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		<title>One Town&#8217;s War on Gay Teens &#124; Politics News &#124; Rolling Stone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Butler</dc:creator>
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		<title>NYT (9): National News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SuperPac secrecy - the spawn of Citizens United; Indiana gov signs "right to work" bill; Washington to become 7th state to approve same-sex marriage; Keystone pipeline is central to GOP economic argument; Three states order insurers to have climate change responses; Despite directive, pot arrests are up again in NYC; "Pink ribbon" breast cancer org finds itself red-faced as it ends funding for Planned Parenthood; NRC rejects Indian Point fire safety plan; Company behind exchange students who filed lawsuit re working conditions is barred from further biz.]]></description>
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<p>Secrecy Shrouds ‘Super PAC’ Funds in Latest Filings</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/indiana-becomes-right-to-work-state.html?scp=2&#038;sq=indiana&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/indiana-becomes-right-to-work-state.html?scp=2&#038;sq=indiana&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Indiana Governor Signs a Law Creating a ‘Right to Work’ State</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/washington-state-senate-passes-gay-marriage-bill.html?scp=2&#038;sq=washington&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/washington-state-senate-passes-gay-marriage-bill.html?scp=2&#038;sq=washington&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Washington State Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/politics/for-gop-pipeline-is-central-to-agenda.html?scp=1&#038;sq=pipeline&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/politics/for-gop-pipeline-is-central-to-agenda.html?scp=1&#038;sq=pipeline&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>For G.O.P., Pipeline Is Central to Agenda</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/business/energy-environment/three-states-tell-insurers-to-disclose-responses-to-climate-change.html?scp=3&#038;sq=three&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/business/energy-environment/three-states-tell-insurers-to-disclose-responses-to-climate-change.html?scp=3&#038;sq=three&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Three States to Require Insurers to Disclose Climate-Change Response Plans</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/low-level-marijuana-arrests-rise-for-seventh-straight-year/?scp=3&#038;sq=marijuana&#038;st=cse">http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/low-level-marijuana-arrests-rise-for-seventh-straight-year/?scp=3&#038;sq=marijuana&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Marijuana Arrests Rose in 2011, Despite Police Directive</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/uproar-as-komen-foundation-cuts-money-to-planned-parenthood.html?scp=1&#038;sq=uproar&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/uproar-as-komen-foundation-cuts-money-to-planned-parenthood.html?scp=1&#038;sq=uproar&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Uproar as Breast Cancer Group Ends Partnership With Planned Parenthood</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/nyregion/indian-point-fire-safety-plan-rejected-by-regulators.html?scp=8&#038;sq=indian&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/nyregion/indian-point-fire-safety-plan-rejected-by-regulators.html?scp=8&#038;sq=indian&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Agency Rejects Indian Point Fire Safety Plan</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/company-firm-banned-in-effort-to-protect-foreign-students.html?scp=1&#038;sq=company&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/company-firm-banned-in-effort-to-protect-foreign-students.html?scp=1&#038;sq=company&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Company Banned in Effort to Protect Foreign Students From Exploitation</p>
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		<title>NYT Editorial &amp; Op-Eds (10)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The system for reviewing presidential appointments is broken. Changing the rule is a risky course, but it is the only way to get the nation’s work done" (Editorial); "A student movement led by Camila Vallejo and centered on reforming Chile’s educational system is upending the society" (Guest Op-Ed); "Millions of children take drugs to help them pay attention — but do they really help?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Focusing on public expectations of privacy means that our rights change when technology does" (Guest Op-Ed); "While Cynthia Nixon’s critics have good reason to worry about how her words will be construed, they have no right to demand silence and conformity from her" (Bruni); "Would it be ethical to produce, or take, a drug that makes us more likely to help others?" (Guest Op-Ed); "What is it about runways that brings out the fire in our cool president?" (Dowd); "There is a big gap in how C.E.O.’s and political leaders look at the world" (Friedman); "The power of the state can crowd out other forms of community" (Douthat); "Religious people are more likely to donate to charity" (Guest Op-Ed)]]></description>
