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Indian army personnel rescue stranded children and other people to a safe place in the worst flood affected region of Govind Ghat, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Floods triggered by torrential rains have killed many people in northern India. More than 1,000 pilgrims are stranded at various locations due to floods and landslides. according to reports. (AP Photo)
Monsoon floods kill 102 in India, strand pilgrimsThousands of Hindu pilgrims stranded after monsoon floods kill 102 in India
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Flood damages Austrian UNESCO heritage siteFlood damages Hallstatt, Austrian UNESCO heritage site
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, speaks with Canada's foreign minister John Baird during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinian party toughens line on Israel talksPalestinian president's Fatah group takes hard line on returning to talks with Israel
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A law enforcement official from the FBI measures an area in Oakland Township, Mich., Tuesday, June 18, 2013 where officials continue the search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. The search follows claims made in February by reputed Mafia captain Tony Zerilli, who told Detroit TV station WDIV that he knew where Hoffa was buried. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffa's remains enters 3rd dayFBI digs a 3rd day in search for remains of ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in suburban Detroit
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This Tuesday, June 18, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows homes destroyed by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling, in the neighborhood of Sheik Saad, Aleppo, Syria. A group of U.S. Senators want to see the U.S. do more than provide arms to some of the outgunned rebels in the bloody civil war in Syria. Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez and Carl Levin and Republican John McCain say in a joint letter to Obama that the U.S. should consider targeting regime airfields, runways and aircraft, and help rebels establish safe zones in Syria. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)
Syria troops fight rebels near Shiite shrineSyrian troops backed by Hezbollah fight rebels in Damascus suburb housing major Shiite shrine
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Egyptians looks through a decorated tent set by volunteers to offer a shade spot in Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Temperatures in Cairo reached 34 degrees Celsius (93 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Egypt Islamists blame violence on oppositionParty of Egypt's Islamist president blames opposition for violence over governors
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In this June 18, 2013 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's President Xi Jinping addresses a conference on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) campaign aimed at boosting ties between CPC members and the public, in Beijing. China’s leadership wants to show a cynical public that it’s modernizing and serious about graft, but it appears to be favoring a top-down ideological campaign - with study sessions, self-criticism and propaganda - over imposing real checks on power. That worries many observers, not only because they doubt it will work, but because the tactic appears to be ripped out of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong’s playbook. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Jiansheng) NO SALES
China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup'Hoping to engage a cynical public, China's Communists launch 1-year campaign echoing Mao
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The final stretch of asphalt is laid down Tuesday , June 18, 2013 on the north side of the south-bound lane of the temporary span of the Skagit River Bridge in Mount Vernon, Wash. The Skagit River Bridge will reopen early Wednesday morning with a temporary span, restoring Interstate 5 traffic less than a month after part of the bridge collapsed May 23 when it was struck by a truck with an oversize load. (AP Photo/Skagit Valley Herald, Frank Varga)
Traffic returns to Wash. bridge that collapsedTraffic returns to I-5 Skagit River bridge in Wash.; temporary span replaces collapsed section
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In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013, photo, a FedEx cargo planes comes in for a landing at the Juneau International Airport in Juneau, Alaska. On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Fedex Corp. reports quarterly earnings. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn)
FedEx 4Q profit drops as priority services lagFedEx 4Q profit down, international customers choose cheaper service amid low-growth economy
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A law enforcement official from the FBI measures an area in Oakland Township, Mich., Tuesday, June 18, 2013 where officials continue the search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. The search follows claims made in February by reputed Mafia captain Tony Zerilli, who told Detroit TV station WDIV that he knew where Hoffa was buried. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this June 18, 2013 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's President Xi Jinping addresses a conference on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) campaign aimed at boosting ties between CPC members and the public, in Beijing. China’s leadership wants to show a cynical public that it’s modernizing and serious about graft, but it appears to be favoring a top-down ideological campaign - with study sessions, self-criticism and propaganda - over imposing real checks on power. That worries many observers, not only because they doubt it will work, but because the tactic appears to be ripped out of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong’s playbook. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Jiansheng) NO SALES
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US President Barack Obama gestures during their joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this image provided by NBC Blake Shelton, Danielle Bradbery and Cher, right, pose after Bradbery won season-four of "The Voice" Tuesday June 18, 2013. Bradbery never had a big singing gig or a vocal lesson. It's also the third win for her coach Blake Shelton. (AP Photo/NBC, Trae Patton)
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In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013, photo, a FedEx cargo planes comes in for a landing at the Juneau International Airport in Juneau, Alaska. On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Fedex Corp. reports quarterly earnings. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn)
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U.S tennis player, Serena Williams arrives for Burberry Prorsum show, during London Men's spring summer fashion collections 2014, in London, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

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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

  • LaRock Defeats 10-term Incumbent in 33rd

    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

  • 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
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