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<title><![CDATA[At inaugural balls, caviar dreams crash and burn ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A word of advice for anyone attending the inaugural balls scattered throughout the nation's capital on the night President-elect Barack Obama takes office — eat before you go.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:47:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Court rules unabomber writings to be sold online ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has ordered the writings of the Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski, be sold online.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:46:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Illinois House votes to impeach Blagojevich]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets up a Senate trial on whether he should be thrown out for abuse of power, including allegations that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:44:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kennedy cousin Skakel claims key evidence withheld ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's lawyers have filed a new appeal of his murder conviction, claiming that police and prosecutors failed to provide them with evidence that pointed to another suspect and discredited a key state witness.

The motion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Haven seeks a hearing and the setting of bail. A judge has not ruled on the requests.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:15:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-'Sopranos' actor gets 10 years in prison ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A former actor on "The Sopranos" was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary in the Bronx in which an accomplice shot and killed an off-duty police officer.

A jury acquitted Lillo Brancato Jr. in the death of the police officer, but convicted him of attempted burglary. He had faced up to 15 years in prison.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:15:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Quakes shake loose fears about Yellowstone volcano ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Run for your lives ... Yellowstone's going to explode!

Hundreds of small earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park in recent weeks have been an unsettling reminder for some people that underneath the park's famous geysers and majestic scenery lurks one of the world's biggest volcanoes.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[As economy sinks, NC workplace deaths rise ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Workplace deaths in North Carolina rose in 2008 after three years of declines, and officials worry that the nation's sagging economy is partly to blame.

Preliminary data provided by the North Carolina Department of Labor shows that there were 59 work-related deaths last year, up from 45 in 2007, the Charlotte Observer reported Thursday.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:45:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-Merrill Lynch president leaving Bank of America ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Bank of America says the former president of Merrill Lynch is leaving, following the completion of the Charlotte-based bank's takeover of the Wall Street investment firm.

The Charlotte Observer reported Friday that Greg Fleming had been in line to lead the corporate and investment banking unit at Bank of America, but instead is taking a teaching job at Yale University.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:30:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama completes national security team ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Obama completes national security team ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:21:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers vote to impeach Illinois governor]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers vote to impeach Illinois governor]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:15:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Science teacher builds house from old tires]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Having hundreds of old tires piled up around your house normally isn't a look your neighbors appreciate. 

But the tire piles around Louisa County resident Randy Holladay's dwelling aren't just discarded junk — they're the walls of his home and most of them aren't visible from the outside. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:37:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tickets on sale today for Inauguration Parade]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Want a guaranteed seat along Pennsylvania Avenue so you can wave to Barack Obama after he takes the oath of office Jan. 20? Better act fast.

Tickets for the inaugural parade go on sale at 1 p.m. today, the Presidential Inauguration Committee announced.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:56:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VIDEO:Prosecutors want wild nuptial video at federal fraud trial]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Wedding planner, $10,000. Flowers, $45,000. Hotel, $80,000. Videographer, $4,000. But to federal prosecutors — perhaps priceless. 

The government alleges the 2005 romance and marriage of Edward Hugh Okun and Simone Bolani played a part in a $132 million fraud that victimized 577 clients through a now-defunct, Richmond-area company owned by Okun.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:20:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Army to deactivate Fort Bragg-based support unit]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Fort Bragg's 507th Corps Support Group is going out of existence.

The 2,150-man unit will be deactivated Friday during a ceremony at Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center and folded into the 82nd Sustainment Brigade. The 507th provided supplies, transportation and administrative support.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:40:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ga.-based mortgage lender closes]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[An independent mortgage lender with offices in Georgia and seven other states has closed suddenly, surprising its employees.

Smyrna-based Sunshine Mortgage Corp. closed Thursday after 27 years in business. It had 20 offices throughout Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas, Maryland, Tennessee, Mississippi and Colorado.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:30:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hope in a hurting economy -job interviews in tough times]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Hope in a hurting economy - Job interviews in tough times]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Security tips for Inaugural attendees]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Police in riot gear. Military troops patrolling the nation's capital. Bridges from Virginia into Washington, D.C., closed to public traffic.

The swearing in of President-elect Barack Obama Jan. 20 -- the first administration change since Sept. 11, 2001 - will feature unprecedented security measures to manage a crowd that could include 2 million people.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:40:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama introduces Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine as the new chairman of the DNC]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON-President-elect Barack Obama introduced Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday, saying the two men share a "pragmatic progressive" political philosophy.

Kaine, who has a year remaining in his term as governor, said shortly after the November election that he had no interest in the job.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:32:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cops: NY man sprinkled nails on driveways of foes]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[STONY POINT, N.Y. (AP)
Police in upstate New York say a man has been sprinkling roofing nails on the driveways of people he didn't like to cause flat tires for two years.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:24:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The best and worst jobs in America]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Nineteen years ago, Jennifer Courter set out on a career path that has since provided her with a steady stream of lucrative, low-stress jobs. Now, her occupation -- mathematician -- has landed at the top spot on a new study ranking the best and worst jobs in the U.S.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:14:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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