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Sports
Poll: What is Your Favorite Olympic Event?
The summer Olympics are just days away, and everyone has a favorite sport, be it discus, basketball, or the javelin throw. What is your favorite Olympic event? If your favorite is no...
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Sports
Not Headed to London? Try Olympic Fun Day
There’s something about watching Olympic athletes that makes you want to get off the couch and go break a world record. Well, maybe not a world record. But at least run around outsid...
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Volunteers in the News
Your Guide To the Loudoun County Fair
This year's Loudoun County Fair kicks off Sunday, beginning a week filled with food, rides, pageants and competitions. The fair, put on by the nonprofit Loudoun Fair & Associates...
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The Neighborhood Files
Flash Flood Watch in Effect Friday
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Loudoun County beginning at noon Friday and lasting until 11 p.m. In Ashburn, showers and thunderstorms could start be...
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Arts
Sold Out: 'The Dark Knight Rises' Hits Northern Virginia Theaters
Well, it's over. "The Dark Knight Rises"—the conclusion of the three-film Batman series by director Christopher Nolan—was arguably the most anticipated summer movie ever. Thousands of Nor...
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Business
PHOTOS: Village at Leesburg Block Party
The Village at Leesburg hosted it's third annual Summer Block Party Saturday, benefitting Loudoun Mobile Hope, a program that supports the needs of precariously housed and at-risk youth. ...
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The Neighborhood Files
This Week's Weather: Mini Heat Wave
Temperatures are heating up this week across Northern Virginia, peaking possibly at 100 degrees Tuesday, with a cool-down to the mid-80s by Thursday, according to the National Weather Ser...
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Opinion
Cinema Siren at Comic-Con: Through an Insider's Eyes
SAN DIEGO—Whenever "What is Comic-Con?" floats out into the air, it shocks Cinema Siren into speechlessness. San Diego Comic-Con, (SDCC or just "Comic-Con" for those in the know), ...