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In this July 5, 2013 photo, Paul Peterson hangs his photographs at his booth at Hackley Park for the first Lakeshore Art Festival in downtown Muskegon, Mich. After an initial year of success and plans for the second year well underway, the new Lakeshore Art Festival has some lofty longer-term goals. The Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce, which last summer rescued the 50-plus years of downtown Muskegon art fairs over the Fourth of July, has a specific vision of where the two-day event will be in the next three to five years. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

Muskegon art festival promoters share lofty goals

By DAVE ALEXANDER - Associated Press

Wax figures of President John Adams, left, and President Thomas Jefferson, right, are on display as part of an American Presidents exhibit at Madame Tussaud's wax museum in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. A new gallery opening in Washington will show wax figures of all 44 U.S. presidents together in the nation's capital for the first time. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

NAPOLITANO: Jefferson is weeping

By Andrew P. Napolitano

5 things to know about baseball on July Fourth

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Fireworks light up the night sky on the Fourth of July as they explode in front of thousands at the U.S. Capitol, Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial and all along the Mall in between. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

A hot time on the Fourth of July in D.C.; people of all ages enjoy the spectacles of the holiday

By Celina Durgin - The Washington Times

**FILE** This 1988 photo provided by Bobby Lee shows Kenneth Bae (right) and Mr. Lee together when they were freshmen at the University of Oregon. Bae, detained for nearly six months in North Korea, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press/The Register-Guard)

Kenneth Bae, American imprisoned in North Korea, pleads for freedom

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration Constitutional Prayer by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

FIELDS: We, ‘the almost chosen people’

By Suzanne Fields - The Washington Times

Youths walk around under cloudy skies, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012, on the 44th anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

SIMMONS: Independence Day right time to pursue more freedom

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Illustration: Religion by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: A line in the sand

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Fireworks can be seen as they explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day, Arlington, Va., Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

HICKS: Time to pass down the patriotism

By Marybeth Hicks

Fireworks can be seen from the Top of the Town in Arlington as they explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Fourth of July fireworks shuttered at key military bases

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Fourth of July travel to the nation's capital and other cities may be down from 2012 due to concerns about the economy and higher costs. But deal-savvy travelers can still snag lower travel prices for the holiday. (The Washington Times)

Cost may depress July 4th travel

By Annie Z. Yu - The Washington Times

Black pepper, cayenne pepper and roasted red peppers give three-pepper potato salad its distinct flavor. The bite of the black and cayenne peppers are tamed by the sweet roasted red peppers and sour cream dressing.

Trio of peppers adds pop to potato salad

By Alison Ladman Associated Press - The Washington Times

MTV shocker: Network going back to its roots for July 4 - will play music videos

Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The people own the government

The Washington Times

Nassau County Police Detective Lt. John Azzata, right, gives information about a fatal boating accident during a news conference in Oyster Bay, N.Y., Thursday, July 5, 2012. Police say three bodies have been pulled out of New York's Long Island Sound after a yacht capsized on the Fourth of July. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Officials work on plan to raise capsized N.Y. yacht

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

‘Savages’ boss Oliver Stone knows good weed

By DAVID GERMAIN - Associated Press

Actors John Travolta (left) and Taylor Kitsch (center) confer with director Oliver Stone during the filming of "Savages."The movie, which opens Friday, also stars Salma Hayek and Benicio Del Toro. (Universal Pictures)

Oliver Stone: High on U.S.-grown pot

By David Germain - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Ben Baller, yachts are illuminated in the foreground as a malfunction causes the entire Fourth of July fireworks show to go off all at once over San Diego Bay near Coronado Island on July 4, 2012. The Coast Guard says the mishap occurred minutes before the scheduled opening of the Big Bay Boom show. More than 500,000 people witnessed the short-lived spectacle. No injuries were reported. (Associated Press)

San Diego fireworks malfunction in big, fast flash

Associated Press

Chris Moore (right) and his wife, Dina (second from right), of Austin, Texas, enjoy the view from the veranda of the mansion at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Alexandria, Va., on July 4, 2012 (Associated Press)

Many Americans have throwback Fourth without power

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press