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Some ambulances to Nats Park pulled for faulty AC 07/22/2013 10:16am • UPDATE: Tuesday - 7/23/2013, 8:10 a.m. ET Editor's note: The original story has been updated to correct information about the number of ambulances and medical services available at the Nationals game Saturday, July 20. One ambulance was on hand for both teams and one ambulance was available fo BlackFinn Hosting Weekend Wine Tasting 07/18/2013 03:15pm • BlackFinn this weekend is calling all wine lovers to a tasting event with free appetizers, giveaways and a month-long membership at a tanning salon. The Summer Wine Up tasting is set for 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday at the bar and restaurant (4901 Fairmont Ave.). California’s Cupcake Vineyards Law Enforcement Ride & Run to Remember 07/18/2013 11:13am • Every 57 hours, a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty. And the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund is there to honor those officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. To raise awareness and funds in honor of these fallen heroes, the N Thursday, July 18, 2013 07/18/2013 05:12am • Do men really think about sex all the time? Download WTOP's Randi Martin reports. Related Link: NY Daily News: Men exaggerate how much they think about sex: study 9:10 p.m. - Chris Kahn, research and statistics analyst, Bankrate.com Download Now is the wo Cooper Targets Millennials With Pool Party Fundraiser 07/17/2013 10:30am • Wearing a bathing suit and t-shirt, District 16 Delegate candidate Jordan Cooper gave a speech at a Sunday pool party fundraiser about the importance of attracting Millennials to Montgomery County. Cooper, a 28-year-old former legislative aide in the House of Delegates, wants 18-32-year-olds to be PETA contacts protesters on Facebook, informing them of organizer's past 07/15/2013 04:32pm • WASHINGTON - A group of protesters holding a demonstration against the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals say attendance was low because PETA threatened participants on the event's Facebook page. PETA says it did not threaten the protestors, but informed participants on the social netw Halle Berry ties knot at French chateau 07/15/2013 07:40am • PARIS (AP) - American actress Halle Berry has married her fiance, French actor Olivier Martinez, at a weekend ceremony in a church near a chateau in France's Burgundy region. The owner of the Chateau de Vallery, where the couple stayed with their 60 guests, said on Sunday that the betrothal a d Yellow Ribbon program links military families with support services 07/13/2013 06:16pm • FORT WASHINGTON, Md. - Service members and relatives of American troops on deployment gathered at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center this weekend to learn more about the Department of Defense Yellow Ribbon Program (YRP), which aims to connect military families with support services A drive-in theater arrives in Northeast D.C. 07/12/2013 06:46am • WASHINGTON - There's a scene in "Cinema Paradiso" (1988) where a projectionist screens a film out the window and onto the side of a building. A similar scene will play out Friday night at D.C.'s Union Market, which is hosting the first-ever drive-in movie theater inside the nation's capital. D Korman Announces Supporters, Cooper Hosting A Pool Party 07/09/2013 01:20pm • District 16 House of Delegates candidate Marc Korman this week revealed a list of about 90 local supporters, drawing on his time in the county’s Democratic Party and in a number of Bethesda-based civic and community organizations. Korman, who has now officially filed for election, on Monday an Local venues plan free Fourth of July parties 07/03/2013 05:17pm • WASHINGTON - Looking to make the most of the long holiday weekend? "A Capitol Fourth" is always the most prominent musical event when it comes to celebrating Independence Day. The free concert event begins at 8 p.m. Thursday on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. This year's performers inclu Weekend Wakeup Independence Day edition 07/02/2013 11:00pm • WASHINGTON - Expect the mid-week holiday to alter traffic patterns throughout the region. Area roads will be busy this week with a mix of vacationers traveling through town, event-goers traveling around town and locals going about their day-to-day business as usual. On Independence Day, a large Wheels in motion 07/02/2013 06:14pm • The recent SkateFest Fairfax was a weekend of skate board events. More than 200 skaters competed for cash prizes. It was the 7th SkateFest Sk8 for a Cause to raise money for Children's National Medical Center. This year a reported $11,500. We have two audio stories below and Check out video of the After contest, fewer snakehead in Potomac 07/01/2013 12:36am • MARBURY, Md. - After a big fishing competition over the weekend, the Potomac River has fewer snakeheads. Dozens of them went home with fishermen after the two-day Potomac Snakehead Tournament. The event was held in Maryland's Smallwood State Park. And while the winners went home with prize mon Va. state park offers chance to see bald eagles in flight 06/30/2013 03:51pm • KING GEORGE, Va. - A bald eagle sits perched in a tree overlooking the Potomac River, the white top of its head giving it away to a small group of people on Caledon State Park's eagle tour. "She can actually see fish 2 miles away," says Alex Bortner, park interpreter, as she gives the 1 1/2-hour