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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. Misread Scale of Honduran Rift ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, July 4 -- Although the U.S. government knew for months that Honduras was on the brink of political chaos, officials say they underestimated how fearful the Honduran elite and the military were of ousted President Manuel Zelaya and his ally President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>William Booth and Juan Forero</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Post Publisher Says Rushed Planning Led to Inaccurate Flier on Policy Dinners ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said yesterday that a hasty time frame, haphazard planning and miscommunication led to the release of a promotional flier that inaccurately described the newspaper's plans for a series of sponsored "salons" with influential insiders. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Paul Farhi</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fairfax County Ponders What It Wants to Be ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Fairfax County has long been viewed as the ultimate burb, where Washington goes to walk the dog and water the lawn. But the more residents look around, the more they see what many have tried to avoid: high-rise offices, blight, crime and housing that's more likely to have a balcony than a back yard. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Sandhya Somashekhar and Amy Gardner</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wife's Guilty Plea to Bribery Raises Question of What Rep. Conyers Knew ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In the snow-covered parking lot of a McDonald's in Detroit two years ago, City Council member Monica Conyers met with a waste-management consultant who slipped her an envelope stuffed with as much as $3,000 in cash.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852613891" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852613891" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Carrie Johnson and Alice Crites</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wife's Guilty Plea to Bribery Raises Question of What Rep. Conyers Knew ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In the snow-covered parking lot of a McDonald's in Detroit two years ago, City Council member Monica Conyers met with a waste-management consultant who slipped her an envelope stuffed with as much as $3,000 in cash. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Carrie Johnson and Alice Crites</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Kia's Sedan Delivers Serious Quality and Value ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ To understand the future of the automobile industry, you must understand the success of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retail organization. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Warren Brown</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Color of Money: Asset Allocation Made Simple ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I met a woman who asked me to review her 401(k) portfolio. She was worried about how she had allocated her contributions. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Michelle Singletary</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hard Times Spark Slew of Scams ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The sagging economy has inspired a number of scams -- from mortgage schemes to work-at-home ploys to tax and stimulus frauds.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852614631" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852614631" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Laura Cohn</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ask Kim: How Much Long-Term Care Coverage? ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Q How long is the average stay at a nursing home and at an assisted-living facility? That information would help me determine how much risk to take in my investments and how much insurance coverage I'll need. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Kimberly Lankford</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Before You Mail In That Old Ring . . . ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If you have gold chains in your dresser drawers, those commercials offering to take jewelry off your hands in exchange for "cold hard cash" might sound mighty tempting. Cash4Gold.com even ran a Super Bowl ad featuring Ed McMahon. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Candice Lee Jones</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Help for Those Struggling To Pay the Mortgage ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If you can't afford your monthly mortgage payment and you can't refinance, a loan modification may keep you in your home. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Pat Mertz Esswein</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Landfill Worries Cloud Hope for New Orleans Gardens ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Urban gardens were key to helping New Orleans's Vietnamese population return and reestablish their close-knit community just weeks after Hurricane Katrina.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852615272" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852615272" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Kari Lydersen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Autoworkers Pick Up New Skills But Downshift to Lower Pay ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ WARREN, Mich. -- Big, burly and a "car guy" since high school, Tom Persinger worked for years at General Motors. Now he's a nurse's aide. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Peter Whoriskey</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ World Bank Chief Warns Against Protectionism ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick warned at a meeting with Latin finance ministers in Chile yesterday that trade protectionism could threaten recovery from a global recession. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Holiday Draws Frugal Travelers to the District ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The $4-a-gallon reign of terror from last summer may be history, but travelers remain cost-conscious this holiday weekend. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Emma L. Carew</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ For Choice Hotels, Recession Brings a Chance at Decisive Gains ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ At first glance, Silver Spring-based Choice Hotels looks well-positioned to take advantage of the current economy. Its rooms are relatively inexpensive at less than $100 a night. Its 4,700 U.S. hotels under 10 brands are accessible to the middle-class family packed into an automobile. And the sum...<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852617325" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852617325" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Advocacy Groups Should Halt Attacks on Moderate Democrats, Obama Says ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Obama, strategizing yesterday with congressional leaders about health-care reform, complained that liberal advocacy groups ought to drop their attacks on Democratic lawmakers and devote their energy to promoting passage of comprehensive legislation. