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		<title>Lights, trees, natural ornaments: How to save on last-minute holiday decorating</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mae Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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Smart Spending: 4 tips for saving on holiday decor

NEW YORK — If the wreaths, menorahs and trees were jarring when they appeared before Halloween and you decided to wait to decorate — or if you just plain procrastinated — now&#8217;s the time to get cracking.
With Hanukkah starting Friday, many stores are likely to start discounting ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lights-trees-natural-ornaments-how-to-save-on-last-minute-holiday-decorating-242591/">Original article on  : Lights, trees, natural ornaments: How to save on last-minute holiday decorating</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>With its vacation vibe, color firm Pantone picks turquoise as top shade of 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Critchell</dc:creator>
		
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Top color for 2010 is &#8216;transporting&#8217; turquoise

NEW YORK — If color is any guide, we&#8217;ll be moving into vacation mode in 2010 with the world awash in tropical turquoise, forecasters say.
Turquoise was selected as the color of 2010 by Pantone, a company that supplies and tracks color for fashion and home decor, among other industries. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/with-its-vacation-vibe-color-firm-pantone-picks-turquoise-as-top-shade-of-2010-241236/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: With its vacation vibe, color firm Pantone picks turquoise as top shade of 2010</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Home Depot to carry Martha Stewart paint, cleaning products as well as home items next year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mae Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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Home Depot to launch Martha Stewart paint line

NEW YORK — The Home Depot Inc. says it will start selling Martha Stewart-branded paint and cleaning products next year in addition to the home decor and closet organization lines announced in September.
The nation&#8217;s largest home improvement retailer says it will start selling the Martha Stewart cleaning products, .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/home-depot-to-carry-martha-stewart-paint-cleaning-products-as-well-as-home-items-next-year-240953/">Home Depot to carry Martha Stewart paint, cleaning products as well as home items next year</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>White House celebrates Xmas with recycled ornaments, natural materials and gingerbread house</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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White House Xmas theme: &#8216;Reflect, rejoice, renew&#8217;

WASHINGTON — The White House is celebrating Christmas with recycled ornaments, natural materials and, of course, a gingerbread White House. The 390-pound work of culinary art is covered in white chocolate and has a marzipan replica of family dog, Bo.
&#8220;Reflect, Rejoice, Renew&#8221; is the theme for the Obama family&#8217;s .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-celebrates-xmas-with-recycled-ornaments-natural-materials-and-gingerbread-house-238881/" title="White House celebrates Xmas with recycled ornaments, natural materials and gingerbread house">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Mad Men&#8217; actor spends down time in New Orleans, where he runs a home decor and gift shop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Plaisance</dc:creator>
		
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Actor Bryan Batt at home in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — The future is unclear for his character on the hit AMC show &#8220;Mad Men,&#8221; but actor Bryan Batt is taking advantage of the down time here in his hometown since the recent season finale.

Batt — who plays closeted gay art director Sal Romano — is ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mad-men-actor-spends-down-time-in-new-orleans-where-he-runs-a-home-decor-and-gift-shop-238297/">&#8216;Mad Men&#8217; actor spends down time in New Orleans, where he runs a home decor and gift shop</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday displays include tree made of feathers, Rock Center, Obamas&#8217; first National Tree event</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Harpaz</dc:creator>
		
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Tree-lightings, from Rock Center to The Grove

NEW YORK — This season&#8217;s Christmas tree displays include trees made from feathers at a historic home in Indianapolis, a thank-you tree in Boston sent from Nova Scotia, and the Obamas&#8217; first National Christmas Tree ceremony in Washington.
The National Christmas Tree is scheduled to be lit on Dec. 3. ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/holiday-displays-include-tree-made-of-feathers-rock-center-obamas-first-national-tree-event-230685/">Holiday displays include tree made of feathers, Rock Center, Obamas&#8217; first National Tree event</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lose the loo: British gardeners encouraged to go green by relieving themselves outdoors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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British gardeners told: go green, pee outdoors

