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Liberty's crown reopens with a proposal

The first visitors allowed into the Statue ofLiberty's crown in nearly eight years made the arduous climbSaturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism offreedom, national pride -- and for one couple, romance.

Aaron Weisinger, 26, got down on one knee on the crown's smallfloor, pulled out a diamond ring and proposed to his girlfriend,Erica Breder. Stunned, she whispered an immediate...

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