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Fans hold signs "We want schools on FIFA standards" and "Change Brazil" prior to the the soccer Confederations Cup group A match between Brazil and Mexico at Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Tiger Woods reacts after putting on the 15th hole during the fourth round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Ardmore, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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FILE - In this Thursday, June 14, 2012 file photo, Syrian security forces at the site where a car bomb exploded near the shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, background, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Hezbollah fighters join Syrian forces in battling rebels in a Damascus suburb that is home to a revered Shiite Muslim shrine, in a push to secure the area around the golden domed mosque. Protection of the Sayida Zeinab shrine has become a rallying cry for Shiite fighters backing President Bashar Assad, raising the stakes in a conflict that is increasingly being fought along sectarian lines. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)
Syria troops fight rebels near major Shiite shrineSyrian troops backed by Hezbollah fight rebels in Damascus suburb housing major Shiite shrine
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Law enforcement officials walk back to the search area after Robert Foley, special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit division, addressed the media in Oakland Township, Mich., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 and 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)a
FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remainsFBI says it found no sign of remains of ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in suburban Detroit
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President Barack Obama listens as he is introduced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel before speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama called to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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New York Yankees' Lyle Overbay hits a two-run double against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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President Barack Obama listens as he is introduced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel before speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama called to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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FILE - In this Thursday, June 14, 2012 file photo, Syrian security forces at the site where a car bomb exploded near the shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, background, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Hezbollah fighters join Syrian forces in battling rebels in a Damascus suburb that is home to a revered Shiite Muslim shrine, in a push to secure the area around the golden domed mosque. Protection of the Sayida Zeinab shrine has become a rallying cry for Shiite fighters backing President Bashar Assad, raising the stakes in a conflict that is increasingly being fought along sectarian lines. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)
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President Barack Obama listens as he is introduced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel before speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama called to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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FILE -- In this file photo taken on Jan. 12, 2013, Italian fashion designers Stefano Gabbana, left, and Domenico Dolce bow to the audience after presenting their Dolce & Gabbana men's Fall-Winter 2013-14 collection in Milan, Italy. A Milan court convicted fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. The pair were found guilty Wednesday of failing to declare euros 1 billion ($1.3 billion) in income to authorities. The court sentenced them both to one year and eight months in jail. Prosecutors argued that the pair had evaded taxes on income of 416 million euros each and 200 million euros through a Luxembourg-based company. The statute of limitations ran out on a charge of misrepresenting income. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Bernanke. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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New York Yankees' Lyle Overbay hits a two-run double against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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    A man got into an argument and then a physical fight with a group of four people in the patio area of a hotel in Sterling on Tuesday morning, only to discover afterwards that someone stole his laptop, according to Loudoun County Sheriff's Office authorities. WUSA9.com, Tue, Jun 18 2013 @ 06:11 AM

  • Western Loudoun Artists Studio Tour adds new talent

    Photo courtesy/J.Douglas J. Douglas has drawn portraits for most of his life, but he began to experiment with oil paintings in 2008. Loudoun Times, Tue, Jun 18 2013 @ 08:07 AM

  • Repeat sex offender sentenced to two life terms in prison

    A Loudoun County judge on Friday upheld a jury's recommendation and handed down a sentence of two life sentences plus 75 years in prison for a 52-year-old man convicted on a range of sex crime charges. Loudoun Times, Mon, Jun 17 2013 @ 01:03 PM

  • LaRock unseats May in low-turnout Virginia primary upset

    For two decades, Del. Joe T. May, a moderate Republican and chairman of the House Transportation Committee, has represented voters across a broad district that spans much of Loudoun County and parts of Clarke and Frederick counties. The Washington Post, Fri, Jun 14 2013 @ 03:00 AM

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Today in History

On June 19, 1953,

Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y.

In 1862,

Congress passed, and President Abraham Lincoln signed, a measure abolishing slavery in U.S. territories.

In 1865,

Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free.

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