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Two fires still raging along California's central coast (AP) -

AP - Weary firefighters got no rest during the holiday weekend as a pair of out-of-control wildfires roared across the landscape along California's central coast at opposite ends of the arid Los Padres National Forest.

Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons (AP) -

AP - Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off Saturday in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way to Idaho.

Toledo apartment complex fire leaves 100 homeless (AP) - AP - Authorities in Toledo, Ohio, say a fast-moving fire at an apartment complex has destroyed eight buildings and left more than 100 people homeless.

Town fireworks display accident in Iowa injures 12 (AP) - AP - An accident during a municipal Fourth of July fireworks display injured at least a dozen people, local fire officials said.

FBI probe latest setback for beleaguered Detroit (AP) -

AP - Auto industry cutbacks, double-digit unemployment and one of the nation's highest home foreclosure rates have left Detroit with a dreary economic future.

NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gestures (AP) -

AP - After battling rowdy renters and out-of-control keggers for decades, this Jersey shore party town has finally decided to lighten up a little.

Hundreds remember 9/11 flight crews with sculpture (AP) - AP - On a pedestal in a Texas intersection hundreds of miles from where terrorists crashed planes seven years ago, two flight attendants and two pilots, rendered in bronze, now care for a traveling child.

Spitzer call girl drops 'Girls Gone Wild' lawsuit (AP) -

AP - The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.

U.S. marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry (AP) -

AP - The nation's largest fireworks display exploded in a spectrum of color over the East River, temporarily stealing the spotlight from New York's world-famous skyline and helping to create a brilliant end to a day of July Fourth celebrations nationwide.

Statue of Liberty's crown may reopen to public (AP) -

AP - The National Park Service is considering reopening Lady Liberty's crown for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to documents a congressman released on July Fourth.

Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime (AP) -

AP - Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink.

Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86 (AP) -

AP - Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.

Huge trove of 78 rpm records donated to Syracuse U (AP) - AP - A vast collection of 78 rpm records valued at $1 million, weighing 50 tons and representing more than a half-century of American music history is being donated to Syracuse University by the estate of a prominent New York City record shop owner.

Jesse Helms: Polarizer, not a compromiser (AP) -

AP - "Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement.

Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy (AP) -

AP - Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts.