<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930353127981110246</id><updated>2024-10-01T13:28:38.905-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ACCESSIBLE MEDIA ONE</title><subtitle type='html'>Media&#xa;News Event&#xa;Breaking Stories&#xa;Advice Column</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://accessiblemediaone.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930353127981110246/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://accessiblemediaone.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930353127981110246/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04196782775820256218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>67</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930353127981110246.post-8978550777644011217</id><published>2013-11-03T21:32:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2013-11-03T21:32:25.312-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Reasons Why Numerology is Important</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://absolutetotalfreedom.blogspot.com/2013/11/reasons-why-numerology-is-important.html#.UncHK4hZMCc.blogger&quot;&gt;Reasons Why Numerology is Important&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://accessiblemediaone.blogspot.com/feeds/8978550777644011217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://accessiblemediaone.blogspot.com/2013/11/reasons-why-numerology-is-important.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930353127981110246/posts/default/8978550777644011217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3930353127981110246/posts/default/8978550777644011217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://accessiblemediaone.blogspot.com/2013/11/reasons-why-numerology-is-important.html' title='Reasons Why Numerology is Important'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04196782775820256218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930353127981110246.post-4249813278616339231</id><published>2013-11-03T21:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2013-11-03T21:26:40.007-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Turn Your Site Into a Traffic Magnet </title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;

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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Getting
traffic to the web site can prove to be very costly these days especially if
you are a new comer. It is very difficult to be paying 15 to 45 cents for a
click on the pay per click engines. If you are thinking of ezine advertising
then it can cost you around $50 for a classified ad and for a single ad it can
cost you $125. That is really a costly thing for someone who has just started.
The traffic will also stop coming, once you don&#39;t make your payments and stop
advertising. The traffic count is again back to nothing. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Therefore
you cannot get a continuous flow of traffic. That becomes a very big
disadvantage for the beginners. The paid advertising techniques work really
well if you have a site that converts well and the margins of profit are also
good. If this is not your case then you need to find an alternate method. The
article will provide a good solution for your problems. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;FIRST
STEP: Start writing impressive articles related to your niche which can be
around 600 words. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;SECOND
STEP: Place a resource box after your articles which will be having a link back
to the web site. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;THIRD
STEP: Make an e-book which will be having 70-100 articles. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;FOURTH
STEP: Now you have to use the following 6 steps in this point to make your
e-book spread in the web. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;1.
Give free reselling rights of your e-book. You can permit anyone to sell e-book
at any price of their wish. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;2.
Provide distribution rights for free of your e- books. Permit everybody to
distribute the e-book in their list. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;3.
Permit them to give their ads on your e-books which will be motivating them to
spread the e-book as it will advertise their sites as well. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;4.
Try including a &#39;tell friends&#39; script in the e- book. Ask the readers to pass
the e-book to 3 of their friends and give them a nice gift if they do so. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;5.
If you have an affiliate program of your own motivate the readers for signing
up under your program and permit them to use their affiliate link at the e-
book. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;6.
Permit your readers to use your articles in their web site or in the newsletters
or ezines provided they keep the resource box after the article intact. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Just
follow these six steps and you will have your e-book spreading like wild fire. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;FIFTH
STEP: Start the promotion of your e-book. Provide it for free for your
subscribers. Do everything you can to promote the e-book to the fullest. After
your e-book has started spreading: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;1.
You will be receiving good quality affiliates for the promotion of your
product. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;2.
Incoming links back to your web site because of the various articles posted
across the web. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;3.
Free quality traffic from the ezines where you had your articles published. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;4.
Increased links to your web site means more traffic from search engines as
well. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;5.
People will start working for you. Many of them will spread the e-book for free
while the others will sell it. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;6.
You will start receiving loads of traffic from various links in the e-book. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Now
you can apply these simple steps practically on your web site and start
promotion of the web site. So start as early as possible and keep working hard.
&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;by&lt;b&gt; shabbir
wajihi &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Getting
traffic to the web site can prove to be very costly these days especially if
you are a new comer. It is very difficult to be paying 15 to 45 cents for a
click on the pay per click engines. If you are thinking of ezine advertising
then it can cost you around $50 for a classified ad and for a single ad it can
cost you $125. That is really a costly thing for someone who has just started.
The traffic will also stop coming, once you don&#39;t make your payments and stop
advertising. The traffic count is again back to nothing. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Therefore
you cannot get a continuous flow of traffic. That becomes a very big
disadvantage for the beginners. The paid advertising techniques work really
well if you have a site that converts well and the margins of profit are also
good. If this is not your case then you need to find an alternate method. The
article will provide a good solution for your problems. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;FIRST
STEP: Start writing impressive articles related to your niche which can be
around 600 words. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;SECOND
STEP: Place a resource box after your articles which will be having a link back
to the web site. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;THIRD
STEP: Make an e-book which will be having 70-100 articles. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;FOURTH
STEP: Now you have to use the following 6 steps in this point to make your
e-book spread in the web. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;1.
Give free reselling rights of your e-book. You can permit anyone to sell e-book
at any price of their wish. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;2.
Provide distribution rights for free of your e- books. Permit everybody to
distribute the e-book in their list. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;3.
Permit them to give their ads on your e-books which will be motivating them to
spread the e-book as it will advertise their sites as well. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;4.
Try including a &#39;tell friends&#39; script in the e- book. Ask the readers to pass
the e-book to 3 of their friends and give them a nice gift if they do so. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;5.
If you have an affiliate program of your own motivate the readers for signing
up under your program and permit them to use their affiliate link at the e-
book. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;6.
Permit your readers to use your articles in their web site or in the newsletters
or ezines provided they keep the resource box after the article intact. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Just
follow these six steps and you will have your e-book spreading like wild fire. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;FIFTH
STEP: Start the promotion of your e-book. Provide it for free for your
subscribers. Do everything you can to promote the e-book to the fullest. After
your e-book has started spreading: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;1.
You will be receiving good quality affiliates for the promotion of your
product. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;2.
Incoming links back to your web site because of the various articles posted
across the web. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;3.
Free quality traffic from the ezines where you had your articles published. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;4.
Increased links to your web site means more traffic from search engines as
well. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;5.
People will start working for you. Many of them will spread the e-book for free
while the others will sell it. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;6.
You will start receiving loads of traffic from various links in the e-book. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Now
you can apply these simple steps practically on your web site and start
promotion of the web site. So start as early as possible and keep working hard.
&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;by&lt;b&gt; shabbir
wajihi &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Located
from the United Arab Emirates, Dubai has become held because the center of
business and tourism within the Arabian Gulf area. From its humble beginning
being a pearl-diving spot, it can be now incorporated from the number with the
most visited cities within the planet. The excitement in the city has attracted
around two million people today from different nations to stay or take a look
at the place. 1 of your prime lodging establishments for organization and
leisure travelers is the Dubai Grand Hotel. For around two decades, the resort
may be component of the Dubai’s transformation as being a premier vacation
spot. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;A
Comforting Area for Spouse and children and Close friends &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Because
its establishment, the Dubai Grand has catered to an awesome quantity of
website visitors along with a ton of them are already returning as frequent
guests. They&#39;ve definitely enjoyed the comforting area from the resort plus the
friendly employees. With 150 rooms available, it is excellent place to decide
on the area that you just wish. The amenities within each room contain a
non-public lavatory, mini bar, satellite tv, as well as a relaxing balcony to
acquire a clear view from the city. There’s also room services to attend to
just about every will need from the friends. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Aside
from some with the place amenities described, there may be also an outdoor
pool, an Indian and world restaurant, plus a excessive-pace net connection for
those who have to go on the internet. For people business travelers who should
attend to their work, the Grand Hotel Dubai has a company center, wake-up
service, and a 24-hour front desk that could present guidance whenever it’s
essential. Those households who vacation from the lodge could also avail from
the babysitting and dry-cleansing expertise for your fear-free vacation. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;The
Good Locale inside City &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;What
can make the hotel an extremely handy location for tourists is its ideally
suited location. Through the airport, the Dubai Grand Resort is just 5 minutes
away. Aside from that, looking centers such as Al Twar and Al Nahda are also
nearby. There is nothing at all much more travelers would want. When the
company have inquiries regarding the sights and tourist attractions, they could
quickly inquire on the resort’s tour desk. They can be assisted very easily
from the helpful lodge staff. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;You
will find literally so many sites to go to in Dubai alone. The iconic
structures that produced the city preferred likewise because the heritage
regions are just some of the causes why people today from all over the world
are amazed by this fast-paced vacation spot. Through the Al Fahidi District on
the Dubai creek, the Palm and Atlantis to Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab, anyone
will definitely be amazed of your sights and seems of Dubai. All over again,
the pleasant hotel workers in the hotel can very easily supply tours and
journey aid to these spectacular destinations. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;No
matter whether you wish to enjoy the city or locate a perfect vacation
location, Dubai Grand Lodge will be the place for being. There’s no need to
fear concerning the spot in the resort considering it’s only a quick strolling
distance in the airport as well as the finish established of room amenities
through the courteous employees will certainly be appreciated by every visitor&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;by&lt;b&gt; Erik
Koepper &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s
easy to become hid in the shadows of your office job. There are six simple
steps to help you shine and get promoted in your office job. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;•
Get to know who you work with- You may not think that a relationship with your
coworkers is necessary, but it is. In an office setting, everyone usually has
to work together in some way to carry out the objective of the company. When
you know your team, you will be in a better position to maximize how you
contribute to it. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;•
Network- Sometimes knowing the right people can take you very far. Don&#39;t be
afraid to introduce yourself to the higher ups; tactfully. If you don&#39;t have
access to them directly, befriend their assistants so you can stay in the know
of opening positions you could be promoted to. You can also network with others
inside of your industry, but who don&#39;t work in your office. Being the one in
the know within your business circles will make you a hot commodity. • Be
polite- All too often people forget their manners. When a person is always
polite, they become pleasantly memorable and in order to get respect, it&#39;s
always best to give it. Keep a smile on your face and be ready to work at all
times. Learn how to leave your feelings at the door when coming to work. Keep
in mind that your office job is your place of employment, not an emotional
dumping ground. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;•
Reinvent yourself- Invest some time and effort in yourself if you want others
to. To get noticed in your administrative position, you first need to look the
part. Put a little extra time and effort in your grooming regime. The better
your feel the better you will perform. Upgrade your education with a little
business or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.academyoflearning.com/accounting/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;accounting training&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The more you know the more
you can benefit the company your work for. • Be organized- A messy desk is a
recipe for disaster when it comes to being considered for the next promotion.
Keeping your desk neat and organized shows that you care about what you do.
Having all the essential tools you need to work efficiently at your disposal at
all times will keep you poised and up for the next challenge. Even though you
may not think your boss will be looking at your desk, chances are that they
will. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;•
Learn more about the company- Show your bosses that you are there for more than
just a paycheck and that you’ve been putting your &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.academyoflearning.com/business/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;business
training&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to good use. Get to know the company that you work for so
that you will have a better understanding of how you can contribute to the
company. Surprise your bosses with your detailed knowledge during a meeting or
over lunch. It is always nice to know that there are employees who take their
job seriously and will most likely be considered when it&#39;s time to promote from
within. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;by&lt;b&gt;
Valeria Stephens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;You
have your own small business and are contemplating to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biass.ca/companies/canada/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Create
Business Website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. But you are not sure whether having a website
would help your business. But wait, before coming to a conclusion on anything,
read on the following points which state how a website can aid your business:
1. Having a website can not only limit the exposure of your business to local
customers only but it will help you to widen your consumer base to the online
world. This way there will be no limit to the number of potential customers you
can have. And yes, this number is really enormous as most of the people make
use of the internet nowadays. In fact, any person who has access to the
internet can be your potential client. 2. Provide Information and Services 24
by 7. A client can obtain information about your business at any time. From
your website, they will be able to know what products or services your business
offers. With a website, you can sell your products 24/7. Moreover your contact
details will be provided in the website and if they have any queries, they can
call or email you. 3. Save Money: Establishing &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biass.ca/companies/canada/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Small
Business Websites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is affordable unlike those colorful brochures that
cost a bomb. Whether your business is new or already established, creating a
website is affordable and a must these days to showcase your products and
services. Another benefit is that you can try out a new product on the internet
through your website quickly and economically. And if does not succeed, then
you can modify the service or product easily and attempt again. 4. Maintain up
to date information: The content on your website can be updated whenever you
want and pretty easily, unlike say in flyers or company brochures which is
impossible to alter them once they are printed. 5. Increase the awareness of
your business. These days, every other person is using the internet, and if you
have a proper website with the help of the right &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biass.ca/step1/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Business Website
builder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with appropriate content, then you can draw clients to your
business and actually create a need for your product or service. 6. Engage with
your customers: A website is a great place to interact and be in touch with
your customers. You can have a comments section on your website where your
customers can post their feedback and from this, you can improve the various
facets of your business. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;In
Las Vegas, nightlife is definitely different from most of the other popular
tourist hotspots and getaways. Getting a taste of the nightlife in this city is
something that you would keep on remembering and leave you wanting for more.
Thanks to the abundance of great night clubs, the city remains alive even after
the sun goes down. If you are done with dropping coins and pulling the levers
on the slot machines in Las Vegas’ most popular casinos, then head to one of
the best night clubs in town. You are sure to have a one-of-a-kind experience
that only &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cityvipconcierge.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;las
vegas nightlife&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; can give you. Las Vegas has to thank to its list of
flagship casinos, late night comedy shows, burlesque shows and night clubs
which seem to shut down only during the early hours of morning; there are
endless opportunities for entertainment in Las Vegas. The main attractions of
night life are the night clubs and strip clubs and these are considered to be
“must see” nightlife list and there are a lot too in the list. It is always
nice to seek the advice of a local as they know which parts to avoid and which
parts to hit. Once you step off of the plane, you may feel like the city is
little intimidating but after a while all experiences like the city is very
welcoming like an authentic Italian grandmother. The different programs in the
night clubs such as amazing fire work displays and many other programs gets the
attention of guests. People come to Las Vegas to have a kingly life even if it
is for a day and night. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cityvipconcierge.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Concierge services in Las Vegas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; make one feel
that they are in another world. The guests, coming to Las Vegas to enjoy the
night life go to their homes fully satisfied and dreaming of visiting the
heavenly place again, that is the magnetic power owned by Las Vegas. There is
no wonder if a guest enjoyed a night in Las Vegas and wanted come again, one
cannot enjoy the true wonder of Las Vegas by one night. You can choose from the
incredible clubs to the bars in Vegas, the nightlife here is so great that you
will find hard to compare. The events, parties, and all the fun is something
you cannot miss. There are clubs left and right and with Halloween coming right
up the nightlife will be that much extra special. Since Vegas’s nightclubs love
to throw masquerade balls, monster bashes, costume contests and other ghoulish
events, expect to find fiendish fun that will span nearly two full weekends! So
get your costume – it can be sexy or scary – ready. Steel yourself with a shot
of witch’s brew (i.e., any alcoholic beverage will do). And prepare to fall
under a spell at Sin City’s mesmerizing nightlife. A few of the Mega attraction
to look out for: 1) Chateau Nightclub &amp;amp; Gardens at Paris Las Vegas has
planned four evenings filled with treats and trickery. With two of the evenings
already a bash the coming ones will be most looked out for. A contest to find
Sin City’s “Sexiest Costume” will be held on Oct. 30, during which three club
goers will win $10,000 in total cash and prizes. A superheroes-themed costume
party featuring the beats of DJ Hollywood will reign supreme on Oct. 31. 2)
Ghost bar Day club at the Palms, On Nov. 2, observes the Day of the Dead at a
celebration featuring tunes spun by Stylz along with Alie Layus. 3) Haze at
Aria is featuring hip-hop superstar T-Pain on Oct. 31 as part of the Haunted
House of Pain. The witching hour continues on Nov. 1 with Chris Brown and
Karrueche Tran, who will host the Black Magic Bayou Halloween. Costumes are
strongly suggested. Capping off the festivities on Nov. 2 is the terrifyingly
terrific party turned up terror with DJ Pauly D. The Nightlife here will
attract any party lover around the world with so many of the events and major
festivals coming, it will be like a grand build up to the biggest party of the
Year on the NEW YEARS EVE! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;&quot;&gt;by&lt;b&gt; Tom Smith &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;You
have seen all the new network marketing businesses on the web if you have an
interest in it. The attrition rate in MLM, or network marketing, is incredibly
high because most are not ready to do what is needed to make it work. The way
people think about this is rarely on the fence and answers will be on one side
or the other. In addition to the blatant MLM scams on the net, you&#39;ll find all
kinds of poorly designed pay-out structures. Many of the best businesses
existed before the net, and probably few after the net.} &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;One
of the riskiest things you can do when doing network marketing is to join a
business that is brand-new. It is important that you realize that a new
business like this might not work unless the person running it is well known in
the industry. There are many network marketing businesses that have been around
for a long time. It is important that you take a look at the company, and the
very serious before you join. Whenever you work with an older company, you can
be assured that their business model actually works. In most cases, they have
very few flaws, and government agencies are aware of what they do. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Basically,
they probably are within legal regulations, and you could trust the company to
do the right thing. Millions of people have tried and then quit network
marketing, and the main reason is they were sold a dream and then found out
it&#39;s hard work. Business is to a great degree about overcoming personal
obstacles and engaging in growth and improvement. Some people are not
comfortable with marketing face to face which is really selling face to face.
Once you really know what you&#39;re getting into, then if you join you have to
overcome personal obstacles. The challenges are different regardless of how you
earn or make money, so what&#39;s the big deal and the difference? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Despite
people&#39;s misperception of network marketing, you should understand this is not
a hobby at all. Instead, it is actually a bona fide business, one that requires
100% of your attention. When you create this type of business, stick to a
budget, and always have a positive mindset all the time. Therefore, if you have
the budget, and a solid plan of action, make sure you execute them every day
never deviating from your goals. Instead of paying cash, many people charge
everything on their card when they start out. This usually does not end well.
You need to do training each and every month. Be realistic in how much time you
need to spend. Attend your local meetings and only buy high quality training. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;One
thing to know is how much things have changed with network marketing. Don&#39;t shy
away from combining technology innovation with this business because it can be
powerful. See what your recruiter and upline have to offer in terms of using
the web for your business. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;By
Simon Bullara &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;amazine.com&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot;&gt; The attorney for a 14-year-old Florida girl charged with aggravated stalking that allegedly led to the suicide of a 12-year-old classmate told CNN that her client isn&#39;t responsible for a controversial Facebook post that led to the suspect&#39;s arrest.&lt;br /&gt;

