Holiday

Gas hits fresh record before July 4 holiday (CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance) Retail gas prices rose overnight to a record high for the fourth day in a row, ahead of the July 4 holiday weekend - one of the nation's busiest weekends for travel.

No freeway closures over holiday weekend (The Arizona Republic)In order to make holiday travel easier on everyone, there are no closures scheduled on Valley freeways over the long July 4 holiday weekend.

Holiday hours & road closures (The Philadelphia Inquirer)Whether you're among the Fourth of July revelers painting the city red, white and blue this weekend, or you're trying to avoid them, here's a list of holiday hours and road closures:

Illinois to sell Collinsville Holiday Inn (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)Illinois treasurer Alexi Giannoulias announced today that the state would sell the Holiday Inn in Collinsville for $5.3 million, a fraction of the $32 million debt owed on the beleaguered property.

Southland Residents Hit The Road For The Holiday (CBS 2 Los Angeles)Southland residents will be heading out of town for the Fourth of July by planes trains and automobiles, as the holiday getaway gets in full swing on Thursday.