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In this Aug. 21, 2012 photo, the Hewlett-Packard Co. logo is seen outside the company's headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Hewlett-Packard Co. reports quarterly financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies. The move reflects the global fragmentation of al-Qaida’s top leaders as the U.S. tries to safeguard against attacks like last month’s deadly Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikesObama administration acknowledges 4 American citizens killed in drone strikes since 2009
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In this May 20, 2013 photo, an armed man from a local self-defense group stands with his weapon at the entrance of the town of Buenavista, Mexico. Self-defense groups started to spring up in February to fight back the Knights Templar drug cartel which is extorting protection payments from cattlemen and lime growers, butchers and even marijuana growers. The federal government sees both the self-defense forces and the cartel as dangerous enemies. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Mexico cartel dominates, torches western stateEntrenched Mexico drug mafia, vigilantes battle for control of agricultural Michoacan state
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Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel speaks during a news conference Wednesday May 22, 2013 in Los Angeles where she discussed her loss to Eric Garcetti in the Los Angeles Mayor's race. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Jodi Arias, right, and her defense attorneys Jennifer Wilmott and Kirk Murmi, left, listen as Judge Sherry Stephens urges the jury to continue deliberating after the jury delivered a message that they are deadlocked on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)
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Zach Sobiech, left, walks with his girlfriend, Amy Adamle, between classes at Stillwater High School in Stillwater, Minn., on Dec. 3, 2012. "She's strong enough to share the load with me, said Sobiech. Sobiech, the Lakeland, Minn. teenager whose song "Clouds" became an Internet sensation, died early Monday, May 20, 2013 at his home, surrounded by family and his girlfriend, according to a CaringBridge post by Zach's mother. He was 18. Sobiech, who had a rare form of bone cancer, began writing songs of farewell to family and friends last fall. His first song, "Clouds," went viral and has received almost 3 million hits on YouTube. (AP Photo/St. Paul Pioneer Press, Ben Garvin)
Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit diesMinnesota teenager whose song "Clouds" became Internet sensation dies after bone cancer fight
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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, James Oliver, left, hugs his brother and fellow Eagle Scout, Will Oliver, who is gay, as Will and other supporters carry four boxes filled with petitions to end the ban on gay scouts and leaders in front of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Dallas, Texas. With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at a meeting in Grapevine, Texas, would retain the Scouts' long-standing ban on gays serving in adult leadership positions. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay banScouting leaders to vote on lifting ban on openly gay Boy Scouts at 3-day meeting in Texas
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Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel speaks during a news conference Wednesday May 22, 2013 in Los Angeles where she discussed her loss to Eric Garcetti in the Los Angeles Mayor's race. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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In this May 20, 2013 photo, an armed man from a local self-defense group stands with his weapon at the entrance of the town of Buenavista, Mexico. Self-defense groups started to spring up in February to fight back the Knights Templar drug cartel which is extorting protection payments from cattlemen and lime growers, butchers and even marijuana growers. The federal government sees both the self-defense forces and the cartel as dangerous enemies. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies. The move reflects the global fragmentation of al-Qaida’s top leaders as the U.S. tries to safeguard against attacks like last month’s deadly Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - This March 7, 2013 file photo shows Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., listening to a witness at Senate Banking Committee hearing on anti-money laundering on Capitol Hill in Washington. Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has an agreement with Henry Holt and Company, the publisher announced Wednesday, May 22. The book, currently untitled, is scheduled for the spring of 2014. Warren will write about her childhood and early professional life, but the book will mostly be a “rousing call” for the middle class. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)
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In this Aug. 21, 2012 photo, the Hewlett-Packard Co. logo is seen outside the company's headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Hewlett-Packard Co. reports quarterly financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2012 file photo, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) breaks the tackle of Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson (21) during the first half of an NFL football game in Glendale, Ariz. 49ers leading wide receiver Crabtree is not on the practice field for Wednesday afternoon's, May 22, 2013 organized team activity, though the team has provided no update regarding his absence amid reports he tore his Achilles tendon. (AP Photo/Paul Connors, File)

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  • 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

  • Man Shot, Killed in Loudoun County

    Loudoun County Police say a woman shot and killed her husband Friday night in Sterling, Loudoun County, in what's believed to have been a domestic situation. NBC Washington, Sat, May 18 2013 @ 10:41 AM

  • LCSO Investigating 'Apparent Homicide' in Sterling

    The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating what the department has referred to as an "apparent homicide" on the 21700 block of Blossom Drive in Sterling. Patch.com, Sat, May 18 2013 @ 06:54 PM

  • Flame Kabob, Blue Mountain Cafe

    Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Health Visited several restaurants in Loudoun County this week. Patch.com, Thu, May 16 2013 @ 06:43 AM
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On May 22, 1913,

the American Cancer Society was founded in New York by a group of doctors and business leaders under its original name, the American Society for the Control of Cancer.

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In 1860,

the United States and Japan exchanged ratifications of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce during a ceremony in Washington.

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Ap Top NewsMan shot to death while questioned in Boston probeAn FBI investigator enters the apartment where a man was shot by an FBI agent, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Ap Top NewsNorth Korean leader sends special envoy to ChinaCORRECTS TITLE OF RI YONG HO, FILE - In this April 15, 2012 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, chats with North Korean People's Army senior officers, then- army chief Ri Yong Ho, left, and Vice Marshal and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Choe Ryong Hae, during a mass military parade in Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of his grandfather, national founder Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea. Choe, a "special envoy" for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Pyongyang on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, for China, the North's only major political and economic benefactor. State media released few details, but the trip comes at a rocky time in ties between the allies. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
Ap Top News600 police photos of Tucson rampage scene releasedIn this image released by the Pima County Sheriff's department, police notes detailing the status of victims, are seen in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in January 2011. Authorities released more than 300 photos on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, made by investigators during their investigation in the parking lot of the shopping center where the shooting took place. (AP Photo/Pima County Sheriff)
Ap Top NewsGarcia apologizes for "fried chicken" remarkFILE - At left, in a May 5, 2013 file photo, Sergio Garcia grimaces during The Players Championshop golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. At right, in a March 25, 2013 file photo, Tiger Woods walks to the 16th green during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla. Woods and Garcia don't like each other, and are making no attempt to disguise their feelings. (AP Photo/File)
Ap Top NewsArias jury deadlocked but must keep deliberatingJudge Sherry Stephens urges the jury to continue deliberating after the jury delivered a message that they are deadlocked on a penalty for Jodi Arias on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)
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