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Perseid Meteor Shower Should Be Best Show in 20 Years

Expect to be dazzled this week when the Perseid meteor shower hits its peak, with up to 150 "shooting stars" streaking across Virginia's skies this week.

In a typical year, observers under a clear dark sky can expect to see up to 100 meteors per hour. But the planet Jupiter recently nudged the debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet closer to Earth, which could mean up to 150 meteors per hour the night of Aug. 11-12. >>> Read more.

$550K Awarded to DC Chipotle Worker Fired After Getting Pregnant

Popular Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle will have to pay up to an employee who was fired from a D.C. restaurant after she became pregnant. A jury awarded Doris Garcia Hernandez $550,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.

After Garcia told her manager she was pregnant back in 2011, the suit claims that he started restricting her water and bathroom breaks, and eventually fired her when she went to a pre-natal doctor's appointment without his approval. >>> Read more.

Burglar Lives at Vienna Home While Family on Vacation: Police

• Someone found the family's spare house key while they were on vacation and let themselves into the home, police said.

• Animal control officers were dispatched to the scene -- a vehicle parked at a shopping center -- Saturday afternoon in Fairfax County.

• Victims have been treated in the separate incidents Monday in the Springfield area.

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