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<description><![CDATA[Regulators on Friday shut banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 120 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Paper gains on derivative contracts helped Berkshire Hathaway Inc. triple its third-quarter profit as its insurance businesses did well, but Warren Buffett's company said Friday that many of its other operating businesses struggled.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The request seeking an unspecified amount for Joe Jackson was filed by lawyer Brian Oxman, who said there was no apparent reason for the administrators of the estate to not seek an allowance for the Jackson family patriarch.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Airline stocks rose Friday as oil prices tumbled, easing the carriers' fears over jet fuel costs.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Mesa Air Group Inc. said Friday that United Airlines did not extend an agreement under which Mesa operated 26 regional jets for the larger carrier.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., the nation's largest ticket seller and proposed merger partner of Live Nation Inc., is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Live Nation Inc., the world's biggest concert promoter and proposed merger partner of Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Hyatt Hotels Corp. said Friday that underwriters of its initial public offering have exercised their option to buy 5.7 million more shares of common stock at $25 apiece.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Its TV and print ads poke fun at the bait-and-switch tactics of other banks. Its interest rates on CDs have been the most generous in the industry.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama still expects to have a health care overhaul bill to sign by year's end and plans to personally lobby for it in a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday, the White House said.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[In a tacit acknowledgment of a delay in their plan to combine, Live Nation Inc. and Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. said in filings Friday that a shareholders meeting to approve the deal is set for Jan. 8.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Consumers borrowed less for a record eighth straight month in September amid rising unemployment and tight credit conditions. Economists worry the declines in borrowing will drag on the fledgling recovery.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac's losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter, but the government-controlled mortgage finance company didn't need a federal cash infusion.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Victims and the families of those killed in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis in 2007 agreed Friday to settle their lawsuits against a construction company that was resurfacing the span at the time.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A federal court judge in Tennessee has lifted temporary restraining orders that barred ZymoGenetics from making certain claims in its marketing of the blood-clotting agent Recothrom, the Seattle-based biotechnology company said Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[To hear directors of some state agencies tell it, managing Nebraska's worst fiscal crisis in recent memory isn't that big of a deal. Others tell a totally different story, one of significant cutbacks in services.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Broadway has found its Spider-Man - rock singer Reeve Carney.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The former head of the Idaho Transportation Department filed a lawsuit Friday against the agency, saying she was fired in a political power play to help Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and his big campaign donors.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Dolan Media Co. said Friday it bought an 85 percent stake in DiscoverReady LLC, which provides document-review services to companies and their lawyers.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since '83]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Facing an expected $1 billion shortfall in next year's budget, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is proposing a 4.6 percent cut in education spending and charging sales tax on items including candy and soda and online purchases.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Shell Oil Co. has been ordered to pay $19.5 million to the state for environmental violations at gas stations around California.]]></description>
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<title>When small business pays the price for big bank mistakes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the current jobless recovery, people are running out of unemployment benefits before they find job openings. Some may look to starting a small business of their own, but who would loan them money without a track record? Certainly not banks.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Two top Florida Democrats want changes to the makeup of the board that oversees Florida's $130 billion investment portfolio now under scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Sports management agency Crown Athlete Management Co. said Friday it has sued the maker of the Monster energy drink, accusing it of fraud and other wrongdoing.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Gubernatorial candidate Artur Davis has picked up an endorsement from a major union.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[New Jersey's next governor vowed Friday to veto any tax increase the Legislature sends to his desk in the coming year.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[STR Holdings Inc. shares jumped Friday after the solar products company launched its initial public offering, but shares priced below expectations on the New York Stock Exchange.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Populist leaders around Latin America are increasingly making legal and political moves to silence their media critics, the president of the Inter American Press Association said Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Fedor Emelianenko is ready for his close-up.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Among the earnings stories for Friday, Nov. 6, from AP Financial News:]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A Mississippi woman has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for hiding more than $255,000 from a bankruptcy trustee.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Among the earnings stories for Friday, Nov. 6, from AP Financial News:]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Treasury prices mostly rose Friday after the government said the nation's unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year-high of 10.2 percent last month.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Wireless heart-monitoring device maker CardioNet Inc. fell to a loss in the third quarter, as it had ramped up marketing spending after Medicare lowered reimbursement rates on the company's products.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal agricultural loans over three decades.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[After remodeling stores in Seattle, Tokyo and Paris Disney Village with its new, community-focused design, Starbucks has taken those ideas to the U.K., where The Times of London reports that the first of 100 "individualized" Starbucks opens in Central London today (although the article is dated tomorrow, and even the time change doesn't account for that). ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A federal grand jury on Friday indicted former New Orleans technology chief Greg Meffert, his wife and a one-time city vendor in an alleged kickback scheme involving contracts for the city's crime surveillance program.