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ceci Connolly</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bargains by the Beach ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Rich and Debbie Sulkovsky of Herndon had been looking for months for a place near the ocean when they saw a yellow house with green shutters in a creek-front community not far from Rehoboth Beach. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Jonathan Starkey</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Bargains]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Job Losses Dampen Hopes for Economic Recovery ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Mounting job losses rattled hopes yesterday that the economy is on track to grow later this year, showing that prospects for American workers are terrible -- and still getting worse. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. Joins Whistleblower Suit Alleging SAIC Rigged Contract ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ SAIC, one of the Pentagon's largest contractors, conspired with federal officials to rig a $3.2 billion technology contract and tried to cover up the scheme by destroying documents and electronic records, federal prosecutors said in newly unsealed court documents.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852617855" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852617855" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Amit R. Paley</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alexandria's Landmark Mall Languishes as General Growth Properties Struggles ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This is what a dying mall looks like: Long stretches of vacant storefronts and blank walls. A department store with empty shelves preparing to shut down for good. A little boy running around the children's play area alone. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ylan Q. Mui</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ GM Bondholders Try to Block Firm's Sale ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 2 -- One of the main challengers to the proposed sale of General Motors on Thursday urged a federal bankruptcy judge to act as a check on an "overbearing" government and reject the restructuring plan pursued by the Obama administration. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ GM Says Approval of Restructuring Is Urgent ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 1 -- General Motors mounted a final push for its historic restructuring plan, arguing before a federal bankruptcy judge Wednesday that the U.S. government would cut off funding -- in effect risking liquidation of the automaker -- unless it won quick approval for the turnaround prop... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stocks Fall as Jobs Report Dampens Recovery Hopes ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ SEC Investigator Raised Madoff Concerns Years Ago, Was Asked to Look Elsewhere ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ An investigator at the Securities and Exchange Commission warned superiors as far back as 2004 about irregularities at Bernard L. Madoff's financial management firm, but she was told to focus on an unrelated matter, according to agency documents and sources familiar with the investigation. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Pakistan, Generations of Brickmakers See Few Changes ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=556342223e33dd62ac825c6dcc09427b</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ TARLAHI, Pakistan -- At the end of a village road, behind a grassy bluff, lies a hidden valley carpeted with thick red dust and canyoned with craggy mounds of earth. At the bottom, clay-colored figures squat barefoot all day, shaping balls of mud into bricks. In the distance, a dozen scattered... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Pamela Constable</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[Pakistan,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Generations]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Brickmakers]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New White House Office to Redefine Urban Policy ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e4c5403f5d5307cad8c46be5afb01723</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Once upon a time, when cities were poor and suburbs were rich, "urban policy" meant programs to alleviate poverty. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Robin Shulman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama, Party Tout Lower Figure for Health Reform ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d98006bbb4bbca1b51d69acd66aa2939</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Senate Democrats and President Obama, trying to assuage fears about the cost of health reform, yesterday touted new estimates that put the price tag for one bill at $611 billion over the next decade.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852619019" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852619019" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ceci Connolly</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ FTC Urged to Require Liability Warnings on Chryslers ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=877f9afcbd58cf7e083c5d06be8b2f0e</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Consumer groups petitioned the Federal Trade Commission yesterday to require that Chrysler vehicles display stickers warning prospective buyers of liability risks. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Kendra Marr</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ What 'Organic' Really Means Under the Law ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=a040bee3fb2904c1142d06c8c4be9ac8</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ What "organic" really means under federal law: "100 Percent Organic" products must show an ingredient list, the name and address of the handler (bottler, distributor, importer, manufacturer, packer, processor) of the finished product, and the name and seal of the organic certifier. These products... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Integrity of Federal 'Organic' Label Questioned ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=3359200f80588ac0e055c329189473f5</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Three years ago, U.S. Department of Agriculture employees determined that synthetic additives in organic baby formula violated federal standards and should be banned from a product carrying the federal organic label. Today the same additives, purported to boost brainpower and vision, can be found... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Kimberly Kindy and Lyndsey Layton</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ DHS Cybersecurity Plan Will Involve NSA, Telecoms ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=007b0058f4dd4488b1885200bc66b65b</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks, with AT&T as the likely test site, according to three current and former government officials.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852619902" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852619902" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ellen Nakashima</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[DHS]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Credit Card Issuers Raising Rates, Fees Ahead of New Law ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=9ace1585dd463d48af4178b7e3092b3e</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Credit card companies are raising interest rates and fees seven months before new rules go into effect that will limit their ability do so, much to the irritation of Congress and consumer advocates. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Nancy Trejos</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Federal Hiring Boom Could Add 120,000 Jobs in Washington Region ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f9c5e360ed0c9a9861dc8d8bb848b638</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Though the number of unemployed people is rising in the Washington area, Kimberly A. Holder of the Food and Drug Administration has an opposite problem: She's looking for people to fill hundreds of positions slated to open soon. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>V. Dion Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ SEC Moves to Make Companies More Accountable to Shareholders ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=20c0915ebf4cb5ee6e984266d6dc0da8</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday announced steps to give shareholders new powers to shape corporate boards as well as more information about how companies pick their directors and pay their management. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Color of Money: Michael Jackson's Money Woes and the Dangers of Entitlement ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c2ef065c7ca302a1e411bf3c3e0c18f2</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Long before his death, we heard more about Michael Jackson's financial troubles than his incredible music. The singer was reportedly more than $300 million in debt.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852621145" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852621145" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Michelle Singletary</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Biden Announces $4 Billion in Grants and Loans in First Round of Funding for Broadband Expansion ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Vice President Biden yesterday announced guidelines for $4 billion in stimulus funds to expand high-speed Internet access across the nation, jump-starting a program that has been criticized for taking too long to get off the ground. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Cecilia Kang</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ White House to Expand Mortgage Refinancing Program ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Obama administration announced yesterday that it would loosen the eligibility requirements for a program aimed at helping borrowers with no equity in their homes to refinance into cheaper mortgages. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stocks Post Gains for Second Quarter ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4a5a02a6699367554ee5727d6a34eb1b</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Wall Street closed its first positive quarter in more than a year and a half yesterday, capping a massive rally built on hopes for an economic stabilization that has yet to materialize. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ After Call From Senator Inouye's Office, Small Hawaii Bank Got U.S. Aid ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=a3fc25461c963d443832ceb7395673ba</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sen. Daniel K. Inouye's staff contacted federal regulators last fall to ask about the bailout application of an ailing Hawaii bank that he had helped to establish and where he has invested the bulk of his personal wealth.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852621562" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852621562" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Paul Kiel and Binyamin Appelbaum</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ White House Issues Detailed Proposal for Consumer-Finance Watchdog ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=197cb3ad9d6d5808cf1458bc08e99c52</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Obama administration sent a detailed proposal to Congress yesterday for creating an agency to oversee nearly all facets of consumer lending, but the breadth of its powers is setting the stage for a fierce clash on Capitol Hill. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>David Cho and Michael D. Shear</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ SEC's Gaping Blind Spots Kept Madoff's Misdeeds Out of Sight ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=51f7af5953d2a66bcbca936a6d67ac4e</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ It will be the end of the summer before we learn how the Securities and Exchange Commission could have conducted at least five inquiries into Bernie Madoff's activities over 16 years and never found a Ponzi scheme so huge that it robbed billionaires and bubbies of $13 billion and won Madoff a... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Steven Pearlstein</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stocks Climb Despite Job Loss Forecast ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ebf39385e00ff012ee3a7ae1f2f52a2c</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Stocks gained slightly today, the first day of the third quarter, despite a report that predicted the private sector lost 493,000 jobs in June. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Emma L. Carew and Annys Shin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ AIG Holds First Shareholder Meeting Since Its Collapse ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=0623c1c3ea5733f4e64f1301840a4097</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 30 -- Russell and Kathy Ryan left their Brooklyn home early Tuesday and boarded a rush-hour subway car bound for Wall Street, where the country's largest federal bailout recipient was holding its first shareholder meeting since its collapse last fall.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852622097" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852622097" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Brady Dennis</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Freddie Set To Name CEO, Source Says ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e2c9e0e98e0fb369448ef81c48be03e6</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Freddie Mac, the McLean mortgage finance giant under federal control, is preparing to name Charles E. Haldeman Jr. as its new chief executive, a source familiar with the matter said. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wal-Mart Endorses Employer Health Insurance Mandate ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=2c602945c3298fcba47bb6fa79ce8c74</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ After years of strenuous opposition, Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, announced yesterday that it supports a controversial proposal requiring businesses to contribute to the cost of employee health insurance. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ceci Connolly</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Records Indicate Tension Between Agency's Fired IG and Officials ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=fabf4fa6827964a8af458f6671f2d0d1</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Documents delivered to lawmakers this week expose a frequently confrontational and petty relationship over the past several years between Gerald Walpin and officials at the Corporation for National and Community Service. President Obama fired the Bush appointee last month, citing a lack of... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ed O'Keefe</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Yemen's Fatal Jet Crash Heightens Scrutiny of Airbus ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f8eebb5fb38f816c6901a076e364869b</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A crashed Yemenia Airbus A310 submerged in waters near the African coast along with the bodies of as many as 152 passengers -- only a teenage girl apparently survived -- is focusing more scrutiny on the safety of Airbus planes and the world's aviation system.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852622571" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852622571" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Sholnn Freeman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ EPA to Let California Set Own Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Autos ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=51d401e25eb7f8d8d29e3b84831fefbc</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday granted California's request to set its own limits on greenhouse gases from autos -- a long-sought victory with limited impact now that the federal government has pledged to impose national limits. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>David A. Fahrenthold</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Loan Modifications Up During First Quarter ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f065e82a8cce0532b401671aeb5b2321</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:09:59 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Lenders modified more troubled loans during the first quarter, according to a government report released today, but a growing number of borrowers are falling behind on their payments. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Price Squabbles, Security Concerns Lead Oil Giants to Pass On Iraq Fields ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4184cadc0eab3b10f610a1b542c43045</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD, June 29 -- Iraq's effort to woo foreign energy companies to help resurrect its ailing oil fields fell flat Tuesday, as most companies balked at the financial terms offered by the government despite the lure of the country's vast reserves. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño, K.I. Ibrahim and Steven Mufson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Uncertainty Clouds Recovery of Government's Investment in GM ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=3895d95b1cb721e4dcfc0e8be0518f29</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If a new General Motors emerges from bankruptcy as planned, U.S. financial aid for the company will expand to nearly $50 billion, but neither the government nor the company is forecasting how much of the public money will be repaid.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852624875" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852624875" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Peter Whoriskey</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Uncertainty]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Clouds]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Recovery]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=235aa263d94202a05f6204db16447929</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 29 -- Bernard L. Madoff, the mastermind behind one of the biggest and longest-running financial frauds in history, on Monday was ordered to serve 150 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed, for a scheme that has come to define the latest iteration of Wall Street greed. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court Ruling Lets States Take National Banks to Court Over Lending ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e7d5b0ab7eb59c5a56fde2a5f08929b2</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Nigerian Rebels Drive Up Oil Prices ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=65dacf5a47beabe52dd9f0832c8cce0f</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A small group of insurgents in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta helped drive up oil prices around the world yesterday by announcing a strike against one of Royal Dutch Shell's two main export terminals in the West African nation. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Steven Mufson</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[Rebels]]></category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Government Launches Web Site to Track IT Spending ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c6aa669b1a8af006f976d231b2eeaa18</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:29:58 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 30 -- Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, on Tuesday announced a new Web site designed to track more than $70 billion in government information technology spending, showing all contracts held by major firms within every agency.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852625972" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852625972" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Kim Hart</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Launches]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stocks Finish Quarter With Gains, Despite Day of Losses ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=b49a75ffcc0bd2b91c395d0f7623c9a2</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:29:01 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Stocks finished the second quarter in the black despite falling today as new housing data showed home prices continued to decline in April and that consumer confidence slipped. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Home Prices Fall at Slower Rate in April ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e07b05eff0c53619d9d963bdefa44a74</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:26:59 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Home prices fell again in April, but at a slower rate, suggesting some parts of the housing market could be stabilizing, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Expansion-Minded RCN Sparks Bidding War for N.Y. Telecom ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=507116b43956407c45b91a240d733e1c</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ RCN, the Herndon cable network operator that has been searching for ways to expand, has offered to purchase New York-based network services firm FiberNet Telecom for $96 million -- setting off a bidding war in the process. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Cecilia Kang</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Watson Wyatt to Merge With Towers Perrin ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8feddd57f112e8330c1d6611bc75d05c</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Rivals Watson Wyatt Worldwide of Arlington and Towers, Perrin, Forster &amp; Crosby of Stamford, Conn., have agreed to merge to create the biggest human-resources consulting firm in the world.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852626687" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852626687" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court to Review Restrictions on Corporate Spending in Federal Elections ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=77c9736a078c14353d0ae708e280076d</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will consider whether to uphold a ban on corporate spending in federal elections, a move that campaign finance experts said could have a dramatic effect on the 2010 and 2012 federal elections. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Robert Barnes</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Energy Department Announces New Light Standards ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Energy Department issued new standards for lighting that would save large amounts of energy by boosting the efficiency of fluorescent tubes common in office buildings and reflector lamps used in recessed fixtures in homes and retail stores. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Steven Mufson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ideological Diversity Among Democrats Means No Free Pass for Obama ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=5696b17404d109e606f385cfd74c21b6</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ After a series of early and relatively easy victories on Capitol Hill, the White House appears certain to face a more difficult road when Congress returns to work next week. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Shailagh Murray and Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Voices of Power: Proposed Union Plans Â?Level the Playing Field,' Solis Says ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ After a lifetime in politics, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis has honed the fine art of dodging controversial questions, but here's one issue where she doesn't pull her punches: the 9.4 percent unemployment rate. The June figures will be released Thursday, and she's braced for more bad news.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852627951" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852627951" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Lois Romano</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Loophole Helps GE Benefit From Bank Rescue Program ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=1d4397b6b92353b71e68c181609c79af</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ General Electric, the world's largest industrial company, has quietly become the biggest beneficiary of one of the government's key rescue programs for banks. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Jeff Gerth and Brady Dennis</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New GM to Accept Some Liability Claims on Existing Products ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ General Motors will assume responsibility for product liability claims filed after the carmaker emerges from bankruptcy protection, a concession that removes a potential obstacle to the Obama administration's plan for the company's quick restructuring. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Kendra Marr</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ HGS Hoping to Survive Final Test of Lupus Drug ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In the high-stakes, high-risk, high-failure business of developing drugs, there are two events that test an executive's intestinal fortitude. One: The first time a drug is tried by a human. Is he still alive? Two: Getting results of final-stage testing. Please, let it have worked. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Michael S. Rosenwald</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stocks Rally After Tepid Morning ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=a18ddc748d88c721d5ed5f5dfc01258b</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:23:58 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Investors shook off last week's malaise and sent stock markets up 1 percent today.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852629032" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852629032" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ylan Q. Mui</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Court Allows States to Challenge National Banks ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=dd5867d3962d4575f5f1394b77af4f24</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ State governments can challenge the practices of national banks in court, the Supreme Court held today, in a decision that bolsters the power of states relative to federal bank regulators. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Madoff sentencing nears, but victims' pain goes on ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:55:19 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Bernard Madoff will get one last creature comfort before he is sentenced Monday, probably to serve out the rest of his days in prison. The judge has given him permission to don his own clothes for the hearing, rather than a jail uniform. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>DAVID B. CARUSO</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:54:57 EDT</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>washingtonpost.com</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Bite of Bank Fees ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Your bank wants more of your money, and it's found a way to get it: by jacking up the fees on your account.Customers are paying more to maintain a checking account, withdraw cash from an out-of-system ATM, and when they bounce a check.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852630406" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852630406" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Nancy Trejos and Jonathan Starkey</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Inside Jobs ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Steve Jobs's insistence on keeping his recent liver transplant a secret is the latest example of a leadership style that seems to violate all the rules in the leadership textbook. Yet there is no doubt he has been tremendously successful as Apple's chief executive. Is Jobs the exception that proves... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Congress May Look to Ky. Schools' Healthy Example in Creating Nutritional Policy ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ It didn't seem like a radical idea at the time. First, Ginger Gray, the food service director for Kenton County, Ky., schools, took away fried potato chips, offering students baked versions instead. Next, she phased out fruit drinks such as Kool-Aid in favor of 100 percent juices. She considered ... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Jane Black</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama Praises Climate Bill's Progress but Takes Aim at Tariffs ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=33e1c677b29c5cb425ade93dc1147361</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Obama yesterday said that the House took an "extraordinary first step" by passing a climate bill on Friday, adding that he hoped it will "prod" action by the Senate and predicting that the legislation could make renewable energy "a driver of economic growth." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Steven Mufson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraq Set to Invite Bids From Foreign Oil Companies ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e90c0697c7cde2832c6c964ad3367bc4</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD, June 27 -- Iraq is poised to open its coveted oil fields to foreign companies this week for the first time in nearly four decades, a politically risky move in a country eager to shake off the stigma of occupation.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852631268" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852631268" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño and K.I. Ibrahim</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Making the Grade in Your Alumni Network ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=17cdf321b26ec609013e418466bc2acc</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When Omurhu Onokpise visited Washington with a group from his business school about four years ago, he met many University of Michigan alumni. More than a year later, he ended up working for one of them. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Vickie Elmer</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Communities Seek Routes to Save Post Offices From Being Stamped Out ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=717a0a37a7b8d20aceea907adb3bc796</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A rallying cry can be heard across the country, from the swanky streets of SoHo to the tiny town of Randolph, Kan. -- "Save Our Post Office!" As the United States Postal Service, weighed down by a crippling multibillion-dollar deficit, shrinks its operations, post offices across the country are o... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Caitlin McDevitt</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Communities]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Seek]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Offices]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Health-Care Activists Are Targeting Democrats Who Are Usually Allies ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=667bffb9b185453b853a1632d779a4ef</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/27/AR2009062702232.html?wprss=rss_business</pheedo:origLink>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In the high-stakes battle over health care, a growing cadre of liberal activists is aiming its sharpest firepower against Democratic senators who they accuse of being insufficiently committed to the cause. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ceci Connolly</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Health-Care]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Activists]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Targeting]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Who]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Usually]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Allies]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ If You Lose Your Job, Your Bills Could Still Be Covered ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e8ae9ffd9f317668003cc2393ca078e4</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Lots of us are worried about job security these days. But retailers and service purveyors still want you to open your wallet.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852631679" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852631679" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Anne Kates Smith</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[If]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[You]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Lose]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Your]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Job,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Your]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Bills]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Could]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Be]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[Featured Advertiser]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e8ae9ffd9f317668003cc2393ca078e4&amp;p=4"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e8ae9ffd9f317668003cc2393ca078e4&amp;p=4"/></a>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Right Direction Starts With the Right Decisions ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e38f588ad9f6e511b4cc910bdc91449d</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Over the years, I've found that people end up in financial trouble not only because they don't have enough money. It's also because of poor decision-making. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Michelle Singletary</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[Right]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Direction]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Starts]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bookish Doyennes Nurture D.C. Landmark ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=37bbdbebd0009fe486a272048c31ce73</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Politics &amp; Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse, in Northwest D.C. near the corner of Connecticut and Nebraska avenues, is part of the Washington landscape, just like The Palm or FedEx Field. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Bookish]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Doyennes]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Nurture]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Landmark]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Forget Tenure Track: Colleges Should Track Performance ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f896c84f8b0db81df9bb2cc715abfd2e</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Q I am a young assistant professor, and I feel that professional advancement and higher earnings for myself and my peers are blocked by the refusal of aging, tenured professors to retire -- even those who everyone thinks have lost their passion for teaching and research. Do you think lifetime tenure... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Knight Kiplinger</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Forget]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tenure]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Track:]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colleges]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Should]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Track]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Crib? Check. Toys? Check. Don't Forget a Budget, A Will and Insurance. ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f780de6001ee8359535f355331173b02</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Here are four financial items no new parent should go without.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852632766" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852632766" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Erin Burt</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Crib?]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Check.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Toys?]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Check.]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Using an HSA While on Medicare ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8d5865fa253b68127749696b10ffb9f7</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Q My wife and I turn 65 this year and will sign up for Medicare. Will we still be able to use the money in our health savings account? <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Kimberly Lankford</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Using]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[While]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Close Vote, House Passes Climate Bill ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=b1c885f1b183b017f6bc73fd6a9dcf50</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The House narrowly passed an ambitious climate bill yesterday that would establish national limits on greenhouse gases, create a complex trading system for emission permits and provide incentives to alter how individuals and corporations use energy. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Steven Mufson, David A. Fahrenthold and Paul Kane</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[In]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Close]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Vote,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Passes]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Trade With China Aids N. Korea's Military, May Offset Sanctions ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=000e2cc5a73b30f5598fd599fe89b7f0</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ SEOUL -- Behaving badly hasn't hurt the bottom line in North Korea. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Blaine Harden</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Aids]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[N.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Korea's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Military,]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Treasury, GM Close to Reaching Deal on Legal Claims ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=bf231757747cc6adcd827838a60fd0a0</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Treasury Department and General Motors have moved closer to an agreement that would preserve some legal claims against the company from accident victims and displaced dealers even after the automaker emerges from bankruptcy, people familiar with the discussions said yesterday.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852633878" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852633878" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Brady Dennis, Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Kendra Marr</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ For Sale, Still: Grand Homes In Gracious Neighborhoods ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=21089614e49ad2cdc0b28d49d0235250</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When Natalie deWolf and her husband listed their District home for about $1.2 million in April, they were competing with roughly 25 similarly priced houses in their Chevy Chase neighborhood. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Dina ElBoghdady</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[For]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Sale,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Still:]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Grand]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md. Attorney General to Probe Constellation Chief's Compensation ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=225f22fee408f725248717539614f69a</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In a move reflecting the national uproar over executive compensation, two Maryland senators are calling for the state's attorney general to investigate whether the chief executive of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy should have received last year more than $15 million in salary and bonuses and... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>V. Dion Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[Constellation]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Consumer Spending Up Even as More Save ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4a2a901bc0dd60e088bf94140cf62dcb</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Consumer spending edged up in May for the first time since February, new data show, as the government stimulus plan boosted incomes. But in a sign that Americans are not immediately spending all their extra cash, the national savings rate rose to a 15-year high. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Annys Shin</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Spending]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Locals Have Much More Than Money Invested in This Market's Recovery ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=3ea9098251c5eae51e04d65a28fecfee</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of visitors, all eager for a first glimpse of Capitol Hill's renovated Eastern Market, waited in line for almost an hour yesterday for Mayor Adrian M. Fenty to cut the royal-blue ribbon that officially opened the $22 million project to the public.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852634323" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852634323" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Yamiche Alcindor</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Oil Markets Stay Calm Despite Political Unrest in Iran ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=573ff9eaab2a64655744b2c4c5c0f337</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Over most of the past three years, the world trembled at the thought that a U.S. conflict with Iran might disrupt oil supplies. Oil traders and analysts have said that an "Iran premium" was probably adding anywhere from $2 to $15 a barrel to the price of crude oil. