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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Government Programs</title>
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		<title>Alaska volunteers hope to save Santa letter service after Postal Service puts program on ice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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AK volunteers strive to save Santa letter service

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Santa&#8217;s &#8220;elves&#8221; at the North Pole have been given their walking papers — but they&#8217;re not going quietly.
The volunteer &#8220;elves&#8221; are trying to counter a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to discontinue a program begun in 1954 in the small Alaskan town of North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing numbers of radical Islamic Web sites are spreading al-Qaida&#8217;s message in English</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Keath</dc:creator>
		
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200 Web sites spread al-Qaida&#8217;s message in English

RIYADH,Saudi Arabia — Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida&#8217;s message to Muslims in the West.
They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana regulators give utilities go-ahead to reinstate heating assistance programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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Indiana regulators approve heating assistance

INDIANAPOLIS — Consumer advocates said they were encouraged by state regulators&#8217; decision Thursday to allow Indiana utilities to reinstate heating assistance programs, but the next step is up to the utilities.
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued an order that allows Vectren, Citizens Gas and Northern Indiana Public Service Co. to reinstate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Gov. Culver orders agencies to review 30 tax credit programs after film program problems</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iowa-gov-culver-orders-agencies-to-review-30-tax-credit-programs-after-film-program-problems-232957/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Gov. Culver orders review of Iowa tax credits

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is ordering a review of 30 tax credit programs administered by six state agencies to determine if they are meeting goals established when they were enacted.
Department of Management director Dick Oshlo will head a panel made up of the six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal effort to provide financing for state housing agencies totals $29 billion in financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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New fed housing program involves $29B in financing

WASHINGTON — A new federal program to support state and local housing finance agencies is expected to involve more than $29 billion in government support, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac disclosed Thursday.
Under the program announced by the Treasury Department last month, the government-controlled mortgage companies will help fix [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher household income limit could drive up interest in SD&#8217;s heat payment assistance program</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/higher-household-income-limit-could-drive-up-interest-in-sds-heat-payment-assistance-program-232713/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wayne Ortman</dc:creator>
		
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Income limit raised for SD heat assistance

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota has received more applications from residents seeking help to pay heating bills than it did last winter, and expanded eligibility guidelines could push demand even higher.
Eligibility for the federally funded Low Income Energy Assistance Program and the amount of help paying heat bills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TennCare may have to cut enrollee benefits if asked to make 9 percent reductions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tenncare-may-have-to-cut-enrollee-benefits-if-asked-to-make-9-percent-reductions-232663/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucas L. Johnson Ii</dc:creator>
		
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TennCare may have to cut enrollee benefits

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — TennCare officials say they will be forced to cut some enrollee benefits if Gov. Phil Bredesen asks them to make a 9 percent reduction in spending.
Bredesen heard from state departments during budget hearings that continued on Wednesday.
While most agencies have been asked to present plans to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal Service ends Santa letter program, sparking cries of &#8216;grinch&#8217; in North Pole, Alaska</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/postal-service-ends-santa-letter-program-sparking-cries-of-grinch-in-north-pole-alaska-232640/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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Grinch! North Pole irked at end to Santa replies

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won&#8217;t get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.
The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular national program begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal Service halts program that brought flood of letters to Santa to North Pole, Alaska</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/postal-service-halts-program-that-brought-flood-of-letters-to-santa-to-north-pole-alaska-232314/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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Popular Santa letter program ends in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won&#8217;t get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.
The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular national program begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAO: Gov&#8217;t improperly awarded $100M in contracts to firms in small business veterans program</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gao-govt-improperly-awarded-100m-in-contracts-to-firms-in-small-business-veterans-program-232311/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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GAO: Fraud in gov&#8217;t contracts for disabled vets
WASHINGTON — Companies fraudulently collected at least $100 million in federal contracts from a $4 billion government program designated for disabled military veterans who run small businesses, congressional investigators charge.
The Small Business Administration failed to check if companies were eligible for the no-bid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Bankshares repays $59 million TARP loan on heels of capital-raising stock offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Union Bankshares repays $59 million TARP loan

