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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Kenya: President Ratifies Reactionary And Repressive Media Law]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders is stunned to learn that President Mwai Kibaki signed the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill 2008 into law on 2 January 2009.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/kenya-president-ratifies-reactionary-and-repressive-media-law,167377.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe: Awareness Campaign Laudable]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harare - THE Governments declaration this week that all district hospitals across the country are now cholera command centres clearly demonstrates the resolve to prevent, treat and eliminate the epidemic.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/zimbabwe-awareness-campaign-laudable,167378.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Israels Moral High Ground]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Current Discussion: Whats the most likely outcome of the Gaza invasion A wider war A Hamas defeat Just more of the same  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/israels-moral-high-ground,167376.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[German SPD says could back some tax relief]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Germanys Social Democrats (SPD) could support a rise in the tax-free salary allowance to boost the economy, but will not back other tax cuts planned by conservatives due to budget concerns, an SPD leader said.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/german-spd-says-could-back-some-tax-relief,167375.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Brown and fast broadband]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Gordon Browns plan to create 100000 jobs might well involve massive public investment in next-generation broadband. The Prime Minister told the Observer that such a project could be the modern equivalent of the huge programme of... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/brown-and-fast-broadband,167374.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Japan seeks ban on whale protesters]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japans foreign ministry  has said it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban  an anti-whaling ship from using their ports to refuel.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/japan-seeks-ban-on-whale-protesters,167373.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Taliban kill two US spies in Pakistan: official]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - Taliban militants hanged one man and shot dead another in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, after accusing them of spying for the United States, an official said Tuesday.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/taliban-kill-two-us-spies-in-pakistan-official,167371.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Chinese naval fleet sails into Gulf of Aden]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Du Wenjuan (chinadaily.com.cn) Chinas anti-piracy naval fleet sailed into waters off Somalia on Tuesday, starting a three-month mission to protect passing ships against pirates.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/chinese-naval-fleet-sails-into-gulf-of-aden,167372.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka moves to flush out Tigers from Jaffna peninsula]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops were battling Tuesday to flush out Tamil Tigers  from the Jaffna peninsula after taking the rebels political headquarters in the northern mainland, the military said.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/sri-lanka-moves-to-flush-out-tigers-from-jaffna-peninsula,167370.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[UN Security Council to meet on Gaza resolution]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By ALLISON HOFFMAN, JPOST CORRESPONDENT IN NEW YORK The UN Security Council has scheduled a meeting for late Tuesday afternoon to discuss adoption a resolution to halt the violence in Gaza.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/un-security-council-to-meet-on-gaza-resolution,167368.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[New embassy &amp;  new era in Iraq]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY STEPHANIE GASKELL The US opened a new $700 million, fortress-like embassy in Baghdad on Monday - signaling the start of new relations with a sovereign Iraq.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/new-embassy-siamp;--new-era-in-iraq,167369.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Iran wants to show regional power over Gaza crisis]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Edmund Blair - Analysis TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran wants to send a message to the new US administration and Arab governments that it is a power to be reckoned with in the region by championing the cause of its Palestinian ally, Hamas, in its... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/iran-wants-to-show-regional-power-over-gaza-crisis,167366.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[India Accuses Pakistani ‘Agencies’]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SOMINI SENGUPTA and JEREMY KAHN NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India accused unspecified official agencies in Pakistan on Tuesday of supporting the gunmen who struck in Mumbai in late November, according to news reports.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/india-accuses-pakistani-‘agencies’,167367.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[MSI offers details on the Wind U115 netbook]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Shane McGlaun | Published: January 05, 2009 - 01:43PM CT MSI has officially announced the specifications for its latest netbook the Wind U115.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/msi-offers-details-on-the-wind-u115-netbook,167365.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[HP Mini 2140]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Darren Gladstone, PC World The HP Mini 2140 netbook improves on the earlier Mini 2133, but it retains its predecessors awkwardly positioned mouse buttons.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/hp-mini-2140,167363.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[High-Tech Companies Take Up Netbooks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By DON CLARK and JUSTIN SCHECK A new breed of low-priced laptops called netbooks have been thriving during the downturn -- so well, in fact, that many high-tech companies are scrambling to adapt.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/high-tech-companies-take-up-netbooks,167364.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[AMD: Creating a New Laptop Category]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Netbooks have their appeal--tiny budget machines with just enough oomph to run Windows XP. Ultraportables have horsepower in spades, but they cost too much to suit some people.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/amd-creating-a-new-laptop-category,167362.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Following The Twitter Hack Trail To DigitalGangster]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that didnt make a lot of sense about the 33 celebrity Twitter accounts hacked this morning - the messages left on the various accounts werent consistent and were clearly written by different people with different agendas.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/following-the-twitter-hack-trail-to-digitalgangster,167360.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Tech show bucks global downturn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Ward The global economic downturn has not put many people off attending this weeks Consumer Electronics Show. About 130000 people are expected to travel to Las Vegas  for the show.