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Germany's striker Thomas Müller made the first goal in a game against the United States.

In an effort to promote fireworks safety on Independence Day, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows the consequences of improper fireworks use in Washington, DC.

A New York Times op-ed by Timothy Egan criticizing Walmart drew a response from the corporate giant that Ari Rabin-Havt at Slate called "juvenile." That's a nice way to say that the self-serving response is either wildly misleading or just plain dishonest in defending the country's largest employer against charges that it underpays its workers and harms the economy.

Watch live feeds from around the country as fans tune in to watch U.S.A.-Germany in the World Cup

Watch live feeds from around the country as fans tune in to watch U.S.A.-Germany in the World Cup

Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released the following statement on the Noel Canning v. NLRB Supreme Court ruling (after the jump).

Many economists and policy makers struggle to explain growing inequality and the erosion of the middle class.Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman has a simple explanation, "...corporations use their growing monopoly power to raise prices without passing the gains on to their employees."

Heavy storms brought flash floods to the Arlington, Texas area, forcing closure of the Six Flags Over Texas theme park, as well as flooding intersections and causing traffic backups.

The Board of the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky has voted to leave part of the car-sucking sinkhole open, due to intense visitor interest. The museum may also put two of the wrecked cars back into the hole.

The Board of the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky has voted to leave part of the car-sucking sinkhole open, due to intense visitor interest. The museum may also put two of the wrecked cars back into the hole.