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Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013

Nicer the car, worse the driver?

WTOP’s David Burd reports.

Read more from the New York Times : The Rich Drive Differently, a Study Suggests

Read more from The Daily Mail: Beware of blue BMW drivers who really are the most aggressive and more prone to road rage when they get behind the wheel


7:40 p.m. – Mike McCarthy, editor-in-chief, DC Magazine

Weekend fun including a drive-in movie


5:10 p.m. Josh Gerstein, Politico

U.S. condemns violence in Egypt but administration stops short of halting aid


4:10 p.m. Bob Nightengale, USA Today Sports Major League Baseball columnist

MLB could start using instant replay


3:50 p.m. JJ Green, WTOP National Security Correspondent

U.S. canceling military exercise with Egypt


3:10 p.m. Janet Bodnar, Editor of Kiplinger Personal Finance

Financial advice for college students


2:20 p.m. Anthony Cordesman, Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Death toll in Egypt surpasses 500


1:30 p.m. – Nancy Yousef, McClatchy Papers, Middle East bureau chief in Cairo

Morgue in Egypt overwhelmed after violence.


12:50 p.m. – Dave Ross, commentator

Raising a child costs more than $241,000.


12:40 p.m. – Dr. Katy Nelson, Dr. Paws

What vaccinations do your cats need?


12:10 p.m. – Peter Maer, CBS News White House correspondent

White House scrubs military mission planned with Egypt because of violence there.


Data Doctors

Community ‘freecycling’


8:40 a.m. – WTOP National Security Correspondent JJ Green

Al Qaeda in other parts of the world.


7:40 a.m. – David Jacobs, consumer protection counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center

Google: Don’t expect Gmail messages to be private

Read more from CNET: Google filing says Gmail users have no expectation of privacy


7:10 a.m. – Ambassador Jim Woolsey, chairman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, former director of Intelligence

U.S. is not doing enough to protect its electrical grid


6:40 a.m. – Josh Gerstein, Senior White House Reporter for POLITICO

Will the U.S. lay down consequences for Egypt?


With ability to track mobile phones, why does al-Qaida use them?

WTOP’s National Security Correspondent J.J. Green reports.


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