A man assists in carrying a large flag during a July 4th parade on Constitution avenue in Washington July 4, 2008. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES)
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U.S. marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry

AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Americans across the country mixed patriotism and plain old good fun to mark Independence Day on Friday, with solemn ceremony alternating with parades and hot-dog-eating hijinks.

A firefighter walks along a large hill backfire on a wildfire burn in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, July 4, 2008. The raging blaze near Big Sur was one of more than 1,700 wildfires, mostly ignited by lightning, that have scorched more then 770 square miles and destroyed 64 structures across northern and central California since June 20, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)

Wind keeps California fires raging on 2 fronts

AP - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

BIG SUR, Calif. - A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of more than 4,500 homes.

File image of former Republican Senator Jesse Helms speaking at the Christian Coalition Annual Meeting. (file/Reuters)

Former Republican NC Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86

AP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

RALEIGH, N.C. - Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.

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