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07-05-2008, 02:06 PM
Americans' unhappy birthday: 'Too much wrong right now' (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080705/ap_on_re_us/america_s_bad_mood)
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080705/capt.dcd384d1881546c7be6dede227b142d8.americas_bad _mood_ny456.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=6w1l2KFFVuxpcAlkCEvBWQ-- (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080705/ap_on_re_us/america_s_bad_mood)AP - Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days. Eighteen members of the volunteer organization's Gilbert, Ariz., chapter have gathered, a few days before this nation's 232nd birthday, to focus on the positive: Their book-drive for schoolchildren and an Independence Day project to place American flags along the streets of one neighborhood.
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080705/capt.dcd384d1881546c7be6dede227b142d8.americas_bad _mood_ny456.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=6w1l2KFFVuxpcAlkCEvBWQ-- (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080705/ap_on_re_us/america_s_bad_mood)AP - Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days. Eighteen members of the volunteer organization's Gilbert, Ariz., chapter have gathered, a few days before this nation's 232nd birthday, to focus on the positive: Their book-drive for schoolchildren and an Independence Day project to place American flags along the streets of one neighborhood.