Fireworks explode over the Manhattan skyline during the 32nd annual Macy's Fourth of July fireworks display, Friday, July 4, 2008 in New York. Some 30,000 shells were set off � more than 1,000 per minute. Organizers said this year's show included new nautical fireworks that float on the water. Other new shells will go through multiple transformations after they launch, providing four different effects. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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U.S. marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry

AP - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago

NEW YORK - The nation's largest fireworks display exploded in a spectrum of color over the East River, temporarily stealing the spotlight from New York's world-famous skyline and helping to create a brilliant end to a day of July Fourth celebrations nationwide.

Afghans listen to a radio during a picnic as they view the Arghandab district, which was recently recaptured from Taliban militants by the NATO and Afghan forces in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan official: US strikes kill 22 civilians

AP - 11 minutes ago

KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military said airstrikes by its attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. The province's governor said 22 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed.

File image of former Republican Senator Jesse Helms speaking at the Christian Coalition Annual Meeting. (file/Reuters)

Former Republican NC Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86

AP - Fri Jul 4, 7:36 PM ET

RALEIGH, N.C. - Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.

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