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 Richardson pulls out of Obama CabinetWASHINGTON (AP): New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson abandoned his bid to become commerce secretary under pressure of a grand-jury investigation about political favouritism - an investigation that threatened to embarrass President-elect Barack… More: continued here Israelis slice deeper into GazaGAZA CITY (AP): Thousands of Israeli troops, backed by tanks and helicopter gunships, pushed deeper into Gaza Sunday, fighting militants at close range and surrounding the coastal territory’s largest city in the first full day of an overwhelming ground… More: continued here Daggerin’ backlashThe involvement of children as young as eight years old in sexually explicit street dances has sparked concern among rights advocates.Children were seen, during the Yuletide season, performing the daggerin’, a quasi-erotic dance… More: continued here Live by the universal teachings - GoldingPrime Minister Bruce Golding has urged Jamaicans to live by the universal teachings of the Bible, arguing that it would make Jamaica a better place.”We do not have to depend entirely on miracles. If what you teach in this church and in all the churches across Jamaica… More: continued here Munro student dies in crashMunro College is mourning a student who was killed in motor-vehicle accident along the Barbary Hall main road in St Elizabeth yesterday. The student has been identified as 17-year-old Amal Clarke. Amal, a lower-sixth former, died after the vehicle in which he was travelling… More: continued here MP faces arrest - Police may charge Robertson for using abusive languageGovernment minister James Robertson is facing arrest after reportedly using abusive language at a police team in the aftermath of an alleged gunfight in Norris, St Thomas, on Saturday. Inspector Paul Anderson of the Yallahs police told The Gleaner yesterday that the summons… More: continued here Market inferno - Downtown Kingston vendors cry arsonIn-between drying tears and sweat, and rummaging for valuables among the charred rubble of stalls, vendors seethed as they blamed arsonists for a fire that razed the Jubilee Market in downtown Kingston yesterday morning. “Tell me, is it right for you to work so hard and man…… More: continued here A festive farewellJamaican film-maker Richard ‘Dickie’ Jobson lived his life with spark and fun and that was how his family celebrated him on the weekend. Under cloudy skies, family and friends gathered on the lawns of Strawberry Hill Hotel and Spa in St Andrew to bid the Countryman… More: continued here  Powered by FireStats |