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This image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Barry taken at 4:45 a.m. EDT Thursday June 20, 2013. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm was about 30 miles (45 kilometers) north of the port city of Veracruz early Thursday and heading west at 5 mph (7 kph). Barry, which has sustained 45-mph (75-kph) winds, is expected to make landfall northwest of that city. (AP Photo/NOAA)
Tropical Storm Barry bears down on Mexico's coastTropical Storm Barry nears landfall on Mexico's Gulf Coast in Veracruz; flash flood threat
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This citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows homes destroyed by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling, in al-Qossur neighborhood in Homs province, Syria, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters clashed Wednesday with rebel forces south of a Damascus suburb that is home to a major Shiite Muslim shrine, in an attempt to secure the area surrounding the revered site, activists said. (AP Photo/Lens Young Homsi)
Saudi to expel Hezbollah supporters over Syria warAngry over Hezbollah's role in Syria, Saudi to deport supporters of the group, says diplomat
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An Iraqi soldier casts his vote at a polling center during early voting for security forces in the country's provincial elections in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 17, 2013. In the western town of Fallujah, a suicide bomber set off explosives among a group of policemen, killing several and wounding more than a dozen. The policemen were waiting for buses to take them to a polling station to cast their ballots for Iraq's provincial elections. (AP Photo)
Iraqis vote in 2 Sunni-dominated provincesIraqis cast ballots in 2 Sunni-dominated provinces amid tight security measures
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2013 file photo, Serena Williams answers a question during a press conference ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)
Serena Williams sorry after rape case commentsSerena Williams apologizes after comments on Steubenville rape case in Rolling Stone article
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ABN Amro chief says Dutch bank ready to privatizeABN Amro's chief executive says Dutch bank is ready to return to the private sector
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Hong Kong firm to buy 60 single-aisle Airbus jetsHK leasing company to buy 40 A320neo's, 20 A321neo's, as smaller jets lead way at Paris show
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FILE - This undated publicity image released by HBO shows, from left, Tony Sirico, Steven Van Zandt, James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli and Vicint Pastore,from the HBO drama series "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/HBO, Anthony Neste, file)
Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for 'The Sopranos' has died in Italy
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In this June 19, 2013 photo, Lei Zhengfu, center, the former chief of the Communist Party of Beibei district, at the heart of a sex tape scandal, attends his trial on corruption charges, in a court in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. While the corruption trials of high-level officials typically look like the scripted outcome of behind-the-scenes bargaining, this case offers a rare look at what happens when a lower-level official is caught in a high-profile crackdown with few political cards to play. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
China sex tape official: I'm a lecher but no crookChina's sex tape case: when a lower-level official gets caught in high-profile graft crackdown
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Regulators order lenders to raise more capitalRegulators order lenders to bolster their finances and prevent crisis repeat
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This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 10:45 AM EDT shows tropical wave over the Lesser Antilles with light to moderate rain and thunderstorms. Fair weather across the remainder of the Caribbean with a chance of isolated afternoon thundershowers. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
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This citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows homes destroyed by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling, in al-Qossur neighborhood in Homs province, Syria, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters clashed Wednesday with rebel forces south of a Damascus suburb that is home to a major Shiite Muslim shrine, in an attempt to secure the area surrounding the revered site, activists said. (AP Photo/Lens Young Homsi)
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In this June 19, 2013, photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, greets supporters after addressing thousands of tea party activists at the U.S. Capitol railing against the Internal Revenue Service, illegal immigration, and the Obama administration, in Washington. After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - This undated publicity image released by HBO shows, from left, Tony Sirico, Steven Van Zandt, James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli and Vicint Pastore,from the HBO drama series "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/HBO, Anthony Neste, file)
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FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, Sony President and CEO Kazuo Hirai speaks during a press conference at the Sony Corp. headquarters in Tokyo. Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, Hirai told shareholders Thursday, June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2013 file photo, Serena Williams answers a question during a press conference ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)

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  • Va. cabbie pursues charges after anti-Muslim rant

    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

  • Strange Lights Ashburn, VA

    As I was driving back from D.C. on Route 28 at exactly 12:11 AM, my family and I saw strange lights in the sky. CNN, Sat, Jun 15 2013 @ 11:35 PM

  • 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
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