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House to vote on farm bill cuts to crop insuranceHouse to vote on cuts to crop insurance as part of wide-ranging farm bill
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A sign asking parents to behave and keep youth sports games in perspective is posted on a fence at a baseball field in Buffalo Grove, Ill. on Monday, June 10, 2013. Park district officials in the Chicago suburb posted the signs earlier in the month, sparking a lot of conversation among members of the community. The signs are part of a growing national trend aimed at reining in bad parent behavior on the sidelines. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
Youth leagues try to rein in 'bad news parents''Bad news parents': Youth sports officials try to control over-the-top parent behavior
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FILE - This May 20, 2013 file photo shows actor James Gandolfini at the Los Angeles premiere of "Nicky Deuce" in Los Angeles. HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
James Gandolfini: He let his characters starJames Gandolflni: An actor who excelled as Tony Soprano, and then some, in a career cut short
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Jewish educator who survived Soviet Gulag diesRabbi Moshe Greenberg, prominent Jewish educator who survived a Soviet Gulag, dies at 84
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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2008 file photo, John Martorano is questioned about his plea agreement in exchange for testifying against former FBI agent John Connolly, in the Miami Courthouse. Martorano has admitted to 20 killings and previously spent 12 years in prison in exchange for his cooperation with authorities. He lives in a condo on a golf course in Milford, Mass. Neighbors say they didn’t have a clue about his past until seeing him on television in connection with court case in Boston. (AP Photo/Marice Cohn Band, Pool, File)
Bulger trial: The hit man of Country Club LaneThe hit man next door: Bulger cohort's testimony shocks neighbors in Mass.
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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2008 file photo, John Martorano is questioned about his plea agreement in exchange for testifying against former FBI agent John Connolly, in the Miami Courthouse. Martorano has admitted to 20 killings and previously spent 12 years in prison in exchange for his cooperation with authorities. He lives in a condo on a golf course in Milford, Mass. Neighbors say they didn’t have a clue about his past until seeing him on television in connection with court case in Boston. (AP Photo/Marice Cohn Band, Pool, File)
Victims' relatives to testify in Bulger trialVictims' relatives to testify in Bulger trial in Mass.; testimony will be limited
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Students listen to a lecture delivered by Chinese female astronaut Wang Yaping broadcasted live from onboard the Tiangong 1 prototype space station in a lab of a school inTongxiang city in east 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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In this image taken Saturday, June 15, 2013, Bangladeshi garment worker Shahi Noor, 25, who worked on the 6th floor of Rana Plaza, poses for a portrait at Enam Medical College, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Shahi Noor had her right leg amputated to free her from the rubble on the day the building collapsed. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
AP PHOTOS: Bangladesh collapse left many amputeesAP PHOTOS: For amputees, wounds from Bangladesh garment factory collapse will never fade
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In this June 19, 2013, photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, greets supporters after addressing thousands of tea party activists at the U.S. Capitol railing against the Internal Revenue Service, illegal immigration, and the Obama administration, in Washington. After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Students listen to a lecture delivered by Chinese female astronaut Wang Yaping broadcasted live from onboard the Tiangong 1 prototype space station in a lab of a school inTongxiang city in east 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
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In this June 13, 2013 picture, a U.S. Border Patrol agent rides an ATV as he patrols at night between the border structures separating Tijuana, Mexico, left, from San Diego. Illegal immigration into the United States would decrease by only 25 percent under a far-reaching Senate immigration bill, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office that also finds the measure reduces federal deficits by billions. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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FILE - This May 20, 2013 file photo shows actor James Gandolfini at the Los Angeles premiere of "Nicky Deuce" in Los Angeles. HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, Sony President and CEO Kazuo Hirai speaks during a press conference at the Sony Corp. headquarters in Tokyo. Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, Hirai told shareholders Thursday, June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)
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In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, state and local police gather outside the home of New England Patriot's NFL football player Aaron Hernandez in North Attleborough, Mass. Police spent hours at the home Tuesday as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle, Martin Gavin)

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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

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    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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On June 20, 1863,

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Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States, featuring the emblem of the bald eagle.

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King Louis XVI of France and his family attempted to flee the country in the so-called Flight to Varennes but were caught.

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Ap Top NewsFBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remainsRobert Foley, special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit division, addresses the media in Oakland Township, Mich., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 where he announced the FBI was ending the search operations for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Ap Top NewsActor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51FILE - 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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Ap Top NewsBaked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th stateThis photo taken Monday, June 17, 2013, shows people sunning at Goose Lake in Anchorage, Alaska. Parts of Alaska are setting high temperature records as a heat wave continues across Alaska. Temperatures are nothing like what Phoenix or Las Vegas gets, but temperatures in the 80s and 90s are hot for Alaska, where few buildings have air conditioning. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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