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Rosetta Resources Inc. said Friday its revenue fell by nearly half due to lower natural gas prices.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Pixel Magic, which creates digital visual effects for film and television, announced Friday that it will open a Louisiana studio in December.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[MaxLinear Inc., a maker of TV tuners, is planning to go public.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin Corp. received a $143.2 million contract from the Air Force for electronics upgrades for the C-5 aircraft, the Pentagon said late Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[IBM Corp. on Friday made an offer to certain debt holders to swap their long-term debt with bonds carrying a lower interest rate plus cash in a move to save money and bolster its balance sheet.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is postponing a brief trade trip to Mexico, saying that President Felipe Calderon has a scheduling conflict.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The following recall has been announced:]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A Detroit man has been charged in the theft of nearly $1 million in money intended for employee prescription drug coverage in the city of River Rouge.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Unemployed Rhode Islanders can now collect jobless benefits for up to 99 weeks.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all but one Republican saying the state should opt out if it can, a position rejected by Democrats Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[One Liberty Properties Inc. on Friday said its third-quarter funds from operations rose 22 percent as rental income rose.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Ferro Corp. said Friday it completed the sale of 41.1 million shares of common stock and will use some of the proceeds for restructuring programs.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A judge has tossed out a decision - for now at least - that could have cost PepsiCo Inc. $1.26 billion after the soft drink maker didn't respond to a lawsuit claiming it stole the idea for bottled water.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange:]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Dunkin' Donuts said Friday it will launch a new 99-cent menu at 500 Chicago locations on Monday and hand out 20,000 gift cards pre-loaded with $2 each to lure customers.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Horizon Air flies between Seattle and Yakima and hopes to boost passenger numbers; Yakima business leaders want more air service]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced on Friday a series of spending cuts and other steps to offset a continuing multimillion-dollar dive in state revenues.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[One-third of Virginia's watermen have offered to sell their licenses back to the state under a buyback program intended to ease pressure on the Chesapeake Bay crab.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The safe-haven dollar got an immediate boost Friday after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate rose above 10 percent, but then gave back its gains in choppy trading as investors figured that a weak economy meant the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates at their current near-zero range for a long time.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[York Water Co., which purifies and distributes water, said Friday a higher number of customers plus a rate increase lifted its third-quarter profit by 20 percent.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Investors added to the week's strong gains in the stock market after finding some positives in a surprisingly weak jobs report. Stock indexes posted a modest advance in light trading Friday after the Labor Department said the nation's unemployment rate topped 10 percent in October for the first time since 1983, but also that the pace of job losses slowed. The rise in joblessness, while not welcome news for the economy, reassured some investors that the Federal Reserve will have to hold interest rates low for some time.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[GMAC Bank recently reinvented itself as Ally Bank. The move was a way to distance itself from its troubled parent company GMAC Financial Services, which is negotiating its third infusion of taxpayer aid.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[AT&T Inc. said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications Corp., has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Crews pumping water out of the Sanford Underground Laboratory in Lead have reopened a second deep shaft that eventually will be used as the primary entrance and exit for science experiments.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection may change its policy for inspecting coal ash impoundments after a survey uncovered more problems - and dams - than expected.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Drug and medical device maker Covidien PLC said Friday it completed its $210 million purchase of Aspect Medical Systems, a company that makes brain monitoring technology.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Michigan's chief environmental regulator wants more information about a rocky outcrop in Marquette County that could affect plans for a nickel and copper mine.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Shares of Amazon.com Inc. got a boost Friday after a Bernstein Research analyst upgraded the Seattle-based online retailer, expecting faster revenue growth in 2010.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Brookfield Asset Management on Friday said its board declared a dividend of 13 cents.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Brookfield Asset Management Inc. on Friday said its third-quarter profit fell 35 percent, as revenue declined, expenses rose and the company booked a charge of more than $192 million as the value of assets declined amid the weak economy.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at the Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick says he intends to vote against the health care reform bill coming up for a vote in the U.S. House.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[When senior citizens finally surrender the car keys, they don't have to lose their independence.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Mirant Corp. on Friday posted a 97 percent plunge in its third-quarter profit - driven mainly by one-time hedging losses - and lowered its 2009 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.]]></description>
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<title>Earnings Preview: Electronic Arts
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<description><![CDATA[Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter, which ended in September, on Monday after the market closes. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.]]></description>
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<title>Ask AP: Polluted water, neutralizing nuclear waste
