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Water main break causes traffic headaches in Va.

The water main break and repairs to Chain Bridge Road in Tysons Corner will take all day.

Tags: Water main break , Tysons Corner , HOT lanes , Route 123 , International Drive , Kristi King ,

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Nats open season with game against Phillies

You can listen to the Nationals game on 1500 AM.

Tags: nationals , Nationals Opening Day , Metro , John Lannan , Ryan Zimmerman , Jim Riggleman , Neal Augenstein , Screech

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Murder victim's dad: Racism played role in drive-by

The murder of Jordan Howe over a missing bracelet apparently sparked the drive-by shooting that left four young people dead. Howe's father tells WTOP he believes racism on the part of D.C. prosecutors and government officials is partially to blame for the retaliation shooting.

Tags: drive-by shooting , Jordan Howe , South Capitol Street , Metropolitan Police Department , Channing Phillips , Orlando Carter , Nathaniel Simms , Southeast D.C. , D.C. police , Neal Augenstein , Ari Ashe ,

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Evans, Kwame Brown to run for D.C. Council chair

Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans will run for the City Council Chairmanship in the Democratic primary in September, WTOP has learned.

Tags: D.C. City Council , Jack Evans , Kwame Brown , Vincent Gray , Mark Plotkin , D.C. primary , Mark Segraves

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More Fairfax Co. parents home-school their kids

There are 2,330 students being educated at home in Fairfax County.

Tags: Education , home-schooling , George Mason University , Fairfax County Public Schools , Michelle Basch ,

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March ends month with a record-breaker

It's a record that might surprise you.

Tags: weather , weather records , Bob Kur , temperatures , Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ,

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'Miracle on the South River' - Pilot survives crash

A 76-year-old pilot survived a small plane crash as his just restored, vintage plane sank in the South River Thursday afternoon.

Tags: plane crash , South River , Edgewater , Richard Dreyer , Annapolis , Solomon Island Road ,

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Plans for new reactor at North Anna move forward

Federal regulators say there are no environmental issues to prevent a new nuclear power plant at the North Anna Power Plant, but environmentalists don't want to see it built.

Tags: North Anna Power Plant , Spotsylvania County , Orange County , Hank Silverberg , nuclear energy , Dominion Virginia Power , Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League , Louis Zeller , Richard Zuercher

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Band rocks Alexandria detention center

"We think it's important to bring the community to the inmates since they can't go out to the community," says Jail Capt. Lucinda Buker of the Alexandria Sheriff's Department.

Tags: Janna Audey Band , Alexandria Detention Center , crime , Lucinda Buker , Michelle Basch ,

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Police: Road rage drivers tried to kill each other

"In that kind of traffic, to have somebody shoot upwards of 13 rounds at a moving vehicle, the fact that nobody was struck, no houses, no vehicles is somewhat miraculous," says Virginia State Police Lt. Danny Glick.

Tags: Gabriel Poventud , Woodbridge , James Bringham , road rage , crime , traffic , aggressive driving , Interstate 95 , I-95 , Dale City ,

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