A Northern Virginia driver is holding a $1,000 ticket after a recent crackdown on those who drive illegally in car pool lanes.

Because Arlington County sits across the Potomac River from Washington, many visitors bypass this eclectic corridor on their way to the nation’s capital. That’s an oversight you don’t want to make. Arlington offers everything from biking along the George Washington Parkway to salsa dancing in Clarendon, one of 11 urban villages that have sprung up around Arlington’s Metro stops.

If you are interested in tightening your abdominals or improving your sex life, Men’s Health magazine has plenty of advice for you. Every issue, or so it seems, has stories on those topics. That’s all well and good. But there is one thing about Men’s Health that is not so good. In the July/August issue, the magazine ranked America’s most sports obsessed towns.

On stage for her fourth try at becoming Miss Virginia on June 27, 21-year-old Caressa Cameron was hit with a heart-stopping interview question. A judge asked her about California’s controversial Proposition 8, an initiative against same-sex marriage. In April’s Miss USA pageant, Miss California Carrie Prejean faced a similar query on same-sex marriage. Prejean ignited a firestorm when she said marriage should be strictly between a man and a woman—an answer that she claims cost her the Miss USA crown.

A soldier from Virginia has died of injuries suffered in a noncombat incident in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced that Spc. Adam M. Kuligowski, 21, of Arlington County, died Monday in Bagram, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) based in Fort Campbell, Ky. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation. As of March 31, 18 Virginians are among the 601 U.S. soldiers killed in Operation Enduring Freedom.