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Keep a healthy, positive attitude this holiday season 11/25/2014 11:59am • Kait Fortunato WTOP Wellness Contributor WASHINGTON -- The holiday season is upon us, and while it can be an exciting time, November and December can also be very stressful -- especially when it comes to the food. Here's how you can alleviate some worries about food and learn to rebel against How to cheat through the holidays without gaining weight 11/24/2014 10:49am • WASHINGTON -- The holiday season can be a challenge to your weight as temptations abound at holiday parties and dinners, but there are ways to cheat your way through the holidays without gaining a pound, says Dr. Mehmet Oz. TV's Dr. Oz spoke with WTOP about some ways to you eat your way throug Lack of sleep is a public health epidemic 11/22/2014 04:58am • WASHINGTON -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling it a public health epidemic and sleep experts say it's a nationwide problem. If you're yawning while you're reading this, you might not be getting enough sleep. It seems more than a quarter of Americans say they're slee Entombed in snow: a personal account of New York's snowstorm 11/20/2014 08:46pm • Editor's Note: WTOP reporter Dave Dildine is now safe and back in D.C. He returned earlier this week. He agreed to write a column about his experience. WASHINGTON -- Twelve hours into the snowstorm, there was no longer the ability to walk or stroll -- only to flail, for what it was worth. An Garden Plot: Tips for a Christmas tree that'll last through New Year's 11/20/2014 04:34pm • Keep your drinks cold and your poinsettias warm Ready or not, the holidays are coming, and that means poinsettias. Although these colorful plants have become a symbol of Christmas, they are native to Mexico and can't tolerate any kind of cold -- a contradiction that becomes very exciting when yo Heads up! Your texting technique could wreck your neck 11/20/2014 01:23am • WASHINGTON -- You probably spend a lot of time looking down at your smartphone every day, and a back surgeon says that that's really stressing out your neck and the muscles around it. Using a computer simulation, back surgeon Dr. Kenneth Hansraj calculated that by tilting your head 45 degree U.S. Capitol restoration could be done by 2017 inauguration 11/18/2014 03:53pm • WASHINGTON -- The multi-year project to restore the U.S. Capitol Dome has reached a milestone, as miles of aluminum and wood scaffolding completely encase the stone and iron dome. "With its completion, workers are now able to access the dome, freely, and can use the equipment necessary to beg Jose Canseco's finger falls off 11/15/2014 11:37am • WASHINGTON --Former Major League Baseball slugger Jose Canseco tweeted last night that his finger fell off. Canseco, 50, had shot off his finger when he was cleaning his gun last month. According to a series of bizarre tweets Friday night, he reported that his re- attached finger fell off on a po Guide to festive trees and the merriest of mulches 11/13/2014 04:15pm • WASHINGTON -- As the weather cools down and winter looms, new gardening mysteries arise. But with the right plants and proper soil treatments, savvy gardeners can make it through. The secret to rosemary Christmas tree survival Yes, I know; it's not even Thanksgiving yet. But one of my favorite h Study examines why women gain weight after exercise 11/12/2014 05:56pm • WASHINGTON -- A new Arizona State study is generating a lot of talk on the subject of why some women gain weight after starting an exercise regimen. New York Times physical education columnist Gretchen Reynolds says the group was a cross-section of relatively sedentary but healthy women in Diets: Which is the best for weight loss? 11/12/2014 08:29am • WASHINGTON -- As the holiday eating season approaches, what is the best diet to keep the pounds off? McGill University researchers compared the research done on four popular diets: Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers and the Zone diets. What they found is that none of the four diets led to dra With ClassPass, you can have your barre and yoga too 11/11/2014 03:20pm • WASHINGTON -- SoulCycle, Soildcore, yoga and barre: Fitness classes are no longer reserved for aerobics and kickboxing -- in the past few years, the options have expanded dramatically. With all of the new and unique classes out there (antigravity yoga, anyone?), it can be hard to commit to jus Big Ten, SEC, Big 12 showdowns impact playoff race 11/08/2014 04:42am • STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer As college football's regular season heads into its stretch run, plenty of intriguing plotlines are developing each week.Revenge motives. Playoff implications. Clashes of style. Matchups of two-way players.Here are some of the top things to watch this week:BUCKEYES' B Los Angeles Zoo sees first hippo birth in 26 years 11/07/2014 02:28pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Zoo has received a real treat for Halloween -- the birth of its first hippopotamus in 26 years. It was a bit of trick, too, because the mother was on birth control.The zoo says the baby was born Friday. It was somewhat of a surprise, but staffers had noticed the m Judge orders sex offenders be returned to Texas 11/07/2014 02:00pm • HOUSTON (AP) -- A Houston-area judge has ordered that two violent sex offenders be placed in state custody once they complete prison sentences for sex offenses committed in other states after being banished from Texas.A judge in Montgomery County this week issued the order for 58-year-old Melvin Cod