Fireworks and heat mark Independence Day across U S cities
Crowds gathered along the East River in New York as 52 tons of fireworks lit the sky over the 223rd birthday celebration. In Boston the 500000 crowd heard Seiji Ozawa conduct the 1812 Overture and watched cannons fire over the Charles River. Senator Kennedy spoke, reflecting on a shared human link. Fort Dix hosted Albanian refugees marking their last weekend in a Kosovo resettlement village.
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New York
Manhattan
East River
Rachel Laing
Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa
Charles River
Edward Kennedy
Dmass
John F Kennedy
Fort Dix
N.J
Kosovo
White supremacist shooter dead after high speed chase
FBI says Benjamin Nathaniel Smith 21 died after a van carjacking and police chase in Illinois. Six Orthodox Jews were wounded in Chicago. a Korean man was killed outside a Bloomington church. Autopsy planned in Centralia as fingerprints are checked.
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Salem
Ill
FBI
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith
Marion County
Doug Garrison
Indianapolis
Smith
Chicago
Illinois
Bloomington
Ind
Pat Camden
WMAQ
Salem Public Hospital
Garrison
Centralia
Iday
Ricky Byrdsong
Northwestern University
Skokie
Northbrook
Indiana University
Ilinois
Marine Band to Play at Hopeland Gardens Tonight
United States Marine Corps Band performs at 7 p.m. as part of the Summer Concert Series at Hopeland Gardens. Fifty enlisted instrumentalists and one band officer will perform in multiple ensembles including concert and jazz groups.
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United States Marine Corps
Hopeland Gardens
Florida
Michael J. Powell
Marine Corps
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
Green Boundary Club
Whiskey Road
H. C. Weeks Activities Center
Aiken Marine Corps League
Dupree Place
Wagener Man Among 13 Fatalities On South Carolina Roads
A Wagener resident, Jerry B. Faust 50, was killed when his 1974 Ford pickup overturned on South Dixie Road in Aiken County during a July 4 weekend crash. He was reportedly intoxicated and not wearing a seat belt. The tally of holiday deaths across multiple counties includes victims from Columbia, Loris, St. Louis, Troy, North Beaufort, James Island, and Kingstree among others, with various causes such as head-on collisions, rollovers, and a motorcycle crash. Authorities identified several victims by name and location as the holiday roadside death toll rose.
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South Carolina
Aiken County
Wagener
South Dixie Road
Jerry B. Faust
Cpl. Jones Gamble
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Faust
Sue Townsend
Aiken
Rashad Johnson
Troy
Ala
Carolyn Dianne Edwards
North Beaufort
John’s Island
Charleston County
Don Mayfield
Samuel Sordian
James Island
Folly Road
Mitch Lucas
John C. Scott
Clifford Howard Boyd
Kingstree
Williamsburg County
James L. Collenton
Ruffin
Colleton County
Linda Stacks Stevens
Ancaster
Tancaster
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U.S
Midwest
Springfield
Champaign-Urbana
University of Hinds
Ana
Marine Band
S.C
Abby
Vta
Annie Kneece Coursey
Bath
Hatcher
Jerry Faust
JH. Robinson
Alberta
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