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<title><![CDATA[Greenspan Defends Low-Rate Policy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Greenspan acknowledged a range of regulatory failures in a review of the causes of the financial crisis, but disputed the view that the Fed left interest rates too low for too long.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Read HR4872, Healthcare Bill Online]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:02:00 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[OpenCongress has online the healthcare bill that will soon be facing a vote in the House of Representatives.Health Care Bill Summary &#8211; by OpenCongress: this is the full text of H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010. This bill would amend the Senate version of the health care reform bill t<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NEWS -- Healthcare politics may swamp southern Democrat]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:57 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - It may not bode well for Rep. Travis Childers that many voters in his rural Mississippi district have stronger opinions about President Barack Obama's health care plan than they do about the Democratic congressman.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Indian government threatens independence of Catholic schools]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:55 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Catholic Bishops Conference of India on March 16 objected to a decision by a prominent Indian government official that threatens the independence of some Catholic schools.The ...<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nigeria's President to Nominate New Ministerial Team]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:52 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(18 Mar 10 - RV) Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan will nominate a new ministerial team by early next week, and is likely to reappoint ...»<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Nuns Take Issue With Health Care Bill [2010-03-18]]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:52 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Say It's Not "Ethically Sound"<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pastor:  No Such Thing as a Completed Muslim]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:50 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Contrary to what some mission leaders think, J.D. Greear does not accept the equal comparison between Jews who come to accept Jesus as their savior and Muslims who become Christian.  Messianic Jews are sometimes called completed Jews, but it would be incorrect to apply the term to Muslims.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bishops Urge Prayers, Courage as Health Debate Winds Down]]></title>
<link>http://www.fjr.com/Faith/bishops-urge-prayers-courage-as-health-debate-winds-down/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:46 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (CNS)-In the final days of the national health reform debate, U.S. bishops called for political courage and for prayers that Congress would come up with legislation that would respect human life and dignity at all stages."In moments of concern and crisis, Catholic tradition through the c<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High-voltage project resource]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:38 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[By way of maker muse Jeri Ellsworth comes this great project log site, 4HV.org, for those pursuing high-voltage projects. We've linked to a few projects from here over the years, but it's worth bringing it to the top again. Seen here is Marko's DRSSTC (Double Resonant Solid State Tesla Coil). [Than<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[feature: How Amsterdam was wired for open access fiber]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:28 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[                The city of Amsterdam has been involved for several years in building Citynet, a partnership between the city and two private investors to wire 40,000 Amsterdam buildings with fiber. And it's not just fiber, it's open access fiber&#8212;any ISP can sign up to use the infrastructure <br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Release of Apple's Mac OS X 10.6.3 Update appears imminent]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:23 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple on Thursday provided its developer community with a second private beta of its forthcoming Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard update in as many days, suggesting the software is rapidly approaching a release candidate.  <br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple Reportedly Tempering Expectations as iPad Content Deals Remain Unfinalized]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:17 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is tempering its own expectations for launch content on the iPad as it continues to struggle with finalizing deals with publishers ahead of the device's April 3r...<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Second group of nuns backs bishops' position on health care reform]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:10 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A coalition of U.S. women religious representing more than 100 communities said March 17 that the position on health care reform and abortion articulated by the U.S. bishops is &quot;the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church&quot; and should be followed. read more<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beat goes on for Bruins]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:03 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In hindsight, maybe they should have gone with the benches-clearing brawl. Maybe that would have reminded the players...   <br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ohio stuns Georgetown to end tourney drought]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:50 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Armon Bassett scored 32 points to help No. 14 seed Ohio beat Georgetown 97-83 and become the second team seeded in the teens to win in the NCAA tournament on Thursday night.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Religious freedom is a human right argues new report]]></title>
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<comments>http://www.fjr.com/Family/religious-freedom-is-a-human-right-argues-new-report/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:41 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A new report defending the right to religious freedom has been released on the same day as the House of Lords debates two British Humanist Association publications on secularism and the separation of church and state<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dems Sweeten Health Bill, Set Showdown Vote]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:31 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for seniors facing high prescription drugs -- an election-year bragging point.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[House Democrat Says Slaughter Rule Lacks 'Honesty and Transparency,' Will Vote For It Anyway]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:18 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) said he does not like using the Slaughter Rule, which would allow the House to pass the Senate health care bill without actually voting on the legislation as the Constitution requires, because he believes in 'honesty and transparency'--but will vote for it anyway.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Squishy 'Repo Men' Sticks Shiv in Organ-Extraction Action]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:03:06 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Even with Jude Law, Forest Whitaker and a perfect sci-fi setup, this movie sputters a bit in the middle, and the whole bloody affair suffers from a lack of black humor. But that's one hell of a knife fight that first-time director Miguel Sapochnik pulls out of his bag of tricks.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama Presses for Action on Jobs Bill]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:03:00 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Obama pressed a distracted Congress for faster action on his job creation agenda, as he signed a $17.5 billion bill giving businesses a tax break for hiring unemployed workers.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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