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		<title>Publisher Penton Media To File For Chap. 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) — Trade magazine publisher Penton Media said Tuesday that it's planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy within the next few days.
The company will file a prepackaged bankruptcy in which it has worked out terms of the restructuring with lenders. The goal is to allow the company to emerge from reorganization more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kroger, Union Reach Pact For Some Stores In South</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (AP) — The Kroger Co. said Tuesday that it has reached a tentative agreement in contract talks with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
The agreement covers nearly 20,000 employees in stores in and near Atlanta and Savannah, Ga.
Kroger's Atlanta Division said the agreement addresses jobs and health care benefits for employees and their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zebra Posts 4Q Profit Of $17.6 Million</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. (AP) — Zebra Technologies Corp. made a profit in the fourth quarter, free of the one-time expenses that left it with a loss a year ago.
The company, which makes bar code and plastic card printers, also offered a first-quarter forecast above Wall Street expectations.
Its shares rose 7 cents to $27.41 in midday trading.
Zebra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeGeneres Says Cowell Is &#8216;meaner Than I Thought&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres, the newest judge on "American Idol," says Simon Cowell is "meaner" than she thought.
Cowell, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi (KEHR'-uh dee-oh-GWAR'-dee) and various guest judges kicked off the ninth season of the Fox singing competition last month. DeGeneres begins her stint Tuesday night.
In a video posted on the show's Web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gear Up For Post-Recession Success</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blog/careers/2010/02/09/gear-up-for-post-recession-success</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise A. Campbell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As companies work to rebuild their businesses with fresh ideas and forward-thinking personnel, career and educational opportunities abound. From mini-MBAs to online certificate programs, here are several programs that’ll give workers the competitive advantage.
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		<title>On The Call: Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola Co. on Tuesday reported that strong overseas growth more than made up for a weak North American market in its fiscal fourth quarter and sent the world's largest beverage maker's profit up 55 percent.
During a conference call with investors Tuesday, CEO Muhtar Kent discussed the company's sporting sponsorships.
QUESTION: What kind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Conversion Devices Posts Fiscal 2Q Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Solar panel product maker Energy Conversion Devices Inc. said Tuesday it posted a loss in the fiscal 2010 second quarter, hurt by a number of one-time costs, including those related to company layoffs.
Shares fell 73 cents, or 8.2 percent, to $8.16 in morning trading after touching a 52-week low of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earnings Preview: Philip Morris International Inc.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc., which sells Marlboros and other U.S. brands abroad, reports its fourth-quarter results before the stock market opens Thursday.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: While the weak economy, higher prices and health concerns have dampened demand for cigarettes, declines are less stark outside the U.S.
Analysts are looking for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earnings Preview: Marriott International Inc.</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blog/top-news/2010/02/09/earnings-preview-marriott-international-inc</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (AP) — Marriott International Inc., owner of the Marriott and swanky Ritz Carlton hotel brands, reports its fourth-quarter results before the stock market opens Thursday.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Any sign of a recovery in the high-end hotel business.
Upscale hotels, which account for about a quarter of the U.S. hotel market, were hit hard during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southwest Launches 3-day Fare Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blog/top-news/2010/02/09/southwest-launches-3-day-fare-sale</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is offering a sale geared toward leisure travelers who want to make short trips this spring.
Southwest said Tuesday it will sell tickets starting at $39 each way on some routes under 500 miles.
As usual, the airline didn't say how many seats it will offer at the sale price. The sale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amgen Sees Positive Data In Bone Drug Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Amgen Inc. said its osteoporosis drug candidate denosumab beat a rival drug in reducing and delaying the rate of fractures in men with prostate cancer during a study.
The drug, also called Prolia, is viewed by Wall Street as Amgen's next blockbuster product and a way to revive the company's revenue. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: GOP And Dems Together Can Spur Job Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blog/top-news/2010/02/09/obama-gop-and-dems-together-can-spur-job-growth</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he thinks Republicans and Democrats can work together to spur job growth even though the two parties disagree on many issues.
Obama met Tuesday at the White House with House and Senate leaders of both parties to discuss the economy and ways to stimulate hiring in the private sector. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s January Sales At A Glance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[McDonald's Inc. sales, the world's largest fast food chain, said Tuesday a sales in stores open at least 13 months, a key sales comparison, rose 2.6 percent in January.
Here's a breakdown of how sales fared globally.
