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It's the Fourth of July weekend, and to many Americans that means cookouts and fireworks and sandy beaches.

As the Fourth of July draws closer every year, I love to vegetate in the cool house with old John Wayne movies that celebrate the strength, character and bravery of our wonderful American men.

Spin Control is taking the day off, but if you've put out the flag, packed the cooler and bought the fireworks, only one question remains: Just how much do you really know about American history? The real history, that is - not the stuff you pick up from listening to July 4th speeches, watching Mel Gibson movies or reading novels.

If you've put out the flag and packed the cooler, only one question remains: How how much do you know about the American history you're about to celebrate? The real history, that is - not the stuff you pick up from listening to July Fourth speeches or watching Mel Gibson movies.

According to Michael Mann's Public Enemies , it was FBI agent Melvin Purvis who set the trap that caught notorious bank robber John Dillinger .

In a Canada Day piece in the New York Times, Tim Long, the Exeter native now working as a writer on The Simpsons, recalled walking home from school in a snowstorm as an eight-year-old. Exasperated by the Canadian winter, he blurted a question to his mother: "Why do we live here?" His mother cradled his face in her warm hands and replied, "Because ...

Spears was an accomplished gymnast. Details: Britney became a young child star on US TV, later becoming an opening act for 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys before launching her solo career which has now hit rock bottom.

Nic Harcourt: Music and acting?you've obviously done both, but we know you started with music. What got you interested in movies? Jason Schwartzman: I always loved movies. I would recite scenes on the way to see them. In the '80s, it was Mel Gibson ...

LOS ANGELES, June 30 -- TMZ.com, the scrappy entertainment-news Web site, has scooped up some pretty big fish in its four years of existence, but last week it hauled in the celebrity equivalent of Moby-Dick. Almost as soon as an ambulance pulled up ...

We want to see photos of you with celebrities. Fill out the form below to upload your pictures. Then, refresh this page and click the links in the sidebar box (at right) to see slideshows of your pictures. So far, we have some terrific photos ...

Joe McLain said it was the craziest game he's ever been involved in. So he capped it with a somersault into the end zone as he scored the final touchdown in Chadron State's 76-73 triple-overtime playoff victory over Abilene Christian in his junior year as the Eagles' quarterback.

DECATUR - Jay Dexter is so agreeable he likes the Cardinals AND the Cubs.He calls himself a ``people pleaser,'' and beginning next week golfers in Decatur will miss the smiling face that tried every day to please so many. Dexter, who has been the ...

Despite all that is going on in the world, the biggest story for the past week has been the death of Michael Jackson. In fact, it's reported that his funeral, now scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 7 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, will be ...

If youa TMve put out the flag, packed the cooler and bought the fireworks, only one question remains: Just how much do you really know about the American history youa TMre about to celebrate? The real history, that is a ' not the stuff you pick up from listening to July 4th speeches, watching Mel Gibson movies or reading comic books.

Think Mel Gibson in Signs meets The Last Mimzy and you'll get a feel for what's about to unfold in Knowing. The letter John's (Cage) son retrieves from a time capsule at school initially seems filled with gibberish. However, dad being a professor ...

LOS ANGELES - TMZ.com , the scrappy entertainment-news website, has scooped up some pretty big fish in its four years of existence, but last week it hauled in the celebrity equivalent of Moby-Dick. Almost as soon as an ambulance pulled up to the gate ...

LOS ANGELES: TMZ.com, the scrappy entertainment news website, has scooped up some pretty big fish in its four years of existence, but last week it hauled in the celebrity equivalent of Moby Dick. Almost as soon as an ambulance pulled up to the gate ...

Shelley Smith, founder and owner of See Jane, a modern apothecary featuring natural, environmentally-friendly specialty cosmetics, is moving her business to Broughton Street.

Lucky is the man who is married! For no one seems to be as irresistible to the B-Town leading ladies as this particular species. Men, it seems, have never had it easier. Want to woo a Bollywood belle? Simple, just get married to up your attraction ...

In the ripping story that established the "opposite sides of the law" motif, Powell plays the district attorney who prosecutes the lawless Gable. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke, who would reunite Loy and Powell for The Thin Man series, the film boasts ...

The Morristown Madams Women's Flat Track Roller Derby team will pitch in at Sparkle Car Wash on Saturday, July 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Allegedly they'll be working on skates.

Long wrote, "That struck me as the lamest statement ever uttered . . . But today, as I sit under the California sun, it only strikes me as halfway lame, and maybe even less than that." The seeming disconnect between geography and love of country ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People. Consider the most successful celebrity news destinations online, and ...

In the spirit of American Independence Day, I decided to list some of my all-time favorite patriotic movies. I invite you to criticize my choices and add some of your own in the comments. A few caveats. The movies do not have to take place on the 4th ...

On more than one occasion, I have asked myself how it is that in a country where twice as many people call themselves conservatives, liberals are able to control the media, the schools, the courts and are able to put a radical leftist like Barack Obama in the White House.

SANTA MONICA, Calif.? Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People. Consider the most successful celebrity news destinations online, and ...

T MZ.com is now the hottest Hollywood celebrity gossip website on the planet. So hot, in fact, that when it broke the news of Michael Jackson's death 10 days ago, its world exclusive popped up online six minutes before the singer actually died. For ...

The blurbs below combine the titles of two or more well-known movies. Can you guess the new mash-up movie title? Example: Michael J. Fox stars as a time-traveling teenager in this second installment of George Lucas' original space opera trilogy.