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			<title><![CDATA[ Stores seek calm among the buying frenzy ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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After years of stirring up customers to flock into stores on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers and the government this year are working on ways to calm the Black Friday crowds while keeping the buying as feverish as ever.
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			<dc:creator>V. Dion Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ CIA cookbook dishes up spy tales ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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And now, just in time for the holidays, here's something for that special someone who has everything: It's the CIA's latest cookbook, "More Spies, Black Ties & Mango Pies." This is the sequel to the spy agency's out-of-print 1997 cookbook. The bureaucracy moves slowly, it seems, or maybe good...
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			<dc:creator>Al Kamen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ky. census worker committed suicide, authorities say ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A Census Bureau worker in Kentucky who was found dead in September with "FED" written on his chest killed himself and staged his death to look like a homicide, state and federal law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
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			<dc:creator>Ed O'Keefe and Carol Morello</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Voice of America expands Latin American audience ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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MIAMI -- Facing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government's Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials said.
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			<dc:creator>Juan O. Tamayo</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fine Print: The two sides of Hamid Karzai ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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One of President Obama's problems, as he wrestles with choosing a new strategy for Afghanistan, is which Hamid Karzai he is dealing with: the leader who set out specific, promising goals in his inaugural address last week, or the apparently bitter and defensive politician seen in a PBS interview ...
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			<dc:creator>Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ SBA's Harrington: Improving the agency's ability to help small businesses ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:46:52 EST</pubDate>
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When President Obama assumed office in January, the Small Business Administration (SBA) faced some substantial economic challenges.
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			<dc:creator>From the Partnership for Public Service</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In the Loop: A guide to grudges for holiday hosts in official Washington ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Washington is a town where lots of folks have a "history" with one another -- a history that's not always the most pleasant. That makes the task of holiday dinner-party seating an especially exacting science, since there's always the risk of a food fight.
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			<title><![CDATA[ A respectfully respectful greeting in Japan ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama shook hands with Japan's Emperor Akihito while bowing -- a redundant greeting that apparently qualifies as a breach of protocol.
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			<title><![CDATA[ GAO finds fault with stimulus jobs data but touts transparency ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Government auditors raised doubts Thursday about the number of jobs created or saved by the economic stimulus program, but they also said that mistakes reported in recent weeks signal the benefits of government transparency.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Voices of Power: Melanne Verveer ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:41:31 EST</pubDate>
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MS. ROMANO: Welcome Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. Thanks for joining us today.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Voices of Power: Melanne Verveer, ambassador for women's issues ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Melanne Verveer and Hillary Rodham Clinton go back 40 years, political soul mates connected by like-minded activism and causes -- from George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign to women's rights.
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			<dc:creator>Lois Romano</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ GAO calls for futher guidance on reporting jobs created or saved by stimulus funds ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A government audit set for release Thursday urges the Obama administration to provide further guidance on how recipients of economic stimulus dollars should report jobs created with the funding.
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			<dc:creator>Ed O'Keefe</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In the Loop: C Street house no longer fully tax-exempt ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The famous rowhouse on C Street SE where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real estate taxes, according to city officials.
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			<dc:creator>Al Kamen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fine Print: Settling a CIA-DNI turf war ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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For those of you who believe the only thing the CIA leadership has to do is provide all-source intelligence analyses to President Obama and his top policymakers, think again. Besides two wars raging and the U.S. clandestine and covert operations abroad, the agency must carry out operations on the...
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			<dc:creator>Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ USPS posts $3.8 billion loss as volume plummets ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The U.S. Postal Service posted a $3.8 billion net loss during the fiscal year that ended in September, despite $6 billion in cost-cutting moves. Total mail volume fell more steeply than ever -- by 25.6 billion pieces, or almost 13 percent, more than double any decline in postal history. Worse, the...
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			<dc:creator>Ed O'Keefe</dc:creator>
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