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Protesters march through Chicago to NATO summit

Thousands of protesters march through downtown Chicago carrying grievances to NATO summit

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Mich. prosecutor charges 3 men in carjacking of Detroit pastor, gospel singer Marvin Winans

Millions look skyward as rare eclipse crosses Asia

Millions turn out to watch as rare eclipse crosses Asia's skies; western US also will see it

Confrontation at NATO protest march calms down

Violent confrontation between Chicago police and some NATO protest marchers calming down

NATO shifts to help an elusive Afghanistan peace

NATO leaders strive to keep resolve intact in the high-stakes end game of Afghanistan war

NATO protesters engaged in police confrontation

Some demonstrators engaged in a confrontation with Chicago police at end of NATO protest march

LA's Old Chinatown ponders a future with Wal-Mart

Los Angeles' Old Chinatown, site of many historic changes, now prepares to greet a Wal-Mart

More activists charged related to NATO summit

More activists charged as part of ongoing investigation related to NATO summit in Chicago

Europe faces difficult search for growth

Austerity-only cure for crisis out of fashion, but growth rhetoric covers difficult realities

Lockerbie families still seek answers from Libya

Lockerbie families express relief, seek more answers after Libyan convicted in bombing dies

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On May 20, 1712,

the first version of Alexander Pope's satirical mock-heroic poem "The Rape of the Lock" was published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany. (Pope later revised and expanded the poem.)

In 1799,

French author Honore de Balzac (oh-nohr-AY' duh bahl-ZAHK') was born in Tours, France.

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.