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The man who shot and killed an 80-year-old Fairfax County woman as she sat reading on a park bench, then disrupted rush-hour traffic for three hours by huddling inside a county bus near Route 1 was convicted Monday morning of first-degree murder.


The season's first snowfall blanketed roads throughout the Washington region Saturday, bringing as much as six inches in spots, causing collisions, canceling flights and creating slick patches late at night.


Fairfax Schools News
Lack of computer access hampers some students: Even wealthy Fairfax is forced to contend with a digital divide
(Post, December 6, 2009)

Soccer gives wheelchair users a powerful boost: Athletes triumph in club's first season
(Post, December 3, 2009)

The measure of success: At Quantico, fired-up Marine recruits struggle to meet expectations that seem impossibly high
(Post, November 30, 2009)

Fairfax hungry for more revenue: TALK OF TAXING MEALS IS REVIVED
Officials across nation seek ways to avoid further cuts
(Post, November 29, 2009)

World AIDS Day spotlights part of memorial quilt: GMU event one of many in area focusing on awareness, prevention
(Post, November 29, 2009)
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Fairfax Government News
Fairfax, doughnut company settle suit: County had said Lorton Krispy Kreme factory clogged sewage system
(Post, December 8, 2009)

Lack of computer access hampers some students: Even wealthy Fairfax is forced to contend with a digital divide
(Post, December 6, 2009)

Fairfax hungry for more revenue: TALK OF TAXING MEALS IS REVIVED
Officials across nation seek ways to avoid further cuts
(Post, November 29, 2009)

Winter road tamers warm up
(Post, November 29, 2009)

A black teen longs for the wild blue yonder: Fairfax high school senior has his heart set on a very exclusive club: African American fighter pilots
(Post, November 20, 2009)
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Fairfax Crime News
Va. targets funeral homes' standards: Complaints about handling of remains prompt proposed rules
(Post, December 1, 2009)

Sen. Lugar's wife charged with DUI, hit-and-run
(Post, November 19, 2009; 5:18 PM)

Fairfax police charge 3 in probe of gold thefts: Wave of burglaries may have hit 26 homes of local South Asians
(Post, November 13, 2009)

D.C. to help U.S. identify illegal immigrants in jail: Federal program checks fingerprints of local crime suspects
(Post, November 13, 2009)

Detecting glimpses of humanity in D.C. sniper
(Post, November 10, 2009)
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