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Google's new feature helps handle users' deaths 04/13/2013 05:40am • WASHINGTON - Whether it's email or social media, many of us have more than one online profile. But what happens to the profiles and our online storage when we die? Google is giving options on how to handle such situations with a new tool called the Inactive Account Manager. A user does not have Thursday, April 11, 2013 04/11/2013 07:29am • 8:20 p.m. - Alan Howard, inventor of "Tip Alert" Download Discussing a device that reminds gentlemen to put the toilet seat down 7:50 p.m. - Christian Toto, assistant editor, Big Hollywood Download Movie reviews: '42' and 'Scary Movie 5' Police Looking For Chevy Chase Purse-Snatcher 04/09/2013 02:26pm • A woman told police on Monday that a man on his bicycle snatched and rode away with her purse as she was walking near the Jane E. Lawton Community Center in the Town of Chevy Chase. The woman told Montgomery County Police that the man, a black male in his 30s with a purple t-shirt, black jeans and a Work and play help companies thrive 04/06/2013 12:48am • Randi Martin, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Free food and basketball courts help many companies keep employees. That is not everything, of course, explains Scott Dobroski from career website Glassdoor. "It's a work-life balance that companies strive for. The perks like the food or getting your dry c MoCo To Add MacArthur Boulevard Bike Path 04/03/2013 10:25am • Construction on a new bikeway along MacArthur Boulevard from the Beltway to just past Glen Echo Park will begin this month, according to Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center director Ken Hartman. The 2.61-mile, 8-foot-wide shared use bike path along the south side of MacArthur Boulevard wil D.C. government eyes wind for a third of its electricity supply 04/02/2013 04:37pm • The District government is going off the reservation for its electricity supply, preparing a utility-sized solicitation to purchase a third of its power from alternative sources. The Department of General Services recently retained Customer First Renewables LLC to craft a request for proposals for l Google doodle generates controversy on Easter 03/31/2013 01:03pm • WASHINGTON - Google spurred controversy on Easter Sunday over its choice of doodle themes. Visitors to the company's search engine website will see a portrait of the late labor organizer Cesar Chavez in place of the second 'o' in Google. It is to celebrate his birthday. Some people on social Friday, March 29, 2013 03/29/2013 11:30am • 8:20 p.m. - Eric Adams, senior editor of Men's Health Download Taking your family 12,000 miles from home to see an event that lasts just 2 minutes 7:50 p.m. - Jeff Dufour, editor of urbandaddy.com Download The best bars in the D.C. area 7 Thursday, March 28, 2013 03/28/2013 03:28am • 7:50 p.m. Christian Toto, assistant editor, Big Hollywood Download "The Host" and "G.I. Joe Retaliation" are both "take your brain out and watch" movies 7:20 p.m. Jonathan Warner, Chris Cichon, WTOP Sports Download After a j DC by the Book takes readers to novel locations 03/26/2013 04:58pm • Alex Beall, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON - Have you ever visited the iconic "Exorcist" steps in Georgetown, where a Jesuit priest fell to his death in the 1973 movie? If you couldn't remember exactly how the scene played out or never read the book, a new website will help add some context to y ParkMe app offers parking locations and availability 03/26/2013 03:46am • Michelle Basch, wtop.com WASHINGTON - If battling traffic in the Washington metro area isn't frustrating enough, hunting for a place to park your car is sure to make you scream. But a company called ParkMe is promising relief in the form of a free smartphone app. The app itself is not new, Wiinky’s in Ballston to Close 03/25/2013 01:55pm • (Updated at 2:25 p.m.) Just shy of its two year anniversary, Wiinky’s in Ballston is set to close. Wiinky’s (3902 Wilson Blvd) will serve its last burgers on Sunday, March 31, according to a sign in the window. Restaurant employees said they were told that Wiinky’s and several othe Monday, March 25, 2013 03/25/2013 03:28am • 8:20 p.m. Dan Deevy, The Cinema Source Download What's coming to the box office this weekend 7:50 p.m. Greg McBride, Bankrate.com Download Americans aren't cutting back spending after payroll tax hike 7:20 p.m. Robert Barnes, Washington Po Sleeping on the job: The rise of nap rooms 03/20/2013 01:45pm • Randi Martin, wtop.com WASHINGTON - We are a tired nation. "Oh boy are we ever," says Steve Scharf, medical director at the University of Maryland Sleep Disorders Center. "The sun goes down, it's television all night long, it's computers, it's cleaning, cooking, taking care of the kids, whate Board Approves Homeless Shelter Despite Neighbor Concerns 03/18/2013 12:35pm • (Updated at 12:45 p.m.) The Arlington County Board on Saturday voted to approve a controversial use permit for the county’s new year-round Homeless Services Center in Courthouse. The permit will allow the county and the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network to run a year-round hom