Washington D.C. / Northern Virginia Suburbs
The Rush for ‘21st-Century Skills’
WashingtonPost.com / Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST
In a seventh-grade science class at Grace E. Metz Middle School in Manassas, 12-year-olds Chris Isaacson and Nathan McCallister were building a bridge out of 30 uncooked pieces of spaghetti. They had drawn several plans. After pushing down on the spaghetti from several angles, they decided that...
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A Political Giant Takes His Leave
WashingtonPost.com / Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST
John W. Warner is a private citizen today. His expansive offices overlooking the Capitol are empty, his loyal staff dispersed, his 30 years in the Senate a fixture of history.br clear="all"a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/metro/va;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=25114510634" target="_blank"img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/metro/va;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=25114510634" border="0" vspace="5"/a
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Planners Look to Pax River as Guide Ahead of Military Base Expansions
WashingtonPost.com / Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST
Where once there were trees and fields there stand office buildings adorned with the names of giant military contractors: Northrup Grumman, Sikorsky, Raytheon and more. The road leading to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station has widened from two lanes to six and become lined for miles with shopping...
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When the Name’s the Same, the Result Is Confusion
WashingtonPost.com / Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST
In 1996, Charles S. Robb got them mixed up when one Warner challenged another for U.S. Senate. And Robb should have known better: At the time, he was Virginia's junior senator.
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Virginia Governor Kaine Said to Be Next DNC Chairman
WashingtonPost.com / Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will become chairman of the Democratic National Committee later this month, serving as the top political messenger for Barack Obama's administration even while finishing his final year in the governor's mansion, several sources said.
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O Brave New World That Has Such Avatars in It!
WashingtonPost.com / Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:21:00 EST
The virtual world Second Life, a landscape of primping avatars, ballroom dancing bears, space stations and vampire castles, has a new -- and maybe even more surreal -- inhabitant: the Arlington County government.
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McAuliffe Declares Bid for Governor
WashingtonPost.com / Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST
Former Democratic National Committee chairman and McLean businessman Terry McAuliffe said yesterday that he has decided to run for Virginia governor.
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Manassas, Pr. William Officers Get FBI Lessons
WashingtonPost.com / Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST
Manassas Police Lt. William Hutchinson and Prince William County Police Lt. John Twomey will join 250 other law enforcement officials in Quantico today to begin a 10-week stint at the FBI National Academy.br clear="all"a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/metro/va;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=25114513142" target="_blank"img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/metro/va;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=25114513142" border="0" vspace="5"/a
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Bruins’ Success Points to Stronger District
WashingtonPost.com / Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST
Although the Forest Park boys' basketball team capped its stretch of December nondistrict games with an overtime loss Tuesday to Osbourn Park, the Bruins are perhaps the best indicator of what type of regular season lies ahead in the Virginia AAA Cardinal District.
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Water Fees Dispute Is Heading To Court
WashingtonPost.com / Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST
A lengthy dispute over the water and sewer rates that Leesburg charges to out-of-town customers might be resolved this month.
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