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		<title>Obama criticized &#8217;scare tactics&#8217; of health care reform critics; targets insurance companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized what he termed as the &#8220;scare tactics&#8221; of opponents to health care reform. He told a town hall meeting &#8220;what is truly scary is if we do nothing&#8221; to solve the nation&#8217;s health care problems.

Obama said Americans no longer should be &#8220;held hostage by health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama targets insurance companies in health care town hall meeting in Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized what he termed as the &#8220;scare tactics&#8221; of opponents to health care reform. He told a town hall meeting &#8220;what is truly scary is if we do nothing&#8221; to solve the nation&#8217;s health care problems.

Obama said Americans no longer should be &#8220;held hostage by health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama targets insurance companies in health care town hall meeting.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized what he termed as the &#8220;scare tactics&#8221; of opponents to health care reform. He told a town hall meeting &#8220;what is truly scary is if we do nothing&#8221; to solve the nation&#8217;s health care problems.

Obama said Americans no longer should be &#8220;held hostage by health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Bill forms in the far eastern Atlantic as Tropical Storm Ana quickly moves west</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — The government of the Netherland Antilles issued a tropical storm watch for St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius on Saturday as Ana raced west through the Atlantic.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Bill, the second named storm of the Atlantic season, formed further to the east and forecasters said they expected it to strengthen.
The National Hurricane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complaints about guns in parks trail Obama as first family heads to Yellowstone, Grand Canyon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Family in tow for a tour of national treasures far from Washington, President Barack Obama is trailed by criticism from gun opponents and parks advocates for allowing firearms into such majestic places as this.

&#8220;There is still time for Congress and the president to take steps to keep loaded firearms away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare would pay for voluntary counseling sessions on end-of-life care</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/medicare-would-pay-for-voluntary-counseling-sessions-on-end-of-life-care-136004/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON —Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says the health care overhaul bill would set up a &#8220;death panel.&#8221; Federal bureaucrats would play God, ruling on whether ailing seniors are worth enough to society to deserve life-sustaining medical care. Palin and other critics are wrong.

Nothing in the legislation would carry out such a bleak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House acts to shore up funds for highway, unemployment, mortgage programs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/house-acts-to-shore-up-funds-for-highway-unemployment-mortgage-programs-124341/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Abrams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House took emergency steps Wednesday to keep vital federal programs from going broke while Congress is absent next month, removing the threat that people would lose their unemployment checks or chances to get a low-interest housing loan while lawmakers are on vacation.

The legislation, passed 363-68, includes the transfer of more than $14 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: Senate bipartisan group eyes Medicare savings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators agreed tentatively Tuesday on a plan to squeeze an additional $35 billion out of Medicare over the next decade and larger sums in the years beyond, according to congressional officials, a step toward fulfilling President Barack Obama&#8217;s goal of curbing the growth of health care spending.

Under the plan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida judge: Will on Jack Kerouac&#8217;s estate is fake; sides with writer&#8217;s daughter, nephew</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/florida-judge-will-on-jack-kerouacs-estate-is-fake-sides-with-writers-daughter-nephew-123086/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CLEARWATER, Fla. — A lengthy dispute over the estate of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac has ended with a Florida judge ruling that his mother&#8217;s will was fraudulent.

Gabrielle Kerouac left all of her son&#8217;s assets to his third wife, Stella Sampas Kerouac, when she died in 1973. Ever since, the Sampas family has had control [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cabinet approves special lifelong protection for Hasina, family</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Rehana and their children will get Special Security Force (SSF) protection in view of threats to their lives as per an executive order.

Hasina Monday chaired a cabinet meeting that approved the &#8216;Father of the Nation&#8217;s Family Members&#8217; Security Bill 2009&#8242; with immediate effect &#8220;to ensure lifelong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin&#8217;s mid-term resignation comes with costs to Alaska residents</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she is quitting Sunday to save the state the cost of investigating what she says are frivolous ethics complaints against her, but even her mid-term resignation comes with a price tag for taxpayers.

