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• A Tougher Line on Government Contracting

  Published: October 8, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Tougher, Line, Government, Contracting, Dyncorp International Llc, Iraq, Greg Lagana, United States, Blackwater Usa, Baghdad, Condoleezza Rice, Deborah Avant, Erik Prince, Falls Church, Jayanti Menches, Northern Virginia, Peter Singer, Steven L Schooner, Colombia, Federa

  Will Blackwater USA's travails spread to the two Northern Virginia companies who share a controversial $3.6 billion contract to provide security services in Iraq?

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• A Tougher Line on Government Contracting

  Published: October 8, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Tougher, Line, Government, Contracting, General Dynamics Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Alexandria, Bethesda, Capitol Hill, Donald H Rumsfeld, Donald Winter, Falls Church, John T Schofield, Loren Thompson, Robert Doolittle, San Diego, The Pentagon, Thomas Ju

  They are called Freedom and Independence. The two competing ships, based in San Diego, are designed to dodge mines, hunt for submarines and conduct special operations at high speeds of up to 45 knots. Whichever prototype proves superior -- either Lockheed Martin's Freedom or General Dynamics' Ind...

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• A Tougher Line on Government Contracting

  Published: October 8, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Tougher, Line, Government, Contracting, Dyncorp International Llc, Iraq, Greg Lagana, United States, Blackwater Usa, Baghdad, Condoleezza Rice, Deborah Avant, Erik Prince, Falls Church, Jayanti Menches, Northern Virginia, Peter Singer, Steven L Schooner, Colombia, Federa

  Will Blackwater USA's travails spread to the two Northern Virginia companies who share a controversial $3.6 billion contract to provide security services in Iraq?

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• Prince William Crackdown Worries Some Merchants

  Published: October 20, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Prince, William, Crackdown, Worries, Some, Merchants, Manassas, Woodbridge Virginia, Prince William County, Italo Olazabal, Falls Church, Richard Hendershot, North Carolina, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Carlos Castro, Corey Stewart, James Kim, Jose Merino, Potomac Mills

  Some Prince William businesses fear that the county's recent move to cut public services to illegal immigrants could hurt their operations should the Hispanic community, one of the fastest-growing in the region, decide it is no longer welcome.

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• Iraq Contract Documents In 'Disarray,' Inspector Says

  Published: October 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraq, Contract, Documents, Disarray, Inspector, Says, Dyncorp International Llc, Stuart W Bowen Jr, U S Department Of State, The New York Times Company, Condoleezza Rice, Elizabeth Verville, Falls Church, Greg Lagana, Iraqi Police Service, U S State Department Bureau

  An independent oversight agency said it could not complete an audit of a $1.2 billion contract to train Iraqi policemen because records kept by the State Department and by DynCorp International, the contractor, were inaccurate and in disarray.

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• War Contracts Buoy Defense Companies

  Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: War, Contracts, Buoy, Defense, Companies, General Dynamics Corporation, Iraq, Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Myles Walton, Nicholas D Chabraja, Boeing 787, Cibc World Markets Corp, Jsa Research Inc, Bethesda, Falls Church, North

  General Dynamics of Falls Church yesterday said profit jumped 24 percent in the third quarter as spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continued to boost the bottom lines of many defense companies.

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• Navy Cancels Another Ship Contract

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Navy, Cancels, Another, Ship, Contract, General Dynamics Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Donald Winter, Allison Stiller, Bernard J Mccullough, Bethesda, Falls Church, U S Navy

  The Navy yesterday terminated a General Dynamics contract to build a ship to patrol waters close to shore after the company and the service were unable to strike a deal on costs.

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• Building a Community, Byte by Byte

  Published: November 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Building, Community, Byte, Andrew Hyde, Viget Labs, Brian Williams, Falls Church, Will Kern, Washington Dc, Aol Llc, Holaneighbor Com, Youtube Inc, Atlanta, Boulder Colorado, Chapel Hill, Europe, Hamburg, Houston, Lloyd Shefsky, London, Martin Ringlein, Tysons Corner, Kel

  Here's a recipe for some creative disorder: Combine a room full of Washington techies with laptops and Internet access. Add a handful of start-up ideas. Mix in a dash of stress, plus some competing egos. And let it simmer for a weekend.

