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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Bernanke. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchasesFed sticks with bond purchases but offers brighter outlook for the economy
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Gary Pruitt, president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press speaks at the National Press Club (NPC) in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Pruitt, addressed a luncheon at the NPC and spoke about how the Justice Department violated its own rules in subpoenaing AP phone records. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Pruitt: DOJ broke rules in phone records seizureAP President Pruitt accuses DOJ of rule violations in phone records case; source intimidation
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HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girlsStudy: Vaccine against sexually transmitted HPV cut infections in teen girls by half
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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 end of stimulusStock market falls, bond yields rise as Fed raises outlook, suggesting a pullback on stimulus
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When thunderstorms threatened the Black Forest area, a group of firefighters from Ramah, N.M., take a break from knocking down hot spots Tuesday, June 18, 2013, near Colorado Spring, Colo. 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, Jerilee Bennett) MAGS OUT
As fires rage, feds cut funding on preventionAs wildfires rage, federal government spending less on preventing them
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Today in History

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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