While the final transition bill will be a fraction of the roughly $2 million Palin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House panels OK health care bill, but White House, Democratic conservatives seek more savings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Health care legislation atop President Barack Obama&#8217;s domestic agenda cleared two House committees on Friday, but the White House as well as rebellious Democratic conservatives called quickly for changes to rein in the skyrocketing cost of care.

Given the complexities, as well as fresh calls for delay in the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates Foundation makes $6.5 million in grants for library computer hardware</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gates-foundation-makes-65-million-in-grants-for-library-computer-hardware-111746/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation is announcing $6.5 million in grants to help public libraries in 11 states improve the quality of the free computer access they offer.

The money announced Thursday will pay for computer hardware updates at some of the 800 library branches in Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor says he apologized for injury to man at Fort Worth, Texas, gay bar _ not for raid on bar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mayor-says-he-apologized-for-injury-to-man-at-fort-worth-texas-gay-bar-_-not-for-raid-on-bar-110893/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth&#8217;s mayor says an apology he issued at a City Council meeting wasn&#8217;t for law enforcement&#8217;s raid on a Texas gay bar, but for the fact that a man was seriously injured.

Mayor Mike Moncrief (MAHN&#8217;-creef) made an impromptu apology during Tuesday night&#8217;s meeting where officials and residents commented on last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. DeGette pursues &#8216;fracking&#8217; study, pushing bill to regulate the hydraulic drilling process</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rep-degette-pursues-fracking-study-pushing-bill-to-regulate-the-hydraulic-drilling-process-106026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Kohler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is moving ahead with her bill to put a widely used oil and gas drilling process under federal oversight while also seeking a study to gather more data on the practice.

The Colorado Democrat is sponsoring a bill that would repeal a ban on regulating hydraulic fracturing under the federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA seeks donations to pay for Michael Jackson memorial, as costs, criticism grow</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/la-seeks-donations-to-pay-for-michael-jackson-memorial-as-costs-criticism-grow-103641/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Hoag</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — As the final cost of Michael Jackson&#8217;s memorial service was being calculated, city officials cast about Wednesday to find ways to have others help pick up the multimillion-dollar bill.

City attorney Carmen Trutanich said his office was investigating how the financially troubled city can legally press third parties to pick up at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOT study asks motorists about using on-board computer to tax miles driven</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dot-study-asks-motorists-about-using-on-board-computer-to-tax-miles-driven-103486/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dot-study-asks-motorists-about-using-on-board-computer-to-tax-miles-driven-103486/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Clark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers are looking for 1,500 drivers in six cities, including Albuquerque, to test an on-board computer system that taxes motorists based on miles driven rather than fuel taxes paid at the pump.

That mileage-based tax is being considered by the University of Iowa Public Policy Center in a $16.5 million study for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity says Canadian investment firm paid $1.68M for lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/charity-says-canadian-investment-firm-paid-168m-for-lunch-with-billionaire-warren-buffett-103402/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/charity-says-canadian-investment-firm-paid-168m-for-lunch-with-billionaire-warren-buffett-103402/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Funk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OMAHA, Neb. — The Canadian investment managers who paid $1.68 million in a charity auction to win lunch with investor Warren Buffett believe the meal will be worth it because of what they might learn from the billionaire.

The Glide Foundation, which receives all the auction proceeds, identified Salida Capital, which is based in Toronto, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Franken takes vacant Minn. Senate seat, political reporter shaves off beard</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-franken-takes-vacant-minn-senate-seat-political-reporter-shaves-off-beard-102149/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-franken-takes-vacant-minn-senate-seat-political-reporter-shaves-off-beard-102149/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota&#8217;s Senate standoff was a hairy deal. Just ask St. Paul Pioneer Press political reporter Bill Salisbury.

Soon after Sen. Al Franken was sworn in Tuesday, Salisbury had a barber shave off the beard he grew over the eight months the race lingered.
Salisbury vowed on Nov. 5 — the day after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama summons can-do spirit in July 4 address; McCain calls for support for Iranian protesters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Lester</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while Sen. John McCain called for Americans to support Iranian election protesters. The one-time presidential rivals both cited the spirit of the nation&#8217;s founders in their Fourth of July radio and Internet addresses.

