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Man held in home improvement fraud
- Montgomery County Police have served an arrest warrant on a man they say posed as a home improvement contractor and defrauded residents in Maryland and Virginia of more than half a million dollars.
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Motion seeks to withdraw Va. power line request
- Utilities proposing a multistate power line filed a request Tuesday to withdraw their application to build the 31-mile northern Virginia portion of the line, stating their own energy forecasts show the line is not immediately needed.
Feds repay Va. for Inauguration Day bus service
- Virginia has been reimbursed nearly a half-million dollars for providing free bus service to President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Feds pay Va back for Inauguration Day buses
- Virginia is getting reimbursed the nearly half-million dollars it spent to provide free bus service in Northern Virginia to President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Gov-elect McDonnell names 3 new cabinet heads
- Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell announced three new members of his cabinet Tuesday, including his pick to steer reforms in how the state manages and funds its roads, rails and ports.
Obama surprises Va. gov. on radio show
- Just like everybody else, "Barry from D.C." called Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine's radio show to complain about traffic.
Fairfax County approves new tax district for rail
- The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has given final approval for a new tax district that will help pay for three planned Metro stations in northern Virginia.
Did 'Jihadi cool' lure 5 Americans to Pakistan?
- There was a book left in a Pakistani hotel room where several young men from Virginia suspected of trying to join Taliban forces stayed. Called "The Pact," that book tells the true story of three boys from a rough neighborhood and broken homes who bond and eventually help one another through medical and dental school.
- There was a book left in a Pakistani hotel room where several young men from Virginia suspected of trying to join Taliban forces stayed. Called "The Pact," that book tells the true story of three boys from a rough neighborhood and broken homes who bond and eventually help one another through medical and dental school.
Blizzard-like storm slams East; region snowed in
- A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.
- A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.
Blizzard-like storm slams East, region snowed in
- A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.
- A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.
Storm warnings as snow bears down on mid-Atlantic
- A major storm moving up the Atlantic Coast on the last shopping weekend before Christmas threatened to shut down much of the region as officials warned of up to 20 inches of snow and significant power outages.
Woman abandoned as a baby finds her rescuers
- Christopher Astle and Emily Yanich were teenage pals strolling back from a 7-Eleven that afternoon in late summer -- two ordinary kids on an ordinary Wednesday after school -- when they found the abandoned baby.
Va 6-year plan project cuts for 2010-2015
- Highway project funding cuts by the Commonwealth Transportation Board as part of $893 million in reductions to the state's Six-Year Improvement Program approved Thursday.
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