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Julie White Freeman, left, formerly of China, raises her hand during the swearing-in of the 46th annual Independence Day celebration and naturalization ceremony at Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Va. (Photo by Evan Vucci / AP)

Cool, damp air offers hope for battling Big Sur blaze

A marine layer moved in to Big Sur, blanketing the fire-evacuated community with cool air and humidity that firefighters hope will help them battle the blaze.

San Francisco Chronicle

Wildfire chases holiday visitors from Big Sur

ABC News

California fires threaten Big Sur, Santa Barbara County

CNN

Salmonella signs point to peppers

Investigators are seeing more signs that the salmonella outbreak blamed on tomatoes might have been caused by tainted jalapeno peppers, according to health officials.

Baltimore Sun

Bush salutes new US citizens at naturalization ceremony

President George W. Bush invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson in welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony, saying "I'll be proud to call you a fellow American."

International Herald Tribune

President Bush in his own words

MSNBC

Iran gives 'constructive' reply to incentives package

Iran has given a "constructive'' response to an incentives package from world powers intended to persuade the nation to suspend uranium enrichment, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said.

Bloomberg

'I am president,' Mugabe insists

Zimbabwe’s political crisis deepened when Robert Mugabe said there could be no dialogue with the opposition unless it accepted his victory in last week’s presidential run-off election.

Financial Times

Report blames biofuels for food crisis

Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75 percent, far more than previously estimated.

ABC News

The World in Photos .........................................................................
UFOetry performs at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center. (Photo by Mark Wilson / Roswell Daily Record / AP)	Ground crew members try to steady a 53-foot-tall American flag hot air balloon in the wind as it is inflated at Dobbelaar baseball field in Hoboken, N.J. (Photo by Mel Evans / AP)	Five-time Wimbledon-singles champion, Sweden's Bjorn Borg, is pictured by a poster featuring him during his playing days at Wimbledon. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque / AP)

NATION

Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies

Former U.S. Republican Senator, Jesse Helms from North Carolina, is dead at the age of 86.

CNN

Jesse Helms

Yahoo! News

Phishers using Google calendar for new e-mail scams

By now everyone knows to watch out for and ignore shady e-mails with bad grammar (right?), but what about e-mails that appear to be sent from your Google Calendar account?

AOL News

Passport record system open to abuse, IG finds

A State Department passport record system that holds personal data on more than 120 million Americans is wide open to abuse and unable to prevent or detect unauthorized access, investigators said.

McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Obama remarks on flip-flop charge

Sen. John McCain's campaign again called Sen. Barack Obama a flip-flopper after the Democratic candidate held a do-over news conference to clarify his remarks on the Iraq war.

CNN

Barack Obama: from childhood to political service

MSNBC

McCain campaign seeks new strategy to attack Obama

International Herald Tribune

John McCain: a legacy of service

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Vague land ownership a key factor in Amazon deforestation

A “fragile” land tenure system and “a scarce presence” by the state government were identified as key factors in rising Amazon deforestation.

Environmental News Network

African, Latin American settlers drawn to nature preserve borders

Increasing numbers of settlers in Africa and Latin America are moving to the borders of nature preserves, thereby causing an impact on biodiversity.

San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Who is the average American?

Kevin O'Keefe's book, "The Average American: The Extraordinary Search for the Nation's Most Ordinary Citizen," is a collection of facts from credible sources that reveal who the average American is.

Houston Chronicle

US defends July 4th hot dog title

The lowly hot dog, symbol of U.S. Independence Day picnics, again moved to the center of an annual competition, with the winner forced to endure an eat-off to break a tie.

Monsters and Critics

Hot dog eating contest

Baltimore Sun

EDUCATION

Chef proves school lunch can be healthy and cheap

Chef Dominique Valadier once worked in the glamorous world of Riviera restaurants. He says he left that life for something more meaningful. He's now creating fresh and healthy school lunches.

NPR

Give four-year-olds sex education, say 2 leading UK charities

Two leading sexual health charities are calling for children as young as four to be given compulsory sex education.

Guardian

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Schedule for Pope's visit to Lourdes

The Vatican has released the full schedule for the trip by Pope Benedict XVI to France, to join in the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Virgin Mary's appearances at Lourdes.

Catholic World News

Vatican clears way for canonization for Father Damien

The Vatican has cleared the way for the canonization of Blessed Damien of Molokai and the beatification of the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux.

Catholic World News

Cool Video And Audio

Redneck fireworks

YouTube

Video shows daring Colombian raid

BBC

Reading the Declaration of Independence

NPR

Monster lobster tops 23 pounds

ABC News

Woman driver hits parking barrier

Bore Me

The world's smallest republic, Molossia

YouTube

The Daily Extra

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Swiss-American psychologist & author

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

French give Betancourt hero's welcome

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt has arrived in France to a hero's welcome after six years in the captivity of leftist rebels in the Colombian jungle.

Associated Press

From a US hostage in the Colombian jungle, a marriage proposal

While his Colombian girlfriend and twin sons waited, American captive Keith Stansell reached out.

Christian Science Monitor

Freed American hostages in 'good condition'

Reuters

Single shot: O say, can you see how great living alone can be?

The joys of living alone reveal that every day is a celebration of independence for singles.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer