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		<title>Eclectic group including Maya Angelou, Rihanna, Serena Williams honored with Glamour awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Maya Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour mag&#8217;s honorees
NEW YORK — Even for a venue as grand as New York&#8217;s Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine&#8217;s Women of the Year awards.
Pop star Rihanna was there, in the most body-hugging of gowns. Tennis star Serena Williams was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police officer in right place at right time stops bloodbath at Fort Hood</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Carlton</dc:creator>
		
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But for heroes, bloodbath could have been worse

FORT HOOD, Texas — Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.
A loud, popping noise. Moans. The sudden, urgent shout of &#8220;Gun!&#8221;
Smith poked his head over the cubicle&#8217;s partition and saw an extraordinary sight: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ida sweeps into Nicaragua as hurricane, damaging homes, forcing evacuations, then loses steam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filadelfo Aleman</dc:creator>
		
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Ida hits Nicaragua as hurricane, then loses steam

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Hurricane Ida swept onto Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical depression as it moved inland.
Ida&#8217;s winds swirled at 75 mph (125 kph) when the storm struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about 60 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ida weakens to tropical depression with 35 mph top winds as it sweeps over Nicaragua</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Ida weakens to tropical depression over Nicaragua

MIAMI — Ida has weakened to a tropical depression with 35 mph top winds as it sweeps over Nicaragua.
The storm rumbled ashore Thursday at hurricane strength, but began losing muscle as it moved over land, dumping rain.
By Thursday night, Nicaragua&#8217;s government had discontinued tropical storm warnings along the country&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Ida rips into Nicaragua, damages homes, schools, forcing evacuation of thousands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filadelfo Aleman</dc:creator>
		
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Hurricane Ida rips into Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Hurricane Ida swept onto Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical storm as it moved inland.
Ida&#8217;s winds swirled at 75 mph (125 kph) when the storm struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about 60 miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ida weakens slightly, becomes a tropical storm with 65 mph winds as it dumps rain on Nicaragua</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Ida weakens to tropical storm over Nicaragua

MIAMI — Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm, weakening as it dumps heavy rains over Nicaragua.
The storm was at hurricane strength when it hit the country&#8217;s Atlantic coast around sunrise Thursday, destroying several dozen homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people.
On Thursday afternoon, Ida [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Ida hits Nicaragua, forces evacuations, power outages</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filadelfo Aleman</dc:creator>
		
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Hurricane Ida hits Nicaragua coast
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Newly born Hurricane Ida ripped into Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast on Thursday, destroying several dozen homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people.

Ida, clocking 75 mph (120 kph) winds, struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about 60 miles northeast of Bluefields, said meteorologist Dennis Feltgen of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ida reaches hurricane force, batters Nicaraguan island as it heads for landfall on mainland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filadelfo Aleman</dc:creator>
		
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Ida reaches hurricane force near Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Tropical Storm Ida grew to hurricane force just off Nicaragua&#8217;s coast on Thursday, forcing more than 2,000 people to flee their homes and knocking out power to some parts of the impoverished region.
The hurricane was forecast to slash into Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast within hours, then cut across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Ida batters Nicaraguan island as it heads for landfall on mainland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filadelfo Aleman</dc:creator>
		
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Tropical Storm Ida batters Nicaraguan island

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Tropical Storm Ida uprooted trees, knocked down power lines and forced the evacuation of 300 people on Nicaragua&#8217;s Corn Island after forming Wednesday and quickly gaining strength in the southwestern Caribbean.
The storm was threatening to become a hurricane before making landfall in Nicaragua early Thursday morning.
Heavy rains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities report big jump in marijuana plants seized in California raids</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Wohlsen</dc:creator>
		
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Authorities: Huge jump in Calif. pot plants seized

SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities reported a staggering jump in the number of marijuana plants seized in California&#8217;s eradication effort, claiming a more than 50 percent jump over the previous year.
The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting seized 4.4 million plants in 2009, up from 2.9 million plants in 2008, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Louis aldermen approve NorthSide redevelopment plan to help crumbling neighborhoods</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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St. Louis aldermen approve redevelopment plan

