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'He gave away his track trophies and told the family he wouldn't be coming back,' his only sister, Jeanette Frye, recounted.

As the nation's top energy user, the Defense Department is pushing commercialization of the technology it needs to lower costs and keep its facilities secure, the deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment said here today.

In precision, each small American flag is held for a moment, hovering a few inches above the earth approximately one foot in front of each grave marker, carefully centered, and then gently guided into its temporary resting place amid the permanent tombstones, where it will remain through this Memorial Day weekend.

Every half hour during the day and every hour at night, they switch tomb guards, just like it's done in Arlington, Virginia.

Arlington Va. May 25, 2012; Insurance losses for hail-related damage to vehicles more than doubled last year compared with the previous three years, an analysis by the Highway Loss Data Institute shows.

Media coverage of the Health and Human Services "contraception mandate" debate has intensified demand for appealing arguments that win minds and hearts, yet effective spokesmen and women for Catholic teaching are in short supply, giving an edge to those who spin the bishops' position as a "war on women." Enter Austen Ivereigh, a British Catholic ... (more)

Grave markers are decorated with U.S. flags for Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia.

The Air Force Research Laboratory has hired Northrop Grumman Corp. to develop a capability to counter hidden, homemade bombs that enemies are using to kill or maim American troops.

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to TAPS, a group that assists the families of fallen veterans, Friday in Arlington, Va.

We'd especially like to offer our best wishes to our friends in Rolling Thunder who will be taking part in their Ride for Freedom this weekend in D.C. as they do each year to honor our vets and specifically to bring awareness to POW/MIA issues.

Celebrate Memorial Day with Stifel & Capra's visiting artist Steve Klass and the boutique's art & antique market, Creative Cauldron's Women of the Blues music review, a trip to the farmers market, a reggae show and most importantly, the City of Falls Church's 31st annual Memorial Day Festival & Parade! Stifel & Capra's May Visiting Artist - Steve ... (more)

Vice President Joe Biden, in a moving speech to families of fallen troops on Friday, recounted the dark days following the tragic deaths of his wife and daughter and talked about having thoughts of suicide.

'90s era DC shoegazers Lorelei came out of retirement a in 2006 years ago, having notably played the Slumberland 20th Anniversary at Bell House in 2009 and the Chickfactor anniversary in Arlington, VA this spring.

A Hilton Homewood Suites extended stay hotel has been proposed to replace the former Colony House Furniture building in the Colonial Village neighborhood of Arlington County, the Arlington Mercury reports.

As Jon Hickox turned off Lee Highway and into the driveway of an abandoned, overgrown farm next to the Manassas Battlefield , a powerful sensation came over him.

The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as the Old Guard, has begun planting small U.S. flags at each grave marker at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, starting on Thursday in preparation for Memorial Day.

A fire that swept through a nuclear-powered submarine in dry dock at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard caused extensive damage to its forward compartments, raising questions Thursday about whether it might have to be scrapped.

Arlington County Public Schools is planning to build two new elementary schools -- the first new schools since the 1990s -- to handle the booming enrollment that's straining the small district.

A fire burns on a nuclear submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

Memorial Day weekend is here! Not only is this the first long weekend since February, but it's also the traditional start of summer.