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Newt Gingrich will not run for president in 2008, his spokesman says.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/29/2007 01:34:00 PM 0 comments

IJS has learned that bail has been set for Mychal Bell, one of the group
known as the Jena Six. He is being transported to the courthouse where
the papers will be signed and he is expected to be released from
custody.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/28/2007 03:00:00 PM 0 comments

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

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/28/2007 02:48:00 PM 0 comments

Study: All Alcohol Ups Breast Cancer Risk

Researchers say women who have just one or two drinks a day increase
their risk of breast cancer by 10 percent, regardless of whether it's
beer, wine or liquor. One cancer expert calls it "a hugely
underestimated risk factor."

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/27/2007 06:18:00 PM 0 comments

9 Dead As Soldiers Fire On Myanmar Protest

Soldiers fired automatic weapons into a crowd of anti-government
demonstrators as tens of thousands defied a crackdown that has drawn
international appeals for restraint by the ruling military junta. At
least 9 are reported dead. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/27/2007 01:28:00 PM 0 comments

Top Dems Don't Guarantee Full Iraq Pullout

The three leading Democratic presidential hopefuls conceded Wednesday
night they could not guarantee that all U.S. combat troops would be gone
from Iraq by 2013, the end of the next president's first term in
office. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/27/2007 01:27:00 PM 0 comments

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

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/26/2007 03:29:00 PM 0 comments

Exiled opposition leaders and journalists say as many as five Buddhist
monks leading anti-government marches in Myanmar have been killed by
security forces. The government has confirmed one death. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/26/2007 01:09:00 PM 0 comments

A Utah jury convicted polygamous-sect leader Warren Jeffs of
rape-by-accomplice charges for his role in the arranged marriage of a
14-year-old girl and her older cousin.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/25/2007 06:52:00 PM 0 comments

"The time for doubt has passed," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon, at a Climate Summit attended by over 80 world leaders, plus Al
Gore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, but not President Bush - who has chosen to
hold his own meeting instead.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/25/2007 10:54:00 AM 0 comments

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

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// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/24/2007 03:10:00 PM 0 comments

DETROIT - Workers began picketing Monday outside some General Motors
plants after the 11 a.m. United Auto Workers strike deadline passed.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/24/2007 02:24:00 PM 0 comments

Suspect in custody in the shooting at Delaware State Univ

A Dover police spokesman says authorities have a suspect in custody in
the shooting of two Delaware State University students.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 9/24/2007 02:16:00 PM 0 comments