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Christine Krupkowski, of Arlington, Mass., blows bubbles while waiting for the start of the Boston Pops 4th of July concert rehearsal at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston. (Photo by Michael Dwyer / AP)

Fireworks, parades mark July 4th celebrations

People across the U.S. are marking the Fourth of July with parades, fireworks, barbecues — and competitive eating.

MSNBC

Special section:

History of the 4th of July

PBS

Interesting poll about the Constitution

TIME

Strauss-Kahn to face new sex charge

A novelist will file a complaint accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, her lawyer said, throwing uncertainty about whether the former IMF chief can return to his country’s presidential race.

NPR

Oil spill outrages Montana residents

An oil spill in Montana’s Yellowstone River surged toward North Dakota as outraged residents demanded more government oversight of Exxon Mobil’s cleanup.

Los Angeles Times

Workers, wildlife rescue crews cleanup

CNN

Yellowstone River oil leak: Aerial view

BBC

US man dies in Baja boat accident

A U.S. tourist died after a fishing boat capsized in an unexpected storm in the Sea of Cortez off the Baja California peninsula, the Mexican navy said.

Miami Herald

American tourist dead, 8 missing after fishing boat capsizes

ABC News

Vulnerable feel pinch of Minn. shutdown

Minnesota lawmakers headed home for a long holiday weekend, bracing for likely public anger as some of them meet constituents for the first time since a failure to reach a budget agreement.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Minn. state shutdown

Star Tribune

NATION

US proposal to relocate 3,000 Iranian dissidents rebuffed

Warning that the U.S. military soon will stop its regular visits, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq urged Iranian dissidents stranded in Iraq since 2003 to become refugees at some other location in Iraq.

McClatchy Newspapers

As Missouri floods, anger spills over at Army Corps

Missouri flooding has hit record levels over the past two months, and enough is barreling out of Lewis and Clark Lake to cover a football field 3 1/2 feet deep every second.

McClatchy Newspapers

Firefight moves to Indian lands

More than 2,100 firefighters were battling a massive wildfire that was threatening hundreds of buildings and ancient sites on Indian lands in northern New Mexico.

CNN

Los Alamos evacuation order lifted as firefighters make progress on blaze

ABC News

POLITICS

Bleak prospects for substantive immigration debate in 2012

As the 2012 presidential candidates prepare their political platforms to pitch to citizens around the country, can they afford to take a firm stance on the controversial issue of immigration reform?

ABC News

Senator: Budget deal starts with Obama, GOP leaders

Lawmakers have ideas about the federal debt ceiling, but one senator said that a resolution has to start with three people: President Barack Obama and the two Republican leaders in Congress.

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

GM gives natural gas cars a boost

General Motors Corp. announced plans to develop its first natural gas-powered engine, overcoming its aversion to alternative fuels.

Khaleej Times

McDonald’s UAE forms venture to make biodiesel from recycled vegetable oil

McDonald’s UAE and privately held Neutral Fuels LLC formed a venture to produce biodiesel using recycled vegetable oil from the fast-food retailer’s outlets in the United Arab Emirates, the companies said.

Bloomberg

Dubai FDI supports landmark joint venture

Zawya

EDUCATION

Budgets half empty, glass half full

The lasting image from the 2011 state budget process might be higher education leaders in Pennsylvania asking lawmakers to accept cuts to college and university budgets of “only 19 percent."

Inside Higher Ed

Calif. college students brace themselves for state budget cuts

California college students are bracing for higher tuition bills and fewer courses and campus services under a new state budget that once again slashes spending on higher education.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

HEALTH

Employers offering on-site medical clinics

Major employers across the country, eager to curb healthcare costs, are opening their own state-of-the-art health centers.

Los Angeles Times

Late-talking toddlers likely to be fine by the age 5

A child who is slow to learn language is no more likely than an early motor-mouth to have behavioral or emotional problems in later childhood, a new study finds.

LiveScience

Anticholinergics linked to mental decline in seniors

Anticholinergic medications are associated with significant cognitive decline and increased mortality among older adults.

MedPage Today

SPORTS

New No. 1 Djokovic defeats Nadal for 1st Wimbledon title

Putting together one of the best seasons by any athlete in any sport in recent memory, Djokovic is 48-1 with eight titles in 2011, including major trophies from the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

CBSSports

Wimbledon winners

CBC News

David Ragan wins at Daytona for 1st Sprint Cup victory

David Ragan became the second first-time Sprint Cup winner at Daytona International Speedway this season, winning the Coke Zero 400.

USA TODAY

Ragan redeems himself at Daytona with 1st win

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Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Karin Friedemann):

Tedious jury duty in the US

Khaleej Times

Column (Ruben Navarrette Jr):

Let’s take another look at national pride

Modesto Bee

Blog (Fareed Zakaria):

Debt woes: Could America go the way of Greece?

(TIME)

Worldview

Editorial:

Judges must be policed, too

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (Jeffrey Anderson):

Obama’s economists: ‘Stimulus’ has cost $278,000 per job

(Weekly Standard)

The Blog

Column (Michael Goodwin):

Forgetting founders’ tough love

New York Post

Blog (John Nichols):

What Michele Bachmann and her ‘Patriots’ do not know about America

(The Nation)

The Beat

Editorial:

Right-to-work states have better workforces, too

Washington Examiner

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GOOD NEWS

Opportunities are growing for veteran-owned businesses

National movement puts veteran-owned firms on a par with minority-owned and women-owned firms.

Baltimore Sun

Organ donation forges friendship, gives new life

Bill Hutmacher, of Minnesota, speaks about the importance of organ donation and his gratitude for the heart donation he received from Carol Conklin.

Winona Daily News

Whiz kid Clare Kelley helped build a club

Medford Middle schoolers in Massachusetts are heeding a call to civic duty, and they are doing it through school-run programs. Clare Kelley is one student who heard the call, and joined McGlynn’s Builders Club.

Medford Patch

WORLD

Thailand’s military accepts sweeping election win