<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Loudoun</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/va/loudoun?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><description>Loudoun</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[Bulldogs'  Gates Won't Live in Past]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11155-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11155-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A frustrating, injury-plagued junior season kept Stone Bridge's Joe Gates from reaching his goals in track and field during 2004. But as this track season begins, Gates has vowed not to dwell on the past and instead focus on being one of the area's best high and long jumpers.]]></description><author> Sean P. Flynn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Kicks for Caeden' Is a Hit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11154-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11154-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The few sprinkles that fell Tuesday night in Leesburg did nothing to diminish the success  --  or the spirit  --  of the Heritage girls' soccer benefit game, "Kicks for Caeden." The event honored the school's first girls' soccer coach, Trevor Eback, who died in October from liver cancer, and raised $4,000 for an education fund for his 10-month-old son, Caeden.]]></description><author> Angela Watts</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schneider Looks to Be Unemotional]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11152-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11152-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stone Bridge No. 1 boys' tennis player Dan Schneider hopes to maintain an even temperament during his rematch tomorrow with Loudoun Valley's Matt Vaughn  --  the Dulles District's top player. The last time the two played, at Loudoun Valley on April 12, Vaughn (8-0) handed Schneider (6-1) his only loss of the season, 10-6.]]></description><author> Dan Bowman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leesburg Set to Trim Tax Rate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11132-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11132-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Leesburg is poised to lower its property tax rate for the first time in 15 years  --  by a half-penny, to 21.5 cents per $100 of assessed value.]]></description><author> Lila de Tantillo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach Breathes Fire Into the Dragons]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11151-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11151-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Practice has been underway for nearly 30 minutes, but Liz Lipovsky and her teammates have yet to find the time for anything more than a quick sip of water. Footwork drills precede agility drills, which lead to speed drills before reverting back to more footwork training.]]></description><author> Charlie Moss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals Court Upholds Verdict in Sword Killing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11099-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11099-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND  --  The Virginia Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed the murder and conspiracy convictions of a woman who arranged the sword slaying of her father in Loudoun County.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonprofit Eyes Net Gains in Public Safety]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11098-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11098-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  It has organizational flowcharts and 11 pages of bylaws. It has committees, brochures and a handful of board members.]]></description><author> Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Seniors, More Needs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11133-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11133-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As Loudoun County's population swells, so does the demand for services for the elderly. Senior centers have waiting lists. Outings for active older residents are booked months in advance. Social services agencies are jammed with requests for health referrals and programs.]]></description><author> Daniele Seiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking in Loudoun's Shoes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11149-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11149-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bob Aiken had mixed emotions when he learned that Flagler County, where his Palm Coast home is located, had been ranked the fastest-growing county in the United States.]]></description><author> Ron Word</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[MCI Calls Qwest's Bid 'Superior' to Verizon's]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11647-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11647-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MCI Inc.'s board of directors embraced a cash-rich offer from Qwest Communications International Inc. after months of saying the company was a financially weaker and strategically less desirable merger partner than Verizon Communications Inc.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review Clears Deputy in Fatal Shooting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11134-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11134-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The fatal shooting of an armed Ashburn man by a Loudoun County sheriff's deputy in March was justified, according to a Sheriff's Office investigation and a review by Loudoun County's top prosecutor.]]></description><author> Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman Hospitalized After Two-Story Fall]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10281-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10281-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When they arrived at the Lansdowne home, Loudoun County sheriff's deputies found a 30-year-old woman bleeding and bruised on the pavement in the back yard where she either jumped or fell out a second-story window. Upstairs, alone in a bathtub, were her two young children, who doctors later determined had suffered, too.]]></description><author> Tara Young</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmaker Decries GMU Health Fair, 'Moral Depravity']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7992-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7992-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The clean-cut young man taking detailed notes stood out at a meeting of Pro-Choice Patriots at George Mason University on Wednesday night as the mostly female group discussed plans for its campuswide sexuality and health fair planned for next week.]]></description><author> Annie Gowen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qwest Raises Its Bid for MCI A Third Time]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8104-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8104-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Qwest Communications International Inc. yesterday increased its bid for MCI Inc. by more than $800 million, trying for the fourth time to woo the Ashburn company to abandon its plans to merge with Verizon Communications Inc.]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Picking a School Is a Multiple-Choice Question]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1132-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1132-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Washington area parents enjoy an increasing choice of schools for their children. There are regular public schools, magnet public schools, charter public schools and, for parents with enough money, private schools, some faith-oriented and some not.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proud Past, Bright Future Rub Elbows in Today's Loudoun]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3513-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3513-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ If it were anywhere but Loudoun County, the scene would have been truly bizarre. Here, where reminders are everywhere that marching suburbia has only overlaid and not replaced a rural and older world, the sight was merely surreal.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Counties Offer Plenty of Sports]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3525-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3525-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Whether you are an avid competitor,  prefer spectator sports or enjoy a mix, there are plenty of sports opportunities unique to Loudoun and Fauquier counties.]]></description><author> Angela Watts</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GWU Will Pay U.S. For Scholar's Theft]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3038-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3038-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ George Washington University has agreed to a $1.8 million settlement with the Justice Department to resolve a federal investigation of a professor who has admitted stealing government research funds.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loudoun Ruling a Growth Win]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2460-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2460-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Loudoun County Circuit Court judge ruled yesterday that property owners in much of the county once again have the right to carve up their land into three-acre lots, a decision that implements a Virginia Supreme Court ruling from last month and deepens a long-running debate over housing, agriculture and the environment.]]></description><author> Michael Laris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Park Authority Reduces Staff, Rethinks Role]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64016-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64016-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_metro/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Citing declining revenue and a need to reorganize financial resources, officials with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority have laid off three employees and set about redefining its mission.]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item></channel></rss>