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Saved from the fire: Classic films get 4K restorations 06/22/2015 03:33am • WASHINGTON — To see a restored film is to see it for the first time. Too many folks assume that watching a decades-old movie will mean a grainy image, poor sound and a dated viewing experience — recalling faded reruns of old television shows. But when properly restored, a classic mo Fire in Silver Spring apartment building under investigation 04/14/2015 08:41am • WASHINGTON —- A fire in an eight-story apartment building in Silver Spring, Maryland Tuesday morning remains under investigation. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Pete Piringer tweeted that the two-alarm fire at 25 E. Wayne Ave. occurred on the eighth floor and was confin 3rd show added for premiere of D.C. punk doc 'Salad Days' 10/09/2014 10:49am • WASHINGTON -- After several years of production, and 30 years after the events in it happened, local filmmaker Scott Crawford's documentary about D.C. hardcore punk revolution, "Salad Days," is ready for harvest. WTOP has learned the local premiere will be held at the AFI Silver Theatre, in Cars catch fire at Silver Spring garage 06/23/2014 09:53am • Silver Spring, Md. - Three cars were destroyed and another badly damaged when a car in a Silver Spring, Maryland, garage caught fire and the fire spread Monday morning. "Nobody got hurt and unfortunately, there was some damage done to the cars," says Battalion Chief Mark Davis. The fire broke out High Winds Mean Power Outages Throughout Bethesda, Potomac 03/12/2014 10:35pm • Wind gusts reaching as high as 60 miles per hour are causing power outages throughout the D.C. area on Wednesday night, including in spots around Bethesda and Potomac. At 10:30 p.m. Pepco reported about 1,100 customers are without power in neighborhoods near Falls Road and Democracy Boulevard in Po Metro determines cause of Red Line fire 06/14/2013 09:25am • WASHINGTON - WMATA has determined the cause of a fire on a Red Line train in May. The Washington Examiner reports that the fire, which happened during evening rush hour on Tuesday, May 14, was caused by a breaking off of a cleat that held a hose on a 1000-series train. The hose fell so that i Metro: No cause of Silver Spring fire yet 05/15/2013 07:06pm • WASHINGTON - Metro continues to investigate what caused a railcar to catch fire during the evening rush hour this week. Although the ultimate cause of the fire that badly damaged one of the transit agency's oldest model railcars and left hundreds of commuters stranded has not been determined, the Family 'thankful to God' UMd. student survived shooting 02/13/2013 12:13pm • URBANA -- An Urbana man is thankful his stepson was not seriously injured during a College Park shooting that left two people dead.Chris Merz said his stepson, Neal Oa, is at home, recuperating from a gunshot wound to the leg. Oa, a junior at the University of Maryland, survived an attack at a ho ACPD Helps Wounded Veterans Get Segways 05/16/2012 06:10pm • Fifty military veterans who sustained life altering injuries during combat received new Segway vehicles at a ceremony today in front of the Marine Corps Memorial in Rosslyn. The charity Segs4Vets arranged to give the vehicles to the wounded warriors, many of whom are amputees. Some of the Segways Officer honored for bravery in Discovery standoff 01/09/2012 03:49pm • Kate Ryan, wtop.com ROCKVILLE, Md. - Officer Ed Paden was fresh off a training swim in the Chesapeake Bay when the jellyfish stings were getting to him. So he finished his workout and headed back to Montgomery County, and though he was off-duty, he headed back to his station. That's when the 911 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 4 explosive devices detonated at Discovery gunman's home 09/03/2010 07:42pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. - A gunman who burst into the Discovery Communications headquarters with explosive devices strapped to his body and took three people hostage on Wednesday was armed with starter pistols, Montgomery County Police said Thursday. The two weapons in gunman James J. Lee's possession