diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 7368055b..86fd3b93 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 var block = {
-  newline: /^\n/,
+  newline: /^\n+/,
   block: /^ {4,}[^\n]*(?:\n {4,}[^\n]*)*/,
   heading: /^ *(#{1,6}) *([^\n#]*) *#*/,
   lheading: /^([^\n]+)\n *(=|-){3,}/,
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ block.lexer = function(str) {
 
   tokens.links = links;
 
-  return block.token(str, tokens, 0);
+  return block.token(str, tokens);
 };
 
-block.token = function(str, tokens, line) {
+block.token = function(str, tokens) {
   var rules = block
     , keys = block.keys
     , len = keys.length
@@ -87,43 +87,42 @@ block.token = function(str, tokens, line) {
   while (scan()) {
     switch (key) {
       case 'newline':
-        line++;
+        if (cap[0].length > 1) {
+          tokens.push({
+            type: 'space'
+          });
+        }
         break;
       case 'hr':
         tokens.push({
-          type: 'hr', 
-          line: line
+          type: 'hr'
         });
         break;
       case 'lheading':
         tokens.push({
           type: 'heading', 
           depth: cap[2] === '=' ? 1 : 2, 
-          text: cap[1],
-          line: line
+          text: cap[1]
         });
         break;
       case 'heading':
         tokens.push({
           type: 'heading', 
           depth: cap[1].length, 
-          text: cap[2], 
-          line: line
+          text: cap[2]
         });
         break;
       case 'block':
         cap = cap[0].replace(/^ {4}/gm, '');
         tokens.push({
           type: 'block', 
-          text: cap, 
-          line: line
+          text: cap
         });
         break;
       case 'list':
         tokens.push({
           type: 'list_start',
-          ordered: isFinite(cap[2]),
-          line: line
+          ordered: isFinite(cap[2])
         });
         // get each top-level 
         // item in the list
@@ -142,38 +141,32 @@ block.token = function(str, tokens, line) {
             item = item.replace(space, '');
           }
           tokens.push({
-            type: 'list_item_start',
-            line: line
+            type: 'list_item_start'
           });
-          block.token(item, tokens, line);
+          block.token(item, tokens);
           tokens.push({
-            type: 'list_item_end',
-            line: line
+            type: 'list_item_end'
           });
         });
         tokens.push({
-          type: 'list_end',
-          line: line
+          type: 'list_end'
         });
         break;
       case 'html':
       case 'text':
         tokens.push({
           type: key, 
-          text: cap[0], 
-          line: line
+          text: cap[0]
         });
         break;
       case 'blockquote':
         tokens.push({
-          type: 'blockquote_start',
-          line: line
+          type: 'blockquote_start'
         });
         cap = cap[0].replace(/^ *>/gm, '');
-        block.token(cap, tokens, line);
+        block.token(cap, tokens);
         tokens.push({
-          type: 'blockquote_end', 
-          line: line
+          type: 'blockquote_end'
         });
         break;
     }
@@ -357,6 +350,8 @@ var next = function() {
 
 var tok = function() {
   switch (token.type) {
+    case 'space':
+      return '';
     case 'hr': 
       return '<hr>';
     case 'heading': 
@@ -400,11 +395,9 @@ var tok = function() {
       return inline.lexer(token.text);
     case 'text': 
       var body = [ token.text ]
-        , last = token.line
         , top;
       while ((top = tokens[tokens.length-1])
-             && top.type === 'text'
-             && top.line === ++last) {
+             && top.type === 'text') {
         body.push(next().text);
       }
       return '<p>'