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Alexandria mayor urges patience with slaying investigation involving Arlington officer
Naomi Jagoda
Updated: 15 hr ago
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....
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D.C.-area cities keep pace with Sun Belt growth
Matt Connolly
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 Thursday. D.C.'s population grew by 5.1 percent to 632,323 from 2010 to 2012, according to the...
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Surveys: Many Bikeshare riders wouldn't have driven
Kytja Weir
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
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...
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Off-duty deputy sheriff fatally shoots man in Alexandria
Naomi Jagoda
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 worked for the "PBS NewsHour" program. The deputy sheriff, 44-year-old Craig Patterson, was questioned...
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Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen
Kytja Weir
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 gone missing out of the 1,900 bikes ordered for the bikesharing service since it began in fall 2010,...
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Potomac Yard Metro station delayed again
Kytja Weir
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Plans to build a Metro station at Alexandria's Potomac Yard have hit another snag, pushing back the opening of a potential station there to 2017 at the earliest.
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Suspects indicted in Alexandria cop shooting, eldery man's slaying
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
An Alexandria grand jury has indicted a man in the shooting of a police officer and a woman in the slaying of a 94-year-old man, officials said. Kashif Bashir, 27, was indicted for shooting Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy during a Feb. 27 traffic stop. Bashir is charged with attempted...
