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Ryan Dolan of Ireland performs his song "Only Your Love Survives" during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Denmark favorite to win Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song Contest sees bizarre opera pop, flutes, drums and the return of European stars
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Iraq attacks leave 8 deadIraq attacks leave 8 dead, including anti-terror policeman's family and Sunni cleric
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South Koreans watch TV news showing a footage of North Korean missiles on a military parade, at a Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 18, 2013. North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missilesSouth Korea says North Korea fires 3 short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters
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This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows black smoke rising from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dhour military airbase which is besieged by the rebels, in the northern province city of Idlib, Syria, Friday May 17, 2013. Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in government prisons in the first Syrian city to fall to the rebels, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)
Activists: Rebel groups kidnap in Syria's AleppoActivists: Wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rebel groups in Syria's Aleppo
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Hard-line Afghan MPs block law protecting womenConservative Afghan lawmakers block law protecting women, saying it is against Islam
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President Barack Obama attends a roundtable at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". CFUF is a Baltimore non-profit whose mission is to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Obama talks jobs, says politics misplace focusRefocusing attention on economy, Obama says Washington politics miss what Americans care about
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Former Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestler Kurt Angle holds up a T-shirt during a three-nation wrestling exhibition at Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in New York. The event dubbed "The Rumble on the Rails" marked the fourth straight year a New York City landmark was transformed into a wrestling meet to raise money for charity, with the last two in Times Square. In February, the International Olympic Committee recommended that the sport be dropped starting with the 2020 Games. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
FILA approves new rules to keep wrestling in gamesWrestling's governing body introduces rule, constitutional changes to keep sport in Olympics
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FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, workers from the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, react as their winning $241 million Powerball ticket is scanned at the Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. Work pools for big jackpots are often fraught with controversy, resulting in lawsuits, broken friendships and worse: delayed payouts. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Powerball jackpot closing in on another recordPowerball jackpot $600M and rising for Saturday's drawing; lottery record could fall again
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Denmark's Hoyer wins presidency of badminton bodyDenmark's Poul-Erik Hoyer to improve badminton's image after winning presidency of world body
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FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, workers from the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, react as their winning $241 million Powerball ticket is scanned at the Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. Work pools for big jackpots are often fraught with controversy, resulting in lawsuits, broken friendships and worse: delayed payouts. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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South Koreans watch TV news showing a footage of North Korean missiles on a military parade, at a Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 18, 2013. North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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President Barack Obama attends a roundtable at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". CFUF is a Baltimore non-profit whose mission is to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Ryan Dolan of Ireland performs his song "Only Your Love Survives" during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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FILE - In this April 23, 2010 file picture German Deputy Finance Minister Joerg Asmussen, right, and Axel Weber, then governor of the central bank of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbank, brief reporters on their work at at the IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington. Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March 2013 was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis _ and who should be involved. Officials say the International Monetary Fund, which has contributed financial expertise and billions in emergency loans, may no longer be needed as a key decision-making partner. And they say that the eurozone would be able to make decisions and take action more quickly if it wasn't bound by the need for unanimous agreement among its 17 member countries. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite,File)
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Former Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestler Kurt Angle holds up a T-shirt during a three-nation wrestling exhibition at Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in New York. The event dubbed "The Rumble on the Rails" marked the fourth straight year a New York City landmark was transformed into a wrestling meet to raise money for charity, with the last two in Times Square. In February, the International Olympic Committee recommended that the sport be dropped starting with the 2020 Games. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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    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

  • Loudoun Weekend Planner: Shop for Antiques and More

    The weekend is upon us in Loudoun County and it's time to start making plans for some fun. Patch.com, Thu, May 16 2013 @ 06:44 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

  • Drive For Charity On Dulles Greenway Marks 8th Year

    Thursday is the 8th Annual Dulles Greenway Drive for Charity. All proceeds from the Dulles Greenway tolls on Thursday go to several charities and organizations, including: a March of Dimes a Every Citizen Has Opportunity a Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter a Fresh Air/Full Care a Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and of course, the Dulles Greenway ... (more) WUSA-TV Washington, Thu, May 16 2013 @ 03:08 AM

  • Loudoun County's Confederate statue creates controversy

    A proposal by a Leesburg attorney to remove a statue honoring Confederate soldiers from the property of Loudoun County's courthouse is causing a stir. TBD.com, Wed, May 15 2013 @ 11:45 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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On May 18, 1933,

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.

In 1642,

the Canadian city of Montreal was founded by French colonists.

In 1765,

about one-fourth of Montreal was destroyed by a fire.

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Ap Top NewsNYers furious over photos taken through windowsA detail section from the Photography of Arne Svenson as it hangs inside the Julie Saul Gallery on Thursday, May 16, 2013 in New York. Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ap Top NewsNM mom: I followed instincts in chasing abductorThis undated photo provided by the Albuquerque police department shows David Hernandez, 31, who was arrested Thursday, May 16, 2013 on kidnapping charges. Police say a mother whose 4-year-old daughter was being abducted from an Albuquerque, N.M. apartment complex chased Hernandez on Wednesday and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt. The 4-year-old was found later, uninjured, police said. (AP Photo/Courtesy Albuquerque Police Department)
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Ap Top NewsArrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheeredA photo provided by New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas shows 19-year-old Akien Scott who is wanted in the Mother's Day shootings. Scott was arrested in the Little Woods section of eastern New Orleans, Wednesday night May 15, 2013 police department spokeswoman Remi Braden said. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
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