July 4, 2008 (16 images)

St. Louis Cardinals Albert Pujols celebrates with teammates after hitting a solo home run in the eigth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on July 4, 2008. The homer was Pujol's 300th career home run. Chicago won the game 2-1. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

Sen. Jesse Helms, R-NC, pictured in a July 24, 2001 file photo at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, died at the age of 86 of natural causes in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 4, 2008. (UPI Photo/Roger Wollenberg/FILE)

Sen. Jesse Helms, R-NC, pictured in a August 21, 1981 file photo at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, died at the age of 86 of natural causes in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 4, 2008. (UPI Photo/FILE)

Fireworks explode in the sky above the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol as the nation celebrates its Independence Day in Washington on July 4, 2008. View courtesy of the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission. (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott)