America marks 221st birthday with parades and odd feats
The Fourth of July featured Bristol Rhode Island's 2.6 mile parade with diverse participants, Roswell UFO exhibits, Hollister biker celebrations marred by crashes and arrests, and a Nathan's Famous hot dog contest where Hirofumi Nakajima set a record by eating 24 hot dogs in 12 minutes defeating Ed Krachie and Kazutoyo Arai.
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Ed Krachie
Nakajima
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Krachie
Kazutoyo
Arai
Pathfinders Mars landing faces hiccup and high hopes
NASA’s Sojourner rover Hopeful after delayed ramp deployment Mars surface images show vast reddish Ares Vallis rocks. Scientists led by Donna Shirley praise progress as Clinton notes Independence Day comparison and Muirhead calls it a home run.
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NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Brian Muirhead
Pathfinder
Clinton
Project
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Ares Vallis
Golombek
Muirhead
Mars
Antarctica
Japanese magazine halts over underage suspect photo
Tokyo reports the government ordered a publisher to withdraw Focus magazine for carrying a photograph of an underage suspect in the beheading of 11 year old Jun Hase. Police say the 14 year old confessed to killing the boy and placing his severed head at a school gate.
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APF
Focus Magazine
Jun Hase
Justice Ministry
Unusu
Bottle letter reply after 30 years reaches Danish sender
Jytte Laursen who mailed a pencil note in a bottle at age 13 off Denmark waited thirty years for a reply. The bottle traveled at least 870 miles to Andoya in Norway before Henry Karoliussen found it on a beach. The Danish postal service later traced her current name after she had married and moved.
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Norway
Jytte Laursen
Denmark
Ebbessen
Andoya
Arctic Circle
Henry Karoliussen
10,000 Year Old Mammoth Remains Found Near Chandler
Construction crews unearthed a 10,000-year-old woolly mammoth in a Phoenix suburb. A geologist noted charcoal at the site may indicate human presence from that era, as a tusk was halved and bones chipped during sewer trench work. The find could mark early human activity in the area.
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Arizona State University
Brad Archer
Archer
Phoenix
Most married man Scotty Wolfe to be buried in Blythe
Glynn Scotty Wolfe the world’s most married man will be laid to rest Thursday in Blythe California. Palo Verde Cemetery donated the burial plot and Frye Chapel and Mortuary funded the $2 500 service as the community covers the funeral costs since Wolfe’s spouses and children are not expected to attend.
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Palo Verde
Sidney Presley
Frye Chapel and Mortuary
Newsman Kuralt Dies at 62 in New York Hospital
CBS veteran Charles Kuralt, famed for On The Road and Sunday Morning, died at 62 from lupus complications. His reports celebrated offbeat America from unicyclists to horse traders and left a legacy of warm, narrative television storytelling.
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Charles Kuralt
CBS
America
Kuralt
New York Hospital
CBS News
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Vermont
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