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- Texts help US Park Police beat heat on the Fourth
- Train derails near Chicago; no injuries reported
- Mayor to residents: Save or shave 18-inch mustache
- Police say head belongs Canada body parts victim
- Fla. lifeguard fired for rescue outside beach zone
- AP survey: Next president faces high unemployment
- 2 accidents raise US storm, blackout toll to 26
- Tour bus crash north of NYC sends 24 to hospital
- Shipwright builds on past to save maritime future
- Congress, White House fight over funding for tanks
- Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials
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- Western firefighters hoping for calmer weather
- Could economics doom ailing Calif. nuke plant?
- Obama salutes new service-member American citizens
- Many Native Americans live next to power plants
- AP PHOTOS: Americans celebrate the Fourth of July
- Twitter helps find dog that took train to Dublin
- 5 vet aid groups to benefit from new fundraising
| Texts help US Park Police beat heat on the Fourth Posted: 04 Jul 2012 01:39 PM PDT A new communications service is letting the U.S. Park Police send texts directly to visitors to Washington, D.C., this Fourth of July and warn them to take precautions to deal with the intense heat.           |
| Train derails near Chicago; no injuries reported Posted: 04 Jul 2012 01:39 PM PDT A Union Pacific spokesman says a freight train has derailed and a bridge over a stretch of road has collapsed in the northern Chicago suburbs.  |
| Mayor to residents: Save or shave 18-inch mustache Posted: 04 Jul 2012 01:29 PM PDT A Utah mayor has put all 18 inches of his handlebar mustache up for a vote.  |
| Police say head belongs Canada body parts victim Posted: 04 Jul 2012 12:59 PM PDT Montreal police confirmed Wednesday that a human head found in a park belongs to a Chinese student who they say was dismembered by a Canadian porn actor.  |
| Fla. lifeguard fired for rescue outside beach zone Posted: 04 Jul 2012 11:39 AM PDT Lifeguard Tomas Lopez helped save a drowning man and got fired for it. The reason: He left the section of a south Florida beach his company is paid to patrol. The Orlando-based company, Jeff Ellis and Associates, says Lopez broke a company rule and could have put beachgoers in his section in jeopardy.  |
| AP survey: Next president faces high unemployment Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT A majority of economists in the latest Associated Press Economy Survey expect the national unemployment rate to stay above 6 percent -- the upper bounds of what's considered healthy -- for at least four more years.  |
| 2 accidents raise US storm, blackout toll to 26 Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:19 AM PDT The death toll blamed on storms and the ensuing blackout across the eastern U.S. is now at 26 after two accidents in Virginia.  |
| Tour bus crash north of NYC sends 24 to hospital Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:39 AM PDT A casino bus crash outside New York City sent 24 people to the hospital with minor injuries early Wednesday, and investigators were trying to figure out what happened.  |
| Shipwright builds on past to save maritime future Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:39 AM PDT With a river basin view that mesmerizes, out-of-towners might miss the tree trunks stacked along the street by Harold Burnham's shipyard. But locals see these mounds of mostly white oak for what they are: the building blocks of the Massachusetts shipwright's dreams.  |
| Congress, White House fight over funding for tanks Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:39 AM PDT Fighting on Capitol Hill over funding for the nation's only tank manufacturing plant is leaving hundreds of workers caught in the middle.  |
| Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:29 AM PDT Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: July 3  |
| To beer, or not to beer? 'Can ban' slows tourism Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:19 AM PDT When it comes to new laws, Texas usually saves its bewilderment for ones from Washington. But this scorching summer, it's a single city ordinance on the popular Guadalupe River that is stirring frustration and confusion.  |
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| Western firefighters hoping for calmer weather Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:19 AM PDT Firefighters battling wildfires in the West were hoping a holiday of calmer winds and higher humidity would help efforts against scores of fires burning across the region, while keeping a nervous eye for fireworks and other hazards.  |
| Could economics doom ailing Calif. nuke plant? Posted: 04 Jul 2012 08:59 AM PDT Is it worth the money to fix a troubled nuclear power plant in California that generates power for more than 1 million homes?  |
| Obama salutes new service-member American citizens Posted: 04 Jul 2012 08:29 AM PDT President Barack Obama marked the Fourth of July by welcoming two dozen U.S. service members as newly-sworn American citizens, saying the contributions they have already made dramatize the need for Washington to achieve comprehensive immigration reform.  |
| Many Native Americans live next to power plants Posted: 04 Jul 2012 08:09 AM PDT Beyond the ancestral hunting fields and the rows of small, sparse homes, the cemetery at the Moapa River Indian Reservation sprawls across a barren hill with the tombstones of tribal members who died young.  |
| AP PHOTOS: Americans celebrate the Fourth of July Posted: 04 Jul 2012 07:49 AM PDT Across the United States, Americans are celebrating 236 years of independence with backyard barbeques, family gatherings and, of course, fireworks.  |
| Twitter helps find dog that took train to Dublin Posted: 04 Jul 2012 07:39 AM PDT When Patch hopped aboard the train to Dublin, the power of Twitter reunited the dog with his master.  |
| 5 vet aid groups to benefit from new fundraising Posted: 04 Jul 2012 06:39 AM PDT Three families are starting an effort to raise $30 million for troops and veterans through a new organization called Veteran Support Fund. It will be a portal for distributing money to five groups already working to help America's military community. The five are:  |
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