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Creepy Clown Growls at Woman in Fredericksburg: Police

Given the recent, mostly bogus, accounts of numerous clown sightings around schools or in wooded areas, the latest crime report from Fredericksburg Police gives one room for pause. Creepy clown, indeed.

A little after 3 p.m. Tuesday, a woman reported that while in her vehicle in Fredericksburg, an unknown person wearing a clown mask with green hair reached inside her window, touched her shoulder and then growled at her. >>> Read more.

• More: 'Creepy Clowns' Reports Dubious: Manassas Police

Tracking Great White Sharks Aided by Firm in Manassas

A Manassas-based unmanned-aircraft technology company, Aurora Flight Sciences, is teaming up with an project tracking and tagging great white sharks.

Toward that end, Aurora is providing technology to assist Ocearch by having a drone operator on board the project ship to help find and track sharks in real-time. >>> Read more.

Mike Pence’s 'You Whipped Out That Mexican Thing Again' Inspires ThatMexicanThing.com

• A few simple words out of Mike Pence's mouth may be the most memorable moment from the vice presidential debate.

Hurricane Matthew Evacuations Begin On The East Coast

• "If you're able to go early, leave now," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. Storm to miss Mid-Atlantic states.

5 Suspects Identified for Vandalism of Historic African American School

• The graffiti included offensive and vulgar graffiti, to include racist messages.

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