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Metro: Behind schedule on Silver Line punch-list items 06/09/2014 02:08pm • Sophie Ho, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON -- Though Metro has yet to set an opening date for the Silver Line, Deputy General Manager Rob Troup said he expected work to be further along at this point. In a conference call Monday, Troup stated concerns that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Help Us Send a Kid to Camp! 06/09/2014 01:16pm • Remember all the great memories of going to summer camp when you were a kid? And sharing those memories with your kids? Many kids in our area don't have these memories...so WTOP is teaming up with the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington to Help Send a Kid to Camp! Thousan Expert says calorie counting won't help with long-term weight loss 06/09/2014 07:55am • WASHINGTON -- Diet and exercise have long been the mantra for weight loss, but new research is showing food quality trumps counting calories when it comes to long-term weight loss. Long-term weight loss is about what foods you eat and not just how much of them you eat, says Dr. David Ludwig, dir Teen finishes 40-mile walk while carrying brother 06/09/2014 07:22am • MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan teenager who wanted to raise awareness about cerebral palsy by walking 40 miles with his younger brother strapped to his back battled heat, rain, fatigue and more to finish the trek Sunday.Hunter Gandee, 14, had been planning for Oscar De La Hoya inducted into Boxing Hall of Fame 06/08/2014 06:56pm • CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) -- Capping a career that included 10 titles in six weight divisions, an Olympic gold medal and 10 world titles, the Golden Boy found a permanent home.Oscar De La Hoya was inducted Sunday into the International Boxing Hall of Fame."Today marks an incredible personal achievement," Dirt mound suspected in bridge damage dwindling 06/08/2014 04:00pm • RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- The removal of a massive mound of dirt suspected of causing a nearby interstate bridge in Delaware to tilt is almost complete.Officials have said removing the dirt is the first step in getting the bridge repaired and reopened to traffic, a proc Michigan teen begins 40-mile trek carrying brother 06/08/2014 03:52pm • MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press TEMPERANCE, Mich. (AP) -- A 14-year-old Michigan boy set out on a 40-mile trek on Saturday with his 7-year-old brother strapped to his back, hoping to raise awareness about the muscular condition that prevents the younger boy from being able to walk without help.Hun No shortage of info in Detroit bankruptcy 06/08/2014 01:47pm • ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- Retired Detroit bus driver Art Vardiman recently received a computer disk in the mail that contains hundreds of pages of documents. He also got a six-page blue ballot about cuts to his pension and a white one about health insurance. A 25-page notice explains California Chrome's Triple try ends in defeat 06/08/2014 12:06pm • BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- California Chrome failed in his bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years on Saturday, losing the Belmont Stakes to long shot Tonalist and leaving his owner to complain others took "the coward's way out" by skipping the first two legs of the Triple C Q&A: Who is Ukraine's new president? 06/08/2014 08:44am • LAURA MILLS Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- More than three months after Ukraine's president fled to Russia in the wake of months of street protests, Petro Poroshenko was sworn in Saturday as the troubled country's new president. The billionaire, widely called "the Chocolate King" because his Is your child's safety seat safe? 06/08/2014 04:30am • WASHINGTON --Car crashes are the number one killer of kids in the U.S. That's why it's critical to make sure your child's car seat is installed correctly. But it turns out that getting that car seat in your car the right way and making sure it fits your child properly can be a tricky business, Coca-Cola ad: Working off a soda takes 23 minutes 06/07/2014 03:58am • CANDICE CHOI AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Coca-Cola is taking on obesity, this time with an online video showing how fun it could be to burn off the 140 calories in a can of its soda.In the ad, the world's biggest beverage maker asks what would happen if people paid for a can of Coke by Michael Sam: No issues fitting in with Rams 06/07/2014 03:42am • R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Michael Sam is confident he'll be judged on performance.The first openly gay player drafted in the NFL said Friday there have been no issues fitting in with his St. Louis Rams teammates, no awkward moments in the locker room and that he was accepted Businessman: I reported bridge problems in April 06/06/2014 11:08pm • RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) -- A Delaware businessman said he told state transportation officials nearly two months ago something was wrong with a major highway bridge, raising further questions about why they waited until this week to inspect the span and close it after discover Cotto, Martinez set for middleweight title fight 06/06/2014 06:20pm • DENIS GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez engaged in an intense stare-down before being separated Friday following the weigh-in for their fight Saturday night for Martinez's WBC middleweight titleBoth fighters made weight on the first try, Cotto at 155 pounds an