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Chlorine Bombs In Iraq Make Hundreds Ill

Three suicide bombers driving chlorine-laden trucks hit in the Sunni
insurgent stronghold of Anbar province, killing two policemen and
forcing about 350 Iraqi civilians and six U.S. troops to seek treatment
for exposure to the gas, the military said. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/17/2007 04:17:00 PM 0 comments

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// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/17/2007 09:50:00 AM 0 comments

Wall Street ends day and week lower after struggling to recover from big
losses spurred by mortgage and economic fears.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/16/2007 04:08:00 PM 0 comments

march 16, 2007

Sources: Three of five officers in Bell shooting to be indicted

Three of the five officers involved in the Sean Bell shooting will be
indicted. Sources say officers Marc Cooper, Michael Oliver and Gescard
Isnora will face charges.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/16/2007 03:29:00 PM 0 comments

March 16, 2007

Bell grand jury makes decision

The grand jury deliberations in the Sean Bell investigation have
concluded and a decision reached. That decision will be sealed and then
unsealed and released Monday morning.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/16/2007 02:17:00 PM 0 comments

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// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/16/2007 10:01:00 AM 0 comments

NEWLY DISCLOSED E-MAILS SHOW THAT THE IDEA OF FIRING ALL 93 U.S.
ATTORNEYS WAS RAISED BY WHITE HOUSE ADVISER KARL ROVE IN JAN. 2005

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/15/2007 06:34:00 PM 0 comments

New Witness Emerges In NYC Groom Shooting

A last-minute witness testified before a grand jury that is considering
whether to charge five cops who unleashed a 50-bullet barrage that
killed an unarmed man on his wedding day. The Reverend Al Sharpton says
the new witness' story "smells." 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/15/2007 04:20:00 PM 0 comments

The Sean Bell shooting case takes a new twist after a new witness comes
forward.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/15/2007 12:14:00 PM 0 comments

Shootout in the Village claims four lives

A gunman executed a bartender and then fatally shot two unarmed
auxiliary police officers before he was killed in a wild gunfight with
plainclothes officers on a packed Greenwich Village street.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/15/2007 12:13:00 PM 0 comments

March 14, 2007

Police: Two auxiliary officers killed in Village shootout

Two auxiliary police officers were killed in a wild shootout Wednesday
night in Greenwich Village.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/15/2007 09:58:00 AM 0 comments

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11
attacks, confessed to that attack and a string of others during a
military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a transcript
released by the military.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/14/2007 07:26:00 PM 0 comments

Breaking News

JOHN SUNUNU, R-N.H., BECOMES FIRST REPUBLICAN SENATOR TO CALL FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES' DISMISSAL

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/14/2007 06:42:00 PM 0 comments

The Senate has voted to debate on a resolution that calls for combat
troops to leave Iraq by the end of March 2008.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/14/2007 01:15:00 PM 0 comments

Speaking at a news conference in Mexico, President Bush says the firing
of eight U.S. prosecutors was "mishandled" and he's "not happy about
it."

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/14/2007 01:06:00 PM 0 comments

Gonzales Rejects Calls To Quit

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales dismissed growing calls for his
resignation as scores of newly released documents detailed a two-year
campaign by the Justice Department and White House to purge federal
prosecutors. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/14/2007 09:54:00 AM 0 comments

U.S. AG ALBERTO GONZALES SAYS HE ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISHANDLING
THE WAY 8 FEDERAL PROSECUTORS WERE DISMISSED

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/13/2007 02:55:00 PM 0 comments

GEN. PETER PACE CLARIFIES COMMENTS: "I SHOULD HAVE FOCUSED MORE ON MY
SUPPORT OF THE POLICY AND LESS ON MY PERSONAL MORAL VIEWS."

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/13/2007 01:57:00 PM 0 comments

GEN. PETER PACE CLARIFIES COMMENTS: "I SHOULD HAVE FOCUSED MORE ON MY
SUPPORT OF THE POLICY AND LESS ON MY PERSONAL MORAL VIEWS."

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/13/2007 01:56:00 PM 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE: SEN. JOHN WARNER REACTS TO GEN. PACE'S COMMENTS: "I ...
STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH [HIS] VIEW THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS IMMORAL."

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/13/2007 01:26:00 PM 0 comments

AFTER FIRING OF 8 U.S. ATTORNEYS, DEMOCRATIC SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER RENEWS
HIS CALL FOR U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES TO STEP DOWN

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/13/2007 11:47:00 AM 0 comments

ARMY SURGEON GENERAL KEVIN KILEY SUBMITS RESIGNATION AFTER CONTINUED
FALLOUT FROM WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND VETERANS SCANDAL

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/12/2007 12:39:00 PM 0 comments

A four-day-old infant kidnapped from a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, has
been found safe in a New Mexico home. "It's a joyous time," a hospital
representative said. A 21-year-old woman was in custody and being
questioned in Clovis by investigators. 
U.S.

Investigation Called For Immigration Bust

Congress will investigate an immigration raid on a New Bedford, Mass.
military contractor in which hundreds of illegal workers were detained
and flown out of state, leaving scores of children abandoned to
babysitters and other caretakers.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 3/11/2007 08:33:00 PM 0 comments