Alexandria Virginia

LOOK: Where Are Alexandria's Female Ducks?

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 05.16.2012

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- If you're down on the Old Town waterfront these days, you may wonder why there are so many ducks hanging out. Specifically, male du...

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Goodbye, Old Town Theater (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.06.2012

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- While the news that the Old Town Theater is closing this weekend took many by surprise, the surprising thing might be that this old...

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Bo Joins Obama For Pet Store Shopping Trip (PHOTOS)

AP | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 02.20.2012

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Home alone at the White House, President Barack Obama headed on an impromptu Christmas shopping trip Wednesday with first dog Bo, s...

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Old Town Alexandria, VA: Recession Drives Women To Direct Sales

oldtownalexandria.patch.com | Posted 12.13.2011

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"Now I really don't have that fear of losing my job, because I control what I do."...

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First Lady's Potomac Yard Target Trip Sparks Conspiracy Theories

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Thursday's incognito shopping trip by first lady Michelle Obama to the Potomac Yard Target across the river in Alexandria has attracted ...

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Next Dock Stop For Capital Bikeshare: Alexandria?

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.30.2011

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The shiny red bikes that are now so common on the streets of the District of Columbia could be coming to King Street as soon as 201...

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PHOTOS: Alexandria During the Civil War

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.26.2011

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- On Oct. 5, Lyceum will host "A Visual Tour of Civil War Alexandria," a lecture by Wally Owen, assistant director of Fort Ward Museu...

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Defense Dept's $600k Fairy Sculpture

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 06.02.2011

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Department of Defense (DOD) employees moving into a new building this fall may start their days walking past a sculpture of a toad with a ten-foot fai...

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Judge tosses verdicts against infomercial pair

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge has tossed out guilty verdicts against two salespeople who used late-night infomercials to tout their stock-trading abilities.

A jury had convicted Utah residents Linda Woolf and David Gengler on fraud charges in May. The two were among the top earners at a company called Teach Me to Trade, which uses infomercials and hotel seminars across the country to hawk courses and software on making money in the stock market.

In a 51-page ruling issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga set aside the jury's guilty verdicts and ordered an acquittal. He said prosecutors failed to show the two had been part of any fraud scheme.

A spokesman for the prosecutors' office says the government is reviewing its options on whether to appeal the ruling.

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Watching the Inauguration from a Former Slave Market

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter J. Ognibene

This afternoon, the descendants of slaves bore witness to an event their forebears could not have imagined: the inauguration of an African American as President of the United States.

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John "McNasty" McCain Revisits His Former High School

ABC News | ED O'KEEFE | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain is a punk. At least that's what the editors of his high school yearbook thought. "It was a fateful three years ago that the "Punk" first ...

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