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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Vegas</title>
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		<title>Analyst says Fontainebleau could cost $2B to finish as developer talks to possible buyer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oskar Garcia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Anyone thinking about taking over the stalled Fontainebleau casino-hotel project on the Las Vegas Strip would likely have to invest $2 billion to buy out its debt and finish construction, an industry analyst said Friday.

Bill Lerner of Union Gaming Group said Friday that the finished resort would have to compete with other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S&amp;P index shows home prices rose 3 percent in 2nd qtr, the first quarterly gain since 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Home prices across most of the country have started to rise from the depths of the housing slump, a critical trend that will help stabilize the broader U.S. economy, according to new figures released Tuesday.

Nationally, prices in the second quarter posted their first quarterly increase in three years, according to the widely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Honolulu police officers arrested on marijuana possession charges after chase in Las Vegas</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-honolulu-police-officers-arrested-on-marijuana-possession-charges-after-chase-in-las-vegas-142190/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Two Honolulu law enforcers in Las Vegas to play in a softball tournament for police and firefighters were arrested on marijuana charges after leading authorities on a short chase.

Clark County spokeswoman Stacey Welling said officers Kevin Fujioka, 37, and Shayne Souza, 47, were arrested Saturday night near Desert Breeze Park, about six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators shut down Colonial BancGroup in biggest bank failure of this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Real estate lender Colonial BancGroup Inc. has been shut down by federal officials in the biggest U.S. bank failure this year.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which was appointed receiver of the Montgomery, Ala.-based Colonial and its about $25 billion in assets, said the failed bank&#8217;s 346 branches in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson death probe complete; coroner keeps results sealed at request of LA police</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/michael-jackson-death-probe-complete-coroner-keeps-results-sealed-at-request-of-la-police-135899/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES —Coroner&#8217;s investigators have completed their probe into the death of Michael Jackson but are not releasing the results yet, authorities said Monday.

The Los Angeles County coroner&#8217;s office said police investigators requested that facts about what killed Jackson remain under a security hold while detectives investigate the events leading up to the pop icon&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Pacific, federal government settle over alleged Clean Water Act violations in Nevada</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/union-pacific-federal-government-settle-over-alleged-clean-water-act-violations-in-nevada-133151/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/union-pacific-federal-government-settle-over-alleged-clean-water-act-violations-in-nevada-133151/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — The federal government says Union Pacific Railroad Company has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Nevada.

The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday the company will restore 122 acres of mountain-desert streams and wetlands and implement storm water controls at its construction sites.
Union Pacific also will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil dismantles gang that allegedly sent prostitutes to US, France, Dominican Republic</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/brazil-dismantles-gang-that-allegedly-sent-prostitutes-to-us-france-dominican-republic-127810/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Slpdo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAO PAULO — Brazilian police say they have busted a ring that allegedly sent some 200 women in the last year to the United States, Europe and elsewhere to work as prostitutes.

Leandro Daiello Coimbra of the federal police in Sao Paulo tells state-run Agencia Brasil that nine Brazilians and one American were arrested in Brazil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing begins to reverse 3-year recession in every US region, but 2nd half looks rocky</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/housing-begins-to-reverse-3-year-recession-in-every-us-region-but-2nd-half-looks-rocky-127699/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/housing-begins-to-reverse-3-year-recession-in-every-us-region-but-2nd-half-looks-rocky-127699/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Twiddy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It was — note the past tense — the worst housing recession anyone but survivors of the Great Depression can remember.

From the frenzied peak of the real estate boom in 2005-2006 to the recession&#8217;s trough earlier this year, home resales fell 38 percent and sales of new homes tumbled 76 percent. Construction of homes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiger roams free in Las Vegas after escape, recaptured</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tiger-roams-free-in-las-vegas-after-escape-recaptured-126912/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - A tiger that appeared in a Las Vegas magic act made an unscheduled disappearance and roamed the city&#8217;s streets before being recaptured by its owners, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported Friday.

The paper said that the feline escaped from the Fernando brothers Magic Act and ran loose through a northwest Las Vegas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware legislator calls betting lawsuit by NFL, other leagues hypocritical</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Delaware&#8217;s House majority leader said Tuesday that the NFL and other leagues were engaging in &#8220;blatant hypocrisy&#8221; by suing to block sports betting in the state.

In a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, obtained by The Associated Press, Democrat Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf cited a host of connections between pro sports and gambling entities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meltdown 101: Why is it taking so long for government housing aid to make a big difference?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/meltdown-101-why-is-it-taking-so-long-for-government-housing-aid-to-make-a-big-difference-122312/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Speaking at a high school in Mesa, Ariz., about a month after taking office, President Barack Obama launched an effort to keep as many as 9 million homeowners out of foreclosure in a major federal effort to stabilize the U.S. housing market.

