Worst 4th of July Ever Feature: The 15-Second Fireworks Display (McAllister)

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Americans love their fireworks on Independence Day, but it is possible to have too much of a good thing. That's what spectators got on July 4 in San Diego, California, when an errant computer triggered every rocket in the city's annual display to launch at once.

The pyrotechnics were meant to last 18 minutes. Instead, the whole show was over in roughly 15 seconds, after a deafening display that saw all five launch sites blast their missiles into the air simultaneously.

"We apologize for the brevity of the show," the Port of San Diego said in a statement.

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US Audio Feature: Explaining Independence Day to the Brits --- Scott Lucas with the BBC

EA staff, or at least the Americans among them, enjoyed Independence Day on Wednesday; however, there was still a bit of work to be done. 

It appears that our British friends are still trying to repress the memory that the US made a successful break-away in 1776. (Or is it that they do not want to reveal the secret that they were happy to get rid of the American colonists?)

I had a light-hearted chat with BBC West Midlands about the American Revolution, the sequels (you know, the British burning down the White House in 1814), and today --- will President Obama be celebrating the next 4th of July in office?

The interview starts at the 1:26.20 mark.