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		<title>Nelson Mandela Dead: Only In Rumors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shantanu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco- The latest rumors that are doing the rounds on the internet are, predictably, about the death of some celebrity. However, this time, there has been a shift in focus. The death mongers have not put on the death row some movie star or some sports celebrity, rather, this time, it is the turn ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nelson-mandela-dead-only-in-rumors-245263/">Read : Nelson Mandela Dead: Only In Rumors</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton: US ready to jointly raise $100 billion yearly by 2020 in climate aid for poor.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Clinton: US ready to join $100B climate aid fund
COPENHAGEN — The United States is prepared to join other rich countries in raising $100 billion in yearly climate financing for poor countries by 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Thursday at the Copenhagen talks.
The U.S. declaration could give a boost to .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/clinton-us-ready-to-jointly-raise-100-billion-yearly-by-2020-in-climate-aid-for-poor-245245/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Clinton: US ready to jointly raise $100 billion yearly by 2020 in climate aid for poor.</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;American Idol&#8217; creator&#8217;s new project to put audience, aspiring stars together online</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8216;American Idol&#8217; creator announces &#8216;Dream&#8217; project

LOS ANGELES — The creator of Fox&#8217;s &#8220;American Idol&#8221; is going beyond TV with a project that will tell the story of five young people trying to make it in Hollywood with online audience feedback.
Starting in early 2010, Simon Fuller&#8217;s &#8220;If I Can Dream&#8221; will follow three aspiring actors, a .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/american-idol-creators-new-project-to-put-audience-aspiring-stars-together-online-245204/" title="&#8216;American Idol&#8217; creator&#8217;s new project to put audience, aspiring stars together online">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Secret Santas: In season of giving, anonymous donors go to great lengths to hide identity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Irvine</dc:creator>
		
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Anonymous donors take care to hide their identity

CHICAGO — The gold coins have arrived in much the same manner every year for the past four years: An anonymous donor dropped each one into a Salvation Army kettle somewhere in Fort Myers, Fla.
Each coin was tucked inside a small plastic case with a neatly handwritten note ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/secret-santas-in-season-of-giving-anonymous-donors-go-to-great-lengths-to-hide-identity-243948/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Secret Santas: In season of giving, anonymous donors go to great lengths to hide identity</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN weather agency says decade &#8216;very likely&#8217; warmest on record; 2009 one of warmest years</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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UN weather agency: decade likely warmest on record

COPENHAGEN — The world&#8217;s weatherman says this decade has very likely been the warmest in the historical record, and 2009 likely will end as one of the warmest years.
The World Meteorological Organization released the data in Copenhagen on the second day of a pivotal 192-nation climate conference, where ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-weather-agency-says-decade-very-likely-warmest-on-record-2009-one-of-warmest-years-241358/">UN weather agency says decade &#8216;very likely&#8217; warmest on record; 2009 one of warmest years</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UK&#8217;s Brown calls for deeper European emissions cuts; climate talks get down to details</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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UK&#8217;s Brown wants deeper European emissions cuts

COPENHAGEN — Britain&#8217;s Prime Minister Gordon Brown is urging fellow Europeans to raise their bid on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to pressure the U.S. and others to do more.
His comments came on the second day of a historic climate conference as negotiators in Cophenhagen are digging into the technicalities .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/uks-brown-calls-for-deeper-european-emissions-cuts-climate-talks-get-down-to-details-241344/">UK&#8217;s Brown calls for deeper European emissions cuts; climate talks get down to details</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Google launches new visual search tool &#8216;Google Goggles&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/google-launches-new-visual-search-tool-google-goggles-241300/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A new tool has been launched by search engine Google that enables its users to locate information by using pictures instead of words.

Google Goggles, a free augmented reality application for Google Android mobile phones, allows people to search for information on anything simply by taking a photo of that object.
The application can recognise ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/google-launches-new-visual-search-tool-google-goggles-241300/">Google launches new visual search tool &#8216;Google Goggles&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hopenhagen - ad world presses for successful climate summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hopenhagen-ad-world-presses-for-successful-climate-summit-238135/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The International Advertising Association has started a global campaign, Hopenhagen, to keep the pressure mounting on world leaders to take the right decisions at the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen Dec 7-18.

