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Second Va. Officer Shot in Ambush Dies

A second police officer caught in a teenager's deadly ambush outside a suburban Washington, D.C., stationhouse died early Wednesday, authorities said.

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Sewage to be tested for cocaine residue

Source: detnews.com

If government studies are a reliable guide, about 25,000 residents of Fairfax County, Va. -- 2.5 percent of its population -- have used cocaine in the past year.

Employee Of CIA Accused In Thefts

Source: washingtonpost.com

I guess of all the possible crimes a CIA employee could commit, stealing underwear really isn't that big of a deal...

Plan for affordable Tysons Corner, Va. housing scuttled

Source: The Washington Post

Fairfax County, Va.'s plan for more affordable housing near the Tysons Corner Metro station have been discarded by developer Lerner Enterprises which has decided to build a smaller number of pricier condos instead.

Metrobus driver charged in crash with school bus

Source: The Washington Times

A Metrobus driver was charged on Monday with reckless driving after his bus swervced into the path of a school bus carrying special education students in Centreville, Va.

Ex-Fairfax County, Va. chairman Herrity dies

Source: The Washington Post

Former Fairfax County, Va. Board of Supervisors chairman John "Jack" Herrity died Wednesday of an aortic aneurism at age 75. Herrity led his county in 1976-88 through a rapid development era.

Sub teacher arrested for text messaging sex solicitations

Source: WRC/4

A substitute teacher in Fairfax County, Va. was arrested after repeatedly text messaging a 15-year-old female student in an attempt to arrange a sexual encounter.

Va. suspect killed in accidential police shooting

Source: The Washington Post

An optometrist about to be arrested for allegedly running an illegal sports gambling operation was killed by the reported accidential discharge of a Fairfax County, Va. police officer's gun.

Want to know something cool?: Entrepreneurial District Sells Management Tools

Source: knowsomethingcool.blogspot.com

New comments on FCPS and the use of EDSL and similar technolgies to improve education by providing administrators greater access to their data than ever before.

eSchool News online - District creates, sells own data tool

Source: eSchool News Online

Fairfax County Public Schools, located in Northern Virginia, has created a data-warehouse tool called EDSL to help ensure that all students succeed under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.