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/tech-show-bucks-global-downturn,167361.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Poll: Caroline Kennedy losing favor with voters]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caroline Kennedys popularity has suffered a clear hit as a result of her public campaign for Hillary Rodham Clintons Senate seat, while Attorney General Andrew Cuomos positive ratings have shot up, according to a new poll.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/poll-caroline-kennedy-losing-favor-with-voters,167359.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Proposition 8 backers attack Browns efforts to keep gay marriage]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proponents of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage filed legal briefs today urging the California Supreme Court to reject the novel legal argument put forth last month by state Atty.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/proposition-8-backers-attack-browns-efforts-to-keep-gay-marriage,167354.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Barack Obama makes Justice Department picks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Josh Meyer and David G. Savage | Washington Bureau WASHINGTON--President-elect Barack Obama has named four former Clinton administration officials as part of his new team at the Justice Department, including David Ogden as deputy... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/barack-obama-makes-justice-department-picks,167355.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Mother of Palins future son-in-law enters drug plea]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mom enters drug plea: Sherry Johnston, mother of Sarah Palins future son-in-law, Levi Johnston, pleaded not guilty Monday to six felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance relating to possession and sale of the... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/mother-of-palins-future-son-in-law-enters-drug-plea,167356.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Tom Craddick will stay in Texas House, just not as speaker]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By ROBERT T. GARRETT / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN - Speaker Tom Craddick, who suddenly faces becoming yet again one of the House horde, apparently will linger in the Legislature, though in a role still to be defined.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/tom-craddick-will-stay-in-texas-house-just-not-as-speaker,167357.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[RNC seeks reform to stay competitive]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul West | paul.west@baltsun.com Washington - Six Republicans hoping to lead their party back from recent national election defeats acknowledged yesterday that they must close a technology gap with Barack Obama and the Democrats... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/rnc-seeks-reform-to-stay-competitive,167358.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Juliet Eilperin President Bush will create three new marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean today, according to his top aides, a move that will help preserve sprawling sea and island ecosystems and cement the one aspect of his... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/bush-to-protect-three-areas-in-pacific,167353.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[CDR, at root of Richardson probe, is no stranger to suits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By William Heisel The Beverly Hills financial advisory firm at the center of the investigation that derailed New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardsons hopes of becoming commerce secretary has had a series of run-ins with federal and state... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/cdr-at-root-of-richardson-probe-is-no-stranger-to-suits,167352.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Panetta says his wife will run institute if he goes to CIA]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By LARRY PARSONS - MEDIANEWS Leon Panetta, former congressman from Monterey, former White House Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton, is Obamas choice to head the CIA.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/panetta-says-his-wife-will-run-institute-if-he-goes-to-cia,167351.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Flu bug officially arrives in Missoula County]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MICHAEL MOORE of the Missoulian Although there have been a few “quick test” positives, only one has been confirmed by the Montana State Public Health Lab.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/flu-bug-officially-arrives-in-missoula-county,167350.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Study links breast cancer spread, gene]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stephanie Desmon | stephanie.desmon@baltsun.com Researchers have identified a gene that appears crucial to the spread of breast cancer while making the disease resistant to chemotherapy.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/study-links-breast-cancer-spread-gene,167349.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Smokers struggle to quit is even harder during tough times]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sharon Salyer The state Department of Health is targeting part of its anti-smoking campaign this year at low-income households, where people smoke at far higher rates than the general population.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/smokers-struggle-to-quit-is-even-harder-during-tough-times,167348.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Nations health spending rises, but not so much]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By KEVIN FREKING AP Writer WASHINGTON—Health care continued to take up a greater share of the economy in 2007, as spending on hospitals, doctors and other services increased 6.1 percent to $2.2 trillion.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/nations-health-spending-rises-but-not-so-much,167347.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[3D ad aims for Super Bowl score]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holy promotional stunt. About 150 million 3D glasses will be given away so Super Bowl viewers can watch a 90-second 3D sneak preview of the big-screen animated  feature Monsters vs.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/3d-ad-aims-for-super-bowl-score,167346.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Horton helmer has Hex next]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Borys Kit LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Horton Hears a Who! director Jimmy Hayward will make his live-action debut with Jonah Hex, a western based on the DC Comics character.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/horton-helmer-has-hex-next,167345.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey’s Weight Loss Plan for the New Year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After expressing her anger and embarrassment for weighing 200 lbs., Oprah Winfrey’s determined to do something about her 40 lb. weight gain.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/oprah-winfrey’s-weight-loss-plan-for-the-new-year,167344.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Move Polanski case outside of Los Angeles, lawyers ask]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Lawyers for exiled film director Roman Polanski are asking that a judge outside of Los Angeles be assigned to decide its motion to dismiss a 30-year-old sex offense case against him, claiming... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/move-polanski-case-outside-of-los-angeles-lawyers-ask,167343.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Its twin girls for Rebecca Romijn and husband Jerry OConnell]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nara Schoenberg Rebecca Romijn and husband Jerry OConnell are the parents of twin girls, Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip, according to People.