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Remembering Maywood’s Oldest Resident 09/08/2014 11:00am • Arlington’s Maywood neighborhood lost its foremost historian last month. Robert McAtee, the community’s oldest resident, died Aug. 10 at the age of 100. A colorful local figure, “Mac” was a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was known for his love o Free poker league plays in D.C. area 09/03/2014 01:42am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- What if I told you that you could win a trip to the World Series of Poker Main Event for free? For poker players around the country, the WSOP represents the Mecca of the game, a pilgrimage to aspire to make perhaps once in a lifetime. But with a prohibitive $10,000 buy-in, i Pilot in F-15 crash was decorated combat veteran 08/30/2014 11:38am • MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- The pilot killed in the crash of an F-15 jet this week in the remote Virginia mountains was a decorated combat veteran with 17 years of experience flying the planes, military officials in Massachusetts said Friday.The pilot, Lt. Col. Morris "Moose" Fonte Your beermonger: California love (part one) 08/29/2014 02:30pm • Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Nick Anderson, beermonger at Arrowine (4508 Lee Highway). I spent last week on vacation visiting my best friend in Los Angeles. When we were planning this trip, I checked in with my friends at Stone Brewing Company to see if Knee Defender inventor defends after airline kerfuffle 08/27/2014 03:24pm • WASHINGTON -- A $22 device caused quite the kerfuffle on a United Airlines flight earlier this week and its inventor is defending it. The fight began when a passenger used a Knee Defender which, when attached to the airline's tray table, prevents the person in front from reclining. But inventor Does device infringe on passengers' right to recline? 08/26/2014 10:13am • WASHINGTON -- When do airline passengers have the right to recline? Most airlines don't have specific chair-reclining rules for travelers outside of takeoffs and landings, leaving passengers to fight for every inch of space in crowded, cramped planes. On Sunday, two passengers literally fought Morning Poll: Leaving Town for Labor Day? 08/26/2014 09:20am • Fourteen percent of the D.C. metro area’s population will be going out of town for Labor Day this weekend, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. That’s 842,100 local residents hitting the local roads, rails and airways. Nine out of ten of those traveling — 735,000 residents — w Washington's Top News -- Wednesday, August 20, 2014 08/20/2014 03:37am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Floods force dramatic rescues in Phoenix area Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says Tuesday's floods in her state ``looked absolutely devastating.'' The Phoenix area was battered by torrential rain storms Tuesday that caused severe flooding across From Taney to D.C., baseball takes root 08/20/2014 01:14am • WASHINGTON -- The best sports story of the summer might also be its unlikeliest. The Taney Dragons, predominantly black, representing the inner city of Philadelphia and featuring a female pitcher, have taken on all comers and dispatched them en route to the Little League World Series semifinals Wedn D.C. Beer Week: The best events to attend 08/19/2014 11:07am • Rob Fink WTOP Beer Contributor WASHINGTON -- With lots of events on tap for D.C.'s annual Beer Week -- from tap takeovers to dinners to educational panels -- selecting a few to attend can be a difficult task. And while it certainly is tempting to tackle the full calendar of events, it's nearly Tea test: D.C. residents 96% honest 08/19/2014 10:28am • Bethesda-based Honest Tea Inc. just concluded its month-long social experiment to see how honest people are, and D.C. residents passed the test with flying colors. Like last year, the bottled tea maker set up unmanned racks of cold tea in D.C. (and 59 other locations in all 50 states) with a $1 pric White-nose syndrome affecting bats throughout the U.S. 08/15/2014 04:53pm • WASHINGTON -- The deadly fungus killing bats has now spread to Arkansas, Michigan and Wisconsin, among other states. White-nose syndrome has affected 25 U.S. States and five Canadian provinces. It can kill up to 100 percent of hibernating bats over a winter in impacted colonies, and is estimat Hugh & Crye raises $38K (so far) on Kickstarter in bid to banish the billowing, bulbous T-shirt 08/12/2014 05:54pm • Hugh & Crye, a D.C.-based menswear startup specializing in button-downs and blazers, last week opened up a modest $30,000 Kickstarter campaign to bring its custom-fit approach to T-shirts. It only took a few days to blow past that goal. With 22 days to go, the campaign has so far netted about $38,0 Romo, D.C.'s most famous dog, is moving on 08/05/2014 03:57pm • WASHINGTON -- On a recent Saturday afternoon, Adams Morgan residents Tiffany Bacon and Peter Scourby open the living-room window of their first-floor Calvert Street condo. Passersby point at the window on the cream-colored row house. Several take out their phones and snap pictures; others yell. Luke’s Wings Hopes To Connect Bethesda Community To Wounded Warriors 08/04/2014 02:00pm •   It’s not often that the Bethesda community interacts with the injured combat veterans behind the gates at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, despite the facility’s move to Bethesda three years ago. A D.C.-based wounded warrior nonprofit wants to help change that wit