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Wacky gifts can spice up your Valentine's Day 02/13/2012 08:25am • Flowers and candy aren't so traditional anymore for the ultimate Valentine's Day gift. These "Wacky Gifts" should really spice up your holiday. According to The Huffington Post, these bizarre gifts are sure to take this manufactured holiday to a new height. Topping the list is the Anatomical Hea If the play's the thing 01/13/2012 07:17pm • how does it get made?? The third season of the Reston Community Players' New Play Project continues with a third-level reading of the final of two plays remaining from the first season. The Players do not just offer a simple play reading to authors, but a full developmental process. This weekend' Paperless could be dangerous for your bank account 01/07/2012 06:26pm • John Aaron, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Going paperless could be downright dangerous for your bank account. The latest versions of an especially nasty computer virus allow thieves to collect your personal information, take your money and, worst of all, keep you in the dark about it all. The newest Spy 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 Spelling counts when typing in a web address 12/26/2011 02:57pm • Andrew Mollenbeck, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- A school teacher's warning has become a digital age reminder: spelling counts. When punching in a web address, a single typo can result in hackers hijacking the system. Computer criminals have developed look-alike sites to popular retailers. When a shoppe Cops do ID checks at 2 College park bars 12/17/2011 02:57pm • Michelle Basch, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The element of surprise is helping local police catch underage drinkers. Police at the University of Maryland entered two bars Tuesday in College Park to double-check the IDs and ages of patrons knocking back drinks inside. By the end of the night, polic Fake bombs breach D.C. security 12/16/2011 10:45am • WASHINGTON -- Fake bombs have made it past checkpoints at the Wilson building and other D.C. as part of a test by undercover police. The security breaches are outlined in a memo obtained by the Service Workers Employees International Union, The Washington Post reports. The memo says police recru 9 things not to do when making a fake sick call to work 12/12/2011 02:10pm • WASHINGTON - Who hasn't been there? A weekend of partying and not enough sleep can sometimes lead to calling in sick Monday morning to work. But calling in sick on a Monday is one of the top ways to get busted on a fake sick call, says the website HeadDrama. The site lists the nine sure-fire w 20-year-old sentenced in D.C. student-athlete's murder 12/09/2011 07:11pm • WASHINGTON - A 20-year-old D.C. man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison on charges related to the November 2010 shooting of a 17-year-old athlete and honor roll student in the Trinidad neighborhood of the District. Kwan Kearney was convicted of first-degree murder while armed, assault with in Caps look to make Ovi less predictable 12/09/2011 06:26am • Ben Raby, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Since his NHL debut in 2005, Alex Ovechkin has spent much of his career as one of hockey's most entertaining and unpredictable characters both on and off the ice. There was the hole-in-one he shot in a 2006 charity golf tournament despite never having played a roun Holiday plant care checklist 12/08/2011 08:38pm • Cut Christmas tree in the house? Check that water reservoir every day and make sure it stays filled. If it dries out completely, the tree won't accept new water afterward. To avoid that dreaded dropped needle denouement, consider buying one of the clever devices that allows you to do this chore wit Teen detained at airport because of "pistol" design on her purse 12/03/2011 08:25pm • WASHINGTON -- Most people know what not to carry in their bag at airport security, but TSA took it a step further recently when it objected to the design on a passenger's bag. 17-year-old Vanessa Gibbs was at Norfolk International Airport recently for a flight home to Jacksonville, Fla. when she wa Falls Church veteran wins appeal over treehouse 11/30/2011 02:35pm • Michelle Basch, wtop.com FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - A battle over a treehouse built by an Iraq war veteran for his young sons is finally over. Mark Grapin of Falls Church promised his 9- and 11-year-old boys he would build them a treehouse before his deployment with the Army during Operation Iraqi Free Final Mournal Entry: Get that 'caterpillar' off your face 11/30/2011 12:27pm • Paul D. Shinkman, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- A lot has happened in the last two weeks of this moustache fundraiser. My Movember "mo" has become visible to the naked eye, and I've been getting a lot of reaction to it. Not all of it has been flattering. Here is a smattering of what I've confronted th Giants struggle again, routed 49-24 by Saints 11/29/2011 08:29am • By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Eli Manning completed his first four passes and quickly marched the Giants inside the Saints 20, only to be intercepted in the end zone on his next throw. The drive essentially was a microcosm of New York's season, which started off strong but