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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, talks with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., right, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on national security matters where FBI Director Robert Mueller testified. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Desiree Ellis, center, is comforted by a supporter outside of a courthouse in New York after mixed verdict was delivered Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in the trial of George Vincent Sr. and his son, George Vincent Jr., who were found guilty of promoting prostitution and money laundering, but acquitted of sex trafficking. Ellis is an admitted prostitute who worked for the defendants and testified on their behalf at the trial. (AP Photo/Tom Hays)
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Riot police take positions as demonstrators gather near near the Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Protesters cut off the main access road to the stadium where Brazil will play Mexico in the Confederations Cup soccer tournament later Wednesday. Beginning as protests against bus fare hikes, the demonstrations have quickly ballooned to include broad middle-class outrage over the failure of governments to provide basic services and ensure public safety. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, talks with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., right, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on national security matters where FBI Director Robert Mueller testified. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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This comic book cover released by Noble Transmission/IDW Publishing shows an image from the five-issue mini-series “Wild Blue Yonder,” from Mike Raicht, Zach Howard and Austin Harrison of Noble Transmission. The series centers on Cola, a skilled upstart, female teen pilot whose adventures form the tale set in a world where humanity lives among the clouds in floating airships while avoiding the broken, poisoned earth. Issue No. 1 was released on Wednesday, June 19. (AP Photo/Noble Transmission/IDW Publishing)
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Riot police take positions as demonstrators gather near near the Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Protesters cut off the main access road to the stadium where Brazil will play Mexico in the Confederations Cup soccer tournament later Wednesday. Beginning as protests against bus fare hikes, the demonstrations have quickly ballooned to include broad middle-class outrage over the failure of governments to provide basic services and ensure public safety. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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  • 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

  • Man Gets In Fight At Va. Hotel, Laptop Stolen

    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
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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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