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Grim News in Mansion Fire, Chimney Sweep Finds Cannonball, Sugar Shack Grand Opening
Plus, local lawmakers meet with safety authorities about smoke-filled metro incident. Top posts today from Virginia and DC.

Patch has 31 sites in Va. and D.C. Here are some of our top posts from the past 24 hours.
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- Official: 2 Bodies Found in Rubble of Reston IT Exec’s Mansion
- Sugar Shack Donut Shop Grand Opening Date Set in Alexandria
- Chimney Sweep Finds Cannonball in Georgetown Fireplace
- Congressman: Communication Failures Key in Smoke-Filled Metro Incident
- Shake-up at Old Town Alexandria Restaurant
- Summer Theater Camp Relocating to Reston
- ‘Rescue Reston’ Activists Swarm Government Meeting
- Arlington Firefighters Rescue 2 from Burning Home
- Virginia’s First Large-Scale Solar Project Begins Planning Process
- Police: Gas Station Robber On The Loose
- Cat’s Out of the Bag: ESPN Heads to Virginia for College GameDay
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- Pitch Your Green Business Idea to ‘Potomac Piranhas’ a la ‘Shark Tank’
- Police Charge Suspect in Two Hit-and-Runs
- Metro Rate Hikes, Longer Waits Possible in Next Budget: Metro Authority
- 14 Emergency Synthetic Marijuana Cases So Far This Year in Leesburg
- Hillary Clinton Fundraiser Next Week in DC
- Police: Safe Stolen From Mexican Restaurant
- DC TV Producer Jillian Anderson Gets Another Rose on ‘The Bachelor’
- Police: Do You Recognize Suspect in Arlington Gas Station Burglary?
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