ST. LOUIS — City leaders voted Friday to support a developer&#8217;s proposal to transform crumbling sections of north St. Louis by building new business centers and homes. The 15-year project has been touted as including green parks, green energy and more.
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed two related measures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fishermen rally in Mass. to call for changes to fishery law, &#8216;dysfunctional&#8217; management</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Fishermen school up to criticize new catch rules

GLOUCESTER, Mass. — Hundreds of fishermen from the Northeast rallied in front of the headquarters of federal fishery managers Friday, demanding changes in the &#8220;dysfunctional&#8221; management that they say is destroying their industry.
Some fishermen held signs reading &#8220;Let Fishermen Fish&#8221;; other signs pictured Adolf Hitler with the word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction to begin on King memorial in DC; plans were delayed over terror security issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Zongker</dc:creator>
		
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Construction to begin on King memorial in DC

WASHINGTON — Construction can finally begin on the long-delayed Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial slated for the National Mall after the National Park Service issued building permits Thursday for the project.
The memorial was first authorized in 1996. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined King&#8217;s only surviving sibling, Christine King [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Texas company recalls tortilla shipment sent out with incorrect food labels</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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2nd Texas company recalling flour tortillas

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Another Texas company is recalling flour tortillas after company officials discovered they may contain an ingredient not listed on product labels.
San Angelo-based Mrs. Rios Corn Products says the tortillas were recalled after its officials found their packaging didn&#8217;t list whey as an ingredient. Whey can cause [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ND researchers: Most Upper Midwest hard red spring wheat, durum wheat is top grade</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nd-researchers-most-upper-midwest-hard-red-spring-wheat-durum-wheat-is-top-grade-209624/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
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ND researchers: Upper Midwest wheat of good grade

BISMARCK, N.D. — Nearly all of the hard red spring wheat grown in the Upper Midwest made top grade this year, while about three-fourths of the durum crop was top grade — a big improvement over last year, according to North Dakota State University researchers.
However, concerns raised earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s UN ambassador tells Israelis &#8216;lip service&#8217; not enough to bring about Mideast peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM — The Obama administration&#8217;s ambassador to the United Nations told Israelis on Wednesday that it is not enough just to pay &#8220;lip service&#8221; to peace and urged the government to immediately relaunch negotiations, without preconditions, aimed at creating an independent Palestinian state.

Ambassador Susan Rice, in an address at a high-powered conference hosted by Israeli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the good stuff? Medical marijuana explosion creates booming review business</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/wheres-the-good-stuff-medical-marijuana-explosion-creates-booming-review-business-201265/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Wyatt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — The store has a television lounge and a pool table, and snacks and acupuncture are free for customers who drop up to $130 an ounce on 16 varieties of marijuana. But a reviewer of the business warns the decor looks a little cliche, what with the Grateful Dead posters on the wall and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Obama policy on Sudan sets carrot-and-stick approach toward peace, ending rights abuses</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-obama-policy-on-sudan-sets-carrot-and-stick-approach-toward-peace-ending-rights-abuses-200181/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Burns</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, after months of fierce internal debate, outlined a new approach Monday to settling the conflicts in Sudan, asserting a moral obligation to end &#8220;a vast sea of human misery&#8221; and a need to prevent the African nation from serving as a haven for terrorists.

The new policy rests on offering incentives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In policy shift, Obama to offer Sudanese government incentives to end violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday that the U.S. is shifting its policy toward Sudan, offering incentives if the government proves it is taking steps to end the human suffering there and work toward internal peace.

Sanctions and pressure from the international community will increase if nothing changes.
The president said he will soon renew tough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anheuser-Busch buys up all of Saturday Night Live&#8217;s ads to launch new new wheat beer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Anheuser-Busch is buying all the national ads on this week&#8217;s edition of comedy mainstay &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; to launch its new brew, Bud Light Golden Wheat.

The brewer — part of Anheuser-Busch InBev — and NBC Universal announced the sponsorship deal Thursday. This Saturday&#8217;s episode will mark the first time in the 35-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Forged letters to lawmakers not reported until after climate bill vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-forged-letters-to-lawmakers-not-reported-until-after-climate-bill-vote-196645/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A coal group and two contractors knew about forged lobbying letters sent to three House Democrats before a vote on climate legislation, but the lawmakers were in the dark, documents obtained by a congressional committee show.

