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Michigan seeks disaster declaration after storms
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has asked President Bush to declare a major disaster for parts of Michigan following severe storms in mid-June. Granholm asked Thursday for federal aid to partially cover the costs to the state and local governments in...Tags: Executive Branch, Disasters, Local Authority, George Bush
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LI salutes and celebrates the Fourth
Newsday Staff WritersFrom spending a day grilling in the park to watching a parade to enjoying a fireworks display on the beach, patriotic fervor spread across Long Island yesterday as residents celebrated the nation's 232nd birthday. Declaring the Declaration in Merrick...Tags: American Legion, Peconic Bay, Tourism and Leisure, Beach Vacations, Defense
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Guerrilla gardeners dig in to beautify Los Angeles
Associated Press WriterMore than a dozen people, some wearing orange protective gear, pulled rakes and shovels from a dingy shopping cart and started working on a parched patch of land along a busy off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway. It was a Saturday night and drivers whooshed...Tags: Hobbies, Beach Vacations, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Road Transportation, Gardening
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Belarus bomb explosion wounds more than 50
Associated Press WriterA homemade bomb tore through a crowd that included the country's authoritarian president early Friday, wounding more than 50 people at an all-night holiday concert, health officials said. The blast was unusual in the tightly controlled former Soviet...Tags: Fourth of July, Injuries, Explosions, Bombings, Public Holidays
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'Switcheroonie' on anthem spurs outrage
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe jazz singer, invited to perform the national anthem before the Denver mayor's annual state of the city address, stood at the microphone and let loose her voice. What came out were the lyrics of the song known as the black national anthem, set to...Tags: Jazz Music, Newspapers, Barack Obama, Regional Authority, Public Officials
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Betancourt arrives in France with tears of joy
Associated Press WriterArriving to a hero's welcome in France, Ingrid Betancourt said Friday that she cried a lot during her six years as a prisoner in the Colombian jungle. Today, she said, "I cry with joy." French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife met the French-...Tags: Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic, Defense, Armed Forces, Family
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Analysis: Obama's centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Associated Press WriterIs Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth? Four years ago, Republicans branded as a "flip-flop" even the slightest rhetorical or policy change by John Kerry...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Punishment, Elections, John McCain, Abortion
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Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana
Associated Press WriterIt was a family Fourth of July for Democrat Barack Obama as his wife, daughters, sister and other relatives helped him make an Independence Day play for this reliably conservative state. Obama paid tribute to a nation in which the son of a single...Tags: Mining, Fourth of July, Metal and Mineral, Elections, Family
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Today on the presidential campaign trail
IN THE HEADLINES Obama and family celebrate Independence Day in red-state Montana ... Obama struggles to explain how his trip to Iraq could refine his policy on US presence there ... McCain calls campaign staff shake-up part of "natural evolution" ......Tags: Elections, Festive Event, John McCain, Christianity, Abortion
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Colombian video shows hostages joyfully hugging in helicopter during rescue
Video recorded during the rescue of 15 hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying tears of joy after they are aloft and realize they are free. In the videotape aired...Tags: National Government, Political Candidates, Elections, George Bush
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