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Miami Heat small forward LeBron James (6) scores the winning basket as Indiana Pacers  forwards Paul George (24) Sam Young (4) defend during overtime in Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in Miami. The Heat won 103-102. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
LeBron saves Heat at buzzer of Game 1LeBron to the rescue: James scores at buzzer, Heat top Pacers 103-102 in Game 1 of East finals
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Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percentLenovo quarterly profit rises 90 percent as smartphone, mobile computer business expands
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A money trader works under a screen indicating the U.S. dollar is traded at 103.08 yen at a foreign exchange company in Tokyo, Thursday, May 23, 2013.  The dollar fell to 103 yen level. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Japan stocks dive after benchmark bond yield spikeJapanese stocks plunge 7.3 percent on bond yields, worse-than-expected China manufacturing
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Activist Adam Adli, center, smiles before being released on bail at a court house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Prosecutors filed a sedition charge Thursday against a student activist who urged Malaysians to engage in street protests against the government over claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Malaysian charged with sedition, 2 more arrestedMalaysia charges student activist with sedition, arrests 2 other anti-government figures
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FILE - In this Monday, May 16, 2005 file photo, Egyptian relatives of 19 detained banned Muslim Brotherhood members demonstrate in Cairo.  Arabic slogans read  "Where is my father", " release my father" and " 19 professor at Egypt's prisons". It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's 2011 revolution: Attacks on prisons that broke out more than 20,000 inmates, among them Hamas and Hezbollah militants and Muslim Brotherhood leaders, including the man who is now the country’s president, Mohammed Morsi. Now a court case is trying to uncover for the first time who was behind the attacks, raising political headaches for Morsi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nouri, File)
2011 jail breaks become political issue in EgyptEgypt's 2011 jailbreaks still a mystery, carry potential embarrassment for Islamist leader
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Japan bond yields jump following Fed commentsJapan government bond yields jump following Fed comments, adding to jitters over growing debt
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File - In this April 14, 2011 file photo, a boat is by the jetty of the Capernaum National Park in the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.  The monumental structure, made of boulders and stones with a diameter of 70 meters, was found through a sonar scan at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee in 2003. Now, archaeologists are beginning to put together grant proposals and funding requests in a bid to permit them access to the submerged stones.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologistsHuge submerged mystery structure in Sea of Galilee stumps dry-docked Israeli archaeologists
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Police: Car bomb kills 12 in southwest PakistanCar bomb kills 11 police, 1 civilian in southwest Pakistan
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ADDS LOCATION - From left: Emiri Miura, daughter, and Tomoko Miura, wife of 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura speaks with him immediately after he conquered the summit of Mount Everest, at Miura's office in Tokyo on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Miura on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest, although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest80-year-old Japanese extreme skier becomes oldest climber to reach summit of Mount Everest
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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
  • MWAA Police Officer Shot, Wife Charged

    The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of Friday night shooting in Sterling as Steven Spradling, 52, a member of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department. Patch.com, Sun, May 19 2013 @ 11:53 PM
  • 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
  • Drive For Charity On Dulles Greenway Marks 8th Year

    Thursday is the 8th Annual Dulles Greenway Drive for Charity. All proceeds from the Dulles Greenway tolls on Thursday go to several charities and organizations, including: a March of Dimes a Every Citizen Has Opportunity a Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter a Fresh Air/Full Care a Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and of course, the Dulles Greenway ... (more) WUSA-TV Washington, Thu, May 16 2013 @ 03:08 AM
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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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