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In this May 30, 2013 photo, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose speaks during the presentation of Tokyo as a candidate city for the 2020 Olympics at the SportAccord International Convention in St. Petersburg, Russia. Inose rushed to “clarify” uncomplimentary comments about the rival bid by the Turkish capital, Istanbul, to host the 2020 Olympic Summer Games. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)
Social network gaffes plague Japanese politiciansGaffes on social networks by top Japanese officials spark concern about lack of sensitivity
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Two members of the Massachusetts State Police walk toward the front door of the home of New England Patriot's NFL football player Aaron Hernandez in North Attleborough, Mass., Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Their knock on the door went unanswered. State and local police spent hours at the home Tuesday as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before.  (AP Photo/Erika Niedowski)
Body found near Patriot's home was homicide victimMan found dead near Patriots tight end Hernandez's home identified, ruled homicide victim
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CORRECTS TO CLARIFY CHARGES Susan Gensiak, 59, of Taylor, Pa., is lead by a police officer to arraignment, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 in Scranton, Pa. Gensiak and her two daughters have been charged with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and neglect of care for a dependent person. (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, Michael J. Mullen)  WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Cops: Disabled Pa. man dies after gruesome neglectPa. man with Down syndrome weighed 69 lbs at death from neglect; mother, sisters charged
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Indian people use a boat to cross a Tibetan refugee market along the banks of the river Yamuna, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. With heavy rainfall in northern India several cusec of water have been released from barrages upstream flooding the banks of the Yamuna along Delhi. At least 102 people have died and 63,000 people remain stranded in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand following torrential monsoon rains, landslides and cloud bursts. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Floods strand pilgrims in India, deaths could riseMonsoon flooding strands pilgrims in north India; PM says death toll could rise substantially
The Associated Press34 minutes ago
This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Daniel Brown. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Brown, on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday, June 18, 2013 the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the victims.(AP Photo/Department of Justice)
Ohio woman, allegedly enslaved, spent time in jailOhio woman who reported enslavement was jailed for hurting girl; attorney says she was forced
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On June 19, 1953,

Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y.

In 1862,

Congress passed, and President Abraham Lincoln signed, a measure abolishing slavery in U.S. territories.

In 1865,

Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free.

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