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		<title>Old Neighborhoods Succeed in Downturn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 11:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let's hope city politicians across the country are wise enough to embrace the old, as well as the new, since it's much easier to preserve than to rebuild.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deadmanscurve.wordpress.com&blog=5134972&post=1829&subd=deadmanscurve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Memory Booster</title>
		<link>http://deadmanscurve.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/memory-booste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Government needs a few good nuclear engineers... or at least a few old ones.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deadmanscurve.wordpress.com&blog=5134972&post=1788&subd=deadmanscurve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The TARPinator</title>
		<link>http://deadmanscurve.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/the-tarpinator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man put in charge of investigating TARP abuses and protecting taxpayer monies means business. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deadmanscurve.wordpress.com&blog=5134972&post=1758&subd=deadmanscurve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The ‘Friends and Family’ Mayor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, it was enforcing minimum housing codes. Now, despite court orders, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has failed to overhaul hiring and promotion practices in Cleveland City Government.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deadmanscurve.wordpress.com&blog=5134972&post=1760&subd=deadmanscurve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China’s Problem Child</title>
		<link>http://deadmanscurve.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/chinas-problem-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent decision by Kim Jong-Il to launch a nuclear-capable, long-range ballistic missile could come back to haunt his Chinese patrons<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deadmanscurve.wordpress.com&blog=5134972&post=1730&subd=deadmanscurve&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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