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<p>Filibustering Nominees Must End</p>
<p>&#8220;Changing the rule is a risky course, but the only way to get the nation&#8217;s work done.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/student-protests-rile-chile.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/student-protests-rile-chile.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Just Don&#8217;t Call Her Che, by William Moss Wilson</p>
<p>&#8220;Meet Chile&#8217;s Camila Vallejo, the new face of global activism.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/childrens-add-drugs-dont-work-long-term.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/childrens-add-drugs-dont-work-long-term.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Ritalin Gone Wrong, by L. Alan Sroufe</p>
<p>&#8220;A.D.D. is probably not genetic, but due to the child&#8217;s environment.  We are medicating millions of children, but long term, the drugs don&#8217;t work.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/in-the-gps-case-issues-of-privacy-and-technology.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/in-the-gps-case-issues-of-privacy-and-technology.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Privacy, Technology and Law, by Barry Friedman</p>
<p>&#8220;Can government have access to our email and other digital traces?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/bruni-gay-wont-go-away-genetic-or-not.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/bruni-gay-wont-go-away-genetic-or-not.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Genetic or Not, Gay Won&#8217;t Go Away, by Frank Bruni</p>
<p>&#8220;Homosexual straight out of the womb? It&#8217;s unclear. And immaterial.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/are-we-ready-for-a-morality-pill/?ref=opinion">http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/are-we-ready-for-a-morality-pill/?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Are We Ready for a &#8220;Morality Pill?,&#8221; by Peter Singer and Agata Sagan</p>
<p>&#8220;Why are some people prepared to risk their lives to help a stranger when others won’t even stop to dial an emergency number?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/dowd-tension-on-the-tarmac.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/dowd-tension-on-the-tarmac.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Tension On The Tarmac, by Maureen Dowd</p>
<p>&#8220;A runway debate in Arizona and a runaway debate in Florida.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/friedman-made-in-the-world.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/friedman-made-in-the-world.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Made In The World, by Thomas L. Friedman</p>
<p>&#8220;There is a big gap in how C.E.O.&#8217;s and political leaders look at the world.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/douthat-government-and-its-rivals.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/douthat-government-and-its-rivals.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Government and Its Rivals, by Ross Douthat</p>
<p>&#8220;How the power of the state crowds out other forms of community.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/sunday-review/religions-inspire-charity.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/sunday-review/religions-inspire-charity.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>To Tithe Or Not To Tithe&#8230;, by Michael Paulson</p>
<p>&#8220;The faithful give more to charity.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>When gay is a choice &#8211; Love and Sex &#8211; Salon.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Butler</dc:creator>
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		<title>NYT (6): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2012/01/25/nyt-6-national-news-145/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYT coverage of the SOTU; Indiana dems pull a "Wisconsin," disappear for anti-union vote; Kelly reverses himself, says he helped on NYPD anti-Muslim video (!); Is Obama plan for new task force on financial fraud a nod to the Occupy movement?; Christie will veto same-sex marriage bill, wants issue brought directly to voters; Oscar nominations are released.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/us/politics/state-of-the-union-2012.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/us/politics/state-of-the-union-2012.html</a></p>
