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D.C. student on 2nd-place team at national Scrabble championship 05/04/2013 07:42pm • WASHINGTON - Scrabble-mania ran wild in D.C. on Saturday, the second and final day of the 11th annual National School Scrabble competition. Eighty-nine two-member teams of fourth- through eighth-graders from across the county and Canada battled for a $10,000 first prize at the Marriott Wardman Par Local historical sites plan weekend of open house events 05/03/2013 02:12pm • Rachel Nania, wtop.com WASHINGTON - If your idea of a great weekend includes live music, tasty food and even a spaghetti sauce contest in a historic cemetery, you're in luck. Twenty-four Washington area historical sites are currently competing for the chance to win grant money through Partners Virginia Gold Cup debuts self-service betting system (Video) 05/02/2013 07:59pm • WASHINGTON - Forget the fancy hats, elegant horses and Jack Russell Terriers that will be on display this weekend at the 88th Virginia Gold Cup. Parimutuel betting, in which people put their money into a collective pool, is the real star of this year's festivities, the organizers say. "So ma Morning Notes 05/01/2013 08:55am • School Board Candidate Skips S. Arlington — Arlington School Board challenger Barbara Kanninen has held all of her published campaign events in north Arlington, skipping south Arlington entirely, says political blogger Ben Tribbett. Although she’s a challenger, Kanninen is thought Developers Gather To Discuss Hopes For White Flint 04/30/2013 03:15pm • Lindsay Hoffman, a resident near White Flint who runs the Friends of White Flint organization, said she gets questions all the time about what exactly is coming to the soon-to-be redeveloped parcels along Rockville Pike. On Tuesday morning, many of the developers creating those places gathered in th Marine Corps Memorial to Host Movie Screening 04/29/2013 11:15am • The Marine Corps War Memorial will host a movie screening on Friday and a ranger-guided history lesson on Sunday. On Friday, May 3, the memorial will host a screening of the 1949 film Sands of Iwo Jima, starring John Wayne (see movie trailer, above). The public is invited to bring a lawn Sunday, April 28, 2013 04/28/2013 03:30am • 2:20 p.m. Danielle Kurtzleben, U.S. News & World Report Download Was the right tone struck at the White House Correspondents' Dinner? 12:50 p.m. Nycci Nellis, The List, Are You On It? Download Where to sample dishes from around the world this week Mike Tyson, Bill O'Reilly, Dennis Miller on stage this weekend 04/26/2013 12:03am • WASHINGTON - This weekend, several notable concert venues won't feature music, but comedy and spoken word events. Scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Warner Theatre, boxing legend Mike Tyson brings his one-man show, "Undisputed Truth" to the stage. A national tour of the on-stage memoir wa Get rid of unneeded prescriptions with National Drug Take-Back Day 04/25/2013 03:47pm • WASHINGTON - Leftover or unneeded prescription drugs are a common sight in many medicine cabinets. But these drugs can cause a lot of harm if they end up in the wrong hands, the water system or the environment. This weekend, there will be a safe, convenient way to get rid of the prescription d Biking with Baby: A how-to from parents who do 04/25/2013 01:08am • WASHINGTON - As a parent who loves biking, you probably wish you could do it more often. But it's impossible to expect toddlers to tool along beside you, even for a brief weekend outing, right? Maybe not. This weekend, a parents group "Kidical Mass DC," the D.C. Department of Transportation an Running of the bulls coming to Va. county 04/24/2013 03:30pm • WASHINGTON - Spain's annual running of the bulls event is coming to Virginia this summer. The Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie County will host the Great Bull Run in August, an event which is expected to draw thousands. The event is the first in a series of 10 bull runs across the count Yamas Putting On Greek Street Festival 04/24/2013 02:51pm • The Yamas Mediterranean Grill will take over Rugby Avenue on May 4 and May 5 for a Greek Street Festival that will coincide with Greek Easter. It will also be full of food, of course. The restaurant, which opened at 4806 Rugby Ave. in 2010, did a similar street event last year, closing off Rugby Ave Bethesda-Chevy Chase Team Wins Physics Olympics 04/22/2013 02:40pm • A team of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School physics students won a contest of physics-related challenges called the Physics Olympics last weekend at the University of Maryland. The B-CC team, led by physics teacher Matt Jacobs, had to accomplish a number of tasks including the “Egg Drop,” Burning of Joan of Arc Prompts ACFD Response to H-B Woodlawn 04/22/2013 10:00am • The H-B Woodlawn middle school production of Shakespeare’s Henry VI brought down the house and brought in the fire department over the weekend. The play, directed by fine arts teacher Tom Mallan, was wrapping up its two-day run on Saturday night when a pivotal scene led to an more eventful f Every drop of water counts at Alexandria Earth Day event 04/20/2013 08:36pm • Kathy Stewart, wtop.com ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mother Nature was definitely smiling on the metro area Saturday. The weather could have not been more beautiful for Alexandria's 20th annual "Earth Day" celebration held at Ben Brenman Park. This year's theme "Water: Every Drop Counts." Two-year old Con