By MARY DAVIDSON
Boiling water can freeze in two seconds.
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Author: Potomac Local News
By MARK ROBINSON
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, and Sen. Emmett Hanger Jr., R-Mount Solon, are friends. And they’ll remain friends, Deeds says, even if a controversial measure Hanger voted for costs Deeds his seat in the Virginia Senate.
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STAFFORD, Va. — Stafford County leaders today threw their support behind Gwyneth’s Law, a bill that would require schools to provide training in first aid, CPR, and the us of automated external defibrillators, or AEDs.
The law is named after 12-year-old Gwyneth Griffin who collapsed while running track at Stafford County’s A.G. Wright Middle School and then later died. Griffen’s father, Joel, told Fredericksburg.com no one at the school was able to care for his daughter following her collapse.
STAFFORD, Va. — Stafford County has a new leader for its Parks and Recreation Department.
Jamie Porter was announced as the county’s new leader following a department move from former Director Chris Hoppe who left the parks department last year to become Stafford County’s Capital Improvement Program Manager.
MANASSAS, Va. — Police need your help in finding out who burglarized a tractor store in Manassas.
Here’s more in a press release:
By ALLISON LANDRY
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – A legislative panel has killed a bill designed to give Virginians suffering from Crohn’s disease or similar medical conditions immediate access to a toilet.
Police officers in Dumfries were called to the Dumfries Shopping Plaza at 3:55 p.m. on January 15 for a report of trespassing.
More in a press release from police:
DUMFIRES, Va. — One person is in custody following a shooting death of a woman inside of her Dumfries home.
Reginald Keith Tolliver, 38, of no fixed address, is charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of 35-year-old Tasheka Lashon Leavell on Thursday.
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Update 5:30 p.m Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013
A Maryland woman was killed Tuesday morning (Jan. 22) in a two-vehicle traffic crash in Fairfax County. The crash occurred at 7:12 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-95 less than a mile from Route 286/Fairfax County Parkway.
By MARY ROSENTHOL
For Potomac Local News
On Sunday night the Potomac Nationals celebrated their 18th annual Hot Stove Banquet and Silent Auction with 131 employees and fans in attendance. The Hyatt at Fair Lakes was the site for the event.