Dorene and Mike Napierkowski, Terry Titus, Laura and Martin Strohmeier with their grandson Ethan O'Leary, 2, and several Wage Drive residents oppose a Dominion Virginia Power transmission line pole that will be constructed right behind the houses in this cul-de-sac. Dominion recently purchased one of the homes so they could gain access to the pole site. View photo »

Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama campaigns among thousands at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg. View photo »

In September, these five teachers from Loudoun's Seneca Ridge Middle School were among 60 educators who went on a flight that simulated zero gravity. Participating in a program sponsored by Northrop Grumman, they levitated inside the belly of a Boeing 757 and got a sampling of the training that astronauts undergo before space missions. They dubbed themselves the Seneca 5 and stitched the school emblem, a yellow thunderbolt, onto their flight suits. View photo »

Teachers prepare to participate in a microgravity flight. View photo »

From left to right, Lynne Austin, Rhonda Labuhn, Christopher Souther, Sheryl Defour and Rick Peck mimic the flying of comic book character Superman. View photo »

Michelle Peters (left) and Stephanie Busl (far right) playfully toss teacher Cassandra Weathersbee around during a microgravity flight. View photo »

Stafford Middle School teacher Kris Campesi (left) cheers along with Weightless Flights of Discovery staff member Loretta Whitesides (right) as she boards the Zero G marked airplane. View photo »

Lya Tomomatsu, left, and her sister, Lynna, of Lansdowne pencil in notes on their music sheets. View photo »