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Mitt Romney app goes viral with misspelled 'Amercia' 05/30/2012 02:42pm • Meera Pal, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Shortly after securing the Republican nomination for president, the Mitt Romney campaign celebrated by releasing the official iPhone app, "With Mitt." The app lets users take a photo using one of 14 overlays with banners like, "I'm With Mitt" and "I'm a Mom for Gov.: Drones over Va. 'great'; cites battlefield success 05/29/2012 11:55am • Paul D. Shinkman, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Police drones flying over Virginia would be "great" and "the right thing to do" for the same reasons they are so effective in a battlefield environment, the state's chief executive said Tuesday. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a retired U.S. Army lieutenan Key words raise red flags for Homeland Security 05/28/2012 08:43pm • Andrew Mollenbeck, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Routine gripes posted online about a Metro delay or a downed power line may be popping up on unexpected computer screens. The Department of Homeland Security earlier this year released a list of key words and search terms for sniffing out possible terroris White House to look into G-8 security reimbursement 05/20/2012 01:21pm • CAMP DAVID -- The White House will look into reimbursing local law enforcement for costs associated with President Barack Obama's decision in March to move the G-8 summit to Camp David from Chicago, where it was originally planned, an administration official said Saturday. That acknowledgment from Frederick Co. gears up for G-8 deluge 05/18/2012 01:33pm • THURMONT -- On Thursday afternoon, a day before this town is set to be at the center of the world stage, the streets were quiet.Aside from the occasional television news crew, state troopers' and sheriff's deputies' vehicles passing through and security guards standing watch in front of several ban Online last wishes: What to do with your Facebook profile 05/11/2012 07:11pm • Megan Cloherty, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Most internet-savvy adults now have to consider their final wishes when it comes to their online profiles. States across the country are considering legislation that would determine who has the right to access and close a social media profile after its owner Privacy concerns drive 1 in 4 Facebook users to lie 05/07/2012 01:08pm • Megan Cloherty, wtop.com WASHINGTON - One in four Facebook users admit they don't tell the whole truth on their profiles. But their lies are not over relationships and status updates. Users say they're lying to protect their privacy. Consumer Reports' investigation "Facebook & Your Privacy" focus Md. first to protect kids from ID theft (VIDEO) 05/03/2012 03:35pm • Megan Cloherty, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Children in Maryland are better protected from identity theft after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a bill Wednesday giving parents a preventative way to protect their kids' credit. The Maryland Child Identity Lock bill allows parents and legal guardians to place Social Security, Medicare hospital insurance funding set to expire early 04/25/2012 10:49pm • Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs Journal COMMUTER IDLE 2014 CONTEST - Official Rules 04/25/2012 02:47pm • WTOP - COMMUTER IDLE (IDOL) CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. In order to enter, from Monday, April 28, 2014, through 5:00 p.m. on Friday May 2, 2014, go to the www.wtop.com website, click on the "Contest" icon under the living section of the navigation bar, click Economists say Md. needs wind energy, fracking, more 04/13/2012 09:35am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland energy policy remains in limbo, without major progress on offshore wind or hydraulic fracturing during the recently completed General Assembly session.A bill that would have brought wind turbines to the state's Atlantic coast collapsed for a second year in a row. And hydrau Diversity, progressive views propel Pooran's run (VIDEO) 04/02/2012 12:11pm • By MADELINE MARSHALL, Capital News Service This is one in a series of interviews with candidates vying in Tuesday's primary for their party's nomination to represent Maryland's 6th Congressional District, now held by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Frederick. WASHINGTON - When congressional candidates in Garagiola 'frustrated' with ideological politicians (VIDEO) 04/02/2012 11:33am • By MADELINE MARSHALL, Capital News Service This is one in a series of interviews with candidates vying in Tuesday's primary for their party's nomination to represent Maryland's 6th Congressional District, now held by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Frederick. ANNAPOLIS- Rob Garagiola has been busy in Anna Camp offered for G-8 journalists, visitors 03/27/2012 03:10am • Many of the hotels in the Frederick area were already booked for the weekend of May 18 to 20 when the White House announced the G-8 Summit would be held at Camp David.College graduations, various festivals, a women's health fair, Native American Pow-Wow and other public events are scheduled for that How much money do you need? 03/02/2012 04:58pm • When to retire and how much money you need to do so is a hard question for many people. The website investopedia says you should assume you will need 80 percent of your annual salary to maintain your standard of living. To find out if you will have enough, you start by adding up your savings and i