Water Main Break, New Year's Eve Plans + Beware, Metro Riders: News Nearby

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• Water Main Break Shuts Down Part of Columbia Pike
• Beware Metro Riders: Person Filming Upskirts and Posting to Porn Site
• New Year’s Eve Celebrations in Northern Virginia
• New Year’s Eve 2014: Celebrate at Georgetown Restaurants and Bars
• New Year’s Forecast for Region
• More Details Released About House Fire Saturday in McLean
• Metro Schedule for New Year’s Eve Holiday
• Police Report Robbery, Abduction at Gunpoint in Lorton
• In Memoriam: Former Congressman Herbert E. Harris II
• Richmond Highway Hotel Robbed at Gunpoint
• Police: 7-Eleven on Franconia Road Robbed
• PWC Police Revisit 1996 Cold Case of Ziska Iyabo Rodgers
• Police Release Photo of Dec. 15 Suspect in Reston Bank Robbery
• Kathleen Murphy Out-Raises Opponent Craig Parisot in Delegate Race
• Police Investigating Counterfeit Attempts in Fredericksburg

PHOTOS: Fireworks over the Alexandria waterfront during First Night Alexandria 2012. (Photo by Victor Wolansky, courtesy of Visit Alexandria)

Water main break on Columbia Pike, photo courtesy of Fairfax County Police

Fire photo of McLean house fire courtesy of Alex Brauer

Bank suspect in Reston bank robbery Dec. 15 courtesy of FCPD/FBI

Virginia House Delegate Candidate Kathleen Murphy photo courtesy of Murphy campaign