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		<title>Las Vegas Police: Suspect was in meditation session with victim before her death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Motivational speaker accused in Las Vegas death

LAS VEGAS — Authorities say a motivational speaker accused in the slaying of a Las Vegas woman told police the two were in a meditation session in her home when he decided to kill her.
Michael Lane, a British citizen, faces charges of murder and robbery with a deadly weapon, ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/las-vegas-police-suspect-was-in-meditation-session-with-victim-before-her-death-244254/">Las Vegas Police: Suspect was in meditation session with victim before her death</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-president Bush urge listeners at Fort Worth, Texas, speech to stick to their principles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Bush urges listeners to stick to their principles

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former President George W. Bush has used a paid motivational speech in Fort Worth, Texas, to urge listeners to stand by their beliefs.
Bush spoke to about 11,000 people at a &#8220;Get Motivated&#8221; business seminar Monday.
A spokesperson for the group declined to tell the Fort ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-president-bush-urge-listeners-at-fort-worth-texas-speech-to-stick-to-their-principles-208349/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Ex-president Bush urge listeners at Fort Worth, Texas, speech to stick to their principles</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-President George W. Bush to headline Texas seminar; part of &#8216;Get Motivated&#8217; speaker series</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — George W. Bush is scheduled to headline an upcoming business seminar in Fort Worth as part of a series of motivational speeches by the former president.

Monday&#8217;s speech will be Bush&#8217;s first with the &#8220;Get Motivated&#8221; speaker series. The Tampa, Fla.,-based company&#8217;s Web site says the seminars are designed to &#8220;super-charge your career&#8221; and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-president-george-w-bush-to-headline-texas-seminar-part-of-get-motivated-speaker-series-203835/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Ex-President George W. Bush to headline Texas seminar; part of &#8216;Get Motivated&#8217; speaker series</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Self-help empire of motivational speaker in turmoil following sweat lodge deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEDONA, Ariz. — James Arthur Ray led a group of more than 50 followers into a cramped, sauna-like sweat lodge in Arizona last week by convincing them that his words would lead them to spiritual and financial wealth.

The mantra has made him a millionaire. People routinely pack Ray&#8217;s seminars and follow the motivational guru to ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/self-help-empire-of-motivational-speaker-in-turmoil-following-sweat-lodge-deaths-198313/">Self-help empire of motivational speaker in turmoil following sweat lodge deaths</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Study finds rapidly graying US work force as older Americans hold onto jobs during recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Older Americans will make up virtually all of the growth in the U.S. work force in the coming years as a nearly unprecedented number hold onto jobs and younger people decide to stay in school.

The study by the Pew Research Center, an independent research group, highlights a rapidly graying labor market due to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/study-finds-rapidly-graying-us-work-force-as-older-americans-hold-onto-jobs-during-recession-158082/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Study finds rapidly graying US work force as older Americans hold onto jobs during recession</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jayson Blair, life coach? Disgraced ex-reporter adopts new career after fall from journalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Barakat</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[McLEAN, Va. — Jayson Blair knows his new profession — life coach — smacks some people in the face like a bad punchline.

&#8220;People say, &#8216;Wait a minute. You&#8217;re a life coach?&#8217; That makes no sense,&#8217;&#8221; says Blair, the ex-journalist best known for foisting plagiarism and fabrications into the pages of The New York Times. &#8220;Then .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jayson-blair-life-coach-disgraced-ex-reporter-adopts-new-career-after-fall-from-journalism-144637/">Jayson Blair, life coach? Disgraced ex-reporter adopts new career after fall from journalism</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police look for suspects in stabbing death of NYC motivational speaker found bound in car</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-look-for-suspects-in-stabbing-death-of-nyc-motivational-speaker-found-bound-in-car-113283/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Long</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Motivational speaker Jeff Locker phoned his wife at their suburban home Wednesday night, telling her he had a flat tire and he&#8217;d be a little late. When he didn&#8217;t return, she called police.

Locker was found hours later, bound and stabbed to death in his car near a city housing project in a ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-look-for-suspects-in-stabbing-death-of-nyc-motivational-speaker-found-bound-in-car-113283/">Police look for suspects in stabbing death of NYC motivational speaker found bound in car</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Moms and politics: For women politicians, struggle between work, family plays out in public</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deanna Bellandi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, a rising star in the Democratic Party, resisted interest reaching all the way to the White House for her to run for higher office next year. One of the reasons: A campaign for U.S. Senate or governor would have been a burden on her young family.

