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FILE - In this Friday, May 3, 2013 file photo, police officers guard outside the house of Sefa Riano, a suspected militant who was nabbed by the police after he published his plan to bomb Myanmar Embassy on his Facebook page, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The use of social networking to groom potential attackers is posing a new challenge to authorities in the world's most populous Muslim country that has been struggling to eradicate militant groups. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)
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Police tape ropes off area at Lakeview Condominiums, where three people were shot to death and a fourth was seriously injured at a condominium building Wednesday, June 19, 2013 in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Michael Dossett) NO SALES; MAGS OUT; NO ARCHIVE; MANDATORY CREDIT
4 shot, 3 dead in Ky. condominium complex shootingPolice: Condo complex shooting in Ky. leaves 3 dead, 1 badly wounded in apparent domestic
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Elementary school students are reflected on the screen of a television showing a lecture delivered by Chinese female astronaut Wang Yaping onboard the Tiangong 1 prototype space station, in Taizhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province Thursday June 20, 2013. China held its first classroom lecture from its orbiting space station as part of efforts to popularize the successful manned space flight program among young people. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
China astronauts float water blob in kids' lectureChinese astronauts twirl gyroscopes, strike kung fu poses in students' lecture from space
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Kyrgyzstan votes to end US lease of airbaseKyrgyzstan votes to end US lease of airbase crucial to supplying Afghan war effort in 2014
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Hewitt summoned to appear in South African courtEx-tennis doubles champion Bob Hewitt summoned to SAfrican court after sex abuse accusations
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FILE - This undated publicity photo, released by HBO, shows actor James Gandolfini in his role as Tony Soprano, head of the New Jersey crime family portrayed in HBO's "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/HBO, Barry Wetcher, File)
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FILE- In this Thursday, June 6, 2013 file photo, a Mercedes mechanic holds a tire in the pit, at the Gilles Villeneuve racetrack, in Montreal, Canada. A tire testing session involving Mercedes and Pirelli that was criticized by rival Formula One teams will be referred to the FIA's international tribunal as a possible breach of the sport's rules. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)
Pirelli, Mercedes in dock over F1 tire testsPirelli, Mercedes answer 'Tire-gate' charges at disciplinary hearing in Paris
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Sam Taylor-Johnson to direct '50 Shades' movieBritish filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson to direct much-anticipated '50 Shades of Grey' movie
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FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2011 file photo, the Google logo is seen on the carpet at Google France offices before its inauguration, in Paris. France is giving Google three months to abide by the country's data privacy laws or be fined. The chief of the French agency that regulates information technology says that five other European countries are taking similar steps in a staggered offensive against Google's privacy policy between now and the end of July. The French agency says Spain joined France in the first wave of legal action Thursday June, 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, Pool, File)
France threatens Google with privacy finesFrance threatens Google with privacy fines, says other European countries to follow
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  • Va. cabbie pursues charges after anti-Muslim rant

    For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape. York Dispatch, Tue, Jun 18 2013 @ 08:24 PM
  • Strange Lights Ashburn, VA

    As I was driving back from D.C. on Route 28 at exactly 12:11 AM, my family and I saw strange lights in the sky. CNN, Sat, Jun 15 2013 @ 11:35 PM
  • Herndon man convicted of theft from former employer

    A Loudoun County Jury convicted a Herndon man June 17 of burglary and grand larceny and recommended more than seven years in prison. Loudoun Times, Tue, Jun 18 2013 @ 06:56 PM
  • Leesburg woman indicted for first-degree murder

    A Leesburg woman charged in the December shooting death of a Sterling man was among 36 indicted June 10 by a Loudoun County Grand Jury. Loudoun Times, Tue, Jun 18 2013 @ 06:56 PM
  • GOP is losing its grip on Virginia

    LEESBURG, Va. Downtown Leesburg offers a portrait of attachment to the past: Federal-style buildings line the streets, and the courthouse square features both a plaque commemorating a reading in 1776 of the Declaration of Independence and a statute honoring Confederate soldiers. Journalgazette.net, Tue, Jun 18 2013 @ 02:39 PM
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