States set to ring in Independence Day sans budget (AP

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_state_budgets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.d57a37b12f2b4941b561d0ea147057cc.state_budgets_sc101.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=1hqDwwBCCQKcRLsm7rVNLA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Citing the Legislatures failure to pass a budget plan, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announces that he is declaring a fiscal emergency to address California's deficit during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Lawmakers will have 45 days to send him a plan to balance the state's budget which ended the fiscal year with a $24.3 billion deficit.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)" border="0" /></a>AP - Several states are facing the prospect of government shutdowns and program cuts as they enter the first weekend of the fiscal year and July Fourth holiday without a budget in place.</p><br clear="all"/>

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