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Among those celebrating this Independence Day is the music superstar countless fans can't smile without.

Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Jimmy Smits returns to host the biggest and brightest birthday party in the country, featuring, for the first time ever, Barry Manilow, who will both open and close the broadcast with a stirring medley of hits and patriotic classics along with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Choral Arts Society of ...

WHO Barry Manilow WHAT He'll be performing on "A Capitol Fourth" from the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

A musical lineup offering an aural time line of U.S. history and the timeless antics of Sesame Street denizens highlight Washington's July Fourth celebration.

To listen to the show archive or download an MP3, go to www.IncomePropertyInvestmentTalk.com/052709.] Mosca: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation preserves and promotes public confidence in the US financial system by ensuring deposits in banks and institutions for at least $250,000. Since the start of FDIC insurance on January 1, 1934 no ...

Canadian stocks ended a four-day losing streak on Thursday, as encouraging employment data in the U.S. fuelled optimism that an economic recovery south of the border is slowly taking hold.

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jimmy Smits, who made his Broadway debut in Anna in the Tropics , will host the annual PBS special "A Capitol Fourth." The fireworks extravaganza - filmed live at the U.S. Capitol - will air on PBS stations around the country July 4 from 8-9:30 PM ET; check local listings.

North American markets were mostly lower in early trading Wednesday as oil slipped below US$70 a barrel, and despite positive consumer price data in the U.S. keeping fears of inflation at bay.

Strip malls, fast food restaurants and banks are among the businesses likely to replace St.

In the wake of Wednesday's shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., that left one guard dead and the gunman in critical condition, Jewish officials are being more watchful at synagogues, community centers and day schools, according to the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington.

Canadaa s top benchmark exchange hit a new 2009 high Thursday as commodities continue to rally on building evidence that the global economy may slowly be recovering.

Canadiaa s top benchmark exchange ended in positive territory and flirted with its 2009 high on another positive push in oil prices.

A CAPITOL FOURTH 2009, the Independence Day concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, will feature a star-studded cast including Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul'; Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-nominated singer and actress Vanessa Williams; international pop sensation Natasha Bedingfield; the Tony and Grammy Award-winning cast of Jersey Boys ; ...

Two men look at a board displaying financial numbers at a mall in Toronto's financial district.

The Toronto Stock Exchange got clobbered Wednesday as commodity prices slumped and downbeat U.S. economic news came to light.

The TSX rose Thursday morning after falling 1.4% the day before. Photograph by: Reuters, Reuters Canadaa s top exchange continues to impress, resuming the rally after a drop on Wednesday, on the strength of bank earnings and another surge in oil and gold prices.

"POLITICS are usually the executive expression of human immaturity," wrote the British novelist Vera Brittain.

U.S. Energy Corp. , Riverton, Wyo., plans to acquire an 11.11% working interest in an oil and gas prospect in southeastern Texas from Houston-based, privately held Houston Energy LP for sunk land costs and a prospect fee of approximately $12,900 plus drilling-cost commitments.

It is one of the few visible growth industries of the recession: the lobbying and public-relations offensive aimed at influencing how, when and even whether US President Barack Obama moves America towards a new low carbon economy.

May 13, 2009 10:56 pm US/Central Reporting Sue Turner ST. CLOUD, Minn. On April 1, the man Minnesotans came to know as the Craigslist killer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.