<p>In Address, Obama Makes Pitch for Economic Fairness</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/us/indiana-democrats-flee-vote-on-anti-union-bill.html?scp=2&#038;sq=indiana&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/us/indiana-democrats-flee-vote-on-anti-union-bill.html?scp=2&#038;sq=indiana&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Democrats Flee an Indiana Vote on Union Bill</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/nyregion/police-commissioner-kelly-helped-with-anti-islam-film-and-regrets-it.html?scp=7&#038;sq=police&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/nyregion/police-commissioner-kelly-helped-with-anti-islam-film-and-regrets-it.html?scp=7&#038;sq=police&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>In Shift, Police Say Leader Helped With Anti-Islam Film and Now Regrets It</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/business/obama-urges-tougher-laws-on-financial-fraud.html?scp=1&#038;sq=fraud&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/business/obama-urges-tougher-laws-on-financial-fraud.html?scp=1&#038;sq=fraud&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Obama Urges Tougher Laws on Financial Fraud</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/nyregion/christie-wants-new-jersey-voters-to-decide-on-gay-marriage.html?scp=2&#038;sq=christie&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/nyregion/christie-wants-new-jersey-voters-to-decide-on-gay-marriage.html?scp=2&#038;sq=christie&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Christie Wants Voters to Decide on Gay Marriage</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/oscars-2012-nominations/?hpw">http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/oscars-2012-nominations/?hpw</a></p>
<p>Nine Films Vie for Best Picture</p>
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		<title>NYT (3): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2011/12/29/nyt-3-national-news-105/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illinois bishops shutter programs rather than conform to anti-gay bias laws; Muslims to boycott Bloomberg interfaith breakfast over revelations of surveillance; Oakland's mayor just can't do anything right.]]></description>
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<p>Bishops Say Rules on Gay Parents Limit Freedom of Religion</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/nyregion/14-muslim-leaders-plan-boycott-of-bloomberg-interfaith-breakfast.html?scp=1&#038;sq=muslims&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/nyregion/14-muslim-leaders-plan-boycott-of-bloomberg-interfaith-breakfast.html?scp=1&#038;sq=muslims&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>14 Muslim Leaders Plan Boycott of Breakfast With Mayor</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/us/in-oakland-mayor-quan-struggles-to-put-protest-in-the-past.html?scp=1&#038;sq=oakland&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/us/in-oakland-mayor-quan-struggles-to-put-protest-in-the-past.html?scp=1&#038;sq=oakland&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Oakland’s Reins Blister a Mayor Raised on Protest</p>
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		<title>NYT (5): Int&#8217;l Affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2011/12/07/nyt-5-intl-affairs-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia cracks down on antigovernment protests; From Nice to New York, from OWS to Bill Gates, Ralph Nader and Pope Benedict, "Robin Hood" tax gains traction; U.S. to "export" gay rights; Popular outrage grows in China re air pollution; Is Saudi Arabia going nuclear?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/europe/jailing-opposition-leaders-russia-moves-to-quell-election-protests.html?scp=3&#038;sq=russia&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/europe/jailing-opposition-leaders-russia-moves-to-quell-election-protests.html?scp=3&#038;sq=russia&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Russia Cracks Down on Antigovernment Protests</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/business/global/micro-tax-on-financial-trades-gains-advocates.html?scp=1&#038;sq=robin&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/business/global/micro-tax-on-financial-trades-gains-advocates.html?scp=1&#038;sq=robin&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>The Robin Hood Tax</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/united-states-to-use-aid-to-promote-gay-rights-abroad.html?scp=2&#038;sq=gay&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/united-states-to-use-aid-to-promote-gay-rights-abroad.html?scp=2&#038;sq=gay&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>U.S. to Aid Gay Rights Abroad, Obama and Clinton Say</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/asia/beijing-journal-anger-grows-over-air-pollution-in-china.html?scp=9&#038;sq=china&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/asia/beijing-journal-anger-grows-over-air-pollution-in-china.html?scp=9&#038;sq=china&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Outrage Grows Over Air Pollution and China’s Response</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-may-seek-nuclear-weapons-prince-says.html?scp=1&#038;sq=arabia&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-may-seek-nuclear-weapons-prince-says.html?scp=1&#038;sq=arabia&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Prince Hints Saudi Arabia May Join Nuclear Arms Race</p>
