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    Washington National Cathedral and George Washington's Mount Vernon estate each won $100,000 grants Monday, among 24 sites around the nation's capital competing for historic preservation funds.

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    Fairfax officer recovering from crash injuries

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    Get Out: Christmas at Mount Vernon

    There's no better place across the nation's capital to get in the holiday spirit than the lavishly decorated Mount Vernon, George Washington's expansive estate on the Potomac River.

  • Body of missing man found in Fairfax

    The body of a 64-year-old man who has been missing since Oct. 24 was discovered Sunday afternoon by someone walking near a creek in the Mount Vernon area.

  • NVHomes is building 17 homes at Riverwood at Ferry Point, south of Mount Vernon along the Potomac River. The Clifton Park model has 4,576 square feet and is priced from $1,189,990. Homeowners association fees are $120 per quarter.

    Luxury home: 17-home enclave near Mount Vernon estate

    While visitors to George Washington's Mount Vernon may be impressed with the level of luxury our first president and his family enjoyed, if George Washington could visit the homes at nearby Riverwood at Ferry Point, he might just be impressed himself.

  • People in cars and on foot line up for free gas in the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

    Falling temperatures add urgency to recovery from superstorm Sandy

    Storm victims went to church Sunday to pray for relief and give thanks for their deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York area compounded the misery for people already struggling with severe gasoline shortages and power outages.

  • New edition of Assassin’s Creed is truly Revolutionary

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  • Founding Father featured in popular new video game

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  • The home at 900 Clifton Drive in Alexandria is on the market for $1,497,000. The five-bedroom home, built in 1976, was built on land that George Washington once owned.

    Resale of the week: Neighbor to Mount Vernon, near Potomac

    Visitors to George Washington's Mount Vernon estate -- if they can escape the crowds of tourists and explore the outer reaches of the grounds -- often marvel at the serenity found so close to Old Town Alexandria and downtown Washington. The original estate was even larger, surrounded by undeveloped land.

  • President Obama speaks at a campaign event at Cornell College, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

    Day after debate, Obama, Romney keep on punching

    Fresh off his more animated debate performance, President Obama joked Wednesday that he is still trying to get the hang of the face-to-face showdowns with Mitt Romney, even as the Republican nominee said Mr. Obama appears to be "running on fumes" in the run-up to Nov. 6.

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Country music star Hank Williams Jr. is producing politically charged talk-radio specials to offer free to interested stations to run before Election Day.

    Inside the Beltway: Hank: Now hear this

    Politically charged patriot and country music star Hank Williams Jr. is pining to get into talk radio. Pro-America and pro-military Mr. Williams will be producing "Loud and Rowdy," a trio of two-hour specials to air in the weeks before Election Day, offering up news of the day, politics, music and just plain "speaking his mind," a spokeswoman tells Inside the Beltway.

  • Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Oct. 10, 2012, during a town hall meeting at Ariel Corporation in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. (Associated Press)

    Romney sidesteps questions on detaining U.S. citizens

    Mitt Romney sidestepped questions Wednesday about whether he would have signed the National Defense Authorization Act that authorizes the indefinite detention of terror suspects, including American citizens, saying he didn't have enough information on the law.

  • Man killed in shooting involving Fairfax police officers

    A Sunday night shooting involving two police officers and two men in Mount Vernon left one man dead, officials said.

  • Chris Moore (right) and his wife, Dina (second from right), of Austin, Texas, enjoy the view from the veranda of the mansion at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Alexandria, Va., on July 4, 2012 (Associated Press)

    Many Americans have throwback Fourth without power

    It was a little like the old days without electricity Wednesday, as the nation's capital region celebrated Independence Day the better part of a week into a widespread blackout that left millions of residents sweltering in 90-plus degree heat without air conditioning.

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