LONDON — A British heritage charity is encouraging employees to help the environment by eschewing indoor toilets and relieving themselves outdoors.
The experiment applies to male gardening staff at Wimpole Hall, a stately home about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of London.
The National Trust, which runs the property, says the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lose-the-loo-british-gardeners-encouraged-to-go-green-by-relieving-themselves-outdoors-228708/" title="Lose the loo: British gardeners encouraged to go green by relieving themselves outdoors">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lingering interest in bluesman Robert Johnson spawns project to restore home where he was born</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Officials to restore birthplace of Robert Johnson

JACKSON, Miss. — The mystery surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson&#8217;s life and death feeds the lingering fascination with his work.
There&#8217;s the myth that he sold his soul to the devil, and the fact the location of his 1938 death is still disputed. His birthplace, however, has been verified. He was .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lingering-interest-in-bluesman-robert-johnson-spawns-project-to-restore-home-where-he-was-born-227335/" title="Lingering interest in bluesman Robert Johnson spawns project to restore home where he was born">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hard-hit Ohio community turns to gardens to help stretch food dollars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Sewell</dc:creator>
		
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Hard-hit community learns to grow food
WILMINGTON, Ohio — Many of the new gardeners didn&#8217;t know how to grow vegetables, and weren&#8217;t sure what to do with them once they did.

They learned, though, as part of a project by a local college to help a community hard-hit by the recession grow some of its own food.
Wilmington ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hard-hit-ohio-community-turns-to-gardens-to-help-stretch-food-dollars-226083/">Hard-hit Ohio community turns to gardens to help stretch food dollars</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>From open doors to snowy driveways, security systems can alert travelers to trouble at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Kossler Dutton</dc:creator>
		
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Remote control: Travelers can keep an eye on home

This holiday season, many travelers will be able to keep a close eye on home.
Thanks to new security system technology, including live video feed, you can monitor everything from the front door to the sump pump from hundreds of miles away.
&#8220;You can see anything that&#8217;s going on ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/from-open-doors-to-snowy-driveways-security-systems-can-alert-travelers-to-trouble-at-home-226033/" title="From open doors to snowy driveways, security systems can alert travelers to trouble at home">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Metropolitan Home magazine to publish last issue in December</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Metropolitan Home magazine to close
NEW YORK — Metropolitan Home will cease publication with its December issue, the latest home decor magazine to succumb to the industry&#8217;s advertising slump.

The magazine, owned by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., had a circulation of a little more than 560,000 at last count.
But the number of ad pages the magazine sold .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/metropolitan-home-magazine-to-publish-last-issue-in-december-224445/">Metropolitan Home magazine to publish last issue in December</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Debate under way on historic health overhaul legislation in House of Representatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — The House has opened debate on President Barack Obama&#8217;s landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to the country&#8217;s medical system.
In the opening moments of debate, Democrats hailed the legislation as an advance for .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/debate-under-way-on-historic-health-overhaul-legislation-in-house-of-representatives-221724/">Source article &nbsp;: Debate under way on historic health overhaul legislation in House of Representatives</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>House majority leader predicts House passage Saturday of historic health overhaul bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — The second-ranking House Democrat predicted that historic health care legislation will be passed Saturday as the AARP, the nation&#8217;s premier lobbying group for the elderly, announced it was signing on to the bill.
Rep. Steny Hoyer said House leaders expect to have the 218 votes needed .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/house-majority-leader-predicts-house-passage-saturday-of-historic-health-overhaul-bill-219045/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: House majority leader predicts House passage Saturday of historic health overhaul bill</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle Obama, DC public schoolchildren help with 2nd major harvest of White House garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Superville</dc:creator>
		
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White House Garden goes through 2nd major harvest

WASHINGTON — Cupboards at a soup kitchen near the White House will be spilling over for several days after a donation of fresh produce harvested Thursday from first lady Michelle Obama&#8217;s vegetable garden.
Mrs. Obama invited about 30 fifth-graders from two District of Columbia public elementary schools to help ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/michelle-obama-dc-public-schoolchildren-help-with-2nd-major-harvest-of-white-house-garden-211721/" title="Michelle Obama, DC public schoolchildren help with 2nd major harvest of White House garden">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Explore one of America&#8217;s first planned cities: Savannah, with historic squares and homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Smith</dc:creator>
		
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Explore Savannah&#8217;s historic squares, parks, homes

