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Catholic religious order opens abuse filesCatholic religious order based in Midwest voluntarily opens abuse files to outside experts
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This Tuesday, June 18, 2013 image provided by Scott Morlan shows a tornado that touched down near Denver International Airport. (AP Photo/Scott Morlan)
Radar shows tornado touched down at Denver airportDenver passengers take shelter after tornado spotted near Denver airport; no damage reported
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Protestors gather in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.  Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broke out across this continent-sized country, uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)
Brazil protesters clash with police in Sao PauloBrazilian protesters try to break into Sao Paulo's City Hall, clash with police
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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 1957 file photo, Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters vice president and leading candidate to succeed Dave Beck as the IBT's new president, waves to delegates at the opening of the Teamsters Union convention at Miami Beach, Fla. Hoffa’s mysterious disappearance, assumed death and myriad searches for his body have been the stuff of urban legends for more than three decades and continue with the most recent report that the former Teamsters chief’s remains are buried beneath a concrete slab in a barn in a field in suburban Detroit. (AP Photo/File)
Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decadesMystery behind disappearance, death of Teamsters' Jimmy Hoffa still fascinates after 40 years
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House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., sponsor of the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act, left, talks with Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, prior to the start of the committee's hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
CBO: 8 million to gain legal status in Senate billCBO estimates immigration bill would give legal status to 8 million people, reduce deficit
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Sybrina Fulton, left, mother of slain teen Trayvon Martin, talks with State Attorney Angela Corey during the George Zimmerman trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla., Monday, June 17, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)
Zimmerman trial attorneys pick 40 potential jurorsAttorneys at Zimmerman trial select 40 potential jurors to move on to 2nd round of questioning
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Ashland City police Lt. Joel Icenhour answers questions during a news-conference Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Cleveland. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the victims. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Prosecutor: 3 Ohioans enslaved disabled mom, childProsecutor: 3 Ohioans enslaved, beat mentally disabled mom, her young daughter
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Google asks FISA court to lift gag orderGoogle asks secret court to lift gag order on gov't surveillance, cites First Amendment rights
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Israeli President Shimon Peres , center, sits flanked by former US President Bill Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, in a Jerusalem convention center as Peres'  90th birthday gala gets underway, Tuesday June 18 2013. (AP Photo/ Jim Hollander, pool)
Star-studded party for Israeli president's 90thCelebrities, world leaders celebrate Israeli president's upcoming 90th birthday
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  • 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
  • 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 @ 04:04 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
  • 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
  • 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 @ 02:56 PM
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