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Men and women: Just friends? Possible, difficult 07/19/2012 07:59am • Can men and women really just be friends? Post a comment in this story, comment on WTOP's Facebook Page or use #WTOPTalkback or #WTOP on Twitter. Neal Augenstein, wtop.com WASHINGTON - It's an age-old question, and the answer may change at different times in your life. Can men and wome Soccer fan surprised as dressing room wall collapses (VIDEO) 07/18/2012 09:04am • Dave Johnson, wtop.com WASHINGTON - It's the old fake changing room in the team store trick. Dutch soccer club Ajax put in fake changing rooms in its team store. When an unsuspecting fan went in one of the rooms to try on a replica jersey, a wall collapsed. On the other side were real players Avoid these top first date deal breakers 06/20/2012 03:56pm • WASHINGTON - First dates are awkward enough without adding to the uncomfortable encounter by behaving poorly. Thankfully, dating website HowAboutWe.com asked 100,000 singles what their first-date turnoffs are. While every person is unique in their likes and dislikes, especially when it comes Franchot warns veterans of email scam 06/06/2012 06:38am • WASHINGTON - They look real, but they're fake. Emails are going out to military personnel and some civilian workers, suggesting that if they're receiving disability benefits, they may be eligible for more. And, of course, all they have to do is send their vital financial records -- Veterans Aff FDA warns of fake ADHD drug Adderall sold online 05/30/2012 06:00pm • Anna Yukhananov, reporter for Reuters Men: Steps to improve your attractiveness 05/20/2012 05:51pm • WASHINGTON - For those men who are lost souls when it come to improving their attractiveness, there are some proven ways to help improve what Mother Nature didn't give you. According to AskMen.com, women find men with V-shaped bodies more attractive. Men can achieve this through exercise, or they 'The Dictator' demands we taste the 'duck soup' 05/18/2012 06:18am • Jason Fraley, WTOP Film Critic WASHINGTON - Sacha Baron Cohen got his start on TV's "Da Ali G Show," which aired on the UK's Channel 4 in 2000, then came to HBO from 2003-2004. Here, he developed three memorable characters: the wannabe-Jamaican British b-boy Ali G, the misinformed Kazakhstani docu Central Library to Hold Laughter Yoga Session 05/16/2012 10:45am • Need a good laugh?  Tonight’s “Laughter Yoga” session might be just what you’re looking for. The free program takes place from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Arlington Central Library (1015 N. Quincy Street). Laughter yoga is a practice started in I Sketch released of Silver Spring cop impersonator 05/08/2012 07:59pm • WASHINGTON - A composite sketch has been released of the man police say impersonated a police officer and pulled over a woman last week in Silver Spring. Montgomery County police say the man stopped the woman shortly before noon on May 2, told her to get out of the car and sit on the curb, then gra WTOP's Top 5 Morning Stories - Friday, May 4 05/04/2012 12:00pm • Good morning, WTOP readers! "May the 4th be with you" on this National Star Wars Day. Check out these top five stories to get you started this Friday. 18 new speed camera zones coming to Montgomery Co. Eighteen new speed camera enforcement areas in the county will not feature fixed cameras in perma East Coast rape suspect claims split personality 05/01/2012 01:44pm • Neal Augenstein, wtop.com MANASSAS, Va. - The man suspected of raping women throughout the East Coast is claiming he has a split personality, and has been ordered to undergo a second mental health evaluation before he stands trial for raping two teenage girls and attacking another October 31, 2009 Shuttleworth Withdraws Lawsuit Over Ballot Snafu 04/27/2012 11:00am • Arlington resident Bruce Shuttleworth, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Jim Moran for the Eighth District Democratic congressional nomination, has withdrawn a lawsuit he filed after initially being told he did not qualify for the ballot. Shuttleworth was eventually allowed on the June 1 Fake celebrity gets groupies, security escort at Va. mall (VIDEO) 04/11/2012 10:43am • WASHINGTON - "He's, uh, in 'The Hunger Games.'" "Is he? Ok." Apparently it's that easy to convince someone you're famous. This was just one of the tactics employed by a team of pranksters who struck a the MacArthur Center mall in Norfolk, Va. in late March. The group managed to convince almost e Top 10 games of Caps' regular season (10 through 6) 04/08/2012 10:43pm • Ben Raby, wtop.com WASHINGTON - With the regular-season complete and the Stanley Cup Playoffs set to begin Wednesday ( the Caps open in Boston on Thursday), WTOP.com has counted down the Top 10 games of the Capitals' regular season. Today we look at games 10 through 6. 10. Nov. 23, 2011: Cap Apps let you create profiles for dogs and cats 04/07/2012 03:21pm • WASHINGTON - Chances are you're already posting pictures of your dog or cat to Facebook, but what if you want your pet to have his or her own social networking profile? Facebook doesn't allow fake profiles for pets, but that's where the Facebook app Dogbook steps in. It allows you to create a Fa