The documents, reviewed by The Associated Press, offer a look into the millions of dollars spent on grass-roots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talks with Iran draw optimism from White House as lawmakers endorse tougher sanctions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven R. Hurst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House said Sunday it sees signs of progress in confronting Iran&#8217;s nuclear program while members of Congress endorsed authorizing tougher U.S. economic penalties against the Tehran government.

International inspectors are to visit Iran&#8217;s newly disclosed uranium enrichment site on Oct. 25. That announcement Sunday capped a furious week of diplomacy, including Thursday&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US official says &#8216;intense negotiations&#8217; under way with Iran but sanctions remain an option</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says Washington and other veto-holding members in the U.N. Security Council are studying sanction options if Iran does not prove its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

The U.S. official, Susan Rice, also says the so-called P-5 + 1 is in a period of &#8220;intense negotiations&#8221; with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors say they&#8217;re working to untangle multistate, Ponzi-like adoption scam</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutors-say-theyre-working-to-untangle-multistate-ponzi-like-adoption-scam-182960/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Eltman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINEOLA, N.Y. — An attorney who claimed his own experience as an adopted child motivated him to help people seeking to start families is suspected of running a Ponzi-like scheme that ripped off couples from New York to Texas, promising children that didn&#8217;t exist.

Kevin Cohen, 41, pleaded not guilty Friday to grand larceny and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian pot activist and seed merchant surrenders for extradition to US to face drug charge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-pot-activist-and-seed-merchant-surrenders-for-extradition-to-us-to-face-drug-charge-181434/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Hainsworth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada&#8217;s so-called Prince of Pot is now in jail awaiting extradition to the United States for selling marijuana seeds.

Marc Emery has sold millions of marijuana seeds around the world by mail over the past decade. In doing so, he has drawn the attention of U.S. drug officials, who want him extradited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor decides against charging suburban NYC university student who made up gang rape tale</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutor-decides-against-charging-suburban-nyc-university-student-who-made-up-gang-rape-tale-179207/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A suburban New York City prosecutor has decided not to file criminal charges against a university student who falsely claimed she was gang-raped in a dormitory bathroom.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice says Hofstra University freshman Danmel Ndonye (en-DAHN&#8217;-yeh) must undergo mental health treatment and perform community service in exchange for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern California wildfire threatens ranches, orchards, homes amid high heat and winds</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/southern-california-wildfire-threatens-ranches-orchards-homes-amid-high-heat-and-winds-176767/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOORPARK, Calif. — Firefighters guarded rural homes, ranches and orchards Wednesday as a wind-driven wildfire grew to more than 25 square miles on a march through rugged land between small Southern California communities.

The fire was stoked by hot and dry Santa Ana winds but firefighters said the windspeeds were lower than on the first day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amb. Rice: US must weigh political, economic and military conditions on ground in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice says the Obama administration&#8217;s fresh assessment of American policy in Afghanistan is appropriate and necessary in light of an evolving and uncertain political landscape there.

Interviewed Wednesday from the site of the U.N. General Assembly session, Rice said the overall strategy that President Barack Obama is pursuing remains unchanged: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residents evacuated by grass fire in Medford, Ore., begin returning home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEDFORD, Ore. — Residents who evacuated because of a grass fire in the southern Oregon city of Medford have begun returning to their homes.

The wind-driven Deer Ridge fire prompted authorities to advise residents of about 100 homes to evacuate. By Monday night, the fire had burned about 600 acres.
The Medford Mail Tribune reports some Medford [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN prepares for week with tough issues and new faces _ Obama, Gadhafi, Medvedev and Hu Jintao</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edith M. Lederer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — Among the world leaders gathering this week at the United Nations to tackle problems ranging from climate change to the spread of nuclear weapons will be many new faces, including the presidents of the United States, Russia and China.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will also be making his first U.N. appearance after 40 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN ambassador: Obama not expected to meet Ahmadinejad at United Nations next week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A top adviser to Barack Obama says the president will not meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE&#8217;-neh-zhahd) at the United Nations next week.

