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Obama embarks on three-day bus tour to sell jobs bill
10/17/11 6:39 PM
President Barack Obama started a three-day bus tour Monday that will take him through North Carolina and Virginia. The trip will focus on selling the public on his jobs initiatives.
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Herndon police search for suspect in two sex assaults
10/17/11 5:34 PM
Herndon police are searching for a man suspected of sexually assaulting two victims while pretending to be a law enforcement officer.
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Military to give update on BRAC realignment plan
10/17/11 6:59 AM
Maryland officials are getting an update on Defense Department moves that brought 20,000 new jobs to military installations in the state.
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Keby Moya charged in fatal stabbing in Manassas
10/15/11 10:45 AM
A man is dead and another is in custody following a fatal stabbing in Manassas late Friday, police said.

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Fa De Zheng, Ming Gang Lu caught stealing cooking oil in Arlington
10/14/11 6:36 PM
Police say that an Oxon Hill man and another man from New York City have been stealing used cooking oil, which can be coverted into clean-burning biodiesel fuel, from the Ballston mall.
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Stafford County tornado damages eight homes, downs trees
10/14/11 5:51 PM
A tornado spawned by Thursday's severe weather caused damage to several trees and homes in Stafford County, authorities say.
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More indictments in alleged Mexico-Virginia drug trafficking ring
10/14/11 3:07 PM
Federal prosecutors have indicted an additional 12 members of what they say is a large-scale cocaine trafficking ring that brought drugs from Mexico into Virginia.
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Twisters sighted as heavy rain, winds cause damage
10/14/11 9:17 AM
It was deja vu all over again in the D.C. region on Thursday night, as severe weather once again dumped sheets of rain, spawned tornadoes and left residents in the dark.
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Police report rash of burglaries in northern Va.
10/14/11 7:14 AM
Authorities are warning homeowners in northern Virginia to lock their doors following a series of burglaries.

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Mohamad Soueid, Syria spy suspect, was on fact-finding mission, lawyer says
10/17/11 6:12 PM
The lawyer for the Virginia ma suspected of spying for Syria says his client was part of a fact-finding mission led by Dennis Kucinich.
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Police seek help in 2009 Morgan Harrington slaying
10/17/11 1:14 PM
The Virginia State Police is asking for the public's help in its investigation of the 2009 slaying of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington.
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Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to be more transparent?
10/16/11 5:26 PM
The quasi-public board that manages the Washington area's airports is preparing for a meeting to discuss ways of becoming more transparent.
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Sophie Ferrara, AKA Nana Sophie, wants 5,000 Facebook friends for 102nd birthday
10/14/11 6:43 PM
The average Facebook user has about 140 friends. Sophie Ferrara, a Chesapeake City, Md. resident who's turning 102 on Saturday, has already smashed that number and is headed for loftier heights.
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Leak trial of former CIA officer postponed indefinitely
10/14/11 6:12 PM
A judge has indefinitely postponed the trial of a former CIA officer accused of leaking secrets about Iran to a newspaper reporter.
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Jacinto Hernandez-Andrades wanted for alleged kidnapping
10/14/11 5:14 PM
Police in Spotsylvania are searching for a man who allegedly tried to kidnap a 15-year-old girl.
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Ballston power outage leaves 1,700 buildings in the dark
10/14/11 1:20 PM
A power outage in Arlington has left about 1,700 buildings in the Ballston area in the dark, Dominion officials say.
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Arlington County considers raising taxi fares
10/14/11 7:26 AM
Arlington County officials are considering whether to raise the basic taxi fare by 25 cents and add 50 cents for each passenger 12 or older.

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Feds seize containers of invasive khapra beetle larvae at Va. port
10/14/11 7:02 AM
Two shipping containers seized by federal authorities at the Port of Virginia contained live larvae of an invasive species of beetle.

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