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Savannah was founded in 1733 and was one of America&#8217;s first planned cities, with a series of squares and parks that can still be enjoyed today.
But the reason for those public spaces might surprise modern visitors: British General James Oglethorpe designed them as part of a military ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/explore-one-of-americas-first-planned-cities-savannah-with-historic-squares-and-homes-207489/">Explore one of America&#8217;s first planned cities: Savannah, with historic squares and homes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. insurer flip-flops, to renew homeowners policy for house built with bad Chinese drywall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Skoloff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida&#8217;s public insurance company reversed course this week and said it will cover a couple&#8217;s Gulf Coast retirement home, after previously telling the homeowners their policy wouldn&#8217;t be renewed because of the home&#8217;s tainted Chinese drywall.

Citizens Property Insurance Corp., a state-backed insurer of last resort, told The Associated Press for ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fla-insurer-flip-flops-to-renew-homeowners-policy-for-house-built-with-bad-chinese-drywall-205158/">Fla. insurer flip-flops, to renew homeowners policy for house built with bad Chinese drywall</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amid housing crunch, Cuba cracks downs on illegal home remodels, streamlines building permits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Cuba has quietly made it easier to obtain state permission to build or remodel homes even as it pledges to crack down like never before on unlicensed residential construction, including routine do-it-yourself projects.

A decree enacted this week allows authorities to undo unauthorized home improvements, sometimes resorting to tearing down exterior walls and new ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/amid-housing-crunch-cuba-cracks-downs-on-illegal-home-remodels-streamlines-building-permits-197334/">Read : Amid housing crunch, Cuba cracks downs on illegal home remodels, streamlines building permits</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Britain&#8217;s lawmakers face demands to repay disputed expense claims amid fresh finance row</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — First it cost their reputations. Now it&#8217;ll cost them cash.

A scandal over British lawmakers&#8217; excessive expense claims resurfaced Tuesday after an auditor ordered dozens of legislators — including Prime Minister Gordon Brown — to repay money they received from public funds.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve got to call an end to this and therefore people must abide .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/britains-lawmakers-face-demands-to-repay-disputed-expense-claims-amid-fresh-finance-row-194888/">Original source &nbsp;: Britain&#8217;s lawmakers face demands to repay disputed expense claims amid fresh finance row</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British climate-change protesters stage rooftop Parliament protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Several dozen environmental activists scaled Britain&#8217;s Parliament building Sunday to draw attention to climate change.

Greenpeace said 55 of its members were atop the building, where they could be seen holding yellow banners reading &#8220;Change the politics, save the climate.&#8221; One flew a giant flag from a turret in the shadow of the Big .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-climate-change-protesters-stage-rooftop-parliament-protest-193229/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: British climate-change protesters stage rooftop Parliament protest</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>House that could float on New Orleans&#8217; floods brought to site of Brad Pitt&#8217;s rebuilding effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Plaisance</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut Tuesday in New Orleans alongside more than a dozen other homes built through actor Brad Pitt&#8217;s Make It Right Foundation.

Called the FLOAT House, the unique home aims to answer the challenge posed by the Big Easy&#8217;s flood risk, starkly illustrated by .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/house-that-could-float-on-new-orleans-floods-brought-to-site-of-brad-pitts-rebuilding-effort-188744/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Just call him Rudolph: Mule deer wanders Montana with Christmas lights dangling from antlers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELENA, Mont. — Call it a case of Christmas creep. A young mule deer in Montana is ushering in the holiday season early.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game warden Kevin Cook says the buck got mixed up with a string of Christmas lights and now they are hanging from his antlers and body. The agency ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/just-call-him-rudolph-mule-deer-wanders-montana-with-christmas-lights-dangling-from-antlers-184192/">Original article on  : Just call him Rudolph: Mule deer wanders Montana with Christmas lights dangling from antlers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chef Spike&#8217;s Michelle Melt: new DC burger has first lady&#8217;s name on it and turkey in the bun</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — There&#8217;s a new burger in town, and it&#8217;s got Michelle Obama&#8217;s name on it.

