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15-Truck Pileup Sparks Massive Tunnel Fire

A 15-truck pile-up on a rain-slicked Southern California freeway left 10
people injured and at least one missing, sent flames shooting out of a
tunnel and blocked a key link between Los Angeles and San Francisco. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 10/13/2007 05:37:00 PM 0 comments

OSLO, Norway - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace
Prize
Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change
and to
lay the foundations for fighting it.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 10/12/2007 10:39:00 AM 0 comments

U.S. officials say two coalition soldiers were killed Wednesday and 40
other people were injured when a rocket or mortar hit Camp Victory, the
main U.S. base near Baghdad.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 10/11/2007 09:55:00 AM 0 comments

DETROIT (AP) - The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative
four-year
contract with Chrysler Wednesday, hours after going out on strike and
the same
day General Motors workers ratified a separate four-year pact. UAW
President
Ron Gettelfinger said the strike against Chrysler LLC would end
immediately
and workers should report for their next available shift.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 10/10/2007 08:10:00 PM 0 comments

October 10, 2007

Police: Ohio gunman kills himself...

Police say the gunman who opened fire at a Cleveland high school is dead
and appears to have shot himself.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 10/10/2007 03:34:00 PM 0 comments

Shooting at Ohio High School...

Authorities say there is a shooting with injuries at a high school in
Ohio.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 10/10/2007 02:30:00 PM 0 comments

Police are investigating the discovery of a hangman's noose left on the
office door of a black professor at Columbia University in New York.
Graduate students have threatened a strike if the school does not
respond appropriately.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 10/10/2007 12:28:00 PM 0 comments

CHRYSLER WORKERS BEGIN WALKOUT IN DETROIT AS UNION DEADLINE PASSES
WITHOUT AGREEMENT. STRIKE HAS BEGUN.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 10/10/2007 12:26:00 PM 0 comments

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

// posted by itsjohntime @ 10/09/2007 12:18:00 PM 0 comments

U.S., Iraqis Review Blackwater Operations

A joint U.S.-Iraqi commission reviewing American security operations
after a deadly shooting of Iraqi civilians allegedly at the hands of
Blackwater USA guards met for the first time, the U.S. embassy said.
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At Least 5 Killed In Wisconsin Shooting

At least five people were killed early Sunday morning in a shooting
rampage in northern Wisconsin, a county supervisor said. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 10/07/2007 06:35:00 PM 0 comments