Americans celebrated Independence Day Thursday with the reopening of Lady Liberty, one of the USA's premier music festivals, swearing-in ceremonies for brand-new citizens and a hot-dog eating contest.

10:05 p.m. EDT July 4, 2013 Americans celebrate the nation's 237th birthday with fireworks, barbecues and other summer activities as the Statue of Liberty reopens. Americans celebrated Independence Day Thursday with the reopening of Lady Liberty, one of the USA's premier music festivals, swearing-in ceremonies for brand-new citizens and a hot-dog eating contest.
7:04 p.m. EDT May 31, 2013 NEW YORK — If you followed the Wall Street maxim "Sell in May and go away," you missed out on a 2% gain as the Dow Jones industrial average surged to record highs in May. But if you're kicking yourself about poor market timing or still thinking of taking some chips off the table, don't despair.The reason?
New York City's Statue of Liberty, closed to visitors since Super storm Sandy hit in late October, will reopen by Independence Day, the National Park Service announced Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — 12:40 a.m. EDT May 15, 2013Angelina Jolie's decision to get tested for a breast cancer gene mutation, undergo a double mastectomy and then write about it is the latest example of news that could affect Supreme Court justices' views.
11:22p.m. EDT March 20,2013 HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- When New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this week his new legislation to further reduce the smoking rate by banning tobacco displays at retail stores, cheers echoed in the Lower Hudson Valley.
8:45 p.m. EDT May 10, 2013 Rebuking the Obama administration for a "frivolous" appeal, a federal judge Friday refused to delay his April order allowing emergency contraceptives to sold to women and girls of all ages without a prescription.
Wednesday, March 6, 4:10 AM Talk about awkward timing: While the Obama administration is struggling with sequester-mandated cuts that are nipping into everything from air traffic control to combat-pilot training, it has also tucked a one-time $65 billion pledge to the International Monetary Fund in the most recent budget resolution sent to Congress.
5:57 p.m. EDT April 15, 2013 Marathon Day, the city's 'big party,' is upended by powerful blasts. Now, the whys begin. n the Athens of America, on a holiday that marks the beginning of U.S. independence, at the sporting event almost every Bostonian looks forward to, on the day that winter unofficially becomes spring, blasts shattered another American community's sense of safety.
8:08p.m. EST February 25, 2013. Thousands of visitor pack popular California alpine resort as police corner ex-L.A. cop wanted in deadly shooting spree.