Sales in stores open at least 13 months:
Overall: Up 2.6 percent
U.S.: Down 0.7 percent
Europe: Up 4.3 percent
Asia/Pacific, Middle East and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot: &#8216;Everything Went Red&#8217; After Planes Collided</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A glider pilot who flew to safety through a fireball from the midair collision of two planes over Boulder says it was just seconds between when he saw one plane approaching and when it collided with the plane towing him.
Reuben Bakker tells NBC's "Today" show Tuesday that he "didn't see the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Aims To Rein In Radiation-based Medical Scans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is working with doctors and medical manufacturers to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from medical scans, a problem that has been growing for decades.
The agency says it will require manufacturers of CT scanners and other imaging machines to include safety controls that prevent patients from receiving excessive radiation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wholesale Inventories Cut 0.8 Percent In December</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — Businesses slashed wholesale inventories sharply in December, a much weaker showing than expected and a troubling sign that companies are still too pessimistic about the economy to begin restocking shelves on a sustained basis.
Economists believe that the country won't be in a sustained recovery until businesses begin restocking their depleted shelves which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigators Interview Survivors Of Conn. Blast</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blog/top-news/2010/02/09/investigators-interview-survivors-of-conn-blast</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — Investigators looking into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a Connecticut power plant under construction are interviewing survivors, while crews work to ensure the badly damaged building is safe.
Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano says crews are slowly and carefully removing more than 100 gas cylinders used for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celanese Posts 4Q Profit On Higher Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blog/top-news/2010/02/09/celanese-posts-4q-profit-on-higher-sales</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) — Chemical maker Celanese Corp. reported a profit on Tuesday for the fourth quarter driven by higher sales volumes and lower raw material costs.
The company expects to benefit from increased volumes across all businesses and additional fixed spending reductions this year.
"We saw sustained global demand across our major end-markets and geographies throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team Player</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blog/magazine/2010/02/09/team-player</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collaboration between key departments, or key stakeholders, allows for creative, out-of-the-box solutions to business objectives. ]]></description>
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		<title>Cognizant 4Q Earnings Jump 28 Percent</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blog/top-news/2010/02/09/cognizant-4q-earnings-jump-28-percent</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEANECK, N.J. (AP) — Cognizant Technology posted surprisingly large numbers for profit and revenue Tuesday and topped the fourth-quarter report with a 2010 outlook that exceeded most expectations as technology spending rebounds.
Company shares rose $1.74, or 4 percent, to $45.48 in premarket trading.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., which provides information technology outsourcing for other companies, earned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brother Now Says Ohio Doc Admitted Poisoning Wife</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLEVELAND (AP) — A family member who testified earlier that an Ohio doctor denied poisoning his wife now says the defendant admitted to the killing.
Firas Essa (EE'-suh) returned to the witness stand Monday in Cleveland and said his brother, Yazeed Essa, told him that he'd replaced his wife's calcium supplement tablets with cyanide.
Firas Essa said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faulty Elevator To Blame For Dubai Tower Shutdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A faulty elevator was behind the shutdown of the observation deck on the world's tallest tower that effectively closed the half-mile-high Burj Khalifa to the public, witnesses and a Dubai rescue official said Tuesday.
Visitors who were on the viewing floor at the time of Saturday's incident told The Associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warner Music Group Posts 1Q Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Music Group Corp. posted a $17 million loss for its fiscal first quarter on Tuesday, still struggling with muted consumer spending in the U.S. and declining compact disc sales.
Overall revenue was up, but only because of the effect of foreign currency swings. Digital revenue grew, helped largely by overseas growth.
Warner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Farm Says It Warned NHTSA On Toyota In 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's largest auto insurer said Tuesday it alerted federal safety regulators in late 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the latest warning sign to emerge about the massive recall.
State Farm insurance said it noticed an uptick in reports of unwanted acceleration in Toyotas from its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LaHood: Toyota Taking Safety Concerns Seriously</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says Toyota's leaders have assured him they are taking safety concerns "very seriously."
In a statement, LaHood said the transportation agency will "remain in constant communication with Toyota to hold them to that promise."
Toyota said Tuesday it was recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Charged In Newark Airport Breach Due In Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A graduate student from China charged with breaching security at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport is due in court Tuesday.
Haisong Jiang (hy-SOHN' jee-ONG') was arrested Jan. 8, days after entering a restricted area at the airport, where he was seeing his girlfriend off.