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<description><![CDATA[Instead of figuring out where to put nuclear waste, why can't we just find a way to neutralize it so it's no longer hazardous?]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Investigators are looking into the behavior of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.'s CEO during a zoning vote by the St. Louis County Council this week on a casino complex being developed by another company.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[PriceSmart Inc., which runs warehouse-shopping clubs, said Friday its fourth-quarter profit declined 9 percent as an increase in operating expenses hurt its bottom line.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has temporarily blocked two music-sharing Web sites from selling songs by The Beatles and other artists for 25 cents apiece.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts has received about $2 million in federal stimulus funding to help identify the speed and location of broadband services in the state over the next five years.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts. Even so, with the guaranteed income of traditional pensions disappearing, most investors have little choice.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The clock is ticking on a Monday deadline for Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal offer for British candy maker Cadbury PLC.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[JOBLESSNESS JUMPS: The unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in October - a 26-year high - as employers continued to cut jobs.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The state of Wisconsin does not have to pay $225,000 to a blind businesswoman in a dispute over an Army dining contract, a federal judge ruled this week.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A reality show miniseries about the Jackson family will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E, the network says. Back-to-back hour episodes will air that night at 9 p.m. EST.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Gold prices outshone other commodities Friday, soaring to a new high of $1,100 an ounce, as prices for copper, oil and soybeans fell.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Car dealers must inspect used vehicles for safety defects and either make repairs or warn potential buyers before they are resold, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Carl-Peter Forster, the chief executive of General Motors Europe who runs its struggling Opel unit, will leave the company, GM said Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Businesses cut inventories at the wholesale level for a record 13th consecutive month in September, but sales rose for a sixth straight time.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Internet speeds in more than four-fifths of Minnesota are too slow to support technologies that could draw new jobs, take cars off the roads and bring new services to people in their homes, a new report said Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A 4.5-mile trail for ATV riders running through the northernmost city of New Hampshire may be key to putting the North Country community, still suffering from the loss of its paper mill industry several years ago, on the path to economic recovery.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Alternative asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC said Friday its third-quarter loss deepened as it cut expenses and recorded a big gain on affiliate investments.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Arizona municipalities will sue to challenge state budget legislation that local government officials contend went astray.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[AIG said Friday it was profitable for the second straight quarter as its core insurance operations continue to stabilize after the company's bailout by the government last year.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Deadline for submitting a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Windstream Corp.'s acquisition of D&E Communications Inc. phone and Internet company has the approval of Pennsylvania state utility regulators.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Poetry and music have been cut and there will be no parade to kick off the Miami Book Fair International as in years past. But one of the nation's leading literary festivals isn't giving up on readers in a bad economy.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Canadian sweetener supplier GLG Life Tech Corp. plans to offer 3.6 million common shares in a U.S. initial public offering.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Hedge fund and private equity firm The Blackstone Group LP on Friday posted a narrower loss for the third quarter, as its private equity holdings gained value and its real estate investments stabilized.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Elected officials in Oxford have endorsed by a 5-0 vote a proposal to build a resort and casino in the western Maine town.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A Virginia man will spend more than seven years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than $5 million from more than 30 investors.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Investigators for the world's diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape and beat civilians.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Iowa Gov. Chet Culver says $150 million in federal funds will be made available for the purchase of 1,352 homes damaged in last year's floods.]]></description>
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<title>Water officials ban septic tanks in Malibu
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<description><![CDATA[Water officials have banned septic tanks in portions of Malibu, ending years of wrangling between surfers, environmentalists and residents in the celebrity-filled community.]]></description>
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<title>Looking for land in all the right places
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<description><![CDATA[The housing bust left homebuilders with plenty of red ink on their books as they walked away from swaths of land they no longer needed.]]></description>
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<title>Cracker Barrel lenders extend loan payback
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<description><![CDATA[Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. said Friday that lenders have agreed to give the company more time to pay back a revolving credit facility and certain term loans, giving the restaurant chain operator greater flexibility for inventory management and cash flow.]]></description>
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<title>EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders
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<description><![CDATA[EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion.]]></description>
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<title>A look at economic developments around the globe
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<description><![CDATA[A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:]]></description>
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<title>Ark. ag experts put weather losses at $225 million
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<description><![CDATA[State agriculture experts say soggy weather that drenched Arkansas during much of the harvest season will cut farm receipts statewide by nearly $225 million.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Top of the News: During last year's campaign, Barack Obama angered Democrats by implying he wanted to be a transformative president like Ronald Reagan. Now he has one thing in common with Dutch: An unemployment rate of 10.2 percent. The last time we saw that was during the first Reagan term, when he urged the nation to "stay the course."]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Two Nebraska banks have obtained federal loan guarantees through the U.S Department of Agriculture, which is using federal stimulus funding.]]></description>
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<title>The Answer Factory: Demand Media and the Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell Media Model</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A fiendishly clever startup knows what we are Googling &mdash! then churns out thousands of cheap videos and articles to meet our every whim and wish.

