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Bloomberg's charity gives $50M in Alexandria
7/21/11 1:48 PM
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's charity is donating $50 million to the Sierra Club's campaign against coal-fired power plants.
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Joshua Myers, former elementary school assistant principal, indicted on child porn charges
7/21/11 10:30 AM
Joshua Myers, the 29-year-old former assistant principal at Greenville Elementary School in Warrenton, is facing two counts of distributing child pornography and one count of receiving it.
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21 seats slashed on VRE trains
7/21/11 7:23 AM
A commuter train service is asking its riders to be on the lookout for someone slashing its trains' seats the last few months.
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Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai accused in secret U.S. lobbying plot
7/21/11 5:52 AM
A Kashmiri-born man accused of acting as an agent for the Pakistani government while participating in a secret lobbying effort is due in federal court in Virginia for a detention hearing.
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Stifling heat challenges outdoor workers
7/20/11 11:22 PM
Stuffy, stifling temperatures that are creeping into the triple digits have the D.C. region suffocating under a heat dome. Now imagine working outside with 115 pounds of gear.
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Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority endorses above-ground Dulles Metro station
7/20/11 6:43 PM
In an overwhelming 11-1 vote, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority endorsed Ray Lahood's plan to build the new Dulles Airport Metro station above ground.
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Lawyer: Yonathan Melaku has no grudge
7/20/11 3:38 PM
The lawyer for an ex-Marine accused of firing potshots at the Pentagon and other military targets said his client does not have a grievance against the Corps.
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Police-involved crash closes major Arlington intersection
7/20/11 12:31 PM
All lanes at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Glebe Road in Arlington have reopened following a crash that left a police officer with serious injuries. Much of the roadway remains shut down while police investigate.
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James Lesner Query sentenced in child pornography conviction
7/20/11 7:45 AM
James Lesner Query, a former communications studies professor at JMU, will spend 11 years in prison after being sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to child pornography charges.
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Suspects wanted in attempted robbery at Sterling McDonald's
7/21/11 11:08 AM
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an attempted robbery of a McDonald’s in Sterling.
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Son of killed Springfield man wanted for murder
7/21/11 9:58 AM
Richard Hanson, the man suspected of shooting and killing his 75-year-old father in his Springfield home earlier this week, was arrested overnight in Scranton, Pa.
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TSA nixes naked images from body scanners
7/21/11 7:07 AM
The Transportation Security Administration says it's installing new technology so when a traveler goes through checkpoint security, no image of a naked body will be shown.
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Terrorists looking to attack U.S. utility facilities, report warns
7/20/11 11:22 PM
A government report warns that extremists may be looking to gain inside access to utility companies for a potential attack on the U.S., ABC World News reports.

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Construction to start on Anacostia Freeway/ I-295
7/20/11 8:24 PM
From Wednesday on, one lane at a time will be closed for construction.
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Va. police say sex assault suspect "not a novice"
7/20/11 6:07 PM
The investigation into a possible sexual predator preying on women in Northern Virginia is intensifying.
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State Dept. fires analyst, probes contracts
7/20/11 3:19 PM
The State Department has dismissed an analyst who may have helped award millions in contracts to a local company run by her husband and daughter.
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Fairfax County police search for gunman, victim's missing son
7/20/11 10:08 AM
Police are looking to a gunman who shot and killed a Fairfax County father and investigators are also searching for the victim's missing son.
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D.C. sizzles as Midwest heat heads our way
7/20/11 6:22 AM
People in the D.C. area are preparing for a heat wave with triple-digit temperatures expected to hit the region Thursday.
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