The movement whose tagline is &#8216;when people lead, leaders follow&#8217; urges people from across the world and all walks ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hopenhagen-ad-world-presses-for-successful-climate-summit-238135/">Hopenhagen - ad world presses for successful climate summit</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War revenge? Oregon State got knocked out of Rose Bowl by Oregon last season</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne M. Peterson</dc:creator>
		
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Beavers could win both Rose Bowl trip, payback

EUGENE, Ore. — Just before his Twitter account mysteriously disappeared, injured Oregon State quarterback Lyle Moevao tweeted about &#8220;payback&#8221; in this year&#8217;s Civil War game.
Moevao was silenced, and the rest of the Beavers certainly weren&#8217;t providing further bulletin board material, but there was a generally accepted feeling that ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/civil-war-revenge-oregon-state-got-knocked-out-of-rose-bowl-by-oregon-last-season-237985/">Civil War revenge? Oregon State got knocked out of Rose Bowl by Oregon last season</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report on last season&#8217;s wind, ice storms in Ky. says moving power lines underground too costly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan T. Lovan</dc:creator>
		
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Ky. delivers report on last season&#8217;s costly storms

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A report released Thursday on last season&#8217;s ice and wind storms says Kentucky&#8217;s utilities should not spend billions of dollars burying electrical transmission lines to prevent future mass outages.
Instead, the 180-page report by the Public Service Commission said utilities should consider fortifying some existing lines, .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-on-last-seasons-wind-ice-storms-in-ky-says-moving-power-lines-underground-too-costly-232989/">Report on last season&#8217;s wind, ice storms in Ky. says moving power lines underground too costly</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New apps, Web sites offer holiday shopping help; here&#8217;s how to know what&#8217;s useful for you</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Fredrix</dc:creator>
		
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Smart Spending: Online help for holiday shopping

Shoppers face a dizzying array of offers of help in the form of new Web sites, services and mobile phone applications as they set out for their holiday shopping this year.
To make the most of new services, experts advise employing them often and early, even before the season kicks .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-apps-web-sites-offer-holiday-shopping-help-heres-how-to-know-whats-useful-for-you-232716/">New apps, Web sites offer holiday shopping help; here&#8217;s how to know what&#8217;s useful for you</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>JetBlue launches one-day sale for winter travel with fares between $29 and $129 each way</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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JetBlue launches one-day sale
NEW YORK — JetBlue is running a one-day sale Thursday on international and domestic flights with fares between $29 and $129 each way.

The airline said sale fares are for travel between Dec. 2 and Dec 16 as well as between Jan. 6 to Jan. 28, with some blackout dates. The sale is ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jetblue-launches-one-day-sale-for-winter-travel-with-fares-between-29-and-129-each-way-232638/">JetBlue launches one-day sale for winter travel with fares between $29 and $129 each way</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Turning cameras on reporters, Jason Reitman documents his promotion of &#8216;Up in the Air&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Coyle</dc:creator>
		
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Jason Reitman documents promotion of his new film

NEW YORK — The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside.
It&#8217;s a view rarely offered, but Jason Reitman, the director of &#8220;Juno&#8221; and &#8220;Thank You for Smoking,&#8221; has done just that. Reitman has spent much of October and November promoting his ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/turning-cameras-on-reporters-jason-reitman-documents-his-promotion-of-up-in-the-air-232495/">Original article on  : Turning cameras on reporters, Jason Reitman documents his promotion of &#8216;Up in the Air&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A thaw in relations? Fox&#8217;s Major Garrett gets Obama interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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NEW YORK — President Barack Obama will give an interview to Fox News Channel&#8217;s Major Garrett, perhaps signaling a thaw in relations between the network and administration.
The White House confirmed Tuesday that Garrett will be included among a round of network interviews that the president is giving Wednesday ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-thaw-in-relations-foxs-major-garrett-gets-obama-interview-231269/" title="A thaw in relations? Fox&#8217;s Major Garrett gets Obama interview">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Music Review: Mayer flounders on &#8220;Battle Studies&#8221; with self-penned soft rock</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Review: Mayer flounders with self-penned soft rock

