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Stocks tumble on rate, lending concerns; Dow down 163 points at the
close, Nasdaq slips 1.1%, S&P 1.2% lower.

# posted by John @ 6/22/2007 07:39:00 PM 0 comments

SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LANDS AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA,
ENDING 14-DAY MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

# posted by John @ 6/22/2007 06:25:00 PM 0 comments

After a 13-year-old girl had her feet chopped off at the ankle on a
Superman Tower of Power in Kentucky, Six Flags and another company shut
down eight more thrill rides around the country, including a ride at a
North Carolina amusement park. 

# posted by John @ 6/22/2007 06:24:00 PM 0 comments

U.S. military reports the deaths of 14 troops in Iraq in the last 48
hours, including 5 in a Baghdad roadside bombing

# posted by John @ 6/21/2007 12:07:00 PM 0 comments

WASHINGTON - For a second time, President Bush on Wednesday vetoed a
bill that
would have eased federally funded embryonic stem cell research.

# posted by John @ 6/20/2007 04:40:00 PM 0 comments

June 19, 2007

Bloomberg leaves Republican party

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has released a statement saying he is leaving
the Republican party and is now unaffiliated.

# posted by John @ 6/19/2007 10:48:00 PM 0 comments

Yahoo! replaces Terry Semel as CEO with co-founder Jerry Yang
(correct).

# posted by John @ 6/18/2007 09:51:00 PM 0 comments

Texas Flooding Sweeps Away 4-Year-Old Girl

Torrential rains swamped North Texas towns, killing at least two people,
prompting hundreds of evacuations and leaving numerous people stranded
on rooftops. Alexandria Collins, 4, died after she was swept away in
floodwaters in a Fort Worth suburb. 

# posted by John @ 6/18/2007 09:47:00 PM 0 comments

Iraqi and British troops conducting house-to-house searches clashed with
militiamen believed to be part of a terror network that imports deadly
Iranian armor-piercing weapons. Officials said 36 people were killed and
over 100 injured in the fighting. 

# posted by John @ 6/18/2007 09:47:00 AM 0 comments

The deadliest insurgent attack since the U.S.-led invasion of
Afghanistan in 2001 destroyed a bus full of police instructors at a
Kabul transit hub. The enormous blast, which raised the specter of
Iraq-style bombings, killed 35 people and wounded 52. 

# posted by John @ 6/17/2007 04:21:00 PM 0 comments

Missing Soldiers' IDs Found In Iraq Raid

The identification cards of two American soldiers missing since an
attack on their unit in May were found in an al Qaeda safe house north
of Baghdad, along with video production equipment, computers and
weapons, the U.S. military said Saturday. 

# posted by John @ 6/17/2007 09:18:00 AM 0 comments

MIKE NIFONG FOUND GUILTY OF UNETHICAL CONDUCT IN PROSECUTION OF DUKE
LACROSSE CASE

# posted by John @ 6/17/2007 09:16:00 AM 0 comments