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Feature: Voyage To The Land Of The Sunken Dollar (CBS4 Denver)
 While most Coloradans are celebrating the country's birthday at cookouts this weekend, CBS4 reporter Rick Sallinger is traveling around Europe with his family. Read about what he's up to in his daily journal, titled "Voyage to the Land of the Sunken Dollar."
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Bradford to celebrate bicentennial in 2010 of America's first globe (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
The man who made the first globe in North America had a farm in Bradford, and it's not difficult to see the town is proud of that distinction. There are signs in town and a historic marker on Interstate 91. Years ago, the local bank had a drawing of a globe on the checks, according to Bradford Historical Society President Larry Coffin. ... - By Tom Haley Rutland Herald
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Parades mark holiday in Elgin, South Elgin (The Courier News)
There's no more traditional way to celebrate America's birthday than with an old-fashioned Fourth of July parade, and Elgin and South Elgin will have doozies Friday morning.
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Ahhhhhh, Central Park (Austin American-Statesman)
NEW YORK — Most everybody reacts to Central Park with an adjective-laced paean to preservation. Isn't it great, we say, that when developers built this city of skyscrapers, they left this 843 acres of wilderness alone?
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Get Ready for Today's July 4th Fireworks (Gothamist)
Photograph of last year's July 4th Fireworks by TomVu on Flickr The annual Macy's 4th of July Fireworks extravaganza is the tremendous display that everyone looks forward to. With over 35,000 shells (which means an average of 1,100 shells per minute during the program), it's the largest fireworks display in America. In fact, Macy's fireworks show producer Robin Hall told the ...
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Laura Carlsen: The Cost of Latin America's New Dams (HuffingtonPost)
In Latin America, economic planners have intensified strategies to assure that the energy system that caused the energy crisis in the first place can continue to function.
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Faces in a billion (Mail and Guardian)
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. Even on an ordinary day, Luo Jinquan is an unlikely poster boy for China's spectacular economic development.
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No words necessary: The cartoonists tackle climate change (Independent)
Ever since the 1750s, when the writer, satirist, statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin put political cartooning on the map by publishing the first cartoon of the genre in America, artists have combined their talent, wit and political beliefs to create cartoons that enrage, enlighten or simply engage the viewer.
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Al-Qaeda is driven from Mosul bastion after bloody last stand (Times Online)
The murder toll is dropping, the insurgents are on the run. Our correspondent is on the front line as the Iraqi army takes control
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Turning back time: Age cheating in football (Mail and Guardian)
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. Poverty, limited life chances and the desire to win at all costs are contributing to an epidemic of age cheating in football.
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