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FILE - In this April 23, 2006 file photo, author Dan Brown talks about his court dealings surrounding his book "The Da Vinci Code" in Portsmouth, N.H. Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. The book "Inferno," which is being sold in the Philippines, includes a character who is visiting the city and taken aback by poverty, crime and the sex trade. The chairman of metropolitan Manila, Francis Tolentino, wrote an open letter to Brown on Thursday, May 23, 2013, saying that while "Inferno" is fiction, "we are greatly disappointed by your inaccurate portrayal of our beloved metropolis."(AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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A map is displayed showing findings in an investigation dubbed "Operation Swill," in which 29 bars and restaurants in New Jersey are accused of putting cheap booze in premium brand liquor bottles and selling it, during a news conference, Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Trenton, N.J. Thirteen of the restaurants cited are TGI Fridays located in central and northern New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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People walk by an electronic stock indicator outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo nosedived 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98, its worst drop since the 2011 earthquake disaster. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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In this May 23, 2013 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Liu Yunshan, second left, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with North Korean envoy Choe Ryong Hae, second right, in Beijing, China. On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, Choe paid deference Thursday to hopes by the North's chief ally for renewed multinational nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xie Huanchi) NO SALES
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A map is displayed showing findings in an investigation dubbed "Operation Swill," in which 29 bars and restaurants in New Jersey are accused of putting cheap booze in premium brand liquor bottles and selling it, during a news conference, Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Trenton, N.J. Thirteen of the restaurants cited are TGI Fridays located in central and northern New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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People walk by an electronic stock indicator outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo nosedived 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98, its worst drop since the 2011 earthquake disaster. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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In his first campaign event, New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner greets commuters outside a Harlem subway station, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations, that capsized his promising congressional career. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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FILE - In this April 23, 2006 file photo, author Dan Brown talks about his court dealings surrounding his book "The Da Vinci Code" in Portsmouth, N.H. Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. The book "Inferno," which is being sold in the Philippines, includes a character who is visiting the city and taken aback by poverty, crime and the sex trade. The chairman of metropolitan Manila, Francis Tolentino, wrote an open letter to Brown on Thursday, May 23, 2013, saying that while "Inferno" is fiction, "we are greatly disappointed by your inaccurate portrayal of our beloved metropolis."(AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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A map is displayed showing findings in an investigation dubbed "Operation Swill," in which 29 bars and restaurants in New Jersey are accused of putting cheap booze in premium brand liquor bottles and selling it, during a news conference, Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Trenton, N.J. Thirteen of the restaurants cited are TGI Fridays located in central and northern New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask, left, defends while New York Rangers' Ryan Callahan, right, jumps to let the puck by during the second period in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs in New York Thursday, May 23, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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  • Local High School Shares Special Connection With Tornado Victims

    Some students at Briar Woods High School in Loudoun County saw the damage from the tornado in Oklahoma, particularly that at Briarwood Elementary School, and knew they had to do something. NBC Washington, Thu, May 23 2013 @ 07:38 PM

  • Defining the social eatery

    Times-Mirror Photo/Beverly Denny The V in Ashburn provides options for its diners, whether it's the cool, sleek bar, luxurious dining room or relaxing patio. Loudoun Times, Thu, May 23 2013 @ 08:10 PM

  • The seasona s best new vehicles

    As the summer months begin, potential car buyers will be out Memorial Day Weekend to purchase new or used cars. Loudoun Times, Thu, May 23 2013 @ 07:01 AM

  • Angry Birds comes to life in Clarke

    Take a ride on Route 7 west into Clarke County and you'll encounter an unusual sight as you near Berryville: a giant red bird, poised on an 8-foot-tall platform with an oversized slingshot wound around its body, as if it's poised to be launched skyward. Loudoun Times, Wed, May 22 2013 @ 04:09 AM

  • Steven Spradling fatally shot inside Sterling home

    A woman is accused of killing her husband in their Sterling home over the weekend. TBD.com, Mon, May 20 2013 @ 05:38 PM
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On May 23, 1934,

bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La.

In 1430,

Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.

In 1533,

the marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.

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Ap Top NewsBronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid residents' outrageA young man runs under an elevated section of subway tracks in The Bronx borough of New York, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A company that offered tourist treks to the Bronx "ghetto" has shut down under scathing criticism from neighborhood leaders offended by the tours that took mostly European and Australian tourists past food-pantry lines and "pickpocket" park. But other New York companies continue to show visitors, many of them foreigners who know of the Bronx only from movies, the grittiest part of the city's poorest borough. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Ap Top News1 child dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslideRescue personnel gather near an entrance to Lilydale Regional Park above the Mississippi River during a suspension of search efforts to find a fourth child missing after a landslide swept over a group of children on a fourth grade field trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. One other child was killed and two others injured. Dangerous conditions along with rain prompted the search suspension. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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