itsjohntime

The top U.S. commander in Iraq thinks he knows who kidnapped three U.S.
soldiers and believes that at least two of them are alive. As the
military detained nine people during their search, five U.S. troops were
killed elsewhere in Iraq.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/19/2007 05:40:00 PM 0 comments

http://www.bloglines.com/blog/johnDispatch

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/18/2007 02:27:00 PM 0 comments

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing legislation that would force
the CIA to release a report on the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The agency is the only counterterrorism federal office that has not made
a version of its probe public. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/18/2007 09:11:00 AM 0 comments

WORLD BANK PRESIDENT PAUL WOLFOWITZ WILL RESIGN EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, BANK
DIRECTORS SAY.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/17/2007 06:42:00 PM 0 comments

BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS REACHES A DEAL ON IMMIGRATION THAT WOULD
GRANT LEGAL STATUS TO 12 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ALREADY IN THE
UNITED STATES, AND WOULD FORTIFY THE BORDER AGAINST NEW ONES

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/17/2007 01:56:00 PM 0 comments

The United States is becoming more diverse, with ethnic and racial
minorities topping 100 million for the first time in 2006, according to
data from the Census Bureau. Hispanics are the largest minority,
totaling 15 percent of the general population. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/17/2007 11:56:00 AM 0 comments

FED CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE PROMISES A CRACKDOWN ON ABUSIVE MORTGAGE
LENDING PRACTICES

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/17/2007 10:31:00 AM 0 comments

The five-month-old cease-fire in the Gaza Strip is unraveling, as
Palestinian infighting continues. Today, gunfire erupted at a Hamas
funeral, rockets hit the Israeli town of Sderot and Israel launched air
strikes and moved its tanks to the border. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/17/2007 09:07:00 AM 0 comments

Britain's military commanders have changed their mind, deciding not to
send Prince Harry to Iraq with his fellow soldiers due to specific
threats made against him by insurgents. The decision is sure to
disappoint the prince. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/16/2007 04:30:00 PM 0 comments

May 16, 2007

Official: Wolfowitz, World Bank working on agreement for him to resign

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/16/2007 04:01:00 PM 0 comments

WOLFOWITZ TO RESIGN THIS AFTERNOON? WORLD BANK OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE
FINALIZING AN 'EXIT STRATEGY' ALLOWING PRESIDENT PAUL WOLFOWITZ TO
RESIGN THIS AFTERNOON AND 'STILL SAVE SOME FACE'

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/16/2007 01:21:00 PM 0 comments

May 16, 2007

Consumer Alert: General Electric recalls 2.5 million dishwashers

Wiring problems has caused General Electric Co. to recall 2.5 million
dishwashers because they could cause fires.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/16/2007 11:24:00 AM 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE: PRESIDENT BUSH CHOOSES LT. GEN. DOUGLAS LUTE AS NEW 'WAR
CZAR' TO OVERSEE CONFLICTS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/15/2007 06:15:00 PM 0 comments

THE REV. JERRY FALWELL HAS DIED, THE AP REPORTS

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/15/2007 02:09:00 PM 0 comments

THE REV. JERRY FALWELL WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN HIS OFFICE AND HAS BEEN
TAKEN TO A LYNCHBURG, VA., HOSPITAL

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/15/2007 01:40:00 PM 0 comments

DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL PAUL MCNULTY, CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE FIRING OF
EIGHT U.S. ATTORNEYS, IS RESIGNING,
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/14/2007 06:30:00 PM 0 comments

All passengers aboard an Alaskan cruise ship have been rescued after the
boat ran aground, a company spokesman said. The Empress of the North has
stabilized after taking on water and is headed to Juneau, the spokesman
said. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/14/2007 12:17:00 PM 0 comments

A cruise ship ran aground off the Alaskan coast and more than 200
passengers were being transferred to life boats, U.S. Coast Guard
officials said. The Empress of the North hit a rock at the southern end
of Icy Straight, the Coast Guard said. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/14/2007 09:26:00 AM 0 comments

While thousands of U.S. troops are involved in a massive search for
three soldiers missing following an attack on their patrol unit
yesterday that left five dead, an al Qaeda front group said that it is
holding the three hostage.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 5/13/2007 06:17:00 PM 0 comments