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Five deaths have been blamed on a severe weather system that ripped
through the Great Plains and Texas, and spewed torrential thunderstorms
and tornado warnings in the South. It is now heading towards the
Northeast.

# posted by John @ 4/14/2007 05:42:00 PM 0 comments

April 13, 2007
3 U.S. Troops Killed In Iraq

Three U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi translators were killed in two attacks
south of Baghdad, the military said on Friday. Meanwhile, Iraqi
lawmakers expressed outrage one day after a suicide bombing inside
Baghdad's U.S.-guarded Green Zone. 

# posted by John @ 4/13/2007 04:14:00 PM 0 comments

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# posted by John @ 4/13/2007 02:39:00 PM 0 comments

University of Michgan consumer sentiment index comes in lower than
expectations, Dow pares gains.

# posted by John @ 4/13/2007 12:29:00 PM 0 comments

RUTGERS BASKETBALL COACH SAYS HER TEAM ACCEPTS DON IMUS' APOLOGY

# posted by John @ 4/13/2007 12:27:00 PM 0 comments

Don Imus's fans are angry, but Rev. Al Sharpton says "You have to be
accountable for what you do." Imus was fired by CBS for comments he made
about the Rutgers women's basketball team, with whom he met after he was
canned. 

# posted by John @ 4/13/2007 09:44:00 AM 0 comments

NEWS

Gov. Corzine breaks leg, ribs in crash
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When Corzine arrived at the hospital, doctors said he was conscious but
had suffered several injuries: a femur bone broken in two places that
had lacerated his skin, a broken sternum, six broken ribs on each side,
a head laceration and a minor fracture on a lower vertebrae.

CDC reports rise in E. coli cases in leafy greens
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The deadly strain of E. coli responsible for hundreds of illnesses and
at least three deaths last year was a leading culprit in the
government's annual report on foodborne illnesses.

Negroponte visits Sudan to push for U.N. force in Darfur
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The No. 2 U.S. diplomat arrived in Sudan as part of an international
push to
convince the government to accept a U.N. peacekeeping force in the
violence
wracked Darfur region.

# posted by John @ 4/13/2007 09:29:00 AM 0 comments

CBS cancels Don Imus' radio show, effective immediately, after uproar
over his racist and sexist comments about Rutgers women's basketball
team.

# posted by John @ 4/12/2007 07:15:00 PM 0 comments

CBS cancels Don Imus' radio show, effective immediately, after uproar
over his racist and sexist comments about Rutgers women's basketball
team.

# posted by John @ 4/12/2007 07:13:00 PM 0 comments

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

# posted by John @ 4/12/2007 10:11:00 AM 0 comments

Kurt Vonnegut, whose novels included "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Cat's
Cradle," has died at 84, his wife tells The Associated Press.

# posted by John @ 4/12/2007 09:33:00 AM 0 comments

NEWS

Truck bomb levels Baghdad bridge
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A suicide truck bomb exploded on a major bridge in Baghdad early
Thursday, collapsing the steel structure and sending cars tumbling into
the Tigris River below, police and witnesses said. At least 10 people
were killed.

New home in old age
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A new migration of seniors are compelled, usually by medical problems,
to leave their longtime surroundings to live near their adult children.
Such a move can be even more emotionally and logistically complex than
those facing a teenager decamping for college.

In end, the accusing fingers were pointed at prosecutor
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It is rare for a state attorney general to publicly chastise a local
district attorney as a "rogue prosecutor," as North Carolina Attorney
General Roy Cooper did Wednesday. Durham County District Attorney
Michael Nifong's handling of the Duke lacrosse team rape case is
regarded as extraordinary by prosecutors and defense attorneys alike.

# posted by John @ 4/12/2007 09:21:00 AM 0 comments

AN EXPLOSION HAS ROCKED THE IRAQI PARLIAMENT, LOCATED INSIDE BAGHDAD'S
GREEN ZONE, REUTERS REPORTS

# posted by John @ 4/12/2007 09:12:00 AM 0 comments

Defense Secretary Robert Gates extends Army unit tours of duty to up to
15 months and says they will be given 12 months at home after a tour
ends.

# posted by John @ 4/11/2007 07:12:00 PM 0 comments

MSNBC IS DROPPING THE DON IMUS PROGRAM FROM ITS SCHEDULE

# posted by John @ 4/11/2007 07:04:00 PM 0 comments

Breaking News:

THE PENTAGON WILL EXTEND TOURS FOR ALL U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN BY THREE MONTHS

# posted by John @ 4/11/2007 03:44:00 PM 0 comments

N.C. ATTORNEY GENERAL ON ACCUSED DUKE STUDENTS: 'WE BELIEVE THESE THREE
INDIVIDUALS ARE INNOCENT OF THE CHARGES'

# posted by John @ 4/11/2007 03:41:00 PM 0 comments

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# posted by John @ 4/11/2007 12:32:00 PM 0 comments

POSSIBLE GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRED THOMSPSON SAYS HE IS IN
REMISSION FROM LYMPHOMA

# posted by John @ 4/11/2007 11:00:00 AM 0 comments

Breaking News

NORTH CAROLINA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL ANNOUNCE THAT HE IS DISMISSING
ALL CHARGES AGAINST THREE DUKE LACROSSE PLAYERS.