John Mayer, &#8220;Battle Studies&#8221; (Columbia)
The multitudes root for tousled-hair troubadour John Mayer to break from his tabloids &#8216;n Twitter drama to give us what we&#8217;ve grown accustomed to — smart lovestruck lyrics and the best blues/rock guitar of a generation.
So here is his latest album, &#8220;Battle Studies,&#8221; and it .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/music-review-mayer-flounders-on-battle-studies-with-self-penned-soft-rock-231223/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Music Review: Mayer flounders on &#8220;Battle Studies&#8221; with self-penned soft rock</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tabloid fodder lingers, but Mayer makes sure his music is what has the most impact on new CD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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John Mayer makes sure music rises above tabloids

NEW YORK — If you&#8217;re engrossed in the tabloid Internet-gossip that has come to define the celebrity world, then John Mayer&#8217;s latest CD, &#8220;Battle Studies,&#8221; could provide enough fodder to fill at least a dozen Perez Hilton blog posts or at least one story in Us Weekly.
The single, ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tabloid-fodder-lingers-but-mayer-makes-sure-his-music-is-what-has-the-most-impact-on-new-cd-231058/">Tabloid fodder lingers, but Mayer makes sure his music is what has the most impact on new CD</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Free the Web, Obama urges China, but censors have the last word</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexa Olesen</dc:creator>
		
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BEIJING — President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel.
China has more than 250 million Internet users and employs .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/free-the-web-obama-urges-china-but-censors-have-the-last-word-230738/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Free the Web, Obama urges China, but censors have the last word</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Chinese students, US ambassador show off language skills at town hall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hutzler</dc:creator>
		
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SHANGHAI — Chinese students visiting Monday with President Barack Obama during a town hall-style meeting wanted to show off their language skills. The U.S. ambassador to China did the same.
Obama&#8217;s event with students here featured more spoken English than Chinese — except for Ambassador Jon Huntsman, Obama&#8217;s .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-notebook-chinese-students-us-ambassador-show-off-language-skills-at-town-hall-230423/">Source article &nbsp;: WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Chinese students, US ambassador show off language skills at town hall</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama politely prods for individual freedoms, unblocked Internet in message to China</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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SHANGHAI — President Barack Obama gave China a pointed, unexpected nudge to stop censoring the Internet access of its own people, offering an animated defense of the tool that helped him win the White House — and telling his tightly controlled hosts not ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/president-obama-politely-prods-for-individual-freedoms-unblocked-internet-in-message-to-china-230335/">President Obama politely prods for individual freedoms, unblocked Internet in message to China</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama says freedoms are &#8216;universal rights&#8217;
SHANGHAI — Pressing for freedoms on China&#8217;s own turf, President Barack Obama said Monday that individual expression is not an American ideal but a universal right that should be available to all.
In his first presidential trip to Asia, Obama lauded cooperative relations with China but sought to send .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/at-town-hall-in-china-president-obama-presses-for-individual-freedoms-230329/">Source article &nbsp;: At town hall in China, President Obama presses for individual freedoms</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama tells Chinese students that unrestricted Internet access in US a source of strength</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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SHANGHAI — President Barack Obama is telling Chinese students that unrestricted Internet access in the United States is a source of strength and an open exchange of information makes all countries stronger.
Obama on Monday told a town hall-style meeting that societies benefit when citizens are .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-tells-chinese-students-that-unrestricted-internet-access-in-us-a-source-of-strength-230252/">Source article &nbsp;: Obama tells Chinese students that unrestricted Internet access in US a source of strength</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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SHANGHAI — Pressing for freedoms on China&#8217;s own turf, President Barack Obama said Monday that individual expression is not an American ideal but a universal right that should be available to all.
In his first presidential trip to Asia, Obama lauded cooperative relations with China but sought to ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/president-obama-presses-for-individual-freedoms-during-town-hall-in-china-230250/">President Obama presses for individual freedoms during town hall in China</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Everything going NASA&#8217;s way for Monday launch of space shuttle Atlantis, good weather expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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NASA&#8217;s shuttle launch countdown going smoothly

