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Tropical depression heads toward southern MexicoTropical depression dumps heavy rain on Central America as it heads toward southern Mexico
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Judge Debra Nelson dismisses remaining jurors during the George Zimmerman trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, June 18, 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 jury selection moving into a new phaseJury selection in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial moves into next round in Fla.
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Garrett Tomblin operates a remote control that controls the fire in the mine disaster training area of the Running Right Leadership Academy in Julian, Va., Tuesday, June 11, 2013.  Alpha Natural Resources safety training center that grew out of its $210 million non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
W.Va. mine safety lab creates disasters to trainInside the new W.Va. mine safety lab _ fire, flood, roof falls help miners train for disaster
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This photo taken Tuesday, June 18, 2013, shows Anchorage True Value owner Tim Craig and the last fan he had available for sale at the store in south Anchorage, Alaska. He said he sold his entire stock of fans in 10 days as a heat wave gripped Alaska's largest city, where few buildings have air conditioning.  (Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Baked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th stateBaked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th state, with temps topping 80 degrees in Anchorage
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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.