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			<title><![CDATA[ Key Provisions of the House Health Care Bill ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <em>The</em> <a class="link" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/07/politics/main5570400.shtml"><strong><font color="#1968B2"><em>House passed H.R.
3962</em></font></strong></a><em>, called the &quot;Affordable Health Care for America Act,&quot; in a 220 to 215 vote on Saturday night. Here&#39;s a look at
some of the provisions in the $1.2 trillion dollar bill:</em>
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  <li>Creates a public health insurance option and a national exchange for the uninsured and small... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Maine voters torpedo gay marriage ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ So much for the socially liberal north east huh?
<br>
Gay marriage is now 0-31
<br>
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33609492/ns/politics-more_politics/?GT1=43001">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33609492/ns/politics-more_politics/?GT1=43001</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:29:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ McAngus has 1,500 cal.? WTF? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;ve had that burger and it isn&#39;t bad if you don&#39;t mind ultra-salt. Certainly better than the slap crap that comes out of the box looking like
lukewarm playdough.
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<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1009/Health_care_bill_Calorie_counts_for_Big_Macs_vending_machines.html"><em>http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1009/Health_care_bill_Calorie_counts_for_Big_Macs_vending_machines.html</em></a>
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<p><em>Democrats want you to know... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:06:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fresh Cable News audience partisanship numbers are in ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>And the numbers still say that Fox has a more even mix of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents than all of the other cable news networks:
<br>
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<a target="_blank" href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1395/partisanship-fox-news-and--other-cable-news-audiences">http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1395/partisanship-fox-news-and--other-cable-news-audiences</a>
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<img src="http://pewresearch.org/assets/publications/1395-1.gif" alt="image">
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Highlights:
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<em>Among regular... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ WaPo Re-iterates a permanent newspaper bailout ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102203960.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102203960.html</a>
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<div style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px">
  <h1>Yes, journalists deserve subsidies too</h1>

  <h2 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px"></h2>

  <div id="byline">
    <font size="2">By Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols</font>
  </div><font size="2">Friday, October 30, 2009</font>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:58:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I guess Halloween is scary after all... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ... but it&#39;s not the ghosts and goblins that scare me!
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<br>

<p> </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The religious right has long railed against Halloween, condemning its pagan roots and claiming it promotes witchcraft and the occult. This year some
  groups are embracing the day as a time to reach kids with a pro-life and Christian message, while others use the day to burn &quot;wicked&quot; books and
  CDs. And one writer for Pat Robertson&#39;s Christian Broadcasting Network warns parents... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:58:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Analysis begins on latest H.C. incarnation ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p><em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BKUE5O0&amp;show_article=1">http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BKUE5O0&amp;show_article=1</a>
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<br>
WASHINGTON (AP) - It&#39;s alive.</em></p>

<p><em>The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to &#39;death panels&#39; for
seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday.</em></p>

<p><em>The... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:47:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Oops. Ethics memo left unprotected on server ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33546194/ns/politics-washington_post"><em>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33546194/ns/politics-washington_post</em></a>
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<em>WASHINGTON - House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues
including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.
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The report appears... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Mortgage Debt Wiped Clean ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/27/ny-bankruptcy-court-wipes-out-mers-registered-mortgage-new-trend-in-foreclosures/" target="_blank">NY Bankruptcy
Court Wipes out MERS-Registered Mortgage; New Trend in Foreclosures?]</a>
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<br>
For those going through bankruptcy, you might want to check if your mortgage company can actually prove ownership of the mortgage. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Puzzle: Governator buries coded message in veto letter ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_Politics/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf">http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_Politics/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf</a>
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  <p align="left"><font face="Times-Roman"><em><em>To the Members of the California State Assembly:</em></em></font></p>

