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Young Woman Sexually Assaulted After Being Pulled From Wreck in Stafford: Police

A young woman was pulled from her vehicle following an early morning accident Monday, dragged into a nearby ditch by the other driver and sexually assaulted for two hours in the area of Kings Highway and Sherwood Forest Farm Road, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. >>> Read more.

Metro GM Proposes to Eliminate 1,000 Positions, Slash Benefits

In what is sure to be a controversial move, Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld is proposing a "reality check" budget plan for fiscal 2018 that would involve downsizing the Metro workforce by 1,000 positions, as well as cut "certain employee health care expenses," according to a statement from the transit agency. >>> Read more.

Walmart Abduction Confirmed as Prank in Woodbridge: Police

Turns out the abduction witnesses saw and surveillance cameras recorded last Friday night in front of the Walmart on Worth Avenue wasn't an abduction at all, Prince William County Police said Tuesday. >>> Read more.

Georgetown-Rosslyn Gondola Would Ferry 6,500 Riders Every Day, Be Really Cheap: Report

Report: U.S. Intel Warns of Potential Terror Attack in Virginia, New York, Texas

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Rolling Stone Trial: Defendants Found Liable in Defamation Case
Grand Jury: Kingstowne Resident Provided Support to ISIL
Woman Allegedly Assaulted at 'Haunted Forest' Event in Sterling: LCSO
66 Virginia Hospitals Graded on Patient Safety: 31 'A' Grades, Three 'D' Grades
Firefighters Make Daring Rescue on Reston High-Rise Building

• Abduction, Sex Assault: Police Release Sketches of Suspects in Seven Corners Incident
• DC Woman Accused of Dismembering Her Newborn Son is Indicted: Report
• T.C. Williams Fired Basketball Coach: 'No Right to Appeal' Decision by Alexandria City Public Schools
• Teen Riding Bicycle Hit By Vehicle: LCSO
• Arlington Man Offers to Turn Your Starbucks Gift Cards into a Robot

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• Up-Skirt Filming at Potomac Mills Mall: Police
• Are High-Rise Schools Coming to Reston, Herndon?
• 2 DC Steakhouses Named Among the Best in America
• Man Who Won Big on Jeopardy Got His Start in Herndon School System
• President Obama in New Digital Ad for LuAnn Bennett

• Bradley Cooper Photobombs Wedding in Georgetown
• Incredible Timelapse of the Marine Corps Marathon Sunday Shows Thousands of Runners
• Dead Hiker in Vermont Identified as Fairfax Woman: Police
• Pedestrian Dies in Crash in Annandale: Police
• Police Investigate Shot Fired Into Restaurant in Vienna

• Leesburg Optometrist Arrested for Allegedly Inappropriately Touching Woman: Police
• Bullet Found on School Bus: LCSO
• Arlington Church Set for Demolition Catches Fire
• Watch Barack and Michelle Obama Dance to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' for Halloween [VIDEO]
• U.S. Park Police Officer Tries to Shoot Raccoon, Shoots His Own Foot Instead: Report

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