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Police on Monday arrested two girls, ages 14 and 12, in connection with the death of Rebecca Sedwick, who jumped from the top of an abandoned concrete plant last month.&lt;br /&gt;

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Authorities said the 14-year-old girl was Rebecca&#39;s chief tormenter, and the girl posted a taunting message Saturday on the Internet about what had happened.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;Yes IK I bullied REBECCA nd she killed her self but IDGAF,&quot; the Facebook post read. Grady Judd, sThe 14-year-old&#39;s lawyer, Andrea DeMichael, told CNN her client &quot;says that this is not as clear cut as it seems.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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The girl denies she stalked Rebecca and she hasn&#39;t accessed Facebook recently, DeMichael said.&lt;br /&gt;

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The girls, minors who are not being named by CNN, were charged with aggravated stalking.&lt;br /&gt;

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Rebecca&#39;s mother called the arrests the best birthday present her daughter, who would have turned 13 this weekend, could have received.&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;Because justice is finally being served,&quot; Tricia Norman told CNN. &quot;Something&#39;s finally being done about these girls that are bullying her. That&#39;s all she ever wanted was somebody to listen and do something about it.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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It all started with a boyheriff of Polk County, Florida, said the online vernacular meant &quot;I don&#39;t give a (expletive).&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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The intense bullying that authorities say led to Rebecca&#39;s suicide stemmed from a dispute between her and a former classmate over a boy they had both dated, police said Tuesday.&lt;br /&gt;

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After the Facebook post Saturday, police contacted the suspects and their parents and asked them to come in, according to DeMichael, who advised her client not to do so.&lt;br /&gt;

