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Postal Service Reverses Course On White Flint Post Office Move 02/21/2014 01:10pm • Turns out the U.S. Postal Service won’t be moving its White Flint Mall post office to Edson Lane. The Postal Service announced the move to 5420 Edson Lane in January. But on Friday, USPS real estate specialist Rick Hancock said that site “was not economically viable.” Now $19 billion for WhatsApp? Not so crazy 02/20/2014 09:54pm • WASHINGTON - When Facebook offered to pay a sum that could end up totaling $19 billion - yes, with a "b" - for WhatsApp, it seemed an eye-popping amount of money. But Amir Efrati, senior reporter for TheInformation.com, tells WTOP it wasn't such an unbelievable price - in fact, someone else was o Maryland bill would keep student information private 02/20/2014 01:55pm • WASHINGTON -- You're a public school student compiling a sports-related book report. To conduct research, you use digital platforms provided to you through an agreement with the school system and an outside vendor. "You could be writing articles about your baseball card collection, you could be Cheap, close drinks in a blink with happy hour app CLiNK 02/19/2014 12:04pm • You could call CLiNK happy hour on-demand: an app that allows D.C.-area users to find happy hour spots in an instant. The brainchild of David McWhorter, a homeland security consultant, CLiNK was created after McWhorter felt there was a lack of options for local happy hour information. CLiNK was firs Pedestrian Hit In Downtown Bethesda Crosswalk 02/19/2014 10:10am • Police say a woman suffered non life threatening injuries on Monday night after being hit by a vehicle in a downtown Bethesda crosswalk. Police were called to the intersection of Old Georgetown Road and Commerce Lane at abut 8:36 p.m. on Monday, according to Officer Bob Ladany, a Department spokesp Beware: Flappy Bird copycat scam apps taking flight 02/17/2014 10:02am • WASHINGTON - Hackers have wasted no time exploiting the departure of the wildly popular Flappy Bird mobile game. "Now that the Flappy Bird app is gone, criminals are using the demand gap for this app as an opportunity to get fake and trojanized versions of Flappy Bird out there," says Christop Red Cross tips for storm preparation 02/12/2014 03:15pm • WASHINGTON -- The American Red Cross in the National Capital Region have a few tips for staying safe while out on the road, if driving is unavoidable. In an emergency, check the Red Cross First Aid App, available on the App Store or Google Play. Fill your gas tank and make sure you have a wind Flappy Bird developer: 'I couldn't sleep' 02/11/2014 07:25am • WASHINGTON -- The mysterious developer who created the world's most popular free app says he permanently grounded Flappy Bird because "I couldn't sleep" over "what has become an addictive product." In his first interview since pulling the app, Dong Nguyen tells Forbes "Flappy Bird was designed Is Internet risk to young people real or hype? 02/10/2014 10:55am • WASHINGTON -- Are young people really at risk when using the Internet, or is the threat overblown? Tuesday is Safer Internet Day, and one focus will be distinguishing the differences between risk and harm. While Safer Internet Day has been sponsored by the European Commission for the past 11 y WB Lee Hwy closed due to water main break 02/07/2014 08:20am • The westbound lanes of Lee Highway are shut down near Glebe Road due to a reported water main break. We’re told that both westbound lanes of Lee Highway are closed between N. Columbus and Buchanan Streets, just west of Glebe Road. Eastbound lanes remain open. Repairs are expected to take t How to watch the Olympics, wherever you are 02/06/2014 03:28pm • WASHINGTON -- This year, watching the Olympics is easier than ever. In addition to TV coverage, NBC plans to live stream events from all 15 Sochi venues. In order to watch events streamed live, though, you must be a cable or satellite subscriber. CNET reports major providers who've partnered wi Moving H-B Woodlawn Among School Capacity Options 02/04/2014 04:05pm • (Updated at 4:45 p.m.) Relocating H-B Woodlawn and building a new middle school next to Washington-Lee High School are some of the preliminary options on the table for the Arlington School Board to address overcrowding. Last week, the School Board held a work session to determine the basis on w Morningside asked to review speed cameras 02/03/2014 02:10am • MORNINGSIDE, Md. - Two months after a WTOP Ticketbuster investigation found serious questions about speed cameras in Morningside, a state lawmaker representing the town is calling on town officials to be more responsive. Del. Aisha Braveboy, a Democrat, tells WTOP that she was upset when she he How to choose the right fitness tracker 01/31/2014 01:49pm • WASHINGTON -- They are the intersection of fitness and technology -- those those small activity tracking devices are one of the hottest consumer electronic items around. Since February is Heart Month, and Valentine's Day is right around the corner, there is no better time to consider stepping up New Traffic Pattern on Columbia Pike Takes Effect Today 01/30/2014 11:30am • (Updated at 11:40 a.m.) Starting today, drivers heading eastbound on Columbia Pike toward I-395 will be following a new traffic pattern. Drivers heading toward northbound I-395 will now turn left at the traffic signal on S. Quinn Street and bear right to merge onto the interstate, according to the V