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		<title>NYT (13): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2011/11/30/nyt-13-national-news-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blacks hit hardest by lack of public sector jobs; Increase in "near poor" means increase in line for free school lunches; Support for TP is waning; Barney Frank will retire; Cain may throw in the towel; Judge rejects settlement agreement b/w SEC and Citigroup; Suit to void NYS marriage act can go forward; SCOTUS to hear fairness in sentencing re crack vs. powder cocaine; FTC settles privacy issue with Facebook; NY City Council to sue Bloomberg over noxious rule re homeless; Jackson doctor gets four years; Ken Russell dies.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/us/occupy-los-angeles-philadelphia-camps-cleared-by-police.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/us/occupy-los-angeles-philadelphia-camps-cleared-by-police.html?hp</a></p>
<p>Police Clear Occupy Encampments in Two Cities</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/as-public-sector-sheds-jobs-black-americans-are-hit-hard.html?scp=1&#038;sq=public&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/as-public-sector-sheds-jobs-black-americans-are-hit-hard.html?scp=1&#038;sq=public&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>As Public Sector Sheds Jobs, Blacks Are Hit Hardest</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/education/surge-in-free-school-lunches-reflects-economic-crisis.html?scp=1&#038;sq=meals&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/education/surge-in-free-school-lunches-reflects-economic-crisis.html?scp=1&#038;sq=meals&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Lines Grow Long for Free School Meals, Thanks to Economy</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/politics/tea-party-support-falls-even-in-strongholds-survey-finds.html?scp=2&#038;sq=support&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/politics/tea-party-support-falls-even-in-strongholds-survey-finds.html?scp=2&#038;sq=support&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Support for Tea Party Falls in Strongholds, Polls Show</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/politics/barney-frank-top-liberal-wont-seek-re-election.html?scp=2&#038;sq=barney&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/politics/barney-frank-top-liberal-wont-seek-re-election.html?scp=2&#038;sq=barney&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Barney Frank, a Top Liberal, Won’t Seek Re-election</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/politics/herman-cain-may-quit-after-affair-and-harassment-accusations.html?scp=9&#038;sq=cain&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/politics/herman-cain-may-quit-after-affair-and-harassment-accusations.html?scp=9&#038;sq=cain&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Cain, Support Eroding, Weighs Dropping Bid</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/business/judge-rejects-sec-accord-with-citi.html?scp=1&#038;sq=s.e.c.&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/business/judge-rejects-sec-accord-with-citi.html?scp=1&#038;sq=s.e.c.&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Judge Blocks Citigroup Settlement With S.E.C.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/judge-says-lawsuit-against-gay-marriage-law-in-new-york-may-proceed.html?scp=1&#038;sq=marriage&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/judge-says-lawsuit-against-gay-marriage-law-in-new-york-may-proceed.html?scp=1&#038;sq=marriage&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Judge Says Suit to Void Marriage Act May Proceed</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/supreme-court-to-rule-on-drug-sentencing-fairness.html?scp=2&#038;sq=fairness&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/supreme-court-to-rule-on-drug-sentencing-fairness.html?scp=2&#038;sq=fairness&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Justices to Decide on Fairness in Drug Sentences</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/technology/facebook-agrees-to-ftc-settlement-on-privacy.html?scp=1&#038;sq=f.t.c.&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/technology/facebook-agrees-to-ftc-settlement-on-privacy.html?scp=1&#038;sq=f.t.c.&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>F.T.C. Settles Privacy Issue at Facebook</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/nyregion/city-council-to-sue-over-stricter-homeless-policy.html?scp=2&#038;sq=city&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/nyregion/city-council-to-sue-over-stricter-homeless-policy.html?scp=2&#038;sq=city&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>City Council Plans Suit Over Homeless Policy</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/michael-jacksons-doctor-sentenced-to-four-years.html?scp=2&#038;sq=doctor&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/michael-jacksons-doctor-sentenced-to-four-years.html?scp=2&#038;sq=doctor&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Jackson’s Doctor Is Sentenced to Four Years</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/arts/ken-russell-controversial-director-dies-at-84.html?scp=1&#038;sq=russell&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/arts/ken-russell-controversial-director-dies-at-84.html?scp=1&#038;sq=russell&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Ken Russell, Director Fond of Provocation, Dies at 84</p>
