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VERIFY: Can cell phone usage at gas pumps cause explosions?

VERIFY: Can cell phone usage at gas pumps cause explosions?

VERIFY: Can cell phone usage at gas pumps cause explosions?

A WUSA9 viewer came across an article that claims a car exploded at a gas station after parents let their kids play a mobile game on a cell phone.

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Washington-Lee students sue Arlington Co. Schools over renaming high school

The students think Arlington's school board members were trying to avoid the hostility that marked the name change of J.E.B. Stuart High School to Justice High School in Fairfax County last year.

VIRGINIA

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Funeral announced for 'bright, funny and affectionate' 10-year-old murdered in NE DC

A Celebration of Life will be held for Makiyah on Wednesday, July 25 at House of Praise on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue in Northeast, D.C.

DC

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'It's like liquid poison' | 122 sickened, 4 possibly killed by K2 synthetic marijuana in DC

"K2 literally wraps it's fingers around your brain and snatches it out of your body."

DC

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Family from banned 'FamilyOFive' YouTube channel continues to post videos

YouTube took down the couple's YouTube channels, but the family appears to be operating a "fan" channel and uploading videos to the "Team DO5 Fans" YouTube channel.

MARYLAND

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Thursday evening weather forecast

Meteorologist Topper Shutt has your latest weather forecast.

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The Dangers of K2: A DC man's perspective

A DC area man shares his experience with K2, a synthetic marijuana also known as "spice."

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Person died from flesh-eating bacteria, 9 others infected

So far this year in Hampton Roads, nine people have contracted the infection, and one person has died.

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Family from banned 'FamilyOFive' YouTube channel continues to post videos

The family who was banned by YouTube on Wednesday for their history of abusing kids on camera posted a new video on a different channel on Thursday.

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Washington-Lee students sue Arlington Co. Schools over renaming high school

Another local high school plunges into a controversial name change debate.

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Mom of FamilyOFive YouTube channel speaks out

Google, which operates YouTube, said they banned the parents' channels because of the couple's previous strikes and violating YouTubes guidelines.

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122 sickened, 4 possibly killed by K2 synthetic marijuana in DC

An emergency alert from D.C. medical leaders: A potential deadly batch of K2, a synthetic marijuana, has sickened more than 100 people in the last few days, sending them to hospitals and, possibly killing four.

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