BOWLING GREEN, Va. — Union Bankshares Corp. said Wednesday it has repaid the federal government the $59 million it received last December under the Treasury Department&#8217;s Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The regional bank said it bought back the preferred stock it had issued to the Treasury, after regulators approved the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain, Australia apologize for mistreatment of child migrants sent to &#8216;better life&#8217; overseas</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/britain-australia-apologize-for-mistreatment-of-child-migrants-sent-to-better-life-overseas-229958/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Lawless</dc:creator>
		
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Apology for kids shipped from Britain to colonies

CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a historic apology Monday to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home.
At a ceremony in the Australian capital of Canberra attended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans jump on report from Medicare agency that says Democratic bill would boost spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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GOP leaps on study of rising health care costs

WASHINGTON — Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top official at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revised govt formula puts Medicare waste and fraud at $47B, nearly 3 times last year&#8217;s figure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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Govt: Medicare paid $47 billion in suspect claims
WASHINGTON — The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient&#8217;s condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year.
Excerpts of a new federal report, obtained by The Associated Press, show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican lawmaker says House Democrats rejected GOP proposals to improve health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals
WASHINGTON — House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact innovative changes, a GOP lawmaker said Saturday.
Delivering the Republicans&#8217; weekly radio and Internet address, Rep. Mark Kirk of Illinois [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First lady seeks to assure older women health care legislation will benefit them</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Simmons</dc:creator>
		
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Mrs. Obama: health overhaul will help older women
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama sought to assure older women on Friday that efforts to overhaul health care won&#8217;t undercut the benefits they receive through Medicare, saying her husband considers the government-run program a &#8220;sacred part of America&#8217;s social safety net.&#8221;
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		<title>New Orleans officials plan talks with rating agencies ahead of proposed bond sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Bohrer</dc:creator>
		
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New Orleans plans bond talks with rating agencies

NEW ORLEANS — City officials plan to hold high-stakes talks with three rating agencies that could determine whether New Orleans can sell up to $40 million in bonds for street work.
The plans come as the City Council grapples with how to fill a projected $68 million budget deficit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Documents: Medicare agency ignored scam warnings for 3 years, may have cost taxpayers millions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelli Kennedy</dc:creator>
		
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Feds ignored Medicare scam warnings for years

MIAMI — For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents show.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services received roughly 30 warnings from inspectors over three years — mostly under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miss. Supreme Court sides with pharmacists in complaint against Medicaid over reimbursements</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Miss. high court: Medicaid erred on pharmacy rule

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Medicaid officials should have asked the Legislature for approval before tinkering with a law that would change reimbursements for pharmacists, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a chancery judge&#8217;s ruling that the Division of Medicaid had no authority to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Roundtable says health legislation _ if done right _ can cut costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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CEOs say health legislation could cut costs

WASHINGTON — The Democratic health care bills in Congress — if done right — have the potential to tame runaway medical inflation, a leading business group said Thursday in a report immediately hailed by President Barack Obama.
The Business Roundtable, which represents big company CEOs, said some of the changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swamped with homeowners looking for help, Bank of America shows bumps in Obama mortgage plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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PLANO, Texas — Shontaye Edwards spends her day in a gray cubicle at a Bank of America call center in this Dallas suburb. On the other end of the phone line are homeowners — tense, exasperated and looking for help.
They often call with questions about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosures back off in October for 3rd straight month, but unemployment could derail trend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.w. Elphinstone</dc:creator>
		
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Foreclosures dip 3 pct. in October from September

NEW YORK — The number of homeowners on the brink of losing their homes dipped in October, the third straight monthly decline, as foreclosure prevention programs helped more borrowers.
But foreclosure filings are still up 19 percent from a year ago, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday, and rising job losses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: Reid considering higher payroll tax on wealthy for health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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AP sources: Reid eyes payroll tax hike on wealthy
WASHINGTON — Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday.
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		<title>Few in US spell out how they want to die; House health bill includes end-of-life counseling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Sedensky</dc:creator>
		
