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		<title>I prefer local to global</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it is just the product of the times in which I grew up and my experience with the events of the world. Or perhaps it is the spin that has been added to the word “global”,  endowing it with an almost spiritual quality.
Mostly, though, I think it is my utter disgust with “global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – No, maybe he can&#8217;t. President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation&#8217;s health care system, now concedes the effort may die in Congress.

The president&#8217;s newly conflicting signals could frustrate Democratic lawmakers who are hungry for guidance from the White House as they try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Jan jobless rate falls to 9.7%; payrolls -20K</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)&#8211;The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly declined in January, but the economy continued to shed jobs and revisions painted a bleaker picture for 2009, casting doubt over the labor market&#8217;s strength.

The unemployment rate, calculated using a household survey, fell to 9.7% last month from an unrevised 10% in December, the Labor Department said Friday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain feeling primary heat from his right flank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Sen. John McCain, the Republicans&#8217; standard-bearer in 2008, is facing a surprisingly strong primary challenge from the right, evidence that even party leaders aren&#8217;t safe from the swell of conservative activism heading into the 2010 midterm elections.
Mr. McCain hasn&#8217;t faced a serious challenge since joining the U.S. Senate in 1987. But seven months ahead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin endorses the other Dr. Paul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The line between the Ron Paul movement, the Tea Party and the Sarah Palin phenomenon continue to blur. Yesterday, the former Alaska governor endorsed Rand Paul in the Kentucky Senate race. Dr. Paul, an eye surgeon, is the son of Texas congressman Ron Paul, an ob/gyn who ran for president as a Libertarian and again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vulnerable Dems seek distance from Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Congress begins picking through President Obama&#8217;s vast election year budget, many Democratic incumbents and candidates seem to be finding something they love — to campaign against.

A Democratic Senate candidate in Missouri denounced the budget&#8217;s sky-high deficit. A Florida Democrat whose district includes the Kennedy Space Center hit the roof over NASA budget cuts. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South of the border, the cult of the presidency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You could almost hear a collective groan go up when Barack Obama announced that he planned to deal with his recent setbacks by &#8220;speaking directly to the American people.&#8221; After 158 interviews and 411 speeches in 2009, who&#8217;s clamoring to hear more from a president whose microphone addiction rivals Bill Clinton&#8217;s?
If you think we&#8217;ve got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spending our way to stagnation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many governments have responded to the economic downturn by increasing the size of the public sector. It was remarkable how quickly they resuscitated the theory that assumes more government spending can boost economic growth.

Popularized by John Maynard Keynes in the 1930s, the theory is based on the notion that government can &#8220;prime the pump&#8221; by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Conyers aids CAIR in plot against FBI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Islamic group and one of its top contacts within the U.S. Congress are in the midst of a plot to neutralize FBI counterterrorism efforts. And they&#8217;ve found a willing collaborator in Attorney General Eric Holder.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) applauded the news that the Attorney General Eric Holder and his Justice Department Civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxpayers pay $101,000 for Pelosi&#8217;s in-flight &#8216;food, booze&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It reads like a dream order for a wild frat party: Maker&#8217;s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&#38;J brandy, Bailey&#8217;s Irish Crème, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey … and Corona beer.

But that single receipt makes up just part [...]]]></description>
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