So what kind of impact has this plan — backed by $50 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Bahrain moves to curb alcohol, Saudis still flock to island for heavy metal, Hannah Montana</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Santana</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAMA, Bahrain — This tiny Gulf island nation is sick of its reputation as a seedy off-shore Las Vegas and a hotspot of sin for Saudis, so it&#8217;s starting to rein in the booze. Already it&#8217;s flooded with Saudis looking for tamer fare they can&#8217;t get at home in their ultraconservative kingdom — Hannah Montana [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US  can  expect another terror strike within few months : Ex-Israeli bodyguard</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-can-expect-another-terror-strike-in-next-few-months-from-homegrown-attackers-ex-israeli-bodyguard-113566/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - A former bodyguard of  former  Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, has warned that the United States  can expect  another terror attack on the lines of 9/11 and or 7/7  in the next few months.

The  bodyguard also says homegrown, not foreign  terrorists  will carry  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divisions on health care, concern over economy costing Obama some support among Democrats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Fouhy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Could it be that President Barack Obama&#8217;s Midas touch is starting to dull a bit, even among members of his own party?

Conservative House Democrats are balking at the cost and direction of Obama&#8217;s top priority, an overhaul of the nation&#8217;s health care system. A key Senate Democrat, Max Baucus of Montana, complains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators shut Calif. banks, small banks in Georgia, South Dakota; marks 57 US bank failures</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/regulators-shut-calif-banks-small-banks-in-georgia-south-dakota-marks-57-us-bank-failures-113275/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Regulators on Friday shut two banks in California and two smaller banks in Georgia and South Dakota, boosting to 57 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of the four banks. The two biggest were Temecula Valley Bank, in Temecula, Calif., with $1.5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington ethics group wants Sen. John Ensign&#8217;s parents added to investigation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/washington-ethics-group-wants-sen-john-ensigns-parents-added-to-investigation-113220/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/washington-ethics-group-wants-sen-john-ensigns-parents-added-to-investigation-113220/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — A Washington watchdog group wants a federal agency to investigate whether Sen. John Ensign&#8217;s parents violated campaign finance law when they each gave his mistress $12,000.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on Friday filed a supplementary letter with the Federal Election Commission. The group says the payments from Ensign&#8217;s parents to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas? Famed sign greeting visitors tagged with graffiti</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — A Nevada landmark has been tagged.

The famed &#8220;Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada&#8221; sign greeting visitors to the vacation destination has red graffiti scrawled across it.
The marks mar the main part of the sign as well as one of its legs.
Tourists who discovered the defacing said Monday they were disappointed and planned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal safety officials say downdraft caused Fossett&#8217;s plane to slam into mountainside</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-safety-officials-say-downdraft-caused-fossetts-plane-to-slam-into-mountainside-104820/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-safety-officials-say-downdraft-caused-fossetts-plane-to-slam-into-mountainside-104820/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The aircrash that killed entrepreneur Steve Fossett, famed for his daredevil aerial feats, probably was caused by downdrafts that exceeded the ability of his small plane to recover before slamming into a California mountainside, federal safety officials said Thursday.

Fossett, 63, disappeared on Sept. 3, 2007, after taking off alone from a Nevada ranch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Husband of Ensign&#8217;s ex-mistress says Nevada senator paid more than $25,000 severance</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/husband-of-ensigns-ex-mistress-says-nevada-senator-paid-more-than-25000-severance-103712/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/husband-of-ensigns-ex-mistress-says-nevada-senator-paid-more-than-25000-severance-103712/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Hennessey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — The sex scandal engulfing Sen. John Ensign has deepened now that his former mistress&#8217;s husband has revealed new details about the relationship, saying the Nevada Republican paid the woman more than $25,000 in severance when she stopped working for him.

Doug Hampton also provided a letter to the Las Vegas Sun that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Dollar, NRG Energy, Amgen, Alcoa, Las Vegas Sands are among big market movers Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/family-dollar-nrg-energy-amgen-alcoa-las-vegas-sands-are-among-big-market-movers-wednesday-103483/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/family-dollar-nrg-energy-amgen-alcoa-las-vegas-sands-are-among-big-market-movers-wednesday-103483/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

NYSE:
Family Dollar Stores Inc., up $3.43 at $31.18
The discount retailer&#8217;s profit grew as recession-struck consumers hit its stores, and its year forecast beat analysts&#8217; expectations.
NRG Energy Inc., up $1.27 at $23.35
The power company rejected Exelon&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Husband of Ensign&#8217;s ex-mistress says Nevada senator paid $25,000 severance</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/husband-of-ensigns-ex-mistress-says-nevada-senator-paid-25000-severance-103446/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — The sex scandal engulfing Sen. John Ensign deepened Wednesday after his former mistress&#8217;s husband revealed new details about the relationship, saying the Nevada Republican paid the woman more than $25,000 in severance when she stopped working for him.

