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Collars, Tags And Even Chips May Not Find Your Missing Pets

WASHINGTON (WUSA)--If you're a pet owner, you know how your dog, cat or other critter becomes part of the family.  And when that animal goes missing, it can be a heartbreaking experience.

But when your pet has a collar with tags, at least when it's found-dead or alive-someone will contact you, right? 9NEWS NOW's Andrea McCarren learned, that's not always the case.

"It's like losing a child to me," says Kaye Stoopmans, whose Boston Terrier, Zoe, disappeared from her Arlington, Virginia home three weeks ago.  "She's like my child. I don't have kids yet, but she's my baby. She slept with me every night so she used to keep me warm. And I'm so used to having this little ball of fur next to me. It's just not the same. I don't sleep as well anymore without her there."

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Sex, Speed And Alcohol Alleged Factors In Beltway Crash

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (WUSA) -- A most unusual case involving allegations of sex, speeding and alcohol on Interstate 495 (known as the "Beltway") in Virginia is headed to trial.

A Woodbridge man is being sued for allegedly causing a crash under some salacious circumstances.

It's not often that a drunk driving case leads to the following statement from a plaintiff's attorney, in this case, Douglas R. Stevens:

"Having sex at 85 miles per hour while drunk on a freeway is willful and wanton negligence."

But that is at the heart of a lawsuit that will go to trial in Fairfax County on Monday. A 28 year-old cab driver is suing the now convicted drunk driver for damages stemming from a May 2010 accident on the Beltway, near Telegraph Road.

Court records reveal the defendant was returning from his 21st birthday celebration in Baltimore when he was involved in a crash that injured the cab driver.

According to legal documents, the defendant:

Falls Church Teacher Indicted On Child Porn Charges

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (WUSA) -- An elementary school teacher was indicted for producing child pornography, federal officials said in a news release.

Justin Coleman, 35, of Falls Church, produced child pornography, received child porn and altered child porn, according to the indictments. He was arrested April 6th.

Coleman was a fourth grade teacher and principal at John Adams Elementary School, in Alexandria.

"Coleman is also alleged in the indictment to have adapted existing child
pornographic images to depict former, minor female students from Japan
and Alexandria to appear to be engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
The indictment also accuses Coleman of receiving via the Internet videos
and images of minor children engaging in sexually explicit conduct," federal officials said in a news release.

If convicted, Coleman faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, officials said.

Students get 'Runway Ready' in 2011

ALEXANDRIA, VA (WUSA)-- Angie Goff (@ohmygoff) reports from planning, promotion and production making a fashion show happen is no easy feat-- but some talented students are pulling it off at a whole other level.

Every year the Fashion Design Department  at West Potomac Academy gives students a chance to show their designs.
Seniors are required to create an entire collection and are the highlight of the show.

MORE:  Be a model a next year

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REPORT: Fairfax County Men Live The Longest

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (WUSA)-- A recent study, put out by The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, says men in Fairfax County have the longest life expectancy in the entire country.

The research says men in the county live to be an average age of 81.1 years old, more than any other county in the U.S.

Dr. Ali Mokdad of the institute says several factors have led to the research findings, he said people in Fairfax County, " Have higher income, higher education, good medical care, lots of higher insurance, and that explains the variation."

Women in Fairfax County, according to the report, live to be an average of 84. However, the highest is in Collier County Florida where the life expectancy of a woman is 86.

Despite Fairfax's number ranking for mens life expectancy the U.S. as a whole didn't so as well. In fact the U.S. came in at number 37 across the globe in life expectancy for both men and women.

WikiLeaks Witness Refuses To Testify

 ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- A supporter of the Army private suspected of supplying classified documents to the WikiLeaks website on Wednesday refused to testify to a federal grand jury, accusing the U.S. justice department of using Nixon-like fear tactics to intimidate advocates of transparency in government.

   David House, a founding member of the Bradley Manning Support Network, said he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination after being subpoenaed to the federal courthouse in Alexandria. Prosecutors have convened a grand jury there to investigate the WikiLeaks disclosures.