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  1. A firefighter works to extinguish a blaze that burned to the shoulder of Highway 1 during a wildfire in Big Sur, California July 4, 2008. California firefighters held the line overnight on two wildfires burning along the California coast that threatened more than 4,000 homes and other structures, fire officials said on Friday morning. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)
    Firefighters hold line on two California wildfires Reuters - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.8

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Exhausted California firefighters worked on Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes along the coast before sundown, when shifting winds were expected to give the blazes more power.

  2. Tourists protect themselves from the sun as they visit the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, destroyed by the Vesuvius volcanic eruption in 79 AD, August 24, 2007. (Tony Gentile/Reuters)
    Crumbling Pompeii site in "state of emergency" Reuters - Fri Jul 4, 12:26 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.8

    ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government declared a state of emergency at the Pompeii archaeological site on Friday to try to rescue one of the world's most important cultural treasures from decades of neglect.

  3. Comic book artist Michael Turner dies at 37 AP - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.7

    SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Michael Turner, a comic book artist who drew covers for major titles such as "Superman/Batman," "The Flash" and "Civil War,'" has died. He was 37.

  4. This NASA handout image, released on June 13, 2008 shows the Robotic Arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander with a sample of martian soil as it prepares to move to the spacecraft's microscope station. Scientists with the US Phoenix lander will make their first analysis of Martian ice fragments in coming days but it could be the last done in one of the probe's small ovens, NASA said on Friday.(AFP/File/Ho)
    Phoenix scientists soon will analyze Martian ice AFP - Fri Jul 4, 2:28 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.8

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Scientists with the US Phoenix lander will make their first analysis of Martian ice fragments in coming days but it could be the last done in one of the probe's small ovens, NASA said on its website Friday.

  5. Larry Harmon (R), who popularized the 'Bozo the Clown' character and portrayed 'Bozo', is shown in this December 1, 1996 file photograph at a VIP party hosted by the Hollywood Christmas Parade with 'Bozo', one of the more than 200 clowns he has trained to play the role. Harmon, 83, died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles on July 3, 2008 according to his publicist Jerry Digney. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
    Bozo the Clown's Larry Harmon dead at 83 Reuters - Fri Jul 4, 1:03 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.8

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Larry Harmon, the alter ego behind Bozo the Clown for more than 50 years, died on Thursday of congestive heart failure at age 83, his spokesman said.

  6. Boaters look on as dolphins swim in the Shrewsbury River Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in Sea Bright, N.J. The group of 15 dolphins who have taken up residence in a river near the Jersey Shore will be allowed to stay there through the July Fourth holiday weekend, even though a nearby fireworks display draws heavy boat traffic. Patrols will enforce a perimeter around the dolphins throughout the holiday weekend, state police Sgt. Stephen Jones said. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
    July 4th boaters: Steer clear of NJ dolphin family AP - Fri Jul 4, 12:57 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    SEA BRIGHT, N.J. - Authorities protecting a dolphin family in a New Jersey river are stepping up enforcement over the July Fourth holiday.

  7. Reporters watch the unearthed lost scenes found from Germany's Fritz Lang's Metropolis film, during its presentation in Buenos Aires, Thursday, July 3, 2008 .(AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)
    Lost scenes shown from sci-fi classic 'Metropolis' AP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.6

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday.

  8. U.S. Marines, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gather for a special lunch to celebrate the Fourth of July at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 4, 2008. The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October, Marine Col. David Lapan confirmed Thursday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
    Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan AP - Fri Jul 4, 7:20 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time.

  9. A screenshot of YouTube.com, taken on July 3, 2008. (www.youtube.com/Reuters)
    Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears Reuters - Thu Jul 3, 8:49 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.

  10. Syria returns stolen marble artifact to Iraq AP - Fri Jul 4, 4:49 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    BAGHDAD - Syria has returned a marble artifact to Iraq that was stolen from one of the country's archaeological sites.

  11. A pile of tomatoes are seen on display at a wholesale produce market in Washington, June 12, 2008. EUTERS/Jim Young (Reuters)
    U.S. salmonella probe expands to Mexico: CNN Reuters - Fri Jul 4, 1:26 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The investigation of a salmonella outbreak in the United States is shifting to the southern border to encompass produce imported from Mexico, CNN reported on Thursday.

