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Chestnut wins hot dog contest after eat-off
(AP)
AP - Joey Chestnut reclaimed the top spot at the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Friday after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off.
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Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
(AP)
AP - Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.
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AP - At least one gunman fired into a crowd of more than 100 people partying in the street early Friday, killing four of them, police said.
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AP - A combative cat named Lewis who frightened the neighbors and got his owner into legal trouble two years ago has done so well under house arrest that the case has now been scratched.
Read Crazy cat that frightened neighborhood mends ways (AP) (Links)
Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83
(AP)
AP - Larry Harmon wasn't the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one. Harmon, who portrayed the wing-haired clown for more than half a century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure, said his publicist, Jerry Digney. He was 83.
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Tension builds over Coney Island rebuilding plan
(AP)
AP - The Fourth of July weekend has always been one of the most exciting times of the year for Coney Island: Crowds line the boardwalk to watch the hot-dog eating contest, visitors take terrifying roller coaster rides, and beachgoers frolic in the sand and surf.
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Jesse Helms quotes on life and politics
(AP)
AP - Some quotes of Jesse Helms, who died on the Fourth of July at age 86:
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Auction house seeks to sell Rosa Parks collection
(AP)
AP - Arlan Ettinger will never forget the response he got when he took one of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' hats to a meeting at the Apollo Theater in New York.
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NY researcher: `Yankee Doodle' turns 250 - maybe
(AP)
AP - Wish "Yankee Doodle" a happy 250th birthday. Maybe.
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Freed US hostages, families reuniting in Texas
(AP)
AP - Back on U.S. soil, three American hostages rescued from Colombia rebels are now in the process of reintegrating into a society they've been absent from for more than five years.
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