Fairfax County News

'Stuck in the 50s': A photographer's journey to Cuba

For many Americans, Cuba remains an elusive land whose reputation is mired by Fidel Castro and communism. It is a land lost in time, a place most people will never visit.

Wednesday - 05/16/2012, 04:09pm EDT

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2 men charged in rape in northern Va.

Fairfax County police say two men have been arrested and charged in the bludgeoning and rape of a woman in the Merrifield area last week.

Wednesday - 05/16/2012, 04:03pm EDT

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Stabbed therapy horses slowly recovering

A program designed to help wounded veterans and autistic children, which suffered a set back when three of its therapy horses were stabbed last month, will resume this Saturday even though the horses have not healed and a suspect has not been caught.

Wednesday - 05/16/2012, 03:12pm EDT

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Antique coins, bank notes stolen in Annandale

Fairfax County police are investigating the theft of an antique coin and bank note collection worth up to $500,000.

Wednesday - 05/16/2012, 10:03am EDT

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Highway work threatens future of historic Woodlawn Stables

A historic farm that sits on grounds once owned by President George Washington could soon be the victim of base realignment.

Tuesday - 05/15/2012, 01:26pm EDT

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Northrop Grumman gets $103M US military order

Northrop Grumman Corp. said Monday that it received a $103 million delivery order from Naval Air Systems Command for Litening G4 targeting systems.

Monday - 05/14/2012, 03:13pm EDT

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Candlelight vigil honors the fallen for National Police Week

A candlelight vigil Sunday night offered a somber dedication ceremony at the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in northwest D.C.

Monday - 05/14/2012, 01:40pm EDT

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Congregation at historic Falls Church moves on

Thousands of members of a historic church in northern Virginia are holding their final Sunday services in their centuries-old home after losing a long-running court battle.

Monday - 05/14/2012, 03:14am EDT

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Self-defense courses offered for women

Could you fend off an attack by a sexual predator? Some local women will get a chance to learn how over the next few weeks.

Sunday - 05/13/2012, 07:49pm EDT

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Va. fourth-grader studies the dangers of distracted walking

Abby Fox is not even old enough to own a cell phone, but the Reston, Va. fourth-grader knows of the dangers they can pose.

Sunday - 05/13/2012, 04:23pm EDT

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Moran: New BRAC facility 'should not have happened'

Tucked in between U.S. 50, U.S. 29 and the Capital Beltway, the Defense Health Headquarters will bring all Department of Defense military medical health care operations to a single campus. The facility will house more than 3,000 employees and is expected to be fully up and running by July.

Friday - 05/11/2012, 02:43pm EDT

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Police make arrest in Va. mosque vandalism case

Police have arrested an 18-year-old and charged him with vandalizing an under-construction mosque in Chantilly.

Friday - 05/11/2012, 12:34pm EDT

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Va. man abducted, robbed, left in truck of his car

Police say a Springfield man was abducted at gunpoint, forced to withdraw money from banks and then abandoned in the trunk of his car.

Thursday - 05/10/2012, 06:45am EDT

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Fairfax Co. police officer accused of sexual assault, arrested

A Fairfax County police officer is under arrest after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman with whom he had a relationship.

Wednesday - 05/09/2012, 05:33pm EDT

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Suspect in fatal hit-and-run has history of bad driving

A woman has been arrested and charged in the fatal hit-and-run of 21-year-old Shelinda Delores Arrington last Friday in Virginia.

Tuesday - 05/08/2012, 06:59pm EDT

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Fairfax firm to review W.Va.'s use of broadband funds

West Virginia has asked a Virginia consulting firm to review its use of a $126 million federal grant to expand high-speed Internet access across the state.

Tuesday - 05/08/2012, 09:55am EDT

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