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Virginia could ditch jail time for drivers going 81 mph in a 70 mph zone 01/28/2020 01:20pm • Virginia could remove the risk of jail time for drivers who speed 81 mph in a 70 mph zone. The Virginia Senate voted 25-14 Monday to approve a bill that would change the automatic reckless driving standard from over 80 mph to over 85 mph in a 70 mph zone. "I've not met anyone who actually thin Why is Arlington so fit? Young people who love gyms and restaurants 01/27/2020 02:03pm • Arlington has again been voted the most fit city in the United States (WTOP/Jeff Clabaugh) One of the reasons Virginia's Arlington County is consistently rated highest for health and fitness is because of its young demographic. Take Ballston, for example, where 47.7% of the adult population i Feds plan to move Epstein warden to prison job 01/24/2020 08:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The warden in charge when Jeffrey Epstein ended his life in his jail cell is being moved to a leadership position at another federal correctional facility, putting him back in the field with inmates despite an ongoing investigation into the financier鈥檚 death, two people familia Md. mail carrier stole rare coins, police say 01/24/2020 06:40pm • A Maryland mail carrier has been charged with theft after police say he admitted to stealing mailed items, including two rare coins worth nearly $3,000. All told, Lorenzo Pugh, 32, of Greenbelt, is suspected of stealing several items from his Silver Spring mail route from March 2019 through this Things to do around DC this weekend: Jan. 24鈥�26 01/24/2020 03:00pm • All Weekend The Washington Auto Show at the Washington Convention Center brings state of the art ride and drives with 600+ new makes and models, demos, family friendly activities, special guests and more through this weekend. The World of Pet Expo at the Maryland State Fairgrounds is for pet ent Police release photos of suspect wanted for luring, killing seagulls in Laurel parking lot 01/23/2020 08:31pm • Laurel police released this photo of a man suspected of luring seagulls into a parking lot before running them over, killing 11 birds. (Courtesy Laurel Police Department) Police in Laurel, Maryland, have released photos of a man who they said deliberately drove a car into 11 seagulls earlier thi Manasssas bookstore building eyed for landmark status 01/23/2020 08:44am • This article was written 麻豆传媒鈥檚 news partner,聽InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for聽InsideNoVa.com鈥檚 free email subscription today. The 108-year old Hibbs & Giddings building in Old Town Manassas is finally getting its due. A proposal to add the structure to Tired of abandoned shopping carts? Bill would require Northern Va. stores to collect them 01/23/2020 07:44am • If you go to a grocery store, chances are you toss your items in a shopping cart, but what's convenient at the store is becoming a nuisance in Northern Virginia. After repeated complaints of abandoned shopping carts in Fairfax and Arlington counties, and the city of Alexandria, state Sens. Scott How likely are you to be a 'porch pirate' victim? 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