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Judd said his office acted after the taunting post.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;She forced this arrest,&quot; Judd said of the 14-year-old&#39;s alleged decision to post the message. He said investigators don&#39;t believe her Facebook account was compromised.&lt;br /&gt;

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Parents, beware of bullying on sites you&#39;ve never seen&lt;br /&gt;

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Judd sent detectives to arrest her and a 12-year-old friend at their homes.&lt;br /&gt;

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They were booked Monday, and the 12-year-old was released to her parents, Judd said.&lt;br /&gt;

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The 14-year-old made her first court appearance Tuesday and was being kept at a juvenile detention facility.&lt;br /&gt;

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Friends have a falling out&lt;br /&gt;

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According to Judd, the girl was upset that Rebecca had once dated her current boyfriend and began bullying and harassing her more than a year ago when they were both students at a Florida middle school.&lt;br /&gt;

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In addition to sending harassing messages over the Internet, the girl physically attacked Rebecca at least once, Judd said. She also recruited the girl&#39;s former best friend -- the 12-year-old charged Monday -- to bully her, Judd said.&lt;br /&gt;

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DeMichael disputed there was any harassment or fight. She said the 14-year-old and Rebecca did have a falling out over the boy, and there was some &quot;back and forth&quot; at school between the former friends, but the girl never threatened Rebecca.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;She was actually upset at what happened to the victim,&quot; DeMichael said.&lt;br /&gt;

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Are we too quick to cry &#39;bully&#39;?&lt;br /&gt;

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&#39;I&#39;m jumping&#39;&lt;br /&gt;

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Among the online messages that drove Rebecca to jump to her death were, &quot;You should die&quot; and &quot;why don&#39;t you go kill yourself?&quot; Judd said.&lt;br /&gt;

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The night before Rebecca killed herself, authorities say, she messaged a boy she had befriended online, writing, &quot;I&#39;m jumping. I can&#39;t take it anymore.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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Judd, clearly upset about the incident, expressed frustration that neither girl&#39;s parents were willing to bring them in for questioning. He said he was astonished to find out that the 14-year-old in the case was still being allowed to post to the Internet after what had happened.&lt;br /&gt;

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He said he would charge the child&#39;s parents if he could, but said investigators were aware of no &quot;obvious charges&quot; against them.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;I&#39;m aggravated that the parents aren&#39;t doing what they are supposed to be doing,&quot; he said.&lt;br /&gt;

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Norman said she blamed the parents of the two girls and the staff at the middle school. She and Rebecca reported the bullying to the school, she said.&lt;br /&gt;

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While bullying was not in itself against the law, Judd said, the girls&#39; actions allegedly harassing Rebecca in school and online formed the basis for the stalking charge. He did not expect any other charges would be filed.&lt;br /&gt;

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No court date has yet been set for the girls, who Judd said will probably not see any time in juvenile detention because they have no previous criminal records and the charge is a class-three felony, one step up from a misdemeanor under Florida law.&lt;br /&gt;

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Had Rebecca been 17 or older, he said, authorities could have filed nothing more than misdemeanor charges.&lt;br /&gt;

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He implored parents to take more responsibility for the actions of their children online.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;We&#39;ve lost sleep over that child dying needlessly, and we want to see things change,&quot; he said. &quot;We want to never, ever, ever investigate a case like that again.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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Boy asks Santa to make kids stop bullying his sister,&lt;br /&gt;

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Did Hillary Clinton take a 2016 detour on her supposedly non-political paid speaking circuit?&lt;br /&gt;

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Tuesday that Clinton, during her latest paid speaking gig to the National Association of Convenience Stores, spent nearly half an hour discussing the story behind the 2011 Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden&#39;s compound in Pakistan, specifically highlighting Vice President Joe Biden&#39;s opposition to the mission.Clinton, the former Secretary of State who could square off against Biden for the Democratic nomination in 2016, stressed that she backed the raid, while Biden did not.&lt;br /&gt;

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Georgia state Rep. Tom Taylor, who was in the room Tuesday for the Atlanta speech, recounted the tidbit to the Journal-Constitution.&quot;I know she&#39;s running for president now, because toward the end, she was asked about the Osama bin Laden raid. She took 25 minutes to answer,&quot; the Republican state lawmaker said, according to the paper. &quot;Without turning the knife too deeply, she put it to Biden.&quot;But a spokesman for the convenience store group who was in the audience said that account was misleading.&quot;There are a lot of problems with that story,&quot; said Jeff Lenard, a NACS spokesman. &quot;I don&#39;t think anybody in the audience came away with that perception or recollection of the speech. It&#39;s not an accurate portrayal of what happened yesterday&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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Nevertheless, America Rising PAC, a Republican group tracking Clinton&#39;s every move, flagged the comments for reporters yesterday, circulating them in an email titled, &quot;Shots Fired: Clinton Attacks Biden Over Bin Laden Raid.&quot;Audience members were forbidden from taking photographs and recording audio or video of the event, a standing policy at each of her speeches to industry groups. Journalists were not allowed to cover the speech. Clinton is paid a reported $200,000 for her speaking appearances.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday that the dynamic duo known as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will once again host the Golden Globes. But wait, it gets better. The pair will host the awards for the next two years.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;Tina and Amy are two of the most talented comedic writer/performers in our business and they were a major reason the Golden Globes was the most entertaining awards show of last season,&quot; said Paul Telegdy, NBC Entertainment&#39;s president of alternative and late-night programming, in a statement. &quot;We&#39;re elated they wanted to host together again and that they committed for the next two years.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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Fey and Poehler hosted the 2013 Golden Globes to much acclaim and solid ratings. According to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the 2013 telecast had the biggest Golden Globes ratings in six years in both the 18-49 demographic and total viewers and was also the second highest-rated Golden Globes in nine years.&lt;br /&gt;

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The pair also made quite the splash with a comedy bit they did at the Emmys this year, heckling that show&#39;s host, Neil Patrick Harris. Their onscreen chemistry has led for plenty of calls via social media for them to host other award shows.&lt;br /&gt;

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Fey has had some fun with the Globes and awards shows over the years on her now-defunct NBC show &quot;30 Rock.&quot; On one episode the characters of Tracy Jordan (played by Tracy Morgan) and Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) bantered about the Golden Globes.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;Well if you&#39;re OK talking about it, I need your help,&quot; Tracy said. &quot;These reporters want to come do a story about me. They&#39;re from something called the ... Hollywood Foreign Press Association?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;HoFPA,&quot; gasped Jenna. &quot;That&#39;s the Golden Globes! The second most important awards in Hollywood. After the People&#39;s Choice Awards (looks at camera), where the fans are in charge.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast live on January 12 from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, C&lt;br /&gt;


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t all started with a boy.&lt;br /&gt;

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The intense bullying that led 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick to jump to her death last month stemmed from a dispute between her and a former classmate over a boy they had both dated, police said Tuesday.&lt;br /&gt;

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And it didn&#39;t even end with Rebecca&#39;s September 9 death, said Grady Judd, sheriff of Polk County, Florida.&lt;br /&gt;

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Authorities arrested two girls, including the 14-year-old girl alleged to have been Rebecca&#39;s chief tormenter, on Monday after the girl posted a taunting message on the Internet about what had happened.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;Yes IK I bullied REBECCA nd she killed her self but IDGAF,&quot; the Facebook post read, according to CNN affiliate WFTV. Judd said the initials meant &quot;I don&#39;t give a (expletive).&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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Judd said the 14-year-old girl&#39;s family claimed her account had been compromised, but he said investigators don&#39;t believe that to be true.&lt;br /&gt;

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After the girl&#39;s family refused to bring her in for questioning, Judd sent detectives to arrest her and a 12-year-old friend at their homes. The girls, whom CNN are not naming, are charged with aggravated stalking. They were booked Monday and the 12-year-old was released to her parents, Judd said. The 14-year-old remains detained.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;She forced this arrest today,&quot; Judd said of the 14-year-old&#39;s decision to post the message Saturday.&lt;br /&gt;

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According to Judd, the girl was upset that Rebecca had once dated her current boyfriend and began bullying and harassing her more than a year ago when they were both students at a Florida middle school.&lt;br /&gt;

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In addition to sending harassing messages over the Internet, the girl physically attacked Rebecca at least once, Judd said. She also recruited the girl&#39;s former best friend -- the 12-year-old charged Monday -- to bully her, Judd said.&lt;br /&gt;

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Are we too quick to cry &#39;bully&#39;?&lt;br /&gt;

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Among the online messages that drove Rebecca to jump to her death from the top of an abandoned concrete plant were, &quot;You should die&quot; and &quot;why don&#39;t you go kill yourself,&quot; according to Judd.&lt;br /&gt;

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The night before Rebecca killed herself, authorities say she messaged a boy she had befriended online, writing, &quot;I&#39;m jumping. I can&#39;t take it anymore.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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Judd, clearly upset over the incident, expressed frustration that neither girl&#39;s parents were willing to bring them in for questioning. He said he was astonished to find out that the 14-year-old in the case was still being allowed to post to the Internet after what had happened.&lt;br /&gt;

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He said he would charge the child&#39;s parents if he could, but said investigators were aware of no &quot;obvious charges&quot; against them.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;I&#39;m aggravated that the parents aren&#39;t doing what they are supposed to be doing,&quot; he said.&lt;br /&gt;

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While bullying Rebecca was not in itself against the law, Judd said, the girls&#39; actions harassing her in school and online formed the basis for the stalking charge. He did not expect any other charges would be filed.&lt;br /&gt;

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No court date has yet been set for the girls, who Judd said will likely not see any time in juvenile detention because they have no previous criminal records and the charge is a class 3 felony, one step up from a misdemeanor under Florida law.&lt;br /&gt;

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Had Rebecca been 17 or older, he said, authorities could have filed nothing more than misdemeanor charges.&lt;br /&gt;

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He implored parents to take more responsibility for the actions of their children online.&lt;br /&gt;

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&quot;We&#39;ve lost sleep over that child dying needlessly and we want to see things change,&quot; he said. &quot;We want to never, ever, ever investigate a case like that again.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;

