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Survey asks Fairfax Co. residents how to fund roads

Fairfax County needs $3 billion over the next 10 years to build and maintain local roads because of cutbacks in state and federal funding.

Tags: fairfax county board of supervisors, road work, Sharon Bulova, taxes

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Where have all the campaign signs gone?

There's a month to go before the general election, but something's been missing from campaigns this year: all those candidate signs along highway medians.

Tags: campaign signs, hank sil,

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Officials consider Tysons Corner name change

Tysons Corner has seen its share of growth in 70 years, but the area's name has stuck around - until possibly now.

Tags: Tysons Corner, Tysons Corner Center, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, Gerald Gordon

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Loudoun supervisors may investigate one of their own

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors will be asked Wednesday to conduct an investigation into the actions of one of its own members.

Tags: Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, Eugene Delgaudio, Scott York,

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Federal court reviews use of toll money for Dulles rail

A federal court could ultimately decide how much drivers pay to use the Dulles Toll Road.

Tags: Bob Cynkar, Dulles Toll Road, Silver Line, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, No Toll Increase

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WTOP Beltway Poll: Are voters supporting Obama or Romney?

President Barack Obama holds a 50 percent to 42 percent lead over Republican Mitt Romney heading into the presidential election in voter-rich Northern Virginia, a new WTOP Beltway Poll finds.

Tags: WTOP Beltway Poll, presidential election

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Baseball Hounds seek new stadium by 2014

The Loudoun Hounds baseball club will move its planned stadium site to a 358-acre planned development in Ashburn.

Tags: Loudoun Hounds, professional baseball, One Loudoun,

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Election officials to area voters: Check registration

Election officials want D.C., Maryland and Virginia area voters to double check that they are registered to vote this week so their vote will count come Election Day.

Tags: voter registration, Election Day

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More finding news online and on radio

The Pew Research Center survey found 39 percent of those under 30 say they read yesterday's news online or on mobile devices, with 78 percent of those people getting their news via cellphone.

Tags: TV news, pew research center, cellphone

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Region's air quality improves, despite hot summer

Even though there were eight days with temperatures over 100 degrees and 52 days over 90 degrees in 2012 -- making it the third hottest summer on record -- the region only had three Code Red days and 16 Code Orange days.

Tags: Code Red, Code Orange, AAA Mid-Atlantic, metropolitan council of governments, Lon Anderson, air quality

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