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Cape Wind gets $200M investment from Danish fund$2.6B Cape Wind alternative energy project gets $200M investment from Danish fund
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File- This Aug. 3, 2012 file photo shows Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown competing in a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London. Campbell-Brown, or "VCB" as she's simply known in sprinting circles, tested positive for a banned diuretic at a meet in May and will serve a suspension while anti-doping officials rule on the positive drug test, island track officials announced Tuesday June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Oly sprinter Campbell-Brown suspended amid probeJamaica sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown suspended as officials probe alleged doping case
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Jackelin Alfaro, 4, in a t-shirt that reads "Don't Deport my Dad" sits in the hall with family members outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The committee hearing will 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: Senate Immigration bill would help economyCBO estimates immigration bill would give legal status to 8 million people, reduce deficit
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New York Mets starting pitcher Zack Wheeler pitches in the fifth inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland)
Wheeler, Harvey lead Mets' sweep of BravesBrighter future: Wheeler shines in big league debut, Harvey also wins as Mets sweep Braves
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This undated photo provided by Blue Rider Press/Penguin shows award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings. Hastings, an award-winning journalist and war correspondent, died early Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. (AP Photo/Blue Rider Press/Penguin)
Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings diesAward-winning journalist Michael Hastings, 33, dies in car accident in Los Angeles
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Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade (3) grimaces after landing badly on his right knee during the first half of Game 6 of the NBA Finals basketball game, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Miami. San Antonio Spurs power forward Tim Duncan looks on (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Duncan's 30 gives Spurs lead in Game 6Duncan erupts for 30 points, 14 boards to give Spurs 75-65 lead over Heat in Game 6
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FILE - In this June 3, 1974 file photograph, teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa is shown in Washington. The Teamsters leader was last seen in July 1975 at a restaurant in Oakland County's Bloomfield Township in Michigan. Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday June 17, 2013, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the Teamsters boss' body was buried. (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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FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, actress Selma Blair arrives at amfAR's Inspiration Gala in Los Angeles. In a brief statement Tuesday, June 18, 2013, series producer Lionsgate said that Blair won't be returning to "Anger Management," the FX sitcom starring Charlie Sheen. The company said it wished her "the very best" but had no further comment. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
Selma Blair abruptly exits 'Anger Management'Studio: Selma Blair exiting 'Anger Management,' Charlie Sheen's FX comedy
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Dave McCrea of Stanislaus National Forest SDF points to the hot spots while fighting the Carstens Fire in the Sierra National Forest near Jerseydale, Calif., in the Mariposa area on Monday, June 17, 2013. More than 700 firefighters are battling the Carstens fire which began Sunday afternoon and has burned about 1 1/2 square miles or 900 acres, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant said. With more than 140 engines and two helicopters on the scene, the crews have contained about 15 percent of the blaze so far that's burning in an area about six miles northeast of Mariposa off Highway 140, Berlant added. (AP Photo/The Merced Sun-Star, Christopher Winterfeldt)
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This photo taken on Monday, June 17, 2013 shows the Marina Bay Sands hotel and the Supertrees at Gardens By The Bay covered in haze. The Pollutant Standards Index, Singapore’s main measure to determine air quality, crept into the “unhealthy” classification Monday as smoke from roaring blazes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island drifted across the sea and cast a gray pall over the city-state’s skyscrapers. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Jackelin Alfaro, 4, in a t-shirt that reads "Don't Deport my Dad" sits in the hall with family members outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The committee hearing will 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)
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FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, actress Selma Blair arrives at amfAR's Inspiration Gala in Los Angeles. In a brief statement Tuesday, June 18, 2013, series producer Lionsgate said that Blair won't be returning to "Anger Management," the FX sitcom starring Charlie Sheen. The company said it wished her "the very best" but had no further comment. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
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FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday, the mayors say it’s “time to test and evaluate approaches limiting” the use of the subsidies’ for sugar-laden beverages. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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File- This Aug. 3, 2012 file photo shows Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown competing in a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London. Campbell-Brown, or "VCB" as she's simply known in sprinting circles, tested positive for a banned diuretic at a meet in May and will serve a suspension while anti-doping officials rule on the positive drug test, island track officials announced Tuesday June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

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    For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape. York Dispatch, Tue, Jun 18 2013 @ 08:24 PM

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    Voters chose David LaRock in the 33 rd House of Delegates Republican Primary Tuesday over 20-year incumbent Joe T. May after a testy race in which each cast the other as dishonest. Patch.com, Wed, Jun 12 2013 @ 08:50 AM

  • RagingWire to Invest $150M, Create 50 New Jobs for Virginia Tax Incentive

    Data center operator RagingWire Data Centers announced on Wednesday it has signed a rare memorandum of understanding with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership committing to $150 million in capital investment and the creation of 50 new jobs over the next five years. The WHIR, Wed, Jun 12 2013 @ 12:40 PM

  • Hatrick Plans Ultimate Graduation in 2014

    After 22 years as the Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent, Edgar B. Hatrick III will call it quits next year and, as he put it Tuesday, "enter the Class of 2014." Patch.com, Wed, Jun 12 2013 @ 06:43 AM
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