Because the markup on fireworks is generally 200 to 300 percent ... There are, of course, other bargains to be had. A pack of bottle rockets costs a few bucks and can last an hour or more ...

Exercising is key for five-and-a-half-year-olds like Alya, who was trying to stay awake long enough to see the fireworks in San Francisco. "The fireworks don't go off until midnight. Do you think ...

In layman's terms, a fireworks "cake" — or a pack of 36 tubes that each shoot a projectile into the air — malfunctioned, causing some of the projectiles to shoot into the crowd. Initially ...