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Anniversaries are typically celebrated with cake, balloons and presents. The employees of Virginia Commerce Bank had other ideas to celebrate the company's 20th anniversary.

Every time Sohaila Rezazadeh rings up a sale at her Exxon station in Fairfax, Va., her cash register sends the information to Exxon Mobil's central computers.

How'd you like to have an extra lane during your drive to and from work every day?A That's what some drivers are getting in Northern Virginia as VDOT adds a fourth lane to I-95 North and South between Occoquan ... via Washington Examiner

Posted by George Hulme , Apr 23, 2008 09:43 PM With large enterprises sporting hundreds of applications, firewalls, routers, and other networking devices - and more than 139 newly announced vulnerabilities each ... via Imaging Magazine

The Virginia Department of Transportation is working on roads in the western end of Prince William County beginning today and continuing through Friday, weather permitting. via Journal Messenger

“That should make the flow into Prince William County going south, a bit easier in the afternoon hours”

Changes are coming to your commute if you use Lorton Road in the Newington, Va., area. via WTOP-FM Washington

“The whole focus is to improve the flow on and off 95”

Construction vehicles are rolling onto Interstate 95 overnight this spring between Woodbridge and Springfield, expanding the highway to carry another 1,200 vehicles an hour. via The Free Lance-Star

“If I had the green light and the money today to go ahead with the middle school, I might be able to open it in 2011 but not sooner”

School Board member Tina Hone does not want to risk the future of South County Secondary School on money that may not exist. via Alexandria Gazette-Packet

“Tonight, I'm asking you not to settle.”

Waiting on 'Phantom' Money Citizens urge School Board to reject wing proposal, continue working toward South County Middle School. via Alexandria Gazette-Packet

Some of the first steps toward widening Interstate 95 six miles from Newington to Occoquan begin Wednesday. via Journal Messenger

“I would characterize the response she received as "the run-around”

Mixed Use Proposed For "Hilltop" Site The inclusion of a "well-known national retail grocery tenant" and "needed ball-fields" as part of a "private recreation facility" seemed to be the impetus behind a joint ... via Alexandria Gazette-Packet

“One of the men told me how people in his home country of Ghana would give so much for our thrown-out pencils and half-used papers. We really do take so much for granted.”

Preventing 'Peter Polluter' Environmentalism is educational for Newington Forest students. via Alexandria Gazette-Packet

“CEI chose the Harris automation solution because the VOA demanded high reliability and a proven system widely used in the industry in order to broadcast information”

Harris Corp. was awarded an equipment delivery contract in connection with the modernization of the International Broadcasting Bureau's Voice of America facility in Washington, D.C. Communications Engineering ... via TV Technology

“That will make a real improvement within 36 months of construction starting”

New Construction On the Way Road construction, commercial development ahead in 2008. via Alexandria Gazette-Packet

Two new lanes are being added to Interstate 95 south of the Springfield mixing bowl. via WJLA-TV Arlington

A family has lost their 27-year-old daughter this Thanksgiving to an ATV accident. via WAVY-TV Portsmouth

Fairfax County police are investigating a fatal all-terrain vehicle accident in Newington, Va. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

About 9:40 a.m., three masked men in dark clothing -- at least one of them with a handgun -- entered the credit union at 260 Hartford Ave. via Hartford Courant

Police are searching behind the Elizabeth Green Elementary school for three masked gunmen who robbed a credit union on Hartford Road this morning, police said. via Hartford Courant

Virginia commuters will soon find themselves swept up in set of transportation projects with far reaching affects on their daily travels. via The Washington Post