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Site names Top 30 Google Doodles of 2011 01/02/2012 01:06pm • WASHINGTON - From Harry Houdini to Les Paul and Lucille Ball, the creative minds behind the Google search engine have doodled numerous tributes to iconic names and dates in 2011. Mashable has put together its list of the 30 best Google Doodles of the past year, which you can check out at this link The best commercials of 2011 12/31/2011 02:53pm • Nathan Hager, wtop.com WASHINGTON - DVR and you missed them! As we bid farewell to 2011, the marketing experts at AdWeek have compiled a list of the 10 Best Commercials of the old year. Several of them probably garnered a lot of eyeballs, since they debuted during the Super Bowl. Others, you'd Google announces 'iPad killer,' faces uphill fight 12/29/2011 11:28am • WASHINGTON -- Google threw down the gauntlet boldly earlier this week with an announcement that proves once again Apple is the team to beat. While speaking with an Italian newspaper, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said the new tablet his company plans to roll out in 2012 is an "iPad killer Ugly Christmas sweaters: Are you in on the joke? 12/09/2011 07:48am • Kristi King, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Are you in on the joke? The growing holiday trend of wearing an ugly Christmas sweater? Old Aunt Martha from Wisconsin might be perfectly sincere with her holiday cheer as she dons colorful concoctions of yarn. But when your friends, who typically are dapper Hand-delivered steak and pick-up basketball games: Top 10 Twitter stories of 2011 12/06/2011 05:33pm • WASHINGTON - From the raid that killed bin Laden to a pick-up game of flag football, this year Twitter has been used to break pivotal moments in world history and keep pro basketball players entertained. With help from the monthly Twitter Stories, Mashable recently compiled the top 10 stories of New Eatery Worries GPS Is Leading Customers Astray 11/30/2011 12:34pm • A new restaurant in the far southeastern corner of Arlington is worried that its customers are having a hard time finding it due to outdated GPS data. Melody Tavern is located at 3650 S. Glebe Road, near Potomac Yard — but mapping software and GPS systems often interpret the address incorrec Google maps the indoors for Android phones 11/30/2011 07:56am • Evan Haning, wtop.com UNDATED - GPS has gone indoors. Google's new map feature will help Droid users find their way around airports, malls and big box stores. Google Maps 6.0 can't see through walls. It uses cellphone towers, WiFi hotspots and GPS with such precision it can tell if you're taking Lynn Street Sky Bridge to Be Torn Down 11/22/2011 10:32am • An aging sky bridge across Lynn Street in Rosslyn is set to be torn down. The sky bridge, located on the 1700 block of North Lynn Street, will be torn down as part of the CentralPlace development. Demolition permits were filed earlier this month, and are still going through the county approval pr Non-users of Facebook tracked by social network 11/16/2011 09:34am • Evan Haning, wtop.com UNDATED - As Facebook has grown, so has the amount of personal data it collects, including information about people who have not chosen to join the social network. For the first time, Facebook explained how it tracks both users and non-users in a series of phone and email exc How to keep your personal information offline 11/14/2011 01:23pm • Kristi King, wtop.com WASHINGTON - It's nearly impossible to keep some websites from compiling and sharing your personal information. With a little work though, you can wipe most online information slates clean. UnlistMy.Info has compiled a list of data mining sites and how to get your name off t Naked Ned hunts for the infinite along the Potomac 11/11/2011 01:58am • Mark Segraves, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- If he were just another naked man running through the woods this wouldn't be much of a story. But this naked man has a quest he's been working on for more than 20 years. This is the story of Chaosmi the Infinite. For years, hikers, paddlers and fishermen along Writers' dreams realized at local on-demand press (VIDEO) 11/09/2011 10:09am • Paul D. Shinkman, wtop.com Update: 12:43 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 WASHINGTON -- The on-demand book machine unveiled at Politics & Prose Wednesday evening serves as more than just a vehicle for publishing independent volumes, the staff says. It's a way for local writers to realize their dream. A lar AQAP bomber allegedly injured in drone attack 05/19/2011 01:19pm • J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- Sources in Yemen indicate the man responsible for the underwear and printer cartridge bombs is among those injured in a U.S. drone strike on Aug. 11. Al Watan, which is a pro-government website, says there are photos of a person, believed to be Ibrahim al-Asiri