Doug Hampton also provided a letter to the Las Vegas Sun that he claimed was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie theaters to carry live feed of Michael Jackson memorial service through digital network</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/movie-theaters-to-carry-live-feed-of-michael-jackson-memorial-service-through-digital-network-101239/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Only a small number of fans will be able to attend Michael Jackson&#8217;s memorial service. But others may be able to watch it in movie theaters all over the country.

Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. is carrying the Los Angeles memorial service on its live digital network to theaters nationwide.
Cinedigm spokeswoman Suzanne Moore said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern California-to-Las Vegas train route wins federal high-speed rail designation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/southern-california-to-las-vegas-train-route-wins-federal-high-speed-rail-designation-98566/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/southern-california-to-las-vegas-train-route-wins-federal-high-speed-rail-designation-98566/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Hennessey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — The clogged tourist travel route between Southern California and Las Vegas has been designated a federal high-speed rail corridor, in a move that officials hope would signal increased cooperation between the regions on building speedier train travel.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Thursday that the route is now considered part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge refuses to toss former waitress&#8217;s civil rights lawsuit against Nevada governor</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-refuses-to-toss-former-waitresss-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-nevada-governor-97201/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit by a former cocktail waitress who accuses Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons of accosting her outside a Las Vegas restaurant in October 2006 and of orchestrating a cover-up when she went public.

U.S. District Court Judge Roger Hunt ruled that Chrissy Mazzeo can go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 bracelet winners eliminated from World Series of Poker HORSE tourney, 5 left</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/3-bracelet-winners-eliminated-from-world-series-of-poker-horse-tourney-5-left-96285/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oskar Garcia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Three of five prior tournament winners at the World Series of Poker have been eliminated from the final table of the mixed-game H.O.R.S.E event.

Two gold bracelet winners remained in the tournament Tuesday night among five players at the final table seeking the $1.28 million top prize.
They include chip leader Vitaly Lunkin, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kennedy Center expands consulting effort to help struggling arts groups survive the recession</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kennedy-center-expands-consulting-effort-to-help-struggling-arts-groups-survive-the-recession-95992/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Zongker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced plans Tuesday to expand its crisis consulting for arts organizations that are struggling to survive the recession, an effort championed by first lady Michelle Obama and congressional leaders.

Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser will meet with arts leaders in all 50 states and Puerto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interior designates 670,000 acres of federal land in Southwest as potential sites for solar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/interior-designates-670000-acres-of-federal-land-in-southwest-as-potential-sites-for-solar-94919/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/interior-designates-670000-acres-of-federal-land-in-southwest-as-potential-sites-for-solar-94919/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kahn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — The federal government&#8217;s top land steward said Monday that the United States will fast-track efforts to build solar power generating facilities on public space in six Western states.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he has signed an order setting aside more than 1,000 square miles of public land for two years of study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyst keeps Bally Technologies as top pick, says company&#8217;s stock is undervalued</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analyst-keeps-bally-technologies-as-top-pick-says-companys-stock-is-undervalued-92921/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A Morgan Joseph analyst said Friday that Bally Technologies Inc. remains his top pick, saying that the slot machine maker&#8217;s stock is undervalued.

Analyst Justin Sebastiano said in a client note that the multiple discrepancy between Bally&#8217;s stock price and those of rivals such as WMS Industries Inc. is not justified &#8220;given the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riviera Holdings Corp. stock removed from New York Stock Exchange</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/riviera-holdings-corp-stock-removed-from-new-york-stock-exchange-92512/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/riviera-holdings-corp-stock-removed-from-new-york-stock-exchange-92512/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Casino operator Riviera Holdings Corp. says its common stock is no longer being traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Riviera said trading was suspended on Thursday. The Las Vegas-based company said earlier this month that it would voluntarily delist its stock because it could not meet required compliance standards by a required [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MGM Mirage ex-CEO Lanni paid $5.8M in 2008, successor Murren paid $3.7M, mostly as COO</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mgm-mirage-ex-ceo-lanni-paid-58m-in-2008-successor-murren-paid-37m-mostly-as-coo-92506/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oskar Garcia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Former MGM Mirage Chief Executive Terry Lanni received compensation valued by the company at $5.8 million in 2008, almost 40 percent less than in 2007, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing made Thursday.

