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2 Popular Tax Credits Will Delay Refunds in Virginia: IRS

Federal refunds have been delayed to Feb. 15 for Virginia taxpayers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit due to a new federal law that requires the IRS to hold refunds of any tax return claiming the EITC or ACTC in order to make it easier for the IRS to detect and prevent refund fraud. >>> Read more.

Environmental Group Offers $1,000 Reward If You Can Solve Mystery Sheen on Potomac

Potomac Riverkeeper Network announced Thursday that it is offering a $1,000 reward for information identifying those responsible for the plume of pollution in the Potomac River. The plume, first discovered over the weekend, has forced area water utilities to take measures to protect the drinking water of millions of area residents this week including those in Northern Virginia. >>> Read more.

Women's March on Washington Organizers: Don't Worry, We're Marching Jan. 21

Fear not, attendees of the upcoming Women's March on Washington: the march will happen on time and on schedule, despite initial permitting obstacles. That's what organizers of the march, which currently has 128,000 signups on its Facebook page, are telling everyone after reports surfaced that they were having difficulties securing a permit for the huge march on the National Mall on Jan. 21, the day after Donald Trump's inauguration as president. >>> Read more.

Child Wanders Away From Day Care Center, Employee Arrested in Gainesville: Police

Body Discovered in Downtown Rosslyn

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Huge Crash on I-295 in DC, Mass Casualty Event Reported [VIDEO]
Metro is Now Proposing Shutting Down at 11:30
Mount Vernon Area Woman Set on Fire Dies, Suspect Still at Large: Police
Redskins-Themed Restaurant to Open at Dulles Airport
Will Carly Fiorina Challenge Tim Kaine in 2018 Senate Race?

Airbnb Expects Massive Number of DC-Area Bookings for Trump Inauguration
DC Police Officers Cursing Too Much: Report
Naked Man Found Sleeping in Child's Bedroom: LCSO
Watch New Footage of Submerged Car Pulled Out of Lake Anne in Reston [VIDEO]
DC Has Shockingly High Rate of Identity Theft: Report

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• Police Seek Suspect in Rape of Girl, 15, in Falls Church Area: Police
• Classic Books Banned in Virginia School System Over Racial Slur
• Virginia Lottery Under Way for Rare Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon
• Crash Kills Child, Man Monday in Gainesville
• Armed Robbers Jump Mailman in DC, Postal Service Says

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  Woman Calls Police After Intruder Leaves Free Food in Fredericksburg: Police
• Pedestrian Struck, Killed Near Richmond Highway: Police
• Loaded Gun Detected in Carry-On Bag at Dulles Airport
• New MGM National Harbor Will Benefit Entire Region, MGM CEO Predicts
• Deer Sterilization Monday and Tuesday in Fairfax

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  Suspect Charged in Abduction, Inappropriate Touching of Girl, 12, at Annandale Church: Police
• Metro Workers Tunnel from Reston-Wiehle Station in Amazing New Photos
• Mystery Squatter Moves Into Backyard Tree House in Fairfax: Police
• Flier with Racial Slur and Threats Toward African-Americans Reported in DC
• Arlington County Police Hang Out With Shaq

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