Bitter cold with gusty winds - WTOP Morning Headlines - Thursday, December 15, 2016

Get out your gloves and mittens. Break out your hat. Bundle up the kids for the bus stop. Temperatures are dropping. With the wind chill factor, it will feel like 10 degrees around D.C. and single digits outside the Capital Beltway. [Logo] MORNING HEADLINES - December 15, 2016 [mobile-header-ad] [alt text here] [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Bitter cold with gusty winds] Get out your gloves and mittens. Break out your hat. Bundle up the kids for the bus stop. Temperatures are dropping. With the wind chill factor, it will feel like 10 degrees around D.C. and single digits outside the Capital Beltway. [mobile-img] [alt text here] [7 tips to winterize your home and save money in the cold weather] Winter is coming. Here are some ways to prepare your home for the cold, save energy — and lower that heating bill. 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See what's playing and when. [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Metro Board set to vote on plan cutting hours] The Metro Board will vote Thursday on a plan recommended by the agency’s general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, to cut back service hours every day of the week. Opponents of the plan say the cuts are arbitrary and would hurt low-income and minority riders. [mobile-img] [alt text here] [‘Perfect storm’ behind spike in tolls along Va. express lanes] SafeTrack. Holiday shopping. An earlier sunset. All are contributing to a rise in demand for the 495 and 95 express lanes and tolls are soaring as a result. [Sponsored Content] [mobile-img] [alt text here] [How well do you know your holiday song lyrics?] Test your musical knowledge with this holiday song quiz. Sponsored by Jiffy Lube DC [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Entertain like a chef for the holidays — local chefs’ favorite recipes, tips] You don’t have to be a professional chef to pull off a holiday party like one. A local favorite offers her best entertaining tips, and several chefs chip in their favorite holiday recipes. [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Drugmakers push profitable, but unproven, opioid solution] Companies that make powerful painkillers are pushing for policies boosting new versions of abuse-deterrent opioids as a solution to the addiction epidemic, even though there's little proof they reduce the number of overdoses or deaths. - [Drugmakers set to gain as taxpayers foot new opioid costs] - [Key findings of investigation into harder-to-abuse opioids] [Sponsored Content] [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Pushed to the brink: How suicide is taking our heroes] Suicide among U.S. veterans is at an alarming rate. The Purple Heart Foundation wants to paint a broad picture for the American public about suicide and the prevention that is possible. 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