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Air Force officer heading sex assault prevention arrested for sex battery

Last updated Monday, May 6, 2013 - 6:29pm

ARLINGTON, Va. — An Air Force officer who led the branch’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit has been charged with groping a woman in a parking lot.

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Col. David W. Maxwell, commander of Marine Corps Base Quantico, holds a news conference at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va. on Friday, March 22, 2013. A Marine killed a male and female colleague in a shooting before killing himself, officials said early Friday. Authorities were called to the scene at Marine Corps Base Quantico around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, where they found one Marine dead at a barracks, base according to Maxwell. Authorities later found a second victim dead, along with the body of the suspected gunman, who died of self-inflicted gunshot wound. (AP Photo/Marine Corps Times, Mike Morones)

3 killed in shooting at Marine base

Matthew Barakat The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 22, 2013 - 10:58am

QUANTICO, Va. -- A Marine killed a male and female colleague in a shooting at a base in northern Virginia before killing himself, officials said early Friday.

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Sen. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho speaks outside Alexandria General District Court in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, after pleading guilty Friday to a misdemeanor first-offense drunken driving charge. In exchange for his plea Friday, prosecutors dropped a charge of failing to obey a traffic signal. Crapo received a $250 fine and a 12-month suspension of his driver's license and must complete an alcohol safety program. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Mormon senator will seek forgiveness from church for DUI

Matthew Barakat, Rebecca Boone The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 4, 2013 - 2:28pm

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of driving while intoxicated and then apologized for his actions and asked forgiveness from his constituents.

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An Air Force carry team carries the casket with the remains of Air Force Col. Joseph Christiano, Col. Derrell B. Jeffords, Lt. Col. Dennis L. Eilers, Chieft Master Sgt. William K. Colwell, Chief Master Sgt. Arden K. Hassenger and Chief Master Sgt. Larry C. Thornton, during a burial service at Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Va., Monday, July 9, 2012. It was Christmas Eve 1965 when the Air Force plane nicknamed "Spooky" took off from Vietnam for a combat mission. The crew sent out a "mayday" signal while flying over Laos, and after that, all contact was lost. Two days of searches turned up nothing. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Military to bury airmen killed in 1965 crash

Matthew Barakat The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 9, 2012 - 10:22am

ARLINGTON, Va. — It was Christmas Eve 1965 when the Air Force plane nicknamed "Spooky" took off from Vietnam for a combat mission. The crew sent out a "mayday" signal while flying over Laos, and after that, all contact was lost. Two days of searches turned up nothing.

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University studies crowdsourcing for intelligence

Matthew Barakat The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 7:36am

FAIRFAX, Va. — Maybe you’ve got a hunch Kim Jong Il’s regime in North Korea has seen its final days, or that the Ebola virus will re-emerge somewhere in the world in the next year.

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