Lanni resigned Nov. 30 and was replaced by then COO Jim Murren, who was paid $3.7 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nevada governor asks federal judge to shield phone records from woman suing over assault claim</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nevada-governor-asks-federal-judge-to-shield-phone-records-from-woman-suing-over-assault-claim-92243/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nevada-governor-asks-federal-judge-to-shield-phone-records-from-woman-suing-over-assault-claim-92243/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons wants a federal judge to shield his phone records from a former cocktail waitress who accuses him of accosting her outside a Las Vegas restaurant in 2006.

Gibbons&#8217; attorneys argue in documents filed this week that releasing the records to Chrissy Mazzeo&#8217;s lawyer would violate Gibbons&#8217; privacy and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC publishes top executives&#8217; expense claims, says it will later reveal costliest salaries</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bbc-publishes-top-executives-expense-claims-says-it-will-later-reveal-costliest-salaries-92032/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bbc-publishes-top-executives-expense-claims-says-it-will-later-reveal-costliest-salaries-92032/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Britain&#8217;s state broadcaster, the BBC, published details of expenses claims made by top executives Thursday, amid an increasing public clamor to scrutinize the use of public money.

The BBC, which is mainly funded by a 142.50 pound ($232) levy on every household with a television set, said it will also publish details of its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meltdown 101: With housing values still tumbling, what&#8217;s the best way to gauge prices?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/meltdown-101-with-housing-values-still-tumbling-whats-the-best-way-to-gauge-prices-91227/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/meltdown-101-with-housing-values-still-tumbling-whats-the-best-way-to-gauge-prices-91227/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Is the historic U.S. housing market crash close to being over, or is the end still far, far away?

While sales finally seem to be stabilizing, prices are still are likely to keep sinking well into next year and maybe longer. Prices have been cut in half in Las Vegas and Phoenix, according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retired police officer puts suspect in sleeper hold to stop bank heist at Calif. grocery store</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MISSION VIEJO, Calif. — Cyndi Orel worked as a police officer for 25 years and never caught a bank robber. She was apparently saving that hobby for retirement. The retired Long Beach police officer foiled a bank robbery at a grocery store Saturday when she put a 220-pound bank robber in a chokehold until he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nevada senator pushes back against charge from ex-mistress&#8217; husband, says man sought money</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nevada-senator-pushes-back-against-charge-from-ex-mistress-husband-says-man-sought-money-87498/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Hennessey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Sen. John Ensign is pushing back against the husband of his former mistress, saying the man made &#8220;exorbitant demands for cash and other financial benefits.&#8221;

Ensign&#8217;s accusation on Friday was the most direct shot at Doug Hampton, the husband of the woman with whom the Nevada Republican admits he carried on a nine-month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memorabilia dealer trying to stop auction OJ Simpson memorabilia, claims he owns the items</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A memorabilia dealer O.J. Simpson was convicted of robbing at a Las Vegas hotel is trying to stop a public auction of footballs, jerseys and other items seized by authorities after the stickup.

Los Angeles County sheriff&#8217;s spokesman Steve Whitmore said Thursday his department began the auction process by notifying Simpson about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Ensign&#8217;s affair admission blurs image of up-and-coming, confident Christian conservative</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sen-ensigns-affair-admission-blurs-image-of-up-and-coming-confident-christian-conservative-85130/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Hennessey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — For much of his public career, Sen. John Ensign has appeared a model of the religious right. By this week, he had become just another politician diminished by scandal.

Rattled, humbled and alone at the podium, Ensign acknowledged to reporters an extramarital affair, the sort of moral failing he&#8217;s criticized in the past.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Aug. 21.
The New York Post on Lockerbie bomber&#8217;s release:
Scottish officials cited reasons of &#8220;compassion&#8221; in freeing the Libyan bomber of Pan Am Flight 103, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, yesterday.
But what families of the 270 victims — including 189 Americans, many just college kids — who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican Sen. Ensign of Nevada admits extramarital affair with campaign staffer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/republican-sen-ensign-of-nevada-admits-extramarital-affair-with-campaign-staffer-83596/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Freking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Just two weeks after taking the first steps toward a 2012 presidential bid, conservative Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada is admitting to an extramarital affair last year with a campaign aide.

