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Traffic shift: New Little River Turnpike bridge opens Thursday

The first shift to a new bridge that's part of the High Occupancy Toll Lanes project begins Thursday night.

Tags: Little River Turnpike , HOT lanes , High Occupancy Toll lanes , VDOT , Virginia Department of Transportation , Darci Marchese , Capital Beltway

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Cyclist killed in motorcade collision identified

A journalist who was biking five blocks from the Convention Center Monday was killed in a collision with a military truck.

Tags: bicyclists struck , motorcade , Erol Schwartz , Cathy Lanier , Max Milien , Nuclear Security Summit , Constance Holden

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Parking restrictions in place until noon Wed.

WTOP's Adam Tuss says road closures will remain in effect around the area until after Tuesday's rush hour.

Tags: gridlock , gridlock congestion , Nuclear Security Summit , Lon Anderson , AAA Mid-Atlantic , Suitland Parkway , I-66 , Cathy Lanier , Andrews Air Force Base , Dulles International Airport , Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marsha , rush hour , tractor man , telecommute , traffic , Adam Tuss , Darci Marchese , Michelle Basch , Bob Marbourg , Neal Augenstein

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New museum to highlight 20th and 21st century wars

The National Museum of Americans in Wartime will be located on 70 acres of donated land along Interstate 95 right at Dale Boulevard.

Tags: National Museum of Americans in Wartime , museums , Dale City , Triangle , Corey Stewart , Hank Silverberg ,

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TMI: What have your co-workers shared?

When it comes to personal information, how personal is too personal? What have you been told? How have you reacted?

Tags: TMI , too much information , office protocol , Facebook , twitter , etiquette , Kristi King ,

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Fairfax Co. ends year-round school program

The move will save $2.7 million.

Tags: Fairfax County Public Schools , year-round school ,

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3 homes destroyed in Greenbelt fire

The blaze displaced about 20 residents and caused $600,000 in damage.

Tags: Jacobs Drive , Greenbelt , Justin Karp , Mark Brady , Prince George's County fire department , American Red Cross ,

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Low-cost option to keep traffic flowing: Clear wrecks faster

"The incident cleanup is taking, frankly, more time than it really needs to," says Dave Snyder, chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' transportation planning board.

Tags: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments , COG , Dave Snyder , traffic accidents , traffic wrecks , traffic flow , Virginia Department of Transportation , VDOT , Maryland State Highway Administration , SHA , D.C. Department of Transportation , DDOT , Adam Tuss ,

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Stafford Co. turns out lights, saves $400K

Turning out the lights, shutting down computers and printers at night and controlling the thermostat in the winter paid off for Stafford County.

Tags: Cathy Riddle , Stafford Administration Center , Stafford County government , Hank Silverberg , energy conservation , electricity use ,

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Smell of vomit is in the air in D.C.

Female gingko trees around D.C. are bearing fruit much earlier than usual. Those fruits have an unsavory odor.

Tags: gingko trees , Dupont Circle , D.C. Urban Forestry Administration , stinky trees , Neal Augenstein ,

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