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Pedestrian accident raises safety concerns at GMU

Michelle Dawson was stuck by a car as she tried to cross University Drive on George Mason's campus March 29 at a crosswalk just a few yards from the campus police station. Dawson, 21, suffered brain damage and may be partially paralyzed.

Tags: George Mason University , pedestrians , Michelle Dawson , Dave Dawson , brain damage , speed limit , George Ginovsky , Fairfax , Route 123 ,

Wednesday - 04/07/2010, 05:05pm EDT

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Working from home may soon be federal mandate

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., has sponsored a bill that would require all federal agencies to allow 20 percent of their employees to telework at least one day a week.

Tags: telework , Gerry Connolly , federal government , H.R. 1722 ,

Monday - 04/05/2010, 04:10am EDT

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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 , Colleen Kelleher , nuclear energy , Dominion Virginia Power , Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League , Louis Zeller , Richard Zuercher

Friday - 03/26/2010, 08:11am EDT

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Metro gets new emergency vehicles

MERVS, or Mobile Emergency Response Vehicles, come in pieces and can be assembled by fire fighters in about three minutes and placed on the tracks anywhere.

Tags: Mobile Emergency Response Vehicles , Metro , Ron Mastin , Jason Mangen , Department of Homeland Security

Wednesday - 03/24/2010, 05:57pm EDT

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Fairfax Co. Police inspect trucks for violations

Large trucks and commercial vehicles traveling near the High Occupancy Toll lanes and Dulles rail projects in Fairfax County will be stopped and inspected Tuesday morning.

Tags: Fairfax County Police , HOT lanes , Dulles Rail Project , Metrorail , Tysons Corner , truck inspections , Colleen Kelleher

Tuesday - 03/23/2010, 07:09am EDT

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Couple charged in series of bank robberies

Police busted the duo right after they allegedly robbed a credit union in Chantilly. It was a credit union that police were staking out at the time of the robbery.

Tags: crime , bank robbery , Vienna , Chantilly , Fairfax County Police , Shona Monique Jones , Joshua Lee Campbell , Rapidan , Colleen Kelleher

Wednesday - 03/17/2010, 01:20pm EDT

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