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Welcome to the Van Buren District Library with locations in Bangor, Bloomingdale, Covert, Decatur, Gobles, Lawrence, and Mattawan, Michigan, USA.

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NYT: McCain camp struggles to find strategy

John McCain has struggled to solidify lines of attack against Mr. Obama, Republican operatives say and some of his own advisers acknowledge. Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:11:01 GMT

Top military officer urges Iran diplomacy

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

It could turn out to be one of the significant comments of the 2008 campaign — and due to the July 4 weekend, it isn’t getting much notice. The nation’s highest ranking military officer warned Wednesday upon his return from a visit to Israel that a strike on Iran would be a very bad idea. Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:05:00 GMT

4 shot dead outside house party

Four people were shot dead early Friday outside a house party in Milwaukee, police said. Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:07:22 GMT

U.S. spent $250M on hostage hunt

July 3: NBC's Mark Potter has more on "Operation Checkmate," the bold ruse behind the rescue of three American hostages from Colombian rebels. (Nightly News)

The U.S. military says it flew thousands of spy flights over Colombian jungles trying to find and free three Pentagon contractors since their kidnapping in 2003. Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:51:52 GMT

Rosa Parks' belongings set to go under hammer

The civil rights pioneer whose act of passive defiance sparked the beginning of the civil rights movement in America is memorialized around the nation.

Thousands of personal items which belonged to Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer, are set to be sold at auction. Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:05:06 GMT

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