&#8220;We have two  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/moms-and-politics-for-women-politicians-struggle-between-work-family-plays-out-in-public-109763/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployed seek solace, guidance from God in church-based unemployment support groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY, Mass. — Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk.

Every member of the unemployment support group meeting has their own story .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/unemployed-seek-solace-guidance-from-god-in-church-based-unemployment-support-groups-98969/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Unemployed seek solace, guidance from God in church-based unemployment support groups</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights of Supreme Court decisions made during the 2008-09 term</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the significant cases the Supreme Court decided in its 2008-09 term:

REVERSE DISCRIMINATION
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race. It was a decision that could alter employment practices nationwide and make it harder to prove discrimination where there is no evidence ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/highlights-of-supreme-court-decisions-made-during-the-2008-09-term-96053/" title="Highlights of Supreme Court decisions made during the 2008-09 term">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Research Council survey says 1 in 4 South African men admit to rape</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare Nullis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A leading South African research group said one in four male South Africans it surveyed admitted to committing rape — a finding that cast a harsh light on a culture of sexual violence that victims groups say is deeply embedded in society.

According to police statistics, some 36,000 women were raped ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/medical-research-council-survey-says-1-in-4-south-african-men-admit-to-rape-87085/" title="Medical Research Council survey says 1 in 4 South African men admit to rape">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: Hospitals try acupuncture and &#8216;mumbo jumbo&#8217; as alternative medicine goes mainstream</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marilynn Marchione</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE — At one of the nation&#8217;s top trauma hospitals, a nurse circles a patient&#8217;s bed, humming and waving her arms as if shooing evil spirits. Another woman rubs a quartz bowl with a wand, making tunes that mix with the beeping monitors and hissing respirator keeping the man alive.

They are doing Reiki therapy, which ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-impact-hospitals-try-acupuncture-and-mumbo-jumbo-as-alternative-medicine-goes-mainstream-74569/" title="AP IMPACT: Hospitals try acupuncture and &#8216;mumbo jumbo&#8217; as alternative medicine goes mainstream">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Clinic official: Amarillo, Texas, psychiatrist among 5 killed in Iraq military stress center</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 09:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMARILLO, Texas — A Texas clinic official says a psychiatrist from Amarillo is among the five people shot to death at a military counseling center in Baghdad.

The executive director of the Texas Panhandle Mental Health and Mental Retardation says the wife of Dr. Matthew Houseal (HOUSE&#8217;-eel) told him Tuesday that Houseal was among the dead.
Bud .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/clinic-official-amarillo-texas-psychiatrist-among-5-killed-in-iraq-military-stress-center-61048/">Clinic official: Amarillo, Texas, psychiatrist among 5 killed in Iraq military stress center</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Older workers embrace career change despite lower pay, citing less stress, more flexibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Carpenter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Less pay, fewer benefits, lower prestige — and greater job satisfaction.

Older workers and retirees moving into different lines of work can take heart from a new study that finds they are likely to enjoy their new jobs more than their old ones.
In an era when pink slips are increasing and some career paths ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/older-workers-embrace-career-change-despite-lower-pay-citing-less-stress-more-flexibility-55905/" title="Older workers embrace career change despite lower pay, citing less stress, more flexibility">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Freddie Mac executive faced pressure, oversight and long hours before decision to end his life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Barakat</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[McLEAN, Va. — David Kellermann started at Freddie Mac 16 years ago as an accountant, immersing himself in the company and working tirelessly to establish his career.

At his wife&#8217;s 40th birthday, Kellermann described how much he appreciated his life: His determination to excel and joyful work attitude had paid off. It was a zest that .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/freddie-mac-executive-faced-pressure-oversight-and-long-hours-before-decision-to-end-his-life-2-36922/">Freddie Mac executive faced pressure, oversight and long hours before decision to end his life</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Freddie Mac executive faced pressure, oversight and long hours before decision to end his life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Barakat</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[McLEAN, Va. — By last fall, the heady days for mortgage giant Freddie Mac were over, and what was left for executives like David Kellermann were stressful days and long nights of picking up the pieces under the sharp scrutiny of regulators.

After taking the role of acting chief financial officer when the government seized control .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/freddie-mac-executive-faced-pressure-oversight-and-long-hours-before-decision-to-end-his-life-36289/" title="Freddie Mac executive faced pressure, oversight and long hours before decision to end his life">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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