4th of July News

Liberty By Garrison Keillor Viking, 257 pp., $25.95 Garrison Keillor's Midwestern Never-Never Land, Lake Wobegon, has seen many stirring Fourth of July celebrations, though few perhaps as dramatic as the one ...

'All the really good suicide bombers are gone," laments a trio of bumbling Afghan terrorists early on in An American Carol , and that's about the high-water mark for humor in this jaw-droppingly awful political ...

Paul Currier, owner of the Caf Moxie building destroyed when a fire broke out there on the Fourth of July, plans to apply today for a permit to rebuild the Main street, Vineyard Haven restaurant, with the ...

This movie did NOT invite reviewers to review. Why? Ha! The obvious. The liberal writers/reviewers would cream this movie.

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The entire family vacationed there during the week of the Fourth of July . Images in this scrapbook LISTS

D.C. City Council is considering legislation that would ban any and all consumer fireworks in the District, but area residents are split on safety or fun.

If there's a gene for firefighting, Bill Hottendorf has it. His great-grandfather John H. Kampp volunteered with the Wheaton Fire Department and served as fire chief from 1896 to 1938.

The parents of an 8-year-old boy who was fatally injured on the Fourth of July last year are blaming Thurston County emergency responders.

MANSFIELD -- A City Councilman has asked local officials to consider moving the Freedom Festival from Mansfield Motorsports Park back to Lahm Airport.

Cherish the memory of that last grand fireworks show lighting the night sky over Vancouver on July 4, 2008.

Tens of thousands gathered at Plaza Fiesta on Buford Highway Sunday to celebrate Mexican Independence Day with music and food.

It appears that nothing is sacred to organized crime in Mexico at least if Mexican officials are correct in establishing blame for an attack on Sept.

It's the equivalent of the Fourth of July here in the U.S., and even though our Independence Day is not celebrated in Mexico, Diez y Seis de Septiemebre is definitely celebrated here.

A 19-year-old man accused of shooting two young people at a Holton residence will undergo a psychiatric exam, a Jackson County District Court judge ruled Friday.

Great Lakes Adventure Last week I began writing about a trip my brother, Tom Allen, took on the lake freighter "Herbert C Jackson" July 2-10. his friend, Charlie Ontko, had invited Tom to go on a working trip ...

Tears welled up in retired Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Evans' eyes as he stood with his family and village officials at a village board meeting last month as Mayor Craig Johnson proclaimed Tuesday, Aug.

The 2008 Miss Harbeson Pageant was held recently, with the theme Celebrating the All-American Girl.

A sheriff's deputy shot a 20-year-old reputed gang member while serving a warrant at the assault suspect's home in Inglewood early Wednesday, authorities said.

Teacher's Pets: After a sleepy 2008 start where The Other Boleyn Girl and Water Horse: Legend of the Deep sank like stones, Sony/Columbia resurfaced with credible box office returns on 21 that tided them over ...