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&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot;&gt;Congressional negotiators had no agreements to report Saturday, but they issued positive reports on their talks to end a partial government shutdown and avert a default on government debt.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;Cordial&quot; was the word Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, used to describe his &quot;preliminary&quot; discussions with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;Good&quot; discussions were going on among Senate leaders, said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, &quot;so I think all of us want to support those efforts, and hopefully they bear fruit over the weekend.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Supporters stand by representatives and government shutdown&lt;br /&gt;
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For all the positive talk, the only actions Saturday fell into the &quot;no&quot; category:&lt;br /&gt;
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--Republican leaders said President Barack Obama rejected their proposal for a six-week debt limit extension.&lt;br /&gt;
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--The Senate defeated a procedural measure to extend the debt limit with no strings attached.&lt;br /&gt;
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--Reid said a proposal by a bipartisan group of senators, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, is no longer on the table because it treated opening the government as a &quot;concession.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Reid continues to demand that any plan include a &quot;clean&quot; bill with no strings attached that raises the debt limit and reopens the government.&lt;br /&gt;
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Countdown to default&lt;br /&gt;
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The Treasury Department says it will be unable to pay the government&#39;s bills unless the debt limit is increased by Thursday. The partial shutdown of government services has been in effect since October 1.&lt;br /&gt;
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7 crazy side effects from the shutdown&lt;br /&gt;
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Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, said Saturday the consequences of a failure to raise the debt limit would be dire for economies around the world. She spoke to CNN&#39;s Richard Quest at an Institute of International Finance conference in Washington.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;You know, I&#39;ve just spent the last two days with representatives of about 188 countries around the world. I wouldn&#39;t say they are confident. I would say they are concerned, and they are very anxious to see this crisis resolved, because they know it&#39;s going to impact on their economy,&quot; Lagarde said.&lt;br /&gt;
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Senate Democrats meet with president&lt;br /&gt;
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Senate Democrats met with Obama for 75 minutes Saturday afternoon. A Senate Democratic leadership aide said the party is unified.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;Democrats are willing to negotiate on anything Republicans want to discuss as soon as we reopen the government and pay our bills,&quot; said the aide.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px currentColor; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/19px arial; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Washington (CNN)&amp;nbsp;-- As talks between House
Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama over the government shutdown
and looming debt limit deadline have hit a brick wall, attention now turns to
the Senate where a bipartisan group of Senators are working on a separate plan
to reopen the government.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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that the House would vote to reopen the government this weekend, and while
leadership would remain in Washington to continue work, rank-and-file members
might return to their districts until Monday afternoon.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Republican leadership relayed the news to its
caucus during a Saturday morning meeting after a night of work where little
progress was made on their offer to raise the debt limit for six weeks.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Rep. Raul Labradorm, R-Idaho, told CNN that
&quot;the President rejected our deal.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Washington
(CNN)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner
agreed in a phone call Friday that talks should continue on ending the partial
government shutdown and avoiding a possible default, but the President
&quot;has some concerns&quot; with the latest House GOP proposal considered an
opening gambit in budget brinksmanship, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;A day of
talks at the White House and in Congress raised various ideas for elements of
an agreement -- including some changes to Obama&#39;s signature health care reforms
and a way to raise revenue to prevent forced cuts in government spending -- but
little tangible progress toward an immediate breakthrough acceptable to Obama,
the GOP-led House and the Democratic-led Senate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Raising
the debt ceiling and reopening the government is &quot;the very least that
Congress could do,&quot; Carney told reporters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;He
confirmed that Obama and Boehner spoke earlier in the day and agreed that
everyone should &quot;keep talking.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Carney
reiterated that Obama opposes negotiations on broader budget and deficit
reduction issues during a shutdown and under the threat of a possible
first-ever U.S. default.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;The House
proposal on Friday followed a White House meeting the day before between the
President and the House GOP leadership that participants described as positive
in tone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;It offers
to increase the federal borrowing limit, which the Obama administration says
must occur by October 17 to avoid a potential default that economists warn
would harm the economy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;A House
vote on the GOP plan could come as soon as this weekend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;Let&#39;s
do a temporary debt ceiling, then let&#39;s concentrate on the continuing
resolution,&quot; Rep. Peter Roskam of Illinois, a member of the House GOP
leadership, told reporters on Capitol Hill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Boehner
outlined a similar proposal on Thursday, prior to his leadership team&#39;s meeting
with Obama, and it was unclear if the GOP offer to the White House on Friday
contained any substantive changes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;On
Thursday, Obama and top Democrats made clear they rejected the initial House
GOP approach, but Carney indicated the President would sign a &quot;clean&quot;
measure to raise the debt ceiling that contained no partisan policy provisions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Carney
also said Thursday that Obama a debt ceiling increase and the government
reopened before launching broader budget and deficit reduction negotiations
with Republicans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Meanwhile,
Obama met Friday with Senate Republicans as part of new outreach to Congress as
the shutdown continued and the deadline for a possible default loomed closer.
Carney said Obama felt that meeting was &quot;constructive.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;In the
Senate, a separate proposal under consideration would raise the debt ceiling
and include a spending provision to reopen the government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;It also
includes a Republican priority also backed by many Democrats to end a tax on
medical devices created by Obama&#39;s signature health care reforms, known as
Obamacare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Sen.
Susan Collins of Maine, a moderate Republican pushing the Senate plan, called
Friday&#39;s meeting a good but &quot;inconclusive&quot; exchange with the
President.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Obama
&quot;listened carefully&quot; and &quot;said that some of the elements were
issues we could work on, but he certainly did not endorse&quot; the Senate
proposal, Collins said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Conservative
Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Obama called the medical device tax a
&quot;legitimate concern&quot; that can be addressed because it wasn&#39;t part of
the core Obamacare program.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;According
to other senators in the meeting, one of the elements under discussion would
change the definition of a part-time worker under Obamacare in order to protect
employees having their hours cut so that businesses can avoid a requirement to
provide health coverage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Some
conservatives, however, said Obama refused to budge from his insistence that
the government must reopen and the debt ceiling must be increased before he
would take part in full-fledged negotiations on deficit reduction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;There
was an awful lot of talking but the president still says he won&#39;t
negotiate,&quot; said Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a tea party conservative who
spearheaded the attempt last month to add anti-Obamacare amendments to a
spending plan needed to prevent the government shutdown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Obama
also met with Democratic Party caucuses from the House and Senate this week,
but the separate talks with the GOP caucuses were the focus of possible
progress in the stalemate that has stoked fear among investors and angered the
American public.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;At the
Thursday night meeting with House GOP leaders at the White House, the two sides
went around and around for an hour, getting nowhere.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Then came
a sudden change that might ultimately help break the political impasse causing
the continuing shutdown and the looming threat of a further crisis when the
nation bumps up against its self-imposed borrowing limit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;As first
reported by CNN&#39;s Walsh and Dana Bash, an exchange between GOP Rep. Paul Ryan
and Obama seemed to clear the air, with each side acknowledging the validity of
the other.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Ryan, the
Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, conceded his side wouldn&#39;t
get all it wanted while Obama said, tell me what you need to make something
happen, Bash and Walsh reported after the Thursday night meeting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;CNN Chief
National Correspondent John King told CNN&#39;s &quot;New Day&quot; on Friday that
Ryan &quot;said something to the effect of, &#39;Look, we know you don&#39;t like our
position, we know you probably don&#39;t respect our position, but we&#39;re the
Republican majority.&#39; &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;You&#39;re
stuck with us for a while, at least through the next election season, so we
need to learn to have a conversation with each other,&quot; King paraphrased
Ryan as saying.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/politics/shutdown-ryan/index.html&quot; style=&quot;font-style: inherit; outline: 0px;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #004276; font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;Paul Ryan steps into budget fight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;And
at that point, both Democrats and Republicans say, the tone of the meeting
changed,&quot; King added. &quot;The president said, &#39;Listen, I&#39;m not going to
negotiate with you until you reopen the government, but go to your members,
find out what you need to do to get that part done and let&#39;s try to make some
progress.&#39;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;CNN&#39;s
reporting on the meeting is based on accounts from multiple sources who
attended.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Republican
Rep. Steve Southerland of Florida essentially confirmed the CNN account on Thursday
night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;Paul
and the President certainly have a pass through the last election and I think
there&#39;s a great respect between them. And you can&#39;t make that up.&quot;
Southerland said, adding that &quot;the communication between Paul and the
President, I think, was an important part of the conversation.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;The
meeting appeared to begin breaking the partisan logjam that has led to the
shutdown, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees without work and
caused countless ripple effects, from lost tourist revenue around national
parks to a threat to the Alaskan crab fishing season.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;We&#39;re
all working together now,&quot; Rep. Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican, said
after the meeting, while House Majority Leader Eric Cantor called it &quot;very
useful.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Rep. Hal
Rogers, a Kentucky Republican, said both sides are talking &quot;in good
faith&quot; about not just the debt ceiling, but also what it will take to
restart the government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;There
was not a timeline set,&quot; Rogers said. &quot;But we want to move
quickly.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;The Obama
administration described the meeting as &quot;good,&quot; saying the President
listened to Republican proposals and the two sides discussed &quot;potential
paths forward.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Senators
are involved in their own talks to come up with a package that would reopen the
government and lower the debt ceiling, while ending a tax on medical devices
under Obamacare and setting up broader negotiations on deficit reduction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;In a
video message to a conservative political summit Friday, Ryan warned the
right-wing gathering that they can&#39;t get everything they want with Democrats
holding the White House and a majority of the Senate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;This
President won&#39;t agree to everything we need to do,&quot; said the message from
Ryan, according to excerpts provided by one of his aides. &quot;A budget
agreement with this President and this Senate won&#39;t solve our problems. But I
hope it&#39;s a start.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/07/opinion/sides-vavreck-2014-election/index.html&quot; style=&quot;font-style: inherit; outline: 0px;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #004276; font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;Will 2014 election solve anything?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Beginnings