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/its-twin-girls-for-rebecca-romijn-and-husband-jerry-oconnell,167341.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Batman makes producers shortlist]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight is among the films up for best picture at the Producers Guild of America awards. As its nominations often mirror the Oscar line-up, its  inclusion could boost its chances of being up for the same prize at the... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/batman-makes-producers-shortlist,167342.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Scrubs, its prognosis grim, keeps a smile on]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABC Television Networks Scrubs stars Zach Braff as John JD Dorian, Donald Faison as Chris Turk, Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid, Judy Reyes as Nurse Carla Espinosa, John C. McGinley as Dr.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/scrubs-its-prognosis-grim-keeps-a-smile-on,167340.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Tough 09 Is Seen for Commercial Real Estate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dana Hedgpeth This year will be among the worst for the US commercial real estate industry, as unemployment leads to a drop of as much as 30 percent in rents in some places and more office towers from Washington to Chicago and Los Angeles sit... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/tough-09-is-seen-for-commercial-real-estate,167339.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hyundai gives recession-fearful buyers a way out]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who finance or lease a new vehicle in the next 12 months can return it if they experience an involuntary loss of income within a year.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/hyundai-gives-recession-fearful-buyers-a-way-out,167338.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Venture firms find turning investments tougher]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liquefying venture capital investments is harder than ever amid the global economic downturn and financial turmoil. Far fewer venture-backed companies went public or were sold in 2008 than in previous years, said a report released... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/venture-firms-find-turning-investments-tougher,167337.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chinese government to Web companies: No porn allowed]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what amounts to a thinly-veiled legal threat, the Chinese government has intensified its campaign against sexually-explicit Internet material by instructing companies including Google to curb the availability of pornography.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/chinese-government-to-web-companies-no-porn-allowed,167336.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bid to Revoke Madoff’s Bail Cites His Gifts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernard L. Madoff, right, leaving Federal District Court in Manhattan on Monday. Mr. Madoff remains free on $10 million bail. By ALEX BERENSON Contending that Bernard L. Madoff sent at least a million dollars worth of jewelry as gifts to... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/bid-to-revoke-madoff’s-bail-cites-his-gifts,167335.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Police investigate fourth BC pipeline blast]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER -- RCMP are investigating a fourth attack on EnCana facilities in northeastern British Columbia, where wells and pipelines have proliferated in recent years as companies rushed to tap natural gas reserves.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/police-investigate-fourth-bc-pipeline-blast,167334.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[US Troops Watch for Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Al Pessin A US commander in heavily Shiite south-central Iraq says he is watching for female suicide bombers linked to al-Qaida as he helps Iraqi forces provide security for the Shiite festival of Ashura, which begins Tuesday evening.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/us-troops-watch-for-female-suicide-bombers-in-iraq,167332.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kim Jong Il calls for hydropower stations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PYONGYANG, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), has visited a newly built power station located in an eastern province and called for the building of more hydropower stations, the... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/kim-jong-il-calls-for-hydropower-stations,167333.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[SKoreas opposition ends parliamentary occupation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Opposition lawmakers ended their violent, 12-day siege of South Koreas parliament Tuesday after blocking - for now - a US free trade deal and other legislation.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/skoreas-opposition-ends-parliamentary-occupation,167330.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Merkel Lays Groundwork for New Stimulus Package]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid a dispute over tax cuts, German Chancellor Angela Merkels ruling coalition has prepared the groundwork for a new economic stimulus package designed to protect Germany from recession.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/merkel-lays-groundwork-for-new-stimulus-package,167331.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[US Initiates Immediate Airlift for Darfur Peacekeepers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Howard Lesser The Bush administration says it will waive a requirement to notify Congress 15 days in advance of undertaking an airlift of equipment for UN and African Union peacekeepers in Sudan.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/us-initiates-immediate-airlift-for-darfur-peacekeepers,167329.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Ghana: Poll Exposes Albion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harare - IT wont come as a surprise to me, dear reader, if I find you do not know that Ghana, the first sub-Saharan African country to attain political independence, recently held highly competitive legislative and presidential... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/ghana-poll-exposes-albion,167328.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka TV station attacked]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around 15 attackers stormed the Maharaja Organisations main studio near the capital Colombo early on Tuesday, before blowing up the master control room.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/sri-lanka-tv-station-attacked,167325.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Huge American Embassy opens in Iraq]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By CHELSEA J. CARTER AP Iraqis wounded by gunfire in a Baghdad square 15 months ago are awaiting with guarded hopes the beginning of court proceedings against five former private Blackwater Worldwide security guards.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/huge-american-embassy-opens-in-iraq,167326.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Japan wants anti-whaling ship barred from ports]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AP) - Japan said Tuesday it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban  an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, heightening a cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japans whaling... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/japan-wants-anti-whaling-ship-barred-from-ports,167327.