Classifieds: | | | Wash/Politics Health Editorial/Opinion More News Marketplace Today's Top News Stories • - 7:44 AM • - 5:38 PM • - 3:01 AM • - 6:14 AM • - 11:00 AM • Holiday hazards cloud July 4th By Patrick O'Driscoll, USA TODAY More Americans will set off fireworks, go boating or barbecue this Independence Day than on any other holiday or weekend all year. Safety advocates still push for a ban on individual-use fireworks. David McNew, Getty Images More of them are likely to end up in hospital emergency rooms this weekend, too, say the federal agencies that monitor mishaps around these Fourth of July traditions. The annual number of accidents and injuries from fireworks, boat trips and backyard cookouts fluctuate year to year but generally are unchanged or even declining as more aggressive safety programs take root. But the hazards are

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