# posted by John @ 4/11/2007 08:38:00 AM 0 comments

April 10, 2007

Anna Nicole paternity test results revealed

A Bahamas court has released the results of DNA paternity testing that
proves Larry Birkhead is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's infant
daughter. The child, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, could inherit
millions from the estate of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall.

# posted by John @ 4/10/2007 03:53:00 PM 0 comments

April 10, 2007

Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alberto Gonzales

The House Judiciary Committee has served a subpoena to Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales seeking documents related to the firings of U.S.
attorneys.

# posted by John @ 4/10/2007 02:54:00 PM 0 comments

A female suicide bomber walked into a large crowd of hopeful Iraqi
police recruits and blew herself up, killing at least 16 people. A
separate blast killed at least six people in Baghdad. Also, four more
American troop deaths have been announced. 

# posted by John @ 4/10/2007 08:56:00 AM 0 comments

NEWS

Iran claims nuclear advance
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Iran announced a major expansion of its capacity to enrich uranium
Monday.
Although nuclear experts said Iran appeared to be overstating its
progress,
they said the country probably was a step closer to being able to build
a
weapon.

Study: Major increase in morbidly obese
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The prevalence of American adults who are 100 or more pounds over a
healthy
weight has risen dramatically since 2000, a study released Monday
shows.

Roberts, Scalia strike similar chords on court
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They sit side by side on the Supreme Court's mahogany bench, and much of
the
time they seem to be working from the same playbook. Chief Justice John
Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia share conservative views on the law,
and in
Roberts' second term on the court he appears to have formed a bond with
Scalia
that involves not just substance, but also style.

MONEY

Average price at the pump jumps to $2.80 a gallon
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The national average price for gasoline rose for the 10th straight
week,
according to a government report released Monday. The U.S. Energy
Information
Administration said drivers paid an average of $2.802 a gallon for
regular
gasoline in the week ended April 9, up from $2.707 the previous week.

Mortgage shopping made easy at site
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At a time when many families are losing their homes to foreclosure,
mortgage
experts are offering new tools to help home buyers avoid making the
same
mistakes.

Stock lucrative for $1-a-year CEOs
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In an age of overpaid CEOs, some have bucked the trend of digging for a
bigger
payday: the heads of Apple, Capital One, DreamWorks and Google, for
example,
each collect a salary of just $1 a year.

# posted by John @ 4/10/2007 08:53:00 AM 0 comments

CBS TO SUSPEND BROADCAST OF DON IMUS' RADIO SHOW FOR TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING
HIS COMMENT ABOUT RUTGERS WOMEN BASKETBALL PLAYERS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
REPORTS

# posted by John @ 4/09/2007 08:08:00 PM 0 comments

Breaking News

MSNBC SUSPENDS IMUS SIMULCAST FOR TWO WEEKS OVER 'RACIST, ABHORRENT
COMMENTS'

# posted by John @ 4/09/2007 07:34:00 PM 0 comments

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# posted by John @ 4/09/2007 02:56:00 PM 0 comments

April 9, 2007

IRAQ NEWS
Iraqi Shiites Burn US Flags on Regime Fall Anniversary
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shiites burned and trampled on US flags
in the holy city of Najaf on Monday at an anti-American rally called by
firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on the fourth anniversary of the fall
of Saddam Hussein. (AFP)

Al-Sadr Calls for Attacks on U.S.

The renegade cleric Muqtada al-Sadr urged the Iraqi army and police to
stop cooperating with the United States and told his guerrilla fighters
to concentrate on pushing American forces out of the country, according
to a statement issued Sunday. (AP)

Insider: Missteps Soured Iraqis on U.S.
In a rueful reflection on what might have been, an Iraqi government
insider details in 500 pages the U.S. occupation's "shocking"
mismanagement of his country a performance so bad, he writes, that by
2007 Iraqis had "turned their backs on their would-be liberators." (AP)

# posted by John @ 4/09/2007 01:36:00 PM 0 comments

NEWS

Katrina claims stagger corps
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New Orleans and Louisiana, swamped when the city's storm protections
failed
during Hurricane Katrina, demand the federal government pay a damage
bill that
is more than double the entire cost of the massive Gulf Coast rebuilding
effort.

Abduction shatters a family in Baghdad
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The nightmare for Adnan Mahmoud Shukur and his family began with a
crude,
handwritten note slipped under their garage door.

U.S. announces 10 weekend soldier deaths; cleric wants forces out
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The powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his militiamen to
redouble
their battle to oust American forces and argued that Iraq's army and
police
should join him in defeating "your archenemy."

MONEY

Earnings expectations are not so great
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The next few weeks could be gut-check time on Wall Street as investors
deal
with the lowest earnings growth in five years.

# posted by John @ 4/09/2007 12:00:00 PM 0 comments

April 9, 2007
Iraqi Shiites Hit Streets To Protest U.S.

Thousands of Shiites marched in the holy city of Najaf to protest the
U.S. occupation of Iraq as anger, violence and growing resentment in
America and Iraq mark the fourth anniversary of Saddam Hussein's ouster
by U.S. forces.

# posted by John @ 4/09/2007 11:55:00 AM 0 comments

7 NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghan Bombings

Roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan left seven NATO soldiers dead, in
the midst of an anti-Taliban offensive in the world's most fertile
opium-producing region, while a kidnapped Afghan translator for an
Italian journalist was reported beheaded. 

# posted by John @ 4/08/2007 06:55:00 PM 0 comments