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russia supplies to south-east Europe halted]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOFIA (Reuters) - All Russian gas supplies via Ukraine to Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and  Macedonia were halted on Tuesday as a result of the Moscow-Kiev price row, Bulgarias economy ministry said.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/russia-supplies-to-south-east-europe-halted,167324.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Israel expands Gaza offensive]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israeli forces have widened their attacks in the Gaza Strip to include Khan Younis in the south, reports say. The fresh attack follow heavy fighting overnight near Gaza City in the north.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/israel-expands-gaza-offensive,167322.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[India accuses Pakistan on Mumbai]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Novembers Mumbai attack must have had support from some official agencies in Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/india-accuses-pakistan-on-mumbai,167323.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Moto goes green with entry-level Renew phone]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Set to debut this week at CES,  the Renew might not pack the latest in multimedia features, but its 100-percent recyclable and comes billed as the worlds first carbon-neutral phone.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/moto-goes-green-with-entry-level-renew-phone,167321.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[A silver lining for Blu-ray]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Carl DiOrio LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Blu-ray Disc player sales were strong through the holidays, and even the seasons so-so disc sales went well enough to sustain industry hopes that the format can still become a next-gen cash... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/a-silver-lining-for-blu-ray,167320.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[AMD, HP Combine to Launch ‘Yukon` Platform for Ultraportable Laptops]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Scott Ferguson At the 2009 CES, Advanced Micro Devices is set to launch its “Yukon” platform for ultraportable, lower cost laptops.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/amd-hp-combine-to-launch-‘yukon-platform-for-ultraportable-laptops,167318.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[HP Flies Fast with Stylish Firebird PC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HPs newest extreme gaming desktop evokes the Blackbird gaming PC, but with a slimmer form factor and price. by Joel Santo  Domingo HP is introducing the HP Firebird with VoodooDNA 802 and 803 PCs, which will be featured at the CES 2009 show... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/hp-flies-fast-with-stylish-firebird-pc,167319.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Read all Macworld 2009 posts in The Download Blog]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six months after announcing its intention to bring SlingPlayer to the iPhone 3G, Sling Media has another announcement to make--just not the one youre wishing for.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/read-all-macworld-2009-posts-in-the-download-blog,167317.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[The prognosis for Apples Steve Jobs: continuing conjecture]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AP Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.s CEO, explained his noticeably thinner appearance in recent weeks as the result of a hormone imbalance.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/the-prognosis-for-apples-steve-jobs-continuing-conjecture,167316.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Andy Pettitte rejects Yankee offer, but could still return]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY JOHN HARPER Andy Pettitte doesnt like the Yankees pitch to keep him, but might still return. Although Andy Pettitte has frustrated Yankee brass by declining to accept the Bombers one-year offer of $10 million, the Yankees havent closed... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/andy-pettitte-rejects-yankee-offer-but-could-still-return,167314.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Harangody, Jackson have made Irish much tougher]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jeff Goodman Jeff Goodman is a senior college basketball writer for FOXSports.com. He can be  reached at GoodmanonFOX@aol.com or check out his blog, Good N Plenty.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/harangody-jackson-have-made-irish-much-tougher,167315.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Robinson will make the call for 49ers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(01-05) 20:16 PST -- Ted Robinson spent the better part of 2008 on airplanes, from Pac-10 basketball around the West and tennis in Europe to the Olympics in China and a college football studio show in New York.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/robinson-will-make-the-call-for-49ers,167312.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Report: Phillies Romero to  be suspended 50 games by MLB]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Eileen Blass, USA TODAY PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies reliever JC Romero will be suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned supplement, ESPN.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/report-phillies-romero-to--be-suspended-50-games-by-mlb,167313.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Devin Harris reinjures hamstring in Nets win over Sacramento Kings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY JULIAN GARCIA When the Nets acquired Yi Jianlian from Milwaukee in the Richard Jefferson trade over the summer, they envisioned the 7-footer as being the third option in their revamped offense.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/devin-harris-reinjures-hamstring-in-nets-win-over-sacramento-kings,167310.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Pohlad missed by friends in the game]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kelly Thesier / MLB.com MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek was returning home from a trip with friends this past weekend when some of his buddies brought up Twins owner Carl Pohlad.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/pohlad-missed-by-friends-in-the-game,167311.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Pioli runs options]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mike Reiss The process began at a rapid-fire pace, the Cleveland Browns acting decisively to speak with Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli to run their football operation.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/pioli-runs-options,167309.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Anthonys injury a major blow]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Kiszla If there is one irreplaceable part on the Nuggets, it is the shooting hand of Carmelo Anthony. If its broken, are the teams big playoff dreams  shattered  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/anthonys-injury-a-major-blow,167307.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[BCS top two feel for left-out Utah]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Wieberg, USA TODAY Absolutely, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Monday when asked if he sympathized with college footballs lone undefeated team being shut out of the Bowl Championship Series title game.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/bcs-top-two-feel-for-left-out-utah,167308.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Harrison Is Defensive Player of Year; Tomlinson Could Be Out]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steelers LB James Harrison was named the NFLs defensive player of the year yesterday by the Associated Press. Harrison was the leader of the leagues top-ranked defense with 16 sacks and seven forced fumbles.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/harrison-is-defensive-player-of-year;-tomlinson-could-be-out,167303.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Tim Tebow scrambles to clarify his position - on OU and NFL]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Says Florida quarterback Tim Tebow: Maybe if I changed the way I played a little bit, [the NFL] would look at me a little differently.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/tim-tebow-scrambles-to-clarify-his-position---on-ou-and-nfl,167304.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cubs and Milton Bradley agree to deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The switch-hitting outfielder has a preliminary agreement with Chicago for $30 million and three years. The Chicago Cubs and free-agent outfielder Milton Bradley reached a preliminary agreement on a $30-million, three-year deal,... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/cubs-and-milton-bradley-agree-to-deal,167305.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Scioscia to get extension from Angels]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Singer / MLB.com Mike Scioscia, the longest-tenured and most successful manager in  Angels history, will add to that legacy for at least four more seasons.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/scioscia-to-get-extension-from-angels,167306.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fiesta Bowl winner Texas joins teams with No. 1 dreams]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By BLAIR KERKHOFF Texas receiver Quan Cosby celebrated after the first of his two touchdowns in Monday’s Fiesta Bowl. The why-not-us-as-national-champs festival.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/fiesta-bowl-winner-texas-joins-teams-with-no--1-dreams,167302.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Council Member Indicted on Theft Charges]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore County Council member Kenneth N. Oliver was indicted yesterday on felony theft charges involving  the personal use of campaign funds, the state prosecutors office said.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/council-member-indicted-on-theft-charges,167300.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report finds hope for reform in Albany]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jay Gallagher • Albany Bureau • January 6, 2009 ALBANY - The group that labeled New Yorks Legislature as the nations most dysfunctional in 2004 issued a report Monday claiming the body is still broken, but possibly headed for reform.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/report-finds-hope-for-reform-in-albany,167301.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kerry announces southwest Asia trip]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator John F. Kerrys office announced yesterday afternoon that his first major trip as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee will be to southwest Asia, a particularly troubled part of the globe.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/kerry-announces-southwest-asia-trip,167299.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Houstons interest lies with Straus]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our governor may still be from Paint Creek. But our next House speaker will almost certainly be a city boy from San Antonio. For only the second time in 70 years, lawmakers in our famously countrified state appear poised to back a... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/houstons-interest-lies-with-straus,167296.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Anuzis makes case as GOP charts future]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change on Republican minds as hopefuls to lead RNC debate how best to rally from 2008 defeats. WASHINGTON -- The six contenders for chairman of the Republican National Committee held a low-key debate Monday, with Michigan GOP Chairman... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/anuzis-makes-case-as-gop-charts-future,167297.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[US Attorney General Griffin B. Bell, 90; Voice of Moderation as]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Adam Bernstein Griffin B. Bell, 90, a corporate lawyer and federal appeals court judge who became the first US attorney general of President Jimmy Carter, his longtime friend and fellow Georgian, died Jan. 5 at Piedmont Hospital in... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/us-attorney-general-griffin-b--bell-90;-voice-of-moderation-as,167298.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bush to create three marine monuments]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A president who had been assailed by environmentalists will have set aside more square miles of ocean for protection than any other political leader.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/bush-to-create-three-marine-monuments,167295.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Laura Bush gets contract for memoir]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Laura Bush has won the first contract for the first memoir from the first family. The White House and Scribner yesterday announced the deal for the memoir, scheduled for publication next year.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/laura-bush-gets-contract-for-memoir,167294.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[No hiding the disappointment about Richardson]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Richardsons decision to pull out of Obamas Cabinet hurts his standing as a Latino leader and the political causes he supports, analysts say.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/no-hiding-the-disappointment-about-richardson,167293.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Franken wins Minn. seat but lawsuit likely]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OFF TO SCHOOL - President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, got their daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, ready yesterday for their first day at a new school.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/franken-wins-minn--seat-but-lawsuit-likely,167291.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Harvard braces for Kagan departure]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Peter Schworm When Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan was passed over for the presidency of Harvard University nearly two years ago, law students and faculty threw a party in her honor to celebrate her staying on.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/harvard-braces-for-kagan-departure,167292.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Obama goes to bat for stimulus]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joseph Williams WASHINGTON - As details of his economic stimulus plan begin to emerge, President-elect Barack Obama engaged in rare, preinaugural lobbying for it on Capitol Hill yesterday, building bipartisan support  among... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/obama-goes-to-bat-for-stimulus,167289.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Obamas election is changing the politics of race]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many black leaders are rejecting the old tactics of protest and rhetoric of inequality. You cant use 50-year-old ideas in a new political era, one pastor says.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/obamas-election-is-changing-the-politics-of-race,167290.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Fewer than 1 in 10 gives blood]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are out shopping, walking in your neighborhood, or sitting in a theater before the film begins look around and it’sa good bet you’ll see some blood donors.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/fewer-than-1-in-10-gives-blood,167288.