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California wildfires strain state's resources (AP)

07.06.2008

Firefighters monitor a burning redwood tree along Highway 1 in Big Sur, Calif., Saturday, July 5, 2008. Cooler temperatures and marine fog allowed firefighters here to gain some ground early Saturday on an obstinate wildfire that wiped out this world-famous coastal retreat's holiday tourist trade. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - A wildfire threatening thousands of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state.


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ACLU plans to investigate Rainbow Family treatment (AP)

07.06.2008

AP - The American Civil Liberties Union said Saturday that it plans to investigate the actions of federal law enforcers who arrested five Rainbow Family members in western Wyoming during their annual gathering. [more]


3 freed U.S. hostages give thanks for their rescue (AP)

07.06.2008

In this frame grab from a video released by Colombia's Army taken on July 2, 2008 and released on July 4, 2008, U.S. hostage Keith Stansell, left, is seen with his hands tied together during a Colombian military mission that rescued him and 14 others from captivity in an unknown location in Colombia's Guaviare state. Colombia's military rescued 15 hostages from the FARC, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 Colombian police and soldiers. The three U.S. military contractors were kidnapped by the FARC more than five years ago after their plane went down while they were on a drug-monitoring flight. (AP Photo/Colombian Army)AP - The three American hostages rescued by Colombia's military said in their first public statement that they are doing fine and are thrilled to "return home to the country we love."


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Americans' unhappy birthday: 'Too much wrong' (AP)

07.06.2008

In this May 28, 2008 file photo, job seekers wait on line stretching around a block to attend the Monster.com and National Career Fairs job fair in New York, Wednesday May 28 , 2008. The nation's psyche is battered and bruised, the sense of pessimism palpable. The Independence Day holiday is typically a time to honor all that we are as a nation, but the feeling is there's less to celebrate on this our 232nd birthday. Happy? It would seem not. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file)AP - Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days. Eighteen members of the volunteer organization's Gilbert, Ariz., chapter have gathered, a few days before this nation's 232nd birthday, to focus on the positive: Their book drive for schoolchildren and an Independence Day project to place American flags along the streets of one neighborhood.


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After DC gun ban overturned, city seeks new rules (AP)

07.06.2008

Allan E. Lucas, Jr., a licensed firearms instructor in Washington, is seen in his office in Washington on Tuesday July 1, 2008. Lucas has been trying for two years to open an indoor shooting range in the city to train security guards and other clients. Because the city currently has no zoning category for such a business, he takes his clients to ranges in the suburbs. 'It's pretty ridiculous to think of so many people qualifying to register for firearms and not having a range to practice on,' he said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Dale Metta, who manages a gun shop just outside the District of Columbia limits in Maryland, has had to turn away dozens of city residents wanting to buy handguns in recent days. Never mind that the U.S. Supreme Court just struck down Washington's 32-year-old ban on possessing handguns.


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