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STOWAWAY FOUND IN CARGO HOLD
Federal authorities say they’ve discovered a stowaway who arrived at a Washington-area airport in the cargo hold of a flight from Ethiopia. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Steve Sapp says ground personnel at Dulles International Airport were pulling baggage from Ethiopian Airlines Flight 500 when they noticed an arm sticking out. (ap/Insidenova.com)
VIRGINIA TO BUY AND REHAB FORECLOSED HOMES
Virginia will distribute $17.5 million to buy and rehabilitate foreclosed homes across the state, including $2 million for Richmond. The Neighborhood Stabilization Program provides money to local governments to restore foreclosed homes for resale to low- and moderate-income families. The state already distributed $7 million in funding for the program in April. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced the latest round of funding today as he prepared to host a housing forum that will include members of Virginia’s congressional delegation, state legislators and citizens. (Richmond Times Dispatch)
METRO OPENING DOORS TOO SOON
Despite numerous safety measures put in place a year ago, some Metro train operators are still opening the doors of eight-car trains before all cars reach the station platform, posing a significant hazard of riders falling onto the tracks, according to Metro statistics. From March to May, there were 17 such door incidents, all but three involving eight-car trains that were not properly berthed. Most took place during the rush period, and the largest number occurred on the Red Line, which is Metro's busiest. Three incidents involved six-car trains: Two berthed short on the platform, and one opened its doors on the wrong side. (Washington Post)
LOCAL WOMAN KILLED BY PERSON SHE MAY HAVE MET ON CRAIGSLIST
An Anne Arundel County woman who had recently moved out west to have her first baby was found dead Friday in the Oregon home of a woman she might have met through Craigslist, police said. The baby also died. Heather M. Snively, 21, was eight months' pregnant with a boy and had been trying to purchase and trade baby clothes online, relatives said. Korena Elaine Roberts, 27, was charged with Snively's murder and also could face charges in the baby's death, said Sgt. David Thompson of the Washington County, Ore., Sheriff's Office. (Baltimore Sun)
WWI REENACTMENT FILMED IN FAUQUIER
It established the Marines as a “significant” fighting force. It produced the deadliest day of combat in the corps’ then 143-year history. And the Marines’ heroics at the World War I battle at Belleau Wood, about 30 miles east of Paris, earned them the nickname “devil dogs” for the ferocity with which they attacked the German infantry in a wheat field during three weeks in June 1918. (Fauquier Times)
ROCKFISH WARNING
Maryland environmental officials are warning folks to stop eating or drastically reduce their intake of rockfish — striped bass — and bluefish that are caught in local waterways because of high levels of a banned chemical that is known to cause cancer. (The Independent)