The &#8220;Michelle Melt&#8221; turkey burger at Good Stuff Eatery was unveiled Thursday by chef Spike Mendelsohn, a former contestant on Bravo&#8217;s &#8220;Top Chef&#8221; competition.
What makes a turkey burger qualify as a &#8220;Michelle Melt?&#8221; Fresh, organic, locally grown ingredients that promote .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chef-spikes-michelle-melt-new-dc-burger-has-first-ladys-name-on-it-and-turkey-in-the-bun-177900/">Original source &nbsp;: Chef Spike&#8217;s Michelle Melt: new DC burger has first lady&#8217;s name on it and turkey in the bun</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US diplomat criticizes 9/11 policy of building &#8216;fortress-like&#8217; embassies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Gera</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WARSAW, Poland — The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Poland criticized the &#8220;fortress-like&#8221; feel of American embassies built since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, saying Thursday that some are excessively expensive and send an unfriendly message to non-Americans.

Victor Ashe is calling on U.S. authorities to reassess policies put in place after 9/11, which require equally tight ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-diplomat-criticizes-911-policy-of-building-fortress-like-embassies-177771/">US diplomat criticizes 9/11 policy of building &#8216;fortress-like&#8217; embassies</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers plant tillage radishes to nourish, soften up fields; chance to cut fertilizer use</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNA, Ohio — White radishes are taking root on Tony Luthman&#8217;s farm, the start of what he hopes will create a welcome mat for the corn he plants in the spring.

With taproots that can grow several feet deep, the carrot-shaped tillage or forage radishes bore holes into the ground, loosening the soil. The radishes capture, .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/farmers-plant-tillage-radishes-to-nourish-soften-up-fields-chance-to-cut-fertilizer-use-172026/">Farmers plant tillage radishes to nourish, soften up fields; chance to cut fertilizer use</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Urban farmers, gardeners in northern US use hoop houses to extend growing season</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLINT, Mich. — On the vacant lot in Michigan where her childhood home once stood, Carolyn Meekins grows seedlings for Asian greens, red kale and green beans in a plastic-covered greenhouse known as a hoop house.

The structure warms and protects the tender, young plants, allowing Meekins to plant earlier in the year. She was the ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/urban-farmers-gardeners-in-northern-us-use-hoop-houses-to-extend-growing-season-168589/">Urban farmers, gardeners in northern US use hoop houses to extend growing season</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vegas luxury suites: From a basketball court in your room to TV in the mirrors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Marshall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — A 10,000-square-foot suite that includes a basketball halfcourt rents for $25,000 a night at Palms Casino Resort. At MGM Grand&#8217;s Skylofts, you&#8217;ll find a bathtub that fizzes with tiny champagne-like massage bubbles, TVs in the mirrors and airport pickup in a $400,000 car.

If you&#8217;re worried about your mortgage and your job, such ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vegas-luxury-suites-from-a-basketball-court-in-your-room-to-tv-in-the-mirrors-168150/">Original article on  : Vegas luxury suites: From a basketball court in your room to TV in the mirrors</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands living in flooded homes in West Africa after torrential rains</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rukmini Callimachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FASS MBAO, Senegal — The only piece of furniture that survived the most recent flood in Fat Dione&#8217;s house is her bed. It&#8217;s propped up on cinderblocks and hovers just above the water lapping at the walls of her bedroom.

The water stands a foot (33 centimeters) deep throughout her house. She shakes off her wet ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-living-in-flooded-homes-in-west-africa-after-torrential-rains-166721/">Original article on  : Thousands living in flooded homes in West Africa after torrential rains</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Neighbors: Wells Fargo exec. moved into beach home surrendered to bank by Madoff-duped couple</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MALIBU, Calif. — A Wells Fargo &#038; Co. executive who oversees foreclosed properties hosted parties and spent long summer weekends in a $12 million Malibu beach house, moving into the home just after it had been surrendered to Wells Fargo to satisfy debts, neighbors said.

The previous owners of the beachfront home in Malibu Colony — .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/neighbors-wells-fargo-exec-moved-into-beach-home-surrendered-to-bank-by-madoff-duped-couple-165443/">Neighbors: Wells Fargo exec. moved into beach home surrendered to bank by Madoff-duped couple</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian farmers discrimination lawsuit still unsettled after a decade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Fort Berthold Reservation rancher Pete Fredericks says he still hasn&#8217;t recovered from a brutal winter nearly 30 years ago that wiped out half his black Angus herd. White ranchers in the region fared better because they got financial help from the federal government, he says.