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<title>2010 Superfly Will Make You Say &#x27;My Oh My&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom says a mountain bike with 29-inch tires is an ungainly ride. Conventional wisdom can suck it. Meet the 2010 Superfly.

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<description><![CDATA[It may not seem like it, but your MacBook hard drive is no different than that of any other laptop. Replacing it without Apple's help might void your warranty, but it sure is a lot cheaper if you do it yourself.

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<description><![CDATA[The nation is closer to a national data-breach notification law and setting security standards for handling sensitive data. After legislation aimed at the problem languishes on Capitol Hill for four years, two bills make it out of Senate committee.

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<title>Review: Military Dudes Abide in Funny &#x27;The Men Who Stare at Goats&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey play psychic "Jedi Warriors" in a movie improbably inspired by a real Army program.

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<title>Lawsuit Accuses Facebook of Conspiring to Break Video-Privacy Law</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit filed in Texas accuses Facebook of conspiring with Blockbuster to violate a federal law protecting records related to the sale and rental of videos.

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<title>Glow-in-the-Dark Shark Turned on by Hormones</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scientists discover how the lantern shark controls its luminescent glow.

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<title>Creepy, Cool Ghosts of &#x27;Christmas Carols&#x27; Past</title>
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<description><![CDATA[From Patrick Stewart to Vincent Price, an odd array of actors and directors have tackled Charles Dickens' holiday classic. Disney's 3-D animated version hits theaters this weekend, prompting a head-trip down memory lane.

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<title>4 Ways Live and Digital Music Are Teaming Up</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Music webcasting is setting the stage for an online live-music renaissance.

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<title>Vet School 2.0: Stick Your Hand Up a Cow Butt</title>
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<title>Video: Romanian Police Raid Card-Skimming Ring</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Police in Romania swoop in on 19 members of an alleged international bank-card ring that's been active in Switzerland, Italy, France and the United States.

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<title>Why I&#x27;m Not Getting a Droid Today</title>
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<description><![CDATA[While iPhone users still wait for the promised tethering option, Verizon Wireless is ready to offer it to Droid users next year.

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<description><![CDATA[Maybe the greatest conspiracy of all was turning The Men Who Stare at Goats into another middlebrow Hollywood action flick – complete with a saccharine ending.

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<description><![CDATA[“More of this is true than you would believe,” we’re told, just a few minutes into the movie version of The Men Who Stare At Goats>. But how many of the film’s outlandish military research projects really happened? Turns out there’s plenty of material in the movie which sticks quite close to the truth — though reality is a bit more complicated.

