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HTML

<div class="comments">
    My comment<br />
    Name <br /> 
    Mytown, NY USA
</div>
- Wednesday, December 07, 2005 at 07:20:47 (EST)
<hr />

<div class="comments">
    My Comment 2<br />
    2nd Person's name <br />
    My Town, USA
</div>
- Wednesday, November 02, 2005 at 18:48:38 (EST)
<hr />

JavaScript

$('.comments').each(function() {
	var text = $(this)[0].nextSibling.nodeValue.trim();
    console.log(text);
});