  12. A Canadian court on Friday ruled that the Immigration and Refugee Board had erred in refusing political asylum to a US man who sought to avoid military service in Iraq, and ordered a new hearing.(IRBC)
    Gunmen assassinate Shiite official in Iraq AP - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.7

    BAGHDAD - Gunmen on a motorcycle assassinated an official of Iraq's biggest Shiite party Friday in the southern city of Basra, police said.

  13. Passersby wait to cross an intersection in front of a price board indicating regular gas is sold at 190 yen (US$1.79) per liter (0.26 gallon) and the high-octane gas at 200 yen ($1.88) per liter at a gas station in Tokyo Thursday, July 3, 2008. Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
    Japan gives $50 million to food crisis AP - Fri Jul 4, 2:52 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    TOKYO - Japan announced Friday it will provide $50 million in new emergency food aid to help developing countries cope with the impact of soaring food prices.

  14. 9 convicted in Austria fraud case AP - Fri Jul 4, 2:20 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    VIENNA, Austria - Nine people, including a prominent executive who fled to France in an attempt to elude justice, were convicted Friday of criminal charges in a major Austrian bank fraud case linked to the 2005 collapse of New York-based commodities brokerage Refco Inc.

  15. Guerrilla Gardener Angela Clubb works on a freeway off-ramp in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Thursday, June 26, 2008. Getting approval to beautify public property can be cumbersome, so guerrilla gardeners in cities worldwide take matters into their own dirt-caked hands. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
    Guerrilla gardeners dig in to beautify Los Angeles AP - Fri Jul 4, 3:20 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    LOS ANGELES - More than a dozen people, some wearing orange protective gear, pulled rakes and shovels from a dingy shopping cart and started working on a parched patch of land along a busy off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway.

  16. In this Tuesday, March 25, 2008 file picture, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom addresses the Sacramento Press Club in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom, a Democrat best known for challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage early in his first term, filed papers on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 to form an exploratory committee so he can start raising money and conducting polls for a possible gubernatorial campaign. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
    Young offenders in SF illegally get no more break AP - Fri Jul 4, 1:17 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    SAN FRANCISCO - Minors who commit crimes while in the United States illegally will be turned over to federal immigration officials, a reversal of a nearly 20-year-old San Francisco policy, Mayor Gavin Newsom said Thursday.

  17. Abba members Agnetha Faltskog (2nd L) and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (2nd R) pose with cast members Meryl Streep (L) and Christine Baranski during the premiere of the motion picture version of the musical 'Mamma Mia' in Stockholm, July 4, 2008. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
    ABBA foursome makes rare appearance Reuters - Fri Jul 4, 3:59 PM ET

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - All four members of supergroup ABBA appeared together on Friday at the Swedish premiere of the film "Mamma Mia!," delighting fans with their first public showing for years.

  18. The founder of Pakistan's nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, is seen in this undated file photo in Islamabad, Pakistan. Disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan said Friday, July 4, 2008, in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that North Korea received centrifuges from Pakistan in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army during the rule of President Pervez Musharraf. His claims contradict his 2004 confession that he was solely responsible for spreading nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya. (AP Photo/File)
    Scientist says Pakistan knew of Korea nuke deal AP - Fri Jul 4, 3:18 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's army under President Pervez Musharraf supervised a shipment of uranium centrifuges to North Korea in 2000, the disgraced architect of Pakistan's atomic weapons program said Friday.

  19. The first wave of mainland China tourists from the coastal city of Xiamen arrive at the Taipei Airport Friday, July 4, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. More than 200 mainland Chinese tourists arrived in Taiwan on Friday on the first regular commercial flight in nearly six decades, a historic move aimed at further easing tensions between the old foes. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
    Direct flights between China-Taiwan begin AP - Fri Jul 4, 6:05 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hundreds of mainland Chinese tourists — some in matching white or pink shirts — arrived in Taiwan on Friday on the first regular commercial flights in nearly six decades between the old foes.

  20. In this Friday, June 13, 2008 file photo, tomatoes ripen on the vine in Hanover County, Va. Since a salmonella scare has caused many customers to shun what's normally a summer favorite, tomato farmers across the nation have had to plow under their fields and leave their crop to rot in packinghouses. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
    Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.6

    FRESNO, Calif. - Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend.

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