  <p align="left"><font face="Times-Roman"><em>I am returning Assembly Bill 1176 without my... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Rush Was Punked: “Obama Thesis” Hoax ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>It must have seemed so perfect. An obscure blogger unearths some pages of President Obama&#39;s college thesis. The report supposedly comes from big-time
journalist <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Joe+Klein&amp;toggle=1&amp;cop=mss&amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;fr=yfp-t-701"><font color="#0066AA">Joe
Klein</font></a> of <a target="_blank" href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Time&amp;toggle=1&amp;cop=mss&amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;fr=yfp-t-701"><font color="#0066AA">Time</font></a> magazine. And the... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:46:18 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div class="timestamp">
  Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:36am EDT
</div>

<p>By <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&amp;n=maggie.fox&amp;">Maggie Fox</a>, Health and Science Editor</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing
some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing mistakes and fighting fraud, according to a Thomson Reuters... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:51:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Cold War Never Ended ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/21/the-cold-war-never-ended/singlepage">http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/21/the-cold-war-never-ended/singlepage</a>
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<br>
Good objective read on the fall of the USSR. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:32:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ That wax paper thing... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ You know, you go buy some sort of pastry / donut and they pick it up (or they are supposed to pick it up) with that sheet of wax paper so their disgusting
hands that they have been handling everyone&#39;s money and maybe picking thier god knows what with, do not touch your food...
<br>
<br>
Why, then, do they usually stuff that piece of wax paper INTO THE SAME DAMN BAG as the food itself?  Then your hands have to go in there and you have to remove
that wax paper or the wax paper rustles... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Rynnia)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:11:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Just Bought a House for $30,000 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>So, after two years of saving up cash, refusing to enter the stock market until it would crash as I had predicted, I saved up $8,000.  After a year of
turning $8,000 into about $15,000 on the stock market after that crash, I have mostly sold that out.  And after two years of waiting, watching, and searching,
we used a portion of that $15,000 to buy a house for $30,000 mortgaged.  The lending is approved, all lights are green, and the closing date is being pushed up
to close early because... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:38:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Free $$ and golf carts from the IRS! (attn: Rynnia) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204574473724099542430.html#articleTabs%3Dcomments">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204574473724099542430.html#articleTabs%3Dcomments</a>
<br>
<br>
..
<br>
The federal credit provides from $4,200 to $5,500 for the purchase of an electric vehicle, and when it is combined with similar incentive plans in many states
the tax credits can pay for nearly the entire cost of a golf cart.

<p>...</p>

<p>In... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ WaPo advocates for permanent newspaper bailout ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/18/AR2009101801461.html"><em>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/18/AR2009101801461.html</em></a>
<br>
<br>
<em>American society must now take some collective responsibility for supporting news reporting -- as society has, at much greater expense, for public
education, health care, scientific advancement and cultural preservation, through varying combinations of philanthropy, subsidy... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:25:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A good read on electronic health records ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/technology/personaltech/15pogue-email.html?8cir=&amp;_r=1&amp;emc=cira1&amp;pagewanted=print">Computerized Health
Records
<br>
<br></a> It&#39;s hard to understand why we are so far behind on this. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ She might be the next to go... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <span id="temp-0"><span><embed height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HiBDpL2dExY&amp;color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs" allowScriptAccess="never" ></embed></span></span>
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I think that one thing that is in her favor is that Westerners don&#39;t have the sort of reaction to Mao Se Tung that we do for Hitler. He only killed Chinese
(mostly). But�this is bad for her and for Obama.� ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:04:18 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ It's nice to have a president that thinks about the little people again ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <strong><u>Obama proposes an extra one-time payment to Social Security recipients</u></strong>
<br>
<br>
With no cost-of-living increase expected in 2010, the president is calling on Congress to provide $250 each to about 57 million seniors, veterans and those
with disabilities.
<br>
<br>
&quot;Even as we seek to bring about recovery, we must act on behalf of those hardest hit by this recession,&quot; Obama said in a statement.
<br>
<br>
<a target="_blank"... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:28:33 GMT</pubDate>
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