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The Fourth of July holiday is expected to draw huge travel numbers across Texas this year. Over 5.7 million Texans are ...

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Shutterstock 1. They Only Canceled It Twice, Both Times for Wars In over a century of Nathan’s Famous hot dog carnage, the ...