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Image of RI town boasts USA's longest-running July 4th fest
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In July 1785, the citizens of this waterfront town assembled to heap praise on their newly minted nation and to thank God for helping them survive a fierce assault by the British during the Revolutionary War.

In July 1892, lawyer Orrin Bosworth preached that the townsfolk should be accepting of the immigrants arriving en masse: "America has no cause to fear the lover of freedom, be he American or foreign born."

And in July 1963, judge Arthur Carrellas roared to the citizenry about the U.S. Supreme Court's... Read more

Image of U.S. Marines walk at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province
REUTERS
SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan - Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan valley on Thursday, marking the start of a major new effort by the Obama administration to regain the initiative in the war.
The... Read more
Image of Sen. Edward Kennedy chairs Senate committee on Capitol Hill in Washington
MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON The Senate health committee's top two Democrats on Thursday rolled out a revamped plan to overhaul health care that would cost $611 billion over 10 years far less than their previous version but would impose a tax on many... Read more

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KABUL, Afghanistan A U.S. soldier who inexplicably walked off his barren military base earlier this week was captured by Taliban militants hours later, U.S. military officials said Thursday. It's... Read more
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A federal judge on Thursday tentatively threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing suicide.
U.S.... Read more
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South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she may be able to forgive her husband's much-publicized affair with an Argentine woman, but true reconciliation will take more time.
In a statement... Read more
THE MIAMI HERALD
WIMBLEDON, England It will be an all-Williams Wimbledon final on July 4. Only Hollywood comes up with story lines so perfect.
Defending champion Venus Williams will go for her sixth Wimbledon... Read more
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The future of Michael Jackson's children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two... Read more
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq's cities and towns.
During... Read more
REUTERS
NEW YORK - Stocks tumbled on Thursday, driving the S&P 500 down to its third-straight weekly loss, as a steeper-than-expected slide in June non-farm payrolls revived caution about... Read more
MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota has been an unofficial testing ground for using ethanol to fuel vehicles, but after years of steady increases, interest appears to be waning.
Despite a push from the... Read more
MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON In a worse-than-expected showing, employers shed 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate ticked up another tenth of a percentage point to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, the... Read more
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.
On average, wild Soay sheep on Scotland's island Hirta are 5 percent smaller today... Read more
STATELINE.ORG
States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system.
But... Read more
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A man distraught that his wife wanted a divorce is suspected in the shooting at a Southern California dental office that killed her and wounded four other employees, police said Thursday.
Jaime... Read more
REUTERS
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers cut far more jobs than expected last month and the unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent, the highest in nearly 26 years, underscoring the likelihood of a long,... Read more
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North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast in a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the U.S. Independence Day holiday.
Firing a... Read more
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the... Read more
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The Washington Post asked lobbyists and business leaders to pay $25,000 to attend a dinner discussion with government officials and journalists at the home of its publisher, and then canceled the... Read more
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