of a deal?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;After
initially demanding changes to or the elimination of Obama&#39;s signature health
care reform plan, Republicans have more recently focused on extending the debt
ceiling for up to six weeks while negotiating on spending and other issues
during a continued government shutdown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Democrats
have insisted that the debt ceiling be raised and the government reopened
before they would be willing to negotiate on other issues.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/us/government-shutdown-side-effects/index.html&quot; style=&quot;font-style: inherit; outline: 0px;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #004276; font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;7 crazy side effects from the shutdown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Some
congressional Democrats have balked at the outline of the GOP offer from
Thursday, insisting the government must reopen and the debt ceiling must be
increased to get broader talks going.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;One
way or another both of those have to happen,&quot; said veteran Sen. Carl Levin
of Michigan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Another
Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, said Obama &quot;needs to press for
the opening of the government.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;Without
a doubt the default would be much more catastrophic, but I&#39;ve got constituents,
a lot of whom work for the federal government who are going through
catastrophes every hour,&quot; Cummings said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Anti-Obamacare
provisions no longer in GOP plans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;One thing
any agreement won&#39;t include, it appears, is a provision to defund the 2010
Affordable Care Act.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Ryan, who
was the Republican party&#39;s vice presidential nominee last year, didn&#39;t mention
Obamacare in a Wall Street Journal op-ed this week, saying instead that
politicians from both parties should focus on &quot;modest reforms to
entitlement programs and the tax code.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;As others
have done in recent days, GOP Rep. James Lankford of Oklahoma told CNN on
Thursday that cutting the funding for the President&#39;s signature health reform
is &quot;currently off the table.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;However,
Lankford said Republicans still seek a one-year delay in the penalties under
Obamacare for people who fail to obtain health insurance, as required by the
law.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;According
to a GOP source, it&#39;s not certain whether Boehner can gain support from some or
most of his GOP caucus for a plan without anything to do with Obamacare or
other concessions. That could mean, if a proposal like the one floated Thursday
proceeds, the speaker may need Democratic votes to pass it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/06/politics/congress-budget/index.html&quot; style=&quot;font-style: inherit; outline: 0px;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #004276; font-family: &amp;quot;inherit&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;Boehner demands cuts for debt limit increase&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Failure
to raise the debt ceiling by next week&#39;s deadline would leave the government
unable to borrow money to pay its bills for the first time in its history. And
absent a breakthrough, the shutdown would continue at a cost estimated at up to
$50 billion a month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.5pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;All of
this is taking a toll on Washington&#39;s reputation: A national CNN/ORC
International survey released Monday indicated that Americans are blaming all
parties in the fight, though Republicans got the worst of it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Did
you skip the lines on Black Friday? There&#39;s still Cyber Monday -- and analysts
are expecting an abundance of deals to bring in record online sales this year.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Andrew
Lipsman, an industry analyst at data tracking firm ComScore, said sales for the
one-day shopping event are projected to hit a record $1.2 billion this year.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Almost
every major retailer plans on taking advantage of the hottest day to shop
online. According to the Shop.org&#39;s eHoliday survey, eight out of 10 online
retailers will offer promotions on Cyber Monday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;A
survey by comparison shopping site PriceGrabber found that 39% of consumers who
planned to shop over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend said they intended to do
so on Cyber Monday. That&#39;s up 2 percentage points from last year.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Does Cyber Monday really save you money? Cyber
Monday can get you to Hawaii Shoppers deal hunting on Cyber Monday FBI cracking
down on Cyber Monday scams&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s
a trend analysts are calling &quot;couch commerce&quot; -- more people want to
spend money online from the comfort of their homes rather than head out to the
shops.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Lelah
Manz, chief strategist of commerce at Akamai, cited the rise of tablet
computers in the last year as a major game-changer in e-commerce.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;If
you think about when the concept of Cyber Monday was first born, it was a time
when people had dial-up access at home -- it was the office place or the
workplace where they could access sites,&quot; Manz said. &quot;Now everyone
has broadband access. People have tablets, they&#39;re able to get online earlier
and at home, and retailers are trying to capture that mind share.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;According
to an IBM Coremetrics report, 15% of web traffic in the U.S. in November will
stem from smart phones and tablets rather than PC&#39;s. In order to tap into that
traffic, retailers are rolling out the deals early this year, said Manz.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;As
valuable ad space is snatched up by major retailers, mid-sized retailers are
leaking deals ahead of Cyber Monday to get their place in the spotlight too,
said Graham Jones, general manager of PriceGrabber.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;What
we saw last year -- a lot of the medium size retailers, they didn&#39;t get in
front of the consumers, so they are the ones leaking the deals earlier,&quot;
Jones said. &quot;The earlier these deals are coming out is a function of the
retailers not wanting to be squeezed out of the limelight.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;But
don&#39;t expect the online deals ahead of Cyber Monday to impact the big day.
According to a Shop.org survey, nearly 60% of workers will go online to shop
for holiday gifts at work, and many of the retailers are waiting for Monday to
push out some of the best promotions.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;Consumers
have come to expect the absolute best online holiday deals on Cyber
Monday,&quot; Pam Goodfellow, BIGresearch Consumer Insights Director, said in a
release. BIGresearch is a marketing research firm that conducts surveys for the
industry trade group National Retail Federation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Online
companies are still placing big bets on Cyber Monday and taking steps to prep
for a day when online traffic is expected to spike. OpenSky, an online shopping
platform that offers products curated by various celebrities and influential
people -- from chef Tom Colicchio to fashion designer Cynthia Rowley -- has
been ramping up efforts to make sure the site runs smoothly.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;We&#39;re
expecting our biggest day ever - we have 10,000 new people joining OpenSky
every day and we expect sales to be five times our largest day,&quot; said
OpenSky Founder John Caplan. &quot;We&#39;ve made improvements to the site to make
it run faster. We&#39;ve added additional shipping options, gift wrapping, customer
service staff and have all hands on deck from now through the holiday.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
company also plans to announce lifestyle guru Martha Stewart as a curator on
the site - a move the six-month-old company hopes will boost interest in the
biggest online shopping day of the year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Laurie Segall, CNN Money&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Syrian
security forces have committed &quot;gross violations of human rights&quot;
since anti-government protests began in March, a United Nations report released
Monday said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
U.N. independent international commission on Syria&#39;s assessment was based on
interviews with 223 victims and witnesses, but observers were not allowed
access to the country, the report said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;According
to the report, evidence &quot;documents patterns of summary execution,
arbitrary arrest, enforced disappearance, torture, including sexual violence,
as well as violations of children&#39;s rights.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Military
deserters told the commission that they had been ordered to shoot at unarmed
protesters without warning, the report said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Arab League sanctions punish Syria Economic
sanctions for Syria&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;The
commission reiterates its call for immediate and unhindered access to the
Syrian Arab Republic,&quot; the report said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Earlier
this month, the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights estimated that
government forces had killed at least 3,500 civilians.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Syria&#39;s
government has consistently blamed armed gangs for the violence and said
security forces are protecting the people.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;The
Arabic Syrian military, which we are all proud of, has given martyrs in order
to protect the life of civilians,&quot; Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem
said Monday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;By the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;CNN Wire Staff&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img &quot;=&quot;&quot; allegedly=&quot;&quot; alt=&quot;Iran says it has arrested 12 CIA &quot; and=&quot;&quot; areas.=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cripple=&quot;&quot; for=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; iran&#39;s=&quot;&quot; military=&quot;&quot; nuclear,=&quot;&quot; security=&quot;&quot; spies&quot;,=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/111105074841-iran-nuclear-power-station-story-top.jpg&quot; to=&quot;&quot; trying=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;An
Iranian lawmaker said Thursday that officials in Iran and Lebanon have arrested
12 CIA &quot;spies&quot; who intended to a &quot;deal a strong blow&quot; to
Iran, state media reported.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Parliamentarian
Parviz Sorouri said the alleged spies were trying to cripple Iran in nuclear,
military and security areas, said Iran&#39;s official IRNA news agency.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
report did not say when the suspects were arrested or add details about the
arrests.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Earlier
this week, a U.S. official confirmed to CNN that informants that worked with
the CIA had been captured in Lebanon. The official would not say how many
informants were arrested.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Iran: We don&#39;t need nuclear weapons Covert
action in Iran?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;One
of the means used by Hezbollah counterterrorism operatives to identify the
informants was to trace their cell phone calls, the official said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
official added, &quot;look who helps them,&quot; a reference to Iran, with
which Hezbollah shares tactics and information.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
United States considers Hezbollah, which has close ties to Iran and Syria, to
be a terrorist organization.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;By the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;CNN Wire Staff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;CNN&#39;s Mitra Mobasherat contributed to this report&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Three
American college students arrested on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails
during a protest in Cairo were released Thursday, a spokesman for the Egypt
general prosecutor&#39;s office told CNN.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Joy
Sweeney, whose son Derrik Sweeney is one of the three students, told CNN&#39;s
&quot;American Morning&quot; she was overjoyed by the news.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;We
are just so blessed and so grateful right now,&quot; she said. &quot;I can&#39;t
wait to give him a big hug.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
students were to be taken to a physician for a medical examination and back to
the police station for paperwork to be processed, then to their dorm rooms, she
said. They may be able to call home afterward.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
Egyptian attorney general is not going to appeal against the trio&#39;s release,
she said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Egypt&#39;s military rulers apologize Parties
considering Egypt election delay A short-lived truce in Cairo&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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family is keen for Derrik to return home as soon as possible, for his own
safety, she added.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Roberto
Powers, the U.S. consul general in Egypt, advised that as the three students&#39;
pictures had been plastered all over the media, &quot;it wouldn&#39;t be safe or
prudent for them to remain in the country,&quot; she said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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said her son told her in a telephone call Wednesday that &quot;they had done
nothing wrong.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Sweeney,
Gregory Porter and Luke Gates are students from different schools attending
American University in Cairo on a semester-long, study-abroad program,
according to the school.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Sweeney,
19, is a Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Missouri; Porter,
19, from Glenside, Pennsylvania, attends Drexel University in Philadelphia; and
Gates, 21, of Bloomington, Indiana, goes to Indiana University.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Their
arrests came amid violent protests against Egypt&#39;s ruling military council in
