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Major League Baseball failed to recognize it had a problem with
performance-enhancing drugs, which led to an environment "in which
illegal use became widespread," former senator George Mitchell said
Thursday in releasing a long-awaited report.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/13/2007 04:37:00 PM 0 comments

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell says his 20-month
investigation into drug use in major league baseball found each of the
30 clubs had a player or players involved in taking illegal substances.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/13/2007 02:53:00 PM 0 comments

Clinton heads into the final Democratic debate before the Jan. 3 Iowa
caucuses on Thursday with her earlier aura of inevitability gone,
reports the Washington Post. She is essentially tied with Barack Obama
and John Edwards. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/13/2007 12:41:00 PM 0 comments

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

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/13/2007 11:28:00 AM 0 comments

WASHINGTON - The government's index of wholesale prices surged 3.2% in
November, a 34-year high, on a record rise in gasoline prices, the Labor
Department said Thursday.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/13/2007 10:14:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007
Breaking News

New Warning On Arctic Ice Cap Melting

An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this
summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global
warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One speculates that summer
sea ice might be gone in just five years. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/13/2007 10:13:00 AM 0 comments

SAN DIEGO (AP) ; Ike Turner, whose role as one of rock's critical
architects was overshadowed by his ogre-like image as the man who
brutally abused former wife and rock icon Tina Turner, died Wednesday at
his home in suburban San Diego. He was 76.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/12/2007 05:09:00 PM 0 comments

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it is
coordinating with other central banks to deal with a global credit
crunch.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/12/2007 02:07:00 PM 0 comments

Three car bombs, one right after the other, have killed at least 27
people in the city of Amarah, along Iraq's southern border with Iran.
The Shiite-dominated area has largely escaped the country's wide-spread
sectarian bloodshed. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/12/2007 02:06:00 PM 0 comments

| Dow : 13432.77 down 294.26

| S & P : 1477.65 down 38.31

| NASDAQ: 2652.35 down 66.60

| Bond (10Y): 3.96%, 102.28

MARKETS:
Wall Street to Fed: Not good enough
Stocks tank after the Fed cuts rates by a quarter-percentage point,
rather than the half some had hoped. Dour comments on the economy factor
in too.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/11/2007 06:32:00 PM 0 comments

Fed Cuts Interest Rates Again

The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by one-quarter of a
percentage point to 4.25 percent, the third rate cut in three months.
Fed officials signaled more cuts were possible if the housing slump and
the mortgage crisis got worse. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/11/2007 04:20:00 PM 0 comments

Federal Reserve lowers key interest rate by a quarter point - its third
straight cut - to help stave off recession.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/11/2007 04:14:00 PM 0 comments

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

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/11/2007 01:53:00 PM 0 comments

Twin Blasts Kill Dozens In Algeria

Two bombs have targeted a court and a United Nation's office in the
Algerian capital city, killing at least 45 people, according to
officials. The blasts come amid a surge of violence in Algeria by al
Qaeda's North Africa franchise. 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/11/2007 12:05:00 PM 0 comments

Police believe two shootings at religious sites in Colorado may be
related: a shooting at a missionary training center in Colorado Springs,
which claimed two lives, and a shooting at a Denver area megachurch 

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/10/2007 09:17:00 AM 0 comments

APPARENT GUNMAN AND ONE VICTIM SHOT DEAD AT COLORADO'S NEW LIFE CHURCH;
UNCLEAR IF INCIDENT WAS RELATED TO TWO EARLIER KILLINGS ABOUT 70 MILES
AWAY AT A MISSIONARY CENTER

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/09/2007 10:34:00 PM 0 comments

SEVERAL PEOPLE SHOT AT COLORADO'S NEW LIFE CHURCH; UNCLEAR IF RELATED TO
EARLIER KILLINGS ABOUT 70 MILES AWAY AT MISSIONARY TRAINING CENTER

// posted by itsjohntime @ 12/09/2007 04:53:00 PM 0 comments