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In this file photo dated Aug. 20, 2013 and made available by Swedish Radio on Tuesday March 11, 2014, Swedish journalist Nils Horner is photographed in Stockholm. The Swedish journalist was shot to death while he was talking to a translator Tuesday on a street in Kabul, according to officials and witnesses. Nils Horner, 51, who also had British citizenship, had worked for Swedish Radio SR since 2001 as a foreign correspondent mostly in Asia and the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Baghdad. The motive was unclear. (AP Photo/Mattias Ahlm, Swedish Radio) SWEDEN OUT
Afghan group says it killed Swedish reporterTaliban splinter group claims responsibility for killing Swedish journalist in Afghanistan
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A package of Kraft parmesan cheese is seen in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Looking for American-made parmesan cheese on the grocery aisle? If the European Union gets its way, you may not be able to find it. Also missing could be domestic asiago, feta and gorgonzola. The cheeses would still be there, but their names might be different. As part of free trade talks, the European Union is expected to propose to ban the United States from using certain European cheese names if the cheese is made here. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Europe makes a stink about American cheese namesEurope makes a stink about cheese names, seeks to prevent use outside of EU
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Nigeria military claim success in Islamic uprisingNigerian military claims success in fighting Islamic uprising but politicians skeptical
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Ground staff work on a Malaysia Airlines plane at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The missing Malaysian jetliner may have attempted to turn back before it vanished from radar, but there is no evidence it reached the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia's air force chief said Wednesday, denying reported remarks he said otherwise. The statement suggested continued confusion over where the Boeing 777 might have ended up, more than four days after it disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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FILE - Flags fly in front of the Lakewood Church in this June 28, 2005 file photo in Houston. Authorities are investigating after $600,000 in checks and cash was stolen from a safe at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch, which has one of the largest congregations in the country. Police spokesman Kese Smith said Tuesday March 11, 2014 $200,000 in cash and $400,000 in checks were stolen from a safe sometime between 2:30 p.m. Sunday and 8:30 a.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
$600K taken from safe at Osteen's megachurchSafe broken into at Osteen's megachurch in Houston; thieves take $600,000 in checks, cash
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CIA Director John O. Brennan pauses as he speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Washington. The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday the CIA improperly searched a stand-alone computer network established for Congress in its investigation of allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program and the agency's own inspector general has referred the matter to the Justice Department for possible legal action. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Senate investigation of CIA dogged by controversyInvestigation into CIA detention and interrogation program dogged by fresh controversy
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FILE - This file photo provided by the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office shows Arthur Morgan III, 27, of Ocean Township, N.J. The murder trial will begin Wednesday morning March 12, 2014 in Freehold for the New Jersey man charged with tossing his 2-year-old daughter into a creek while still strapped into her car seat in 2011. (AP Photo/Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, File)
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A dead suicide bomber lies on the street in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 12, 2014 after an attack on the former Afghan intelligence headquarters. Afghan police officials said three insurgents tried to storm the former intelligence service headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar, prompting a fierce gunbattle with security forces that left the attackers dead. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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A package of Kraft parmesan cheese is seen in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Looking for American-made parmesan cheese on the grocery aisle? If the European Union gets its way, you may not be able to find it. Also missing could be domestic asiago, feta and gorgonzola. The cheeses would still be there, but their names might be different. As part of free trade talks, the European Union is expected to propose to ban the United States from using certain European cheese names if the cheese is made here. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
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FILE - Flags fly in front of the Lakewood Church in this June 28, 2005 file photo in Houston. Authorities are investigating after $600,000 in checks and cash was stolen from a safe at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch, which has one of the largest congregations in the country. Police spokesman Kese Smith said Tuesday March 11, 2014 $200,000 in cash and $400,000 in checks were stolen from a safe sometime between 2:30 p.m. Sunday and 8:30 a.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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A man stops and looks at Japan's Nikkei stock update on an electric board at a securities firm in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Asian stock markets sank Wednesday as recent falls in Chinese copper and iron prices added to jitters that the world's No. 2 economy is continuing to slow. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Oscar Pistorius, left, with unidentified man leaves the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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  • Baltimore woman slain during trip to Va.

    Authorities in northern Virginia say a Baltimore man has been charged in the shooting death of his wife during a trip to Loudoun County. WRIC-TV Richmond, Wed, Mar 12 2014 @ 07:28 AM

  • Woman Killed in 'Domestic-Related' Shooting

    A woman was killed Tuesday morning in what is believed to have been a domestic-related homicide, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. Patch.com, Tue, Mar 11 2014 @ 07:00 PM

  • New sketch released of Sterling robbery suspect

    The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has released an additional sketch of a man believed to have robbed four women in the Sterling area. Loudoun Times, Fri, Mar 7 2014 @ 12:33 PM

  • Mack truck collision shuts down Ashburn roads

    Several Roads in Ashburn were closed March 5 after a collision between a dump truck and pick-up truck. Loudoun Times, Thu, Mar 6 2014 @ 06:44 PM

  • Gun Drawn in Parking Space Dispute

    A Sterling man has been charged with a weapon law violation after pulling a gun out during an argument over a parking space, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. Patch.com, Mon, Mar 10 2014 @ 02:15 PM

  • VDOE Announces $2.1M in Mathematics & Science Partnership Grants

    The Virginia Department of Education has awarded grants totaling more than $2.1 million to ten partnerships between school divisions and colleges and universities to increase content knowledge and sharpen classroom skills of teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics - subject areas known collectively as STEM. NBC29, Wed, Mar 5 2014 @ 02:23 PM

  • It's All Greek (And Latin) To Them

    Kevin Jefferson, who teaches Latin at Woodgrove High School in Loudoun County, shows elementary students the Greek alphabet Saturday at Spotswood Elementary School. The Daily News-Record, Mon, Mar 10 2014 @ 02:51 AM

  • Schools Scramble to Make Up for Snow Days

    Some D.C., Va. and Md. students could be in school well into June after a series of snow days this winter. NBC Washington, Wed, Mar 5 2014 @ 03:55 PM
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