Obama said an &#8220;unyielding spirit is what defines us as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks keep hiking credit card interest rates, taking advantage of lag before restrictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Aj Connelly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Credit card reform may be looming in the headlines, but for now the fine print is still hitting consumers hard.

Banks keep raising minimum payments, interest rates and fees, continuing the credit tightening that began last year, even as cardholders are falling further behind on their payments.
The rate at which banks are writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book nails &#8216;commando&#8217; Musharraf&#8217;s  Kargil lies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Former  Pakistan  President  General Pervez  Musharraf,  in  an  interview  with  a  private   British television channel recently, claimed that he had came very  close to  resolving  the long pending Kashmir dispute with  India,  and that he had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US will match Germany&#8217;s climate change commitment: Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said Friday that he hopes Washington will soon be able to match Germany&#8217;s commitment to tackling climate change and boosting clean energy.

After a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House, Obama said he was &#8220;impressed&#8221; with Germany&#8217;s &#8220;foresight and commitment to clean energy&#8221;.	 	
&#8220;It is my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PROMISES, PROMISES: Gays open wallets for Obama despite lack of progress on campaign pledges</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/promises-promises-gays-open-wallets-for-obama-despite-lack-of-progress-on-campaign-pledges-92612/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is taking heat from some gays and lesbians for not fulfilling campaign pledges. He&#8217;s also taking their cash.

Gay rights activists have complained that Obama has not followed through on his promises to repeal a law banning their open service in the military, to do away with a federal marriage law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House passes Homeland Security spending bill with money for border patrol agents, anti-piracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House passed a $44 billion spending bill Wednesday that awards the Homeland Security Department a 7 percent budget increase, with money for more border patrol agents and for anti-piracy efforts off the coast of Somalia.

As part of a GOP campaign against President Barack Obama&#8217;s order to close the U.S. detention facility at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NJ blogger to appear in court on charge of inciting violence against Connecticut lawmakers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nj-blogger-to-appear-in-court-on-charge-of-inciting-violence-against-connecticut-lawmakers-88535/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — A blogger is due in a Connecticut courtroom to face a charge of inciting violence against state lawmakers.

A judge is expected to arraign Harold &#8220;Hal&#8221; Turner of North Bergen, N.J., in Hartford Superior Court.
The 47-year-old former radio talk show host, who now broadcasts commentary on his Web site, urged his blog readers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business is business: Iran nearly doubles spending on US imports in spite of recent tensions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/business-is-business-iran-nearly-doubles-spending-on-us-imports-in-spite-of-recent-tensions-88338/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/business-is-business-iran-nearly-doubles-spending-on-us-imports-in-spite-of-recent-tensions-88338/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Theimer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Iran spent nearly twice as much on U.S. imports during President Barack Obama&#8217;s first months in office as it did during the same period in 2008, showing that despite trade penalties and tense relations, the two countries are still doing business.

The U.S. exported $96 million in goods to Iran from January through April, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities lack evidence to arrest &#8216;person of interest&#8217; in Lake Tahoe wildfire case</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-lack-evidence-to-arrest-person-of-interest-in-lake-tahoe-wildfire-case-87934/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-lack-evidence-to-arrest-person-of-interest-in-lake-tahoe-wildfire-case-87934/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Griffith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RENO, Nev. — Two years after a wildfire ripped through a thickly forested ravine and destroyed 254 homes near South Lake Tahoe, investigators have a &#8220;person of interest&#8221; but so far no arrests.

Bill Dillard, an investigator with California&#8217;s El Dorado County district attorney&#8217;s office, said the case remains a high priority and he continues to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilities try to detach power usage from power bills in a bid to grow leaner and greener</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/utilities-try-to-detach-power-usage-from-power-bills-in-a-bid-to-grow-leaner-and-greener-80279/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/utilities-try-to-detach-power-usage-from-power-bills-in-a-bid-to-grow-leaner-and-greener-80279/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Williams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — Your utility is becoming more efficient, power is becoming greener and you&#8217;re taking steps to conserve energy in your home.