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<title>Mourners Gather Online in Aftermath of Ft. Hood Rampage</title>
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<title>Ford Brings Airbags To Back Seats</title>
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<title>Close Encounter With Saturn Moon&#x27;s Fantastic Plumage</title>
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<title>Pixies&#x27; Powerful Doolittle Tour Blends Surreal Sonics, Visuals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Think a camera with a dual LCD on the front is a good idea? Yeah, it's not. Samsung forgot to develop the "camera" part of this equation.

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<title>Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is &#x27;Mark of the Beast&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Texas teacher faces losing her job for refusing to have her fingerprints entered into a database. She claims a First Amendment violation of the right of religion, as fingerprinting amounts to the "Mark of the Beast."

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<title>Mr. Know-It-All on Angry E-mails, North Korean Tweets, Napping on the Job</title>
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<description><![CDATA[So your boss nixes the idea of power-napping on your 15-minute break? Mr. Know-It-All recommends fighting this battle with cold, hard data. And he suggests you re-read that Yelp rant before you hit publish.

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<title>Can You Smell Me Now? A Guide to the Body&#x27;s Telltale Emissions</title>
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                Mono-mania: It&#x27;s risky business            
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<description><![CDATA[
             The Open Source Mono project is controversial because it is a re-implementation of Microsoft's .NET technology. It's time for Miguel De Icaza's Mono implementation -- and applications that use it -- to be moved into the "risky" category, until the patent situation is deemed truly safe to use by default...  
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                Mono-mania: It&#x27;s risky business            
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<description><![CDATA[
             The Open Source Mono project is controversial because it is a re-implementation of Microsoft's .NET technology. It's time for Miguel De Icaza's Mono implementation -- and applications that use it -- to be moved into the "risky" category, until the patent situation is deemed truly safe to use by default...  
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<description><![CDATA[
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<description><![CDATA[
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                Engine Yard draws funding as it ushers more developers onto the Ruby services train            
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<description><![CDATA[
             The latest reminder of the strength of grassroots markets in the developer sector is Engine YardÃ¢â¬â¢s securing of $19 million in C funding last week. The backing comes from some of the same players that also funded SpringSource. by Dana Gardner  
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                Outsourcing picks up for smaller enterprises            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=1367</link>
<description><![CDATA[
                 The outsourcing market has traditionally been perceived as something only the larger enterprises entertain. Research from Computer Economics suggests that as the large enterprise business has become tougher, the outsourcing companies are getting better at reaching the smaller and mid-sized market.    The reports...  
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                Outsourcing picks up for smaller enterprises            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=1367</link>
<description><![CDATA[
                 The outsourcing market has traditionally been perceived as something only the larger enterprises entertain. Research from Computer Economics suggests that as the large enterprise business has become tougher, the outsourcing companies are getting better at reaching the smaller and mid-sized market.    The reports...  
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                Outsourcing picks up for smaller enterprises            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=1367</link>
<description><![CDATA[
                 The outsourcing market has traditionally been perceived as something only the larger enterprises entertain. Research from Computer Economics suggests that as the large enterprise business has become tougher, the outsourcing companies are getting better at reaching the smaller and mid-sized market.    The reports...  
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=889">
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                Find the answer to anything with StackExchange            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=889</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             When you hear the word "forum", what comes to mind? Ugly websites, lengthy wait times, dead ends, and 1999.     The guys behind Stack Overflow have redefined the web forum into something interactive, easy-to-use, and surprisingly reactive.    On Stack, you simply ask a question...  
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                Find the answer to anything with StackExchange            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=889</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             When you hear the word "forum", what comes to mind? Ugly websites, lengthy wait times, dead ends, and 1999.     The guys behind Stack Overflow have redefined the web forum into something interactive, easy-to-use, and surprisingly reactive.    On Stack, you simply ask a question...  
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                Find the answer to anything with StackExchange            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=889</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             When you hear the word "forum", what comes to mind? Ugly websites, lengthy wait times, dead ends, and 1999.     The guys behind Stack Overflow have redefined the web forum into something interactive, easy-to-use, and surprisingly reactive.    On Stack, you simply ask a question...  
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=11167">
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                Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=11167</link>
<description><![CDATA[
                 Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" forÃÂ  joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...  
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=11167">
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                Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=11167</link>
<description><![CDATA[
                 Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" forÃÂ  joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...  
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=11167">
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                Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=11167</link>
<description><![CDATA[
