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Waiting for Edgewater fireworks to start

My lovely wife Sera and I are hanging out near the Edgewater City Hall waiting for the fireworks to begin. It's 8 p.m. and we're beat. It has been a very hectic Fourth of July dealing with tragic breaking news in yet another toddler drowning as well as other news stories of the day and the assorted blogs edited and then posted here on NSBNews.net.

This is our fourth year covering the Edgewater fireworks since our April 7, 2008, launch of this exclusively-online newspaper. We'll have extensive video coverage of the event.

Like many of you, we've been monitoring the Casey Anthony saga on HLN,

Casey Anthony trial: Not guilty of murder

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ORLANDO -- The jury has reached a verdict in the high-profile trial against Casey Anthony: Not guilty of murder.

I will adjudge you to be not guilty," Circuit Judge Belvin Perry told a sobbing Anthony on the primary charge of capital murder as she stood before him with her attorneys after the jury's verdicts were announced in a hushed courtroom.

The judge set sentencing for 9 a.m. on Thursday on four misdemeanor guilty verdicts of lying to police, which could result in up to four years in jail, if sententenced consecutively. More likely, the judge would sentence her concurrently to a 364-day maximum sentence, and with time already served, set her free. Lead defense attorney Jose Baez told the media: "There are no winners in this case," adding, "Cesey did not murder Caylee. It's that simple."

Fourth of July troubled politically

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This year we celebrate once again the anniversary of our declaration of independence from the British Empire. 2011 is the 235th time we have marked July 4th and on Monday, as we mark it again we are far and away the richest and most powerful nation the world has ever seen.

Thousands enjoy spectacular fireworks show in Edgewater

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NSBNews.net videos by Sera Frederick and Henry Frederick

EDGEWATER -- While 10,000 or so heads were craned to the brightened skies of red, blue and green and the "kaboom" sound, 3-year-old Carmine Smith was more focused on his sparkler as he twirled it around.

 

Independence Day: Count your freedoms

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Independence Day is especially significant this year as we wave yet another farewell to the freedoms guaranteed in its original promise. No longer a government of, by or for the people, we have a topsy-turvy, Alice-in-Wonderland, tea-partying America presided over by a plutocracy of tax-evading billionaires whose sole ambition is to oust, rather than respect, our elected president.

Casey Anthony verdict nets 5,412 unique visitors

Our coverage of the Casey Anthony verdict netted 5,412 unique visits, our second highest total since 7,384 on Jan. 9, with our continuing coverage of the Arizona massacre that resulted in the near killing of Congresswoman Gabbrielle Giffords.

NSBNews.net put up a breaking news alert announcing a verdict had been reached, which drew a record 134 visitors at the same time, according to our administrator reader. The number of visitors held steady for the duration of the night at 60 to 120 people on at any one time.

The larger daily figure of 5,412 unique visitors comes from our Google Analytics.