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The USS Philippine Sea conducts an operation against the Islamic State in this Pentagon photo.

Watch from the bridge as the USS Philippine Sea fires Tomahawk missiles at ISIS

By Staff

Michigan honors veterans with fireworks-free celebrations

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FILE - In this April 6, 2014, file photo, provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, sailors from the frigate USS Vandegrift assist in the rescue of the Kaufman family with a sick infant on the ship's small boat, as part of a joint U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and California Air National Guard rescue effort. None of the three federal agencies that helped rescue the ill 1-year-old, Lyra Kaufman, and her family from their broken down sailboat about 900 miles off Mexico's Pacific coast plan to seek reimbursement for the cost of the operation. Officials from the Navy, Coast Guard and California Air National Guard said Tuesday, April 8, 2014, they don't charge for search-and-rescue missions. &quot;We don't want people in trouble at sea to hesitate to call for help for fear they'll be charged for assistance,&quot; said Lt. Anna Dixon of the 11th Coast Guard District, which oversaw the operation but did not send vessels or aircraft to the stranded sailboat. She said that helping at sea is a time-honored tradition and a requirement of international maritime convention. The Navy warship that picked up the family on Sunday is expected to reach San Diego on Wednesday. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, File)

Taxpayers cover Coast Guard private-party patrols

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN - Associated Press

A float with the words "Obama Presidential Library" is seen during the Fourth of July parade in downtown Norfolk, Neb., Friday morning, July 4, 2014. The float has received criticism from a city councilman and the Nebraska Democratic Party, and others. (AP PHOTO/NORFOLK DAILY NEWS/Darin Epperly)

MALLOY: What IRS scandal? Holder’s Justice Department investigates parade float

By Fingers Malloy

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: America: Land of the free no more?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this file photo, U.S. Marines prepare to board the U.S. Navy LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) vehicle following the joint U.S.-Philippines naval exercise, dubbed Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), Monday, June 30, 2014 at the Naval Education and Training Center at San Antonio township, Zambales province in northwestern Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) **FILE**

WHITFIELD: A financial Independence Day for our service members and veterans

By Jane Whitfield

Retired Army Military Intelligence Officer Angelee Andoe of Lorton, Va., sits with her service dog, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a golden retriever as they get ready to march with a group of Hero Dogs in the National Memorial Day Parade along Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C., Monday, May 26, 2014. Andoe, who suffers from PTSD, is helped by F.D.R. who is given to her by Hero Dogs, a nonprofit which helps provide improved quality of life to veterans with disabilities. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Fourth fireworks: A nightmare for combat veterans

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Pouring it on for Lou Gehrig and others. (AP Photo/Murray Becker)

LOVERRO: ‘Luckiest man’ Lou Gehrig gave us gift of perspective 75 years ago

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

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Inside the Beltway: An ‘extra gill of whiskey’ and cannon fire for July Fourth - 1804

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

BRUCE: America the beautiful

By Tammy Bruce

In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, a crew with Western Enterprises Inc. covers a row of fireworks shells that have been loaded into launching tubes at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, N.M., for the city's annual Fourth of July festival. Officials in New Mexico and other drought-stricken states in the West have been urging residents to attend public fireworks displays rather than lighting their own fireworks due to dry conditions and high fire danger. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

July 4? Arthur moves celebrations to 3rd or 5th

By Karen Matthews - Associated Press

This Wednesday, July 2, 2014, satellite image taken at 3:35 p.m. EDT and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Tropical Storm Arthur moving north off the east coast of Florida. The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season has strengthened to a hurricane early Thursday, July 3, 2014, and threatened to give North Carolina a glancing blow on Independence Day, prompting the governor to warn vacationers along the coast not to risk their safety by trying to salvage their picnics and barbecues. (AP Photo/NOAA)

Arthur threatens July 4th plans along East Coast

By Emery P. Dalesio - Associated Press

Some officials dismayed by long Cherry Festival

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Chester festival organizer accused of embezzlement

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Ohio city cancels Fourth of July festivities

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