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File photo/A massive tornado struck Moore, Okla. Monday afternoon.

How You Can Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims

Monster storm flattened Oklahoma City suburb of Moore Monday afternoon, where at least 51 are reported dead.

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Memorial Day: Gas Prices in Northern Virginia

Maryland is the 11th most bike-friendly state in the U.S., according to a study by the League of American Bicyclists.

Virginia Ranks 16th Most Bike-Friendly State

The 2013 cicadas have arrived in Prince William County, Va., and they were littering this grass in Lake Ridge, Va.

Cicadas 2013: They're Everywhere!

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U.S. Signal Corps photographer's rendering of my father's return from WWII in October 1945. He was Lt. James D. Clark, Jr., and had been deployed to the ETO when I was one week old.

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Creating a Comfortable Outdoor Space for Entertaining

By Aaron Gorski | Tuesday, May 21

With Memorial Day fast approaching, I’m sharing some ideas on how to ready your landscape for entertaining and asking Krisztina Fellner’s of Modern Washingtonian Interiors to chime in.

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