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		<title>NYT Editorial &amp; Op-Eds (3)</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2011/11/26/nyt-editorial-op-eds-3-65/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The N.Y.P.D.’s guidelines prohibit interfering with news-gathering activity. The department seems to have forgotten that during Occupy Wall Street protests" (Editorial); "It’s time for another meeting of the Republican Presidential Book Club. And lucky for you readers, Ron Paul has written a ton of stuff!" (Collins); "A new film on J. Edgar Hoover is a reminder that his persecution of gay people destroyed thousands of lives and careers" (Guest Op-Ed)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/opinion/police-and-the-press.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/opinion/police-and-the-press.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Police and the Press</p>
<p>&#8220;Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly should take a hard look at how officers ignored the department’s guidelines for dealing with the news media.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/opinion/ok-now-ron-paul.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/opinion/ok-now-ron-paul.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>O.K., Now Ron Paul, by Gail Collins</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s time for another meeting of the Republican Presidential Book Club.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/opinion/sunday/j-edgar-hoover-outed-my-godfather.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/opinion/sunday/j-edgar-hoover-outed-my-godfather.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>J. Edgar Hoover, &#8216;Sex Deviates&#8217; and my Godfather, by Dudley Clendinen</p>
<p>&#8220;A pattern of persecution that would destroy thousands of lives and careers.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>NYT (2): National News</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prop 8 is back, as judge allows challenge by supporters; With Romney as afterthought, Mormon church undertakes massive media campaign to soften image.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/us/backers-of-proposition-8-can-challenge-court-ruling.html?_r=1&#038;scp=1&#038;sq=challenge&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/us/backers-of-proposition-8-can-challenge-court-ruling.html?_r=1&#038;scp=1&#038;sq=challenge&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Backers of Proposition 8 Can Challenge Court Ruling</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/us/mormon-ad-campaign-seeks-to-improve-perceptions.html?scp=3&#038;sq=mormons&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/us/mormon-ad-campaign-seeks-to-improve-perceptions.html?scp=3&#038;sq=mormons&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Mormons’ Ad Campaign May Play Out on the ’12 Campaign Trail</p>
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		<title>NYT Editorials &amp; Op-Eds (11)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Super PACs for individual candidates brazenly violate the law, but the practice is growing. The Justice Department should pursue criminal complaints" (Editorial); "There has been progress, but this remains a country where discrimination against gays is enshrined in most state constitutions" (Editorial); "To follow the [OWS] protests forward, The Times can start by looking back" (Brisbane); "As before in history, the moment has arrived when people just can’t take it anymore" (Guest Op-Ed); "Another bombing in a long series of cartoon-incited violence focused attention on why the sketches prompt such reactions" (Navasky); "Today’s ideal social form is not the commune or the movement or even the individual creator as such. It’s the small business" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Salt Lake City empire of corporate greed has little of its founder’s vision" (Bloom); "Recently discovered offshore energy reserves are spurring efforts to dominate the sea" (Guest Op-Ed); "The global movement against human trafficking is making progress. In Cambodia, I followed one of my heroes, Somaly Mam, in a raid on a brothel with under-age girls" (Kristof); "With potentates and candidates, rules and decorum fall by the wayside" (Bruni); "Clint Eastwood growls: Go ahead. Make my gay" (Dowd)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-campaign-jungle.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-campaign-jungle.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>The Campign Jungle</p>
<p>&#8220;Super PACs for individual candidates brazenly violate the law, but the practice is growing.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/a-long-winding-road-to-marriage-equality.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/a-long-winding-road-to-marriage-equality.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>A Long, Winding Road to Marriage Equality</p>
<p>&#8220;This remains a country where discrimination against gays is enshrined in most state constitutions.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/who-is-occupy-wall-street.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/who-is-occupy-wall-street.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Who Is Occupy Wall Street?</p>
