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• The iconic actor spread the notion, begun by no less a figure than Thomas Jefferson, that somehow the very best of us was contained in the rural life. • • 4. WEATHER, NOT DISABILITIES, HAMPERED VETERANS' CLIMB • The five men say their war injuries had nothing to do with their failure to reach Mount McKinley's summit. • • 5. ROMNEY MAY BE EVEN WEALTHIER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT • His acknowledgement that he owns a Bermuda-based entity called Sankaty High Yield Asset Investors Ltd. Puts his net worth even higher than an earlier $250 million estimate. • • 6. BARCLAYS FORMER CEO FACES PARLIAMENTARY GRILLING • Bob Diamond will be asked by lawmakers at 8:15 a.m. about the bank's manipulation of interbank lending rates. • • 7. PRESIDENT TO HONOR TROOPS AT NATURALIZATION CEREMONY • Obama will speak to the military members at 10:50 a.m. and then attend an Independence Day celebration at 6 p.m. • • 8. GERMAN SPY AGENCY FACES PROBE INTO COVER-UP OF NEO-NAZI GROUP • A parliamentary committee wants to question the agency's outgoing chief and another official Thursday about files that were destroyed after the gang's terror spree. •
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