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				<title><![CDATA[Obama's Choice Of Evangelical Pastor Draws Ire]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama is defending his choice of Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149244</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149244</guid>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:47:52 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Obama Picks New SEC Chief And Other Regulators]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday named three veteran regulators to round out his economic team and vowed to revamp regulatory rules to prevent a repeat of the financial and economic debacles the country is suffering through.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149245</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149245</guid>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:47:54 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Bush Considering "orderly" Auto Bankruptcy]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration is seriously considering &quot;orderly&quot; bankruptcy as a way of dealing with the desperately ailing U.S. auto industry.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149246</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149246</guid>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:47:58 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Saudis, Indians Among Clinton Foundation Donors]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Former President Bill Clinton's foundation has raised at least $46 million from Saudi Arabia and other foreign governments that his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton may end up negotiating with as the next secretary of state.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149247</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149247</guid>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:48:05 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Bush Says He Didn't Compromise Soul To Be Popular]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[President George W. Bush knows he's unpopular. But here's what matters, he says: &quot;I didn't compromise my soul to be a popular guy.&quot; In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Channel, Bush also praised the national security team assembled by President-elect Barack Obama, offered hope to U.S. automakers seeking government assistance and said the people of Illinois will have to sort out allegations that Gov. Rod Blagojevich sought kickbacks in choosing a successor for Obama's Senate seat.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149211</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149211</guid>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:23:46 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Obama Picks For Intelligence Expected This Week]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama is moving toward an announcement this week on his two top intelligence officials, a decision delayed by internal debate and concern over candidates' ties to Bush-era policies on interrogations and torture.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149210</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149210</guid>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:23:35 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Attorney General Takes Himself Out Of Madoff Probe]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The fraud investigation of Wall Street money manager Bernard L. Madoff took unusual twists Wednesday as the U.S. attorney general removed himself and the Securities and Exchange Commission looked into the relationship between Madoff's niece and a former SEC attorney who reviewed Madoff's business.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149209</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149209</guid>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:23:14 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Obama Picks Vilsack, Salazar For Cabinet]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Pushing to fill his Cabinet, President-elect Barack Obama announced Wednesday his choices of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to be agriculture secretary and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar to lead the Interior Department.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149155</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149155</guid>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:50:19 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Kennedy Says Publicly She Wants Senate Seat]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Caroline Kennedy has said publicly for the first time that she wants to be New York's next senator.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149157</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149157</guid>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:50:27 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Obama Team Advised To Spend More Than $600 Billion]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[After consulting with economists from across the political spectrum, President-elect Barack Obama's advisers are contemplating an economic recovery plan that could cost as much as $1 trillion over two years.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149156</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149156</guid>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:50:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Panel Calls For Dropping Blackwater Guards In Iraq]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[A State Department advisory panel is recommending that Blackwater Worldwide be dropped as the main private security contractor for American diplomats in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149158</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149158</guid>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:50:49 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Obama Chooses Chicago Schools Chief Ed. Secretary]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama announced Arne Duncan, the head of the Chicago school system, as education secretary Tuesday and declared that failing to improve classroom instruction is &quot;morally unacceptable for our children.&quot;]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149106</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149106</guid>
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:56:30 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[FDA Commissioner To Resign Jan. 20]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, who made progress in stabilizing a troubled agency, has announced his resignation effective Jan. 20, Inauguration Day.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149105</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149105</guid>
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:56:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Obama Team: Review Shows No Inappropriate Contact]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/keep/generic_politics.png.0.sm.jpg' />President-elect Barack Obama had no direct contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about the appointment of a Senate replacement and his aides had "no inappropriate discussions," a spokesman for the transition office said Monday in disclosing the results of an internal review.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149028</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149028</guid>
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:49:54 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[AP Interview: Rice Says Sanctions Affecting Iran]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/keep/generic_politics.png.0.sm.jpg' />Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the sting of international sanctions is forcing at least some Iranian leaders to second-guess the regime's rebuff of world demands that it roll back its disputed nuclear program.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149030</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149030</guid>
