A firefighter uses a drip torch to start a backfire on a wildfire burn in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, July 4, 2008. The raging blaze near Big Sur was one of more than 1,700 wildfires, mostly ignited by lightning, that have scorched more then 770 square miles and destroyed 64 structures across northern and central California since June 20, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)
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Twin fires raging along California central coast

AP - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

BIG SUR, Calif. - Weary firefighters got no Independence Day reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that roared along California's central coast, chewing through opposite ends of an arid forest in the Los Padres National Forest.

Afghans listen to a radio during a picnic as they view the Arghandab district, which was recently recaptured from Taliban militants by the NATO and Afghan forces in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

10 Taliban killed while planting bomb

AP - Sat Jul 5, 3:28 AM ET

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday.

Fireworks explode over the Manhattan skyline during the 32nd annual Macy's Fourth of July fireworks display, Friday, July 4, 2008 in New York. Some 30,000 shells were set off � more than 1,000 per minute. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

U.S. marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry

AP - Sat Jul 5, 3:50 AM ET

NEW YORK - The nation's largest fireworks display exploded in a spectrum of color over the East River, temporarily stealing the spotlight from New York's world-famous skyline and helping to create a brilliant end to a day of July Fourth celebrations nationwide.

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