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Morning Notes 12/03/2013 09:15am • Minimum Wage Reveals Council Rivalries — We mentioned how last week’s vote to approve a minimum wage increase brought to light a good amount of tension between members of the Montgomery County Council. The Washington Post’s Bill Turque provides the play-by-play. Boutique Giv Man faces charges after allegedly faking banana peel slip at D.C. Metro station (Video) 11/27/2013 10:27am • WASHINGTON - A man is in a slippery situation after authorities say he purposely tumbled on a banana peel at a D.C. Metro station. On Nov. 8, Maurice Owens told the Metro Transit Police Department and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority that he slipped on a banana peel while exiti Fake IDs contribute to alcohol abuse disorders 11/22/2013 10:22am • Dr. Drew, One Minute Clinic 'Catching Fire' brings 2nd helping of 'Hunger Games' 11/21/2013 05:32am • WASHINGTON - "The Hunger Games" was the third highest grossing movie of 2012, behind only "The Avengers" and "The Dark Knight Rises." That means it bested Bond in "Skyfall," Bilbo in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and Bella in "Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2." On Friday, we welcome the next Tips Lead To Arrests In Bethesda Credit Card Fraud 11/19/2013 01:05pm • Montgomery County Police say anonymous tips led to the arrest of two people accused of stealing a credit card from a Bethesda woman before using it to buy a puppy. Police arrested Michael Pulliam, 39, of Annapolis last Wednesday in College Park and charged Jennifer Camardi, 29, of an unconfirmed ad Your Beermonger: Craft Beer’s Increasingly Blurry Borders 11/01/2013 12:00pm • Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Nick Anderson, beermonger at Arrowine (4508 Lee Highway). We all have moments in our lives where a heretofore unrecognized pattern suddenly reveals itself; a blurry vision becoming clear, or a tiny voice screaming at the back of you Scream Queen: 'Carrie' remake vs. 1976 classic 10/30/2013 12:34pm • WASHINGTON - Like a hand reaching up from the grave, "Carrie" is back from the dead. The horror genre has long provided a feeding frenzy for remakes, and despite a few rare exceptions -- David Cronenberg's "The Fly" (1986) and John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982) -- it's often a recipe for disas Police Investigate Armed Robbery At Cabin John CVS 10/30/2013 10:50am • Montgomery County Police say the two suspects who tried to rob the CVS in Cabin John Shopping Center on Wednesday morning could be the same men who tried to rob a Rockville bank on Tuesday. Police said the two suspects came into the CVS at 7955 Tuckerman Lane at about 3:51 a.m. One displayed a handg Police seek men in attempted robbery of Mont. Co. CVS 10/30/2013 07:24am • WASHINGTON - Police are searching for two men who tried to rob a Montgomery County store Wednesday morning. Montgomery County police say two men entered the CVS at 7955 Tuckerman Lane in the Cabin John Shopping Center at about 4 a.m. Police say one of the suspects displayed a handgun and demande Synthetic marijuana 'wreaking havoc' on teens 10/29/2013 02:56pm • WASHINGTON -- While the D.C. council debates whether to decriminalize marijuana, a synthetic version of the drug is wreaking havoc on teens. The synthetic pot is sold at gas stations and in small grocery stores -- often in Southeast -- in a lollypop form. It's sold under a variety of names, includ Suspects Steal Credit Cards, Use Fake ID To Buy Puppy 10/25/2013 09:35am • Montgomery County Police say a pair of suspects stole credit cards from a Bethesda church-goer before using the victim’s identity to purchase a puppy in Rockville. Police on Friday released two videos of the suspects and a picture of the puppy, a three-month-old Yorkshire Terrier. The inciden Hats off to the International Gold Cup 10/19/2013 04:21pm • THE PLAINS, Va. - A well dressed crowd with fancy hats, horses, Jack Russell Terriers and plenty of food and drink -- these are the sights and sounds at the International Gold Cup. A crowd of about 40,000 was expected Saturday at the 76th International Gold Cup, one of the largest horse jumping Weekly Crime Report: Sept. 30 to Oct. 8 10/17/2013 01:45pm • Someone tried to use fake cash at the Dave & Busters in White Flint Mall. The suspect was apparently caught in the act before running out of the place: An incident of fraud occurred at Dave & Busters located at 11301 Rockville Pike in Kensington on Sunday, 10/6 at approximately 4:00 p.m. The su 5 things to know after Cowboys topple RG3, Redskins 10/14/2013 09:16am • By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Dwayne Harris and a "no-name group" of Dallas defenders made Tony Romo's job easy. Harris returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown and set up another score with a 90-yard kickoff return, and a depleted defensive line forced a key fumble Man says 1973 UFO incident turned life upside down 10/11/2013 06:22am • BY JEFF AMY ASSOCIATED PRESS PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Charles Hickson never regretted the notoriety that came his way after he told authorities he encountered an unidentified flying object and its occupants 40 years ago on the banks of the Pascagoula River. Until his death in 2011, Hickson told