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			<title><![CDATA[12 dead, 31 wounded in shooting at Army base]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[FORT HOOD, Texas  &mdash; An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post yesterday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boston Mayor Menino elected to a record 5th term]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &mdash; Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has won an unprecedented fifth consecutive four-year term.<br>
With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Menino had 57 percent of the vote to City Council President Michael Flaherty's 43 percent. Flaherty has conceded the election.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[FAA grounds wayward Northwest Airlines pilots]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles are grounded indefinitely unless the National Transportation Safety Board grants them a reprieve.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Durable goods orders rise 1 percent in September]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose in September as the biggest jump in demand for machinery in 18 months offset weakness in commercial aircraft and autos.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Energy prices fall ahead of govt supply report]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Energy prices fell Wednesday ahead of a government report that could show whether supplies of crude and gasoline are growing tighter as prices at the pump rise.<br>
An oil industry report released late Tuesday suggested that the amount of crude and gasoline held in storage, which has remained at historically high levels for months, is falling.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawyer blasts release of affidavit in balloon case]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) &mdash; A mother's confession that she and her husband faked their 6-year-old son's disappearance in a runaway balloon shouldn't have been made public, an attorney for the father said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama declares swine flu a national emergency]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pilot denies crew was napping]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS (AP) &mdash; The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says he and the captain were not sleeping or arguing in the cockpit but he wouldn't explain their lapse in response and the detour.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishermen]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LUBEC, Maine (AP) &mdash; The Coast Guard has suspended its search for two urchin fishermen who remain missing after their boat went down in Cobscook Bay in eastern Maine near the Canadian border.<br>
The 32-foot Bottom Basher was reported missing with three fishermen aboard Tuesday night after it failed to return to its home port of Lubec. The body of one of the men was recovered Wednesday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel is telling the White House.<br>
NASA has picked the wrong destination with the wrong rocket, the panel's chairman said Thursday. A test-flight version of the new rocket, Ares, is on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, awaiting liftoff later this month. NASA should be concentrating on bigger rockets, the panel members said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Semi tanker explodes on Indianapolis highway ramp]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS (AP) &mdash; A liquid propane tanker exploded on an Indianapolis highway ramp on Thursday, shooting a fireball of flames and black smoke into the sky and closing a section of one of the city's major expressways for what could be weeks.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brewer, Monster-maker settle 'Vermonster' dispute]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) &mdash; The fight between Monster and Vermonster has been settled.<br>
A small Vermont brewery that makes a beer called Vermonster and the Nasdaq-traded maker of Monster energy drinks settled a trademark dispute that prompted some stores to pull the larger company's beverages in protest.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Missing fisherman found off Maine]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LUBEC, Maine (AP) &mdash; The body of one of the missing urchin fishermen from eastern Maine has been recovered. Their boat is believed to have sunk in Cobscook Bay.<br>
WCSH-TV says the body was recovered during a search Wednesday, but officials aren't saying whose body it was. The Coast Guard's Chris Berry says a helicopter and three boats were searching for the skipper, Joseph Jones, and crewmembers Darrell Cline and Norman Johnson who failed to return home to Lubec on Tuesday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sheriff: Boy-in-balloon was hoax, charges expected]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo.  &mdash; The story that a little boy had floated away in a giant helium balloon was a hoax concocted to land a reality television show, authorities said yesterday, and the boy's parents will likely face felony charges.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sheriff: Charges will be filed in balloon saga]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) &mdash; Authorities are pursuing criminal charges in the case of a boy who vanished into his parents' garage while the world feared he was trapped aboard a helium balloon &mdash; prompting speculation of a hoax.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Artist admits using key AP photo for 'HOPE' poster]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Shepard Fairey's claim that he had the right to use a news photo to create his famous Barack Obama "HOPE" poster became a widely watched court case about fair use that now appears to have nearly collapsed.