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Tips: Build momentum toward your fitness goals 01/30/2014 03:34pm • Josef Brandenburg WTOP Fitness Contributor WASHINGTON - January is gone, and this time of year is about the time when good intentions and New Year's resolutions go sideways. But it's time to do the opposite. Now is the time to build positive momentum toward your 2014 fitness goals. One of th 10-year-old Maryland girl rescued from well 01/27/2014 04:34pm • PASADENA, Md. - A child was rescued Monday after she fell 30 feet into a Pasadena, Md. well. While she was hospitalized, the 10-year-old girl's injuries weren't life threatening. "It appears that there may have been a piece of plywood covering the well that may have deteriorated due to age, so How to cope with post-shooting stress 01/27/2014 02:45pm • Omama Altaleb, Special to WTOP.com WASHINGTON -- How could this happen? Why did this happen? You will probably experience many of these emotions when tragedy strikes: Shock, Fear, Anger, sorrow, grief and disillusionment. Most of us feel that the world is a more dangerous place today than you d Car Report: Slimmed-down Range Rover a luxury stunner 01/27/2014 01:50am • WASHINGTON - For this week's car report we have a little British sophistication with the 2014 Range Rover V8 supercharged. This ultra-luxury SUV is rare in that it's luxurious and yet one of the more competent off-roaders around. The Range Rover was recently redesigned with a big weight loss of The truth about cleanses: From detox to weight loss 01/23/2014 02:37pm • Josef Brandenburg WTOP Fitness Contributor WASHINGTON - Could you go three or more days with little-to-no food and nothing but juice? Lots of Americans jump on the opportunity to detox, reset and maybe lose a little weight in the meantime with a cleanse. But is it really worth it? There's n Wright Way: Could Wheat Be Making Us Sick? 01/23/2014 12:05pm • Editor’s Note: This sponsored health and fitness column is written by Ginny Wright, founder of BbG Fitness, which offers group fitness classes around Arlington. Sign up for a free class today. Gluten has been in the news, on the bestseller list and a hot topic of conversation f Common fitness myths debunked 01/21/2014 03:42pm • Lisa Reed WTOP Fitness Contributor WASHINGTON - From the types of exercises performed, to the location at which you exercise, there are numerous myths surrounding fitness workouts and routines. Lisa Reed, certified personal trainer and owner of Lisa Reed Fitness, sets the record straight wit The importance of maintaining a healthy weight 01/14/2014 04:37pm • Dr. Oz, The Daily Dose Ice safety tips for cold, winter months 01/14/2014 04:29pm • WASHINGTON -- The death of a 10-year-old Maryland boy is prompting officials to warn people against the dangers of ice in lakes and other bodies of water during the winter months. "Stay off the ice. It's plain and simple," says Mark Brady from Prince George's County Fire Department and EMS. "Th Pothole Patrol: Where are the worst potholes? 01/13/2014 10:18am • Kelley Vlahos, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The holidays are over and with them an entire season of over-taxed bank accounts. Then the potholes arrive and bring thousands of dollars in potential car repair expenses. Department of transportation officials in Maryland, D.C and Virginia are scrambling 6 health tips to help defy your age 01/13/2014 07:43am • Lisa Reed WTOP Contributor WASHINGTON - Expensive eye creams and serums are not the only hope for defying your true age. There are several measures of prevention one can take to make your body look and feel as young as possible. Lisa Reed, an Arlington, Va.-based certified personal trainer an Terrapin wins second MAC Hermann Trophy 01/11/2014 12:17am • WASHINGTON - Patrick Mullins, in what University of Maryland officials are calling the most decorated men's soccer career in the school's history, has won his second straight Missouri Athletic Club's (MAC) Hermann Trophy. The Hermann is given to the best female and male players in NCAA Division I Morning Notes 01/09/2014 08:15am • Lobbyists Report Compensation For Lobbying County Officials — Lobbyists, mainly lawyers representing developers, reported getting paid a total of almost $700,000 to lobby Montgomery County officials in the first half of 2013. A big chunk of that money — $200,000 — came from a The best and worst diet plans 01/07/2014 01:49pm • WASHINGTON - The most Google-searched diet in 2013 is one of the least healthy, according to new diet rankings from U.S. News & World Report. The publication is featuring information and rankings for 32 popular diets, plans and programs. Health experts evaluated the diets on nutritional soundne D.C., Arlington make gayest-cities list 01/07/2014 01:19pm • WASHINGTON - D.C. isn't just the nation's capital - it's the nation's gay capital, according to the Advocate magazine. And you don't have to go far to find another gay center, according to the magazine - Arlington is ranked No. 10 on Advocate's 2014 list of the gayest cities in America. The maga