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'Sparkler Bombs' Poised to Wreak Havoc on 4th of July
By David Knowles - AOL NewsIt's that time of year again, when patriots and pyromaniacs have a convenient excuse to light stuff on fire. The hot new trend in homemade explosives? The "sparkler bomb," an incendiary diversion that has been gaining popularity in recent years. Today's Wall Street Journal describes the basics of sparkler bomb making: assemble hundreds of sparklers, tape them all together, add a fuse, strike a match and kaboom! From the Journal: Sparkler bombs have been around for years, law enforcement officials said. But their popularity has surged recently, largely as a result of the spread of how-to ...
Opinion: 4th of July -- The Dead-Solid Summer
By Will Durst - AOL News(July 2) -- Here's hoping your Independence Day is beyond terrific. Got to love the loudest and most American of all the holidays. Just one of the moments that makes a person prouder than papaya punch to be a citizen of this fine country. The greatest place on the planet, which is why we have all those darn problems with our borders. After all, you don't see a lot of stories about the teeming humanity streaming across the border into Kazakhstan. Or Kyrgyzstan. Which many experts claim are two different countries. Dan Dion Will Durst is author of "The All-American Sport of ...
Frederick Douglass' July 4 Challenge Answered
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyMartin Luther King Jr., in his famous 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech on the National Mall, memorably described the Declaration of Independence as a "promissory note" that had guaranteed freedom to Americans of every color. Redeeming that note required a bloody Civil War. Redeeming it fully required a Second American Revolution -- the civil rights movement. ...
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