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Apps, services that block robocalls (Video) 07/18/2013 10:57pm • WASHINGTON - So far, there's nothing to stop all robocalls from reaching phones. Phone users can add their numbers to the Federal Trade Commission's Do Not Call Registry, but that only blocks telemarketers. They can still receive calls about surveys and messages for charities and political orga Part Of Beach Drive To Be Closed For Roadwork 07/18/2013 10:05am • Road work on Beach Drive in Kensington will mean temporary closures for the road until August. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation is replacing a pipe on Beach Drive at Old Spring Road, just north of the Beltway near the LDS Temple. Motorists should expect minor delays during the cons Thursday, July 18, 2013 07/18/2013 05:12am • Do men really think about sex all the time? Download WTOP's Randi Martin reports. Related Link: NY Daily News: Men exaggerate how much they think about sex: study 9:10 p.m. - Chris Kahn, research and statistics analyst, Bankrate.com Download Now is the wo Morning Poll: HOA President’s Dog Poop Proposal 07/17/2013 09:30am • Last week, the website Deadspin took a break from sports coverage to post an email from the president of an Arlington homeowner’s association Apparently the HOA president of the Westwind townhouse community near Ballston has had it up to here with dog owners not cleaning up after their po New technology revs engine on self-driving Cadillac 07/15/2013 01:45am • WASHINGTON - Driving on the Capital Beltway could soon be old news because new technology lets the car do the driving for you. Cadillac's Super Cruise control has now entered real-world testing. It uses a camera, radar and GPS to go far beyond setting a car's speed. Once a driver activates the s EXCLUSIVE: GPS Sends Florida Driver Down W&OD Trail 07/11/2013 09:45am • A Florida man has been charged with reckless driving after driving nearly a mile on the W&OD trail in Arlington yesterday (Wednesday) evening. The man was in a rental car with his wife and kids when he drove northbound onto the trail at Columbia Pike, according to Arlington police spokesman Lt. Morning Notes 07/11/2013 08:45am • West Nile Detected at Fort McNair — West Nile Virus have been detected in mosquitoes across the river from Arlington at Fort McNair. Fort McNair is part of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall; West Nile was not found in the Fort Myer portion of the base. Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven — Today Personal banking information could be up grabs 07/08/2013 03:07am • WASHINGTON - The federal government is not the only one collecting data on people around the world, as private companies collect the information that is willingly handed over every single day. Now there is a report that says some banks may begin to sell information about their customers. Every A Google's-eye view of Monticello 07/05/2013 03:29pm • WASHINGTON - People from all over the world come to Virginia to tour Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and now they can see the sights without leaving home with Google Maps Street View. Leslie Green Bowman, president and CEO of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, writes on the Google Maps blog that Virtual rally gathers celebs, support for early childhood development 07/05/2013 02:09pm • WASHINGTON - Have you ever wanted to "hang out" with celebrities like Jennifer Garner and Soledad O'Brien? Well now you can -- online. ZERO TO THREE, a D.C.-based national nonprofit that works on issues related to early childhood development, is hosting a virtual baby rally on Google + Hangout Big Train Players Get Bored, Go Viral During Rain Delay 07/01/2013 01:35pm • Last night’s Bethesda Big Train game got rained out, but not before a rain delay. That meant a group of college baseball players in need of something to do. As has become tradition (just do a Google search for “college baseball rain delay“) the players resorted to antics. That is County Mulling Wilson Blvd Lane Reduction Proposal 06/25/2013 03:40pm • Arlington County is mulling a proposal to narrow Wilson Boulevard west of George Mason Drive from four lanes to two through lanes and a center turn lane. The proposal was conceived and endorsed by the Bluemont Civic Association (BCA) last fall, as part a recommendation to widen the sidewalks along Monday, June 24, 2013 06/24/2013 03:26am • 8:20 p.m. - Leah Durant, founder of the Black American Leadership Alliance Download Jobs for American citizens should come first 9:20 p.m. - Bob King, Politico's Energy and Transportation Editor Download President Barack Obama to announce climate change act Consumer Reports out with 'Best mobile devices' 06/21/2013 02:46pm • WASHINGTON - They're the best of the best. Consumer Reports tested more than 145 smartphones, tablets, and cameras to find the top mobile devices on the market. Best smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S4. Consumer Reports electronics editor Paul Reynolds tells CBS News the Galaxy ranked number one amon Fitness First to Become Gold’s Gym 06/20/2013 05:05pm • Washington area health club chain Fitness First is being sold to Gold’s Gym. Members of the health club were notified of the planned acquisition via email today from founder Peter Harvey. An employee at Fitness First’s Arlington location, at 1310 N. Courthouse Road in the Courthouse neig