Monday, July 4, 2011

In Independence, Iowa, July 4 is extra special celebration (Reuters)

In Independence, Iowa, July 4 is extra special celebration (Reuters)

In Independence, Iowa, July 4 is extra special celebration (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:45 PM PDT

Twin sisters Rumor (L) and Reese Ridenour, both 6, of Independence, Iowa watch as the Independence Day Parade goes by in Independence, Iowa July 4, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - The motto of this small town in north-central Iowa is a patriotic boast. "America's fame is in our name."

Crews gain fighting New Mexico wildfire, now fear floods (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Charred forest smolders from the Las Conchas Fire near Los Alamos, New Mexico, June 30, 2011. REUTERS/Eric DraperReuters - As firefighters made progress saving Indian pueblo lands on the north end of New Mexico's largest wildfire, officials worried on Monday about a possible second punch from Mother Nature -- flash floods.

Weaker but Not Lost: The Case Against Strauss-Kahn (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - His accuser may have lied about some things but the forensic evidence apparently remains powerful. Strauss-Kahn may be out of house arrest but he is not yet home free

Final space shuttle flight crew arrives for launch (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:24 PM PDT

Space shuttle Atlantis STS-135 crew (L to R) commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley, mission specialist Sandra Magnus and mission specialist Rex Walheim wave American flags after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida July 4, 2011. REUTERS/Scott AudetteReuters - Four veteran astronauts landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday to prepare for the launch of NASA's last space shuttle on a cargo run to the International Space Station.

Southern swamp holds clues about runaway slaves (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 08:20 AM PDT

In a June 9, 2011 photo, Cindy Goode, of Virginia, sorts through artifacts uncovered at a dig site in Great Dismal Swamp, N.C. Goode is one of the students that are helping American University professor Daniel Sayers, who has been working for a decade to piece together the stories of thousands of people who once made their home in settlements scattered on patches of dry land. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - The oppressive heat, venomous serpents and boot-snatching muck that made the Great Dismal Swamp a barrier to European settlement ever since colonial times also made it a haven for thousands of people escaping slavery before the Civil War.

Joey Chestnut chows down 5th hot dog contest win (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Four-time reigning champion Joey Chestnut, center, raises his arm in victory as he wins his fifth Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating World Championship with a total of 62 hot dogs and buns, Monday, July 4, 2011, at Coney Island, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - Joey Chestnut scarfed down 62 hot dogs to win his fifth consecutive Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Coney Island — the equivalent of about 20,000 calories in 10 minutes.

2 killed, including officer, in Memphis hotel (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:06 AM PDT

An undated image released by the Memphis police department shows Officer Timothy Warren who was shot and later died while responding to a call at a hotel in Memphis, Tenn., Sunday night July 3, 2011. A second person was shot and died and a suspect is in custody. (AP Photo/Memphis Police Department)AP - Authorities were investigating Monday after a Memphis police officer and another person were shot to death at a hotel in the middle of the city's entertainment district filled with people celebrating the Fourth of July.

Fla.'s Space Coast feels pain of shuttle's end (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 10:14 AM PDT

AP - Workers at the Kennedy Space Center always knew the end of the shuttle program would bring hard times to Florida's Space Coast.

Jury ends 1st day without verdict on Casey Anthony (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:26 PM PDT

Casey Anthony with her attorney Dorothy Clay Sims on the last day of arguments in Anthony's murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla. on Monday, July 4, 2011. Anthony has plead not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, and could face the death penalty if convicted of that charge. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)AP - Jurors did not reach a verdict Monday in the Casey Anthony murder trial after deliberating for almost six hours on the prosecution's claim that the woman killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee because the toddler interrupted her carefree partying and love life.

Crews mop up oil on Yellowstone River in Montana (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:15 PM PDT

Clean up crews work to collect oil from along side the Yellowstone River in Laurel, Mont., Monday July 4, 2011. An ExxonMobil pipeline near Laurel ruptured and spilled an estimated 1,000 barrels of crude into the Yellowstone. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)AP - The scope of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s oil leak into the Yellowstone River could extend far beyond a 10-mile stretch of the famed waterway, the company acknowledged under political pressure Monday.

Harry Potter star says he no longer drinks (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 08:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009 file photo, British actor Daniel Radcliffe stands during the fourth day of the fifth Ashes cricket test match between England and Australia at the Oval cricket ground, London. Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said he has given up drinking alcohol after realizing he was partying too hard. The 21-year-old actor says he began to drink too much while filming 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince,' the sixth movie in the Harry Potter series, in 2009. He said; 'I became so reliant on (alcohol) to enjoy stuff. There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me.' (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi, File)AP - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said he has given up drinking alcohol after realizing he was partying too hard.

New air traffic control system at crossroads (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo, navigation controls are seen in the cockpit of a FAA Gulfstream jet at a hangar at Washington's Reagan National Airport. Industry officials say the federal program to create a new air traffic control system is at a crossroads, making delays possible. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - The Federal Aviation Administration is creating a new air traffic system that officials say will be as revolutionary for civil aviation as was the advent of radar six decades ago. But the program is at a crossroads.

Strauss-Kahn faces new sexual assault complaint (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:10 PM PDT

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his temporary residence in Tribeca, Saturday, July 2, 2011, in New York. A judge released him Friday without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. The criminal case against him stands. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - Dominique Strauss-Kahn faced a potential new sexual assault investigation Monday after a young French writer said she would formally accuse him of trying to rape her during a 2002 book interview — a dizzying turn of events just as the former IMF chief's fortunes seemed to be growing brighter.

Fireworks, parades, 62 hot dogs: US celebrates 4th (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:16 PM PDT

Spectators wave flags as the USS Constitution fires its cannons off Castle Island in Boston on its annual 4th of July turn around in Boston Harbor, Monday, July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - The U.S. marked the 235th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with parades, fireworks, barbecues — plus presidential campaigning, a White House birthday and competitive eating.

Suspect in weekend Pa. shootings killed by police (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:15 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the Montgomery County, Pa., District Attorney's office, Mark R. Geisenheyner is seen. Geisenheyner, a career criminal suspected of shooting five people, two of them fatally, inside a suburban Philadelphia home over an insurance fraud scheme, was killed by SWAT team members after a six-hour standoff Monday July 4, 2011, authorities said. Since leaving prison in 2010, Geisenheyner, 51, had been vowing revenge on Paul Shay, one of the victims of a weekend shooting in rural Montgomery County, authorities said. (AP Photo/Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)AP - A career criminal suspected of shooting five people, two of them fatally, inside a suburban home over an alleged insurance-fraud scheme was killed by SWAT team members after a six-hour standoff Monday, authorities said.

Congested Missouri River threatens tributaries (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:56 AM PDT

AP - In a season of flooding by some of the nation's biggest rivers, it's streams most Americans have never heard of that could cause some of the worst problems in the Midwest.

GOP lawmaker gets earful on Minnesota shutdown (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:52 PM PDT

Minnesota Twins shortstop Tsuyoshi Nishioka, right, makes a double play getting Tampa Bay Rays' B.J. Upton, left, out at second base in the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 4, 2011, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Genevieve Ross)AP - As Republican Sen. Ted Daley hustled up Yankee Doodle Road in the lineup for Eagan's Fourth of July parade, some of his constituents wondered loudly why he wasn't at the state Capitol 10 miles to the north trying to end the state government shutdown that was in its fourth day.
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