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sheriff: Charges will be filed in 'balloon boy' saga]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo. &mdash; A sheriff said today that his office will file criminal charges in the case of a 6-year-old boy who vanished into the rafters of his garage while the world thought he was zooming through the sky in a flying saucer-like helium balloon.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Family in balloon saga faces scrutiny]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) &mdash; By all accounts, Richard Heene is an unapologetic self-promoter who would pursue all sorts of off-the-wall stunts to get media attention. Flying saucers, mountaintop helicopter stunts, storm chasing, reality TV shows &mdash; no gag was beyond his limits.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Colorado balloon boy found safe at home]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; The family of a 6-year-old boy who set off a nationally televised scramble when he was thought to be in a balloon over Colorado has been featured twice in the ABC show "Wife Swap."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Capt. Lou Albano, wrestler/pop icon, dies at 76]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Professional wrestler and pop culture icon Captain Lou Albano has died in New York. He was 76.<br>
Wrestlers Rescue founder Dawn Marie says Albano died Wednesday of natural causes.<br>
Alongside Hulk Hogan and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Albano helped bring wrestling to national prominence.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alabama party mistakenly taps dead man for panel]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[MOBILE, Ala. (AP) &mdash; Reynolds Smith Jr. was a stalwart Democratic voter in Alabama.<br>
But the Alabama Democratic Party overlooked another fact when it appointed Smith to an interim party panel: He died in November at age 83.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Delaware 1st grader has 45-day suspension lifted]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BEAR, Del. (AP) &mdash; A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kids under 10 may need 2 swine flu vaccine doses]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SWIFTWATER, Pa. (AP) &mdash; The vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur says tests of its swine flu vaccine suggest that children under 10 may need two doses to be fully protected.<br>
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Wednesday's news is not surprising. This age group needs two doses of regular seasonal vaccine for full immunity to develop.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doctor: Burned Fla. teen 'not out of woods yet']]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[MIAMI (AP) &mdash; A Miami doctor says a 15-year-old badly burned after other teens doused him with a flammable liquid and set him on fire is doing as well as can be expected.<br>
Dr. Nicholas Namias with Jackson Memorial Ryder Trauma Center said Wednesday that the injuries Michael Brewer suffered were among the worst and the teen is not "out of the woods yet."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Humane Society: IHOP's eggs aren't 'cruelty free']]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[FRESNO, Calif. (AP) &mdash; The Humane Society of the United States filed complaints Wednesday against the International House of Pancakes, alleging that the restaurant chain lies about the living conditions of the chickens that lay the eggs for its omelets and pancakes.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawyer: Hijacking suspect sought return for years]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; A U.S. citizen accused of hijacking a plane from New York to Cuba in 1968 had been trying to return to the United States for years, his lawyer said Wednesday.<br>
The attorney, James Neuman, said outside court that Luis Armando Pena Soltren had approached the U.S. embassy in Cuba for several years about returning to the United States before finally arriving on a commercial flight Sunday, when he was arrested.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[First photo of woman held 18 years in backyard]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (AP) &mdash; The first photo of Jaycee Dugard since she was reunited with her family after 18 years in captivity shows a smiling woman with long, light brown hair.<br>
Dugard, now 29, tells People magazine she's "so happy to be back with my family" after being reunited Aug. 27. People published the photo and comments from Dugard in its Wednesday issue.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[PepsiCo iPhone app draws fire for stereotyping]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE (AP) &mdash; PepsiCo Inc. is facing criticism for an iPhone application that promises to help men "score" with two dozen stereotypes of women by giving users pickup lines and a scoreboard to keep track of their conquests.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Man held in 1968 hijacking pleads not guilty in NY]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; A man accused of hijacking an airliner four decades ago has pleaded not guilty in a New York City courtroom.<br>
Luis Armando Pena Soltren remained jailed Tuesday after a brief appearance before a federal magistrate judge in Manhattan.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Zero-tolerance policy change likely]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, Del. (AP) &mdash; A school board member says a Delaware first-grader who was suspended for bringing a camping utensil to school is likely to get a reprieve.<br>
Six-year-old Zachary Christie was ordered to spend 45 days in an alternative school for troublemakers because he wanted to eat lunch with his favorite camping tool &mdash; a combination of folding fork, knife and spoon.]]></description>
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