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Obama, McCain all tied up in Virginia
- A new poll released today places the presidential candidates in a dead heat in Virginia.
Man arrested in death of adopted son
- Miles and Carol Harrison were still under a six-month state-mandated supervision period required for all international adoptions when their Russian-born infant son, Chase, died in the backseat of a car in a Herndon parking lot.
Hospital leaders call action 'extremely disappointing'
- The federal government moved Friday to block a merger between Prince William Health System and Northern Virginia's largest hospital family, Inova Health System Foundation, citing monopoly fears.
Fairfax County officer charged in crash
- Fairfax County Police Officer Amanda Perry was charged with reckless driving Friday in connection with a fatal crash that claimed the life of a 33-year-old teacher's assistant in February.
Officials eye bus shelter ads for revenue
- Fairfax County officials want to sell advertisements in more than 100 bus shelters throughout the county in the hopes of raising funds to support the local transit system.
Two alleged MS-13 members indicted on murder charges
- Two Virginia men have been indicted on murder and racketeering charges, accused of gunning down a rival gang member in a Springfield parking lot so that they could improve their profile in the notorious MS-13 street gang.
Clinic receives grant, may shut doors anyway
- The Northern Virginia Health Foundation gave an embattled community health clinic $150,000 to help keep it afloat for about two months after it lost its major funding source because of Prince William County's budget woes.
Crackdown prompts student exodus to other counties
- The number of non-English-speaking students transferring from Prince William County schools to neighboring school systems climbed again last month as families flee the crackdown on illegal immigrants.
Methodists defend Episcopal Church in land battle
- The United Methodist Church and a handful of other religious bodies have rallied to the side of Virginia's Episcopal Diocese as it seeks to reclaim millions of dollars worth of property from breakaway congregations in court.
Board proposes $40 million school infusion, undoes cuts to raises
- Fairfax County supervisors are likely to pump an additional $40 million into the county's school system, undo proposed cuts to employee pay raises and bolster a strike force that targets neighborhood blight and overcrowding - almost all of it funded by a tax increase and a series of new cuts.
Bald eagle to be released at Fairfax park
- A bald eagle that was shot months ago and nursed back to health at a wildlife hospital in rural Virginia will be released at a Fairfax County park today, despite having three shotgun pellets still lodged in its body.
Breakaway Episcopal churches win round in property fight
- The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia has been dealt a major setback in its legal battle to retain church properties across Northern Virginia after about a dozen conservative congregations seceded a year ago.
Kaine, McDonnell fight power corridor ruling
- Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell and Gov. Tim Kaine have asked a federal appeals court to strike down a U.S. Department of Energy decision that includes the state in a power corridor spanning a large part of the East Coast.