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA&#8217;s countdown is going smoothly and even the weather is looking exceptionally good for Monday&#8217;s space shuttle launch.
Atlantis is scheduled to blast off at 2:28 p.m. Monday with tons of spare parts for the International Space Station. Forecasters put the odds of acceptable weather at 90 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/everything-going-nasas-way-for-monday-launch-of-space-shuttle-atlantis-good-weather-expected-230002/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Everything going NASA&#8217;s way for Monday launch of space shuttle Atlantis, good weather expected</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s opposition leaders say ruling clerics are more brutal than shah&#8217;s regime</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Opposition: Iran rulers more brutal than shah

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah&#8217;s regime in Web statements Saturday, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the reform movement&#8217;s last real means of keeping its campaign alive.
Two of Iran&#8217;s top pro-reform figures .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-opposition-leaders-say-ruling-clerics-are-more-brutal-than-shahs-regime-229560/">Iran&#8217;s opposition leaders say ruling clerics are more brutal than shah&#8217;s regime</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian police set up Internet crime unit to fight &#8216;lies&#8217; in new warning to opposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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Iran forms unit to go after opposition on Internet

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has formed a special unit to monitor Web sites and fight Internet crimes, in a clear attack on an opposition that relies almost exclusively on online means to broadcast its message, local newspapers reported Saturday.
Police Col. Mehrdad Omidi, who heads the Internet crime ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-police-set-up-internet-crime-unit-to-fight-lies-in-new-warning-to-opposition-229485/" title="Iranian police set up Internet crime unit to fight &#8216;lies&#8217; in new warning to opposition">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Dump the mistress, skip the bar: Morality drive targets graft threatening China&#8217;s 1-party rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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No bars, no mistresses, Chinese officials warned

BEIJING — Chinese officials are being told to dump their mistresses, avoid hostess bars, and shun extravagances as part of the Communist party&#8217;s efforts to clamp down on the corruption that is threatening its rule and sullying its reputation.
The language of the new morality push, one of countless such .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dump-the-mistress-skip-the-bar-morality-drive-targets-graft-threatening-chinas-1-party-rule-229456/">Original article &nbsp;: Dump the mistress, skip the bar: Morality drive targets graft threatening China&#8217;s 1-party rule</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran police set up Internet crime unit to fight &#8216;lies,&#8217; in new warning to opposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Iran sets up Internet crime unit
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has formed a special unit to monitor Web sites and fight Internet crimes, in a clear attack on an opposition that relies almost exclusively on online means to broadcast its message, local newspapers reported Saturday.

Police Colonel Mehrdad Omidi, who heads the Internet crime unit, said the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-police-set-up-internet-crime-unit-to-fight-lies-in-new-warning-to-opposition-229288/" title="Iran police set up Internet crime unit to fight &#8216;lies,&#8217; in new warning to opposition">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>ASPCA puts down abused NY dog after saying rehab failed and despite pleas from dog lovers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristian Salazar</dc:creator>
		
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NY dog Oreo put down despite pleas from dog lovers

NEW YORK — A young pit bull mix that survived being thrown off the sixth-floor roof of a Brooklyn building still was not fit to live because of her aggressive behavior, her caretakers said, and she was euthanized Friday, despite pleas from animal activists to spare .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/aspca-puts-down-abused-ny-dog-after-saying-rehab-failed-and-despite-pleas-from-dog-lovers-228881/">ASPCA puts down abused NY dog after saying rehab failed and despite pleas from dog lovers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Google, Yahoo, other Web companies urge FDA to adopt broader standards for online drug ads</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Perrone</dc:creator>
		
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Google, Yahoo call for expanded online drug ads