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[A Note to the Wise on MySpace Helps]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By ERIC NAGOURNEY Teenagers often use social networking sites like MySpace to post intimate personal information they come to regret, as it lets future employers (or online predators) learn about sex activity and substance abuse.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/a-note-to-the-wise-on-myspace-helps,167287.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[A MAJOR SLUMP Chucks downward spiral following his fathers death]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Stack Happy New Year, TV Watchers. What did you ask Santa for I wanted Chuck Bass’s uncle to be hot, Little J. to stop hitting levels of Taylor Swift-obnoxiousness, and for Aaron Rose to disappear.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/a-major-slump-chucks-downward-spiral-following-his-fathers-death,167285.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Legal dramas plot isnt its  strong suit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this photo released by the FX channel, Rose Byrne, left, and Glenn Close e from the FX series, Damages. So much is good in Damages, starting with the performances, that it feels vaguely small-minded to pick out an element thats... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/legal-dramas-plot-isnt-its--strong-suit,167286.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Football Tramples ‘Superstars of Dance’]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF The two-hour premiere of NBC’s reality  show “Superstars of Dance” delivered  10.4 million viewers on Sunday, according to Nielsen’s estimates.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/football-tramples-‘superstars-of-dance’,167282.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chris Harrison blogs The Bachelor: episode 1]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me start this off by admitting that this is my first ever blog. Its not that Im against it, but Im not exactly the Facebook/MySpace kind of guy.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/chris-harrison-blogs-the-bachelor-episode-1,167283.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Biggest Loser trainers mock the girth of a nation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By DAVID HINCKLEY While its unclear who first realized that weight loss could become a lucrative television spectator sport, NBCs Biggest Loser has refined the packaging as well as or better than any of the competition.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/biggest-loser-trainers-mock-the-girth-of-a-nation,167284.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Hope for a Brighter Future on a Darker Broadway]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By PATRICK HEALY and DAVE ITZKOFF For the casts and crews of Broadway, no night of the week brings quite the relief of a Sunday, when most productions go dark, and the companies of artists look forward to Monday off.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/hope-for-a-brighter-future-on-a-darker-broadway,167281.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[`Dark Knight vies for Producers Guild best pic]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight, slighted in earlier Hollywood honors, was among best-picture nominees Monday for the Producers Guild of America Awards.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/dark-knight-vies-for-producers-guild-best-pic,167279.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Character Actor Pat Hingle, 84; Starred in The  Grifters, Batman]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alexander F. Remington Pat  Hingle, 84, a pug-faced character actor who played Commissioner Gordon in four Batman films and -- on the other side of the law -- roughed up Anjelica Huston as a bookie in The Grifters, died Jan.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/character-actor-pat-hingle-84;-starred-in-the--grifters-batman,167280.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[TV Converter Program Runs Out of Funding]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers with analog televisions who tune in using antennas will need a digital  converter box, left, once television stations stop broadcasting in analog Feb. 17.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/tv-converter-program-runs-out-of-funding,167278.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Seizure killed John Travoltas son]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The farewell flight plan was announced Monday night after a Bahamian funeral home listed 16-year-old Jett Travoltas cause of death as a seizure disorder and cremated his remains.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/seizure-killed-john-travoltas-son,167277.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Debenhams Sales Drop Slows on Demand for Exclusive Fashions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Cleary Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Debenhams Plc, the second-largest UK department-store company, said a sales drop slowed on demand for exclusive fashions in the Designers at Debenhams range.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/debenhams-sales-drop-slows-on-demand-for-exclusive-fashions,167275.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Names President of Servers Unit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft(MSFT Quote - Cramer on MSFT - Stock Picks) promoted Bob Muglia to president  of the companys server and tools business, making him one of only four divisional presidents at Microsoft, according to published reports.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/microsoft-names-president-of-servers-unit,167276.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Oil above $48 as investors eye Gaza conflict, OPEC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE (AP) - Oil prices remained above $48 a barrel Tuesday in  Asia amid signs OPEC is implementing announced production cuts and as Israels ground offensive in Gaza kept tensions high in the oil-rich Middle East.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/oil-above-$48-as-investors-eye-gaza-conflict-opec,167274.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Manhattan Apartment Sales Drop for Fourth Quarter in Recession]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Peter S. Green Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Manhattan apartment sales fell for the fourth straight quarter and prices for the most expensive apartments dropped for the first time since the recession began as the national housing slump hit the... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/manhattan-apartment-sales-drop-for-fourth-quarter-in-recession,167272.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Tech Stocks Seize Day Across Asia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors embrace more risk in Japan, South Korea and Australia, while Hong Kong comes down from New Years rally. Most markets across Asia extended their rallies Tuesday.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/tech-stocks-seize-day-across-asia,167273.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Logitech to Slash Jobs, Withdraws Financial Targets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrea Tan and Allan Lopez Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Logitech International SA, the world’s biggest maker of computer mice, withdrew its fiscal 2009 financial targets and said it will cut 15 percent of its salaried workforce because of the... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/logitech-to-slash-jobs-withdraws-financial-targets,167271.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Asia markets up; US stocks lower]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- Asian Pacific markets traded up Tuesday, as a stronger dollar made export-related stocks favorable to investors. A priest officiates a mass at the Philippine Stock Exchange Monday.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/asia-markets-up;-us-stocks-lower,167270.