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Food stamp cuts key to farm bill's fate in HouseHouse passage of new 5-year farm bill could hinge on level of cuts in food stamp program
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US calls out China, Russia over human traffickingUS downgrades China, Russia in its annual report on human trafficking
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Fans hold signs "We want schools on FIFA standards" and "Change Brazil" prior to the the soccer Confederations Cup group A match between Brazil and Mexico at Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Protests get support from Brazilian soccer playersNationwide protests get boost from Brazilian soccer players at Confederations Cup
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Tiger Woods reacts after putting on the 15th hole during the fourth round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Ardmore, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Woods to rest elbow, skip AT&T NationalTiger Woods to sit out until British Open with elbow strain
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FILE - In this Thursday, June 14, 2012 file photo, Syrian security forces at the site where a car bomb exploded near the shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, background, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Hezbollah fighters join Syrian forces in battling rebels in a Damascus suburb that is home to a revered Shiite Muslim shrine, in a push to secure the area around the golden domed mosque. Protection of the Sayida Zeinab shrine has become a rallying cry for Shiite fighters backing President Bashar Assad, raising the stakes in a conflict that is increasingly being fought along sectarian lines. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)
Syria troops fight rebels near major Shiite shrineSyrian troops backed by Hezbollah fight rebels in Damascus suburb housing major Shiite shrine
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Law enforcement officials walk back to the search area after Robert Foley, special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit division, addressed the media in Oakland Township, Mich., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 and announced the FBI was ending the search operations for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)a
FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remainsFBI says it found no sign of remains of ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in suburban Detroit
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President Barack Obama listens as he is introduced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel before speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama called to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Russia could stand in way of Obama's nuke cutsObama's call for nuke negotiations with Russia suggests a slow road to new reductions
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New York Yankees' Lyle Overbay hits a two-run double against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Yankees spoil Mattingly's return to BronxYankees spoil Mattingly's return to Bronx, beat Dodgers 6-4 behind Kuroda and Suzuki
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Porsche tops in annual survey of vehicle qualityPorsche, GMC top survey of vehicle quality; overall scores hit by glitches with tech features
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In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, OfficeMax CEO Ravi Saligram, right, and Illinois Sen. Tom Cullerton, D-Villa Park, left, make their pitch asking the state of Illinois for tax breaks to keep the company's headquarters in-state after the office supply chain's merger with Office Depot Inc., during a Senate Executive Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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A masked protestor walks near a burning barricade as riot police stand guard near the Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Protesters cut off the main access road to the stadium where Brazil goes up against Mexico in the Confederations Cup soccer tournament. Beginning as protests against bus fare hikes, the demonstrations have quickly ballooned to include broad middle-class outrage over the failure of governments to provide basic services and ensure public safety. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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US President Barack Obama speaks in front of the Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday June 19, 2013. Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time." In a wide-ranging speech that enumerated a litany of challenges facing the world, Obama said he wanted to reignite the spirit that Berlin displayed when it fought to reunite itself during the Cold War. (AP Photo/dpa,Marcus Brandt)
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FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, actor Woody Harrelson attends the "Now You See Me" premiere at AMC Lincoln Square in New York. The 51-year-old actor is the co-founder of Prairie Pulp & Paper Inc., which launched its brand of environmentally friendly paper Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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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)
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Fans hold signs "We want schools on FIFA standards" and "Change Brazil" prior to the the soccer Confederations Cup group A match between Brazil and Mexico at Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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    For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape. York Dispatch, Tue, Jun 18 2013 @ 08:24 PM

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    A Leesburg woman charged in the December shooting death of a Sterling man was among 36 indicted June 10 by a Loudoun County Grand Jury. Loudoun Times, Tue, Jun 18 2013 @ 06:56 PM

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Ap Top NewsFBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remainsRobert Foley, center, special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit division, addresses the media in Oakland Township, Mich., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 where he announced the FBI was ending the search operations for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Ap Top News3 charged with enslaving disabled Ohio mom, childThis undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Jordie L. Callahan. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Callahan, on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday, June 18, 2013, the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the victims.(AP Photo/HO, Department of Justice)
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