Thursday July 3rd

Happy Birthday America! Well it's celebrated tomorrow, but the actual writing of the Declaration of Independence was done on July 2, 1776. So we can make it a couple of birthday days. We can all enjoy a nice three day weekend for the celebration. Careful with those fireworks.

 

Today in History:

Kind of appropriate that around the birthday of our nation, we had to fight to keep it whole. On July 3, 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended after three days in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated. [NY Times & Wikipedia & National Park Service]

 

This week's News Quiz. Leave your results in the comments section... [Chicago Tribune]

 

Sioux City, Iowa has a very unfortunate three letter code for its airport. [Chicago Tribune]

 

Watermelon, the natural Viagra? [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

 

As a carrier of the livable but deadly disease Diabetes, it's hard to believe that it flies under the radar of most people. Seems the diabetes community is tired of its relative quietness. [NY Times] Take this quiz to determine how suseptible you are to getting Diabetes. [Siteman Cancer Center] When I did it, I was in the low risk category. This was due to the fact that 1) I already have it! and 2) I've changed the way I eat and play so that I've lessened the effects the disease has on my body.

 

10 things you can LIKE about $4 gas! Right? [Time]

 

Fire up the grill for The Fourth! Which hot dog is the best? Brooke's partial to the Vienna Beef while in Chicago. [Chicago Tribune]

 

Starbucks to close up to 600 stores! I've seen lots of new ones popping up over the last  6 months. Brenda, let's hope your Bluffton store isn't one of them... [Chicago Tribune]

 

What a great story! Columbian army pulls a fast one on the FARC rebels. Glad to see the hostages are heading home. What a great weekend to return for the Americans. [Miami Herald]

 

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