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Steven Mufson</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Stay]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Calm]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ CBO Calls Long-Term Revenue, Spending Outlook Dire ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=63b86109b05c72cb377021cf46f812ce</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504299.html?wprss=rss_business</pheedo:origLink>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The nation's long-term budget outlook has darkened considerably over the past six months, and President Obama's plan to extend an array of tax cuts and other policies adopted during the Bush administration has the potential to "create an explosive fiscal situation," congressional budget analysts ... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[CBO]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Calls]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Long-Term]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Revenue,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Spending]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bernanke Holds Firm in Hot Seat ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=fd1ea6ab2e4347bdb2ed3bff7a5b2f4a</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Legislators yesterday pounded Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke with questions about his role in Bank of America's purchase of Merrill Lynch, discarding the deference long accorded to him and his predecessors in a demonstration of mounting concern about the Fed's performance. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Binyamin Appelbaum</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Comcast Pulls Ad After GM Challenges Its Claims ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=34da1ae57d4741ad9a96705322cf3961</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504244.html?wprss=rss_business</pheedo:origLink>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Comcast pulled a cable television advertisement criticizing General Motors' bankruptcy plan earlier this week after the automaker challenged the spot's claims.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852634883" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852634883" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Kendra Marr and Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Comcast]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Pulls]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ White House Seeks Public Input on Classified Records Policy ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8dfb00191e34f463c6b724e141ac2864</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Obama wants your advice on how the government should keep its secrets. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Kim Hart</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[White]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stocks Lose Ground for Second Straight Week ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=bf72e27ccf7039a0b6890d2a07b60ff4</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ For the second straight week, stocks lost ground, as the Dow Jones industrial average closed down 1.2 percent after several days of rocky trading. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Ground]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ For Hedge Funds, Biggest Fear Is More Regulation ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=bfd9f165aa34181ee658be7c8f21cf1a</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 24 --  The greatest fear among hedge fund managers and executives, who have seen their industry shrink in the financial crisis, is neither the flight of wealthy investors nor ill-functioning markets but regulation, according to a survey to be released Wednesday. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fed Shielded Facts Of Merrill Sale, Republicans Say ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=996f82d5a6bbf7b96ca961477ef32740</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Federal Reserve tried to keep other federal regulators out of the loop while pushing Bank of America to follow through on its deal to buy the crippled investment bank Merrill Lynch late last fall, according to Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852635316" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852635316" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Shielded]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ersatz Tiburon Delivers Value but Not Luxury ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c806556cee1904e5dbc46a7019eaf991</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Marketing 101 speaks to brand message. It must be consistent. If you confuse the message, you undermine the brand. Enough confusion will destroy the brand -- perhaps even render it incapable of revival. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Warren Brown</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Ersatz]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tiburon]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Delivers]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Value]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Create Your Own Before-and-After ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=fc5d77b86c39519521ce32e312ed9d13</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Do-it-yourself products have emerged as the one positive trend in the otherwise moribund home-improvement business. Stores are reporting an increase in paint and flooring sales.  <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ylan Q. Mui</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ My Friend, My Tenant, Our Lease ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=bdd6af98992892c821818eddedd3ddf4</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When Paul Yun moved out of a room he had been renting in Ellicott City and into a three-bedroom house he bought in Elkridge, he left with more than boxes and furniture. He brought his two roommates along as well. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Lisa Bonos</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hospitals Preparing Triage for Budgets ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Washington-area hospitals, already battered by the recession, are bracing for what could be a budget crisis in coming months resulting from funding cutbacks by Virginia and Maryland.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852636033" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/business;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=2852636033" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>V. Dion Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ On Promise Of Upswing, Fed Holds Rate Steady ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Annys Shin</dc:creator>
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