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Va. fire apparently from smoking materials

A fire that left five houses uninhabitable in Northern Virginia apparently resulted from "improper disposal of smoking materials," authorities said Saturday. The fire on the outskirts of Manassas broke out Thursday afternoon on Tillett Loop, and caused from $2.2 million...

By Terri Rupar | September 25, 2010; 8:13 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Weekend freebies: D.C. area blogs

Good afternoon. Got plans for the weekend? If you don't, today's D.C. blogosphere is filled with all kinds of great ideas -- museums (admission is free at a bunch on Saturday) and walking tours galore. A debate is brewing in...

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 5:29 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: DC, Loris AM Buzz, Maryland, Virginia
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Former Md. school aide guilty of sex abuse

A 38-year-old former Howard County school employee was found guilty Friday of sexually abusing a third-grader by writing her dozens of explicit love letters, The Baltimore Sun reports.

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 3:45 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (4)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, Maryland
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Former Md. priest sentenced for sex abuse

A defrocked Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced in Frederick to 18 months of home detention for sexually abusing a local altar boy in 1976.

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 2:39 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, Maryland
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Judge denies new referendum bid

A Montgomery County judge has rejected efforts to revive a pair of referendums that had been rejected because of the way thousands of citizens signed their names. Montgomery Circuit Court judge Robert A. Greenberg on Friday denied an appeal by...

By Washington Post Editors | September 24, 2010; 1:27 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Maryland
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Jellyfish in the Inner Harbor?

Inner Harbor's no place to swim anyway, but now you can add another reason not to go in the water downtown: jellyfish. The Baltimore Sun reports that softball-sized, milky white, bell-shaped jellyfish with long, trailing tentacles could be seen moving...

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 12:44 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (5)
Categories: Maryland
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Change of command at Andrews AFB

The leader of the 79th Medical Wing at Andrews Air Force Base is turning over his command. Major Gen. Gar S. Graham is set to turn his command over to Major Gen. Gerard A. Caron in a ceremony Friday. The...

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 12:22 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Maryland
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Zoo's new lion cubs now online

(Photo: Mehgan Murphy) You can now see the second litter of lion cubs to be born at the National Zoo via webcam. Officials at the National Zoo announced Friday that viewers will be able to toggle between four different...

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 11:06 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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D.C. Central Kitchen vans vandalized

Nine of 15 delivery trucks belonging to D.C. Central Kitchen were vandalized early Wednesday morning, NBC 4 reports.

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 11:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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EPA investigating green water in Md. river

Fort Detrick officials say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the source of some harmless green water found flowing from the Army installation in Frederick into the Monocacy River earlier this month.

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 10:40 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Maryland
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Battle over historic home in Kensington

Efforts to demolish a burned out home in Kensington are running into opposition from area preservation groups who say the 19th-Century Queen Anne structure is unique and should be saved, The Gazette reports. The historic structure, condemned following an electrical...

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 10:17 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: Maryland
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UVa. hosts event on campus violence

Students, faculty and staff at the University of Virginia are being encouraged to address issues of campus safety and violence prevention.

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 10:09 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)

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No Confederate History month for Va.

Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) announced Friday morning that he will declare April 2011 "Civil War in Virginia" month, rather than "Confederate History Month," as he offered a humble apology for a proclamation this year that omitted reference to slavery's role in the war.

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 9:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (14)
Categories: Virginia
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Lori's A.M. Buzz: We have a winner

We're happy to announce the winner of our Summer Weather Challenge.

By Washington Post editors | September 24, 2010; 5:43 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, DC, Loris AM Buzz, Maryland, Virginia | Tags: loris am buzz
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Man killed in Reston car crash

A 42-year-old man was killed Thursday night when he lost control of his car and it flipped on a Reston area street, Fairfax County police said. Officers responded to Monroe Street at Cedar Glen Lane for a crash just before...

By Washington Post editors | September 23, 2010; 9:29 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)

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Fire destroys two homes in Manassas

Firefighters are battling a massive blaze in the 8300 block of Tillett Loop in Manassas, according to a WUSA (Channel 9) report.

