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MIKE NIFONG, THE FORMER PROSECUTOR IN THE DUKE RAPE CASE, SAYS HE WILL
RESIGN AS THE DURHAM COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

// posted by itsjohntime @ 6/15/2007 06:17:00 PM 0 comments

Hamas now controls all of the Gaza Strip. After five days of intense
fighting, the Islamic group says it will free all of its captives from
the rival Fatah group, and Gaza's embattled residents may now see a day
without bloodshed in their streets. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 6/15/2007 08:57:00 AM 0 comments

A federal judge said Thursday he will not delay a 2 1/2-year prison
sentence for I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby, a ruling that could send the
former White House aide to prison within weeks.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 6/14/2007 06:48:00 PM 0 comments

MONTREAT, N.C. - Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work
in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned
evangelist, died Thursday. She was 87. Graham died at her home,
surrounded by her husband and all five of their children, said a
statement released by Larry Ross, Billy Graham's spokesman.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 6/14/2007 06:41:00 PM 0 comments

Hamas Takes Gaza Security Compound

Hamas militants have taken control of the primary security office in the
Gaza Strip, wresting control from forces allied with U.S.-backed
President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas is now firing on Abbas' political
compound, and is poised to control all of Gaza. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 6/14/2007 09:03:00 AM 0 comments

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U.S. stocks rise as yields drop after upbeat retail sales

NEW YORK
U.S. stocks rallied Wednesday, bouncing back from a slide in the
previous session and sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 100
points, as bond yields backed off from 5-year highs while strong May
retail sales lifted hopes about the shape of the U.S. economy.

Futures Movers: Gasoline, crude futures rise as U.S. refinery activity
slows

SAN FRANCISCO
Reformulated gasoline futures recovered from a seven-week low and
crude-oil prices neared $66 a barrel Wednesday after a U.S. government
report showed that refinery activity declined last week and gasoline
supplies failed to climb for the first time in six weeks.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 6/13/2007 02:30:00 PM 0 comments

Fire swept through a three-story home in Pittsburgh, killing five young
children, ages 2 to 7, who were believed to have been under a
babysitter's care at the time. Two other children were taken to
hospitals. Police are looking for the babysitter. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 6/12/2007 01:52:00 PM 0 comments

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

// posted by itsjohntime @ 6/12/2007 01:48:00 PM 0 comments

Officials say Afghan police apparently mistook U.S. and Afghan soldiers
as Taliban and opened fire on the troops. Taking fire in the dark, the
U.S. forces say they called in air support, which resulted in the deaths
of seven Afghan police.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 6/12/2007 11:03:00 AM 0 comments

Teams of soldiers and civilians, in ATVs, helicopters and on horseback,
scoured the rugged terrain of Fort Hood, Tex., for a soldier missing
since he set out on a solo exercise on Friday. The 24-year-old was
attempting a 6-hour navigational mission. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 6/11/2007 12:25:00 PM 0 comments