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Chinese girl last seen in Fairfax County in 1998
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
Authorities continue to seek information about the disappearance of a girl who went missing from Fairfax County nearly 15 years ago. On Oct. 21, 1998, 12-year-old Yuan Wang got off a school bus not far from her foster home on the 4700 block of Barnum Lane in the Lincolnia area of Fairfax...
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Fairfax County police cruiser struck in hit-and-run
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Mon, May 13, 2013
A Fairfax County police cruiser was struck in a hit-and-run incident in the Annandale area over the weekend, police said. About 12:30 a.m. Sunday, a dark, four-door sedan traveling westbound on Masonville Drive went through a stop sign and turned onto Gallows Road. The vehicle struck the rear...
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Virginia local governments express concerns about Cuccinelli, McAuliffe tax plans
Steve Contorno
Updated: Sun, May 12, 2013
Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli have agreed on very little since the start of the Virginia gubernatorial campaign, but the one issue on which they found common ground -- ending a handful of local business taxes -- has anxious municipal officials across the...
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Cold Case: Murder of former House staffer remains unsolved
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, May 12, 2013
Former congressional staffer Walter Graham was found strangled to death in his Mount Vernon-area apartment more than 20 years ago, and his killing remains a mystery. Graham's case is one of thousands of unsolved homicides in the D.C. area, and Fairfax County Police are still seeking any bit of...
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Fairfax County school leaders consider scaling back discipline policy
Rachel Baye
Published: Sat, May 11, 2013
A student in a Fairfax County public school caught for the first time with marijuana would not be automatically expelled, under a new disciplinary policy the school board is scheduled to consider Monday. The current policy recommends expelling a student caught for the first time with marijuana...
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Fairfax County teachers' raise cut in half
Rachel Baye
Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013
Fairfax County Schools Superintendent Jack Dale is pulling back half of the raise he proposed for teachers after the cash-strapped county Board of Supervisors denied the school system $61.7 million of the $92.4 million budget increase it requested. Elimination of a 1 percent pay raise to keep...
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Fairfax County schools superintendent Dale hospitalized
Rachel Baye
Published: Wed, May 8, 2013
Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Dale has been hospitalized for a medical emergency, the school system said Wednesday. Dale, who plans to retire in June, was hospitalized late Tuesday afternoon. By the time of the announcement by School Board Chairman Ilryong Moon Wednesday...
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Fairfax County supervisors eyeing food tax
Kate Jacobson
Published: Tue, May 7, 2013
Diners in Fairfax County might have to pay more for their meals when eating out, if a measure being pushed by some county supervisors passes. Supervisor Gerry Hyland, D-Mount Vernon, has proposed a meal tax on restaurant goers in the county that he said would help pay for necessary services in...
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Police investigating series of burglaries in McLean
Kate Jacobson
Published: Sat, May 4, 2013
Fairfax County police are investigating a series of burglaries that occurred on Friday at 10 different McLean residences. Police said between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Friday, someone broke into 10 different homes and stole money, jewelry and electronics. The incidents occurred on Strata, Barbee,...
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Man arrested in Falls Church in connection to sexual assault
Kate Jacobson
Published: Sat, May 4, 2013
A 46-year-old man has been arrested in Falls Church in connection to a sexual assault that occurred in March. Police say Carlos Guillermo Suarez Diaz of Falls Church approached a 17-year-old girl in the rear parking lot of 124 E. Broad Street on March 13 and touched her inappropriately. They...
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