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Fairfax Co. officer accused of faking hit-and-run to hide crash 07/12/2013 08:11pm • WASHINGTON -- A Fairfax County police officer has been charged with hit-and-run and filing a false police report after he crashed his cruiser into a utility pole and said another driver hit him. Carl Joseph Biggs initially told officers the May 12 crash on Gallows Road occurred when an unknown Local woman scared by fake kidnapping phone scam 07/11/2013 10:36pm • WASHINTON - A scam has returned to the region and it's prompting a warning from police. It began when a Montgomery County woman received a call on her cellphone at her office in Howard County. The man's voice on the other end was unfamiliar. "Do you have a brother, or a husband or a son? Ther Can you speak Dothraki? Creating a fictional language for 'Game of Thrones' 06/14/2013 02:23pm • WASHINGTON - When HBO's "Game of Thrones" producers put out a casting call for the creation of a fake language, David J. Peterson rose to the challenge. The job was to craft a new language for a fictional tribe of characters who live in the pages of the bestselling fantasy novel and on the scr Men's Health Week: Being proactive in health 06/12/2013 02:15pm • WASHINGTON - Even someone who makes a living educating others about health and fitness can have a medical scare. Peter Moore says he was in denial about his risk for heart trouble. Then one day he went out for a bike ride and experienced chest pains that would not go away. It turns out Moore, t Prince George's ticket writer accused of issuing fake citations 06/12/2013 09:08am • WASHINGTON - A Prince George's County parking ticket writer is facing criminal charges for allegedly falsifying more than $2,600 in citations. Authorities say former Prince George's County Revenue Authority employee Antoine Budd was investigated after at least 10 people complained earlier this ye Crooks target bank accounts through Facebook 06/05/2013 02:46pm • WASHINGTON - You put money in the bank to keep it safe, but what you do on Facebook could let cybercrooks drain your bank account. The Zeus Trojan horse malware program was first detected in 2007, and infected millions of computers through phishing schemes. In May, the malware changed its tactics. Yorktown Teachers Receive Fake ‘Early Release’ Email 05/23/2013 11:45am • Yesterday, an email was sent from Superintendent Dr. Pat Murphy to Yorktown High School staff, informing them that classes had been cancelled for the remainder of the day. The only problem? The email was a fake and was not actually sent by Dr. Murphy. According to a tipster, the email Captain America movie filming underway in D.C. (Video) 05/14/2013 09:30am • WASHINGTON - A bit of Hollywood is back in the nation's capital this week. A Captain America movie is being shot near the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. Tractor-trailers, white tents and police cars were lined up along Independence Avenue on Tuesday. The tents are for background actors, WTOP and Federal News Radio Websites Back After Cyber Attack 05/13/2013 07:25am • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2013 Contact: Mary Kay LeMay 202-895-5112 mklemay@wtop.com WTOP and Federal News Radio Websites Back After Cyber Attack Users encouraged to run security scan on their computers WASHINGTON - The news websites, WTOP.com and FederalNewsRadio.com, are accessible to all Fairfax officers return to duty after April shooting 05/07/2013 05:41pm • WASHINGTON - Three Fairfax County police officers have been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing in the shooting of a man in Alexandria last month. Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Morrough says the officers were not criminally liable for shooting and injuring 37-year-old Maxwell S. Eisenman on April 9. WTOP victim of malicious cyber attack 05/07/2013 01:23pm • Posted May 8, 2013, at 8:43 p.m. The information below has been posted to help FederalNewsRadio.com and WTOP.com visitors check their computers for malware, in light of the recent cyber attack on our system. How do I know if my computer was infected? The malware attack targeted the Internet Campaign against synthetic marijuana launched in D.C. 05/03/2013 02:36am • WASHINGTON - A new campaign in the District aims to warn young people about a dangerous but popular substance: fake weed. It's also known as Spice or K2. Graphic warnings featuring zombies are going out on social media and to schools. Mayor Vincent Gray announced the campaign Thursday along w Avenged: 'Iron Man 3' may be Marvel's best 05/02/2013 04:27pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP Film Critic WASHINGTON - "Ever since the guy with the hammer fell out of the sky, subtlety kind of went out the window." In one line, "Iron Man 3" captures the Marvel Universe with a refreshing self- awareness. On the one hand, the comics offer countless characters with compe White-nose syndrome killing off Va. bats 05/02/2013 02:37am • WASHINGTON - Instead of being afraid of the sight of bats flying near their home, those who see bats should welcome them. They're great to have around because they eat loads of pesky insects. But a baffling disease that kills bats seems to be getting more deadly in parts of the region. Whi EXCLUSIVE: Financial Irregularities at Arlington’s Senior Travel Program 04/29/2013 02:25pm • One county employee was fired and three others were disciplined after financial irregularities were discovered at Arlington’s Senior Adult Travel Program, but no criminal charges were brought after a months-long investigation that one source says was “botched.” The investigation st