By Washington Post Editors | September 23, 2010; 5:10 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (6)
Categories: Virginia
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Arrest made in Catholic U student's death

An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a Catholic University student who was killed in August while riding his bicycle, DCist reports.

By Washington Post editors | September 23, 2010; 3:20 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (20)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, DC
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Meet the Faregate Moron: D.C.'s blogs

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By Lori Aratani | September 23, 2010; 3:16 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: DC, Loris AM Buzz, Maryland, Traffic and Transportation, Virginia
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Rhee grim-faced after Gray meeting

D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray and Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee met for 90 minutes today for a “philosophical discussion” about public education but they did not talk about her future in the administration.

By Tim Craig | September 23, 2010; 2:07 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (14)
Categories: DC, Education
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Va. gets $6.2M to pay snow costs

The Virginia Department of Transportation will receive $6.2 million in federal funding to help pay costs stemming from a severe winter storm in 2009. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the funding Thursday in a news release. The storm that...

By Washington Post editors | September 23, 2010; 12:21 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Virginia, Weather
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Settlement in Va. chicken sandwich suit

A Florida man has settled his $2 million lawsuit against a McDonald's restaurant in Southwest Virginia that allegedly served him a chicken sandwich that exploded with hot grease. Terms of the settlement entered Friday in Alexandria were not disclosed. The...

By Washington Post editors | September 23, 2010; 11:53 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (6)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, Virginia
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Gray meeting with Holder, Rhee

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is going to the John A. Wilson Building at 11 a.m. Thursday to meet with D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, who is likely to be the District's next mayor.

By Tim Craig | September 23, 2010; 10:58 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)

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14 in D.C.-area on Forbes' 'Richest' list

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett remain the richest individuals in America, according to the 2010 Forbes 400 list, which also includes 14 Washington-area billionaires, The Washington Business Journal reports. The highest ranking local individuals are John Mars and Forest Mars...

By Washington Post editors | September 23, 2010; 10:55 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (4)
Categories: DC, Maryland, Virginia
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Settlement reached in Bay Bridge lawsuit

Attorneys have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over a fatal crash on the Bay Bridge in the summer of 2008.

By Washington Post editors | September 23, 2010; 10:50 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (9)
Categories: Maryland, Traffic and Transportation
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Lori's A.M. Buzz: Today's big meetings

D.C. Council Chairman VIncent Gray and D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee are slated to have their first post-primary election get together.

By Washington Post editors | September 23, 2010; 5:40 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: DC, Loris AM Buzz, Maryland, Virginia, Weather
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Storms knock out power in Maryland

Thunderstorms rolled through Montgomery County and into Prince George’s Wednesday night, knocking down trees and power lines, leaving nearly 10,000 customers without power, authorities said. No injuries were reported initially and no major streets were blocked, officials said. However, police...

By Terri Rupar | September 22, 2010; 8:20 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Afghanistan crash claims Navy grad

Brendan Looney, a former Naval Academy lacrosse player, was among the nine U.S. military personnel killed Tuesday when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, The Baltimore Sun reports.

By Washington Post editors | September 22, 2010; 4:34 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Maryland
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Skip lunch for a good cause: D.C.'s blogs

Good afternoon. Feels like . . . August? Yup, it's going to feel like that for the next two days, but file this away. You can think about it when temperatures start to dip into the 40's come December. After...

By Washington Post editors | September 22, 2010; 3:24 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: DC, Loris AM Buzz, Maryland, Traffic and Transportation, Virginia, Weather
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We're No. 1 -- for worst summer of 2010

The Weather Channel has named the five cities across the country that experienced the brunt of this summer's record-breaking heat. Guess who won, or lost depending on your point of view?

By Washington Post editors | September 22, 2010; 3:12 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: DC, Weather
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Three more lion cubs born at the zoo

Officials at the National Zoo announced that three lion cubs were born Wednesday morning -- just three weeks after another female lion at the zoo gave birth to a litter of four cubs. The cubs were born to 6-year-old Nababiep,...