Authorities say the Jan. 3 breach caused the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF, Serbia Discuss Access To Loan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An International Monetary Fund delegation opened talks with Serbia Tuesday to review whether the crisis-stricken country is adhering to the terms of a euro2.9 billion ($3.97 billion) standby loan.
Serbia has already drawn euro1.12 billion from the loan that was agreed last March. The withdrawal of the rest of the funds depends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s Sales Figure Rises 2.6 Percent In Jan.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — McDonald's Inc., the world's largest fast-food chain, said Tuesday a key sales comparison rose 2.6 percent in January, as strong overseas sales more than offset a decline in the U.S.
Sales in stores open at least 13 months fell 0.7 percent in the U.S. and rose 4.3 percent in Europe, Asia/Pacific, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Molson Coors&#8217; 4Q Profit Rises On Tax Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER (AP) — Molson Coors says its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled because of favorable tax benefits even as it sold fewer beers.
Worldwide beer volume sold fell 4 percent as people cut back on their purchases. Higher prices helped drive an 11 percent rise in revenue to $820.8 million.
The brewer says it earned $218.2 million, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developers Diversified Prices 37.3M Stock Offering</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLEVELAND (AP) — Developers Diversified Realty Corp. said Tuesday that it priced a public offering of about 37.3 million shares of its common stock at $8.16 per share.
The offering's amount is an increase over the 36 million shares the real estate investment trust said late Monday that it planned to offer.
Developers expects to use the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MillerCoors 4Q Profit Rises On Savings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (AP) — The joint venture of SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing turned a fourth-quarter profit through cost savings, though the shaky economy cut into revenue from beer.
"It's tough out there, and we saw the effect of ongoing economic pressure and unemployment on beer sales, especially in the fourth quarter," MillerCoors CEO Leo Kiely said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strong Overseas Sales Put Fizz In Coca-Cola&#8217;s 4Q</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola's strong overseas growth more than made up for a weak North American market in the fourth quarter, sending profit up 55 percent for the world's largest beverage maker.
The company, whose brands include Sprite and Diet Coke, sold 5 percent more beverages worldwide — with unit case volume up sharply in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strong Overseas Sales Put Fizz In Coca&#8217;Cola&#8217;s 4Q</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (AP) — Coca-Cola Co.'s fourth-quarter profit climbed as the world's largest drink maker sold 5 percent more beverages worldwide.
The company said Tuesday that its unit case volume rose sharply in emerging markets like China and India, and also saw solid growth in Latin America.
Shares rose 71 cents to $53.36 in premarket trading.
The only region [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coca-Cola 4Q Profit Rises On Strong Overseas Sales</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (AP) — Coca-Cola says its fourth-quarter profit climbed as the world's largest drink maker sold 5 percent more beverages worldwide.
Coca-Cola Co. says its unit case volume rose in emerging markets like China and India, and also saw solid growth in Latin America. However, it sold fewer drinks in North America.
The company, whose brands include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Ad Improvement Seen In IAC&#8217;s 4Q Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.
IAC, which is run by media billionaire Barry Diller, said Tuesday its net loss amounted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pulte Homes Posts Loss For Q4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Pulte Homes Inc. says its loss narrowed in its fourth quarter, as the homebuilder reported heavy charges that were partly offset by a tax gain.
The company said Tuesday it lost $116.9 million, or 31 cents a share, in the quarter. That compares with a loss of $338.2 million, or $1.33 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Lady: President Obama Had &#8216;phenomenal Year&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama says President Barack Obama "has done a phenomenal job," but that people have a right to criticize him.
In an interview broadcast Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America," she said getting things accomplished in heavily politicized Washington is "a constant struggle."
She said she her husband has been staying on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sanofi-Aventis Completes Tender Offer For Chattem</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Sanofi-Aventis said 89.8 percent of Chattem shares were tendered, or about 18.6 million shares.
It offered to buy the Chattanooga, Tenn., company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Top News At 12:44 P.m. EST</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>AP Top News At 11:42 A.m. EST</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>AP Top News At 10:49 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>AP Top News At 8:57 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>AP Top News At 8:21 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>Stocks Climb On Hopes For Greece Debt Assistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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The Dow Jones industrial average climbed back above 10,000 after closing below that threshold Monday for the first time in three months.