So, the rate on your electric bill should go down, right?
No, it&#8217;s going higher. And as shocking as that may sound, consumer and environmental groups as well as state regulators are all for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana activists push to legalize pot in California through 2010 ballot initiative</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/marijuana-activists-push-to-legalize-pot-in-california-through-2010-ballot-initiative-80209/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/marijuana-activists-push-to-legalize-pot-in-california-through-2010-ballot-initiative-80209/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Wohlsen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — Californians could legally possess up to one ounce of pot and cities could sell and tax the drug under an initiative marijuana advocates want to place on the state&#8217;s 2010 ballot.

The Control, Regulate and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 is being pushed by pot activists who sense a positive shift in public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audit: TVA shoreline deals with NC congressman, others appear to show preferential treatment</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/audit-tva-shoreline-deals-with-nc-congressman-others-appear-to-show-preferential-treatment-76016/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/audit-tva-shoreline-deals-with-nc-congressman-others-appear-to-show-preferential-treatment-76016/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Wealthy and influential people seeking private lakeshore access to the Tennessee Valley Authority&#8217;s 11,000 miles of shoreline on the Tennessee River system appeared to receive preferential treatment, according to an audit.

TVA Inspector General Richard Moore&#8217;s 85-page report released Monday found no evidence that rules were deliberately broken, but said the nation&#8217;s largest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharad Yadav demands a separate quota for OBCs in Women&#8217;s Bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sharad-yadav-demands-a-separate-quota-for-obcs-in-womens-bill-73864/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sharad-yadav-demands-a-separate-quota-for-obcs-in-womens-bill-73864/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - After threatening to consume poison  if the  Women&#8217;s  Reservation  Bill is passed Janata  Dal  (U)  chief Sharad  Yadav on Saturday demanded a separate quota for  backward castes to be included in the Women&#8217;s Bill.

&#8220;I am not asking for a reservation of 33 per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 US journalists on trial in Pyongyang amid tensions over North Korea&#8217;s nuclear defiance</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-us-journalists-on-trial-in-pyongyang-amid-tensions-over-north-koreas-nuclear-defiance-71644/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-us-journalists-on-trial-in-pyongyang-amid-tensions-over-north-koreas-nuclear-defiance-71644/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean H. Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea&#8217;s top court began hearing the case Thursday of two American journalists accused of crossing into the country illegally and engaging in &#8220;hostile acts&#8221; — charges that could draw a 10-year sentence in a labor camp.

Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for former Vice President Al Gore&#8217;s California-based Current TV, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA clears shuttle Endeavour for June 13 launch to space station, 5 spacewalks planned</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nasa-clears-shuttle-endeavour-for-june-13-launch-to-space-station-5-spacewalks-planned-71162/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nasa-clears-shuttle-endeavour-for-june-13-launch-to-space-station-5-spacewalks-planned-71162/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has cleared space shuttle Endeavour for a June 13 launch to the international space station.

Top managers settled on the date Wednesday following a daylong flight review that coincided with a practice countdown by the seven astronauts assigned to the mission.
If Endeavour flies on time, the mission will follow NASA&#8217;s Hubble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 convicted murderers captured in western New York after Arkansas prison escape</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Demillo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A pair of convicted murderers were captured in New York state Tuesday after a 20-mile chase in the same car they used to flee from an Arkansas prison last week while wearing guard uniforms.

Calvin Adams, 39, and Jeffrey Grinder, 32, jumped from their car when it slowed in Hornell, N.Y., and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, adviser meet with Israeli official ahead of president&#8217;s trip to Middle East</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday told Israel&#8217;s defense minister that Jerusalem must stop allowing West Bank settlements to grow, reiterating his stance in the hours before leaving for the Middle East on a trip to improve relations with Muslims.

