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Spencer's 'supporting' sweep easy as Oscar pie 02/21/2012 10:25pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP Film Critic WASHINGTON - In our "Countdown to the Oscars," WTOP listeners have already predicted that Jean Dujardin ("The Artist") will win Best Actor and that Viola Davis ("The Help") will win Best Actress. We now turn to the Best Supporting Actress category, where Davis' co Get moving at the office to stay trim 02/18/2012 10:10pm • Paula Wolfson, wtop.com WASHINGTON - There was a time when workers ate hearty meals to fuel long days of labor -- not anymore. Today, our jobs are largely sedentary, and our waistlines are getting wider. We sit too much at the office, and gradually pack on the pounds. "Even though we are busy, w Which medications cause weight gain? 02/15/2012 02:56pm • Kristi King, wtop.com WASHINGTON - It's not just indulgent snacking and skipping the gym that can lead to weight gain. Some medicines can pack on the pounds, as well. Dr. Louis Aronne, a weight-loss expert at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center tells Readers Digest some drugs aff Daughter to mom: Don't go to 'grave with a knife and a fork' 02/10/2012 05:58pm • Paula Wolfson, wtop news WASHINGTON - Gail Mates turned her life around, and she says she did it for love. Mates says she was digging her "grave with a knife and a fork" for years before her daughter helped to change the 55-year-old's life. She had all the risk factors for heart disease: Family Two teen girls missing from Montgomery Co. 01/30/2012 08:21pm • WASHINGTON - Authorities are concerned for the well-being of two teenage girls who were reported missing from north Potomac Monday night. Elixis Kirby, 14, and Kalynn Wilson, 15, both of the 14000 block of Latikia Place in Montgomery County, were last seen Saturday, Jan. 28, police say. Kirby is N.Y. man arrested after passing heroin at Dulles Airport 01/24/2012 04:19pm • WASHINGTON - For the second time this month, authorities at Washington Dulles International Airport arrested a man on heroin smuggling charges. U.S. Custom and Border Protection agents say Michael Babatune Ayodele, 19, from Queens, N.Y. passed 55 thumb-sized pellets while being questioned during Prince for the nation's capital? 01/19/2012 08:46pm • Jonathan Warner, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Rumors continue to swirl that the Nationals are still in the running for Prince Fielder. I like the chutzpah by the team, feeling that they have a strong chance to compete this year. But, do they really need him? No doubt he clubbed 38 homers with the Brewe Lopez Bill: Prenatal Care for Recent Legal Immigrants 01/18/2012 10:45am • Newly-elected delegate Alfonso Lopez (D) has introduced a bill that would provide prenatal care for recent legal immigrants. Low-income women in their first five years of lawful residence in the United States are eligible for a number of pregnancy services under Virginia’s Medicaid system, i Cage Fitness: A MMA-style workout without the blood 01/14/2012 01:43pm • Randi Martin, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Zumba not intense enough for you? How about a workout modeled on ultimate fighting? Cage Fitness is a workout that mimics the structure of a championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) bout, but without the bloodshed and brutality. Created by nine-time world welterw Missing Howard Co. man found 01/14/2012 09:45am • UPDATE: Police say Daniel Wayne Konick has been found COLUMBIA, Md. - Howard County police have issued a silver alert for a missing 65-year-old man. Daniel Wayne Konick was last seen around 6 p.m. Friday in Columbia, Md. He is described as a white male, about 5'8", weighting 155 lbs., with gray Fast food could be damaging your brain 01/11/2012 02:09am • WASHINGTON - You know fast food isn't the greatest on your waistline, but it could be having a negative impact on your brain. Rodents in a new study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation were given a diet of fatty foods. Some experienced damage to the hypothalamus region of the brain, which Gadgets that get you moving in 2012 01/05/2012 09:47pm • WASHINGTON -- Many made a vow to shed some pounds in 2012 and there are some gadgets on the market that could help in that effort. One of the keys to weight loss is counting calories, and several electronic devices ingare available designed to help you do just that. A gadget called "striiv" bill One easy step to a healthier 2012: Breakfast 01/04/2012 11:07pm • Michelle Basch, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- If you're trying to live healthier in 2012, there's something you should stop doing: skipping breakfast. Many of us eat something small or nothing at all in the morning, but research shows eating breakfast and making it the biggest meal of your day can reall Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig high on best diet list 01/04/2012 07:38pm • Lindsay Lyon, health news editor, U.S. News & World Report Advice for new gym-goers: Stick with it at least 21 days 01/04/2012 01:33am • Michelle Basch, wtop.com OWINGS, Md. -- If you're joining a gym with the goal of losing weight in the new year, a fitness expert has some advice for you. Roxie Hinton, a personal trainer at World Gym locations in Calvert County, says it takes about 21 days to form a new habit. Don't try to do to