European markets rose in afternoon trading.
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		<title>Stock Futures Climb Ahead Of Opening</title>
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		<title>Iran Says The Country Has Started Higher Uranium Enrichment Under UN Supervision, ML</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>AP Top News At 12:28 P.m. EST</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>AP Top News At 11:59 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>AP Top News At 11:41 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>AP Top News At 9:49 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>AP Top News At 9:01 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>AP Top News At 9:03 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>AP Top News At 7:49 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>AP Top News At 7:37 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>AP Top News At 6:39 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>AP Top News At 6:42 A.m. EST</title>
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		<title>Minn. Bridge Collapse Widow Adopts Haitian Twins</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Betsy Sathers wears the glow of a new mother as she perches on the couch in her family room, smiling and chatting with visitors while still managing to keep an eye on the 2-year-old twins burbling and cavorting at her feet.
Sathers — whose husband was killed when a Minneapolis freeway bridge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ryanair To Put $140 Million In Lithuanian Hub</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Budget airline Ryanair will establish a major hub in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, its first in Central and Eastern Europe, the company's chief executive announced Tuesday.
Ryanair will $140 million into the project, CEO Michael O'Leary told reporters in Vilnius, Lithuania's capital, adding that Ryanair would introduce 18 new routes from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama To Sign Proclamation On Childhood Obesity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be sticking around the White House today as Washington continues to dig out from its big snowfall, and prepares for another one expected to begin this afternoon.
In the morning, Obama will sign a memorandum on childhood obesity in the Oval Office. It's become one of Michelle Obama's areas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU Government Bank Says No Bailout For Greece</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's government-backed lender says it cannot bail out Greece or any other European country that can't pay its debts.
The European Investment Bank said in a statement Tuesday that it could "only finance economically viable projects" and that its rules would not allow it help an EU nation cover a budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Retail Sales Rise 1.2 Pct In January</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) — Britain's struggling economy showed more lackluster indicators Tuesday, with imports rising faster than exports in December despite the falling value of its currency and retailers reporting a slow start to the year.
The Office for National Statistics said Britain's trade deficit rose to 3.3 billion pounds ($5.1 billion) in December from 2.9 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greece Vows Pension, Wage Reform As Strike Looms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek officials pledged Tuesday to increase the retirement age, raise fuel taxes and accelerate reforms, trying to calm financial markets a day before a nationwide strike against the government's new austerity measures.
Prime Minister George Papandreou told a cabinet meeting the reforms "must go ahead now ... with greater speed."
"Our primary duty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greece Seeks Pension, Wage Reform As Strike Looms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government on Tuesday tackled the thorny issue of pension and wage reform, part of its plan to fight a debt crisis that has alarmed global markets, even as strikes were being planned nationwide.
The cabinet talks come as Prime Minister George Papandreou's center left government accelerates austerity measures meant to calm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYSE Euronext Returns To Profit In 4th Quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS (AP) — NYSE Euronext, the trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator, said Tuesday it returned to profit in the fourth quarter as cost-cutting helped offset a drop in revenue from falling global share trading volumes.
The operator of the New York Stock Exchange and markets in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels reported net profit of $172 million in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Army Closes In On Targeted Southern Afghan Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEAR LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.
NATO and Afghan officials, meanwhile, urged militants holding Marjah, where an offensive is expected, to lay down their arms and warned civilians there to "keep your heads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Army Closes In On South Afghan Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEAR LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Army soldiers launched a major operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.
NATO and Afghan officials, meanwhile, urged militants holding Marjah, where an offensive is expected, to lay down their arms and warned civilians there to "keep your heads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Army Tightens Noose In Southern Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEAR LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Army soldiers have launched a major operation in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.
About 400 U.S. troops from the 5th Stryker Brigade as well as 250 Afghan soldiers and their 30 Canadian trainers moved into positions northeast of Taliban-controlled Marjah.
There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Top News At 10:42 A.m. EST</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. "I don't see Toyota as an infallible company that never makes mistakes," President Akio Toyoda said at a news conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Top News At 6:28 A.m. EST</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. "I don't see Toyota as an infallible company that never makes mistakes," President Akio Toyoda said at a press conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Top News At 5:41 A.m. EST</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. "I don't see Toyota as an infallible company that never makes mistakes," President Akio Toyoda said at a press conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Top News At 5:44 A.m. EST</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. "I don't see Toyota as an infallible company that never makes mistakes," President Akio Toyoda said at a press conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defiant Iran Accelerates Nuclear Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S. and its allies who fear the process could eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons.
