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New Redskins training camp site to be completed by June

The goal posts are now in the ground at the new training camp site for the Washington Redskins, the latest sign of significant progress on the Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center.

Tags: The Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center, Hourigan Construction,

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Metro wants public feedback on two new map designs

With Phase 1 of the Silver Line slated to open by year's end, Metrorail is updating its map.

Tags: Metro, Metro map, Silver Line

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Power companies offer free trees

Pepco and BGE are offering their customers free trees and advice on where to plant them.

Tags: trees, pepco, bge

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Fairfax Connector changes planned with Silver Line opening

Fairfax County will hold a series of meetings beginning Monday night asking for feedback on a revised plan for new bus schedules and routes once trains begin running from Wiehle-Reston East to East Falls Church.

Tags: Fairfax County Connector, Silver Line, public meetings, Metro, wmata

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Girl Scouts lobby against Idaho sales tax on cookies

Girl Scouts are learning a lesson about taxes and lobbying through their efforts to change the law in Idaho.

Tags: girl scouts,

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7 out of 10 feel safe walking alone at night in D.C. area

More than seven in ten people living in the D.C. metro area feel safe walking alone at night in the city or area where they reside.

Tags: Gallup

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Science Museum rats bust brackets

Rats like basketball, too.

Tags: Science Museum of Virginia, NCAA basketball, Final Four, rat

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Cherry blossom peak bloom is hard to predict

The first of thousands of visitors to the National Cherry Blossom Festival may not see many blossoms at all.

Tags: Cheery Blossom Festival

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Arlington approves new homeless shelter

The Arlington County Board unanimously approved a new, year-round homeless shelter Saturday that condo owners whose building backs up against the site oppose.

Tags: Arlington County Board, Jeff Swarc, A-SPAN, Barbara Favola, Woodbury Heights Condos

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14th Street most dangerous for cyclists, pedestrians

There are more collisions involving cyclists and pedestrians along 14th Street Northwest, than anywhere else in the District, but a DDOT review finds a "very high percentage" of the crashes in that corridor and across the city are caused by drivers, cyclists or pedestrians behaving badly.

Tags: u street, 14th Street, bicycling, D.C., dangerous roads

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