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Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lillian Landry always said she wasn&#8217;t afraid to die. So when death came last week, the 99-year-old was lying peacefully in a hospice with no needles or tubes. Her final days saw her closest friend at her side and included occasional shots of her favorite whiskey, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pew report says 9 states face budget deficits, economic challenges similar to California&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lin</dc:creator>
		
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Report: 10 states face looming budget disasters

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings. In Michigan, state officials dealing with the nation&#8217;s highest unemployment rate are slashing spending on schools and health care.
Drastic financial remedies are no longer limited to California, where a historic budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European businesses struggle with shaky demand, remain anxious about fragile recovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-businesses-struggle-with-shaky-demand-remain-anxious-about-fragile-recovery-225944/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Vandore</dc:creator>
		
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Businesses fear Europe recovery will remain timid

VILLENEUVE-LA-GARENNE, France — From his upstairs office, Jerome Frantz can hear the delivery trucks as they rumble into the yard of the auto parts business his grandfather founded 90 years ago.
In better times, each day Frantz would have as many as 60 big trucks pulling into the forecourt of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Most Southerners want government aid for states, job creation; a third fear job loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new poll shows Southerners are fretting about job loss and the economy and don&#8217;t think the federal government is doing enough to address either.
The Winthrop Poll of 866 respondents in 11 Southern states found the economy was the top concern of four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ball State University researcher says &#8216;Cash for Clunkers&#8217; fueled spike in auto sales</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ball-state-university-researcher-says-cash-for-clunkers-fueled-spike-in-auto-sales-225939/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Researcher: &#8216;Clunkers&#8217; program boosted auto sales

MUNCIE, Ind. — A Ball State University researcher who analyzed the federal government&#8217;s Cash for Clunkers program says it fueled a spike in auto sales over the summer.
Michael Hicks of Ball State&#8217;s Center for Business and Economic Research analyzed the program, which cost taxpayers nearly $3 billion to provide rebates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dispute over care for mentally disabled Nebraskans emerges during budget-cutting talks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dispute-over-care-for-mentally-disabled-nebraskans-emerges-during-budget-cutting-talks-225889/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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Nebraska care providers claim state hypocrisy

LINCOLN, Neb. — Pay at some state-funded programs where people with mental disabilities are cared for in Nebraska is so low that McDonald&#8217;s workers make a higher hourly wage.
&#8220;Why would you work here?&#8221; said Linda Redfern, director of the Scottsbluff-based Region I Office of Human Development. Overseen by elected county [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deals to tackle $3.2 billion deficit elusive as NY Legislature meets in extraordinary session</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gormley</dc:creator>
		
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No deficit deals in NY Legislature special session

ALBANY, N.Y. — With New York drowning in deepening deficit spending and running out of cash to pay huge bills due next month, the Legislature met in special session Tuesday and put off what Gov. David Paterson called the &#8220;tough decisions to save our state.&#8221;
Instead of acting on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huge Va. budget growth over 10 years fueled by inflation, population, economic conditions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/huge-va-budget-growth-over-10-years-fueled-by-inflation-population-economic-conditions-225029/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
		
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Population, inflation fuel Virginia budget growth

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia spent 74 percent more money overall in its most recent budget than it did 10 years earlier, the result of the economy, population growth and decisions by the General Assembly, according to the legislature&#8217;s watchdog agency.
Monday&#8217;s report to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mo. communities to get $266M for wastewater and drinking water construction projects</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mo-communities-to-get-266m-for-wastewater-and-drinking-water-construction-projects-224398/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Blank</dc:creator>
		
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Mo. communities to get $266M for water projects