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Euro Falls to Three-Week Low on Speculation ECB  Will Cut Rates]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stanley White Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The euro fell to a three-week low against the dollar and declined versus the yen before data that will probably show slowing regional inflation, giving the European Central Bank more room to lower... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/euro-falls-to-three-week-low-on-speculation-ecb--will-cut-rates,167269.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Russian gas to southeast Europe halted - Bulgaria]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOFIA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - All Russian gas supplies via Ukraine to Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and  Macedonia were halted on Tuesday, Bulgarias Economy Ministry said.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/russian-gas-to-southeast-europe-halted---bulgaria,167268.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[For Car Companies, It Was a Year to Forget]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dismal December caps off the auto industrys worst year since 1992. Cars outsold trucks and SUVs for the  first time since 2000 By David Kiley and David Welch General Motors (GM) closed out its centennial year having to ask the US taxpayers... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/for-car-companies-it-was-a-year-to-forget,167266.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Prosecutors say Madoffs gift-giving broke rules]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By ALEX BERENSON New York Times NEW YORK - Alleging that Bernard Madoff sent at least a million dollars’ worth of jewelry as gifts to family members and friends in December, federal prosecutors asked a magistrate on Monday to revoke his bail... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/prosecutors-say-madoffs-gift-giving-broke-rules,167267.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[New US Congress set to convene, focused on economy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The new US Congress convenes on Tuesday under pressure to deal with a worsening economy by passing a stimulus package that Barack Obama could sign into law soon after being... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/new-us-congress-set-to-convene-focused-on-economy,167265.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Former Australian PM to receive top US honor]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CANBERRA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Australias former prime minister John Howard said on Tuesday that he will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Jeorge W. Bush during a White House ceremony next week.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/former-australian-pm-to-receive-top-us-honor,167264.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[White House Defends Its Peace Efforts In Darfur]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Bush meets with Sudanese First Vice President Salva Kiir Mayardit at the White House. Bush said he was still going to care about Sudan after he leaves office Jan. 20.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/white-house-defends-its-peace-efforts-in-darfur,167263.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[South Korea Opposition Ends Occupation of Parliament]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Heejin Koo Jan. 6  (Bloomberg) -- South Korea’s biggest opposition party ended its 12-day occupation of parliament after the house speaker agreed to postpone a vote on a US free-trade deal.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/south-korea-opposition-ends-occupation-of-parliament,167262.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Leaves Somalia With Many Questions Unanswered]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joe DeCapua As Ethiopian troops withdraw from Somalia, the Ethiopian government has released a statement saying its mission in Somalia  has been accomplished.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/ethiopia-leaves-somalia-with-many-questions-unanswered,167260.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Self-Styled 9/11 Planner On Trial in Tunisia Blast]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Edward Cody PARIS, Jan. 5 -- Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-styled mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, went on trial in Paris on Monday on charges he helped organize a truck-bomb attack on an ancient Tunisian synagogue seven... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/self-styled-911-planner-on-trial-in-tunisia-blast,167261.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Analyst Says Ghanaians Disapprove of Outgoing Presidential]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Peter Clottey Some Ghanaians are expressing their displeasure with President John Kufours transition team after failing to meet with the team of President-Elect John Atta-Mills ahead of Wednesdays swearing in.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/analyst-says-ghanaians-disapprove-of-outgoing-presidential,167259.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[In Sharing Mumbai Findings, India Exhorts Pakistan to Act]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rama Lakshmi NEW DELHI, Jan. 5 -- India handed over to Pakistan on Monday key findings from its investigations into the deadly November attacks in Mumbai and said it expected credible action against those named in the report as quickly as... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/in-sharing-mumbai-findings-india-exhorts-pakistan-to-act,167258.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Digital file management firm points to 1TB Mac Mini refresh]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zach Spear A press release from a third party seems to indicate that Apple will refresh its Mac Mini line tomorrow with hard drive options as large as 1 terabyte.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/digital-file-management-firm-points-to-1tb-mac-mini-refresh,167257.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Hands On with the Atom-Powered HP Mini 2140]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Cisco Cheng The HP 2133 Mini-Note was and still is ahead of its time, design-wise, with an aluminum finish that made the original ASUS eeePC 4G look like an infants toy.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/hands-on-with-the-atom-powered-hp-mini-2140,167256.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 All-In-One PC with Motion Remote]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IdeaCentre might steal the show at CES 2009 for Lenovo. It’sa thin all-in one PC with an interesting design that has most of the components in the bottom of the computer.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/lenovo-ideacentre-a600-all-in-one-pc-with-motion-remote,167255.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Milky Way _ the galaxy _ not snack-sized anymore]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) - Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earths cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/milky-way-_-the-galaxy-_-not-snack-sized-anymore,167254.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[New HP ultraportable first to use AMD Neo chip]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Netbook No, not exactly. Hewlett-Packards new Pavilion dv2 is an ultraportable, thank you. And the new Athlon Neo silicon inside from Advanced Micro Devices will try to prove that point.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/new-hp-ultraportable-first-to-use-amd-neo-chip,167253.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Was Apple Adequate but Late on Jobs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this composite photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is seen on Sept. 9, 2008 and on Oct. 12, 2005. Jobs announced today that he is battling a hormone imbalance that is responsible for a drastic loss in weight.