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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 John @ 10/13/2007 05:36:00 PM 0 comments

Oil prices hit a record high Friday of $83.95 in midday trading.

# posted by John @ 10/12/2007 12:19:00 PM 0 comments

Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Former 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 lay the foundations
for counteracting it.

# posted by John @ 10/12/2007 10:35:00 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 John @ 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 John @ 10/10/2007 08:09:00 PM 0 comments

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

# posted by John @ 10/10/2007 03:38:00 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 John @ 10/10/2007 03:33:00 PM 0 comments

Breaking News

AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT AT A HIGH SCHOOL IN CLEVELAND, AND
POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A 14-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT,

# posted by John @ 10/10/2007 02:29:00 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 John @ 10/10/2007 12:27:00 PM 0 comments

DETROIT (AP) - Thousands of Chrysler autoworkers started to walk out
Wednesday after the automaker and the United Auto Workers union failedto
reach a tentative contract agreement before a union-imposed deadline.

# posted by John @ 10/10/2007 12:24:00 PM 0 comments

American and Iraqi officials are investigating yet another fatal
shooting involving a private security firm with links to the U.S.
government. Two women were allegedly shot by Australian guards in an
armored convoy.

# posted by John @ 10/10/2007 09:18:00 AM 0 comments

Fed calls housing sector 'exceptionally weak' at Sept. 18 meeting that
led to half-point rate cut.

# posted by John @ 10/09/2007 03:21:00 PM 0 comments

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

# posted by John @ 10/09/2007 12:06:00 PM 0 comments

SITE Institute, a private intelligence company, has told the Washington
Post that the White House leaked an Osama bin Laden video to the media
last month, ruining years of sleuth work to uncover al Qaeda secrets.
The White House denies the claim. 

# posted by John @ 10/09/2007 11:44:00 AM 0 comments

The grief in Crandon, Wisconsin - population 2000 - following Sunday's
rampage is filled with questions on how it could have happened. Police
say the gunman - who killed six people and shot another before being
shot to death - was a sheriff's deputy. 

# posted by John @ 10/08/2007 09:32:00 AM 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 John @ 10/07/2007 06:34:00 PM 0 comments