Large orange koi still swim in the pond in what used to be known as the healing garden at the former Whitman-Walker Clinic site in Arlington County.

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Sen. John McCain's brother, Joe, made an apparent joke today that Democratic-leaning Alexandria and Arlington are "Communist country."

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STERLING, VA. -- Every afternoon, when Karla Schroeder walks her two boys home from school, she takes note of the new real estate signs springing up on neighborhood lawns. These days, they're not what she's used to seeing, and she's not happy about the change.

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According to the Washington Post, Sprint Nextel Corporation's plan to build a cell phone tower disguised as an agricultural silo in Loudoun County (a Washington DC suburb) has been put on hold.

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The Army has asked Loudoun County public schools to distribute a survey to help identify students interested in the military, a proposal some parents contend would give the armed service an unfair recruiting edge over colleges and other career paths.

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Those who live in Jennifer Zilke's Loudoun County neighborhood at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains say the winds are known to funnel down the valley and sweep through with unimpeded ferocity. Yesterday, they were no less fierce.

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Former Loudoun County supervisor Mark Herring defeated Mick Staton Jr. in a special election to pick up a seat for the Democrats in the Virginia state Senate.

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