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Education, Virginia, Local
Fairfax standardized tests rescheduled after Internet outage
Published: Fri, May 24, 2013
More than 6,600 Fairfax County students had their statewide Standards of Learning standardized tests rescheduled after an Internet outage on Thursday. The outage affected roughly 42,000 exams,...
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Alexandria, Crime, Virginia
Alexandria mayor urges patience with slaying investigation involving Arlington officer
Yesterday
Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille urged residents to be patient while authorities investigate the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man by an off-duty Arlington County deputy sheriff. "I am confident...
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Health Care, Virginia, Maryland, DC
D.C. teen birth rate drops 15 percent as U.S. hits record low
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
Teenage birth rates dropped in D.C. and nearly every other state from 2007 to 2011, with the country as a whole hitting a record low, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease...
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Montgomery County, Crime, Virginia, Maryland
Prominent swim coach faces sentencing for child sex abuse
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
Rick Curl, whose Northern Virginia swim club has produced several Olympians, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for sexually abusing a child he coached more than 25 years ago. Curl, 63, faces...
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Montgomery County, Virginia, Maryland, DC
D.C.-area cities keep pace with Sun Belt growth
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
The nation's fastest-growing cities may be in the Sun Belt, but the District and nearby Alexandria and Gaithersburg are gaining residents at a blistering pace, according to census data released...
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Alexandria, Crime, Virginia
Off-duty deputy sheriff fatally shoots man in Alexandria
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
A 22-year-old man is dead after being shot by an off-duty Arlington County deputy sheriff in Alexandria, police officials said. Family and friends identified the victim as Julian Dawkins, who...
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Metro and Traffic, Transportation, Virginia
Northern Virginia leaders plan wish list of road projects for new funds
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Northern Virginia transportation officials have a long wish list for the first $180 million expected to flow into their coffers in the next year from tax increases in Gov. Bob McDonnell's new...
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Metro and Traffic, Virginia, Maryland, DC
Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
Capital Bikeshare has shiny red bikes on street corners all over the region, with plans to expand. But surprisingly, those cherry red numbers haven't been stolen very often. Only 15 bikes have...
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Crime, Virginia, Local
Appeals court allows retrial in Virginia capital murder case
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
A federal appeals court in Richmond will allow prosecutors to pursue a capital murder case against a man whose conviction in Prince William County had previously been overturned, the Associated...
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Education, Virginia, Maryland, DC, Local
Washington area spends big bucks on its students
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. public schools spent $18,475 per student in fiscal 2011, more than any state outside of New York, according to census data released Tuesday. Among the country's 100 public school systems...
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