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		<title>Palin power</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Dean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though President Barack Obama says he probably won’t read Sarah Palin’s book, some of his allies are obviously paying attention: Today I received a mass email from Mitch Stewart of Organizing for America, the former campaign website for President Obama. The subject line: “Sarah Palin.”
These regular emails used to raise money for Obama’s presidential campaign. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While waiting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Belz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the White House said the president would issue his decision on Afghanistan around Nov. 19. Hmm. Now the White House gatekeepers are casually dropping &#8220;December&#8221; into their answers about questions on Afghanistan. To hear the Democrats talk, one would think we are not already committed with troops on the ground: &#8220;The decision to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Funnies 11.20</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mickey McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here for a look back at the news of the week, colorfully illustrated by some of the best editorial cartoonists in the business: Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Breen, Michael Ramirez, Scott Stantis, and Gary Varvel.
This creative cadre of cartoonists offer a unique, colorful, often humorous, and sometimes poignant perspective of politics, the economy, world events, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama approval rating drops below 50%</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alisa Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s approval rating has dropped below 50 percent for the first time in his presidency, Gallup reports today. Gallup notes that Obama began July with 60 percent approval rating, but that the protracted health care debate and bad economic news have brought that approval rating down to 49 percent.
Giving some historical context, Gallup notes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Manhattan Declaration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lamb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Manhattan Declaration was released today at noon:
More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms.
The 4,700-word document, called &#8220;The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience,&#8221; sounds familiar themes from [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>Homegrown terror</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Belz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Underscoring the relevance of WORLD&#8217;s cover story on domestic terrorism in this new issue (written by Lynn Vincent), are important developments this week. Two 20-somethings involved in a plot to blow up the Sears Tower were this week sentenced in federal district court in Miami. As AP reports:
One of the men, Burson Augustin, 24 was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving back toward Christmas</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2009/11/20/moving-back-toward-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mickey McLean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether it&#8217;s about trees, parades, festivals, displays, or greetings, the outcry this time or year usually involves someone deciding to call something &#8220;holiday&#8221; rather than &#8220;Christmas.&#8221; Not so in the community of Patchogue on New York&#8217;s Long Island. Last year, the town and the local chamber of commerce were concerned about a popular annual event [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oprah Winfrey show coming to an end</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2009/11/20/oprah-winfrey-show-coming-to-an-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 25 seasons on the air, the Oprah Winfrey show will come to an end in 2011:
Oprah Winfrey was set to announce Friday that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.
A Harpo spokeswoman declined [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>A secular look at Dave Ramsey</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2009/11/20/a-secular-look-at-dave-ramsey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Belz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Atlantic this month offers a piece on Christian financial guru Dave Ramsey &#8211; any of you used his advice? The author, Megan McArdle, summarizes his advice thus:
[G]ive 10 percent of your income to charity, save 15 percent for retirement, build up a sizable emergency stash and a college fund for your kids, and above [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>The latest WORLD &#8211; hot off the server</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2009/11/20/the-latest-world-hot-off-the-server/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2009/11/20/the-latest-world-hot-off-the-server/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mickey McLean</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fort-hood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guantanamo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some highlights from the Dec. 5 issue of WORLD Magazine:

COVER STORY Homegrown terror: Experts say the threat of domestic terrorism is growing. But are officials ready to call it what it is? WORLD&#8217;s Lynn Vincent reports.
HEALTHCARE Non-buyers beware: Mandates in current healthcare bills to buy insurance–or face jail time–are raising prospect of civil [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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