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US President Barack Obama, right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, shake hands after a joint press conference  at the chancellery in Berlin Wednesday, June 19, 2013. On the second day of his visit to Germany Obama met with German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Merkel before delivering a speech at Brandenburg Gate. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Obama warns EU over high youth unemploymentObama warns of lost generation due to high youth unemployment in Europe
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FILE - This is a Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012  file photo of British actor  Daniel Radcliffe, star of the supernatural thriller "The Woman in Black,"  as he is interviewed at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles. Daniel Radcliffe has won magical reviews for his latest stage role as a disabled Irish dreamer in Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan." The former "Harry Potter" star plays the title role in a Michael Grandage-directed production of McDonagh's scabrous tragicomedy at London's Noel Coward Theatre. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Critics hail Daniel Radcliffe's latest stage turnMagic! Critics praise Daniel Radcliffe's latest stage role in 'The Cripple of Inishmaan'
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Firefighters are pictured beyond a burned structure as they work hot spots on the Black Forest wildfire north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday, June 17, 2013. Over 470 homes burned in the wildfire that started last Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
Neighbors: Couple killed waited for order to leaveNeighbors say Colorado couple killed in wildfire were waiting for evacuation orders
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A law enforcement official from the FBI measures an area in Oakland Township, Mich., Tuesday, June 18, 2013 where officials continue the search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975.   The search follows claims made in February by reputed Mafia captain Tony Zerilli, who told Detroit TV station WDIV that he knew where Hoffa was buried. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffa's remains enters 3rd dayFBI digs a 3rd day in search for remains of ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in suburban Detroit
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Indian army personnel rescue stranded children and other people to a safe place in the worst flood affected region of Govind Ghat, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Floods triggered by torrential rains have killed many people in northern India. More than 1,000 pilgrims are stranded at various locations due to floods and landslides. according to reports. (AP Photo)
Monsoon floods kill 102 in India, strand pilgrimsThousands of Hindu pilgrims stranded after monsoon floods kill 102 in India
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Flood damages Austrian UNESCO heritage siteFlood damages Hallstatt, Austrian UNESCO heritage site
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right,  speaks with Canada's foreign minister John Baird during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinian party toughens line on Israel talksPalestinian president's Fatah group takes hard line on returning to talks with Israel
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This Tuesday, June 18, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows homes destroyed by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling, in the neighborhood of Sheik Saad, Aleppo, Syria. A group of U.S. Senators want to see the U.S. do more than provide arms to some of the outgunned rebels in the bloody civil war in Syria. Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez and Carl Levin and Republican John McCain say in a joint letter to Obama that the U.S. should consider targeting regime airfields, runways and aircraft, and help rebels establish safe zones in Syria. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)
Syria troops fight rebels near Shiite shrineSyrian troops backed by Hezbollah fight rebels in Damascus suburb housing major Shiite shrine
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Egyptians looks through a decorated tent set by volunteers to offer a shade spot in Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Temperatures in Cairo reached 34 degrees Celsius (93 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Egypt Islamists blame violence on oppositionParty of Egypt's Islamist president blames opposition for violence over governors
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    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
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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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