Obama and Ehud Barak each left the White House in disagreement over Jewish settlements in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pending US home sales rise more than expected in April, biggest monthly jump in nearly 8 years</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pending-us-home-sales-rise-more-than-expected-in-april-biggest-monthly-jump-in-nearly-8-years-69733/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/pending-us-home-sales-rise-more-than-expected-in-april-biggest-monthly-jump-in-nearly-8-years-69733/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. homebuyers who agreed to buy a previously occupied home took the largest monthly jump in nearly eight years in April, but there are still plenty of danger signs for the U.S. housing market.

Home sales appear likely to head upward this summer, potentially to levels not seen since the stock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US House panel drops India mention in Pakistan aid bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-house-panel-drops-india-mention-in-pakistan-aid-bill-65047/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-house-panel-drops-india-mention-in-pakistan-aid-bill-65047/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 21:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A US House panel has dropped explicit demands for preventing terrorist attacks against India and access to nuclear smuggler A.Q.Khan as conditions in a legislation that triples US aid to Pakistan to $1.5 billion annually.



Thanks to lobbying by the Obama administration to take into account Islamabad&#8217;s sensitivities, the House Foreign Affairs Committee reworked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Sox 4, Angels 3</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/red-sox-4-angels-3-61206/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/red-sox-4-angels-3-61206/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 13:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[E_Lowell (5), Lugo (2). DP_Los Angeles 1. LOB_Boston 7, Los Angeles 10. 2B_Varitek (8). HR_J.Drew (5). SB_Ellsbury (16), Abreu (13). CS_Hunter (2). S_Figgins, Willits. SF_M.Izturis, K.Morales.

Oliver pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
HBP_by Masterson (M.Izturis), by Oliver (D.Ortiz). WP_Bulger.
Umpires_Home, Jim Joyce; First, Brian Runge; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Derryl Cousins.
T_3:18. A_33,411 (45,257).
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		<title>Venezuelan NGOs warn proposed law could clamp down on critical organizations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuelan-ngos-warn-proposed-law-could-clamp-down-on-critical-organizations-56359/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuelan-ngos-warn-proposed-law-could-clamp-down-on-critical-organizations-56359/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 06:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Toothaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — Prominent Venezuelan nongovernmental organizations warned Thursday that a bill being drafted by lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez could be used to financially strangle groups that criticize the government.

Ruling-party lawmakers argue the proposed law is necessary to increase oversight of foreign funding destined for NGOs, although they&#8217;ve promised to hear concerns from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest economic reports offer hope that recession may ease, lift S&amp;P into black for the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/latest-economic-reports-offer-hope-that-recession-may-ease-lift-sp-into-black-for-the-year-52035/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/latest-economic-reports-offer-hope-that-recession-may-ease-lift-sp-into-black-for-the-year-52035/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 05:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Evidence that housing is poised to improve and optimism about the results of banking &#8220;stress tests&#8221; raised hopes Monday that the recession is easing and helped lift a key stock market measure into the black for the year.

Construction spending and pending home sales both fared better than expected in March, and private economists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old book from Texas pharmacy where Dr Pepper was invented goes up for auction</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/old-book-from-texas-pharmacy-where-dr-pepper-was-invented-goes-up-for-auction-51203/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/old-book-from-texas-pharmacy-where-dr-pepper-was-invented-goes-up-for-auction-51203/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 18:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Stengle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — Poking through antiques stores while traveling through the Texas Panhandle, Bill Waters stumbled across a tattered old ledger book filled with formulas.

He bought it for $200, suspecting he he could resell it for five times that. Turns out, his inkling about the book&#8217;s value was more spot on than he knew. The Tulsa, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cardinals 6, Nationals 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cardinals-6-nationals-2-48585/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 09:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DP_St. Louis 2. LOB_St. Louis 4, Washington 6. 2B_Pujols (5), Duncan (8), N.Johnson (3), Dukes (5). 3B_Flores (2). HR_Thurston (1), Pujols (9), Duncan (3), Ludwick (6), W.Harris (1).

