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Ryder Cup players into last 8 at World Match PlayRyder Cup teammates McDowell, Colsaerts, Molinari through to World Match Play quarterfinals
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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)
Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy FMOffice of Syria's deputy FM Faisal Mekdad says gunmen abducted his elderly father
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper l'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' EuropePope and Merkel, mindful of Christian vote, discuss a Europe focused on values, assistance
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FILE - In this Thursday, April 11, 2013 file photo, an Afghan woman peers through the the eye slit of her burqa as she waits to try on a new burqa in shop in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan. Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday, May 18, 2013 that aims to protect women's freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women to have sex outside of marriage. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rightsConservative Afghan lawmakers block legislation protecting women's rights
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Elizabeth Dillard, left, of Oklahoma City, shows store clerk Mobi, right, the numbers she wants in the Powerball Lottery as she purchases tickets in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, 2013. Looking on at center is Lindsay Horn. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Powerball jackpot closing in on another recordPowerball jackpot $600M and rising for Saturday's drawing; lottery record could fall again
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A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming backWhy Benghazi stays in the news: Smoke and bombs in Libya, mistakes and politics in US
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This Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, provided by the lawyer of Dimyana Abdel-Nour, shows Abdel-Nour, 24, a Coptic Christian teacher, in a courtroom in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, Egypt. Abdel-Nour, went from classroom to jail after lawyers and parents of three students filed a lawsuit accusing the teacher of insulting Islam. Freed on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, on a 20,000-pound (nearly 3,000 dollars) bail after nearly a week in detention, Abdel-Nour is due to stand trial later this month. Criminalizing blasphemy was enshrined in Egypt's new Islamist-backed constitution adopted in December. (AP Photo)
Egyptians targeted with blasphemy chargesCoptic Christian latest target of blasphemy frenzy under Islamist-ruled Egypt
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Emmelie de Forest of Denmark performs her song "Only Teardrops" 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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FILE – In this April 9, 2013, file photo Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, talks with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Capitol Hill in Washington. A Senate investigative panel led by Levin and McCain has been reviewing the use of the social welfare groups for political causes for the past year. The lawmakers had planned a hearing on the subject but postponed it following the Internal Revenue Service disclosure, so it could examine the agency's handling of the tax-exempt reviews. The IRS has endured withering criticism for its scrutiny of conservative political groups during the 2012 elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
IRS probe ignored most influential groupsIRS targeted tea party but ignored most influential political groups
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 AND THEREAFTER - A tattered American flag waves from a storefront beside the former ABC Cleaners in Jacksonville, N.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Solvents illegally dumped by the former dry cleaners leaked into the water supply for the Camp Lejeune Marine base, contributing to one of the worst cases of drinking water contamination in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)
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Pope Francis meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)
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FILE – In this April 9, 2013, file photo Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, talks with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Capitol Hill in Washington. A Senate investigative panel led by Levin and McCain has been reviewing the use of the social welfare groups for political causes for the past year. The lawmakers had planned a hearing on the subject but postponed it following the Internal Revenue Service disclosure, so it could examine the agency's handling of the tax-exempt reviews. The IRS has endured withering criticism for its scrutiny of conservative political groups during the 2012 elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Emmelie de Forest of Denmark performs her song "Only Teardrops" 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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Exercise rider Peter Shelton rides Preakness Stakes entrant Itsmyluckyday as they gallop at Pimlico Race Course Friday, May 17, 2013 in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled for Saturday. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

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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)
Ap Top NewsTornado-ravaged Texas town to start recoveryDon Graf cleans his property in Cleburne, Texas, Friday, May 17, 2013. On Wednesday, powerful storms produced 16 tornadoes in the area. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes)
Ap Top News'American Idol' finale draws record low ratingsHost Ryan Seacrest, left, and finalists Candice Glover, center, and Kree Harrison speak on stage at the "American Idol" finale at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live on Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
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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