Won't go to sleep with sleep timer set

After upgrading to Snow Leopard have been having the following problem:
When I go to bed, I set my mac to play an iTunes internet stream. I set the Dashboard widget "Minutes" to sleep my computer after one hour or more. I did this procedure all of the time under Leopard and there were no problems. However, in Snow leopard, the computer doesn't go to sleep anymore. The timer in minutes counts down to zero and the computer doesn't go to sleep. If I set the timer on a shorter time period (like 15 minutes), the mac will sleep. I have also tried other dashboard widgets such as Shutdown Timer and they also have the same problem.
Has anyone had this problem? Any suggestions?

themacfreak wrote:
However, I was constantly using the computer during this time so it wasn't like in the evenings when I'm just listening to the internet stream.
Now that I think about it, that could be the issue. While your computer is trying to go to sleep, the internet stream is preventing it. Can you stop the audio before the sleep time? Also, try unchecking Wake for network access in Energy Saver in System Preferences.
I have a feeling that SL new "require password after screensaver/sleep" option is causing the issue.
I doubt it. But you can still try to disable the option and see what happens.
One other thing...try slowly reducing the timing on your widget. What time is the border between when it works and when it doesn't?

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