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the associated press
(Friday, July 4, 2008)
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July. » Read story.
(Friday, July 4, 2008)
Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames. » Read story.
(Friday, July 4, 2008)
Milwaukee police say four people have died in a shooting outside a house party. » Read story.
the associated press
(Friday, July 4, 2008)
Larry Harmon wasn’t the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one. » Read story.
the associated press
(Friday, July 4, 2008)
Authorities say two men are dead after a helicopter crashed near a Northern California freeway, knocking power lines into traffic lanes and starting a grass fire near the road. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Friday, July 4, 2008)
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Three U.S. hostages rescued from Colombian rebels after more than five years in captivity are in good condition and learning how to live a normal life again, military officials said Thursday. » Read story.
the associated press
(Thursday, July 3, 2008)
As the manhunt for the ex-con suspected of bludgeoning eight people to death during a two-state killing spree wound down, a disheveled Nicholas T. Sheley walked calmly into a Subway sandwich shop, asked to use the phone and called his lawyer — all but ensuring his capture. » Read story.
Ex-candidate, three Americans safe
by frank bajak the associated press
(Thursday, July 3, 2008)
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired. » Read story.
28 GIs killed there in June
democrat-gazette press services
(Thursday, July 3, 2008)
WASHINGTON — President Bush said Wednesday that the United States will send more troops into Afghanistan by year’s end. He said June was a “tough month,” indeed, the deadliest for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began. » Read story.
the associated press
(Wednesday, July 2, 2008)
An exhaustive, two-state manhunt for an ex-convict suspected in eight grisly slayings has ended with the man quietly arrested outside a bar known as a police hangout. » Read story.
He makes splash at 7-year-old’s birthday
By Matthew S.L. Cate (Contact)
(Wednesday, July 2, 2008)
In a roughly three-hour visit that snarled rush-hour traffic and drew hundreds of onlookers, excited and otherwise, President Bush swung through central Arkansas on Tuesday to promote responsible homeownership and raise money for fellow Republicans. He also crashed a birthday party. » Read story.
Sherwood couple among slain
the associated press
(Tuesday, July 1, 2008)
Authorities say they’ve captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states. » Read story.
(Tuesday, July 1, 2008)
Wichita police say the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Arkansas girl may have stemmed from a road rage incident. » Read story.
the associated press
(Tuesday, July 1, 2008)
Adding to tomato confusion, the government is about to start testing numerous other types of fresh produce in the hunt for the source of the nation’s record salmonella outbreak — even as it insists tomatoes remain the leading suspect. » Read story.
the associated press
(Tuesday, July 1, 2008)
The deaths of four people found in a western Illinois town may be related to as many as four other deaths in Illinois and Missouri in the past week, police said. » Read story.
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