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National Work Zone Awareness Week
Nationally, 720 workers and motorists were killed in highway work zones in 2008, the last time data was made available. In Virginia, there more than 2,000 crashes around these zones.
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Gas prices on the decline nationally
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For the eighth straight day, gas prices have been on a decline nationally.
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Darlene Gant: Drug company gives unapproved cancer drug after video plea
A 46-year-old Florida woman dying of advanced-stage breast cancer has been given a drug that could prolong her life after making an emotional plea in a YouTube video.
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Red light, speed cameras coming to Montgomery County
Montgomery County is poised to approve a plan that would put 10 new speed cameras and 20 new red light cameras on the roads.
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Marion Barry's remarks on Filipino nurses draw criticism
D.C. Councilman Marion Barry is once again embroiled in controversy, this time for remarks criticizing local hospitals for hiring Filipino nurses instead of D.C. residents.
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Anne Arundel puppy's owners face animal cruelty charges
The owners of a Golden Retriever puppy in Severn may face animal cruelty charges after they were caught allegedly trying to neuter the dog themselves, police say.
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Metrobus driver has viral meningitis, WMATA says
WMATA is alerting people who may have ridden on a Metrobus on Routes 52 and 54 on Friday morning that a driver has been diagnosed with viral meningitis.
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Accident, Frostburg Maryland sees snow Monday
On Sunday night, Frostburg residents went to bed hearing the sound of rain hitting their rooftops. By Monday morning, though, that rain had turned into a blanket of snow.
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Ernie Grunfeld to stay with Washington Wizards
Ernie Grunfeld and the Wizards have agreed to a contract that will keep him as team president, a person with knowledge of the deal said.
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ABC7's Alison Starling marries NBC correspondent Peter Alexander
ABC7's Alison Starling and NBC Correspondent Peter Alexander tied the knot this weekend in D.C. The couple met while they were both reporters in Seattle. They stayed friends for years, getting engaged last year in Paris, France.
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Barack Obama pushes low-rate student loans
"Anybody here can afford to pay an extra thousand dollars right now?" President Obama asked to jeers from the crowd. "I don't think so."
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Brent Taylor, Fredericksburg detective, pleads guilty to solicitation
Brent Taylor, the Fredericksburg Police Department's lead detective, is off the force but a a free man after pleading guilty Monday to soliciting a teenage boy for sex.
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Michael Gardner trial: Alleged victim of child sex abuser testifies
A 10-year-old girl took the stand in an Arlington courthouse Tuesday in the trial of Michael Gardner, who is accused of assaulting young girls during his daughter's slumber party last year. Gardner once served as the Democratic chairman of the Fall's Church Democratic Committee.
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Virginia sued over lethal injections
Attorneys Meghan Shapiro and Christopher Leibig asked the Richmond Circuit Court for an injunction halting the allegedly unauthorized practices.
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Woodside Gardens residents scared because of security guards
Some residents of the Woodside Gardens apartment complex in Annapolis say allegedly heavy-handed security guards are scaring residents.
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Esther Geovanni Castillo, Woodbridge teacher, charged with not reporting abuse
Esther Geovanni Castillo, a 2nd grade teacher at Marumso Hills Elementary School in Woodbridge, allegedly did not report the suspected abuse of a child for nearly two weeks after she was notified.
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Tyrone Lewis facing charges in two more murders
Authorities are now linking Tyrone Lewis to two additional murders. He's charged in connection with the slaying of a 17-year-old in 2011 and the 2005 killing of a cab driver.
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Michael Joseph Poth, a Marine, held in fatal stabbing of another Marine, Philip Bushong, in SE
A Marine charged with murdering another Marine was formally charged with second degree murder. Witnesses say that one of the Marines shouted out a homophobic slur before he stabbed the victim in southeast.
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