WASHINGTON — Google, Yahoo and other Web companies joined the pharmaceutical industry Thursday in urging federal regulators to make it easier to pitch drugs in online advertisements.
The Food and Drug Administration is hearing from dozens of drug and advertising executives at a two-day meeting on Internet marketing of ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/google-yahoo-other-web-companies-urge-fda-to-adopt-broader-standards-for-online-drug-ads-227304/" title="Google, Yahoo, other Web companies urge FDA to adopt broader standards for online drug ads">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ron Paul redux? Texas congressman&#8217;s son taps Internet, rallies students for Ky. Senate bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Alford</dc:creator>
		
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Ron Paul&#8217;s son borrows tactics for Ky. Senate bid

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Former presidential candidate Ron Paul&#8217;s son is borrowing a page from his father&#8217;s playbook for his U.S. Senate bid, leaning heavily on Internet fundraising and tapping the enthusiasm of young Republicans on college campuses.
The difference this time is that it could actually work. Eye .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ron-paul-redux-texas-congressmans-son-taps-internet-rallies-students-for-ky-senate-bid-226138/">Original source &nbsp;: Ron Paul redux? Texas congressman&#8217;s son taps Internet, rallies students for Ky. Senate bid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Toppled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin arrives in Cambodia, fueling Thai-Cambodian tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sopheng Cheang</dc:creator>
		
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Toppled Thai leader Thaksin welcomed in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Thailand&#8217;s ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose political battle against his successors has left his country bitterly divided, received a warm welcome Tuesday in neighboring Cambodia, which shares his disdain for the current government in Bangkok.
Thaksin, a globe-trotting fugitive from Thai justice whose sniping at .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/toppled-thai-prime-minister-thaksin-arrives-in-cambodia-fueling-thai-cambodian-tensions-224371/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Toppled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin arrives in Cambodia, fueling Thai-Cambodian tensions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Back to school: Brazil college reverses expulsion of woman whose mini-dress sparked uproar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tales Azzoni</dc:creator>
		
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Brazil college backs down on mini-dress expulsion

SAO PAULO — Brazil&#8217;s case of the pink mini-dress that went viral on the Internet has left many scratching their heads: How could it be that an outfit, no matter how short, would cause such an uproar in a tropical nation where skimpy clothing and tiny bikinis barely raise ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/back-to-school-brazil-college-reverses-expulsion-of-woman-whose-mini-dress-sparked-uproar-224065/">Back to school: Brazil college reverses expulsion of woman whose mini-dress sparked uproar</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CruiseCritic site to provide live, interactive coverage of megaship Oasis first cruise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Oasis cruise ship to get live Web coverage

NEW YORK — If you&#8217;re curious about what it&#8217;s like aboard the world&#8217;s largest cruise ship, check out the live, interactive coverage that CruiseCritic.com will offer from Oasis of the Seas later this month.
Three staffers from the Web site, including its editor, Carolyn Spencer Brown, will be blogging, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cruisecritic-site-to-provide-live-interactive-coverage-of-megaship-oasis-first-cruise-223437/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : CruiseCritic site to provide live, interactive coverage of megaship Oasis first cruise</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Editor, founder of China&#8217;s most influential news magazine resigns amid friction with publisher</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexa Olesen</dc:creator>
		
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Top editor leaves China&#8217;s boldest news magazine

BEIJING — The editor-in-chief of a hard-driving Chinese magazine that tackled tough subjects such as corruption, pollution and worker&#8217;s rights resigned Monday, casting doubt over prospects for greater media independence.
Many say founder Hu Shuli&#8217;s departure could spell the downfall of Caijing, an 11-year-old financial news magazine that under her .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/editor-founder-of-chinas-most-influential-news-magazine-resigns-amid-friction-with-publisher-223085/" title="Editor, founder of China&#8217;s most influential news magazine resigns amid friction with publisher">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Has Gordon Brown damaged wife Sarah&#8217;s keyboard with his &#8216;big, clunking fist&#8217;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - UK President Gordon Brown has apparently damaged wife Sarah&#8217;s computer keyboard, thanks to his &#8216;big, clunking fist&#8217;.

