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Takeru Kobayashi, left, of Japan poses for photographs with last years hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut, of San Jose, Calif., during the weigh in news conference for the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest Thursday, July 3, 2008 in New York. The contest will take place Friday July 4, 2008 in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Prices are displayed at a gas station in Milwaukee, Ore., Thursday, July, 3, 2008. For the first time in a decade, AAA is predicting a drop in the number of Americans who will drive or fly 50 miles or more from home for the July Fourth holiday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) Graphic shows five different types of fireworks Norma Duran, left, a volunteer with United Families of Bristol Park ,sells fireworks in preparation for the Fourth of July for the Independence Day celebrations at a TNT fireworks stand in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. At right, customer Mario Gomez , and his daughter Erica. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has urged residents not to buy fireworks from roadside stands this year and asked local governments to consider banning their sale.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Fresh Vegetable Pasta Salad is seen in this Thursday, May 22, 2008 photo. Putting together a healthy summer barbeque does not have to mean passing on the normally tasty, but less than healthy, pasta salad. A few easy and flavorful changes gives this pasta salad a place at any gathering. (AP Photo/Larry Crowe) Ken Sleight of Pasedena, Md., service manager at Ourisman Chevrolet in Bowie, Md., helps to raise the American flag, Monday, June 30, 2008, in time for July 4, Independence Day, after it was repaired from wind damage. The 30' by 60' flag is flown from a 15 story high flag pole 24 hours a day except during high winds. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) A view inside of a non-functioning fireworks mortar shell shows the arrangement of the components used to create a star pattern when detonated hundreds of feet in the air, photographed on the barge being used by Zambelli Fireworks Internationale, Wednesday July 2, 2008, in Philadelphia in preparation for the city's Fourth of July celebration. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek) James R. Heintze, a Librarian Emeritus at American University, and author of the book, The Fourth of July Encyclopedia, poses for a portrait at the university library in Washington Tuesday, July 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) c6520b Michelle Hovis, left, watches as her children Katie Blaine, center, 5, and Lilly, left, 3, blow bubbles after a picnic outside their home in Iron Station, N.C., Tuesday, June 17, 2008. As inflation squeezes budgets, middle-class Americans are taking fresh stock of their everyday habits in search of ways to curb spending. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) The shadows of ground crew members can be seen inside as they deflate a 53-foot-tall American Flag hot air balloon at Dobbelaar baseball field Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) Ground crew member Sally Mazzocchi holds on as she tries to steady a 53-foot-tall American Flag hot air balloon in the wind as it is inflated at Dobbelaar baseball field Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) Fireworks light up the closing bell ceremonies of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday July 3, 2008, as a prelude to the 32nd Annual Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular celebrating America's 232nd birthday. Stocks are closing an abbreviated session mixed after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on employment. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) A U.S. Marine, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, poses while attending a special lunch to celebrate the Fourth of July at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Eli Baldonado, 7-months-old, grabs hold of a nearby flag on Thursday, July 3, 2008, at Apodaca Park in Las Cruces, N.M., as his grandfather, Isidro Salcedo holds him. Salcedo was helping build the Kids Kindness Day float for the city's annual Electric Light Parade held to celebrate Independence Day. (AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News, Norm Dettlaff) Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles as he talks with reporters after touring the Mexican Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City, Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama talks to his daughter Malia as they watch an Independence Day parade in Butte, Mont., Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) This undated file photo shows a close up of the Statue of Liberty. 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. (AP Photo/File) Keith Wasser, right, takes a cell phone photo of friends from the California Historical Group in period military uniforms before the annual Fourth of July parade in Huntington Beach, Calif., Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery) Kent Gregory, of the Sons of the American Revolution, puts bunting on a Model A Ford before the annual Fourth of July parade in Huntington Beach, Calif., Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery) 18-month old Preslee Boyd sits on the shoulders of her father Ben Boyd as they watch the annual Fourth of July parade in Huntington Beach, Calif., Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery) Hundreds of people turned out to watch the annual Fourth of July parade make its way down the main street of Capitan, N.M., on Friday, July 4, 2008. Communities around New Mexico celebrated the holiday with parades and fireworks shows. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) Hannah Wernher holds the 13-star, American flag, as the Mountain Fife & Drums from lake Arrowhead, Calif., warm up in the fog before the annual Fourth of July parade in Huntington Beach, Calif., Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)