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FILE -- In this file photo taken in Grosseto on May 14 2013ormer captain of the Costa Concordia luxury cruise ship Francesco Schettino leaves his house to attend a closed-door hearing. The Italian captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship was ordered on Wednesday to stand trial for manslaughter in the luxury liner's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people. Judge Pietro Molino, at a closed door hearing in the town of Grosseto, agreed to prosecutors' requests that Francesco Schettino should be tried on charges of manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning the vessel while many of the 4,200 passengers and crew were still aboard. (AP Photo/Giacomo Aprili)
Trial for captain in deadly shipwreck in ItalyJudge in Italy orders trial for captain in shipwreck of Costa Concordia, which killed 32
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In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close ally of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks with journalists, during a press conference after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry, in Tehran, Iran. A hardline news website says Iran's election overseers have rejected a pair of powerful and divisive figures from running in next month's presidential election. Tasnimnews.com says Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president who still wields enormous influence, and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confident of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been barred by the Guardian Council. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Iran's Ahmadinejad denounces election decisionIran's Ahmadinejad says ally's disqualification from presidential race is act of 'oppression'
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FILE - In this June 2, 2012 file photo, House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass. speaks in Springfield, Mass. Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
House panel seeks to curb military sexual assaultsHouse panel poised to approve plan to stem growing epidemic of sexual assault in military
The Associated Press37 minutes ago
In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, photo, hundreds of prospective candidates await their turn to apply for job openings at a Target job fair in Los Angeles. Target reports its quarterly earnings on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Target's 1Q profit drops 26 pct on weak salesTarget's 1st-qtr profit drops 26 pct on weak sales as weather, financial pressures take toll
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Television journalist Robin Roberts poses with her Peabody at the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria on Monday, May 20, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
'GMA' host Roberts to write memoir about illness'GMA' host Robin Roberts to write about her life-threatening illness and recovery in a memoir
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Vienna official: Looted Nazi goods returnedVienna official says city has returned nearly 6,000 art, other objects looted by Nazis
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FILE - At left, in a May 5, 2013 file photo, Sergio Garcia grimaces during The Players Championshop golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. At right, in a March 25, 2013 file photo, Tiger Woods walks to the 16th green during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla. Woods and Garcia don't like each other, and are making no attempt to disguise their feelings. (AP Photo/File)
Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move onTiger Woods says Garcia's 'fried chicken' remark hurtful; time to move on
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Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti votes early Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013, in Los Angeles. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in a mayoral runoff. After months of buildup and millions of dollars spent on a blizzard of television ads and mailers, Los Angeles voters went to the polls Tuesday to choose between Garcetti and Wendy Greuel. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor over GreuelCouncilman Eric Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor, defeating city Controller Wendy Greuel
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FILE - In this November 30, 2012 file photo, M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in eastern Congo. Fighting between M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday, May 21, 2013, near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 20 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said. Peace talks reached a dead end in recent weeks, and after a six-month lull, the Congolese army and the M23 started fighting again on Monday. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
Mortar lands in Congo as UN chief arrivesMortar lands in Congolese city of Goma as UN secretary-general arrives in capital
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Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti votes early Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013, in Los Angeles. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in a mayoral runoff. After months of buildup and millions of dollars spent on a blizzard of television ads and mailers, Los Angeles voters went to the polls Tuesday to choose between Garcetti and Wendy Greuel. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE -- In this file photo taken in Grosseto on May 14 2013ormer captain of the Costa Concordia luxury cruise ship Francesco Schettino leaves his house to attend a closed-door hearing. The Italian captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship was ordered on Wednesday to stand trial for manslaughter in the luxury liner's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people. Judge Pietro Molino, at a closed door hearing in the town of Grosseto, agreed to prosecutors' requests that Francesco Schettino should be tried on charges of manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning the vessel while many of the 4,200 passengers and crew were still aboard. (AP Photo/Giacomo Aprili)
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Several dozen tea party activists and other concerned citizens, wave signs and small American flags as they march outside the main Internal Revenue Service office on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. The rally was one of many around the country after IRS officials acknowledged that some conservative groups received inappropriate attention and questioning. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Television journalist Robin Roberts poses with her Peabody at the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria on Monday, May 20, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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FILE -- In this file photo taken in Grosseto on May 14 2013ormer captain of the Costa Concordia luxury cruise ship Francesco Schettino leaves his house to attend a closed-door hearing. The Italian captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship was ordered on Wednesday to stand trial for manslaughter in the luxury liner's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people. Judge Pietro Molino, at a closed door hearing in the town of Grosseto, agreed to prosecutors' requests that Francesco Schettino should be tried on charges of manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning the vessel while many of the 4,200 passengers and crew were still aboard. (AP Photo/Giacomo Aprili)
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FILE - At left, in a May 5, 2013 file photo, Sergio Garcia grimaces during The Players Championshop golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. At right, in a March 25, 2013 file photo, Tiger Woods walks to the 16th green during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla. Woods and Garcia don't like each other, and are making no attempt to disguise their feelings. (AP Photo/File)

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  • Steven Spradling fatally shot inside Sterling home

    A woman is accused of killing her husband in their Sterling home over the weekend. TBD.com, Mon, May 20 2013 @ 05:38 PM

  • Angry Birds comes to life in Clarke

    Take a ride on Route 7 west into Clarke County and you'll encounter an unusual sight as you near Berryville: a giant red bird, poised on an 8-foot-tall platform with an oversized slingshot wound around its body, as if it's poised to be launched skyward. Loudoun Times, Wed, May 22 2013 @ 04:09 AM

  • MWAA Police Officer Shot, Wife Charged

    The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of Friday night shooting in Sterling as Steven Spradling, 52, a member of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department. Patch.com, Sun, May 19 2013 @ 11:53 PM

  • Spring cleaning advice for Loudoun residents

    It's that time of year. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the air is clear, and your house is a a little funky. Loudoun Times, Mon, May 20 2013 @ 12:32 AM

  • Flame Kabob, Blue Mountain Cafe

    Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Health Visited several restaurants in Loudoun County this week. Patch.com, Thu, May 16 2013 @ 06:43 AM
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