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:51:23 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Fund Manager In Scandal Once Boasted About Profits]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/keep/generic_politics.png.0.sm.jpg' />The money manager accused of duping investors in one of Wall Street's biggest Ponzi schemes once boasted to the Securities and Exchange Commission about how much money he earned and formally advised the U.S. government on ways to protect investors from scam artists.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149033</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149033</guid>
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:53:05 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[VP Lauds Obama's Choice Of National Security Team]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/keep/generic_politics.png.0.sm.jpg' />Vice President Dick Cheney is calling President-elect Barack Obama's national security lineup "a pretty good team."]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149029</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149029</guid>
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:50:10 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[White House Assures Automakers Help Is On The Way]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/keep/generic_politics.png.0.sm.jpg' />Detroit automakers, teetering on the brink of collapse, are receiving strong signals from the White House that short-term help is on the way while a key senator says the relief package could reach $15 billion for GM and Chrysler.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149032</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149032</guid>
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:52:46 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Obama: Probe Shows No Contact In Ill. Gov Scandal]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/2008/12/ap-Obama.87.sm.jpg' />President-elect Barack Obama said Monday a review by his own lawyer shows he had no direct contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about the appointment of a Senate replacement, and transition aides did nothing inappropriate.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148983</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148983</guid>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:42:01 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Reid Names Chairmen For Next Senate Session]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/keep/generic_politics.png.0.sm.jpg' />Sen. John Kerry will be the next Foreign Relations Committee chairman while Sen. John D. Rockefeller will take over the committee that will help write the economic recovery package, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149031</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149031</guid>
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:52:30 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Bush's Iraq-Afghan Farewell Tour Marred By Dissent]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/keep/generic_politics.png.0.sm.jpg' />President George W. Bush wrapped up a whirlwind trip to two war zones Monday that in many ways was a victory lap without a clear victory. A signature event occurred when an Iraqi reporter hurled two shoes at Bush, an incident the president called "a bizarre moment."]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148911</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148911</guid>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:09:33 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Sees Stimulus Of About $600 Billion]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that Democrats are preparing a massive economic recovery bill in the range of $600 billion, blending immediate steps to counter the slumping economy with longer term federal spending on infrastructure like energy efficiency projects.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148994</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148994</guid>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:44:40 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Obama Announces Energy And Environment Team]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama on Monday named an environmental and energy team that he said signaled his determination to tackle global warming quickly and develop alternative forms of energy. He vowed to "move beyond our oil addiction and create a new hybrid economy."]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148995</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148995</guid>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:45:38 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Detroit Automakers Await Deal On Auto Loans]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/2008/12/ap-Meltdown_Autos.24.sm.jpg' />Detroit automakers got public reassurance Monday from President George W. Bush that short-term government help for the industry is in the works and could come soon.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148910</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148910</guid>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:09:11 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Obama To Arrive In Washington By Train]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/keep/generic_politics.png.0.sm.jpg' />President-elect Barack Obama will kick off his inaugural celebration on Jan. 17 - the weekend before his swearing in as the country's 44th president - by traveling on a train to the nation's capital.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148912</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148912</guid>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:10:04 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Report: Iraq Rebuilding Woes Due To Poor Planning]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/keep/generic_politics.png.0.sm.jpg' />A detailed official history of the U.S. effort to reconstruct Iraq after Saddam Hussein's overthrow in 2003 blamed its failings on "blinkered and disjointed" prewar planning, a deadly insurgency and wasteful and ill-managed contracting.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148909</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148909</guid>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:08:14 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Electors Casting Historic Vote Across The Country]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/keep/generic_politics.png.0.sm.jpg' />Presidential electors are gathering in state capitals across the country to cast the votes that will formally elect Barack Obama as president.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148908</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148908</guid>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:07:37 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Bush: Retreat In Iraq Would Have Meant Failure]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/2008/12/ap-Iraq_Bush.0.sm.jpg' />On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148903</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148903</guid>
				<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:01:49 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[White House: No Immediate Deal On Auto Loans]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/2008/12/ap-APTOPIX_Meltdown_Autos.2.sm.jpg' />The White House said Sunday it does not expect to make an announcement by Monday on a possible plan to prevent the collapse of the troubled auto industry.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:40:36 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Bush's Farewell Iraq Trip Highlights Security Gain]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[<img align='left' src='http://www.cbs8.com/story_graphics/2008/12/ap-Bush_.31.sm.jpg' />President George W. Bush on Sunday made a farewell visit to Iraq, a place that defines his presidency for better or worse, just 37 days before he hands the war off to a successor who has pledged to end it.]]></description>
		    	<link>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148870</link><category>Politics</category>	<guid>http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148870</guid>
				<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:43:20 -0700</pubDate>
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