Top Stories News not to miss around the region
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Sports
Military Bowl moving to Annapolis
The annual bowl game, which had been held at RFK Stadium since 2008, was chronically poorly attended. Last year's game attracted the lowest attendance for any college football bowl in seven years.
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Sports
RG3 wedding gifts: Robert Griffin III responds to wedding registry criticism
Washington Redskins fans showered Robert Griffin III with wedding gifts after he and his fiancée's wedding registry went public last week. He's getting flak for taking the gifts, but the criticism isn't bothering him, it seems.
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Health
Sunscreen SPF labels still misleading, watchdog group says
Despite major changes to the way they're marketed and labeled, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider misleading and potentially dangerous, according to a consumer watchdog group.
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Transportation
Six Metro stations closed for Memorial Day weekend
The Shady Grove, Rockville, Vienna, Dunn Loring, West Falls Church and East Falls Church stations will all be closed for the extended Memorial Day weekend.
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Virginia
Heroin overdoses plague Fredericksburg, Culpeper, Spotsylvania
Two people have died and at least seven others have been hospitalized over the past week across Culpeper and Spotsylvania counties in a sharp uptick in heroin overdoses.
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Health
California considers drug, alcohol tests for doctors
A proposed state ballot measure in California would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing.
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Weather
Weekend tornado outbreak and more to come
Large, violent tornadoes pounded the plains this weekend, and the threat likely isn't over.
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Transportation
Route 123 emergency utility work causes lane closures
Commuters should expect lane closures along Route 123 (Dolly Madison Boulevard) between the Toll Road and Lewinsville Road/Great Falls Street, due to emergency utility repairs.
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Nation
Yahoo buys Tumblr in $1.1 billion deal
Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.
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Entertainment
Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift wins top honors
Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.