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• U.S. Security Firm Involved In Shooting of Iraqi Driver

  Published: November 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Security, Firm, Involved, Shooting, Iraqi, Driver, Dyncorp International Llc, Ahmed Abdul Aziz, Baghdad, The New York Times Company, Abu Hanan, Falls Church, Gregory Lagana, Mirembe Nantongo, Tigris River, Iraqi Interior Ministry, U S Department Of Justice, U S

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 12 -- An Iraqi civilian in Baghdad was shot and killed on Saturday by a guard from an American private security company, DynCorp International, as the man's car was in proximity to the security company convoy, according to two Iraqi policemen.

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• Dedicated to an Open-Door Policy

  Published: November 15, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Dedicated, Open Door, Policy, Colin Powell, Falls Church, Thomas Jefferson, Fairfax, Florida, The Washington Post Company, Barbara Cooper, Centreville, Heidi Lang, John T Kelly, Milwaukee, Fairfax County, Welcoming Committee

  Brian Hull and Trudy Taylor are everywhere, their staff members say -- reading to students in classrooms, slapping high-fives in their schools' cafeterias, waving hello and goodbye at the entrances.

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• Bills Would Let Judges Remake Mortgages

  Published: November 20, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bills, Would, Let, Judges, Remake, Mortgages, Joanna Jarvis, Libby Lopez, North Carolina, William E Brewer Jr, California, Economy Com Inc, Brad Miller, Eric Stein, Falls Church, Kurt Pfotenhauer, Linda Sanchez, Nancy Ryan, Center For Responsible Lending, Fairfax County, Mor

  Congress is considering legislation that would allow bankruptcy court judges to rewrite loan terms for people at risk of losing their homes, a change that supporters say could save half a million borrowers from foreclosure through early 2009.

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• Food Vendor Crackdown Spurs Revolt

  Published: December 3, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Food, Vendor, Crackdown, Spurs, Revolt, Ivan Yacub, Anita Huslin, Falls Church, Prince George S Council, Prince George S County, Prince George S County Circuit Court, Washington Dc

  The dozens of mobile food truck vendors that had plied their trades along the waysides of Prince George's County had mostly disappeared. Police said they issued up to 200 tickets over the past two months, after several weeks attempting to warn vendors that they were operating illegally did not...

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• Hazardous or Not, Vinyl Shares Lead's Taint

  Published: December 4, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Hazardous, Not, Vinyl, Shares, Lead S, Taint, Center For Environmental Health, Greenpeace International, California, Apple Inc, Wal Mart Stores Inc, United States, Apple Iphone, New Jersey, Nike Inc, Albany, Amsterdam, Asia, Beaverton, Darlene Hooley, Falls Church, Frederi

  Just as consumers have crossed off their holiday shopping lists toys tainted with lead paint, another child-safety issue may become a season spoiler.

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• Home Again

  Published: December 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Home, Again, Michael Mcinerney, Florida, Maryland, Merrill Lynch Amp Co Inc, Somerville Co, Dan Kelly, Doug Riley, Falls Church, Forestville, Harrisburg Pennsylvania, Thomas Somerville, Upper Marlboro, Washington Dc

  Forty years ago, when a young Michael McInerney was thinking about going to work for the family brass and foundry business, his father urged him: Go out and learn how to be successful in something else first.

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• Dulles Rail Project All but Dead

  Published: January 25, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Dulles, Rail, Project, All, But, Dead, Washington Dulles International Airport, Tim Kaine, Tysons Corner, Federal Transit Administration, Virginia, Mary E Peters, Cherner Automotive Group, Capitol Hill, East Falls Church, James C Dinegar, James S Simpson, John Catoe, John

  The federal government will not fund the Metro extension to Dulles International Airport without drastic changes, officials said yesterday, effectively scuttling a $5 billion project planned for more than 40 years and widely considered crucial to the region's economic future.

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