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African Union peacekeepers and unidentified foreigners crouch down outside the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
16 dead: Militants infiltrate UN's Somalia office16 dead: Militants bomb way into UN's Mogadishu headquarters as staff take refuge in bunkers
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House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left BehindNo Child Left Behind revamp start on Republican-led education panel
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Protestors destroy ATM machines at a local a bank in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Thousands of demonstrators flooded into a square in Brazil’s economic hub, Sao Paulo, on Tuesday. Sparked earlier this month by a 10-cent hike in bus and subway fares and organized via social media, the nationwide protests are giving voice to growing discontent over the gap between Brazil’s high tax burden and the low quality of public infrastructure, echoing similar mobilizations in Turkey, Greece and other parts of the globe where weariness with governments has exploded in the streets. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)
Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest cityBrazilians continue protests to lament high cost of living, lack of good public services
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FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonusesSen. Grassley says IRS to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite order to cut benefits
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FILE - This July 26, 1959 file photo shows Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa in Washington.  Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of 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. Authorities used excavation equipment to root around in the Oakland Township property, about 25 miles north of Detroit.  (AP Photo/File)
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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UAE charges 30 suspects with plotting coupUAE charges 30 suspects with coup plot linked to Muslim Brotherhood
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Madonna's son Rocco Ritchie, right, attends the world premiere of "Madonna: The MDNA Tour" hosted by The Cinema Society and Dolce & Gabbana at the Paris Theatre on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Madonna premieres tour film, talks secret projectMadonna premieres 'MDNA' concert film in NYC, talks secret project
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CORRECTS DATE OF DEATH TO JUNE 19 - FILE - This undated file photo shows country singer Slim Whitman. Whitman died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 of heart failure in Florida. He was 90. Whitman's career began in the late 1940s, and his tenor falsetto and ebony mustache and sideburns became global trademarks. They were also an inspiration for countless jokes thanks to the ubiquitous 1980s and 1990s TV commercials that pitched his records. (AP Photo, file)
Family: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90Family: Country singer Slim Whitman, famous for his signature yodel, dies in Fla. at age 90
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President Barack Obama speaks in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama spoke on the Gate’s eastern side, across the old border from where President Ronald Reagan gave his unforgettable “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this Wall!” speech in June 1997. This week also marks the 50th anniversary that President John F. Kennedy confronted Cold War tension in Wall-divided Berlin by telling residents, “Ich bein ein Berliner.” From left are, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama renews calls for nuclear reductionsIn Berlin, Obama renews calls for reductions to US, Russian nuclear stockpiles
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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
  • LaRock unseats May in low-turnout Virginia primary upset

    For two decades, Del. Joe T. May, a moderate Republican and chairman of the House Transportation Committee, has represented voters across a broad district that spans much of Loudoun County and parts of Clarke and Frederick counties. The Washington Post, Fri, Jun 14 2013 @ 03:00 AM
  • Repeat sex offender sentenced to two life terms in prison

    A Loudoun County judge on Friday upheld a jury's recommendation and handed down a sentence of two life sentences plus 75 years in prison for a 52-year-old man convicted on a range of sex crime charges. Loudoun Times, Mon, Jun 17 2013 @ 01:03 PM
  • Courthouse Square proposes public-private partnership

    Courtesy art/L4 Capital Partnership The new Courthouse Square from the Courthouse Lawn along East Market Street. Loudoun Times, Sat, Jun 15 2013 @ 07:58 AM
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