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Dozens of Missouri communities will be splitting $266 million for wastewater and drinking water improvements under a construction plan announced by Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday.
Nixon announced the plan while touring work sites in Springfield and Liberty in suburban Kansas City. The construction money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Medical Association members reaffirm support for health system reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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HOUSTON — The American Medical Association on Monday rebuffed dissident members and voted to stick with support for ongoing health reform efforts, while reiterating wariness over proposals that threaten doctors&#8217; pocketbooks and independence.
The action at the group&#8217;s semiannual meeting in Houston could be seen as a vote of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Dakota governor says he won&#8217;t ask for tax increase to fix budget woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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Governor won&#8217;t seek tax increase to fix SD budget

PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds said Monday he won&#8217;t seek a tax increase to fix state budget problems that are expected to get much worse in the next two years.
Any tax plan likely would not get the required two-thirds vote from the Legislature, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion coverage is latest hot button as Senate faces health care debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — Abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, a move that could roil a shaky Democratic effort to pass President Barack Obama&#8217;s signature issue by year&#8217;s end.
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said Monday he could not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas governor announces career coaches, Web site for $10M work force education program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Demillo</dc:creator>
		
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Ark. program to provide career coaches for schools

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Forty-three &#8220;career coaches&#8221; will be placed in high schools around Arkansas next year to help students chart their college and career goals, state officials announced Monday.
The coaches will be placed in schools starting in January as part of a $10 million expansion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mails show governor&#8217;s office had interest in Iowa Film Office operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Glover</dc:creator>
		
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E-mails show Iowa gov.&#8217;s interest in film office

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Chet Culver&#8217;s office took a close interest in the state&#8217;s film promotion efforts long before questions about spending and bookkeeping prompted the governor to freeze the program, e-mails obtained by The Associated Press indicate.
The 224 e-mails between the Department of Economic Development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of America loans $184 billion in third quarter; $759 billion in credit extended in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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BofA extends $184B credit in third quarter

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bank of America Corp. said Monday that it extended nearly $184 billion in credit during the third quarter, as households and communities remain under financial strain.
In its latest lending and investing initiative report, home loans continue to be among the bank&#8217;s priorities, with Bank of America [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma lawmakers question tax exemptions, credits and deductions amid budget shortfall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Talley</dc:creator>
		
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Oklahoma lawmakers eye tax breaks amid shortfall

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma gives away billions of dollars in tax revenue through hundreds of exemptions, credits and deductions that some lawmakers say the state may no longer be able to afford as it slips deeper into a revenue shortfall.
Tax breaks have been granted to manufacturers, farmers and ranchers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government option faces uphill fight in Senate version of heath insurance reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — The most senior African American in Congress offered some unsolicited advice Monday to President Barack Obama on how to get his signature health care bill through a balky Senate: knock their heads together.
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		<title>Health care overhaul divides Democratic senators, so House legislation faces huge hurdles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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Health care overhaul faces stone wall in Senate
WASHINGTON — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.
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		<title>Democrat senators divided on government health insurance, so House&#8217;s bill has nowhere to go</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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Big question mark: Fate of health care in Senate
WASHINGTON — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.
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		<title>More resources needed if war on drugs is to shift more toward treatment than imprisonment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Crary</dc:creator>
		
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Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?

NEW YORK — Based on the rhetoric, America&#8217;s war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the nation&#8217;s readiness to turn the talk into reality.
The economic case for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With House vote, Obama says it&#8217;s now the Senate&#8217;s turn to advance the health care overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama says it&#8217;s now Senate&#8217;s turn on health care
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday it was time for the Senate to &#8220;take the baton&#8221; on health care reform after the House passed its plan for overhauling the nation&#8217;s health care system.
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		<title>Obstacles awaiting health care bill in Senate after close House passage of landmark plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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Tough road ahead in Senate for health care bill
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the Senate promises to be rocky.
The 220-215 vote late Saturday cleared the way for the Senate to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate to take up health care reform after landmark legislation passes House in close vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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Landmark health bill passes House on close vote
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority.
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		<title>Health care bill clears House by narrow margin; legislation now moves to the Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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House passes health care bill on close vote
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
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		<title>Landmark health care reform bill clears House in close vote; Senate debate next</title>
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		<title>Health care bill clears House in close vote; Senate debate next</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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