Chicago area not-for-profit hospitals get three times as much money in tax breaks compared with what they dole out in free health care to poor and uninsured people, an analysis to be unveiled today shows.

WASHINGTON -- We'll make this quick. We know you're busy.  A poll has found an impatient nation. To get to the point without further ado, it's a nation that gets antsy after nine minutes on hold on the phone and 17 minutes in a line. So say people in the survey.

On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, starting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country.