In Prince William County, Virginia, for example, house prices fell by 31% in the year to May and one home in 111 is in foreclosure.

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Authorities from the base and Prince William County, Virginia, surrounded the shooter, who was in a barracks not far from where the first shooting occurred.

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After all, Gill had been a spokesman for the Taxpayers Alliance of Prince William County, Virginia, which is affiliated with Norquist's group, Americans for Tax Reform.

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The jury that had convicted the 42-year-old former soldier of the fatal shooting of a man at a petrol station in Prince William County, Virginia, this week recommended that he be put to death.

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Consequently, they are asking Virginia's Prince William County Circuit Judge LeRoy Millette Jr. to toss out Muhammad's conviction or order a new trial.

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