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Fourth of July events
View staff photos of local Fourth of July events.
Fourth of July fireworks
See photos from area fireworks displays.
Firefighters dress up for softball game
A cross-dressed softball game at the holiday weekend festivities in St. Paris at GYAA Ballpark on Saturday, July 5, 2008.
Country Concert in the Hills
Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes, the annual four-day event — one of the largest of its kind in the state — features a slate of popular national acts that together offer a collective snapshot of contemporary country music.
Venus beats Serena
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Venus Williams defeated her sister Serena in the women's singles final at Wimbledon, Saturday, July 5, 2008.
July 4th celebrations worldwide
See how patriots around the country - as well as some stationed overseas - are celebrating the United States' 232nd birthday on July 4, 2008.
Annual hot dog eating contest
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest held by Nathan's Famous.
Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
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.
2008 Summer Arts Festival
Have you been spotted by our photographers out and about at the 2008 Springfield Summer Arts Festival?
Celebrity Watch photos
Photos of your favorite, and no-so-favorite, celebrities making the news around the world from June 14 through July 5, 2008.
