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         <title><![CDATA[Big Three return  to Capitol Hill]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 3

 WASHINGTON &#151; Humbled and fighting for survival, Detroit's once-mightyautomakers appealed to Congress with a retooled case for a bailout as large as $34 billion Tuesday, pledging to slash workers, car lines and executive pay in return for a federal lifeline. GM and Chrysler said they needed an immediate cash infusion to last 'til New Year's, and warned they could drag]]></description>
         <dc:creator>JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, and TOM KRISHER  Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:34:26 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Police: Shackled Calif. boy jumped fence to escape]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, December 4

 TRACY, Calif. (AP) &#151; After being held captive for nearly a year, an emaciated and shackled 17-year-old boy climbed out a window in the home of his captors and walked into a nearby gym in search of help, police said.


 Authorities were still investigating the boy's alleged imprisonment and abuse by a California couple, but details of his escape were becoming clearer]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 4 Dec 2008 03:01:59 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama names Gov. Richardson to head Commerce]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, December 4

 CHICAGO (AP) &#151; President-elect Barack Obama selected New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his commerce secretary Wednesday, naming a prominent Hispanic to his new Cabinet and calling him a leading "economic diplomat for America" in troubled times.


 Richardson's nomination brings to three the number of former campaign rivals Obama has welcomed to his team.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 4 Dec 2008 03:01:58 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Chambliss wins runoff]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/science/ci_11126931?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 3

 ATLANTA (AP) &#151; Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss handed the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to flex their newfound political muscle in Washington, winning a bruising runoff battle Tuesday night that had captured the national limelight.


 Chambliss' victory thwarted Democrats' hopes of winning a 60 seat filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:32:14 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Nixon records show aides dishing dirt on critics]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/science/ci_11126927?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 3

 WASHINGTON (AP) &#151; In Richard Nixon's time, all the president's men fretted about threats on every front: disquiet out on the streets, disloyalty inside the administration and trouble from political opponents who had to be discredited at any cost.


 Documents and recordings released Tuesday show Nixon's operatives dishing dirt on the president's critics and public]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:32:12 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Divorce rate up in Army, Marine Corps]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/science/ci_11126926?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 3

 WASHINGTON (AP) &#151; The divorce rate among soldiers and Marines increased last year as military marriages suffered continuing stress from America's two ongoing wars.


 There were an estimated 10,200 failed marriages in the active duty Army and 3,077 among Marines, according to figures obtained by The Associated Press for the budget year ended Sept.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:32:11 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[U.S. official: Attack may have roots in Pakistan]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 3

 WASHINGTON (AP) &#151; U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai last week, although most of those killed in India's financial capital were Indians, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.


 Six Americans died in the attacks, which killed at least 172 people and wounded 239.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:32:10 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[St. Louis alderman calls on residents to get armed]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 3

 ST. LOUIS (AP) &#151; A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property.


 Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe said police are ineffective, outnumbered or don't care about the increase in crime in his north St.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:32:10 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Informant: Alleged plotters wanted sniper training]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/science/ci_11126923?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 3

 CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) &#151; Jurors in the case of an alleged plot to attack Fort Dix heard recordings Tuesday in which some of the five defendants talked about buying weapons, sniper training and killing soldiers.


 One of the men, Eljvir Duka, asked whether a rifle would be a powerful enough weapon.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:32:09 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Chained teen shows up at Calif. gym; 2 arrested]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 3

 TRACY, Calif. (AP) &#151; A Girl Scout leader and her husband were arrested after an emaciated, terrified and nearly naked 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, saying he had just fled his captors, authorities said Tuesday.


 Police were also seeking the boy's aunt and had an outstanding felony warrant against her for an earlier alleged assault]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:32:09 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[U.S. cruise ship outruns Somali pirates' guns]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 3

 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) &#151; The luxury American cruise ship steaming across the Gulf of Aden with hundreds of well-heeled tourists just might have been too much for Somali pirates to resist.


 But the six bandits, riding in two skiffs and firing rifle shots at the gleaming ship, were outrun in minutes when the captain of M/S Nautica gunned the engine and sped away, a]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:32:09 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Springfield diocese pays $4.5M to abuse victims]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/science/ci_11126916?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 3

 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) &#151; The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield announced Tuesday that it paid $4.5 million to 59 clergy sex abuse victims as part of a settlement that included a personal contribution from a former bishop who resigned amid allegations that he sexually assaulted children.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:32:01 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Secretary Rice on terrorism:     All victims are in this together]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/science/ci_11118125?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday, December 2

  LONDON (AP) &#151; The Bush administration stopped short of blaming last week's terror rampage in India on Pakistani extremists Monday, but said the new civilian government in Pakistan must cooperate fully and hide nothing.


 "This is a time for absolute transparency and for letting the evidence lead where it may," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said during a]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 2 Dec 2008 03:02:08 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama picks Gates for continuity at Pentagon]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/science/ci_11118119?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday, December 2

 Eds: ADDS White House comment.


 AP Photo ILCD108


 By PAULINE JELINEK


 Associated Press Writer


 WASHINGTON (AP) &#151; With two years of experience already on the job, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to provide a steady hand for the first wartime presidential changeover since Vietnam.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Washington,</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 2 Dec 2008 03:02:05 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[U.S. deaths in Afghanistan drop sharply]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday, December 2

 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) &#151; One American serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop from earlier months that the U.S. military attributed to their campaign against insurgent leaders, operations by Afghan and Pakistani forces and the onset of winter.


 Twice this year, monthly U.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 2 Dec 2008 03:02:05 EST]]></pubDate>
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