<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Extra Cover Stories</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/va/fairfax/coverstory?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><description>Extra Cover Stories</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[The Athletic Connection]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5244-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5244-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  You couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. Not a  cloud in the deep blue sky. Warm  --  but not too warm  --   and trees blooming like crazy. The day defined spring.]]></description><author> Timothy Dwyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easing the Final Days]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48655-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48655-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gene May reacted to the news of his impending death with characteristic level-headedness.]]></description><author> Jacqueline L. Salmon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Head Start Reaches Schools]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31204-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31204-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One recent morning, teacher Myrtle Smiley served up a bowl of warm rice cereal  --  and a cheery song  --  for the tiniest student in her Fairfax County classroom.]]></description><author> Maria Glod</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo Proponents' Frustrating Finish]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60301-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60301-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vienna Police Chief Robert A. Carlisle went down to Richmond and witnessed the vote himself. He sat in a House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee meeting last month and watched as state lawmakers eliminated red-light cameras at busy traffic intersections beginning July 1.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Reston, an Unsettling Kind of Calm]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41075-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41075-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lake Anne Village is just too quiet.<br> The cluster of modernist condominiums, apartments, townhouses, shops and restaurants in the heart of north Reston may be the perfect architectural embodiment of the progressive planning ideas that shaped the '60s-era new town. In its heyday, the...]]></description><author> Peter Whoriskey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pining Ends On Opening Day]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19041-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19041-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tom Holster's affair with baseball in Washington began around 1967. Like other 11-year-olds of his generation, Holster  spent many nights listening to Washington Senators games on the radio.]]></description><author> C. Woodrow Irvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Countywide Averages]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1530-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1530-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     $526,160 <br>Average assessed value of single-family home]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Many People, Such Little Space]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1529-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1529-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the job and building boom of the 1980s, construction of homes in Fairfax jumped by 40 percent while the population grew 37 percent. Building slowed in the 1990s, to an increase of 18 percent, but population growth remained just below that, leaving enough homes to go around.]]></description><author> Lisa Rein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Figure Your Assessment]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1560-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1560-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The tax rate proposed in the county budget on Monday was $1.03 for each $100 of assessed value. To compute the tax on a property assessed at $444,766, the county average, divide the assessed value by 100 and multiply by the tax rate.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paying For an ER on Wheels]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47190-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47190-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lt. Natalie Robb, dressed in her fire department shorts and T-shirt, was  getting ready for an afternoon workout at Station 32 on Burke Centre Parkway. The elliptical machine, treadmill and a weight-lifting station were on a little platform built by firefighters and located right behind the spot in the garage where Medic Unit 432 was parked.]]></description><author> Timothy Dwyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The X-Rated Shop on the Corner]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29149-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29149-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The building at the high-traffic intersection of Routes 28 and 29 in Centreville does not draw attention to itself.]]></description><author> Carol Morello</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Chance for a Clean Start]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11232-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11232-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dr. Colin Berry's office in Yorktown, Va., offers more than a tattoo removal service. It is where former gang members who are willing to endure a little pain can find redemption.]]></description><author> David Cho</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monitoring Mother Nature]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56064-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56064-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[USGS, a fixture in Reston for more than three decades, is one of the lead federal agencies responding to the  earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people in 11 countries.]]></description><author> Jacqueline L. Salmon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helping Young Eagles Soar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38302-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38302-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The words are no problem for Kathya Bejarano. It's the word problems.]]></description><author> Margaret Roth</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A 'Normal' Prodigy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21368-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21368-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ashley Wagner glided across the ice at the Mount Vernon RECenter on a recent afternoon and landed a triple lutz, one of the most difficult skating jumps, with just a hint of a wobble. Then she did it again, and again.]]></description><author> Maria Glod</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A County Where Women Command]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3699-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3699-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Though women make up only 11 percent of the police department, four of Fairfax's eight district patrol stations are now run by women. National police officials said it is unusual for that many women to hold such visible police roles, and that it indicates how far women have progressed in the largely male bastion of law enforcement.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alternative Hockey Team Hopes to Roll Into NHL Void]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19268-2004Dec22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19268-2004Dec22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The cancellation of the National Hockey League season to date may have created a void for many area fans. But for a Northern Virginia-based professional team known as the D.C. Mad Dogs, the NHL labor stalemate  represents an opportunity as inviting as an open net, and the team wants to score.]]></description><author> Peter Whoriskey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Chance to Examine Fairfax's Payroll]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2346-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2346-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Psychiatrists treating the mentally ill and firefighters earning overtime will be among the highest-paid employees of Fairfax County this year, exceeding the compensation  of most agency directors who supervise staffs of hundreds of workers.]]></description><author> Lisa Rein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In AP-vs.-IB Debate,  A Win for the Students]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47562-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47562-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/coverstory</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[George Mason and W.T. Woodson rank among the top two dozen public schools in the nation, achieving the same impressive results with two different programs.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item></channel></rss>