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         <title><![CDATA[Ethics committee blasts Burris]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama&rsquo;s old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it.



Burris was appointed by disgraced former Illinois Gov.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:51 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) -- Pat Farnelli says there&rsquo;s something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It&rsquo;s made her children sick, too.



Like her neighbors in this rural community 15 miles south of the New York border, Farnelli signed a lease with a major natural gas driller to explore a potentially lucrative formation beneath her land.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:49 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are seizing on this week&rsquo;s recommendations for fewer pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care -- and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama&rsquo;s proposed health care overhaul.



"This is how rationing starts," declared Jon Kyl of Arizona, the party&rsquo;s second-in-command in the Senate,]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:41 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[GOP blast Democrats&rsquo; health bill]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats&rsquo; newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.



Despite the criticism, there were growing indications Democrats would prevail on an initial Senate showdown set for Saturday night, and]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:33 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Gates says Afghan surge could happen swiftly]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any new U.S. forces President Barack Obama sends to Afghanistan could move into the country swiftly, despite logistical hassles that force almost all major deliveries of troops and supplies to go by air.



His wording suggested that, as expected, Obama will soon approve an increase in the already record U.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:31 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru (AP) -- A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a major market for fat might exist.



Three suspects have confessed to killing five people for their fat, said Col.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:31 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Survey: Southern counties most obese]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (AP) -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.



High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:25 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[U.N. climate chief holds out hope for global pact]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. climate chief has a message for naysayers about the Copenhagen climate conference next month: It will succeed.



Yvo De Boer, the U.N. official who is shepherding the talks, sought to assure reporters Thursday that the long-anticipated United Nations-led meeting Dec.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:25 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Canada faces allegations of torture complicity]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[TORONTO (AP) -- Canada&rsquo;s defense minister on Thursday attacked the credibility of a senior Canadian diplomat who alleged that government officials ignored evidence that prisoners handed over to Afghanistan&rsquo;s intelligence service a few years ago were tortured.



Defense Minister Peter MacKay dismissed calls for a public inquiry after intelligence officer Richard Colvin testified]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:24 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Former mayor Giuliani leans toward Senate run]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is leaning toward running for the U.S. Senate rather than making a bid for governor, two Republican advisers said Thursday.



"From staff, we have been hearing that he has been indicating quietly and privately recently that governor might not be the best fit for him now," one adviser said, "but the U.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:23 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[GOP governors push for 2010 party rebirth]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[CEDAR CREEK, Texas (AP) -- Thrilled with twin victories this month, Republican governors are looking to lead a party-wide resurgence in 2010 and shape the GOP for years to come.



Republicans boast of a strong crop of gubernatorial candidates who could be future party leaders, $25 million in the bank a year before the elections and a difficult environment for Democrats, particularly in]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:13 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[GENEVA (AP) -- Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery -- essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:11 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama meets with S. Korean leader]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- America&rsquo;s relations with South Korea, a crucial Asian ally, are on an upswing as President Barack Obama meets with President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday, though a stalled trade agreement is still a concern for the economic powerhouses.



Obama, winding up his weeklong Asian journey, is expected to emphasize the two nations&rsquo; unified efforts to prod a defiant]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:02:08 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member with 57 years]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Robert C. Byrd became history&rsquo;s longest-serving member of Congress on Wednesday, earning a formal salute from the Senate and President Barack Obama for his nearly 57 years of service.



"I&rsquo;ve loved every precious minute of it," the frail West Virginia Democrat, who turns 92 on Friday, said during a day of floor tributes to him, and moments before the Senate]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:02:07 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[California requires new flat TVs to be more energy-efficient]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation&rsquo;s first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching to power-hungry, wide-view, flat-screen, high-definition sets.



The 5-0 vote by the California Energy Commission is just the latest effort by the state to secure]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:02:06 EST]]></pubDate>
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