U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice says she doesn&#8217;t expect the two to have &#8220;direct engagement.&#8221;
Obama will be in New York from Monday to Thursday for the gathering of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DA: Revelation of video led NY college gang-rape accuser to recant; charges possible</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Eltman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Hofstra University freshman who had claimed she was raped by five men in a dormitory bathroom changed her story after prosecutors confronted her with the revelation that a video of the encounter may have been recorded, a prosecutor said Thursday.

The recantation on Wednesday night led to the immediate release of four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense attorney says cell phone video vindicates 5 men accused in Hofstra rape case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Eltman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINEOLA, N.Y. — A prosecutor was considering Thursday whether to file criminal charges against a Hofstra University freshman who recanted claims that she was gang-raped by five men in a dormitory bathroom.

The student, whom officials have declined to identify, has been suspended from school pending a disciplinary hearing, said Hofstra spokeswoman Melissa Connolly.
The spokeswoman also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil proposes ban for sugarcane-ethanol plantations in Amazon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil will prohibit sugarcane-ethanol plantations in the Amazon and other ecologically sensitive areas of Latin America&#8217;s largest nation under a plan unveiled Thursday by the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The proposal, if approved by Congress, will ensure Brazilian ethanol made from sugarcane is environmentally friendly and ease concerns the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: US will share 10 percent of swine flu vaccines with other nations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the United States will share 10 percent of its swine flu vaccine supply with other nations to help fight the deadly virus&#8217; global spread.

The White House on Thursday announced that flu vaccines to counter the virus known among scientists as H1N1 would be available through the World Health Organization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hofstra U. suspends student who recanted gang rape student, revokes suspension of accused</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hofstra-u-suspends-student-who-recanted-gang-rape-student-revokes-suspension-of-accused-171454/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Eltman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINEOLA, N.Y. — Hofstra University has suspended a college student who recanted claims that she was gang-raped by five men in a dormitory bathroom.

Hofstra spokeswoman Melissa Connolly said Thursday that the school had lifted a suspension against the one student among the five suspects.
Connolly refused to identify the 18-year-old freshman who accused the five men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY prosecutor investigates Hofstra student who recanted gang rape story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Eltman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINEOLA, N.Y. — A prosecutor is considering criminal charges against a Hofstra University freshman who has recanted her claims that she was gang-raped by five men in a dormitory bathroom.

The 18-year-old woman, who has not been identified, told members of Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice&#8217;s office on Wednesday night that &#8220;the encounter that took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY DA: Hofstra University student recants gang rape story, charges dismissed against suspects</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-da-hofstra-university-student-recants-gang-rape-story-charges-dismissed-against-suspects-170786/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — Four New York men were released from jail Wednesday and authorities dismissed charges that they gang-raped a Hofstra University student after the 18-year-old woman recanted her story.

&#8220;I&#8217;m so happy the truth finally came out,&#8221; said Stalin Felipe, 19, outside the Nassau County Jail in East Meadow where he and the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to meet African leaders and major contributors to UN peacekeeping at UN next week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edith M. Lederer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama will host a lunch for leaders from sub-Saharan Africa during next week&#8217;s ministerial meeting of the U.N. General Assembly to promote economic and social development, the U.S. ambassador announced Monday.

Susan Rice said the president will also host a meeting on the sidelines of the ministerial session with countries that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of downtown DC protesters blast &#8216;Obamacare,&#8217; government spending outside Capitol</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-of-downtown-dc-protesters-blast-obamacare-government-spending-outside-capitol-166926/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nafeesa Syeed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of protesters fed up with government spending marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, showing their disdain for the president&#8217;s health care plan with slogans such as &#8220;Obamacare makes me sick&#8221; and &#8220;I&#8217;m not your ATM.&#8221;

The line of protesters clogged several blocks near the Capitol, according to the D.C. Homeland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bears are breaking into homes, raiding fridges and attacking people in Aspen, Colo.</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bears-are-breaking-into-homes-raiding-fridges-and-attacking-people-in-aspen-colo-162836/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Slevin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASPEN, Colo. — It&#8217;s nearly 2 a.m. and authorities have found the suspect in a string of break-ins into multimillion-dollar homes. His nose led him right to their trap — a cage filled with barbecue-scented cantaloupe and peaches.