Ensign, a rising star in conservative circles and Nevada&#8217;s most popular Republican, disclosed the affair at a hastily arranged news conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eaters driven by stress turn to fatty, sugary comfort food to feel better in bad economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/eaters-driven-by-stress-turn-to-fatty-sugary-comfort-food-to-feel-better-in-bad-economy-83299/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan K. Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Leslie Fuller tried to stick to her shopping list on a recent grocery run. Instead, she found herself venturing down the candy aisle, throwing bags of Hershey&#8217;s Miniatures and M&#038;M&#8217;s into her cart.

&#8220;I should just put them down on the seat and sit on them,&#8221; said Fuller, a paralegal in Las Vegas. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Folk Festival in Butte, Mont., July 10-12 celebrating the West</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kahrin Deines</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HELENA, Mont. — The lineup for the second National Folk Festival taking place in &#8220;Butte, America&#8221; July 10-12 stars about 250 singers, dancers and other artists, along with hoofed performers from all over Montana.

The three-day multicultural event, which is riding with a theme of Western horse culture, is expected to bring about 150,000 visitors — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Airways seeks 400 flight attendants for voluntary furloughs in response to overstaffing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[US Airways is asking for 400 flights attendants to volunteer for leaves of up to 16 months, and said involuntary furloughs could be next if there aren&#8217;t enough takers.

The Tempe, Ariz.-based company said in a newsletter issued to workers on Thursday that it needs fewer flight attendants because it has reduced capacity faster than flight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RealtyTrac: May foreclosures down 6 percent from April; smallest annual gain since mid-2006</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/realtytrac-may-foreclosures-down-6-percent-from-april-smallest-annual-gain-since-mid-2006-78160/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes dipped in May from April, and the annual increase was the smallest in three years.

But as layoffs, rather than risky mortgages, become the main reason that borrowers default on their home loans, foreclosures likely will remain elevated this year and into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Tyson marries in Las Vegas 2 weeks after his daughter&#8217;s death in treadmill accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oskar Garcia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Boxer Mike Tyson has married for a third time, two weeks after his 4-year-old daughter died in a tragic treadmill accident.

The owner of the La Bella Wedding Chapel at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the former heavyweight champion and his bride, Lakiha Spicer, exchanged vows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY father says son jailed in Nevada, charged with threatening Obama, is mentally ill</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-father-says-son-jailed-in-nevada-charged-with-threatening-obama-is-mentally-ill-75704/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Ritter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — The father of a man facing a federal charge of threatening President Barack Obama said Monday that his son is mentally ill and needs treatment.

&#8220;I&#8217;m not sugarcoating it, because you don&#8217;t threaten the president of the United States,&#8221; Michael Murray told The Associated Press by telephone from Clifton Park, N.Y., where he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troubles aren&#8217;t over, but AP map shows slower pace of decline in US economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schneider</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The recession&#8217;s grip loosened slightly this spring as seasonal hiring picked up and helped offset rising bankruptcies and foreclosures, according to the Associated Press&#8217; monthly analysis of the economic pain in more than 3,100 U.S. counties.

The latest results of the AP&#8217;s Economic Stress Index show the free fall that marked the autumn of 2008 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jordan reaches agreement in principle to accept 76ers coaching job</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 10:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Gelston</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philadelphia 76ers have found their next head coach, reaching an agreement in principle with Eddie Jordan to end a search that lasted nearly three weeks.

Jordan was offered the job on Friday and made the decision later that night to coach the Eastern Conference playoff team. He becomes the 22nd coach in franchise history and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden teases Obama over teleprompter dependence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 16:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLORADO - Vice President Joe Biden teased his boss President Barack Obama on Wednesday over his teleprompter dependence.

Speaking at the Air Force Academy commencement ceremony in Colorado, Biden poked fun at Obama&#8217;s known affinity for his teleprompter.
Biden made the crack about Obama&#8217;s crutch after a strong gust of wind blew over one of the vice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yucca Mountain, the nation&#8217;s nuclear waste repository, gets the ax but is still funded</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Hennessey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — These days, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prefers nothing so much as a one-word description for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository long planned for his state: dead.

And President Barack Obama has made clear he is looking elsewhere to solve the nation&#8217;s nuclear waste problem.
But that doesn&#8217;t mean people aren&#8217;t still paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NBA office: No punishment for fallout from Mavericks-Nuggets incidents on, off the court</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 07:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Graham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — The NBA won&#8217;t punish anybody over the ugly incidents that occurred on and off the court in Games 3 and 4 of the series between the Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets.

&#8220;Matter is closed,&#8221; league spokesman Tim Frank told The Associated Press via e-mail Wednesday before Game 5 tipped off in Denver.
The Nuggets captured [...]]]></description>
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