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Virginia high school football playoff projections Nov 1st 2012, 12:37 Heading into the final week of the regular season for football, here are our playoff projections: Who's in, who needs a win and who needs some help to qualify for the football postseason in Northern Virginia. Read full article >> Keeping tabs on the Thursday morning commute Nov 1st 2012, 09:56 Good morning, commuters! Things seem to have returned to normal in the Washington area following Hurricane Sandy, with the government, schools and businesses reopening. The Capital Weather Gang forecast says that November begins with chilly weather, albeit not with any of the showers that have been such a problem this week.  Read full article >> D.C. area forecast: The chill lingers through the weekend, even as clouds gradually diminish Nov 1st 2012, 09:00 November is not feeling kind this year. The first 5 days are likely to run consistently 5 to 10 degrees below normal. Clouds are only going to gradually relinquish control but shower potential is minimal at least. There is only a chance for frost on our pumpkins, most likely northwest of town this weekend. Redskins vs. Panthers weather forecast: Brisk and dry Nov 1st 2012, 08:55 You may need to huddle together as the weather today gives a cool reception. Showers are blocked far to the south. TV and radio listings: November 11 Nov 1st 2012, 04:27 NFL 8 p.m. Kansas City at San Diego » NFL Network, WTEM (980 AM) NBA 9:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at San Antonio » TNT COLLEGE FOOTBALL Read full article >> Family of D.C. murder victim left wondering Nov 1st 2012, 02:46 For the past 11 years, Katana Dixon has wondered about the night Sean — her youngest child, her baby boy — was gunned down on a quiet street in Northwest Washington. "It was hard," Dixon said, flanked by her two surviving children, Michael and Troy. "Grief and pain. They don't go away." Read full article >> Robert Griffin III wants a win, not bragging rights over Cam Newton Nov 1st 2012, 01:14 Robert Griffin III has heard the Cam Newton comparisons ever since his college days, and he's well aware that they will intensify this week, as his Washington Redskins prepare to host Newton's Carolina Panthers Sunday. Read full article >> D.C. United, New York Red Bulls switch dates for MLS playoff series in wake of Hurricane Sandy Nov 1st 2012, 01:07 D.C. United will open the MLS playoffs at home this weekend instead of on the road, an urgent switch precipitated by Hurricane Sandy's devastating impact in the New York area. United was scheduled to play the New York Red Bulls in the first leg of the Eastern Conference semifinal series Saturday night in Harrison, N.J., then host the second and final game Wednesday in Washington. Read full article >> Maryland football is down to a linebacker and a tight end as its top two quarterbacks Nov 1st 2012, 01:00 When the final whistle sounded and a gloomy Eleanor Roosevelt football team trudged off its home field last November, an undefeated record spoiled by a 13-8 loss to C.H. Flowers in the 4A South region semifinals, Shawn Petty had his mind made up. A two-way threat for Coach Tom Green and the Raiders, Petty was committed as a linebacker to the University of Maryland. He had no choice. Zero college offers to play quarterback came his way. Read full article >> Maryland's Greg Merson wins World Series of Poker, overcoming addiction, others' doubts Nov 1st 2012, 00:59 They played all night. At one end of the World Series of Poker table: Jacob Balsiger, a 21-year-old political-science major at Arizona State. At the other: Jesse Sylvia, a 26-year-old poker pro from Martha's Vineyard. And in the middle, in a Baltimore Orioles jersey, sat Laurel's very own Greg Merson, a 24-year-old University of Maryland dropout who'd overcome drug addiction and parental doubts to reach poker's premier event in Las Vegas. Read full article >> In long-shot race for D.C.'s Ward 7 seat, Moten unrolls an unusual campaign Nov 1st 2012, 00:23 Ronald Moten bounds up to the young men standing on a broken patch of concrete between some public housing and the Anacostia Freeway. "What up, soldiers?" he says, deploying his all-purpose greeting for young black men on a warm fall afternoon. Read full article >> George Allen's Senate record a mixed bag Nov 1st 2012, 00:00 George Allen never appeared destined for a long Senate career. The former Virginia governor expressed impatience with the chamber from the moment he arrived in 2001. It "moves at the pace of a wounded sea slug," he once complained — and soon he began eyeing a larger prize: the White House. Read full article >> A swollen Potomac slowly recedes Oct 31st 2012, 23:54 Like a snake that just swallowed its dinner, the Potomac is bulging with water from the week's rain, spilling over its banks into Georgetown and Alexandria with each high tide. But even as the river flushed down several inches of rain that fell on its watershed beginning Sunday, weather experts said the massive storm system will not lead to the historic flood levels they once feared. Read full article >> Sandy boosts business for local plumbers, electricians Oct 31st 2012, 21:49 Moe Haislip's team of electricians and plumbers has been working 16-hour shifts this week, and many are on their third pair of boots in as many days. But even with all hands on deck, his company is struggling to keep pace with an influx of calls from homeowners and business owners because of Hurricane Sandy. Read full article >>

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