Fairfax County

State's Voters Differ On Limited Field

Huntington-BelleHaven Patch | Mary Ann Barton | Posted 03.02.2012

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In the states holding a Republican presidential primary on Super Tuesday, voters will choose among four candidates. But in Virginia, only two names wi...

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Metro Considers Options For Silver Line Station Names

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Next stop, Innovation? That's one of the possible names for stations being proposed for Metrorail's Silver Line, which is currently unde...

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PHOTOS: The Various Obama Visits To Annandale, Va.

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama visited Northern Virginia Community College in suburban Annandale on Monday morning, unveiling his fiscal 2013 budget pr...

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PHOTOS: A Grand Tour Of Suburban 'Town Centers'

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.13.2012

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CHANTILLY, Va. -- Sitting on a metal bench outside a Ross Dress for Less during Saturday's chilly weather, there were no smiling, shiny, young and sav...

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The Have a Heart Project at Workhouse Arts Center

John Gascot | Posted 03.26.2012

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John Gascot

We believe that art is a strong vehicle for social change. In our front gallery stands an "Empty Kitchen" installation and we challenge the community to help us fill it.

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Accused 'Butt Slasher' Arrested In Peru

Posted 03.15.2012

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Interpol Peru has arrested a man suspected of slashing several women's buttocks with a box cutter or something similar at malls and shopping centers i...

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Accused 'Butt Slasher' Arrested In Peru

Posted 03.15.2012

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Interpol Peru has arrested a man suspected of slashing several women's buttocks with a box cutter or something similar at malls and shopping centers i...

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Fairfax County's Newest Tree House Kerfuffle

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Remember last fall, when an Iraq war veteran named Mark Grapin battled the Fairfax County zoning board to keep a tree house he'd built f...

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Eastbound Dulles Toll Road To Close Overnight

AP | Posted 12.19.2011

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McLEAN, Va. -- Work crews plan to close the eastbound Dulles Toll Road overnight Monday approaching the Capital Beltway to prepare for a traffic shift...

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Whether or Not Fairfax Is Bigoted, Its Attacks on Dance Clubs Are Wrong

Eli Lehrer | Posted 01.29.2012

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Eli Lehrer

If even half the facts in the Washington Post's story about Fairfax County's crackdown on Latino nightclubs are true, Fairfax County Supervisors have a lot to explain.

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In Local Races, Democrats Fare Well In Arlington, Fairfax

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- While all eyes watching the final results in the Virginia Senate, voters in Northern Virginia decided a variety of local races at the po...

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Who's Running For What? 2011 Northern Virginia Voter Guides

THe Huffington Post | Posted 01.03.2012

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With Virginia's 2011 general elections less than a week away, there's a lot at stake. While all eyes will be on hotly contested state Senate races -- ...

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Homecoming -- For Local Yokels

Mike Smith | Posted 12.05.2011

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I am incredulous that Centreville, Westfield and Chantilly High Schools are all in the Top 5. It is inscrutable and amazing to me that the high schoo...

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Fairfax Official: Springfield Mall Is Safe For Shopping

Patch | Posted 11.27.2011

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Lee District Supervisor Jeff McKay thinks Springfield Mall is still a safe place to shop, but he understands why some area residents might be too spoo...

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Warner: Region Needs New Potomac River Bridge

The Huffington Post | Michael Grass | Posted 11.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) thinks the D.C. region needs additional bridges crossing the Potomac River, an issue that's often the thir...

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Virginia's Sunday Hunting Debate Pits Gun Rights Against Sabbath

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.15.2011

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As you start loading your guns for the start of Virginia's deer-hunting season, you might wonder why it isn't legal to hunt on Sunday. Not too long ag...

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Why Affluent Parents Are Keeping Their Kids In Lower-Rated and Poor Schools

The Washington Post | Jay Matthews | Posted 09.10.2011

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For many years, families in the tree-filled Wakefield Chapel neighborhood of Fairfax County heard experts predict the school system would eventually m...

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School Makes Required Financial Literacy Fun With A Field Trip

Posted 07.18.2011

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Pay the mortgage or buy a Lamborghini? Based on their purchases in a financial literacy exercise, some middle schoolers in Fairfax County, Va. woul...

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In Virginia, Public Schools Turn To Businesses To Keep Them Afloat

Posted 05.25.2011

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As public schools across the country struggle with finances, school districts are looking more and more to the private sector for help. In Fairfax Cou...

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Highest Paid US Counties

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 07.09.2010

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Here's the good news: average weekly wages in the U.S. rose 2.5 percent over the year, according to data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Sta...

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Our Public Library Lifeline Is Fraying. We'll Be Sorry When it Snaps

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Art Brodsky

Libraries, once considered a necessity, are now seen as a luxury. They are low-hanging fruit for budget pluckers, particularly at the state and local levels of government in communities across the country.

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The Richest Counties In America (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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By now it's become obvious that the wealthy aren't immune to the recession. In October, The Wall Street Journal reported foreclosures were growing in...

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