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June 19, 2013

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  • Alexandria man gets 10 years for selling bomb to be used in murder

    By Scott McCabe | 06/10/13 03:55 PM

    An Alexandria man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling an improvised explosive devise believing the bomb would be used to commit murder. Vytlingum "Tony" Kandasawmi, 34, was accused of making and selling pipe bombs, flamethrowers and other weapons to kill people. He pleaded guilty...

  • Capital Bikeshare becoming an economic development tool

    By Kytja Weir | 06/09/13 05:55 PM

    Capital Bikeshare is doing more than moving people around on red bikes. It's also helping sell houses and apartments and draw people to businesses. The bike-sharing system, which has more than 175 docking stations across the District, Arlington and Alexandria, has become the latest tool to...

  • VIDEO: Ken Cuccinelli disscusses job growth in Virginia

    05/31/13 02:00 PM

    Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli visited Foster's Grill in Alexandria to discuss his economic growth and Virginia jobs plan Friday.

  • Arlington deputy sheriff arrested in Alexandria shooting death

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/31/13 10:20 AM

    Arlington County Deputy Sheriff Craig Patterson has been charged in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in Alexandria, police said. Patterson, 44, was taken into custody Thursday evening at a residence in Spotsylvania County, Alexandria police said. He is charged with murdering Julian...

  • Preschool teacher gets 14 years for producing child porn

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/24/13 04:15 PM

    A Virginia man who taught at a Bethesda preschool has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for producing child pornography, officials said. James "Doug" Manring, 54, of Fredericksburg, pleaded guilty in January and was sentenced Friday in federal court in Alexandria. Manring taught at a...

  • Alexandria mayor urges patience with slaying investigation involving Arlington officer

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/24/13 11:05 AM

    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 that appropriate justice will prevail once all facts are known," Euille said in a statement Thursday....

  • D.C.-area cities keep pace with Sun Belt growth

    By Matt Connolly | 05/23/13 12:35 AM

    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 Thursday. D.C.'s population grew by 5.1 percent to 632,323 from 2010 to 2012, according to the...

  • Surveys: Many Bikeshare riders wouldn't have driven

    By Kytja Weir | 05/22/13 05:20 PM

    Capital Bikeshare is saving cash and time for its riders, making them healthier while also taking cars off the roads and spurring economic development, according to two new surveys of riders. But the service appears to be having an unintended result of shifting some riders away from walking or...

  • Off-duty deputy sheriff fatally shoots man in Alexandria

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/22/13 04:40 PM

    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 worked for the "PBS NewsHour" program. The deputy sheriff, 44-year-old Craig Patterson, was questioned...

  • Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen

    By Kytja Weir | 05/22/13 04:20 PM

    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 gone missing out of the 1,900 bikes ordered for the bikesharing service since it began in fall 2010,...


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