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  <title><![CDATA[ Palin Resigning as Alaska Governor ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Staples Center Memorial Set for July 7, Register Online for Free Tickets ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles city officials are preparing for massive crowds downtown during Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson at Staples Center. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Upstate Sheriff: "We Have a Serial Killer" ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ Cherokee County, SC -- Investigators in Cherokee County now say a fourth murder has been linked to a killer who's been on a rampage for the last several days.  ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ SC Gov Leaves Mansion, Plans Trip to FL ]]></title> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Rare Koala Twins Born in Australia ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ BASS, AUSTRALIA -- One koala is pretty cute, so two koala babies are almost impossibly cute.  ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Texas Woman Attacked by Pitbull ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ TEXAS -- On what would have been any othe Saturday afternoon, Hindman was headed home from a trip to the 7-11, when she decided to swing by a friends house to say hi. Little did she know, she was about to get a horrible surprise.  ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Warren Buffett Makes Gifts to Charity Worth $1.43B ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ SEATTLE (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Missile Experts See Soviet Parts in NKorean Rocket ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON (AP) -- With concerns rising about a possible North Korean long-range missile test this weekend, two independent scientists say the regime may be using an old Soviet ballistic missile to boost a rocket capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Web Retailers, States Tussle Over Tax Rules ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK (AP) -- In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ White House, GOP At Odds Over Sotomayor Documents ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top Republican pressed for more information Thursday about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he said took extreme positions on race, as the White House argued that the material was irrelevant to the judge's nomination. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Feds Seize Madoff Penthouse, Wife Leaves ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday and forced his wife to move out and leave her possessions behind, including a fur coat she had asked to take with her, an official told The Associated Press. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Asphyxiation Listed as Cause of Death for Toddler ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ OXFORD, FL -- The medical examiners preliminary report lists asphyxiation as the cause of death for the two-year-old found dead with a snake wrapped around her body. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ SLED: Sanford Did Not Improperly Use Public Funds ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ COLUMBIA, SC&nbsp;-- State Law Enforcement Division Director Reggie Lloyd announced Thursday that Governor Mark Sanford did not misuse public funds in five trips as the governor of South Carolina. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Florida Paper: Jenny Staying With Her Parents ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ COLUMBIA, SC -- A Florida newspaper reported on their website Wednesday night that South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford is staying at her parents home in Loblolly Bay, a gated community in South Florida. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Famous Undies Wanted for Museum ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Pvt. Zachary Boyd, known the world over as the soldier who fought the Taliban in pink boxers, is headed home to North Texas this weekend.  ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Sanford to Spend Holiday Weekend with Family ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A spokesman says South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will head to Florida to spend the holiday weekend with his family. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ SC 1st Lady Angry, May Forgive Husband ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's first lady says Gov. Mark Sanford's actions are "inexcusable" but she is willing to forgive him. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Air France 447 Hit the Ocean Belly First ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P><FONT size=2><FONT size=2><FONT size=2>LE BOURGET, France (AP) -- An intact Air France Flight 447 slammed belly first into the Atlantic Ocean at a very high speed, a top French investigator said Thursday</FONT>.</FONT></FONT></P> ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Professor Fired for 9/11 Essay Wants Job Back ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ DENVER - Ward Churchill wants his old job back. Wednesday morning he and his attorney David Lane walked into a Denver courtroom in their legal quest to get the embattled professor back on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:05:58 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Calif. Gov. Declares Fiscal Emergency; Orders More Furloughs ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ SACRAMENTO, CA - Gov. Schwarzenegger Wednesday declared a fiscal state of emergency and ordered a third furlough day a month for state workers.  ]]></description> 
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