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Monday, April 1, 2013

Top 16: Police Refused Service Over Guns, Decomposing Body Found, Women Robbed at Gunpoint, Cicadas Return

Top news of the week from our Patches around Virginia and DC.

Patch has 31 community sites in Virginia and D.C. Here are some of the top stories from around the region over the past week. 16. Arlington County Salaries: Salaries account for more than half of the local government's operating expenses. Did you know the Arlington Public Library chief makes more than the head of the county's Parks and Recreation Department? Or that the county's human resources director makes more than the sheriff? Patch has a searchable salary database to find those salaries and more. 15. Alexandria More Than Historic Haunt: While history may be one of the “brand pillars” of Alexandria, Patricia Washington says she’d like to educate people more about the range of arts available in the city. Washington is the president and…

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What They Earn: Arlington County Salary Database (in Arlington Patch), Alexandria on Precipice of Change, Says Tourism Official (in Old Town Alexandria Patch), Torpedo Factory (in Old Town Alexandria Patch), and 28 more ›

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Tom G.

4:21 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

SPEAK OUT: Should Teachers Be Armed?

In interview on WTOP Tuesday, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell says idea should be explored.

Gov. Bob McDonnell said on Tuesday that it may be time to explore the idea of arming teachers and other school officials. The Republican governor made his remarks in an interview Tuesday on WTOP. His remarks came during a discussion of the killing of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., on Friday. The governor was asked: "What about the idea of allowing people — adults, supervisors, principals, teachers — to be armed inside the public schools of Virginia?" "I know there's been a knee-jerk reaction against that," McDonnell said. "I think there should at least be a discussion about it." "If people were armed, not just a police officer but other officials who were trained and chose to have a weapon, …

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