The Prime Minister&#8217;s wife is Britain&#8217;s most popular Twitterer with almost one million followers.
And in a recent post on her Twitter post, she hinted that someone has broken her keyboard.
&#8220;I am thinking someone with sticky jammy fingers .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/has-gordon-brown-damaged-wife-sarahs-keyboard-with-his-big-clunking-fist-222767/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Has Gordon Brown damaged wife Sarah&#8217;s keyboard with his &#8216;big, clunking fist&#8217;?</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The hidden hand behind BJP flare-up? (Capital Buzz)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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NEW DELHI - Nobody quite knows how the crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party&#8217;s first ever government in Karnataka flared up to such a point that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had to face a no-holds barred attack from the influential Reddy brothers from Bellary.
That the Reddy brothers, who are rich mine owners and .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-hidden-hand-behind-bjp-flare-up-capital-buzz-222259/">The hidden hand behind BJP flare-up? (Capital Buzz)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>When bananas brought down the Berlin Wall</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ernest Gill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAMBURG - On Thursday evening, Nov 9, 1989, West German public TV stations signed off the air at about midnight, as usual. Residents of Hamburg, a mere 50 km from the East German border, went to bed, dreaming of little than the next workday and the following weekend. Little did they know it would be .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/when-bananas-brought-down-the-berlin-wall-222085/">When bananas brought down the Berlin Wall</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NYC case spotlights Dead Sea Scrolls scholar debate, whether Internet hoaxes are crimes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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NY case spotlights Dead Sea Scrolls, fake e-mails

NEW YORK — Students and university officials started getting e-mails last year in which a prominent Judaic studies scholar seemed to make a startling confession: He had committed plagiarism.
The messages, it turned out, were a hoax. Prosecutors filed criminal charges, saying a lawyer sent the messages to tarnish ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nyc-case-spotlights-dead-sea-scrolls-scholar-debate-whether-internet-hoaxes-are-crimes-221874/">NYC case spotlights Dead Sea Scrolls scholar debate, whether Internet hoaxes are crimes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand&#8217;s fugitive ex-leader tries new tactic to return to power after 2006 coup</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thailands-fugitive-ex-leader-tries-new-tactic-to-return-to-power-after-2006-coup-220661/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Thaksin on a mission to humiliate Thai government

BANGKOK — Thailand&#8217;s fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts — and humiliating the government from a distance.
Now, the deposed and divisive ex-leader is an economic adviser to the .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thailands-fugitive-ex-leader-tries-new-tactic-to-return-to-power-after-2006-coup-220661/">Thailand&#8217;s fugitive ex-leader tries new tactic to return to power after 2006 coup</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s ten best, and ten worst, moves of the year revealed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The Politico web site has spoken to a dozen political insiders and pulled together a list of President Barack Obama&#8217;s ten best, and ten worst, moves of the year.he ten best moves are:

1.	Letting Congress take the lead on health care.
Funny how times change. For most of the year, this strategic decision looked destined .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-ten-best-and-ten-worst-moves-of-the-year-revealed-218586/">Source &nbsp;: Obama&#8217;s ten best, and ten worst, moves of the year revealed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Riot-hit Chinese province needs Internet access to restore normalcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urumqi (Xinjiang, China), - Four months have passed since the bloody riots in Urumqi that killed almost 200 people, but the residents of the area say their lives will continue to be affected until full Internet service is restored to the city.

The central government blocked access to the Web in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/riot-hit-chinese-province-needs-internet-access-to-restore-normalcy-218583/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Riot-hit Chinese province needs Internet access to restore normalcy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EST</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Walking a fine line: Obama seeks Chinese help on global problems while supporting human rights
SHANGHAI (AP) — President Barack Obama is walking a tightrope on his first trip to China, seeking to enlist help in tackling urgent global problems while weighing when .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-news-in-brief-at-558-pm-est-218269/" title="AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EST">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>T-Mobile Encounters Another Outage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco- Tuesday, brought another round of mishap for the fourth ranked mobile carriers in the USA. T-Mobile, which is a unit of the &#8216;Deutsche Telekom AG&#8217; (or DT), suffered another outage on the Tuesday evening at 5.30PM ET. A large number of users posted their complaints that their mobile service and the data service .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/t-mobile-encounters-another-outage-217115/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>T-Mobile says voice and data outage still affecting 5 percent of users; company working to fix</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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T-Mobile still out of order for some subscribers

