1.0 link 225177 <![CDATA[Fireworks Light Skies Over Hudson As New York Celebrates July 4]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/04/new-york-celebrates-july_n_225177.html New York City's Fourth of July fireworks along the Hudson River lit the sky with a kaleidoscope of fiery colors shooting 1,000 feet into the air.

It was the nation's biggest fireworks display, with more than 22 tons of pyrotechnics exploding over a mile-and-a-half of the river. That's the length of 25 city blocks.

The extravaganza was moved back to Manhattan's West Side for the first time since the 9/11 terror attacks.

Tens of thousands of people lined both sides of river to...

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