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Metro delays after Green Line train hits deer

Riders may be experiencing a bit of delay on Metro's Green Line after a train hit a deer.

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Bedford council OKs urban archery deer hunt

Bedford City Council has approved an urban archery hunt to control the city's deer population.

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New approach to control Rock Creek Park deer population

There are too many deer in Rock Creek Park eating up all the vegetation. Now there's a plan in place to control them.

Tags: darci marchese, Rock Creek Park, National Parks Service

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WTOP's Top 5 morning stories

Five stories to keep you informed and get you going.

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Fairfax Co. paints deer pink to prevent ticks (VIDEO)

A research study to control ticks in Fairfax County is creating a bizarre sight: deer with pink stripes.

Tags: ticks, Fairfax County, andrew mollenbeck

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Deadly Loudoun accident sends deer through windshield

The impact sent the deer flying through the windshield of a Nissan Xterra traveling northbound on Route 9. An Arlington man died.

Tags: Loudon County Sheriffs Office, Rodolfo Diamantio Ruiz Villatoro

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Deer that ran into Washington library is put down

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Sharpshooters take aim at Rock Creek deer

So many deer are crammed into a popular local park that there are plans to bring in sharpshooters for the first time to thin the herd.

Tags: Rock Creek Park, National Park Service,

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Deer drive provides more than 3K lbs. of meat to food banks

When word got out that county food banks were short on fresh meat, local hunters took to the woods, fields and farms to help provide venison for needy families.

Tags: Izaak Walton League, food bank, Washington County

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'Crittercams' show how animals avoid crossing the highway

What Ed Gates, a professor with the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science, found when he put "crittercams" in culverts across Maryland surprised him.

Tags: UMCES, crittercam, wildlife, kate ryan

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