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Weekend entertainment guide: Top picks around town 03/23/2012 04:45pm • Alicia Lozano, wtop.com WASHINGTON - In between oohing and and aahing at the cherry blossom trees and watching Katniss kick tail in "Hunger Games," there is plenty of time to get out and about town this weekend. Head to a film fest or watch scientists at work when you're not busy enjoying the won Anthony Williams to lead D.C. tax review panel 03/13/2012 10:47am • Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, perhaps the most respected of the District’s chief executives, will lead a panel of experts in a nine-month review of the District’s tax code. Joining Williams (an economist by trade) on the Tax Revision Commission will be David Brunori and Catherine C Nonstop flight from D.C. to SFO in the works 03/12/2012 11:09pm • WASHINGTON - For the first time in history, travelers may soon be able to fly nonstop from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan National Airport. Virgin America, the only major airline headquartered in California, recently filed an application for the right to serve its home base Shuttle 'Discovery' to make final landing at Dulles 02/28/2012 04:37pm • Andrew Mollenbeck, wtop.com CHANTILLY, Va. -- After 39 trips in space and roughly half a billion miles, the space shuttle Discovery's final journey will end in the D.C. area, arriving at Dulles International Airport before heading off to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Weather per Etihad Airways to fly from Dulles 02/27/2012 01:05am • Etihad Airways announced the launch of non-stop daily flights to Dulles International Airport, the airline's fourth destination in North America, from March 31, 2013, subject to regulatory approvals. The Washington region is America's second largest market flying to the Middle East, after New York. Once again, Schultz can't crack Caps' lineup 02/13/2012 08:05pm • Ben Raby, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Capitals defenseman Jeff Schultz could be forgiven if he felt a little dejected as the Caps trained back to D.C. after Sunday's 3-2 loss in New York. Not only had the Caps lost, but Schultz was once again relegated to the press box -- a healthy scratch during the Tips and tricks to keeping your holiday plants thriving 12/22/2011 04:16pm • Holiday plant tips & tricks Merry Christmas Eve! Remember to keep cut trees well-watered. Slide a stick down into the reservoir and add water if it's a little dry. If you received a rosemary Christmas tree as a gift, move it into a larger pot ASAP. These cute little trees are always rootbound an Scaled-Back Airport Construction Hours May Relieve Late Night Jet Noise 12/21/2011 04:19pm • Arlington residents may get some much-desired relief from the noise of planes landing at night. Earlier this year crews started nighttime rehabilitation work on the main runway at Reagan National Airport. That work directed planes landing after 11:00 p.m. to another runway, which in turn steered t Body scanners can see perspiration as a potential weapon 12/20/2011 05:58am • by Michael Grabell and Christian Salewski, ProPublica While X-ray body scanners used in airports face concerns about potentially increasing cancer cases, a safer type of scanner has been plagued by another problem: a high rate of false alarms. The scanner, known as the millimeter-wave machine Final Mournal Entry: Get that 'caterpillar' off your face 11/30/2011 12:27pm • Paul D. Shinkman, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- A lot has happened in the last two weeks of this moustache fundraiser. My Movember "mo" has become visible to the naked eye, and I've been getting a lot of reaction to it. Not all of it has been flattering. Here is a smattering of what I've confronted th Live Blog: Ask the Governor with Bob McDonnell 11/30/2010 11:51am • WASHINGTON - Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell was a guest Tuesday on WTOP's "Ask The Governor" program. Here's what he had to say: 10:58 a.m., speaking about rising cost of tuition at state colleges: My plan has two parts: Increase access and reducing cost, and going after more links between college