Cairo&#39;s Tahrir Square that had claimed dozens of lives by late Wednesday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Drew
Harper, a friend of the three students, told CNN some parts of the media had
given an inaccurate impression of them as being irresponsible.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Harper,
22, a film student from New York who has been in Cairo for three months,
described Sweeney, Porter and Gates as intelligent, well-informed and
nonviolent.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;I
don&#39;t believe for one second that those Molotov cocktails belonged to the
boys,&quot; he said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;These
are not drunk college students looking for a thrill or boys hellbent on
committing suicide in a blaze of glory.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;He
accused the Egyptian military of wanting to &quot;pin the recent violence on
foreigners&quot; and said they had wrongly accused the three Americans.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Georgetown
University President John J. DeGioia welcomed the news that Georgetown student
Sweeney and his fellow Americans had been freed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;Our
entire Georgetown community is deeply grateful to all those whose prompt
attention and work led to their release,&quot; DeGioia said in a statement.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;A
relative calm fell over Tahrir Square on Thursday as Egypt&#39;s military leaders
apologized for the 38 deaths nationwide and vowed to prosecute offenders and
pay the medical bills of those injured.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Some
3,250 people have been wounded, according to Hisham Sheeha of Egypt&#39;s Health
Ministry.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Adil
Saeed, spokesman from the prosecutor&#39;s office, said late Wednesday that a bag
filled with empty bottles, a bottle of gasoline, a towel and a camera had been
found with the three American students.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;They
denied the bag belonged to them and said it belonged to two of their
friends,&quot; Saeed said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
latest clashes between protesters and police broke out Saturday near Tahrir
Square, the epicenter of the movement that led to Hosni Mubarak&#39;s ouster as
president in February.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Demonstrators
are calling for the country&#39;s interim military rulers to step down immediately.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Soldiers
erected barbed wire barricades to separate protesters and police early
Thursday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;By the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;CNN Wire Staff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;CNN&#39;s Mohamed Fahmy and journalist Ian Lee in Cairo, and Devon Sayers in Atlanta contributed to this report.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img alt=&quot;Saprina Gressman helps her daughter Kiara, 4, chop tomatoes in a cooking class in New York. &quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/111121055944-hunger-prevention-heroes2-story-top.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Students gathered as the chef sliced
tomatoes with a plastic knife in a Brooklyn public school cafeteria. Their eyes
followed as she held up a slender green cylinder before the crowd of parents
and kids in plastic aprons and hairnets.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;What&#39;s that?&quot; kids shouted.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a scallion. But don&#39;t eat
it now,&quot; warned Leigh Armstrong, a culinary student and volunteer chef.
&quot;It doesn&#39;t taste like celery.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Armstrong was helping at Cooking
Matters, a free, six-week class that teaches parents and kids how to shop for and
prepare healthy, inexpensive meals. The program launched 20 years ago through
the nonprofit Share our Strength, and it now serves more than 11,000 families
across the country.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Most participants use or have used
food stamps, free or reduced-price school lunches or food pantries to cover
their nutritional needs, and almost all are still looking for ways to stretch a
few ingredients into meals.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The number of families that struggle
to get enough food has increased in recent years.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The U.S. Department of Agriculture
reported that in 2010, 14.5% of households in the United States -- about 17.2
million -- lacked the resources to provide enough food for everybody. Among
those, about 6.4 million households saw normal eating patterns disrupted or
reduced because there wasn&#39;t enough food.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Food insecurity -- uncertainty about
where the next meal will come from -- is particularly hard on one group:
children.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s a time of record need, a time
when you&#39;re seeing people from all walks of life needing to turn to assistance
to meet their food needs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Paula Thornton-Greear, Feeding America
spokeswoman&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The nonprofit Feeding America, a
network of more than 200 food banks around the United States, reports one in
five children are at risk of hunger. For children in African-American or Latino
households, it&#39;s closer to one in three.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;They&#39;re likely to have trouble
focusing in school. They might experience illness or poor health as a result.
They&#39;re also likely to struggle with stress at home or in class. While many are
eligible for free or reduced-price food at school, those programs don&#39;t provide
food at night, on weekends or during breaks from school.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Hunger is still a more frequent
problem for homes headed by single parents and for homes below the federal
poverty line, the USDA reports, but it has also crept into homes that have
never experienced it before.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;It&#39;s invasive and real,&quot;
said Paula Thornton-Greear, a Feeding America spokeswoman. &quot;It&#39;s a time of
record need, a time when you&#39;re seeing people from all walks of life needing to
turn to assistance to meet their food needs.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;For adults, the most important step
might be talking about it, Thornton-Greear said -- reaching out to friends and
family who can help and learning what government and nonprofit food programs
are available.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;At some point, we&#39;re all in need
of something,&quot; she said. &quot;It&#39;s reflective of a society experiencing a
huge downturn. It&#39;s not reflective on one individual.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;For kids, it might mean getting adults
more engaged in teaching nutrition and stopping hunger before it starts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;On TV, a new &quot;Sesame Street&quot;
puppet, Lily, is talking about food insecurity from the perspective of a
7-year-old who doesn&#39;t always have enough to eat.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;CNN Hero: Bruno Serato&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;In Orange County, California, chef and
restaurateur Bruno Serato feeds pasta to about 300 children every night.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Serato, one of the Top 10 CNN Heroes
of 2011, began cooking for kids when his mother visited from Italy and saw a
child eating potato chips for dinner. The boy, like dozens of others near his
restaurant in Anaheim, lived in a motel, where his family had limited access to
food and cooking space.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;&#39;Bruno, you must feed them
pasta,&#39;&quot; he recalled her saying. Serato continued the nightly pasta feast
throughout the recession, even as his restaurant struggled.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;They&#39;re customers,&quot; he told
CNN earlier this year. &quot;My favorite customers.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;And back in Brooklyn, it means
teaching parents to shop and cook with kids in tow. The Cooking Matters
curriculum includes taking families to grocery stores and then getting them
into kitchens at schools, community centers or even housing units.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Today&#39;s menu: breakfast burritos with
eggs, cheese and homemade salsa. The cost: less than $2 a serving.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;At Saprina Gressman&#39;s first Cooking
Matters class this month, the 25-year-old mother of three said her kids first
told her about the class.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;m hoping to learn a lot,&quot;
she said, as she helped her 4-year-old daughter, Kiara, cut a tomato to make
salsa. &quot;I&#39;m hoping to learn to cook with my children, because you need
patience.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;While parents will usually be the ones
to budget, buy and cook food, getting kids excited about preparing and eating
homemade meals can keep everyone engaged in healthier choices and smart
shopping.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Aliyah Rowe, the Cooking Matters
program coordinator for City Harvest in New York, said some members of the
class rely on food stamps, but it&#39;s designed for anyone with food insecurity --
people who recently lost jobs and have to rethink their food budgets, or
families that occasionally seek assistance from food banks.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;It also gets parents and kids spending
time together and talking about the food the fuels them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;I remember baking with my
grandmother, but that doesn&#39;t happen anymore,&quot; Rowe said. &quot;The
reality is parents are busy; you have some that work two jobs. But the kids
come here and they are so excited, and they go home excited. And that inspires
parents to cook with their children.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;By&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Alyse Shorland&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Jamie Gumbrecht&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;, CNN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/111123041849-afghan-rape-new-story-top.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Afghan prosecutors announced Wednesday
that a young rape victim, jailed for adultery after reporting the crime and
pushed into marrying her attacker, would have her sentence reduced from twelve
to three years. The prosecutor said she would, for now, remain in jail -- with
her child -- for not reporting her attack fast enough.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;In a remarkable case that is all too
common in Afghanistan but has drawn international attention, 21-year-old Gulnaz
was attacked by a relative two years ago, but sentenced to 12 years in jail for
adultery.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;She has since given birth to a girl
from the attack. Because of the dishonor of sex outside of wedlock, she had
been given the choice of marrying her attacker to get out of jail and
legitimize her infant daughter in the eyes of Afghanistan&#39;s conservative
society.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The child is imprisoned with her at
Badambagh Prison on the outskirts of Kabul.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Jawad: Afghan system failed rape victim Woman
being forced to marry her rapist&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Gulnaz says she at first tried to hide
the attack against her because she could be killed for bringing shame on her
community. Only her pregnancy exposed the attack and began criminal
investigations that led to her conviction for adultery.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;On Wednesday a spokesman for the
Afghan attorney general said her sentence had been reduced by another court
hearing to three years and that the main remaining charge against her was not
reporting her attack early enough. A lawyer for Gulnaz, Kim Motley, said her
client was only on Tuesday made aware of the reduced sentence and there had
been no official notification of it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The attorney general spokesman, Rahmatullah
Nazari, said their investigation had concluded there was no rape, but instead
sex outside of wedlock, resulting in both the male attacker and Gulnaz being
convicted of adultery.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;Gulnaz claims that she has been
raped. But because she reported the crime four months later, we couldn&#39;t find
any evidence [of an attack],&quot; Nazari said. &quot;She was convicted for not
reporting a crime on time.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Gulnaz&#39;s attacker denied having sex
with her. He told CNN he was serving jail time because he had been accused of
rape. His conviction records show he is in jail for &quot;zina&quot;, a Dari
word that directly translates as &quot;adultery.&quot; Human rights workers
note that rape cases are often handled as adultery in Afghanistan&#39;s court
system.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The spokesman for the prosecutor
added, however, that Gulnaz might soon receive a presidential pardon.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;There is a strong possibility
that she would be pardoned under a presidential decree in the upcoming
important dates like Prophet&#39;s birthday or Afghan new year,&quot; said Nazari.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Nazari said the Afghan prosecutor&#39;s
investigation had concluded that Gulnaz and her attacker had had consensual sex
several times. Months later, when it emerged she was pregnant he said, their
families met to try and settle the issue through a financial payment. When those
discussions broke down, Nazari said, the accusation of rape was made.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The courts ultimately found both
parties guilty of adultery, Gulnaz receiving two years, and her attacker seven.
A later court ruling then increased her sentence to twelve years. A third court
hearing, which happened in the past month but about which Gulnaz heard little
until Tuesday, decided that she should serve a total of three years -- not for
adultery but instead for failing to report a crime quickly enough.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Throughout her interview with CNN,
Gulnaz was emotional but consistent and clear in telling her story of a single
incident of rape by one attacker, the husband of her cousin, when her mother
left her alone to make a hospital visit.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;By&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Nick Paton Walsh&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;, CNN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Libya&#39;s
acting prime minister on Tuesday announced a new Cabinet approved by the
National Transitional Council as the North African nation continues to reshape