It&#8217;s a 550-pound black bear and it nearly fills the entire cage wildlife officers set for him in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caller reports &#8217;shrubs&#8217; on Okla. road; authorities find 236 high-grade marijuana plants</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/caller-reports-shrubs-on-okla-road-authorities-find-236-high-grade-marijuana-plants-161357/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DURANT, Okla. — Authorities in southern Oklahoma responding to a call that &#8220;shrubs&#8221; were on a roadway ended up finding hundreds of high-grade marijuana plants worth an estimated $500,000.

Local drug task force supervisor Chuck Carroll said he had never seen anything quite like the 236 marijuana plants that authorities found on a Bryant County road [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even in blackened landscape, investigators find clues to cause of huge Calif. wildfire</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/even-in-blackened-landscape-investigators-find-clues-to-cause-of-huge-calif-wildfire-159141/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Watkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A streak of soot on a rock. Singed bark on a tree. Charred plants and grasses.

Even in a landscape blackened by wildfire, clues abound for investigators following the path of a blaze back to its point of origin and trying to find out how it started.
In the hills above Los Angeles, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part of man&#8217;s pinky bitten off when scuffle erupts at Southern California health care protest</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/part-of-mans-pinky-bitten-off-when-scuffle-erupts-at-southern-california-health-care-protest-159122/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaya Tayefe Mohajer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — One man bit off part of another man&#8217;s finger when a health care reform demonstration turned violent.

William Rice said doctors did not reattach the bitten-off part of his left pinky after he got in the middle of a Southern California rally Wednesday night that he said was &#8220;very scary.&#8221;
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t go out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals judges question lawyers over Salinger spinoff book; one calls it &#8216;rather dismal&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Federal appeals court judges had plenty of questions Thursday about a Swedish author&#8217;s so-far unsuccessful attempt to publish a book in the United States that was once promoted as a sequel to J.D. Salinger&#8217;s &#8220;The Catcher in the Rye.&#8221;

The three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals expressed doubts about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US hopes world leaders at UN meeting chaired by Obama will back nuclear nonproliferation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edith M. Lederer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — While the U.S. is concerned about the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran, the special U.N. session to be chaired by President Barack Obama later this month will seek broad consensus on preventing the spread of nuclear weapons rather than zeroing in on individual nations.

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said Wednesday that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US envoy cites broad resentment and challenges Libyan leader to behave while at UN</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Heilprin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice challenged Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday to behave himself during his upcoming first-ever U.N. visit.

Rice, speaking as the incoming president of the U.N. Security Council this month, cited broad U.S. anger over Libya&#8217;s enthusiastic homecoming for Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted in the 1988 bombing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger tours Northern Calif. neighborhood leveled by weekend fire, calls deputy a hero</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/schwarzenegger-tours-northern-calif-neighborhood-leveled-by-weekend-fire-calls-deputy-a-hero-155676/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AUBURN, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday toured the remains of a Northern California neighborhood leveled by a quickly moving grass fire over the weekend, marveling at the extent of the devastation and consoling a sobbing resident whose home burned to the ground.

The governor arrived a day after the blaze swept through a suburban-style [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;America&#8217;s Best Dressed Real Man&#8217; uses fashion sense to help Miami&#8217;s homeless find work</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/americas-best-dressed-real-man-uses-fashion-sense-to-help-miamis-homeless-find-work-144800/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Laboy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — The three homeless men stand before well-groomed Frank Kelly, &#8220;America&#8217;s Best Dressed Real Man&#8221; of 2007, according to Esquire Magazine. He&#8217;s there to help them get work.

&#8220;Don&#8217;t just tell me your strengths. Tell me a situation where you were able to implement that strength,&#8221; Kelly tells them.
Two months later, each has a job.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature: Scientists develop high-yield rice that can grow in deep water</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nature-scientists-develop-high-yield-rice-that-can-grow-in-deep-water-144479/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Talmadge</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — A team of Japanese scientists has discovered genes that enable rice to survive high water, providing hope for better rice production in lowland areas that are affected by flooding.

The team, primarily from the University of Nagoya, reported their findings in Thursday&#8217;s issue of Nature, the science magazine.
The genes, called SNORKEL genes, help rice [...]]]></description>
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