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• Lady Liberty's crown reopens on July Fourth (AP)
  AP - The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years made the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom, national pride — and for one couple, romance.
• Fireworks explosion on NC island kills 1, hurts 4 (AP)
  AP - A truckload of fireworks exploded Saturday morning on a remote North Carolina island dock, killing one worker and critically injuring four others preparing for an Independence Day celebration, authorities said.
• Obama's spending blitz worries Powell
  Colin Powell, one of President Obama's most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern publicly for the first time Friday that the president's ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the size of government and the federal debt too much. "I'm concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills ass […]
• NFL coaches visit troops in Iraq in first USO trip (AP)
  The soldiers expressed their gratitude over and over to the NFL coaches who made the trip to Iraq. "They kept thanking us," said the Tennessee Titans' Jeff Fisher. "We kept thanking them." Fisher, the New York Giants' Tom Coughlin, the Baltimore Ravens' John Harbaugh, former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher and former […]
• The future for Michael Jackson's children?
  The AP's Natalie Rotman discusses what lays in store for Michael Jackson's three kids. (July 3)
• Palin resignation splits GOP (Politico)
  Politico - Sarah Palin’s jaw-dropping announcement that she is quitting her job as Alaska governor before finishing even her first term has divided Republican ranks and the wider political community in a very familiar fashion.
• Serena Williams Cruises to Wimbledon Victory
  Serena Williams steamrolled big sister Venus, 7-6 (3), 6-2 to win her third Wimbledon championship.
• Iran supreme leader adviser calls Mousavi a U.S. agent
  A top aide to Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him in an editorial ...
• Police: Arizona woman led sons on crime spree (AP)
  AP - Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who police say led her 12- and 14-year-old sons and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and assaults, including the beating of a teenage boy who had nothing more than an orange lollipop.
• Declaration of Independence: A Good Read
  by Vera H-C Chan The Declaration of Independence has made a comeback. Not that the founding statement of breaking from the Mother Country ever went out of fashion. However, dramatic readings of the 1,337-word document have returned, just like in the late 1700s. The History Channel website gives a detailed overview of how the declaration came to be writte […]