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BILL MOYERS: What do you think is the story of America right now? If you had to write that story, very briefly, what is the story that's unfolding, as we talk?

SERENE JONES: It's a story about sin and grace, and it's about the brokenness of human beings and...

The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years began the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom and national pride.

The last few weeks have been a seeming perfect storm of celebrity deaths. On Saturday, another one, with former NFL QB Steve McNair, 36, reportedly dead of a gunshot wound.

The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt.

Joey Chestnut, the defending champ, made it three in a row on Saturday at the 94th annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island.

Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops in a fierce battle as thousands of Marines in the south continued with their massive anti-Taliban push.

Speaking on MSNBC, yesterday Andrea Mitchell reported that, according to "people very close to Sarah Palin," she has: "... told her supporters that she is out of politics, period.

Sarah Palin announced on Friday she was resigning, within the next few weeks, as Alaskan governor. As she did so, there was no lack of theories on why she was making the move.

The powerful sedative Diprivan, which we wrote about earlier in connection with Michael Jackson, has been found in the late singer's home, a law enforcement official said Friday.

It was on June 21, 1788 that the United States Constitution was officially adopted with its ratification. And it was at that time that its ratification was contingent upon suggested changes be made to the Constitution, thereafter.

Leading up to the Constitution becoming effective, there were numerous debates among the states,...