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A trailer arrives at the scene of the search by the FBI in Oakland Township, Mich., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 where Robert Foley, special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit division, announced the FBI was ending the search operations for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa. Authorities have pursued multiple leads as to Hoffa's whereabouts since his disappearance in 1975.   (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa's remains endsFBI says it found no sign of remains of ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in suburban Detroit
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Tropical Storm Barry forms off Mexican coastTropical Storm Barry forms off Mexico's southeastern coast, bringing heavy rain to area
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George Zimmerman, second from left, stands during the arrival of the jury pool, with his defense team, co-counsel Don West, left, jury consultant Robert Hirschhorn, second from right, and lead defense attorney Mark O'Mara in Seminole circuit court on the eighth day of his trial, in Sanford, Fla., Wednesday, June 19, 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 jurors asked about neighborhood watchJurors in Zimmerman case asked about neighborhood watch involvement, other personal info
The Associated Press39 minutes ago
House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left BehindNo Child Left Behind revamp start on Republican-led education panel
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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.