&#8220;The 1982 winter was the worst thing that .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-farmers-discrimination-lawsuit-still-unsettled-after-a-decade-162216/">Source &nbsp;: Indian farmers discrimination lawsuit still unsettled after a decade</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Beverly Hills home designed for comedian Groucho Marx on market for nearly $13 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A Beverly Hills house owned for two decades by Groucho Marx is on the market for $12.9 million.

The one-story contemporary home was designed in 1956 by architect Wallace Neff for the comic actor and his wife, actress Eden Hartford. The 6,000-square-foot house sits on an acre and offers views of a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/beverly-hills-home-designed-for-comedian-groucho-marx-on-market-for-nearly-13-million-160752/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Beverly Hills home designed for comedian Groucho Marx on market for nearly $13 million</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>China completes renovation of Tibet&#8217;s Potala Palace, once home to the Dalai Lamas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Sanderson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China has completed a seven-year renovation of Tibet&#8217;s Potala Palace — home to the Dalai Lamas until the region&#8217;s current spiritual leader fled during an aborted uprising against Communist rule 50 years ago.

China says the project is part of its plan to promote Tibetan culture and language in the region as it develops ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-completes-renovation-of-tibets-potala-palace-once-home-to-the-dalai-lamas-148001/" title="China completes renovation of Tibet&#8217;s Potala Palace, once home to the Dalai Lamas">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>As cigarette prices climb, smokers turn to green thumbs and gardens for tobacco</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Szkotak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. — Something unusual is cropping up alongside the tomatoes, eggplant and okra in Scott Byars&#8217; vegetable garden — the elephantine leaves of 30 tobacco plants.

Driven largely by ever-rising tobacco prices, he&#8217;s among a growing number of smokers who have turned to their green thumbs to cultivate tobacco plants to blend their own cigarettes, .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-cigarette-prices-climb-smokers-turn-to-green-thumbs-and-gardens-for-tobacco-144124/">As cigarette prices climb, smokers turn to green thumbs and gardens for tobacco</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Construction of US homes rises in July, giving the economy a boost</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — At least the market for new homes isn&#8217;t getting worse anymore, and that&#8217;s the first step to getting better.

In fact, the overall economy is actually getting a small boost as more buyers walk into model houses ready to sign contracts and builders hire workers to pour foundations and pave roads.
Construction of single-family homes .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/construction-of-us-homes-rises-in-july-giving-the-economy-a-boost-143132/">Construction of US homes rises in July, giving the economy a boost</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Construction of US homes rises in July, but apartment building drops 13 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Construction of new single-family homes rose for the fifth-straight month in July as more buyers walked into model homes ready to sign contracts, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

The pace of single-family home construction edged up almost 2 percent and building permits for future construction climbed nearly 6 percent. The confidence level in the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/construction-of-us-homes-rises-in-july-but-apartment-building-drops-13-percent-142816/" title="Construction of US homes rises in July, but apartment building drops 13 percent">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Home improvement stocks slip after Lowe&#8217;s posts lower 2Q profit, scales back expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Shares of home improvement stocks declined on Monday after Lowe&#8217;s Cos. posted a 19 percent lower second-quarter profit and said it will curtail expansion plans.

Lowe&#8217;s stock retreated $2.14, or 9.4 percent, to $20.72 in morning trading.
Earlier Monday, Lowe&#8217;s said it needed to scale back expansion plans next year amid a weak real .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/home-improvement-stocks-slip-after-lowes-posts-lower-2q-profit-scales-back-expansion-141861/">Home improvement stocks slip after Lowe&#8217;s posts lower 2Q profit, scales back expansion</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In a time of need, cities including San Francisco grow fresh food wherever they can</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Nieves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — Near a San Francisco freeway choked with commuters, Jason Mark shows off rows of strawberries, cucumbers and loquat trees.

