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Bocce goes from old-school to social in D.C. 03/10/2013 07:27pm • Neal Augenstein, wtop.com WASHINGTON - A game dating to ancient Rome is becoming a hot social event for young Washingtonians. But this isn't your father's bocce. "We recognize the sport of bocce is traditionally an Italian sport, played by older Italian men -- not women," says Sarah DeLucas, View from Venus: With this ring, I thee wed - not! 03/07/2013 02:40pm • Randi Martin, wtop.com WASHINGTON - You're in love, and then you're not. So what happens to that engagement rock? Should it be returned? "Yes," says Larry Bodine, editor in chief of Lawyers.com. "The majority rule is that the engagement ring is considered a conditional gift, given in contemplati Spielberg's 'Schindler' out on Blu-ray for 20th anniversary 03/07/2013 12:49pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic WASHINGTON - With recent revelations that the Holocaust was even worse than we thought, there's no substitute for the archival footage of documentaries like "Shoah" (1985) and "Night and Fog" (1955), which Francois Truffaut called the greatest movie ever made. Th Ask Dr. Pawz: What is the best age to neuter a dog? 03/05/2013 02:25pm • Katy Nelson, special to wtop.com Our first question today comes to us from Lilian B. Hello Dr. Katy, I recently read about a study about the age at which a dog is neutered and its correlation to some health conditions such as hip dysphasia and mast cell tumors. It seems that dogs neutered young How June Cleaver maintained a healthy weight 02/28/2013 10:11pm • Del Walters, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Are you a woman battling the battle of the bulge? It could have more to do with your workload than your waistline. According to a study reported on by The New York Times, women today do half the housework of their mothers. The study, which was published in Cinema Romance: From D.C. movie dates to the Oscars 02/28/2013 05:55pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic WASHINGTON - The Academy Awards had just gone to commercial break, and inside Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre, a couple from Chevy Chase, Md. knew their category was next. Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine turned to their 19-year-old guest, the namesake of their 40-mi Weight loss tips 02/28/2013 01:09pm • Dr. Oz, The Daily Dose Channeling India's Bollywood, thousands try Doonya classes 02/27/2013 06:46pm • Megan Cloherty, wtop.com WASHINGTON - As they spin and pivot in sync, the whole class stops on beat and kicks in the air. This is not your average exercise class. It's Doonya. Old and and young, men and women jump along to songs straight from the Bollywood movie sets of India. The high-inten How insurers, businesses monitor your health raises privacy concerns 02/27/2013 09:55am • WASHINGTON - More health care providers, insurers and businesses are taking an active role monitoring employees' health. They are buying people's information from marketing firms that collect data on purchases made. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is buying spending data on more th No speed cameras damaged since Pr. George's police installed security camera 02/25/2013 06:19pm • Ari Ashe, wtop.com PALMER PARK, Md. - Since Prince George's County police started monitoring a speed camera that had been destroyed, none of the county's 72 mobile speed cameras has been vandalized or damaged. WTOP was first to report about the security camera's installation in September. " Chevy Chase Residents Simmering Over Apartment Heights, Planning Process 02/25/2013 01:41pm • Just west of Connecticut Avenue, tucked in along a golf course and the Capital Crescent Trail, is a neighborhood of single family homes and an aging apartment complex called Newdale Mews that is perhaps the most controversial issue in the plan to redevelop Chevy Chase Lake. As the County Council Most underestimate their true weight 02/22/2013 03:51pm • Dr Drew on WTOP Md. lawmaker visits jailed aid worker in Cuba 02/21/2013 04:55pm • Amanda Iacone, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Time is growing short to secure the release of a Maryland native who has been in a Cuban jail for three years, said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who met with the aid worker during a trip to the isolated Communist country this week. Sixty-three-year-old Ala Inside the court: Challenging speed camera tickets 02/20/2013 07:56pm • Ari Ashe, wtop.com HYATTSVILLE, Md. - Every year, hundreds of thousands of Marylanders receive speed camera tickets in the mail and face a choice: Pay the ticket or go to court. In Prince George's County, drivers who choose to fight their speed camera ticket end up at District Court in Hyattsville D.C. bars that underpour subject to hefty fines 02/20/2013 02:29am • WASHINGTON - Those who've been stiffed at their local bar may get some backup. The Washington Post reports investigators with the District's Office of Weights & Measures recently surprised some establishments along the H Street Corridor in Northeast to do spot checks on how much alcohol they w