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Senate backs Froman as next trade representativeSenate confirms White House aide Froman to be next trade representative
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FILE - In this file photo of June 6, 2013, Vincent George Jr., left, and Vincent George Sr., listen to closing arguments in a courtroom in New York. The father and son who acknowledged they were pimps were acquitted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 of sex trafficking charges after several prostitutes testified they were treated well. A Manhattan judge found them guilty of less-serious charges of promoting prostitution and money laundering. The two hadn't denied they were pimps but insisted they never abused their prostitutes. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Father, son acquitted in NY of sex traffickingFather, son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking; prostitutes say they enjoyed their lives
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President Barack Obama speaks in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more — and we will do more," Obama said in Berlin. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama making plans to tackle global warmingObama to tap executive powers to curb emissions blamed for global warming
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FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on national security matters. As Mueller nears the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency, lawmakers questioned him about the IRS, surveillance activities, and the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Mueller: FBI uses drones for surveillanceFBI Director Mueller says the bureau uses drones for surveillance of stationary subjects
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Officials: Urban Outfitters pulls pill glassesKentucky leaders: Urban Outfitters won't sell shot glasses, flasks that look like pill bottles
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American Red Cross volunteers Dylan Scott, left, from Bowling Green, Ky., Peter Booth, of Colorado Springs, and Mike Cooper, of Fort Collins, stack supplies for returning residents at the re-entry station Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at the School in the Woods in Colorado Springs, Colo., as some residents were allowed to return to their homes Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The Black Forest fire has destroyed 502 homes and charred more than 22 square miles. It was 85 percent contained Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Christian Murdock) MAGS OUT
New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homesResidents ordered to evacuate because of new wildfire burning in foothills southwest of Denver
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House votes to cut food stampsHouse votes to cut food stamps as part of wide-ranging farm bill
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, people wait in a line that continues on to the sidewalk, to buy plane tickets at a small travel agency in Havana, Cuba. Cubans formed long lines outside travel agencies and migration offices, as a highly anticipated new law took effect ending the island's much-hated exit visa requirement. The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, a State Department official said Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations between the Cold War enemies. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
US and Cuba agree to resume migration talksCold War enemies US and Cuba agree to resume talks on migration issues in latest sign of thaw
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US President Barack Obama speaks in front of the Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday June 19, 2013. Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time." In a wide-ranging speech that enumerated a litany of challenges facing the world, Obama said he wanted to reignite the spirit that Berlin displayed when it fought to reunite itself during the Cold War. (AP Photo/dpa,Marcus Brandt)
Russia could stand in way of Obama's nuke cutsObama's call for nuke negotiations with Russia suggests a slow road to new reductions
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American Red Cross volunteers Dylan Scott, left, from Bowling Green, Ky., Peter Booth, of Colorado Springs, and Mike Cooper, of Fort Collins, stack supplies for returning residents at the re-entry station Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at the School in the Woods in Colorado Springs, Colo., as some residents were allowed to return to their homes Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The Black Forest fire has destroyed 502 homes and charred more than 22 square miles. It was 85 percent contained Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Christian Murdock) MAGS OUT
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Riot police aim their weapons at protesters gathering near Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Protesters cut off the main access road to the stadium where Brazil will play Mexico in the Confederations Cup soccer tournament later Wednesday. Beginning as protests against bus fare hikes, the demonstrations have quickly ballooned to include broad middle-class outrage over the failure of governments to provide basic services and ensure public safety. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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President Barack Obama speaks in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more — and we will do more," Obama said in Berlin. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - This Jan. 17, 2012 file photo shows celebrity chef Paula Deen posing for a portrait in New York. Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant, don’t tolerate hateful behavior. In a court deposition conducted on May 17, 2013 and filed Monday, June 17, 2013, in federal court, an attorney for former restaurant manager Lisa Jackson presses the 66-year-old Deen about her racial views and those of her brother, Bubba Hiers. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, May 6, 1999 file photo, George Zimmer, second from left, gestures to Andy Dolich prior to a meeting, in Oakland, Calif. Men's Wearhouse Inc. says it has dismissed Zimmer, its founder and executive chairman. In a terse release issued Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the company didn't give a reason for the abrupt firing of Zimmer, who built Men's Wearhouse from one small Texas store using a cigar box as a cash register to one of the nation's largest specialty retailers in men's clothing, with 1,143 locations. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
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Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade, right, jokes with small forward LeBron James as he takes a shot during NBA basketball practice, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. The Heat host the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Thursday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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