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		<title>Senator Calls for Airlines to Cut Flight Change Fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Senator Charles Schumer is demanding that airlines lower recently-raised fees associated with changing flights on pre-booked tickets.]]></description>
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		<title>Once Again, House Republicans Vote to Repeal Obamacare</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By a vote of 229-195, the House voted -- for the 37th time -- to repeal the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Chief Forced to Resign Amid Scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that the Acting Commissioner of the IRS had resigned after the agency admitted singling out conservative groups.]]></description>
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		<title>NTSB: U.S. Should Lower the Legal Limit for Blood Alcohol to …</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Transportation Safety Board wants to lower the legal blood alcohol level for driving from 0.08 to 0.05. Not everyone is on board.]]></description>
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		<title>US Gov’t Secretly Seized Journalist Phone Records</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice has obtained subpoenas for the phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors, but has not said why it needed the records.]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Set to Allow Same-Sex Marriages</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At 5 p.m. this afternoon, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton will sign a bill making same-sex marriage legal in his state.]]></description>
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		<title>Sanford Plans To Work With Republicans in Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly elected Rep. and former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford will work with the GOP in Congress once sworn in, even after the party abandoned him during the election.]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Targeted Tea Party, Conservative Groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The IRS conceded last week that it had subjected Tea Party-linked groups to greater scrutiny ahead of the release of an inspector general's report. ]]></description>
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		<title>Government Pulls 3D Gun Plans From Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 23:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans for the first working 3D-printed handgun have been taken offline by request of the government, according to the activist who spearheaded the project.]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware Is Eleventh State to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting July 1, 2013 Delaware will be the 11th state that allows same-sex couples to marry.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Passes Internet Sales Tax Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Marketplace Fairness Act -- which passed the Senate yesterday -- will require online retailers to collect sales taxes for all states with a sales tax.]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Chris Christie Had Secret Weight-Loss Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey -- a famously heavy man -- had weight-loss surgery back in February.]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Chambliss Hits Hole-in-One While Golfing With President</title>
		<link>http://investorplace.com/investorpolitics/sen-chambliss-hits-hole-in-one-while-golfing-with-president/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=sen-chambliss-hits-hole-in-one-while-golfing-with-president</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 23:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., hit a hole-in-one while golfing with President Barack Obama and two other senators Monday.]]></description>
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		<title>Will Subprime Mortgage Issues Sink Commerce Nominee?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama's Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker was involved in risky mortgage lending and has a rocky relationship with the labor movement.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Charging NASA $70M Per Astronaut for Flight to Space</title>
		<link>http://investorplace.com/investorpolitics/russia-charging-nasa-70m-per-astronaut-for-flight-to-space/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=russia-charging-nasa-70m-per-astronaut-for-flight-to-space</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASA will have to pay Russia $8 million more for each astronaut sent to the space station via Russian spacecraft in coming years under a new contract.]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Paul Ryan Now Supports Gay Adoptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan says he has changed his mind on the adoption of children by homosexuals and would not vote to ban such adoptions today.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Congress Members Hold Hearings on Alien Coverup</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A former Congresswoman is chairing a panel sponsored by the National Press Club to discuss whether or not aliens tried to contact Earth.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Picks NC Mayor for DOT Secretary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has reportedly chosen Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Anthony Foxx to succeed Ray LaHood as the Secretary of Transportation.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Asks Supreme Court to Hear Case on Recess Appointments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is likely to hear a case this year or next on whether or not President Barack Obama has the power to issue recess appointments.]]></description>
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		<title>White House Backs Plan to End ‘Budget-Cut’ Flight Delays</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House is supporting a plan from U.S. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid to reallocate federal funds to end the furloughing of air traffic controllers.]]></description>
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		<title>2 Senators Aim to Rein in Big Banks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A new piece of legislation in the Senate is aimed at ending the big banks being "Too Big to Fail."]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About the Sequester: Cuts Were Intentionally Inconvenient</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence Meyers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The specific cuts chosen for the sequester had one simple goal: inconvenience everyday Americans. Here's why.]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomberg: Constitution Needs Reinterpreting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Americans will have to reinterpret the Constitution and perhaps favor security over privacy to combat terrorism.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Congressman Weiner Rejoins Twitter</title>
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		<comments>http://investorplace.com/investorpolitics/former-congressman-weiner-rejoins-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., has rejoined Twitter, another sign that he is returning to public life as he considers running for mayor of New York.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Wants to Force E-Tailers to Collect Sales Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill permitting states to mandate the collection of local sales taxes by online retailers could be voted on by the U.S. Senate this week.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Airports Brace for Delays as Air Traffic Furloughs Kick In</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With sequester-based furloughs now kicking in for air traffic controllers, airports are anticipating delays in air travel.]]></description>
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		<title>Dozens of IRS Workers Accused of Stealing Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Two dozen IRS workers have been indicted for allegedly stealing federal and state benefits by pretending to be unemployed.]]></description>