By Washington Post editors | September 22, 2010; 2:56 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (7)
Categories: DC
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Teens racing injured in Pr. Geo's accident

Prince George's Fire and EMS is reporting that two teen males have been injured Wednesday in a two vehicle crash in the 3100 block of Powder Mill Road. The road has been closed.

By Washington Post editors | September 22, 2010; 1:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (23)
Categories: Maryland
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Loudoun's new team? The Hounds

The group bringing a professional baseball team to Northern Virginia has decided on a name for the ballclub that reflects its new home: the Loudoun Hounds, the Washington Business Journal reports. Officials of VIP Baseball said the team name and...

By Washington Post editors | September 22, 2010; 11:49 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Virginia
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Blocks of belongings after eviction

On the four corners of 11th and Otis Place were the contents of Eloisa Diaz's home Wednesday morning: Piles upon piles of household furniture tossed together so that ironing boards sat against vacuum cleaners which sat against empty frames. Diaz,...

By Washington Post Editors | September 22, 2010; 11:44 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (17)
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D.C. cop indicted in drug case

A D.C. police officer protected her boyfriend while he packaged large amounts of crack and heroin on the kitchen table of the couple's District Heights home, federal prosecutors said this week in describing a drug conspiracy they say extended from...

By Washington Post editors | September 22, 2010; 10:38 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (9)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, DC, Maryland
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Three dead in Lorton fire

One adult and two children died in a Wednesday morning fire in Lorton, authorities said.

By Washington Post editors | September 22, 2010; 10:11 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Virginia
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Lori's A.M. Buzz: Librarians will survive

A group of librarians at the Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg, Va. are enjoying a bit of YouTube fame. A video they created has gone viral, attracting more than 35,000 hits.

By Washington Post editors | September 22, 2010; 5:43 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: DC, Loris AM Buzz, Maryland, Virginia, Weather | Tags: loris am buzz
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Body found by tracks near Capitol

A body was found Monday night near railroad tracks about a half mile from the U.S. Capitol, authorities said. The body was found about 10 p.m. beside the CSX tracks near Second Street SW, according to information from the...

By Erica Johnston | September 21, 2010; 11:01 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, DC
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Man dies after scooter crash in Fairfax

A man died after crashing his scooter on a Springfield road, and Fairfax County police are investigating whether he may have had a medical emergency that caused the accident. Passersby called authorities after they saw a scooter veer from...

By Erica Johnston | September 21, 2010; 9:50 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, Virginia
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Man dies after fall from hunting stand

A 44-year-old Maryland man was fatally injured Monday when he apparently fell from an elevated stand while hunting, the Maryland Natural Resources Police said. They said the death of Dennis Arthur Siler, of Port Deposit, which occurred in the Elkton,...

By Erica Johnston | September 21, 2010; 9:19 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (4)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, Maryland
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3 shot, 1 fatally, in D.C.

Update: D.C. police are investigating three shootings Tuesday night, including one fatality. In the first case, police found a man fatally shot near a bus stop in the 900 block of Southern Avenue just before 8 p.m., said Officer Hugh...

By Erica Johnston | September 21, 2010; 9:05 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (21)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, DC
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Woman rescued from Clarksburg fire

Update, 8:53 p.m.: A woman was rescued Tuesday from a townhouse fire in the Clarksburg area, Montgomery County fire officials said. Firefighters responded about 5:20 p.m. to the 9800 block of Brook Ridge Court and found a fire in the...

By Erica Johnston | September 21, 2010; 6:36 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Crime and Public Safety, Maryland
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Woman slain in Greenbelt

Prince George's County police are on the scene of a shooting in Greenbelt. Officers were called to the 8500 block of Greenbelt Road about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday for a reported shooting, and found a female lying in the hallway, said Cpl. Mike Rodriguez, a department spokesman. He said the extent of the woman’s wounds are unclear, but homicide detectives had been notified. More details will be provided as they become available.

By Washington Post Editors | September 21, 2010; 6:07 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Maryland
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