Violent July 4 Storms Hit Kansas and Missouri
Oswego Kansas and surrounding areas faced widespread damage from morning storms with strong winds hail and heavy rain. About 12 000 to 15 000 homes were without power in Cherokee County and Missouri's Newton County reported outages across Joplin Neosho Hornet and Branson. No injuries were reported.
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Oswego
Kan
Kansas
Missouri
Keith Stammer
Labette County
Pittsburg
Stammer
Cherokee County
Joy Moser
State Division of Emergency Management
Newton County
Joplin
Neosho
Hornet
Branson
Angie Woods
Sheriff’s Department
Fourth of July across the nation features parades and ceremonies
Americans mark Independence Day with fireworks and picnics as Hamid Karzai receives the Philadelphia Liberty Medal in Philadelphia. A 20 ton granite cornerstone is laid for the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site as Boston hosts its annual event near Faneuil Hall. Volunteers, veterans, and residents remember those fallen in wars and terrorism.
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Afghanistan
Philadelphia
Freedom Tower
World Trade Center
New York City
Coney Island
Boston City Hall
Faneuil Hall
Old Statehouse
U.S
Iraq
Independence Hall
Hamid Karzai
Philadelphia Foundation
Karzai
York
Florida State archaeologist hunts ancient pirates off Turkey coast
Florida State University anthropologist Cheryl Ward leads a team in a quest to locate hemioliae pirate ships from the 1st century off Turkey. The project aims to reveal pirate life beyond Roman records, exploring nearshore zones as erosion exposes former shores. Ward notes the pirates were an underclass who turned to easy money piracy.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Pompey
Mediterranean
Cheryl Ward
Florida State University
Ward
Turkey
Kobayashi Breaks Record at Nathan's Hot Dog Contest
Takeru Kobayashi dominated the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest in New York, setting a new world record by consuming 53 hot dogs in 12 minutes, surpassing his own prior mark. Teammate Nobuyuki Shirota trailed with 38, Sonya Thomas set female and American records with 32, while Badlands Booker finished fifth with 27.
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Kobayashi
N.Y
New York
Takeru Kobayashi
Nagano
Japan
Nobuyuki Shirota
Tokyo
New Jersey
Steve Reiner
Sonya
Thomas
Alexandria
Histo
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Boston
Tom Menino
Eris Burton
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Panama
Burton
Florida
Ric “Badlands” Booker
Long Island
Wendover Family Medicine
Wendover
Michael Shelton
M.D
Francisco J. Salcido
Christine Wan
Lenore Fontaine
Odessa
of the
Hugh Obre
Kurt
Livingston Hearing Centers
Livingston
X Labs
Heather Whitest
Erica
Tal
Ernest Borgr
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