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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, stands next to Myanmar President Thein Sein during a group photo session at the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Thein Sein’s historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That’s been based on a principle of taking “action for action” by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Civilians gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad’s Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, stands next to Myanmar President Thein Sein during a group photo session at the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Thein Sein’s historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That’s been based on a principle of taking “action for action” by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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  • MWAA Police Officer Shot, Wife Charged

    The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of Friday night shooting in Sterling as Steven Spradling, 52, a member of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department. Patch.com, Sun, May 19 2013 @ 11:53 PM

  • Spring cleaning advice for Loudoun residents

    It's that time of year. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the air is clear, and your house is a a little funky. Loudoun Times, Mon, May 20 2013 @ 12:32 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Frank Wolf joins opposition to North-South highway through Loudoun, Prince William

    As a federal legislator, Wolf doesn't have a direct vote on the 45-mile road, which would begin with the existing Prince William Parkway at I-95 in Dumfries, then head north all the way to Route 7 in Ashburn. The Washington Post, Wed, May 15 2013 @ 11:17 AM

  • Repeat offender to serve nearly three years in prison for Leesburg theft

    A D.C. man was sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison Monday in Loudoun County Circuit Court after he and a co-defendant took more than $1,000 worth of clothing from a Leesburg outlet mall store. Loudoun Times, Mon, May 13 2013 @ 05:39 PM
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On May 20, 1927,

Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.

In 1712,

the original version of Alexander Pope's satirical mock-heroic poem "The Rape of the Lock" was published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany.

In 1862,

President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for farming.

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