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Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur (AP)

A helicopter drops water on a brush fire in the San Bernardino National Forest near Yucaipa, Calif. on Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames.



Bush to address new citizens on 4th of July (AP)

President Bush salutes as he walks off of Marine One, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at the White House after returning from a groundbreaking ceremony at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Bush will spend some time this July 4th at the home of the man who virtually wrote the Declaration of Independence. Bush plans to visit Thomas Jefferson's hilltop home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Va. He'll taking part in Monticello's annual naturalization ceremony, addressing 76 new American citizens.



Gas prices hit another high for holiday weekend (AP)

A sign displaying gas prices is seen in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 3, 2008.  Fewer Californians are expected to travel during this year's Independence Day weekend because of record-high gas prices and high airfares, according to an AAA travel survey.  (AP Photo/ Matt Sayles)AP - Fireworks aren't the only thing skyrocketing on this Fourth of July. The price of gas has hit another all-time high.



Obama visits traditionally-Republican Montana (AP)

In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University  of Montana in Missoula, Mont.  Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Barack Obama is celebrating the 4th of July in Butte, Montana, attending a parade and picnic. It's a state that usually gives its three electoral votes to a Republican. Only two Democrats have carried Montana since 1948. Republicans typically take it for granted and Democrats usually write if off. But this year, Obama is spending a sizeable amount of time and money to try to win it.



Freed hostage Betancourt to return to France today (AP)

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt answers questions during a news conference in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian military from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)AP - Freed from captivity and humiliation in the jungles of Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt returns to her beloved France and a hero's welcome Friday in the gilded halls of the presidential palace.





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