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	Click to View in Browser 07/4/2012 Scorching heat, dry conditions stifle July 4 celebrations (Reuters) - Fourth of July revelers will be met by another day of scorching temperatures on Wednesday, prompting many U.S. communities to cancel annual fireworks celebrations amid fears of heat-related dangers. More than 1 million in U.S. still without power five days after storm (Reuters) - More than 1 million homes and businesses in a swath from Indiana to Virginia remained without power early on Wednesday, five days after deadly storms tore through the region. Mammoth Lakes, California files for bankruptcy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mammoth Lakes, California filed on Tuesday for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection from its creditors due to a nearly $43 million legal judgment against it. Researchers sail off on quest for Amelia Earhart's fate HONOLULU (Reuters) - Researchers seeking to chronicle Amelia Earhart's fate 75 years after she vanished over the Pacific set off from Hawaii on a $2 million expedition on Tuesday to look for wreckage of her plane near a remote island where they believe the U.S. aviator died a castaway. Chlorine leak in Georgia, 73 taken to hospital TBILISI (Reuters) - Seventy-three people were treated in hospital after a chlorine leak at a water distribution company in Georgia late on Tuesday, a Tbilisi city official said. U.S. immigration agent injured in Mexico border shooting HARGILL, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. immigration agent was shot and wounded during a surveillance operation on a desolate stretch of highway near the Texas-Mexico border on Tuesday, and three people were in custody, law enforcement officials said. U.S. border residents mixed over Mexico Pena Nieto's win EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - When Enrique Pena Nieto won the Mexican presidency on Sunday with a campaign pledge to reduce drug-cartel violence, El Paso entrepreneur Ricardo Fernandez reacted with anger. Chief of U.S. missile defense bullied staff, report says WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's chief routinely bullied his senior staff, chilling discussion of thorny issues in the multibillion-dollar program he runs, the U.S. Defense Department's inspector general said in a report made public on Tuesday. U.S. says Texas police department discriminated against women (Reuters) - A federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday accuses Corpus Christi, Texas of discriminating against female applicants to the city's police department by requiring them to pass a physical test that favored men. Washington state anti-gay marriage initiative fails (Reuters) - A Washington state voter initiative that sought to restrict marriage to a partnership between a man and a woman has failed to gain enough signatures to get on the ballot, eliminating any risk of confusion with another competing measure. Related Video Four dead after Germany hostage incident Seventy hospitalised in Georgia chlorine leak Great Debate After healthcare ruling, conservatives again misplace their ire A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend