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		<title>Capitol Police raking in top-shelf starting pay, benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The officers that are seen patrolling the metal detectors and corridors of the Capitol Hill complex are earning some of the best pay and benefits in the business.  A new government report shows that the US Capitol Capitol Police, or USCP, provides top-shelf pay when officers sign up and top-shelf benefits when they retire.  Although [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12678&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parent of Obama-backed battery maker goes bankrupt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama-backed battery maker goes bankrupt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like Obama and his business sense is batting 1,000.  The parent company of an electric car battery maker that received a $118 million grant from the Obama administration filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday. New York-based Ener1 said it has been affected by competition from China and other countries.  In 2009, with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12675&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RBS chief Stephen Hester&#8217;s £963,000 bonus criticised</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GB News & Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bonus of £963]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chancellor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Fleming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Ruth Bender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[from the Cranfield School of Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester has been strongly criticised.  Labour leader Ed Miliband said that the payout represented a disgraceful failure by the Prime Minister.  Then Chancellor, George Osborne, point out that the previous Labour government was responsible as it had forged the contract that included [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12673&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ariz. Town Swirls in Controversy Over Candidate&#8217;s English Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a fight going on in an Arizona town, over whether a local woman has the ability to speak, read, and write English well enough to run for San Luis City Council. The matter is working its way through state courts, which will decide the issue.  And just like in many states, Arizona is one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12671&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cocaine shipment found at United Nations in fake diplomatic pouch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A shipment that contained 16 kilograms of cocaine was seized last week at the U.N.&#8217;s mail intake center.  NYPD&#8217;s chief spokesman, Paul Browne said the drug was in a white bag evidently masquerading as a diplomatic pouch that raised suspicions when it was being scanned because it was stamped with what looked like a poorly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12668&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WA State Worker Gets $2.35 Million in Settlement Over Child Sex Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse/Paedos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[DOC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mason County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierce County Superior Court by Tacoma attorney Darrell Cochran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA state settles child sex abuse case]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The state is going to pay a former Mason County woman $2.35 million to settle her lawsuit alleging that the departments of Corrections and Social and Health Services failed to supervise a sex offender who abused her, beginning when she was 10 years old.  Danny Dorosky Sr has served a sentence for child rape when he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12666&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taxpayers still owed $132.9B from bailout</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christy Romero]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A governement watchdog group says U.S. taxpayers are still owed $132.9 billion that companies haven&#8217;t repaid from the financial bailout, and some of that will never be recovered.  And the report also says that the bailout will continue for many years, says Christy Romero, the acting special inspector general for the $700 billion bailout. Some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12664&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Airlines to stop handing out prayer cards with meals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Airlines has stopped decades of giving passengers prayer cards with their meals, saying Wednesday the decision was made out of respect for all passengers.  Bobbie Egan the airline spokeswoman said that customers complained about the cards and didn&#8217;t want to mix religion with transportation. The decision reflects respect for the diverse religious beliefs and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12658&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gov Brewer, Obama, the Book, and the Tongue Lashing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Gov Jan Brewer met Obama upon his arrival outside Phoenix Wednesday, but what she got was a critique of her book.  Both could be seen in an intense conversation at the base of Air Force One&#8217;s steps. Both could be seen smiling, but speaking at the same time.  When asked what the exchange was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12656&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walker leads potential Dem candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov Scott Walker recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leads in polls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker so far is leading all potential Democrats in hypothetical recall match-ups, a statewide poll released Wednesday indicates.  Results of the Marquette Law School poll indicated Walker leads his 2010 opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, 50 percent to 44 percent, and is ahead of former Dane County executive Kathleen Falk, 49 percent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12654&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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