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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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James Daniel, IMF Mission Chief for Spain, left, and Ranjit Teja, Deputy Director of the European Department of the IMF arrive for a press conference at the conclusion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visit to Spain at Bank of Spain in Madrid, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
IMF calls for urgent steps on Spain unemploymentIMF says Spain making progress but calls for urgent action to slash unemployment
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FILE - Photo taken on Oct. 30, 1990 of then Chairman of the oppositional Hungarian Socialist Party Gyula Horn in the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of 80. Horn's death on Wednesday was announced by the Hungarian government and confirmed by the Socialist Party, which he led to victory in the 1994 elections. (AP Photo/MTI, Attila Kovacs)
Former Hungarian prime minister Gyula Horn diesGyula Horn, former Hungarian prime minister who had role in opening Iron Curtain, dies at 80
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In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Investors have been nervously speculating that the Fed will soon scale back its economic stimulus and send interest rates up and stock prices down. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Fed says it will maintain pace of bond purchasesFed sticks with bond purchases but offers brighter outlook for the economy
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Specialist James Sciulli, right, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Stocks edged lower in early trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors waited for word from the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Stock market falls as traders fear stimulus cutsStock market falls as Fed raises outlook on US, suggesting it may ease back on stimulus
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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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FILE - This is a Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 file photo of British actor Daniel Radcliffe, star of the supernatural thriller "The Woman in Black," as he is interviewed at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles. Daniel Radcliffe has won magical reviews for his latest stage role as a disabled Irish dreamer in Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan." The former "Harry Potter" star plays the title role in a Michael Grandage-directed production of McDonagh's scabrous tragicomedy at London's Noel Coward Theatre. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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US and Cuba 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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This combination of undated photos provided by The World Food Prize Foundation shows, from left: Robert T. Fraley and Mary-Dell Chilton of the United States, and Marc Van Montagu of Belgium who were named Wednesday, June 19, 2013, as winners of the 2013 World Food Prize during a ceremony in Washington. The private nonprofit foundation, which is in part funded by biotechnology companies, took the bold step Wednesday of awarding this year's prize to three pioneers of plant biotechnology whose work brought the world genetically modified crops. (AP Photo/The World Food Prize Foundation)
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FILE - Photo taken on Oct. 30, 1990 of then Chairman of the oppositional Hungarian Socialist Party Gyula Horn in the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of 80. Horn's death on Wednesday was announced by the Hungarian government and confirmed by the Socialist Party, which he led to victory in the 1994 elections. (AP Photo/MTI, Attila Kovacs)
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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)
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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)
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James Daniel, IMF Mission Chief for Spain, left, and Ranjit Teja, Deputy Director of the European Department of the IMF arrive for a press conference at the conclusion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visit to Spain at Bank of Spain in Madrid, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, a police officer stands outside the home of New England Patriot's NFL football player Aaron Hernandez in North Attleborough, Mass. State and local police spent hours at the home of Hernandez as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before. (AP Photo/The Boston Herald, Stuart Cahill) BOSTON GLOBE OUT; METRO BOSTON OUT; MAGS OUT; ONLINE OUT

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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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