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Fireworks explosion on NC island kills 1, hurts 4 (AP)
AP - Authorities say a fireworks explosion on a North Carolina island only reachable by ferry has killed one worker and critically injured four others.
Sat Jul 04 11:16:24 -0500 2009
SC serial killer conjures memory of 60s murderer (AP)

This is an updated composite drawing of the suspected serial killer in Cherokee County, South Carolina made available on Friday, July 3, 2009. Sheriff's deputies searched Friday, July 3, 2009 for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next. (AP Photo/Cherokee County Sheriff's Department via Spartanburg Herald Journal)AP - A terrified rural South Carolina community hunkered down over the Fourth of July after the sheriff said a serial killer was on the loose, and longtime residents were reminded of a murderer who terrorized the town in the 1960s.


Sat Jul 04 06:50:25 -0500 2009
Calif. bullet train hits criticism on SF Peninsula (AP)

Menlo Park Vice Mayor Richard Cline walks next to an arriving train at the CalTrain station in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area.


Sat Jul 04 12:02:33 -0500 2009