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Detroit Red Wings center Gustav Nyquist (14), of Sweden, wraps up Chicago Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad (20) as defenseman Jakub Kindl (4), of the Czech Republic, watches during the first period of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinal game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Red Wings top Blackhawks 3-1, take 2-1 series leadDatsyuk, Miller, Nyquist score to help Red Wings beat Blackhawks 3-1 to take 2-1 series lead
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FBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coastFBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast during 'maritime counterterrorism exercise'
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Chicago White Sox starter Dylan Axelrod delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball against the Boston Red Sox in Chicago, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Dunn homers as White Sox beat Lester, Red Sox 6-4Adam Dunn hits 3-run homer, White Sox hand Jon Lester 1st loss with 6-4 win over Red Sox
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Yankees hit 4 HRs, beat Orioles 6-4 in 10 inningsYankees hit 4 HRs, get tiebreaking RBI from Wells in 10th in 6-4 win over skidding Orioles
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Matt Kemp (27), Skip Schumaker and Carl Crawford celebrate after a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Monday, May 20, 2013, in Milwaukee. The Dodgers won 3-1. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Kershaw pitches 3-hitter as Dodgers beat BrewersKershaw pitches 3-hitter, Kemp and Ethier homer as Dodgers beat Brewers 3-1
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Oklahoma City firefighters check on the status of Gene Tripp as he sits in his rocking chair where his home once stood after being destroyed by a tornado that hit the area, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger)
Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 51 people
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Toby Keith says Okla. hometown is 'strong'Country star Toby Keith says tornado-ravaged Okla. hometown is 'strong and will persevere'
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Missouri city aids tornado-ravaged Okla. townMissouri city devastated by tornado 2 years ago sending specialist to aid Oklahoma town
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People under umbrellas walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Asia stocks muted ahead of Fed meetingAsian stock markets struggle to post gains as traders await signals from Federal Reserve
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Oklahoma City firefighters check on the status of Gene Tripp as he sits in his rocking chair where his home once stood after being destroyed by a tornado that hit the area, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger)
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FILE – In this April 21, 2013 file photo U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Monday, May 20, 2013, Kerry heads back to the Mideast to press the case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney gestures as he speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May, 20, 2013. Carney spoke on various subjects including the recent scandals involving the IRS and Justice Department. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - In this undated publicity file photo, members of the Doors, from left, John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison, pose for a portrait. Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died at 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died Monday, May 20, 2013, at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. (AP Photo, File)
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People under umbrellas walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Detroit Red Wings center Gustav Nyquist (14), of Sweden, wraps up Chicago Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad (20) as defenseman Jakub Kindl (4), of the Czech Republic, watches during the first period of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinal game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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  • A new Dulles district resident

    Caitlin Elizabeth Letourneau, the newest addition to Loudoun County Supervisor Matt Letourneau's family, was born May 8 at 1:38 p.m. Caitlin Elizabeth weighed six pounds, 11 ounces at birth and joins six-year-old Patrick, four-year-old Emily and soon-to-be two-year-old Brendan in Matt and Margaret Letourneau's Loudoun Valley Estates home. Loudoun Times, Tue, May 14 2013 @ 06:32 AM

  • 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
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Today in History

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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Ap Top NewsIsrael gunman shoots 4 dead at bank, kills selfAn Israeli woman is taken out of a bank in the town of Beersheba, Monday, May 20, 2013. A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba Monday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said. (AP Photo/Dudu Greenspan) ***ISRAEL OUT***
Ap Top NewsQuestions linger in shooting of NY college studentCORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME -- In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rebello is shown. Police said Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School)
Ap Top NewsHuge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern)
Ap Top NewsTurkey: 2 Brazilians killed in balloon crashThis image from video provided by E. Wayne Ross shows an Anatolian Balloons Company hot air balloon crashing near Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia in central Turkey, Monday May 20 2013. Two hot air balloons collided in mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey on Monday, causing one of them to crash to the ground, officials said. One Brazilian tourist was killed while 24 other people on board were injured. (AP Photo/E. Wayne Ross)
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