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Footloose - Couple, 54 and 55, arrested and spent 23 hours in jail for dancing at train platform

Road Rage - Woman killed after confronting men in car about speeding

Tom vs. the Volcano - Inside a very sinister induction at the Scientology HQ

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Born on this Day in History: July 9, 1956 - Tom Hanks was born in Concord, California. He began performing with the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in 1977 and later moved to New York City. He starred on the TV sitcom "Bosom Buddies," but became far more known when he starred in Ron Howard's Splash. He went on to star in many popular and acclaimed films and is now arguably the most powerful and well-respected actor in Hollywood.

On this Day in History: July 9, 1877 - On July 9, 1987 - The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London. Twenty-one amateurs showed up to compete in the Gentlemen's Singles tournament, the only event at the first Wimbledon. The winner was to take home a 25-guinea trophy.

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Who'll Stop the Rain? - Flood warning: UK faces a month's worth of rain today

Going to Pot - President of Uruguay wants to legalize marijuana

Common Cents - Milford man pays off mortgage with 800 pounds of pennies

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Born on this Day in History: July 6, 1925 - Bill Haley was an American singer and songwriter considered by some to be the father of rock and roll. Following time as a disc jockey, Haley realized the growing teen population would change popular music, so he moved his band towards a big beat. Bill Haley and His Comets signed with Decca Records and recorded "Rock Around the Clock," the first of many hits.

On this Day in History: July 6, 1957 - Althea Gibson claims the women's singles tennis title at Wimbledon and becomes the first African American to win a championship at London's All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, in Silver, South Carolina, and raised in the Harlem section of New York City. She began playing tennis as a teenager and went on to win the national black women's championship twice. At a time when tennis was largely segregated, four-time U.S. Nationals winner Alice Marble advocated on Gibson's behalf and the 5'11" player was invited to make her U.S. Open debut in 1950. In 1956, Gibson's tennis career took off and she won the singles title at the French Open--the first African American to do so--as well as the doubles' title there. In July 1957, Gibson won Wimbledon, defeating Darlene Hard, 6-3, 6-2. (In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon, when he defeated Jimmy Connors.) In September 1957, she won the U.S. Open, and the Associated Press named her Female Athlete of the Year in 1957 and 1958. During the 1950s, Gibson won 56 singles and doubles titles, including 11 major titles.

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Can You Hear Me Now?, Sink Or Swim, -and- Food Fight

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Can You Hear Me Now? - ACLU-NJ launches smartphone app that lets users secretly record police stops

Sink Or Swim - Hallandale Beach lifeguard fired for leaving his zone to rescue drowning man

Food Fight - Police: Cook gunned down over long wait times

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Born on this Day in History: July 5, 1810 - P.T. Barnum was born in Bethel, Connecticut. He bought the American Museum in New York City and filled the space with curiosities and what he considered live freaks, which included midget Tom Thumb and singer Jenny Lind. The museum closed in 1868 and he joined with rival James A Bailey to create the Barnum and Bailey Circus, which they dubbed the "Greatest Show on Earth."

On this Day in History: July 5, 1946 - French designer Louis Reard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new fashion, which Reard dubbed "bikini, inspired by a news-making U.S. atomic test that took place off the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean earlier that week.

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Fighting Back, Jaws, -and- Dawn of the Dead

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Fighting Back - Two plane hijackers beaten to death by passengers

Jaws - A shark, believed to be a great white, was spotted Monday about 50 yards off the coast at La Jolla Shores, prompting lifeguards to close the ocean to swimmers and surfers.

Dawn of the Dead - A naked man went on a rampage against police officers, doing ninja-like flips and ignoring stun gun shocks

Technology in the News Today

Judge Denies Apple's Bid to Ban HTC Devices

Groups Join Forces for "Declaration of Internet Freedom"

Microsoft Offering $39.99 Windows 8 Pro Upgrades

Born on this Day in History: July 3, 1883 - Born in Prague, capital of what is now the Czech Republic, writer Franz Kafka grew up in a middle-class Jewish family. After studying law at the University of Prague, he worked in insurance and wrote in the evenings. In 1923, he moved to Berlin to focus on writing, but died of tuberculosis shortly after. His friend Max Brod published most of his work posthumously, such as Amerika and The Castle.

On this Day in History: July 3, 1863 - On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's last attempt at breaking the Union line ends in disastrous failure, bringing the most decisive battle of the American Civil War to an end. In June 1863, following his masterful victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville, General Lee launched his second invasion of the Union in less than a year. He led his 75,000-man Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River, through Maryland, and into Pennsylvania, seeking to win a major battle on Northern soil that would further dispirit the Union war effort and induce Britain or France to intervene on the Confederacy's behalf. The 90,000-strong Army of the Potomac pursued the Confederates into Maryland, but its commander, General Joseph Hooker, was still stinging from his defeat at Chancellorsville and seemed reluctant to chase Lee further. Meanwhile, the Confederates divided their forces and investigated various targets, such as Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania capital.

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Mixed Signals,HIC!, -and- Smell that Smell

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Mixed Signals - Online threat — but SWAT team raids wrong house

HIC! - Breathalyzer tests compulsory on all vehicles in France

Smell that Smell - Stink bug crisis reaches 38 states, Pacific Coast

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Born on this Day in History: July 2, 1937 - Stock-car racing driver, Richard Petty began driving professionally in 1958. He became the holder of numerous National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) records. He won the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR national championship each seven times during 1964–1981. With over 200 victories, he started more races, won more races, and made more money than any stock-car driver in history.

On this Day in History: July 2, 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law the historic Civil Rights Act in a nationally televised ceremony at the White House. In the landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. The 10 years that followed saw great strides for the African-American civil rights movement, as non-violent demonstrations won thousands of supporters to the cause. Memorable landmarks in the struggle included the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955--sparked by the refusal of Alabama resident Rosa Parks to give up her seat on a city bus to a white woman--and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I have a dream" speech at a rally of hundreds of thousands in Washington, D.C., in 1963.

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