State television announced that the process began in the presence of inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Begins Controversial New Nuclear Process</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV says the country started enriching its uranium to a higher level of 20 percent, over the objections of the international community.
The Tuesday report said enrichment began after Iranian scientists injected 25 kilograms of 3.5 percent enriched uranium gas into a cascade of centifuges in a laboratory in Natanz, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jackson Doctor Out On Bail, Back For April Hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's doctor returns to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case — a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death.
Dr. Conrad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jackson Hearing Mirrors Past For Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) — The scene was eerily familiar, Katherine Jackson and her family walking grimly into a courtroom, occupying a special family row, demonstrating their love for their beloved son and sibling, Michael.
It could have been a photograph from the pop superstar's long ago trial in Santa Maria. But the one face missing from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SI Swimsuit Edition Puts Roddick&#8217;s Wife On Cover</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) — Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year.
The 22-year-old wife of tennis star Andy Roddick said being chosen for the front is "the news of a lifetime."
The cover photo of Decker smiling in a yellow bikini is a departure from the more sultry look that SI had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opel Asks For Billions In Restructuring Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (AP) — General Motors Co.'s Opel unit asked European governments for billions of euros (dollars) in aid on Tuesday as it formally presented a restructuring plan that will result in some 8,300 job cuts.
Opel is seeking loans and loan guarantees to the tune of some euro2.7 billion ($3.7 billion) as part of a program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opel Unveils Restructuring Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (AP) — General Motors Co.'s Opel unit said Tuesday that it plans to invest €11 billion ($15 billion) through 2014 and appealed for government help as it detailed a restructuring drive that will result in about 8,300 job cuts across Europe.
Chef Executive Nick Reilly said as he presented Opel's restructuring plan Tuesday that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opel To Unveil Restructuring Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (AP) — General Motors Co.'s Opel unit plans to detail its restructuring plan for the European automaker on Tuesday.
The company says Chief Executive Nick Reilly will present his plan for its future in Frankfurt.
Reilly said last month that Opel plans to close its plant in Antwerp, Belgium as the company sheds manufacturing capacity.
He so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Nelson, GOP Blocks Obama Labor Board Nominee</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are unable to muscle through President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, because one of their own has joined the Republicans to block the nomination.
The task for Democratic leaders turned more difficult when Sen. Ben Nelson, a conservative Nebraska Democrat, said Monday night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote On NLRB Nominee First Test Of GOP&#8217;s New Power</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blog/top-news/2010/02/09/vote-on-nlrb-nominee-first-test-of-gops-new-power</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans' first test of their new Senate clout could come in a vote to block President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board.
Senate Democrats need 60 votes, one more than they control since Scott Brown of Massachusetts was sworn into office last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parade To Give Another Jolt Of Saints Euphoria</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Another jolt of Saints euphoria is on tap for New Orleans Tuesday when the Super Bowl champs board floats borrowed from Mardi Gras krewes for a victory parade through the grateful city.
The Carnival-flavored parade honoring the team's 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts is scheduled to start in the afternoon at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota To Recall Over 50,000 Prius In Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. says it is recalling some 50,000 Prius cars to change the software for the anti-lock brake system.
The company said Tuesday it has received reports of problems with brakes during slow and steady breaking on bumpy or slick road surfaces when the system is ued.
It says it will take some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Airlines Rejects Delta, Stays With American</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AP) — Japan Airlines, wooed for months by Delta Air Lines with promises of cash and a broad global network, spurned the world's biggest carrier and opted to keep its alliance with American Airlines.
The Japanese carrier said in a statement Tuesday it will strengthen its partnership with American and the two airlines will jointly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS To Raise Cash, Cut 700 Jobs After Q4 Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scandinavian airline group SAS on Tuesday asked shareholders for a 5 billion kronor ($670 million) cash injection, saying it needs more liquidity to emerge from the economic downturn after reporting a loss in the fourth quarter.
The struggling travel group also announced it would ramp up its savings program and slash 700 jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS To Cut 700 Jobs, Raise $670M In Share Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scandinavian airline group SAS on Tuesday said it plans to raise 5 billion kronor ($670 million) from shareholders and cut about 700 jobs as it expands its savings package to slash costs by an additional 2 billion kronor.
