It was unclear Tuesday when a decision will be made on whether criminal charges will be filed against the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to death.

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The brother of the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot an unarmed Florida teen says medical records will substantiate the killing was in self-defense.

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Thousands expressed support for Trayvon Martin as a police report detailed an account by George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot him.

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Trayvon Marton allegedly killed by Neighborhood Watch.

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The voters on the single, long, twisting block of Deerwatch Drive in western Fairfax County are almost never wrong. Since their Walney Village development was built in 1999, their neighborhood just south of Dulles airport has picked almost all winners, regardless of political party. Read full article > >

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Let’s say there’s a boy named Johnny who attends basketball games at his neighborhood high school. His older brother goes there, as did his big sister. He attends the school’s summer basketball camp and is counting the seasons until he can try out for the team. For years, his mom has left work early to run the concession stand at the gym on game nights. Read full article > >

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If you suit up for a high school’s team, you should sit in its classroom, too

Inside a Bethesda elementary school this month, an Army official representing a group of U.S. intelligence agencies stood before 100 residents and issued a curt edict: Don’t ask for specifics about the spies poised to occupy your neighborhood. “I really can’t say who’s coming to the facility,” Jared Olsen, a program manager with the Army Corps of Engineers, told the audience. “Let’s take that question off the table. Let’s just say it’s ‘Agencies very involved in protecting the United States, you all, and the rest of the citizens of the United States.’ ” Read full article > >

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While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday. A little frosting to start the day – November 10 is National Vanilla Cupcake Day ! Treat yourself, because today is about celebrating one of life's sweetest simple pleasures, the great vanilla cupcake. Vanilla is never boring, especially when it's baked into cupcakes and slathered on top in rich, creamy frosting. While vanilla cupcakes were long regarded as a confection best enjoyed at kid's birthday parties, these delicate little cakes are perfect for any occasion – especially snacking. While you can hit up the neighborhood bakery for a quick fix, settle into the kitchen and bake up a scrumptious snack. Regular vanilla cupcakes are already quite spectacular, but make an even bigger spectacle today with White Linen Cupcakes . These little puppies combine mascarpone frosting and curls upon curls of luscious white chocolate, all on top of moist cupcakes. If you're the kind that craves cupcakes all of the time, you're not alone – Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell would love to “hit up Magnolia and mack on some cupcakes” with you, especially on a ” Lazy Sunday .”

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Southeast Washington resident Nikki Peele says seeing police walk around her neighborhood makes her feel safe. So she likes D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier’s All Hands on Deck program, which floods the streets with police during select weekends each year. Across the Anacostia River in Northwest, Martin Moulton says his neighborhood near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center struggles with public urination, loitering and other quality-of-life issues. Seeing police around is fine, Moulton says, but he doesn’t think it impresses or intimidates criminals. Read full article > >

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BAGHDAD — The five-bedroom villa has a soaring living room with cathedral ceilings and is shaded by palm trees, but sits on a trash-strewn street that gets about eight hours of electricity a day. Worse yet, bombs still explode in the neighborhood with alarming regularity. Asking price? $1.4 million. As Iraq’s economy rattles awake after years of war, the country is experiencing a real-estate boom, with choice properties in Baghdad or in towns such as Karbala or Irbil selling for $500,000 to more than $1 million. Read full article > >

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BAGHDAD — The five-bedroom villa has a soaring living room with cathedral ceilings and is shaded by palm trees, but sits on a trash-strewn street that gets about eight hours of electricity a day. Worse yet, bombs still explode in the neighborhood with alarming regularity. Asking price? $1.4 million. As Iraq’s economy rattles awake after years of war, the country is experiencing a real-estate boom, with choice properties in Baghdad or in towns such as Karbala or Irbil selling for $500,000 to more than $1 million. Read full article > >

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BAGHDAD — The five-bedroom villa has a soaring living room with cathedral ceilings and is shaded by palm trees, but sits on a trash-strewn street that gets about eight hours of electricity a day. Worse yet, bombs still explode in the neighborhood with alarming regularity. Asking price? $1.4 million. As Iraq’s economy rattles awake after years of war, the country is experiencing a real-estate boom, with choice properties in Baghdad or in towns such as Karbala or Irbil selling for $500,000 to more than $1 million. Read full article > >

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D.C. police found Bobby L. Jackson early in the morning of June 25, slumped over dead and unarmed in a lawn chair after being shot in the back at least seven times. Many more shell casings were scattered nearby. More than two months after the shooting, police have no strong suspects. Nobody in the neighborhood, a tightly packed hamlet of small homes, called 911 until almost an hour after the shots were fired, law enforcement sources say, hampering efforts to make quick arrests or gather leads. Canvassing the neighborhood has yielded little useful information. Read full article > >

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D.C. police found Bobby L. Jackson early in the morning of June 25, slumped over dead and unarmed in a lawn chair after being shot in the back at least seven times. Many more shell casings were scattered nearby. More than two months after the shooting, police have no strong suspects. Nobody in the neighborhood, a tightly packed hamlet of small homes, called 911 until almost an hour after the shots were fired, law enforcement sources say, hampering efforts to make quick arrests or gather leads. Canvassing the neighborhood has yielded little useful information. Read full article > >

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The terrorist attacks scythed through generations of firefighters and Wall Street traders in the largely Irish-Catholic neighborhoods on the Rockaway peninsula. Also, the neighborhood’s Muslim bagel man; and the connection between the 9/11 families and wounded American soldiers.

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