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Foster teens learn financial facts
The Washington PostA dozen teenagers gathered their swivel chairs around a conference table on a recent afternoon and talked about the credit crisis, or more specifically, how to avoid one of their own. After agreeing that too much debt could lead to a life of deprivation...Tags: Starbucks Corporation, Academic Progress, Fines, Society, Prince William
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Va. gets federal grants for 2 flu projects
The Virginia Department of Health has received federal grants for two projects aimed at preventing and battling a possible flu pandemic. State health officials say a $1 million grant will fund a pilot project at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Health Organizations, Healthcare Policies, Epidemics and Plagues
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Grants to help state respond to health crisis
The Virginia Department of Health received two federal grants that could help protect residents in the event of a flu pandemic or other disasters. The grants will enhance the department's pilot project at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and planning...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Health Organizations, Epidemics and Plagues
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U.Va. study shows inaccuracies in school census
Associated Press WriterVirginia's school divisions don't always get an accurate count of their school-age residents, resulting in misallocations of tax money--possibly by as much as $17 million _ for public education, a University of Virginia study shows. Researchers at the...Tags: Demographics, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Colleges and Universities, Population and Census, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Foster makes 3 in GOP attorney general sweepstakes
AP Political WriterArlington lawyer Dave Foster entered the Republican Party's three-way sweepstakes for the 2009 attorney general nomination Wednesday. Foster, elected to the school board in heavily Democratic Arlington, is running against state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli and...Tags: Republican National Conventions, Lawyers, Government, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Same-Sex Marriage
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Immigration agency rejects Fairfax application
Fairfax County's sheriff says federal immigration authorities have denied his bid to enroll deputies in a program that trains local officers to detain criminal illegal immigrants. Sheriff Stan Barry says his application to enroll 12 deputies was...Tags: Demographics, Illegal Immigrants, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Immigration, Migration
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2 killed, 3 injured in Interstate 66 crash
Police say a teenager traveling the wrong way on Interstate 66 crashed head-on into another car, killing two women. Virginia State Police say charges are pending against the 17-year-old driver from Fairfax County. Authorities believe alcohol was a...Tags: Road Accidents, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Injuries, Transportation Accidents
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Toll lanes will mean fewer trees
Fairfax County and state officials say building four high-occupancy toll lanes on Virginia's Capital Beltway will mean fewer trees. Construction has already begun on the lanes from the Springfield exchange to north of the Dulles Toll Road. Fairfax...Tags: Road Transportation, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Heads of State, Government, Washington Post Company
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Democrats retain U.S. House, push for historic gains
Associated PressDemocrats retained control of the House and pushed for historic gains in their majority yesterday by solidifying their dominance in the Northeast and making inroads in the South and West. "It's the night we have been waiting for," said House Speaker...Tags: Jim Saxton, Tim Mahoney, Nick Lampson, Local Elections, Ric Keller
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Man claims self-defense in cab driver killing
A man accused of killing a taxi driver in northern Virginia has told police he shot the driver in self-defense after the driver became angry over his inability to pay a $130 fare. Twenty-two-year-old Evan Gargiulo has been jailed since he surrendered to...Tags: Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Murder, Prosecution, Washington Post Company
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McCain faults rival's patriotism
Tribune correspondentSPRINGFIELD, Va. — With just three days left to press his case, Sen. John McCain on Saturday delivered an unabashed pitch contrasting his patriotism with that of Sen. Barack Obama, sparking a nasty clash. "We learn more and more about Sen. Obama....Tags: State Budgets, Armed Forces, Local Elections, Cindy McCain, Defense
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Republican dominion threatened in Virginia
Bob Lawrence, a retired engineer, once counted on a majority of people in this state to vote just like him -- Republican. Presidential elections were rather uneventful affairs. So it comes as something of a surprise that in recent weeks, volunteers...Tags: Political Candidates, Local Elections, Government, Wars and Interventions, Virginia Tech
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