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Local shooting chapters arm women with safety, confidence, camaraderie

Two local chapters of a national organization are teaching women how to handle firearms in an all-female environment.

Tags: The Well Armed Woman, Rachel Nania, shooting, guns, gun safety, firearms, Northern Virginia, shooting range

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Another weekend of HOV closures on I-95 in Va.

The Virginia Department of Transportation again plans closures of the HOV lanes on Interstate 95 in northern Virginia.

Tags: I-95, Northern Virginia, Virginia Department of Transportation, HOV lanes

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Sex-seeking cicadas begin to emerge in Southern Maryland

Cicadas have been spotted in St. Mary's County. The worst of the 17-year bug infestation will hit by the first week of June.

Tags: hank silverberg, cicadas, brood ii, Mike Raupp, Southern Maryland, Northern Virginia, St. Mary

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3 northern Va. residents in W.Va. plane crash

Three northern Virginia residents remain hospitalized a day after their small plane crashed at a Tucker County airstrip.

Tags: plane crash, West Virginia, Northern Virginia, Tucker County, Fairfax County

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Northern Va. schools used for PBS documentary on gun violence

A new PBS documentary examining possible warning signs for school shootings has used two Northern Virginia schools for part of the setting.

Tags: gun violence, newtown, Northern Virginia, PBS, documentary, hank silverberg

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Final Va. election push is 'calling and hauling'

With the candidates' cases largely made and voters mostly decided in Virginia's close, nasty and expensive presidential and Senate races, success on Tuesday rests on the most basic and old- fashioned electioneering effort - turnout.

Tags: voting, Northern Virginia

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More changes coming along the Express Lanes project

Drivers should brace for more shifts and twists this week along the Express Lanes project in Northern Virginia.

Tags: Express Lanes Project, Northern Virginia, Outer Loop, Inner loop, I-66, VDOT, Adam Tuss

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