                 Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" forÃÂ  joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...  
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=24451">
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                HP&#x27;s DreamScreen faces tough competition for holiday spending            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=24451</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             HP's latest device - a WiFi-connected screen called DreamScreen - makes it debut today and the company is hoping it will grab some attention this holiday season. In the past, I've seen tech companies try to bring some sort of computer technology into different rooms of the house - the...  
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                HP&#x27;s DreamScreen faces tough competition for holiday spending            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=24451</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             HP's latest device - a WiFi-connected screen called DreamScreen - makes it debut today and the company is hoping it will grab some attention this holiday season. In the past, I've seen tech companies try to bring some sort of computer technology into different rooms of the house - the...  
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                HP&#x27;s DreamScreen faces tough competition for holiday spending            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=24451</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             HP's latest device - a WiFi-connected screen called DreamScreen - makes it debut today and the company is hoping it will grab some attention this holiday season. In the past, I've seen tech companies try to bring some sort of computer technology into different rooms of the house - the...  
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                Microsoft releases beta of new Windows compatibility tool            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3896</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Microsoft is making available beta versions of new tools aimed at hardware makers and software developers who want to develop Windows-7-compatible products while maintaining Vista compatibility. by Mary Jo Foley  
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                Microsoft releases beta of new Windows compatibility tool            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3896</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Microsoft is making available beta versions of new tools aimed at hardware makers and software developers who want to develop Windows-7-compatible products while maintaining Vista compatibility. by Mary Jo Foley  
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                Microsoft releases beta of new Windows compatibility tool            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3896</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Microsoft is making available beta versions of new tools aimed at hardware makers and software developers who want to develop Windows-7-compatible products while maintaining Vista compatibility. by Mary Jo Foley  
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                Real cash for virtual cash: FarmVille&#x27;s business sense            
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             Through the growth of an online cultural phenomenon such as FarmVille, the game creators must have made millions. What is their killer feature in their business? And how could other software developers exploit this? by Zack Whittaker  
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                Real cash for virtual cash: FarmVille&#x27;s business sense            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=2737</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Through the growth of an online cultural phenomenon such as FarmVille, the game creators must have made millions. What is their killer feature in their business? And how could other software developers exploit this? by Zack Whittaker  
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                Real cash for virtual cash: FarmVille&#x27;s business sense            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=2737</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Through the growth of an online cultural phenomenon such as FarmVille, the game creators must have made millions. What is their killer feature in their business? And how could other software developers exploit this? by Zack Whittaker  
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4784">
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                Europe can stick a fork where its mouth is            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4784</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Either establish a foundation, or designate an existing one, based on something like Apache or Eclipse. Take a copy of the mySQL code -- which lives under the GPL -- and place it under the foundation. by Dana Blankenhorn  
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4784">
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                Europe can stick a fork where its mouth is            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4784</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Either establish a foundation, or designate an existing one, based on something like Apache or Eclipse. Take a copy of the mySQL code -- which lives under the GPL -- and place it under the foundation. by Dana Blankenhorn  
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4784">
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                Europe can stick a fork where its mouth is            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4784</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Either establish a foundation, or designate an existing one, based on something like Apache or Eclipse. Take a copy of the mySQL code -- which lives under the GPL -- and place it under the foundation. by Dana Blankenhorn  
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                Apple plugs 15 Java for Mac security holes            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4185</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Apple today released a new version of Java for Mac to plug a total of 15 documented security vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution attacks via rigged Web pages. by Ryan Naraine  
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                Apple plugs 15 Java for Mac security holes            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4185</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Apple today released a new version of Java for Mac to plug a total of 15 documented security vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution attacks via rigged Web pages. by Ryan Naraine  
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                Apple plugs 15 Java for Mac security holes            
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<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4185</link>
<description><![CDATA[
             Apple today released a new version of Java for Mac to plug a total of 15 documented security vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution attacks via rigged Web pages. by Ryan Naraine  
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