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Township residents looking to mark Independence Day with a bang ended up with a bust after police confiscated more than a thousand pounds of illegal fireworks before they could be detonated, officials said Tuesday.

Barney Rice's widow Michelle Rice told jurors Wednesday that one of her sons offered to give up Christmas presents to get his father back.

To help close a budget gap, one of Ohio's largest transit systems is raising bus fares for the third time since 2005.

Employees at nickel miner Vale Inco's Labrador operations have almost unanimously rejected a contract offer by the company and will strike beginning Aug.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden talks with soldiers at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 4, 2009.

Flags flew at half-staff this week in California's state Capitol. No, not for Michael Jackson.

COLUMBIA a ' A convicted drug dealer who police say shot and killed a 12-year-old South Carolina trick-or-treater because the man thought he was being robbed is expected to appear in court.

Same-sex partners in Wisconsin soon will have many of the rights of married couples.

Federal prosecutors have charged a member of the Southfield City Council with accepting a $7,500 bribe.

The state fire marshal says six people were hurt in Ohio by fireworks or related explosions around the Fourth of July, down from 11 during last year's holiday period.

The city of Flint has long been a symbol of America's industrial decline. It also has never quite gotten over the self-inflicted black eye called AutoWorld.

When the new GI Bill kicks in Aug. 1, the government's best-known education program for veterans will get the biggest boost since its World War II-era creation.

Two weeks after announcing their split, Jon and Kate Gosselin came together to celebrate Independence Day with their eight children.

When the new GI Bill kicks in Aug. 1, the government's best-known education program for veterans will get the biggest boost since its World War II-era creation.

Monday, July 6, 2009 9:28 a.m. The Army Corps of Engineers will waive all day use fees from Aug.

Jon and Kate Gosselin may have announced their independence from each other and the media recently, but that didn't stop the reality TV duo from having Fourth of July fireworks fun with their eight tykes.

HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Bon Jovi thrills diners in New York SHOWBIZ JON BON JOVI gave diners in a New York restaurant a special Fourth of July surprise - by standing up to play an impromptu gig.

Given how dark it is, the annual 4th of July parade in Greenville, N.H., isn't much to look at.

A photo of Abby Tyler, 15, fatally shot Thursday by an apparent serial killer at her family's store in Gaffney, S.C. A photo of Abby Tyler, 15, fatally shot Thursday by an apparent serial killer at her family's store in Gaffney, S.C. Fear gripped Cherokee County, S.C., this Independence Day weekend as a teenage girl died at the hands of what police ...

Texans tired of big government and taxes rallied on courthouse and Capitol lawns, at times interrupting the remarks of Sen.