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AP - Those seeking the oohs and aahs of traditional Fourth of July fireworks could be sadly disappointed this year: Public displays and sales of boxed firecrackers are being canceled or scaled back across the nation, victims of a sluggish economy, wildfire fears and product shortages caused by a warehouse fire in China.

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Reuters - U.S. congressional leaders agreed
late last year to President George W. Bush’s funding request
for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed
at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The
New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.

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Reuters - The cresting Mississippi
River washed over more flood barriers on Saturday but drier
weather fed hopes of relief as the worst Midwest floods in 15
years added to billion-dollar losses, global food inflation
fears and the political temperature in a U.S. election year.

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AP - Former “American Idol” Ruben Studdard has married Surata Zuri McCants at a church in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. But there was no singing during the 30-minute ceremony — just an exchange of vows, prayers and music provided by a string ensemble. A reporter from The Birmingham News attended the ceremony.

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Reuters - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late
last year to President George W. Bush’s funding request for a
major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at
destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New
Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.

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Reuters - The United States and the European
Union are near a deal on letting law enforcement and security
agencies obtain private information like credit card
transactions and travel histories about people on the other
side of the Atlantic, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

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AP - A former Army scientist who was named as a person of interest in the 2001 anthrax attacks will receive $5.8 million to settle his lawsuit against the Justice Department. Steven Hatfill claimed the Justice Department violated his privacy rights by speaking with reporters about the case.

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Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department said on
Friday it would pay former Army scientist Steven Hatfill over
$2.8 million to settle his lawsuit accusing officials of
violating his privacy rights by talking to the media and
unfairly implicating him in anthrax attacks in 2001.

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AP - All the elements were in place to bring back so many positive memories for Angela Park. She was in the 36-hole lead at the U.S. Women’s Open, just like last year. She looks comfortable on another Donald Ross design, Interlachen on Friday, Pine Needles a year ago. Rain brought yet another delay, just not quite as long or messy as last year.

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Reuters - Stocks plunged on Thursday, with the
Dow sliding about 360 points to a 21-month low as oil hit a
record and Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs urged investors
to sell bank and automaker shares, escalating concern about the
outlook for profits.

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