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5 futuristic technologies IBM says will soon be a reality

Topping IBM's new list of predictions for the next five years -- 3-D holographic phone calls from you cell.

Tags: technology , cell phone , smart phone , smartphone

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New app sends out silent distress signal

A new phone application called Silent Bodyguard sends a silent distress signal that will contact four different people and give them information on your whereabouts.

Tags: Clint Van Zandt , cell phone , smart phone , technology , GPS ,

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Pr. William County set to charge for ambulance trips

Prince William County next month will join the ranks of local jurisdictions that charge for ambulance fees.

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Stafford County to celebrate 'Juneteenth' Saturday

Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the state of Texas. On June 25, Stafford County is holding a Juneteenth celebration at Aquia Landing Park.

Tags: Stafford County , Virginia , Juneteenth

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11 foods to boost metabolism, speed weight loss

Add these foods to your diet and you will fire up your fat-burning furnace and tamp down your appetite.

Tags: get-slim foods , healthy eating , diet

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Elite police force guards VRE from terrorist plots

Following news that bin Laden was pushing to target trains, a local rail provider asked immediately for additional, elite police presence to beef up security.

Tags: VRE , VIPR , TSA , Mark Roeber

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Afghan women graduate from UMW with philanthropist's help

Two college graduates last weekend received their diplomas from a special investor in their lives.

Tags: Doris Buffett , University of Mary Washington , Afghanistan , Initiative to Educate Afghan Women ,

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GW doctor on worldwide 'Mission to Heal'

Dr. Glenn Geelhoed has spent more than 40 years conducting medical missions around the globe, and he's not done yet. On Saturday, he landed in Ecuador on his latest mission.

Tags: Dr. Glenn Geelhoed , George Washington University , Meera Pal

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Fairfax-based charity offers scholarships to children in military families

Need-based scholarships for college-bound children of active military families are available through a charity started by two Fairfax County sisters.

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JMU point guard the face of kidney disease fight

Her fighting spirit didn't only get her team into the NCAA women's basketball championships. Dawn Evans of James Madison University, which fell to Oklahoma on Sunday, has become the face for the battle against kidney disease.

Tags: Dawn Evans , James Madison University , NephCure Foundation , focal segmental glomerulosclerosis , Paul D. Shinkman ,

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