The cash-strapped travel group said it had also improved the terms of its bank loans, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Henpecked Men Were A Fave Theme Of Super Bowl Ads</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) — So you're a guy? Poor you!
You get slapped on your bottom at birth, then spend the rest of your life being shoved around by wives and girlfriends who make you mow the lawn, listen to their friends, return their phone calls, eat fruit at breakfast, shop for lingerie instead of watching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapper Lil Wayne To Be Sentenced In NYC Gun Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) — Little more than a week ago, Lil Wayne was reinforcing his place in rap's pantheon with a commanding performance at the Grammy Awards ceremony. His latest album, "Rebirth," was officially released Feb. 2.
Now Lil Wayne, one of music's biggest sellers and rap's hottest stars, is poised to spend as much as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Germany Loses Top Exporter Crown To China</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (AP) — Germany's multi-year reign as the world's No. 1 exporter is officially over, with the crown formally passing to rising Asian power China after new figures showed that German exports slid by nearly a fifth in 2009, the biggest decline in 60 years.
Tuesday's German government figures only confirmed an open secret: China's runaway [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German Exports Down Most In 60 Years In 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (AP) — German exports tumbled by nearly one-fifth last year, the biggest fall for 60 years and one that officially knocked the country off its perch as the world's top exporter, government data showed Tuesday.
However, exports from Europe's biggest economy showed their first year-on-year growth in December since the fall of 2008, the Federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German Exports Down 18.4 Percent In 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (AP) — German exports tumbled by more than 18 percent last year, the biggest fall for 60 years and one that officially knocked the country off its perch as the world's top exporter, government data showed Tuesday.
However, exports from Europe's biggest economy showed their first year-on-year growth in December since the fall of 2008, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Round Of Storms Threatens SoCal Foothill Towns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Residents of more than 500 homes in the foothill communities north of Los Angeles have been told they should evacuate ahead of another winter storm that's expected to bring heavy rains and possibly cause more mudslides.
Authorities called on residents of 541 homes in La Canada Flintridge and La Crescenta [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Rain For LA Foothill Cities Clearing Out Mud</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — While residents of the mud-covered neighborhoods north of Los Angeles scramble to clean out their homes and yards, another storm bore down on Southern California, prompting authorities to issue evacuation warnings.
Weather forecasters predicted thunderstorms, snow in mountain passes and about an inch and a half of rain Tuesday for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evacuations Set For Tuesday In LA County Foothills</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County authorities have ordered mandatory evacuations for more than 500 homes in mudslide-prone foothill neighborhoods as a new storm approaches.
Sheriff's officials say they have begun notifying residents in certain areas of La Crescenta, La Canada Flintridge and Acton that they need to be out of their homes by 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan Avalanches Kill At Least 28, Strand 100s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL (AP) — Avalanches roared down a mountain pass north of Afghanistan's capital, killing at least 28 people and leaving hundreds more stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, officials said Tuesday.
Another 70 people were injured and transported to hospitals as the military and police continued rescue efforts to dig out those trapped in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan Avalanches Kill At Least 28, Strand 1,500</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL (AP) — Avalanches roared down a mountain pass north of Afghanistan's capital killing at least 28 people and stranding another 1,500 in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, officials said Tuesday.
Another 70 people were injured and transported to hospitals as the military and police continued rescue efforts to dig out those trapped in the snow, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan Avalanches Kill At Least 28, Strands 1,500</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL (AP) — Avalanches on a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 28 people, with another 1,500 stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday.
The Afghan Defense Ministry released a statement saying another 70 people have been injured and transported to hospitals as the military and police continued rescue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 Arrested During Israeli Ambassador&#8217;s Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Eleven students have been arrested during a raucous lecture at University of California, Irvine, where Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren spoke about U.S.-Israel relations.
Oren's speech to about 500 people was interrupted by shouting and protests multiple times Monday night.
UC Irvine spokesman Tom Vasich says nine Irvine students and two students from UC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama Senator Releases Holds On Obama Nominees</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama has released the "holds" he had placed on every one of President Barack Obama's nominees, his office said Monday.
"The purpose of placing numerous holds was to get the White House's attention on two issues that are critical to our national security — the Air Force's aerial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP NewsAlert</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AP) — Toyota official tells AP that Prius will be recalled in Europe in addition to Japan.
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