itself following the end of Moammar Gadhafi&#39;s 42-year rule.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Abdurrahim
el-Keib read out the names of the 25 officials who will join him on the
Transitional Executive Board, completing another step in the formation of a
government intended to lead the country to democratic elections next year.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
list included Col. Osama Juwaili as defense minister. He is the head of the
Zintan brigade that on Saturday captured Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of the
deposed and slain strongman.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;At
the news conference to announce the names, al-Keib said the new Cabinet
represents all of Libya, with posts given to qualified candidates from across
the country.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;A
main concern among Libyans is building a strong army to bring stability in the
aftermath of the Gadhafi regime. Currently, regional militias hold sway, with
some conflicts erupting between rival groups.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
hope is that the new government can include many of the militia fighters into a
unified military, while also disarming others and creating jobs for them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Also
Tuesday, International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo arrived in
Libya following the weekend capture of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi and the announced
arrest of former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Both
men are accused of crimes against humanity, and Moreno-Ocampo said Libya is
obliged to cooperate with the international court under U.N. Security Council
Resolution 1970 to bring them to justice.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;This
is not a military or political issue; it is a legal requirement,&quot; he said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Libyan
authorities have said they want to try Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, once his father&#39;s
heir apparent, in Libya. The International Criminal Court must first determine
that Libya is capable of conducting such a trial, officials have said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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the announcement of al-Senussi&#39;s arrest, no photos or other confirmation has
been provided by the National Transitional Council. The International Criminal
Court has yet to confirm al-Senussi&#39;s arrest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;One
of the oldest axioms in politics is that you should never let a good crisis go
to waste. Now that the hopelessly divided deficit reduction super committee has
failed, it is apparent to just about everyone that Washington has a serious
crisis of governance.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Question:
What -- if anything -- will President Barack Obama do about it? With the 2012
election season already under way, should he assume a deal is impossible and
use the panel&#39;s failure as a campaign weapon? Or is he better off knocking
heads together on Capitol Hill and trying to ram through a deal that will
prevent unpopular automatic spending cuts from taking effect starting in 2013?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Veteran
political observers are divided, and the answer could have serious
ramifications for the economy and policies Americans will live with for the
foreseeable future. The president promised Monday to veto any attempt to undo
the $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts -- including $600 billion from the Pentagon
-- slated under current law.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;There
will be no easy off ramps on this one,&quot; he declared. &quot;We need to keep
the pressure up to compromise.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Don
Baer, communications director in Bill Clinton&#39;s White House, says Obama has a
lot to gain by making a serious push for a new deal, maybe starting with the
high-profile State of the Union address in late January or early February.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;From
a political standpoint, the president will be better served by showing that
he&#39;s ready to be a leader regardless of what actually happens,&quot; Baer told
CNN. &quot;(Obama should) push for Congress to engage ... and show that perhaps
he alone is the true grown-up leader of the country.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Doing
so puts Obama in &quot;a better position than being at the same level as
Republicans, pointing fingers about who is to blame,&quot; Baer said.
&quot;What the country is looking for is for someone to deliver solutions and
perform the role they were elected to do.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;He
added, &quot;It&#39;s amazing how often the right thing to do is also the right
thing politically. Right now the perception is everyone&#39;s playing politics
(and) that&#39;s a not a healthy situation.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;And
what about the Democrats&#39; liberal base? If Obama somehow did manage to cut a
deal that includes new major spending reductions, wouldn&#39;t that risk deflating
the president&#39;s core supporters at a time when conservative Republicans are
already itching to get to the polls?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Nonsense,
according to Baer. Fear of the Republicans will help drive liberal turnout in
November.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;Where
are they going? Are they going to vote for Romney? Are they not going to turn
out in droves? Presumably, they&#39;re still going to rally around Obama,&quot; he
said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Norman
Ornstein, a resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute,
said the response that GOP members of Congress get from their constituents over
the Thanksgiving holiday could help determine the probability of reaching an
agreement.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;We
know how it plays out immediately, which is that members go home for
Thanksgiving, and they&#39;re going to get an earful,&quot; Ornstein said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;The
question is which earful will matter the most. Is it going to be those members
who hear from their constituents, &#39;What&#39;s wrong with you morons? Get together
and cut a deal?&#39; Or is it going to be from those who give the earful, &#39;If you
raise one dime in taxes, we&#39;re going to kill you in a primary&#39;?&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Constituents&#39;
reactions &quot;could harden positions, especially among tea party Republicans,
or could provide a little more urgency to act,&quot; he said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;But
Thomas Mann, a senior political analyst at the Brookings Institution, sees
little possibility that congressional Republicans will yield on taxes any time
soon. Trying to cut a deal with them is not only futile, it risks dragging the
president down politically by more closely associating him with a seemingly
dysfunctional Congress, he said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;If
I were Obama, I would invest little if anything in trying to do something
before the election to avoid&quot; the automatic cuts, Mann said. &quot;He
should push aggressively to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment
benefits, and keep all the of Bush tax cuts on track to expire at the end of
2012.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Any
deal with congressional Republicans, Mann argued, would almost certainly
include a permanent extension of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;This
would greatly worsen the deficit problem and remove the only political lever
Obama would have, if re-elected, to force revenue raising,&quot; he said,
noting the tax cuts&#39; estimated $4 trillion value over the next decade.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Adam
Sheingate, a Johns Hopkins University political scientist, agreed that
Republicans are locked into their anti-tax position, a fact that makes any
pre-election deal unlikely. Sheingate insisted that the Democratic-controlled
Senate will ensure Obama won&#39;t be put in the position of having to veto any
unacceptable proposal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
only real question now is how the president plays it politically, he said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;Presidents
adopt a leadership stance above the partisan fray when the opposition is likely
to take more of the blame for inaction or obstruction. Both Truman in 1948 and
Clinton in 1996 showed the electoral benefits of such a strategy,&quot;
Sheingate said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;Given
that the likelihood of failure by the super committee was so high, Obama took a
calculated risk by remaining somewhat removed from the process,&quot; he said.
&quot;Whether that strategy pays off depends on his ability to pin the failure
on the Republicans and to portray the GOP as out of touch with voters.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Sheingate
said that &quot;it is now up to Obama to craft his campaign in a manner that
draws out the sharp distinctions between his vision for the future and that of
his Republican rivals.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;But
Northeastern University political scientist Bill Mayer said that, from his
perspective, congressional Republicans were the ones who showed a bit more
flexibility in the super committee talks. Mayer pointed to a proposal from
super committee member Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, to raise taxes by $250
billion by limiting individual deductions.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Democrats
-- including Obama -- would &quot;rather have an issue than a bill, which is
not all that uncommon,&quot; Mayer said. Lately, he noted, Obama has been
gaining traction in some opinion polls through a combination of economic
populism and blasting the GOP for inaction.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The
president &quot;may make a few attempts (at a deal) so that he can claim he
tried to reach a compromise, but any attempt will be designed so that
Republicans will reject them,&quot; Mayer said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Mayer
also noted that since none of the automatic spending cuts are scheduled to take
effect before 2013, there will still be a brief window to get things done after
the election. Key decisions will almost certainly be postponed until November or
December 2012, he said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Democratic
strategist Steve Murphy, who ran Dick Gephardt&#39;s 2004 presidential campaign,
said it&#39;s possible for Obama to pursue a deal seriously while also using the
super committee&#39;s failure to boost his standing in the polls.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;Of
course, he&#39;s going to use it as a campaign issue,&quot; Murphy said, referring
to Republican opposition to higher taxes on the wealthy. &quot;Republicans may
still think it&#39;s 2010, but we&#39;re a long way from there.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Chaos reigned Monday in Cairo&#39;s
Tahrir Square as demonstrators battled security forces, marking three days of
bloody violence in Egypt&#39;s capital.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;In the same spot where demonstrators
launched protests 10 months ago that ousted longtime President Hosni Mubarak,
there is now a sense of deja vu as protesters stand up against the military in
charge.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Twenty-two protesters have died and
1,700 have been wounded, a spokesman for the ministry of health said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Among police, 102 officers and
conscripts have been injured, with wounds ranging from gunshots to burns from
Molotov cocktails, an interior ministry spokesman said. One officer has a
critical bullet wound to his head.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Protesters attacked in Tahrir Square
Protesters flee Egyptian security forces Arab spring burdens Egyptian economy
Egypt Islamist fears&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;People here feel that they have
been cheated and that they have moved from an autocracy to a military
dictatorship,&quot; protester Mosa&#39;ab Elshamy said. &quot;So they are back to
the square -- back to square one -- to ask for their rights once again.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The military said it is
&quot;extremely sorry&quot; for the events under way, and stressed that it will
be handing over power when a new government is in place. Egypt&#39;s parliamentary
elections are set to take place November 28.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;But demonstrators are upset about a proposed
constitutional principle that would shield the military&#39;s budget from scrutiny
by civilian powers. They worry that the military would be shaped as a state
within a state.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Some protesters shout that they
believe Mubarak is running the military council and the entire country from
prison.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Doctors at Cairo&#39;s Tahrir Square said
injuries in the latest fighting include gunshot wounds, excessive tear gas
inhalations and beatings to the head.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;I have received many people
suffering of convulsions,&quot; said Tarek Salama, a medic in a makeshift
hospital in Tahrir Square. &quot;Lots of gunshot wounds from rubber and bird
shots. And I have seen two cases who have been hit with actual live
bullets.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;On Monday, CNN saw police use tear
gas and rubber bullets in attempts to disperse the protesters, who responded
with Molotov cocktails. Both sides threw rocks as well.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;CNN saw captured protesters beaten
and shocked with Taser-like devices.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;CNN also saw bullet holes and a pool
of blood. Witnesses said one young man was shot from a nearby building.
Witnesses showed CNN mobile phone footage of the wounded young man before an
ambulance picked him up.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;But the police efforts did not show
any success in dispersing the crowds, who shouted &quot;freedom.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;In fact, more and more protesters
appeared to be joining the efforts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Protesters started fires in the
streets, burning tires and a car.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Officials have said they will allow
the protests, but that they must be peaceful.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;On its official Facebook page, the
Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) issued a statement about the
&quot;extremely urgent&quot; developments that could affect the country&#39;s
&quot;stability and security.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The armed forces are &quot;extremely
sorry for what the events have led to,&quot; the statement said, and called on
