenses over the holiday season, including the set up of sobriety checkpoints in areas where drunk drivers have caused accidents in the past. MCPD’s Alcohol Holiday Task Force began their full-time work last Wedn Union Jack’s Celebrating Mustaches For A Cause 11/29/2012 10:45am • Union Jack’s of Bethesda (4915 St Elmo Dr.) is celebrating mustache November (otherwise known as Movember) by throwing its first ever “Stash Bash” tonight. The Movember campaign encourages men to grow out their mustaches to raise awareness for men’s health issues, especiall Don't fall for a fake Wi-Fi connection 11/26/2012 02:03pm • Data Doctors History comes to life in Spielberg's 'Lincoln' 11/15/2012 04:38pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic WASHINGTON - Lord, he was born an Amblin man, and his career has been a tale of two directors ever since. The Steven Spielberg pendulum has repeatedly swung between supernatural fantasy - "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "E.T." (1982), "Jurassic Park" (1993) - an NFL Week 10 recap: Tie-game travesty 11/13/2012 05:06am • Rob Woodfork, wtop.com WASHINGTON - When the NFL announced before the season started that the overtime rules for playoff games would now apply to regular season games, I cringed. The thing I hate most about football would have a chance to rear its ugly head more often: Tie games. My fear cam Jason Howell: Why You Should Vote For Me 11/02/2012 03:15pm • Last month we asked the four candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, Eighth District of Virginia, to write a sub-750 word essay describing why the county’s residents should vote for them on Election Day (Nov. 6). Here is the unedited response from Jason Howell (I): We can do better Superstorm Sandy photos that aren't what they seem 10/29/2012 07:14pm • Megan Cloherty and Heather Brady, wtop.com WASHINGTON - As the hurricane raged toward shore Monday, a number of incredible photos created a storm of response on social media. But as some may have wondered, many of them were too incredible to be real. One photo out of D.C., picked up and passed Costume shop marks final Halloween in D.C. 10/25/2012 07:59pm • Alicia Lozano, wtop.com WASHINGTON - "I think this could be perfect," squeals Rip Claassen, the bespectacled costume expert who mans the rental counter downstairs at Backstage, Inc. "Mary Poppins!" Cackles erupt from three customers hurriedly trying to find something for a workplace Hallow How does fake food make it into grocery stores? 10/24/2012 03:14pm • Jill Waldbieser, nutrition director,Women's Health Magazine Boyfriend's Facebook rant inspires Bodyform response (VIDEO) 10/17/2012 01:58pm • WASHINGTON - Periods aren't fun, but you wouldn't necessarily know that from some of the tampon and pad commercials on television these days. Women are often shown smiling and frolicking, oblivious to the cramps and bloating that ruin whole weeks for many. One man took issue with this misreprese Art imitates life in Affleck's new CIA thriller 'Argo' 10/11/2012 08:05pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic WASHINGTON - They say art imitates life. But no matter how hard Hollywood development execs try, they can't plan for a breaking news event happening a month before their film is released. Thus the zeitgeist has grabbed "Argo," chillingly coinciding with last month' Texans stay unbeaten, hold on to beat Jets 23-17 10/09/2012 07:52am • By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - After Arian Foster ran over the New York Jets all night, it was time for the defense to seal things for the Houston Texans. A six-point lead. Three minutes left. Mark Sanchez and the Jets 84 yards away from sending the Texans t Europe meets D.C.: Drinking and American sports 10/05/2012 03:19pm • Editors Note: They traveled 1,230 miles to come to Washington, D.C. -- Christine Amdam flew all the way from Norway and Alina Braun from Germany. This fall, they are studying journalism at American University and working as interns for WTOP. They quickly discovered that Washington and the America Fake bat cave to battle devastating disease 09/17/2012 10:44pm • Kathy Stewart, wtop.com WASHINGTON - A deadly fungus is wiping out millions of bats, and there's no cure. The fungus, called white nose syndrome, has killed at least 5.5 million bats in cave hibernation in the U.S. and Canada. "It's bad. It's been in North American since, we think, 2006," s Prostitution in College Park moves off streets, into hotels 09/06/2012 12:06pm • WASHINGTON - A new kind of prostitution is plaguing College Park, moving off the streets and into hotel rooms. Police say prostitution is no longer initiated on the street, instead prostitutes are checking into hotels, posting ads online and then getting dozens of phone calls, The Gazette repo