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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 US missionary with Ebola leaving Liberia Tuesday 08/04/2014 04:12am • BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- A second American missionary stricken with Ebola is expected to fly Tuesday to the U.S. for treatment, following a colleague who was admitted over the weekend to Emory University Hospital's infectious disease unit.A Liberian official confirmed to The Asso Freed Sudanese Christian expected in US this week 07/27/2014 10:10pm • MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- The New Hampshire brother-in-law of Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman once sentenced to death for refusing to recant her Christian faith, says she and her family will probably fly from Rome to the United States this week.Gabriel Wani, whose brother is an American citizen, s Own a drone? Here's where you can fly it 07/25/2014 09:13am • If you own a drone, you need to know where you can and cannot fly it. D.C.-based startup Mapbox rolled out a map showing all the areas in Greater Washington (and beyond) where private drone flight is illegal because of its proximity to airports, military installations and national parks, according Texas search group says it will resume drone use 07/18/2014 08:30pm • JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- A Texas-based group involved in searches for missing persons around the nation said it will resume using drones in its work after a federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a warning the group received to stop using them didn't have any legal consequ Confirmed: Alexandria's waterfront hotel will be an Indigo Hotel 07/17/2014 04:13pm • We now have a final answer on what flag will fly on Alexandria's first waterfront hotel. The Carr Hospitality-owned hotel will be a Hotel Indigo, a brand from the InterContinental Hotels Group. The news comes from the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review's approval of the hotel's sign, which cl Resident wants affordable units isolated in new U Street building 07/17/2014 11:12am • In most D.C. zoning cases that involve a mix of affordable and market-rate units, the developer will propose to locate the two types of housing on the same floor or in the same wing of a building. The overconcentration of affordable units is explicitly prohibited in the D.C. Municipal Regulations. T NORAD conducting exercises in D.C. area 07/17/2014 12:25am • WASHINGTON -- If you think you're hearing planes flying over your house early Thursday morning, you probably are -- but it's nothing to worry about. The North American Aerospace Defense Command is conducting exercise in the National Capital Region until 5:30 a.m. The exercise includes Civil Air P Strong storms possible Monday afternoon 07/14/2014 08:39am • WASHINGTON -- If you walked outside on Sunday and just thought "gross," wait until you get a feel for the heat Monday. Temperatures Monday will be in the lower 90s but with the added humidity it will feel like it's around 100 degrees. By the time we get to the afternoon, we are going to want som Watch rocket launch into space from VA on Sunday 07/12/2014 11:48pm • WASHINGTON-- After multiple delays, NASA and Orbital Sciences hope this weekend an Antares rocket will make it's way to the International Space Station from Virginia. Launch time is set for Sunday at 12:52 p.m. The rocket, which was privately developed by Orbital, will be carrying some 3,700 po Ziggy Marley brings 'Fly Rasta' to D.C. region 07/11/2014 09:31am • WASHINGTON -- Even though Bob Marley has been gone 33 years, the reggae pioneer remains legendary within the genre. His influence lives on through his children and fans around the world. One of his sons, Ziggy Marley, continues to make a stylistic imprint in the reggae realm and beyond. He's won Business Highlights 07/08/2014 06:19pm • The Associated Press ___Soda tax's last stand? Bay Area preps for showdownWASHINGTON (AP) -- If two of the most progressive U.S. cities don't pass a tax on sugary drinks, will the idea finally fizzle out?Sugary drinks have been under fire for years, with many blaming them for rising rates of obesit World UFO Day: Search for extraterrestrial intelligence continues 07/02/2014 07:50am • WASHINGTON -- "Are we alone?" July 2 is World UFO Day and seeks to answer that question as people gather together to watch the skies for unidentified flying objects. The day commemorates the supposed UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947, says NASA Solar System Ambassador and WTOP Space FAA, developers clash over tall buildings 06/27/2014 01:21am • JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government wants to dramatically reduce the allowable height of potentially thousands of buildings near airports around the country -- a proposal that is drawing fire from real estate developers, local officials and members of Congress who say it wil Search for missing Malaysian plane shifts south 06/26/2014 09:24pm • KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) -- Investigators believe the missing Malaysia Airlines plane flew on autopilot for hours before crashing into a remote part of the Indian Ocean, Australian officials said Thursday as they announced another shift in the search area for the jet.After analy