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Fun and games began Independence Day in Salina Satyrday, and a concert and spectacular fireworks display ended it.

Fireworks explode over Washington July 4, 2008. Many Americans are getting an early start to the July 4 Independence Day holiday in the United States, with a day off of work to enjoy the long holiday weekend.

Summer has come. London has the Proms Festival from mid July to mid September, while the Berlin Philharmonic ends its season with an open-air concert on the Waldbuhne stage in the capital's forests.

Experts say lightning has become a more frequent occurrence due to climate change, and that the danger of being struck is as great as ever.

The South African National Editors' Forum yesterday urged Parliament to restore "stability, credibility and sound financial capacity" to the embattled SABC.

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THIMPHU: In the interest of strengthening the roots of democracy in Bhutan, the National Council yesterday said that all their discussions would be broadcast live on BBS and that they have no problems about the public viewing their debates.

The Fort Scott National Historic Site hosted Ryan Kelly and his family for an extensive tour of the facilities here Thursday and Friday.

Anritsu Company, the market leader in handheld wireless test solutions, announces that it is the first company to submit self-certification documents to the National Radio Systems Committee for compliance with the group's recommendations for measuring HD radio signals.

China's anti-drug authorities now use mobile phones as a new front in the battle against narcotic abuse - simply by sending a warning message to millions of phone users.

As expected, the White House has announced its intention to nominate Meredith Attwell Baker to take the Republican FCC seat vacated by Deborah Taylor Tate.

GEORGE Stephanopoulos , just named Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Committee, said he was certain the title would be revoked due to a recent radio broadcast from his home in which one of his daughters could be heard screaming at him, "I hate you!" Seems he and wife Ali Wentworth had donated some of the girls' old clothes and toys to ...

Investigators are focusing on a stretch of track near the site of a deadly commuter train crash after finding abnormalities Wednesday in vital equipment that detects passing trains and transmits speed and stop commands.

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford arrives for a dinner held for the National Governors Association by U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in this file photo taken in Washington.

Originally published June 23, 2009 at 6:08 p.m., updated June 23, 2009 at 7:09 p.m. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.

AP - The subway train that plowed into another stopped train, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others in the nation's capital, was part of an aging fleet that federal officials had sought to phase out because of safety concerns, an investigator said Tuesday.

Dallas The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus said Monday that Wal-Mart should stop saying it can save consumers $700 a year.

ANC MPs were due today to argue for the dissolution of the SABC board when a parliamentary inquiry into the state of affairs at the public broadcaster resumes.

As summer pests are a natural part of the outdoors and typically viewed simply as a nuisance, many believe that they have a full understanding of the risks associated with such.

Paris Hilton said she studied the culture of Dubai and promised the Middle East version of her reality show will steer clear of the drinking and the swearing it had in Los Angeles and London.