Coast to coast, Tea Party protesters took to the streets on July 4th in objection to the Obama administration's skyrocketing federal deficit spending and the tax burden expected to be levied on American taxpayers who will be forced to foot the bill.

Press overlooks Obama's lack of patriotism over the Independence Day holiday weekend, but they're pouring it on thick as red-white-and-blue ahead of Obama's visit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who says no to discussing Iran, but yes to NATO's US-sponsored European missile buildup.

China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told reporters in Rome Sunday ahead of the G8 Summit that the dollar would remain the world currency for a long time to come, calling discussions to create a new global reserve currency nothing more than 'academic talk.'

UFOlogists were out in droves on July 2nd in Roswell New Mexico in celebration of UFO Day, which coincides with the date of the 1947 flying saucer crash on a ranch outside Roswell.  But about the only aliens you'll find there are those sold to tourists.

This retelling of Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger, played by Johnny Depp, falls hard for the antihero mythology.

He offered not just a product but an entire life of do-it-yourself, business-casual, suburban ease.