<p>&#8220;To follow the protests forward, The Times can start by looking back.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-new-progressive-movement.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-new-progressive-movement.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>The New Progressive Movement, by Jeffrey D. Sachs</p>
<p>&#8220;As before in history, the moment has arrived when people just can&#8217;t take it anymore.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/why-are-political-cartoons-incendiary.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/why-are-political-cartoons-incendiary.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Why Are Political Cartoons Incendiary?, by Victor S. Navasky</p>
<p>&#8220;One reason people become so agitated by cartoons is that there is no way of answering them.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-entrepreneurial-generation.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-entrepreneurial-generation.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Generation Sell, by William Deresiewicz</p>
<p>&#8220;The new zeitgeist: we&#8217;re all peddling ourselves and managing our own brands.  We&#8217;re all in showbiz now, walking on eggshells, tending our customer base.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/will-this-election-be-the-mormon-breakthrough.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/will-this-election-be-the-mormon-breakthrough.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Will This Election Be the Mormon Breakthrough?, by Harold Bloom</p>
<p>&#8220;The Salt Lake City empire of corporate greed has little of its founder&#8217;s vision.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/sunday-review/a-new-era-of-gunboat-diplomacy.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/sunday-review/a-new-era-of-gunboat-diplomacy.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>A New Era of Gunboat Diplomacy, by Mark Landler</p>
<p>&#8220;Recently discovered offshore energy reserves spur efforts to rule the waves.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/kristof-fighting-back-one-brothel-raid-at-a-time.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/kristof-fighting-back-one-brothel-raid-at-a-time.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Fighting Back, One Brothel Raid at a Time, by Nicholas D. Kristof</p>
<p>&#8220;While in Cambodia with a personal hero, seeing some progress in battling trafficking.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/bruni-gall-in-high-places.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/bruni-gall-in-high-places.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Gall in High Places, by Frank Bruni</p>
<p>&#8220;With potentates and candidates, rules and decorum fall by the wayside.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/dowd-dirty-harry-meets-dirtier-edgar.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/dowd-dirty-harry-meets-dirtier-edgar.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Dirty Harry Meets Dirtier Edgar, by Maureen Dowd</p>
<p>&#8220;Were they G-Men in love? Or just pals who liked to shop?&#8221;</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The Occupy Wall Street protest continues to spread. The progress is heartening for all Americans suffering lost opportunity" (Editorial); "The need for repeal of the unjust Defense of Marriage Act has long been clear, and more recent examples should give a Senate committee motivation to act" (Editorial); "When the governor of Arizona led fellow Republicans to oust the chairwoman of the legislative redistricting commission, reform for fairer elections was blatantly undermined" (Editorial); "Herman Cain isn’t a regular candidate, and this isn’t a regular race" (Blow); "One expert’s data-driven approach to the housing crisis makes it clear that mortgage modifications that reduce principal are the only thing that will work" (Nocera); "Gov. Rick Perry is getting a lot of grief over the free flights in private jets he’s received. But who could blame him? We’re talking the envy of all rich-people perks!" (Collins)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/occupying-the-national-debate.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/occupying-the-national-debate.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Occupying the National Debate</p>
<p>&#8220;The Occupy Wall Street protest continues to inspire demonstrators across the nation and beyond.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/edging-toward-equality.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/edging-toward-equality.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Edging Toward Equality</p>
<p>&#8220;A Senate committee takes on the unjust Defense of Marriage Act.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/gov-brewers-power-grab.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/gov-brewers-power-grab.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Gov. Brewer&#8217;s Power Grab</p>
