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The mother of Egyptian border policeman Ahmed Abd el-Fadia, who was kidnapped last Thursday in northern Sinai, protests at the Rafah, Sinai, border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Rafah, the main crossing point into the Gaza Strip, was closed by policemen Friday, barring people from going in or out of the Palestinian territory. Scores of  protesting Egyptian police have also shut down the Awja commercial border crossing with Israel Sunday. Arabic reads, "Forbidden to approach." (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT
Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officersVideo posted online purportedly shows 7 Egyptian security personnel kidnapped in Sinai
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President Barack Obama receives an honorary degree from Robert Davidson, Chair of the Board of Trustees, partially visible, during the Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. Morehouse is the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni. It is Obama's second graduation speech of the year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduatesObama tells black college graduates he could have gone wrong 'but for the grace of God'
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Metro-North employees work at the site of Friday's train derailment in Bridgeport. Conn. on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Crews will spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet of track, overhead wires and signals following the collision between two trains Friday evening that injured 72 people, Metro-North President Howard Permut said Sunday. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post,Brian A. Pounds ) MANDATORY CREDIT
Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for daysMetro-North: Crews to work days rebuilding rail line as commuter advocate expects highway woes
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In this photo taken Tuesday, May 14, 2013, Medical marijuana prescriptions vials are filled at the Venice Beach Care Center medical marijuana dispensary in Venice, Calif. Los Angeles politicians have tried and failed for so long to regulate medical marijuana that it was only a matter of time before voters got a chance to control shops that have proliferated. Complicating matters, there are three measures on Tuesday's ballot that would allow sick people to get the drug, but either limit the number of shops, raise taxes or do both. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Fate of LA pot shops left to voters3 ballot measures allow voters to decide fate of pot shops in Los Angeles
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Indians blank Mariners 6-0Justin Masterson pitches 7 shutout innings as Indians blank Felix Hernandez, Mariners 6-0
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In this May 16, 2013, photo, Abdulah Salim, Jr. hold the photograph of his father Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins who was a prominent Charlotte civil rights leader, in Silver Spring, Md. In the spring of 1963, a Hawkins led 65 people on a four-mile march from an African American college to the center of Charlotte’s downtown. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'Charlotte, NC, celebrates 1963 'eat-in' that desegregated restaurants, set example for South
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Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson gestures to supporters after the English Premier League soccer match away against  West Bromwich Albion, his last as manager of Manchester United, at The Hawthorns Stadium, West Bromwich, England, Sunday May. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Ferguson's managerial career ends with 5-5 drawAlex Ferguson's managerial career ends with Man United drawing 5-5 at West Bromwich Albion
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McDowell beats Jaidee to win World Match PlayGraeme McDowell beats Thongchai Jaidee to win World Match-Play Championship
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Actors John Goodman, left, and Justin Timberlake arrive for the screening of the film Inside Llewyn Davis at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Seen and heard at the Cannes Film FestivalSeen and heard at Cannes: Justin Timberlake sings a new tune
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  • Loudoun County man shot to death in home

    A Loudoun County man was found shot to death Friday night in his home in Sterling, the victim of a domestic homicide. Washington Examiner, Sat, May 18 2013 @ 07:20 PM
  • Man Shot, Killed in Loudoun County

    Loudoun County Police say a woman shot and killed her husband Friday night in Sterling, Loudoun County, in what's believed to have been a domestic situation. NBC Washington, Sat, May 18 2013 @ 10:41 AM
  • Sterling woman charged with first-degree murder

    An apparent homicide in Sterling Friday evening remains under investigation by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office this afternoon. Loudoun Times, Sun, May 19 2013 @ 02:16 AM
  • LCSO Investigating 'Apparent Homicide' in Sterling

    The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating what the department has referred to as an "apparent homicide" on the 21700 block of Blossom Drive in Sterling. Patch.com, Sat, May 18 2013 @ 06:54 PM
  • Loudoun on display

    Times-Mirror File Photo/Greg Nash Avril Page and John Best of Ashburn feed the alpacas owned by Carlagay Higgins and Michael Lyon at Higgly Farm in Round Hill who opened up their farm for the annual Spring Farm Tour on May 18, 2008. Loudoun Times, Fri, May 17 2013 @ 01:36 AM
  • Charter School May Save Small Elementary in Loudoun

    Parents will proposed changing Middleburg Elementary School to a charter school to save it. NBC Washington, Thu, May 16 2013 @ 11:58 PM
  • Johnson takes top honors at Leesburg Business Awards

    Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Beverly Denny Tina Johnson, President and CEO of JP Events Consulting, gets a hug from employee Barbara Combs after winning the George C. Marshall Award at the Leesburg Business Awards ceremony at ProJet Aviation May 15. Loudoun Times, Thu, May 16 2013 @ 07:55 PM
  • Two Leesburg Residents Displaced by Townhouse Fire

    Two Leesburg residents will have to find a temporary home after a Tuesday morning fire caused an estimated $55,000 damage to their townhouse on Vanderbilt Terrace in Leesburg. Patch.com, Tue, May 14 2013 @ 04:00 PM
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