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Next step for Walter Reed redevelopment? Map it

Friday - 05/24/2013, 12:37pm EDT

MTA proposes route cuts to commuter buses

Traffic gets bad enough as it is. What will happen if some commuter bus routes are cancelled?

Friday - 05/24/2013, 12:34pm EDT

Man with $270K in heroin arrested in Stafford County

A 28-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested in Stafford County, Va., in what authorities say is one of the largest drug seizures of its type in the region's history.

Friday - 05/24/2013, 12:25pm EDT

4 convicted in Bank of Commonwealth fraud

A federal court jury has found former Bank of the Commonwealth president and CEO Edward Woodard Jr. and three others guilty of conspiring to defraud the bank out of $71 million.

Friday - 05/24/2013, 12:18pm EDT

3 tied to coal ship detained in Virginia indicted

A federal grand jury has indicted the owner, operator and chief engineer of a Maltese-flagged coal ship that has been detained in Virginia since April over alleged environmental violations.

Friday - 05/24/2013, 12:17pm EDT

Grilling ideas for your summer barbecue

Local food bloggers recommend their favorite barbecue recipes in anticipation for summer.

Friday - 05/24/2013, 11:50am EDT

Solar-pedal vehicle draws stares, questions

Most people who see the lime-green ELF hybrid vehicle have the same question: What is it?

Friday - 05/24/2013, 11:09am EDT

Prince George's interim superintendent to stay

Prince George's interim superintendent to stay on through summer

Friday - 05/24/2013, 10:38am EDT

What rising home sales mean for the D.C. area

Sales of homes in the U.S. are at their highest level in 3 ½ years, rising 9.7 percent in the last 12 months. And the D.C. area is experiencing the same surge.

Friday - 05/24/2013, 10:22am EDT

Va. likely to take gain 300 acre at Fort Monroe

Virginia likely to take control of 300 acres at Fort Monroe by end of May

Friday - 05/24/2013, 10:03am EDT

Kid Rock, Rolling Stones on scalping, summer tours

Kid Rock, Rolling Stones and more on summer tours, scalping and secondary sources for tickets

Friday - 05/24/2013, 09:49am EDT

Dominion donates $500K to Va. black history museum

Dominion donates $500K to Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia

Friday - 05/24/2013, 08:10am EDT

Virginia mom sentenced for mooning school bus

Virginia mom given weekend jail sentence for mooning son's school bus driver, students

Friday - 05/24/2013, 08:09am EDT

Free jazz concerts back for 13th season at Sculpture Garden

For the 13th season, the Jazz in the Garden series at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden will provide free tunes and an end-of-the-week catharsis.

Friday - 05/24/2013, 07:55am EDT

Obama to speak at Naval Academy graduation

Obama to speak at Naval Academy graduation for 2nd time

Friday - 05/24/2013, 07:40am EDT

Commuter Idle: Nearly 4-hour commute costs D.C. worker $1,500 a month

Roseline Gorantla commutes from the Philadelphia suburbs to D.C. Her morning commute the day WTOP shadowed her: three hours, 42 minutes.

Friday - 05/24/2013, 07:31am EDT
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Md. fire volunteer hit by car while clearing wreck

Washington Co. fire volunteer hit by car while helping to clear I-68 wreck

Friday - 05/24/2013, 07:30am EDT

Record-breaking attendance expected for Memorial Day survivors' gathering

A record number of families will gather in Arlington this weekend to honor their fallen military service members and to find support and comfort from other families coping with similar losses.

Friday - 05/24/2013, 05:43am EDT
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Memorial Day weekend one of the most dangers for drivers

Memorial Day weekend can be a dangerous time of year on the roads with more people traveling and attending parties and barbecues.

Friday - 05/24/2013, 05:40am EDT

1 dead, 1 injured in collapse at Montgomery Mall

A construction worker was killed and another was severely injured after being trapped for about four hours under a 50,000-pound piece of concrete following a partial parking garage collapse at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda.

Friday - 05/24/2013, 05:33am EDT
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