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Asteroid striking Earth is 'like a bullet hitting a bullet' 02/15/2013 10:20am • Nick Iannelli, wtop.com WASHINGTON D.C. - An asteroid about 150 feet across will pass unusually close to Earth - about 17,000 miles away - Friday. "There are billions of these objects out there. There's a lot of debris in orbit around the sun," says Richard Berendzen, director of NASA's Space Gr Wilson Tavern Closed for Expansion 02/11/2013 03:10pm • Wilson Tavern (2403 Wilson Blvd) is expanding. The Courthouse-area watering hole has closed temporarily as a result of the construction. The restaurant is expanding about 35-40 feet — into an empty, adjacent space — and adding 20-25 seats as a result. The larger space will also allow Wi Blimp-like aerostats are heading to D.C. area 02/02/2013 02:01pm • Jamie Forzato, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The blimp-like aircraft called aerostats are designed to protect against terrorist attacks from thousands of feet above the clouds. Soon, they are coming to the Washington, D.C. area. The aerostats are filled with helium and are three-fourths of the size o Tips for traveling by train or plane on Inauguration Day 01/13/2013 03:38am • Max Smith, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Crowds coming to the D.C. area for the presidential inauguration ceremonies mean clogged airports and packed train stations. Tips for Inauguration Day air travel The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), which runs Dulles International Airport an Prince George's County executive adds to Redskins bet 01/06/2013 01:04pm • WASHINGTON - The mayors of D.C. and Seattle have a bet going ahead of today's game, vowing to fly the other city's flag if their team loses. Now, a pair of county executives is adding to the pot. Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker has made a wager with his counterpart, Dow Constant WWBG: Local Brewery Tours 01/04/2013 02:35pm • Editor’s Note: This weekly sponsored column is written by Arash Tafakor, owner of Georgetown Square Wine and Beer (10400 Old Georgetown Road). For the next few weekends I’m going to be doing some cool local brewery tours that my colleagues have recommended. These tours Friendly Redskins bet revolves around flags (VIDEO) 01/03/2013 09:56am • WASHINGTON - The mayors of D.C. and Seattle have a friendly bet going over Sunday's Redskins-Seahawks game. "We're ready. We're loaded for bear," D.C. Mayor Vince Gray tells Channel 5. Gray is counting on the Redskins winning. D.C.'s flag will fly at Seattle's city hall, if the team wins. Gray Pentagon sponsors parade float, football games while facing budget cuts 01/02/2013 04:42pm • As the nation hung perilously close to the fiscal cliff and the Pentagon faced its steepest budget cuts in history, the military was spreading around New Year's cheer at taxpayer expense.The Pentagon spent $247,000 to sponsor its first-ever float in California's Rose Bowl parade on Jan. 1, the Air F Helicopters to check for radiation in D.C. 12/26/2012 11:10pm • Hank Silverberg, wtop.com WASHINGTON - An unusual number of low-flying helicopters will be in the Washington region throughout the next two weeks checking for radiation. The helicopters will fly a 70-square-mile grid around D.C. and will fly 150 feet above the ground through Jan. 11. They w Holiday travelers find Sunday a breeze at Reagan National 12/23/2012 03:19pm • Jamie Forzato, wtop.com ARLINGTON, Va. - AAA predicts this could be the busiest Christmas holiday travel season in six years, but it was pretty quiet Sunday morning at Reagan National Airport. By now, most people have already packed their bags and left the D.C. area But some stragglers that High Holiday Travel Numbers Predicted 12/18/2012 04:30pm • Amidst the mad scramble to buy last minute presents or make New Year’s Eve plans, local residents have apparently been making a lot of travel plans. In fact, AAA predicts the region will experience “the greatest exodus from the Washington metro area in the 21st Century.” More than Navy honors two area Pearl Harbor survivors 12/07/2012 10:52pm • Veronica Robinson, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Friday marks 71 years since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and two local survivors were honored in D.C. at the U.S. Navy Memorial during a wreath laying ceremony. Frank Yanick was a 19-year-old seaman on the U.S.S. Phoenix on that fateful day. He says " D.C.'s first 'spidernaut' dies unexpectedly Monday 11/30/2012 04:50am • UPDATE: Monday - 12/3/2012, 2:36pm ET WASHINGTON - The National Museum of Natural History announced that Nefertiti, the "spidernaut" died Monday before the museum opened to the public. A member of the Insect Zoo staff discovered the spider had died of natural causes. The "spidernaut" lived f Traveling in the D.C. area may be smoother this Thanksgiving 11/16/2012 04:08pm • Max Smith, wtop.com WASHINGTON - There are some good signs for travelers in our area, who will be heading out-of-town this week for Thanksgiving. In addition to the 495 Express Lanes opening this weekend, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport reopened one of its primary co Leek American Bistro Opens in Ballston 11/06/2012 11:00am • Leek American Bistro has opened its doors in Ballston. The new restaurant held a ‘soft opening’ for dinner on Saturday and for lunch and happy hour on Monday, but is open for all three — plus late night food — starting today (Tuesday). The new eatery replaces the former&nbs