Today is 7/5/07. After reading throught all the Media Headlines, I am happy to announce that there was not a single report of anyone being killed by Fireworks over the Fourth of July Holidays!


God Bless America

:woohoo: :banana:

And no one managed to start my super dry lawn on fire.

In unrelated news 30,000 kids died of starvation yesterday.

Guess I spoke too soon :(

3 shot to death in dispute over fireworks, police say
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NEW: Dozen guns found in arrested man's home, police say

NEW: Neighbors had called police in past about house where shooting occurred

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Near Seattle, man shot to death during argument at fireworks event



CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- A neighbor apparently angry about fireworks at a noisy Fourth of July party shot three people to death early Thursday and wounded two others, police said.

Terrance Hough Jr., a 35-year-old off-duty firefighter, was arrested in connection with the shootings, police spokesman Lt. Thomas Stacho said.

No charges had been filed Thursday morning because police were still gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses, Stacho said. There was no phone listing for Hough's address.

Police had received a number of complaints in recent years about loud parties, fireworks and drag racing connected to the house where the victims were shot, Stacho said. Some complaint calls came from Hough's address, but no one called police about the party Thursday night. Watch friends create memorial for shooting victims »

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The neighbors were throwing a party when two men and a woman, all in their 20s, were shot to death shortly after midnight, Stacho said. He said another man was shot in the elbow and a woman was wounded in the hand.

A police officer who lives nearby heard the shooting and arrested Hough, Stacho said. He said a handgun believed to have been used in the shootings was among a dozen guns found at the home.

The area of neat ranch homes overlooking the industrial Cuyahoga River valley is popular among firefighters and police officers who are required to live in the city.

Near Seattle, Washington, another man was shot during an argument at a fireworks celebration and died after aid workers trying to help him felt threatened by a hostile crowd, authorities said.

More than 100 people were present when the two men began arguing around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in a parking lot in Skyway, an unincorporated area between Seattle and Renton, Washington. Paramedics called after the shooting found the crowd so threatening, they had to quickly take the wounded man out to continue CPR, said David Nelson, a spokesman for county Fire District 20.

Sheriff's Detective Bob L. Conner said it was unclear whether moving the man before continuing CPR was a factor in his death. King County sheriff's deputies were searching for the suspect.

In a Detroit suburb, an explosion that could be felt blocks away injured two brothers who authorities believe were trying to make fireworks in a maintenance building at an apartment complex.

The men, in their 30s, were in critical condition following the Fourth of July blast in Oakland County's Independence Township, about 30 miles northwest of Detroit, authorities said.

"Obviously something went wrong, we're not sure if it was static electricity or they did something else stupid," said Oakland County Sheriff's Sgt. Kevin McCall.

Authorities believe the two men, whose identities were not released, were using explosive powder to build fireworks, but said the explosion was under investigation.

In Port Richey, Florida, a woman and her 5-year-old son suffered minor injuries when a man lit a firecracker in a fireworks stand, setting off a chain reaction of hundreds of fireworks. The woman sprained her ankle while trying to escape the burning roadside stand, and her son's hair and head were scorched.


Tony Glenn Rogers, 39, of Tampa was arrested on arson charges and was being held on $51,000 bond Thursday, Pasco County sheriff's spokesman Doug Tobin said. Deputies were searching for another suspect. It was unclear from court and jail records Thursday if Rogers had a lawyer.

In St. Pete Beach, Florida, a mortar from a fireworks show triggered an explosion that shattered 22 windows at a motel. Four people at the motel were cut by flying glass and eight working on the fireworks show suffered minor injuries, said city spokeswoman Natalie Strong. E-mail to a friend


link http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/05/fireworks.ap/index.html



Heres another :(

Michigan woman killed in fireworks accident


Amy Sisak
Created: 7/4/2007 8:45:20 AM
Updated:7/4/2007 8:48:16 AM


MELVINDALE, Mich. -- A powerful firework exploded in the face of a woman trying to set it off, killing her as her fiance and 8-year-old son watched, police said.

Danialle Barse, 27, was unfamiliar with the commercial-grade aerial firework she was using Monday night, said Mike Welch, a police detective in this Detroit suburb.

"She basically killed herself in front her children and her fiance," Welch said.

Barse and another woman were trying to set off a 3-inch mortar bomb in the parking lot of the car wash where Barse worked when it went off as she had her head over it, Welch said.

One round hit the Lincoln Park woman, while the other 25 mortars continued to explode in sequence, keeping rescuers at bay, Welch said.

No one at the car wash had permission for a fireworks display, Welch said. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was investigating where the commercial-grade fireworks came from.

Barse was also the mother of twin 2-year-old boys.


link: http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=70620

In unrelated news 30,000 kids died of starvation yesterday.

And you spent money on Roman Candles and sparklers rather than feeding a single one of those children.