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		<title>Anheuser-Busch Heir Quits NRA Over Gun Control Defeat</title>
		<link>http://investorplace.com/investorpolitics/anheuser-busch-heir-quits-nra-over-gun-control-defeat/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=anheuser-busch-heir-quits-nra-over-gun-control-defeat</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Adolphus Busch IV -- citing the NRA's 'distorted values' -- has chosen to quit the group after the defeat of the gun control bill.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Blocks Gun-Control Bill</title>
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		<comments>http://investorplace.com/investorpolitics/senate-blocks-gun-control-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill to expand background checks for gun sales failed to get the needed 60 votes in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, dealing a setback to gun control advocates.]]></description>
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		<title>A Shocking Number of Lottery Winners on Welfare</title>
		<link>http://investorplace.com/investorpolitics/the-unbelievable-number-of-lottery-winners-on-welfare-in-michigan-is/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-unbelievable-number-of-lottery-winners-on-welfare-in-michigan-is</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 3,500 lottery winners in Michigan were determined to be receiving welfare and other forms of public assistance.]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Sent Poison-Laced Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Capitol Hill post office was shut down after a letter sent to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker tested positive for ricin poison.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Debating Whether to Hear Case on Public Guns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court justices are weighing whether or not to hear a case challenging a New York state ban on carrying guns in public.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Cuts Hit the Smithsonian</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secrettary of the Smithsonian Institution has told Congress that the museum will have to cancel or delay exhibits and close galleries due to budget cuts.]]></description>
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		<title>Coulter Murder Joke Leads to Backlash</title>
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		<comments>http://investorplace.com/investorpolitics/coulter-murder-joke-leads-to-backlash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fox Nation web site has pulled a column by Ann Coulter after the columnist suggested Sen. John McCain's daughter, Meghan, be murdered.]]></description>
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		<title>W Raises $500 Million For Presidential Library</title>
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		<comments>http://investorplace.com/investorpolitics/w-raises-500-million-for-presidential-library/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Former President George W. Bush raised more than $500 million to help open his presidential library, slated to begin operation in May.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama’s Budget: Industry Winners and Losers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Simmons</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After unveiling his 2014 budget yesterday, President Obama was attacked by both the right and the left. Here are the industries most affected by the proposal.]]></description>
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		<title>Sequester Cuts Claim Navy Blue Angels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The remaining 2013 performances for the Navy's Blue Angels stunt-flying team have been cancelled due to budget cuts related to sequestration.]]></description>
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		<title>Biden Will Not Cut His Pay — Yet</title>
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		<comments>http://investorplace.com/investorpolitics/biden-will-not-cut-his-pay-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden has said that for now, he will not be returning or donating a portion of his salary to charity in support of the sequester budget cuts.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Budget to Include Social Security, Medicare Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest budget from the White House, to be unveiled next week, offers tax increases along with cuts to Medicare and Social Security.]]></description>
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		<title>3 Reasons the Medical Advantage Reversal Doesn’t Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan J. Aluise</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While the recent reversal on Medicare Advantage cut sent insurers soaring this week, it's only a short-term solution for the program and companies involved.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to Return 5% of His Presidential Pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama says he will return a portion of his salary to highlight the pain felt by federal workers due to sequester-imposed budget cuts.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Unveils $100 Million Project to Map the Brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama announced that he will include a $100 million project to map the human brain in his 2014 budget.]]></description>
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		<title>Defense Secretary Giving Up Part of Salary for Furloughs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nanamaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will forgo part of his $200,000 salary to show solidarity with Defense department staff facing furlough days from the sequester.]]></description>
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		<title>Surprising Reversal: Medicare Advantage Payout Rates Headed Higher</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a surprising reversal, the federal government has elected to raise fees for Medicare Advantage instead of its earlier plans to lower them.]]></description>
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		<title>Google Snubs Jesus on Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is taking heat from some conservative news sites and commentators about running an image of Cesar Chavez instead of Jesus on Easter.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Appoints First Woman as Head of Secret Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Julia Pierson was sworn in as the first woman director of the Secret Service on Wednesday as President Barack Obama held the Bible in an Oval Offce ceremony.]]></description>
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		<title>Ashley Judd Will Not Be Kentucky’s Next Senator</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Wooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Award-winning actress Ashley Judd has chosen not to run in the 2014 Senate race in Kentucky.]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Obamacare Will Raise Claims Costs by 32%</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Freeburn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Society of Actuaries has estimated that individual health plan costs could rise by an average of 32% after Obamacare takes full effect in 2014.]]></description>
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		<title>The Monsanto Protection Act? Only in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Brumley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We should be mad that seed and fertilizer companies were just given free rein thanks to a snippet of legislation tacked onto HR 933. But we should be even angrier about how it happened.]]></description>
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		<title>CEOs Need to Shut Up About Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence Meyers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Politics divides, so any support for any position will always yield backlash.]]></description>
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