October 5, 2007
News Bits!
- Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho will remain in the Senate despite calls for his resignation.
- Myanmar junta summons U.S. envoy for talks.
- Ig Nobel awards celebrate jet-setting Viagra-using hamsters and our military's attempt to make a "gay bomb."
- East Sixth Street, between Pedernales and Robert Martinez, now open after yesterday's train accident caused it to be closed.
- North Korea agrees to dismantle "all" of its nuclear facilities by the end of the year.
- Iraqis push for Blackwater guards to be on trial for shooting incident.
- Bill passed by House of Representatives promises to bring all United States government contractors in the Iraq war zone under the jurisdiction of American criminal law.
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a law to make thieves of our taxpayer dollars, accountable to US courts of law. it makes such perfect sense. whaddya bet there are so many pork riders attached to the bill, it doesn't pass.