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Mount Vernon marks Fourth with ice cream and breezes
Americans enduring a sweltering Fourth of July amid a weekend power outage. Mount Vernon showcased 18th century ice cream making and Virginia breezes from the Potomac as Washington's legacy and naturalization ceremony drew crowds. At the White House Obama hosted a naturalization event for service members, while Romney spent July in New Hampshire. In New York Joey Chestnut won the hot dog contest as fireworks prepared downtown.
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