&#8220;It&#8217;s time to water,&#8221; he says, checking on green beans growing like vines on stakes.
Mark helps manage Alemany Farm, a volunteer-run garden that&#8217;s an example of what the San Francisco mayor wants implemented all .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-a-time-of-need-cities-including-san-francisco-grow-fresh-food-wherever-they-can-137245/">Original source &nbsp;: In a time of need, cities including San Francisco grow fresh food wherever they can</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of organic farmers meeting in Mass. for annual conference to talk tips, trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Pratt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON —Barbara Wefing has been growing fruits and vegetables organically for nearly 60 years, ever since she kept most of the seed packets she was supposed to sell for her elementary school&#8217;s fundraiser.

But despite decades of experience, the 65-year-old Morristown, N.J., woman readily acknowledges she still has plenty to learn as she looks forward to .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hundreds-of-organic-farmers-meeting-in-mass-for-annual-conference-to-talk-tips-trends-133390/">Source article &nbsp;: Hundreds of organic farmers meeting in Mass. for annual conference to talk tips, trends</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The bees are back in town: British government asks city-dwellers to help save the honeybee</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Lawless</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — What&#8217;s the well-dressed urbanite wearing this summer? Baggy white coveralls and a beekeeping helmet.

That, at least, is the hope of a British government conservation agency, which is urging city-dwellers to become backyard beekeepers to combat the declining apian population.
Natural England on Wednesday gave its backing to a &#8220;new, contemporary beehive for the urban .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-bees-are-back-in-town-british-government-asks-city-dwellers-to-help-save-the-honeybee-131584/">Original source &nbsp;: The bees are back in town: British government asks city-dwellers to help save the honeybee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Help for the recently pink-slipped: Create an instant home office</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caryn Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Job-seekers, take note: You want to be productive in planning your next move, and writing cover letters on your bed probably isn&#8217;t going to cut it. That&#8217;s why more and more people are thinking about how to create an instant home office.

Grace Bonney, editor of the Web site DesignSponge, says she has seen a dramatic .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/help-for-the-recently-pink-slipped-create-an-instant-home-office-130649/">Source &nbsp;: Help for the recently pink-slipped: Create an instant home office</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Every home should have a toolbox with the essentials; tips on how to pick them</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carole Feldman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking for the perfect housewarming gift, check out a hardware store. People moving into a new place will probably want to hang a few things and change a few things.

&#8220;If you can cut something, hammer something, you can drill a hole and you can do all the turning you need to do &#8230; .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/every-home-should-have-a-toolbox-with-the-essentials-tips-on-how-to-pick-them-130644/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Every home should have a toolbox with the essentials; tips on how to pick them</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lemons, vinegar, baking soda, olive oil: Recipes for mixing up some green household cleaners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These recipes were adapted from &#8220;Smart Mama&#8217;s Green Guide&#8221; (Center Street, 2009):

All-purpose cleaner: Combine 2 cups distilled white vinegar with 2 cups water in a spray bottle. Add a few drops of essential oil if desired. (Do not use on limestone or marble.)
Another all-purpose cleaner: Dissolve 3 tablespoons of baking soda in 1 quart of .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lemons-vinegar-baking-soda-olive-oil-recipes-for-mixing-up-some-green-household-cleaners-130636/">Lemons, vinegar, baking soda, olive oil: Recipes for mixing up some green household cleaners</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Housing begins to reverse 3-year recession in every US region, but 2nd half looks rocky</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Twiddy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It was — note the past tense — the worst housing recession anyone but survivors of the Great Depression can remember.

From the frenzied peak of the real estate boom in 2005-2006 to the recession&#8217;s trough earlier this year, home resales fell 38 percent and sales of new homes tumbled 76 percent. Construction of homes and .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/housing-begins-to-reverse-3-year-recession-in-every-us-region-but-2nd-half-looks-rocky-127699/">Housing begins to reverse 3-year recession in every US region, but 2nd half looks rocky</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NJ regulators approve $515M solar power project, seal state&#8217;s No. 2 spot after Calif.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor Epstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, N.J. — Regulators approved more than $515 million in projects Wednesday that will more than double the amount of solar power generated in New Jersey and will solidify the state&#8217;s No. 2 spot behind California in power produced from the sun.