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/was-apple-adequate-but-late-on-jobs,167251.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Hackers hijack Obamas, Britneys Twitter accounts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gregg Keizer January 5, 2009 (Computerworld) Hackers hijacked the Twitter accounts of more than 30 celebrities and organizations, including President-Elect Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Fox News, early on Monday, the company... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/hackers-hijack-obamas-britneys-twitter-accounts,167252.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Warriors notes: Rowell says Nelsons job is safe]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the dismal start and consecutives losses to the two worst teams in the NBA this week, Warriors President Robert Rowell reiterated Monday that coach Don Nelsons job  in not in jeopardy.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/warriors-notes-rowell-says-nelsons-job-is-safe,167248.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Billionaire dealmaker Carl Pohlad dies at 93]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 93-year-old owner of the Minnesota Twins, who died Monday, never retired, even after making a fortune. By NEAL ST. ANTHONY, Star Tribune You know that Herb, Bob, and Kirby are making room in the super high skybox for Mr.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/billionaire-dealmaker-carl-pohlad-dies-at-93,167249.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Michael Phelps to pitch Mazda in China]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Borys Kit LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The greatest Olympian in history is returning to China, this time as a brand spokesman for Mazda.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/michael-phelps-to-pitch-mazda-in-china,167250.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Rangers 4, Penguins 0 Rangers Send Penguins to Fifth Loss in a Row]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rangers forward Markus Naslund looking back at defenseman Paul Mara after his shot beat Penguins goalie Marc-André Fleury. By LYNN ZINSER It would hardly have been surprising if the Rangers and the Pittsburgh Penguins met after Monday... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/rangers-4-penguins-0-rangers-send-penguins-to-fifth-loss-in-a-row,167247.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Giants mindful of recent struggles and surging Eagles]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rich Kane, US Presswire By Tom Pedulla, USA TODAY EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - The New York Giants do not appear to have the swagger that might be expected of defending Super Bowl champions as they prepare for Sundays divisional playoff game... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/giants-mindful-of-recent-struggles-and-surging-eagles,167245.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Head games: Big Ben 100% ready to go vs Bolts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gene J. Puskar, AP By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said Monday hes looking forward to playing this weekend in the divisional playoffs after passing a test earlier in the day to measure his... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/head-games-big-ben-100-ready-to-go-vs-bolts,167246.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Chargers LaDainian Tomlinson might not play]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Groin injury could keep San Diego running back on the sidelines for Sundays playoff game against Pittsburgh. Associated Press A groin injury suffered in the final regular-season game might force running back LaDainian Tomlinson to sit... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/chargers-ladainian-tomlinson-might-not-play,167243.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Spurs use their balance to beat the Heat]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Duncan has 19 points and four teammates score in double figures as San Antonio wins at Miami, 91-84. Reporting from  Miami -- Tim Duncan scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and the Southwest Division-leading San Antonio Spurs... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/spurs-use-their-balance-to-beat-the-heat,167244.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Coglianos third-period winner leads Oilers to 3-2 win over Islanders]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDMONTON - Andrew Coglianos third period goal helped the Edmonton Oilers fight back from a rough start to win their second game in a row, 3-2 over the New York Islanders on Monday night.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/coglianos-third-period-winner-leads-oilers-to-3-2-win-over-islanders,167242.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Burrell, Rays Agree; Twins Owner Dies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tampa Bay Rays added a big bat to the middle of their lineup, agreeing yesterday on a two-year, $16 million contract with Burrell.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/burrell-rays-agree;-twins-owner-dies,167240.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[BCS title game features battle of Heisman winners]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By BLAIR KERKHOFF MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. | Maybe this quarterback showdown will live up to the hype. But history says it won’t. Thursday’s BCS national championship game matches the previous two Heisman Trophy winners in Oklahoma’s Sam... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/bcs-title-game-features-battle-of-heisman-winners,167241.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Troopers union backs off on allegations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By TOM KIZZIA The union representing state troopers has backed off allegations that a drug investigation of Sherry Johnston was slowed down last fall to shield the national  candidacy of Gov.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/troopers-union-backs-off-on-allegations,167239.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[DiMasi confident hell again lead House]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrea Estes Facing little open dissent in the House, Salvatore F. DiMasi yesterday predicted he will easily win a third term as speaker when the members return to Beacon Hill tomorrow for the start of the legislative session.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/dimasi-confident-hell-again-lead-house,167237.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[City Council picks Ross to lead in time of challenge]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Donovan Slack Michael Ross became the first Jewish president of the Boston City Council yesterday as his father, a Holocaust survivor, looked on from packed council chambers with tears in his eyes.  <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/city-council-picks-ross-to-lead-in-time-of-challenge,167238.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[Timber company drops road deal with Forest Service]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The nations largest owner of timberland disclosed Monday that it will no longer pursue changes in agreements governing its use of US Forest Service roads - changes that critics complained could transform forests into... <a href="http://www.front-news.com/item/timber-company-drops-road-deal-with-forest-service,167234.html" title="read more...">read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<title><![CDATA[To Obama Girls, Day 1 Is Here]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Richard Leiby and DeNeen L. Brown First, make sure you look super-cute for the morning photos with M