SEATTLE — T-Mobile USA Inc. said about 5 percent of its subscribers are still having problems with its phone and data services as of Tuesday evening.
The wireless carrier said the outage began at about 5:30 p.m. ET. David Beigie, a T-Mobile spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement that ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/t-mobile-says-voice-and-data-outage-still-affecting-5-percent-of-users-company-working-to-fix-216968/" title="T-Mobile says voice and data outage still affecting 5 percent of users; company working to fix">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Some T-Mobile customers can&#8217;t text, receive calls; company says it&#8217;s working to fix</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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T-Mobile out of order for some subscribers

SEATTLE — T-Mobile subscribers are having problems sending text messages and receiving phone calls.
David Beigie, a T-Mobile spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement that the company has dispatched teams to fix the problem. The statement describes the outage as &#8220;intermittent.&#8221; Beigie did not say how widespread the problem is.
Calls .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/some-t-mobile-customers-cant-text-receive-calls-company-says-its-working-to-fix-216864/">Some T-Mobile customers can&#8217;t text, receive calls; company says it&#8217;s working to fix</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor races in Virginia, New Jersey test Obama clout; Maine votes on same-sex marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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Election 2009: Test of Obama clout in NJ, Virginia
WASHINGTON — Republican Bob McDonnell opened a lead in early counting in Virginia&#8217;s governor&#8217;s race Tuesday as independent voters swung behind the GOP and fled Democrat R. Creigh Deeds, a reversal from a year ago when they catapulted President Barack Obama to .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/governor-races-in-virginia-new-jersey-test-obama-clout-maine-votes-on-same-sex-marriage-216598/">Governor races in Virginia, New Jersey test Obama clout; Maine votes on same-sex marriage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from ice storm: States, utilities, towns get pro-active after &#8216;08 crippling disaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Mccormack</dc:creator>
		
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Northeast learns lessons from &#8216;08 ice storm

JAFFREY, N.H. — One of the huge pine trees that surrounded Sieglinde Poegel&#8217;s home of 42 years crashed through the roof and landed in her living room during the ice storm that crippled much of the Northeast last December.
&#8220;It sounded like I was in a war again. I lived ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lessons-from-ice-storm-states-utilities-towns-get-pro-active-after-08-crippling-disaster-216586/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Lessons from ice storm: States, utilities, towns get pro-active after &#8216;08 crippling disaster</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor picks Deputy Chief Charlie Beck to become LA police chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael R. Blood</dc:creator>
		
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Mayor chooses deputy chief to head LA police

LOS ANGELES — A respected Los Angeles Police Department veteran credited with cleaning up a devastating corruption scandal was picked by the mayor Tuesday to become the next police chief of the nation&#8217;s second-largest city.
The selection of Deputy Chief Charlie Beck was widely endorsed by city officials, rank-and-file ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mayor-picks-deputy-chief-charlie-beck-to-become-la-police-chief-216479/" title="Mayor picks Deputy Chief Charlie Beck to become LA police chief">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia, New Jersey to elect governors in an early test of Obama political influence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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Races an early test of Obama influence
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s political influence a year after his election is being tested as voters cast ballots in Virginia and New Jersey, two states he&#8217;s worked hard to keep in Democratic hands. A handful of congressional and mayoral races .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/virginia-new-jersey-to-elect-governors-in-an-early-test-of-obama-political-influence-215863/">Virginia, New Jersey to elect governors in an early test of Obama political influence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UPA changing horses mid-stream? (Capital Buzz)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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NEW DELHI - Winter is in the air, so is a cabinet reshuffle. The murmur in the corridors of power is that some cabinet ministers may be given new berths and replacements could possibly be sought for key but unhappy ally DMK. 
The reshuffle is expected before the winter session of parliament beginning .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/upa-changing-horses-mid-stream-capital-buzz-214201/">UPA changing horses mid-stream? (Capital Buzz)</a>.]]></description>
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