Alexandria VA
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Jefferson-Houston School loses accreditation, works to get it back
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More than 300 students at the Jefferson-Houston School in Old Town Alexandria are facing a unique and distressing situation - they're no longer receiving a state-approved education.
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Alexandria election results 2012
CommentCheck out local 2012 election results from the city of Alexandria.
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Bi-partisan couple agrees to disagree
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In this hotly contested presidential election stress levels are high, especially in divided households, but one local bipartisan couple shared their basic ground rules for surviving election season.
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Sandbags distributed in Alexandria, D.C.
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Officials in Alexandria and D.C. say sandbags will be distributed Sunday ahead of Hurricane Sandy's arrival.
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Four cases of the flu confirmed in Maryland
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With four confirmed cases of the flu in Maryland, doctors are putting out another pitch to residents to get vaccinated against the bug.
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Marco Sanchez Hernandez pleads guilty to sex trafficking
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Marco Sanchez Hernandez, who lived in Riverdale, Md., entered a guilty plea Monday in federal court in Alexandria to transporting more than 100 women for sex..
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Armed man robs Alexandria Dunkin Donuts
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Shortly after 11 a.m., a man walked into the store, showed a handgun and demanded money. Watch the video surveillance of the robbery.
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Alexandria woman sexually assaulted near Van Dorn street
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Police don't believe a recent sexual assault near Van Dorn Street is related to prior assaults that have occurred in the Homes Run Parkway area.
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Southern Towers residents have heat turned on
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A day after ABC7's visit to Southern Towers in Alexandria, residents say, management turned off the air conditioning and turned on the heat.
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Lack of heat angers Alexandria apartment residents
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Residents of an Alexandria apartment complex are upset they've been left in the cold - inside their own homes. "It's freezing, and they simply will not turn the air off," said an elderly resident of Southern Towers who asked not to be identified.
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Manuel Garces charged in death of Mark Earl Ives
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A man has been arrested in connection with the death of Alexandria resident Mark Earl Ives.
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Alexandria power plant closes
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A coal-fired power plant in Alexandria that has drawn the scorn of environmentalists for decades has been shut down.
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Meseret Terefe pleads guilty to stealing Air and Space parking fees
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Meseret Terefe of Silver Spring, Md., is one of three lot attendants at the Udvar-Hazy Center who was charged with stealing parking fees in August.
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Alexandria Capital Bikeshare station locations set to open
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The City of Alexandria will hold a ceremony Wednesday to christen eight new Capital Bikeshare stations.
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Justin Strom sentenced to 40 years in teen prostitution case
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Justin Strom of Lorton was a member of the Underground Gangster Crips and is the last of five members to be sentenced for his role in a teen prostitution ring.
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Alexandria's King's Jewelry target of second theft in two months
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An Old Town Alexandria jewelry store was the target of a major theft in broad daylight for the second time in the past several months Thursday morning, police say.
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David Short, elderly man missing from Alexandria
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Alexandria Police say David Short, a 71-year-old man who suffers from dementia, was on his way to Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington when he was last seen around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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Krupicka wins special election for House seat
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With 24 of 24 precincts reporting, Democrat Rob Krupicka has won a special election for the 45th District House of Delegates in northern Virginia.
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