Umpires_Home, Tim Welke; First, Angel Hernandez; Second, Bill Welke; Third, Kevin Causey.
T_2:31. A_20,697 (41,888).
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		<title>BCS coordinator tells Congress playoff system would threaten bowl games</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bcs-coordinator-tells-congress-playoff-system-would-threaten-bowl-games-47626/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bcs-coordinator-tells-congress-playoff-system-would-threaten-bowl-games-47626/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series says a switch to a playoff system would threaten the existence of celebrated bowl games.

BCS coordinator John Swofford said Friday sponsorships and TV revenue that now go to bowl games would instead be spent on playoff games. He said in prepared testimony that would make it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cardinals 9, Nationals 4</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cardinals-9-nationals-4-46911/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 10:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[E_Flores (1). LOB_St. Louis 11, Washington 7. 2B_Schumaker (5), Ankiel (6), A.Hernandez (5). 3B_Flores (1). HR_Pujols (8), Zimmerman (5). SB_Pujols (4), Greene (1). CS_Dukes (4). SF_Rasmus, Ankiel, Barden.

HBP_by Boggs (D.Cabrera, Kearns), by Tavarez (LaRue). WP_D.Cabrera 4. PB_Flores. Balk_Hanrahan.
Umpires_Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Tim Welke; Second, Angel Hernandez; Third, Bill Welke.
T_3:18. A_18,007 (41,888).
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		<title>Bankruptcy trial tries to unravel who is responsible for collapse of ritzy Montana resort</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bankruptcy-trial-tries-to-unravel-who-is-responsible-for-collapse-of-ritzy-montana-resort-44528/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bankruptcy-trial-tries-to-unravel-who-is-responsible-for-collapse-of-ritzy-montana-resort-44528/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MISSOULA, Mont. — The founders of the Yellowstone Club are trading blame over who is responsible for the financial collapse of the Montana haven for the rich that has fallen more than $400 million into debt.

Members of the private ski resort — including former Vice President Dan Quayle and Bill Gates — pay substantial sums [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Specter switches to a Democrat, pushing party near 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sen-specter-switches-to-a-democrat-pushing-party-near-60-vote-filibuster-resistant-majority-2-42784/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sen-specter-switches-to-a-democrat-pushing-party-near-60-vote-filibuster-resistant-majority-2-42784/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Veteran Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switched parties Tuesday with a suddenness that seemed to stun the Senate, a moderate&#8217;s defection that pushed Democrats to within a seat of a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority with President Barack Obama&#8217;s key legislative priorities on the horizon.

Specter, 79 and seeking a sixth term in 2010, conceded bluntly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gore, Gingrich debate the Earth&#8217;s future in a matchup of rival wonks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gore-gingrich-debate-the-earths-future-in-a-matchup-of-rival-wonks-38457/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gore-gingrich-debate-the-earths-future-in-a-matchup-of-rival-wonks-38457/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Al Gore paused during his descent from atop the Democratic stairs toward a witness table where he and an old rival, Newt Gingrich, were to debate the very future of Planet Earth. He glided over to a former aide and grinned.

&#8220;Just like old times,&#8221; Gore said.
Not for Gore and Gingrich. A lifetime ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gingrich says Democratic climate proposal punishes American people with high costs, lost jobs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gingrich-says-democratic-climate-proposal-punishes-american-people-with-high-costs-lost-jobs-2-37714/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says a Democratic proposal to limit global warming pollution will &#8220;punish the American people&#8221; with higher energy costs and lost jobs. Gingrich appeared before a House subcommittee writing a broad energy and climate bill aimed at cutting greenhouse gases by 80 percent by mid-century.

Gingrich, a leading Republican voice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Men find abandoned safe thought to be century old, rusted shut with locks broken off</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/men-find-abandoned-safe-thought-to-be-century-old-rusted-shut-with-locks-broken-off-36496/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/men-find-abandoned-safe-thought-to-be-century-old-rusted-shut-with-locks-broken-off-36496/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TULSA, Okla. — Two men said they&#8217;ve found an abandoned safe by the side of some railroad tracks and that it could be more than a century old. Bill Dodd, one of the men who found the safe about a month and a half ago, says it weighs about 4,000 pounds. It&#8217;s now on display [...]]]></description>
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