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A longtime former PPG Industries engineer has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the company of racial and age discrimination and is seeking to have the suit certified as class action.

Montgomery County police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the Potomac River near Great Falls.

Here it is, mid-May, said one speaker to Prince William School Board members Wednesday evening, and discussions surrounding an elementary math curriculum, Investigations, are still ongoing.

Business at Pedro Vargas' store, Club Video Mexico, has slid so steeply that only eight people walked through the door one day last month.

Imagine opening your front door to a complete stranger who expects to be put up for the night.

Not long after Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Kirven was killed in an insurgent ambush in Afghanistan on Mother's Day in 2005, his family was contacted by a stranger.

General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded a task order by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information technology management services at its ...

George Mason University will receive $7 million in federal funding over the next five years to run a Web site to train elementary and high school history teachers. via Charleston Daily Mail

“The tickets are really hard to come by”

RA Pool, Tennis Passes On-line Reston Association is encouraging members to not wait in line, but to buy on-line, their pool and tennis passes for the 2008 season. via Alexandria Gazette-Packet

“While it didn't get us to where we wanted to be, it certainly got us ahead of Fairfax and Loudoun.”

School Board adopts budget; western PW high school still on track The Prince William County School Board unanimously adopted an $859 million budget for the upcoming year on May 7, bringing mixed results for the ... via Gainesville Times

“The Perfect Boy", "The Only One", and "Freakshow". "The Only One”

Photos/notes by Kyle Gustafson The Cure launched their spring North American tour with a bang on Friday night, playing a 38-song, three-hour marathon gig at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia . via Pitchfork

“They put on a happy face, they look as if they're achieving the things they need to achieve, doing the things they need to do, because they feel their parents are already over-stressed with long commutes and two jobs”

Teenagers appear to be using marijuana to fight depression, the government said Friday. via WFIE-TV Evansville

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“There's still a lot of work to be done.”

Voters in Fairfax City on Tuesday elected three new members to the six-seat city council and returned incumbent Mayor Robert Lederer to serve for a fourth consecutive term in office. via WTOP

“We have a great team. Communication between ground and flight crews meant both DMC ships could capture the maximum amount of data in the shortest time frame possible allowing us to successfully complete this [acquisition] project in one day.”

Fairfax, VA - 3001, the geospatial company , today announced the successful completion and delivery of digital aerial imagery to the U.S. Corps of Engineers Little Rock District to aid in their emergency ... via GISUser.com

Voters in Northern Virginia cities and towns head to the polls Tuesday. Voting places will stay open until 7 p.m. Herndon residents have the choice of letting incumbent Mayor Stephen DeBenedittis win a second ... via WTOP

The Sheriffa TMs Office is investigating a reported sexual assault that allegedly occurred Sunday, April 20, in the Sterling area. via Alexandria Gazette-Packet

“OFWs are probably hurting more now”

Experts composed of Europe-based author Filomenita Mongaya-Hogsholm, MPI policy analyst Laureen Laglagaron, Consul-General Domingo Nolasco and MPI associate policy analyst Dovelyn Agunias join Kathleen Newland, ... via ABS-CBN News

FAIRFAX, Va.- President Bush was helping to raise more than $500,000 Wednesday night for Republicans running for the House - his fourth fundraiser this month as the election season heats up. via Telegram & Gazette