Girl Drowns in Pool, Road Rage Killing, Bear Sightings, $2,000 Tip: News Nearby

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• Surviving Passenger in I-295 Shooting Says They Were Followed: Report
• Officials Reject Metro Ad with Cartoon Image of Mohammed
• Broad Run Students Must Retake SATs: Reports
• Pickup Truck Drives Off Second Level of Parking Garage
• Bears Sighted in McLean Wednesday: Police
• Gumbo Lover Leaves Jumbo Tip: $2,000 on $93 Bill: Report
• Showdown in Arlington County Over Opening of Gun Store
• Girl, 7, Drowns at Lorton Pool on Memorial Day
• Killer Argues He’s Disabled to Avoid Death Sentence
• Officials Monitoring Disease at Horse Farm

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• Prisoner Who Escaped from Custody at Virginia Hospital Indicted on 16 Counts
• Police: Spotsylvania Man Dies in Pickup Truck Crash
• Metro Transit Police Arrest DC Man for Making Terror Threats Against Transit System
• Trump’s Latest Hotel is a Small Virginia B&B
• Police: Two Detained After Attempting Suicide on Local Roads
• Large Bus Fire on I-395 Impacts Saturday Night Traffic
• Suspect in DC Mansion Murders in Custody