all political parties and coalitions &quot;to come and work together.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The armed forces also assigned the
government to investigate &quot;the reasons behind the incidents,&quot;
according to a CNN translation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The SCAF stressed its commitment to
&quot;handing over power to an elected, civil administration&quot; and said it
does not &quot;seek to prolong the transitional period in any way&quot; in
which it is in control.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Mohamed Higazi, a spokesman for the
prime minister&#39;s office, said the government will continue dialogue on reaching
a constitution that ensures the election of a civilian government.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Some on the streets expressed little
confidence in the current government, saying there had been little progress
since Mubarak&#39;s ouster.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;Nothing has changed,&quot; said
Zahra, one protester. &quot;We&#39;ve gone backwards. The military council is
garbage. Mubarak is still alive and well, and the people are dying.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Fighting erupted Saturday when police
worked to clear Tahrir of people who remained after massive protests on Friday.
Thousands have denounced a plan for a constitution that would protect the
military from public oversight.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Clashes between protesters and police
also reportedly broke out in the cities of Suez and Alexandria.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Hisham Qasim, a publisher and human
rights activist, said that Egypt can&#39;t afford anything -- including another
revolt -- that could further hamper its already struggling economy. The nation&#39;s
once thriving tourism industry continues to struggle, while unemployment
remains high.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;The poverty belt is now the
ticking time bomb in Egypt,&quot; Qasim said. &quot;It threatens that what we
went through (earlier this year) could be repeated. ... I don&#39;t think we&#39;ll
survive a second uprising in the span of 10 years.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;From Ben Wedeman, Ian Lee, and Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, CNN&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;CNN&#39;s Saad Abedine and Josh Levs contributed to this report&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;A weekend of talks among members of
the congressional committee charged with coming up with $1.2 trillion in budget
cuts appeared to produce no last-minute compromise ahead of Monday&#39;s practical
deadline.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Democratic and Republican aides told
CNN on Sunday that discussions had turned to how to announce the failure to
reach a deal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;A senior Democratic aide said talks
are focused on a Monday announcement.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Another senior Democratic source
said, &quot;No decisions or agreement has been reached concerning any
announcement or how this will end. But, yes, the likely outcome is no agreement
will be reached.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;A Republican aide added, &quot;I
don&#39;t think they&#39;ve decided when they will do it.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Members of the 12-member bipartisan debt
committee said Sunday a wide chasm remains.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;A late Monday deadline looms for some
kind of plan to move forward, with a vote required by Wednesday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The mood on the morning news shows
was somber, with just a glimmer of hope.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Murray: &quot;I&#39;ll be waiting all day&quot;
Romney: I reject debt deal tax hikes Paul: Congress needs the &#39;or else&#39; Explain
it to me: The &#39;Super Committee&#39;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;m going to be waiting all
day,&quot; Washington Sen. Patty Murray, Democratic co-chair of the committee
told CNN&#39;s Candy Crowley on &quot;State of the Union.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll be at the table, as I&#39;ve
been, willing to talk to any Republican who says, look, my country is more
important, this pile of bills is not going to go away, the challenges that we
have is not going to disappear. We need to cross that divide,&quot; said
Murray.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Her Republican counterpart, Rep. Jeb
Hensarling of Texas, said &quot;nobody wants to give up hope.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;Reality is to some extent
starting to overtake hope,&quot; Hensarling told &quot;Fox News Sunday.&quot;
But there were 12 good people who invested a lot in this trying to find common
ground to try to achieve the goal of this committee.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Murray took harsh aim at Republicans
who took a pledge not to raise taxes created by the president of the
conservative group Americans for Tax Reform.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll tell you one of the
problems has been a pledge that too many Republicans took to a Republican
wealthy lobbyist by the name of Grover Norquist, whose name has come up in
meetings time and time again,&quot; Murray said, adding she was optimistic a
compromise would be reached.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, said
things weren&#39;t looking good for a deal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;There is still an opportunity.
There&#39;s a plan on the table that would at least take us halfway to our
goal,&quot; he told CBS&#39; &quot;Face the Nation.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Arizona, reiterated
the GOP mantra that Bush-era tax cuts should continue and entitlement spending
be cut. Democrats are keen on letting the Bush-era cuts expire for the
highest-income Americans in 2012.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;In Washington, there are folks
who won&#39;t cut a dollar unless we raise taxes,&quot; he said on NBC&#39;s &quot;Meet
the Press.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;If you want to get serious
about the deficit, our country has to grow economically,&quot; Kyl said.
&quot;You can&#39;t grow, if you raise taxes in the middle of a recession.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, an interfaith group held a
prayer vigil Sunday in Lafayette Park near the White House to urge Congress not
to make budget cuts that would likely impact the poor.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;We gather this time with an
audacious purpose, and that is to ask God ... to move the hearts of policy
makers that they will act and make decisions with compassion and
fairness,&quot; the Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ, said in leading the crowd in
prayer.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Similar vigils will be held this week
in Los Angeles; Richmond, Virginia; Philadelphia and Dallas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;While the 12-member panel&#39;s deadline
for a final vote is Wednesday, any blueprint must be made available 48 hours in
advance of a committee vote and must be accompanied by a Congressional Budget
Office analysis scoring how much it would reduce deficits.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;To stave off automatic spending cuts
known as a sequester, the super committee must propose ways to reduce deficits
by at least $1.2 trillion over 10 years. At least seven of its 12 members must
approve a plan in order to send it to the House and Senate in the form of
legislation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Then, both chambers must vote on the
bill, without amendment, by December 23. For the plan to pass, a simple
majority in each chamber must vote in favor.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;A failure to pass any agreement would
result in $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts across much of the federal
budget starting in 2013, evenly divided between defense and non-defense
spending. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Congress this week that such
cuts could cripple the American military establishment.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Since Congress made the law governing
the sequester, it can also amend or repeal it, as some lawmakers are pushing
for.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Rep. Xavier Becerra, a Democrat from
California, said Sunday the challenge of reaching an agreement would require
putting aside egos and special interest pledges.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;None of the 12 of us took this
job so we could end up with sequester,&quot; Becerra told CNN after appearing
on the Fox News program. &quot;I was always taught when you play a sport you
don&#39;t give up until the buzzer sounds, and there&#39;s still time on the clock.
It&#39;s too early to talk about failure.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;While Democrats have expressed
concern about deep cuts in social spending, programs such as Social Security,
Medicaid, food stamps and veterans&#39; benefits would be spared the budget ax.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;On Friday, Republicans floated a $640
billion package, including roughly $540 billion in savings and fees that would
allow negotiators to claim at least partial success and hold down the amount of
the automatic cuts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;That plan hits the middle class too
hard and offers no solution for job creation, Becerra said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The plan features mandatory spending
cuts and some revenue from closing one tax loophole for corporate jet owners
along with some government fees. This would only address about half of the
super committee&#39;s mandate to cut at least $1.2 trillion.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Key Republicans broke with their
party&#39;s anti-tax orthodoxy this week with news of a proposal by Toomey that
includes $400 billion in increased revenue, including tax hikes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Toomey&#39;s plan would lower overall tax
rates while limiting tax breaks in a way that would raise $250 billion.
Republicans estimate that the reform would lead to economic growth generating
another $110 billion. A change in how tax brackets are adjusted for inflation
would raise another $40 billion.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The plan also includes $800 billion
in spending cuts, thereby hitting the minimum threshold of $1.2 trillion in
deficit reduction.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Democrats have proposed a solution
that would generate $400 billion from increased tax collections and $700
billion in spending meant to boost the economy, including an extension of the
payroll tax cut, extended unemployment benefit payments and money to
permanently prevent cuts in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Democrats want to offset those costs
with money saved from winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a move
some legislators in both parties characterize as an accounting gimmick.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;By&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Lisa Desjardins and Kate Bolduan,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;CNN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;CNN&#39;s Kevin Liptak, Jeanne Sahadi, Bethany Crudele and Phil Gast contributed to this report.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;More than 400 troops defected from
the Yemeni military Saturday evening, saying they would no longer attack
unarmed protesters.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The troops announced their defection
after standing for hours in front of tens of thousands of anti-government
protesters in Sanaa and vowing to support their cause with their lives.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;We will stand with the will of
the people and will not kill unarmed youth. We are here to defend the people
and we will do that,&quot; one soldier told CNN.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;The butcher must stand
trial,&quot; the troops shouted as they marched in what has been known as
Change Square Sanaa.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The organizing committee in the
square announced this week that dozens of unarmed youth activists were killed
by government forces over the past month. The committee says nearly 1,000 youths
have been killed by the government since protests began in January.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Hours after the celebration, the
defecting troops were welcomed at the military compound of Gen. Mohsen Ahmar,
who defected from the government forces in March.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The majority of the troops were
members of the Republican Guards and central security forces, which are headed
by President Ali Abdullah Saleh&#39;s eldest son and nephew.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Youth activists celebrated the
defection.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;With every day that passes,
this oppressive regime is weakened,&quot; Abdul Nasser al-Kulaibi, a youth
protester in Sanaa, told CNN. &quot;Saleh will soon be surprised to see the rug
beneath him pulled away and he will fall without expecting it.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;He added, &quot;Change will happen
and we will not stop marching against the regime. More than 1,000 of us have
died. It&#39;s too late to stop now.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Earlier in the day, state media
reported that Saleh and senior government officials visited thousands of
Republican Guard troops and encouraged them to stand firm in defending the
country.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Saleh told the troops that Yemen&#39;s
leaders are &quot;willing to sacrifice for the sake of the country, but you
will stay. You will remain here even if we let go of authority, because you are
the authority,&quot; according to state media.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Saleh&#39;s country has been the scene of
violent protests for months as his opponents demand he leave power after 33
years in office. Government troops have responded with live fire to protests,
according to medics and opposition sources.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;The guards number more than 80,000
and are considered the most powerful force in the country.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Saleh blasted the opposition forces
and called them &quot;gangs that cut off roads.&quot; He said those who have
defected are part of the past.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&quot;Yemen will not collapse. Yemen
is steadfast due to its people and military,&quot; Saleh said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;By&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Hakim Almasmari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;, for CNN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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