Arlington News Archives

The city administration is proposing that the City Council begin the process for scheduling a November referendum on the Tampa Bay Rays' proposed downtown ballpark.

Admit it: You're thinking about a facelift. You've noticed the little lines forming here, darkened areas emerging there.

Non-Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin can cheer the good news that a special university for education of their children will open its doors next year in Bangalore.

Virginia carried out its first execution in nearly two years Tuesday, putting to death a man who murdered a convenience store owner, a TV station reported.

COMMENT Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, May 27, 2008; 8:48 AM Authorities this morning recovered the body of a motorcyclist who had swerved from the George Washington Parkway and down a steep embankment ...

Arlington authorities are searching the banks of the Potomac River below the George Washington Parkway for a motorcyclist that may have driven off a cliff.

The United States marked on Monday the annual Memorial Day as politicians and public paid tribute to the country's troops who died in battles.

President Bush paid tribute Monday to America's fighting men and women who died in battle, saying national leaders must have "the courage and character to follow their lead" in preserving peace and freedom.

Does filling the gas tank leave your wallet empty and spirit sputtering? Get used to both because almost everything car-related is costing more.

SAS, the world's largest privately held software company, sees the federal government as a source for potential growth and is setting up a new subsidiary to focus on that market.

The director of the Vermont Forensic Laboratory is defending the lab's work in analyzing DNA evidence at the heart of the case against a man accused of raping and killing a University of Vermont student from ...

Defence technology company Metal Storm Limited is pleased to announce that is has conducted successful Electromagnetic Interference Testing on its 40mm ammunition tail propulsion system.

Paul Wolfowitz, a key architect of the Iraq war and ousted head of the World Bank, has been named to head the board of an influential U.S.-Taiwan lobbying group.

Hoping to stay a step ahead of rival VMware, Citrix Systems is now shipping its XenDesktop product line of desktop virtualization software.

Jurors in the murder trial of a man charged with killing a University of Vermont student are seeing autopsy photos of her body.

Only one in five detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq is a member of the main extremist groups fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces, while many of the rest can be reintegrated back into society, according to U.S. ...

“This is about protecting our children. That my neighbor has something from Mexico or Africa that could kill my child violates the social compact in a profound way.”

Peter T. Nguyen has lived for five years in a brick house with a manicured lawn in Arlington County's idyllic Madison Manor neighborhood. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

A normal U.S. economy is likely to look a lot different, and worse, after the credit crisis is over and financial markets settle down. via Irish Independent

In the new Newsweek ranking of the top public high schools in America, the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area has 16 schools in the top 100. via WJLA-TV Arlington

A woman was attacked by a rabid fox in Virginia, being the second attack in under one week. via NewsChannel 8

“We recorded a high head acceleration when the driver dummy's head hit the steering wheel through the frontal airbag”

Click above for a high-res gallery of the smart fortwo crash tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has finally released its official data on the smart fortwo, and it appears that the lil' urban ... via Autoblog

A jury of seven women and five men was picked Wednesday to hear the case of a man charged with raping and killing a University of Vermont student from northern Virginia. via Washington Examiner

“It's quite well designed, and it is quite useable”

In an area rich with history, a shopping center may not come to mind as something endangered. via WTOP

“A more permanent structure would allow our vendors to operate more frequently and to be able to provide more goods and services to the public.”

Arlington County is looking to liven up its plazas and parks by allowing permanent vendor kiosks much like the ones that dot the National Mall . via Washington Examiner

“In addition to saving lives, use of AFCI technology in the US will reduce the number of home fires by over 30,000, and prevent nearly $750 million in property damage each year”

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Every day in the U.S. 150 homes will start on fire because of electrical issues. via WDWB-TV Southfield

Fannie Mae 's regulator will reduce restrictions on the largest financier of home loans, even after a wider-than-expected loss forced the company to raise capital and reduce its dividend. via Bloomberg.com

CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for up to 10 years, worth up to $134 million, to continue providing worldwide logistics ... via Freshnews

“If I have to do a half mile or mile of walking, it just exhausts me”

Thanks to a nonprofit group, amputees wounded in war are getting around not in wheelchairs but in Segways. via SF Sentinel

“The moment I saw it, I thought it was, quote, the greatest nature clip of all time, unquote”

Seeing a pride of lions during the day was very lucky, their guide told them, and because they didn't have to be back at camp for a couple of hours, they might as well sit and see what happened. via Chicago Tribune

“Even the best seeds can't do anything in sand and gravel.”

Farm laborers plant rice seedlings at the experimental plots of the International Rice Research Institute, IRRI, at Los Banos, Laguna province 70 kilometers south of Manila, Philippines Saturday May 3. IRRI ... via The Janesville Gazette - Janesville, ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the largest U.S. mortgage-finance companies, will likely report losses for the third straight quarter amid the worst housing slump since the 1930s, bolstering their need to raise ... via Bloomberg

MAGI and iiBIG are pleased to announce the Clinical Trial Agreements, Budgets & Regulatory Conference - EAST, scheduled for May 18-21, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. via Earth Times

“We are dedicated to promoting growth from within at HEI, and from day one we highlighted Pradeep as a candidate for our fast track development program”

HEI Hotels & Resorts today announced the appointment of Pradeep Bobba as the new General Manager of the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel. via Hotel Online

“They (U.S. troops) did not tell me what was the reason behind my arrest ... during the interrogation, the American soldier told me I was a terrorist ... and I was preparing for an attack against the U.S. forces”

An Iraqi man sued two U.S. military contractors Monday, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months. via The Florida Times-Union

“The responsibility for a deal lies with the ANP because of the ANP being Pashtun and because they have been very critical of the way the war on terror has been conducted”

In following the will of its people by attempting to find a negotiated solution to mounting extremism, the new Pakistani government is wading against American skepticism, the lessons of the recent past, and - some suggest - its own military establishment.

Early indications, however, point to the enormousness of the task facing Pakistan's new ruling coalition. The US is likely to increase pressure after a major State Department report last week concluded that Al Qaeda has rebuilt some of its pre-9/11 capabilities from havens in Pakistan's contested border region with Afghanistan. Read more

“We also send potential clients a letter telling them exactly what we need from them”

For Steve Tinter, president of Cook Bros., a design/build remodeling company in Arlington, Va., "Good communication begins with setting realistic expectations." To ensure that such expectations are set for ... via Remodeling Magazine

“We are always trying to work with the public and with the clients. We try to work with fresh hands. We are always updating our content, design and the technology that we use”

Miguel Guilarte never thought that running the D.C. Marathon would make him the Sports Editor of the Spanish newspaper El Tiempo Latino Looking through the window of his seventh-floor office at the paper's ... via News.ncmonline.com

The Arlington County police department has launched its own Web page on the popular social networking site MySpace. via WUSA9

“But if they add a link to our page, hopefully the police emblem will scare off anyone with unscrupulous motives.”

The Arlington County Police Department launched a MySpace profile in their efforts to protect children from online predators. via WJLA-TV Arlington