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		<title>Mary C. Curtis Talks Shirley Sherrod and Breitbart Lawsuit on ‘Here &amp; Now’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politics Daily National Correspondent Mary C. Curtis appeared on NPR&#8217;s &#8220;Here &#038; Now&#8221; on Friday to discuss Shirley Sherrod&#8217;s latest comments on her controversial firing and her plans to sue Andrew Breitbart. Click here to lis...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Politics Daily National Correspondent Mary C. Curtis appeared on NPR&#8217;s &#8220;Here &#038; Now&#8221; on Friday to discuss Shirley Sherrod&#8217;s latest comments on her controversial firing and her plans to sue Andrew Breitbart. Click here to listen to the segment, and click here to read Mary C. Curtis&#8217;s accompanying piece. View the original article here This [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>ESPN’s Erin Andrews Lobbies Congress for Tougher Stalking Laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erin Andrews is a pro at talking about the finer points of the NFL trade or Bret Favre&#8217;s next move in professional football, but the ESPN sportscaster went to Capitol Hill Tuesday to discuss something far more personal and difficult &#8212; her e...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Erin Andrews is a pro at talking about the finer points of the NFL trade or Bret Favre&#8217;s next move in professional football, but the ESPN sportscaster went to Capitol Hill Tuesday to discuss something far more personal and difficult &#8212; her experience as stalking victim and her hope that Congress will toughen laws against [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Jill Lawrence on WCCO Radio: Tim Pawlenty’s 2012 Presidential Campaign Discussion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politics Daily Senior Correspondent Jill Lawrence appeared on WCCO News Radio in Minneapolis on Monday to discuss Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty&#8217;s discussion with DC political writers evaluating him as a prospect for the 2012 Republican presiden...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Politics Daily Senior Correspondent Jill Lawrence appeared on WCCO News Radio in Minneapolis on Monday to discuss Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty&#8217;s discussion with DC political writers evaluating him as a prospect for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Click here to listen to the segment, and click here to read Jill Lawrence&#8217;s accompanying piece. View the [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Charlie Rangel Controversy Won’t Hurt Democrats in Midterms, Hoyer says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of ethical allegations surrounding Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said the controversy will not hurt the Democrats in November&#8217;s midterm elections. Hoyer suggested the upcoming midte...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the wake of ethical allegations surrounding Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said the controversy will not hurt the Democrats in November&#8217;s midterm elections. Hoyer suggested the upcoming midterms are too big to be bogged down by ethical accusations against one senior Democratic member of the House. Hoyer cited [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tim Pawlenty: Man of the Moment for a New GOP?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first met Tim Pawlenty when he came by for an interview with Newsweek reporters and editors at the 2008 Republican Convention in Minnesota. He had been passed over for the vice presidency, and the slight was still raw. You could tell he was hurting &#38;...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I first met Tim Pawlenty when he came by for an interview with Newsweek reporters and editors at the 2008 Republican Convention in Minnesota. He had been passed over for the vice presidency, and the slight was still raw. You could tell he was hurting &#8212; more by his body language than anything he said. [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Facebook Allows Some Users to Delete Accounts</title>
		<link>http://fathergarage.com/politics/facebook-allows-some-users-to-delete-accounts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No sooner do I declare my lifelong devotion to Facebook when the social network quietly introduces an undo feature that allows users to cancel their accounts. Until now the 6-year-old internet site for finding lost classmates and sharing status updates...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[No sooner do I declare my lifelong devotion to Facebook when the social network quietly introduces an undo feature that allows users to cancel their accounts. Until now the 6-year-old internet site for finding lost classmates and sharing status updates has been hard to break up with. The settings to entirely withdraw from the site&#8217;s [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Barbara Boxer Has a 9 Point Lead Over Carly Fiorina in California Senate Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While California voters are divided about the job she is doing in Washington, three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer has taken a 49 percent to 40 percent lead over Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, ac...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[While California voters are divided about the job she is doing in Washington, three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer has taken a 49 percent to 40 percent lead over Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted July 23-25. Eleven percent are undecided. The margin of [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Oliver Stone Apologizes for Holocaust Comment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outspoken filmdiirector Oliver Stone, no stranger to conspiracy theories, has apologized for suggesting that continued focus on the Holocaust &#8212; the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis during World War 11 &#8212; is due to &#8220;Jewish domina...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Outspoken filmdiirector Oliver Stone, no stranger to conspiracy theories, has apologized for suggesting that continued focus on the Holocaust &#8212; the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis during World War 11 &#8212; is due to &#8220;Jewish domination of the media.&#8221; His remarks to the Times of London brought immediate condemnation from the American [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>‘Mad Men’: Must They Be Unhappy All the Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m contradicting myself, I know. &#8220;Mad Men&#8221; is great because its fictional world nods knowingly at America of the 1960s, the dramatic changes and social movements from feminism to civil rights. That was my take last season. But after ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;m contradicting myself, I know. &#8220;Mad Men&#8221; is great because its fictional world nods knowingly at America of the 1960s, the dramatic changes and social movements from feminism to civil rights. That was my take last season. But after watching the first show of the new season, I&#8217;m thinking, &#8220;More escapism, please.&#8221; The characters aren&#8217;t [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Campaign-Finance Disclosure Bill Fails In the Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans blocked a bill Tuesday that would force American companies and interest groups to disclose their roles in federal elections more than ever before. Democrats failed to end the Republican filibuster of the DISCLOSE Act on a 57-41 vote,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senate Republicans blocked a bill Tuesday that would force American companies and interest groups to disclose their roles in federal elections more than ever before. Democrats failed to end the Republican filibuster of the DISCLOSE Act on a 57-41 vote, essential ending the bill&#8217;s chances for passage this year. All Republicans opposed the bill, while [...]]]></content:encoded>
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