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 | Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
(AP) AP - Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:24:44 GMT |
 | Freed hostage gets hero's welcome in France
(AP) AP - "I cry with joy," Ingrid Betancourt said. And she did. After six years as a hostage in the Colombian jungle, the former Colombian presidential candidate and French citizen flew back to her beloved France to be embraced Friday as an icon by the country that raised her. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:55:08 GMT |
 | Bush welcomes new US citizens on 4th of July
(AP) AP - President Bush invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson Friday in welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Monticello, saying "I'll be proud to call you a fellow American." Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:36:38 GMT |
 | Obama and family spend 4th of July in Montana
(AP) AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama celebrated the Fourth of July with his family in Montana. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:27:43 GMT |
 | Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur
(AP) AP - Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism at Big Sur, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:59:23 GMT |
 | Gas prices hit another high for holiday weekend
(AP) AP - Fireworks aren't the only thing skyrocketing on this Fourth of July. The price of gas has hit another all-time high. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:11:05 GMT |
 | Chestnut wins hot dog contest after eat-off
(AP) AP - Joey Chestnut has reclaimed the top spot as winner of the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:16:23 GMT |
 | Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83
(AP) AP - Larry Harmon wasn't the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one. Harmon, who portrayed the wing-haired clown for more than half a century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure, said his publicist, Jerry Digney. He was 83. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:36:16 GMT |
 | Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs
(AP) AP - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:52:12 GMT |
 | Federer, Nadal back in Wimbledon final
(AP) AP - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet in their third consecutive Wimbledon final after commanding semifinal victories Friday. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:13:13 GMT |
 | Freed hostage Betancourt gets hero's welcome in France
(AFP) AFP - Freed Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt said Friday she owed her life to France as President Nicolas Sarkozy gave her a hero's welcome to Paris, turning the page on her six-year hostage ordeal. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:13:14 GMT |
 | Recognise me as Zimbabwe president or no talks: Mugabe
(AFP) AFP - Robert Mugabe ruled out the prospect of talks with his opponents on ending Zimbabwe's political crisis Friday unless they acknowledged his victory in a one-man presidential election. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:57:12 GMT |