The state Board of Public Utilities gave the green light to proposals from four .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nj-regulators-approve-515m-solar-power-project-seal-states-no-2-spot-after-calif-124675/">Source article &nbsp;: NJ regulators approve $515M solar power project, seal state&#8217;s No. 2 spot after Calif.</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>With new ritual bath, rabbi sees &#8216;a milestone for Jewish life in Montana&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Gallagher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOZEMAN, Mont. — In one of the least Jewish states in the country, a traditional Jewish group working to revive religious observance has built a mikvah, a ritual bath for spiritual purification.

The bath opened several months ago in an extension built on the Bozeman home of Rabbi Chaim Bruk and his wife, Chavie, who came ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/with-new-ritual-bath-rabbi-sees-a-milestone-for-jewish-life-in-montana-110252/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : With new ritual bath, rabbi sees &#8216;a milestone for Jewish life in Montana&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Campus cuisine: More dorm cooking and individualized dining hall takeout</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Harpaz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, eating in a college dorm meant soup in a hotpot or getting pizza delivered. The most interesting thing about the campus dining hall was often the salad bar.

No more. These days, college students have gourmet palates and a growing interest in preparing their own food. Mini-refrigerators and microwaves in dorm rooms ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/campus-cuisine-more-dorm-cooking-and-individualized-dining-hall-takeout-109230/">Campus cuisine: More dorm cooking and individualized dining hall takeout</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio woman who found fawn in her flower garden accused of clubbing it to death with a shovel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EUCLID, Ohio — An Ohio woman who found a fawn in her flower garden has been accused of beating it to death with a shovel.

Seventy-five-year-old Dorothy Richardson is charged in a warrant with animal cruelty at her Euclid home near the Cleveland Metroparks Euclid Creek Reservation, a wooded park where deer, foxes and other wildlife ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ohio-woman-who-found-fawn-in-her-flower-garden-accused-of-clubbing-it-to-death-with-a-shovel-103518/">Ohio woman who found fawn in her flower garden accused of clubbing it to death with a shovel</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Communities confront &#8216;ghostbox&#8217; buildings when big-box retailers leave</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Hundreds of anxious shoppers watched as city officials used power saws to cut 2-by-4s during Home Depot Inc.&#8217;s ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 102,700-square-foot building center in Bismarck. Less than three years later, the home improvement retailer shuttered the underperforming store, leaving a big orange empty eyesore on the outskirts of town.

The building, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/communities-confront-ghostbox-buildings-when-big-box-retailers-leave-100107/">Source article &nbsp;: Communities confront &#8216;ghostbox&#8217; buildings when big-box retailers leave</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>White House says South Lawn garden tests positive for lead but is not dangerous</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House says its high-profile garden on the South Lawn has tested positive for lead although it is not at dangerous levels.

White House spokeswoman Katie McCormick-Lelyveld said Thursday that tests on the soil in the White House garden detected lead levels of 93 parts per million. Soil is considered unsafe for growing ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-says-south-lawn-garden-tests-positive-for-lead-but-is-not-dangerous-98117/">Read more : White House says South Lawn garden tests positive for lead but is not dangerous</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain&#8217;s intelligence chief resigns amid allegations of improper use of government money</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — Spain&#8217;s intelligence chief resigned Thursday amid allegations he used government money to go on hunting and fishing trips and had staffers remodel his house.

A replacement for the National Intelligence Center director Alberto Saiz will be proposed Friday, said the Defense Ministry, which oversees the center.
The center released a statement saying that Saiz denies .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spains-intelligence-chief-resigns-amid-allegations-of-improper-use-of-government-money-97846/">Spain&#8217;s intelligence chief resigns amid allegations of improper use of government money</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama pushing urgently for bill to fight global warming on eve of historic House vote</title>
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		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pushed urgently Thursday for passage of legislation to confront global warming, billing it as a job-creating machine rather than the costly &#8220;job killer&#8221; Republicans denounced. He telephoning wavering Democrats on the eve of what could be a historic House vote.

Speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House, Obama said ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-pushing-urgently-for-bill-to-fight-global-warming-on-eve-of-historic-house-vote-92284/">Obama pushing urgently for bill to fight global warming on eve of historic House vote</a>.]]></description>
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