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Thursday, July 05, 2012  A yacht full of fireworks watchers capsized on the Fourth of July, killing three children and sending 24 others into the Long Island Sound, where many were rescued by fellow boaters, police said Thursday.

Wednesday, July 04, 2012  Hundreds of thousands of Americans from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic were preparing to spend the Fourth of July like the nation's founders did in 1776, without the conveniences of electricity and air conditioning.

Monday, July 02, 2012  This year, AAA projects that 42.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home between July 3 and July 8.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  Will Salute to America still take place if the Missouri River floods?