Holidays News

WASHINGTON - As gas prices hit a new high Saturday, Americans were seen cutting back on travel over the holiday weekend.

With the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Act of 2008 signed into law June 30, military members and veterans crave information on whether, when and how they will gain access to the richer education ...

Will Smith's box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith's "Hancock" -- the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum -- led the Fourth of July weekend with a $66 million debut, ...

Wedged between America's Independence Day and a summit of world leaders, President Bush's 62nd birthday got shortchanged this year.

His advisers tried hard to mark his milestone.

As he flew to Japan, White House press advisers quietly gathered in a darkened conference room aboard Air Force One. A steward stuck a single candle in a coconut cake. Bush and first lady Laura Bush were invited inside.

'Surprise! Happy Birthday!' they exclaimed.

'He dutifully pretended to be surprised,' press secretary Dana Perino said.

Happy Fourth of July. It's a boy. A baby boy in Tooele County made his debut in time to celebrate Independence Day, but not before Mom and Dad could get to the hospital.

Some years, farmers harvesting the state's winter wheat crop might be able to take a break for Independence Day.

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Although holiday travel is expected to be down slightly this year because of high gas prices, AAA estimates that more than 2.3 million Floridians will be on the roads this weekend.

Florida's governor is getting hitched. Charlie Crist asked Carole Rome to marry him Thursday morning at his St.

Marine Staff Sgt. Amy Forsythe talked to 10News about celebrating Independence Day in Iraq and what it was like 2 years ago.

Americans across the country mixed patriotism and plain old good fun to mark Independence Day on Friday, with solemn ceremony alternating with parades, fireworks and hot-dog-eating hijinks.

Reaction to the death of former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms, who died on the Fourth of July at age 86: ``Jesse Helms, my friend and long-time senator from my home state of North Carolina, was a man of ...

It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway.

Across Iraq, America's Independence Day was a normal work day for most U.S. troops. But the military threw in a taste of home at larger bases with ribs, corn on the cob and red, white and blue cake.

The holiday is even leaner at smaller outposts closer to the violence, where it comes with a can of meat, some cookies and a job not yet done.

A Northfield, Vermont man is facing simple assault charges that he hit Vermont Governor Jim Douglas in the face with a cream pie while the governor was marching in the Independence Day parade in the state ...

Fri, Jul 4, 2008 Barack Obama is celebrating the 4th of July in Butte, Montana. It's a state that usually gives its three electoral votes to a Republican.

On a steamy Fourth of July evening a century ago, a wood-and-fabric biplane lifted off from Stony Brook Farm and stayed airborne for almost a mile in a stupendous triumph over gravity witnessed by more than ...

Historian James Heintze can tick off colorful accounts of how the nation has celebrated the Fourth of July over the years: In the 19th century, canons fired, church bells sounded and fireworks exploded.

Soaring fuel costs are taking some of the celebration out of this holiday weekend.

Enjoy the cooler temperatures today, because the Independence Day weekend is going to be dry and hot, the National Weather Service reports.

The U.S. military will open up airspace for commercial air travel during the Independence Day weekend to relieve congestion, the U.S. Department of Transportation said Wednesday.