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he Fourth of July went off like a dud at the box office, as the Michael Bay sequel "Transformers: Age of Extinction" and the Melisa McCarthy comedy "Tammy" led the weakest summer holiday weekend in at least a decade.

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How strong is that pina colada? Depending on how it's made, it could contain as much alcohol as two glasses of wine.

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A pregnant New Mexico woman has survived a bolt from the blue to give birth to a bouncing baby girl.

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The news says: Parañaque stinks amid 50,000 tons of garbage. Ex-Mayor Fred Lim's legacy for Erap?

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More than three dozen people were injured when a wood platform holding live fireworks tipped over, sending the pyrotechnics into a crowd at an Independence Day show outside Los Angeles, authorities said Friday.

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The price of oil rose to its highest level in 14 months on concerns about possible disruptions to Middle East supplies and signs of an increase in U.S. demand for fuel.

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America will get to hear from its newest “American Idol” at this year’s July Fourth celebration on the National Mall as Phillip Phillips makes his comeback performance following kidney surgery, organizers say.

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The Black Widow of eating contests has scarfed down 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes to break her own world record set last year in Buffalo, New York.

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In prodding Congress to act swiftly to avoid a government default on its financial obligations, President Barack Obama has Isaac Bassett and a long history of procrastination conspiring against him.

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Japanese eating champion Takeru Kobayashi, arrested at a July Fourth hot dog-eating contest, was freed after a night in jail, looking a little weary and saying he was hungry.

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How strong is that pina colada? Depending on how it's made, it could contain as much alcohol as two glasses of wine.

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A pregnant New Mexico woman has survived a bolt from the blue to give birth to a bouncing baby girl.

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The news says: Parañaque stinks amid 50,000 tons of garbage. Ex-Mayor Fred Lim's legacy for Erap?

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More than three dozen people were injured when a wood platform holding live fireworks tipped over, sending the pyrotechnics into a crowd at an Independence Day show outside Los Angeles, authorities said Friday.

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The price of oil rose to its highest level in 14 months on concerns about possible disruptions to Middle East supplies and signs of an increase in U.S. demand for fuel.

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America will get to hear from its newest “American Idol” at this year’s July Fourth celebration on the National Mall as Phillip Phillips makes his comeback performance following kidney surgery, organizers say.

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The Black Widow of eating contests has scarfed down 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes to break her own world record set last year in Buffalo, New York.

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In prodding Congress to act swiftly to avoid a government default on its financial obligations, President Barack Obama has Isaac Bassett and a long history of procrastination conspiring against him.

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Japanese eating champion Takeru Kobayashi, arrested at a July Fourth hot dog-eating contest, was freed after a night in jail, looking a little weary and saying he was hungry.

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