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Washington State Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson, from left, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, and Washington Department of Transportation assistant regional administrator Jay Drye inspect the south end of the north-bound lane of the new temporary span of the Skagit River Bridge in Mount Vernon, Wash., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The Skagit River Bridge will reopen early Wednesday morning restoring Interstate 5 traffic less than a month after part of the bridge collapsed May 23 when it was struck by a truck with an oversize load. (AP Photo/Skagit Valley Herald, Frank Varga)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, the No. 3, right, and No. 4 reactors of Ohi nuclear power plant, operated by Kansai Electric Power Co., stand in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, north of Tokyo. Japan's nuclear watchdog has formally approved new safety requirements for atomic plants, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster. The new requirements approved Wednesday, June 19, 2013 by the Nuclear Regulation Authority will take effect on July 8, when operators will be able to apply for inspections. If plants pass inspection, they can reopen. Kansai Electric Power Co. is expected to apply for the reopening of Ohi's No. 3 and No. 4 reactors. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
Japan formally OKs new nuclear safety requirementsJapan watchdog OKs new safety requirements at nuclear plants, paves way for resumption
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Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulatingSenators discussing bipartisan proposal for student loans that could dodge rate hike
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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)
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FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on national security matters. As Mueller nears the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency, lawmakers questioned him about the IRS, surveillance activities, and the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Mueller: FBI uses drones but very seldomFBI director says the FBI uses drones for surveillance but does so very seldom
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US President Barack Obama delivers a speech in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama is on a two-day official visit to the German capital. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Obama renews calls for nuclear reductionsObama renews calls for reductions to US, Russian nuclear stockpiles, action on climate change
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FILE - In this Thursday, May 6, 1999 file photo, George Zimmer, second from left, gestures to Andy Dolich prior to a meeting, in Oakland, Calif. Men's Wearhouse Inc. says it has dismissed Zimmer, its founder and executive chairman. In a terse release issued Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the company didn't give a reason for the abrupt firing of Zimmer, who built Men's Wearhouse from one small Texas store using a cigar box as a cash register to one of the nation's largest specialty retailers in men's clothing, with 1,143 locations. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
Ousted founder of Men's Wearhouse fights backOusted founder Men's Wearhouse says dismissal comes after disagreement with company direction
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FILE - This file graphic image, provided by the Central Intelligence Agency, Dec. 9, 1997, shows an animation of the disintegration of Paris-bound TWA Flight 800 as it explodes off the coast of Long Island on July 17, 1996. The video was used to explain eyewitness accounts of the explosion, which killed all 230 people aboard. Former investigators on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 called on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the cause, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. (AP Photo/Central Intelligence Agency, File)
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probeFormer TWA Flight 800 crash investigators want federal government to re-examine case
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FILE - This file graphic image, provided by the Central Intelligence Agency, Dec. 9, 1997, shows an animation of the disintegration of Paris-bound TWA Flight 800 as it explodes off the coast of Long Island on July 17, 1996. The video was used to explain eyewitness accounts of the explosion, which killed all 230 people aboard. Former investigators on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 called on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the cause, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. (AP Photo/Central Intelligence Agency, File)
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The entrance to the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. It has been announced Wednesday that Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, will be delivered of her baby in the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, the baby is due in July. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on national security matters. As Mueller nears the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency, lawmakers questioned him about the IRS, surveillance activities, and the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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The entrance to the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. It has been announced Wednesday that Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, will be delivered of her baby in the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, the baby is due in July. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, the No. 3, right, and No. 4 reactors of Ohi nuclear power plant, operated by Kansai Electric Power Co., stand in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, north of Tokyo. Japan's nuclear watchdog has formally approved new safety requirements for atomic plants, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster. The new requirements approved Wednesday, June 19, 2013 by the Nuclear Regulation Authority will take effect on July 8, when operators will be able to apply for inspections. If plants pass inspection, they can reopen. Kansai Electric Power Co. is expected to apply for the reopening of Ohi's No. 3 and No. 4 reactors. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
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In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, a police officer stands outside the home of New England Patriot's NFL football player Aaron Hernandez in North Attleborough, Mass. State and local police spent hours at the home of Hernandez as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before. (AP Photo/The Boston Herald, Stuart Cahill) BOSTON GLOBE OUT; METRO BOSTON OUT; MAGS OUT; ONLINE OUT

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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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