<p>&#8220;When Gov. Jan Brewer led fellow Republicans in the State Senate to oust the chairwoman of the independent commission on unsubstantiated charges of &#8216;gross misconduct,&#8217; it was really a gross power play by Ms. Brewer to ensure a more Republican-friendly map.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/blow-dont-call-herman-a-monster.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/blow-dont-call-herman-a-monster.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t Call Herman a Monster, by Charles M. Blow</p>
<p>&#8220;The claims against Cain could help him.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/to-fix-the-housing-crisis-read-the-data.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/to-fix-the-housing-crisis-read-the-data.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>To Fix Housing, See the Data, by Joe Nocera</p>
<p>&#8220;Mortgage modifications that reduce principal is the only solution.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/collins-the-best-perk-in-politics.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/opinion/collins-the-best-perk-in-politics.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>The Best Perk in Politics, by Gail Collins</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m Rick Perry.  Fly Me.&#8221;</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Instead of importing so many fruits and vegetables, let's grow them" (Bittman); "The quest to legalize same-sex marriage has met particular resistance from African-Americans" (Bruni); "The most troubling problems that leave many Americans at a disadvantage have gotten lost in the debate over the top 1 percent of earners vs. the bottom 99 percent" (Brooks); "European leaders have focused on treating the symptoms of what ails the common currency, rather than the disease itself" (Guest Op-Ed); "Herman Cain’s media narrative: from 'is he legitimate?' to 'will this ruin his legitimacy?'" (Dowd); "The Road Ahead for Occupy Wall Street" (Letters)]]></description>
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<p>Local Food: No Elitist Plot, by Mark Bittman</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m not a jingoist, but I’d prefer that more of my food came from America.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/bruni-same-sex-marriage-and-blacks.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/bruni-same-sex-marriage-and-blacks.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss</a></p>
<p>Race, Religion and Same-Sex Marriage, by Frank Bruni</p>
<p>&#8220;Can blacks and gays join together on matrimony?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/brooks-the-wrong-inequality.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/brooks-the-wrong-inequality.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss</a></p>
<p>The Wrong Inequality, by David Brooks</p>
<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s put opportunity first.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/opinion/how-to-prop-up-the-euro.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/opinion/how-to-prop-up-the-euro.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>How to Prop Up the Euro, by Steven Rattner</p>
<p>&#8220;The latest plan won&#8217;t be nearly enough.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/opinion/dowd-cain-not-able.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/opinion/dowd-cain-not-able.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Cain Not Able, by Maureen Dowd</p>
<p>&#8220;At the other N.R.A., the Herminator was the Her-minator.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/the-road-ahead-for-occupy-wall-street.html?scp=1&#038;sq=road%20ahead&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/the-road-ahead-for-occupy-wall-street.html?scp=1&#038;sq=road%20ahead&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>The Road Ahead for Occupy Wall Street</p>
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		<title>Gay troops to file suit challenging Defense of Marriage Act &#8211; The Washington Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Butler</dc:creator>
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		<title>End of the Ex-Gay Movement? &#8211; Print View &#8211; The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Butler</dc:creator>
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		<title>NYT (8): National News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As OWS finds mainstream media "legs," Bloomberg says protesters must vacate - temporarily - for park clean-up; After 5-year stand-off, trade deals are passed with South Korea, Colombia, Panama; Forget Citizens United - this election ad situation may be bigger!; SCOTUS takes up strip-searching of alleged criminals; Disabled vet sues for benefits denied due to same-sex marriage; Four NYS GOP senators reap benefit of support of same-sex marriage; Harrisburg, PA files for bankruptcy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/occupy-wall-street-protests-a-growing-news-story.html?scp=2&#038;sq=news&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/occupy-wall-street-protests-a-growing-news-story.html?scp=2&#038;sq=news&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>A News Story Is Growing With ‘Occupy’ Protests</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/nyregion/protesters-told-they-will-have-to-leave-zuccotti-park-temporarily.html?scp=1&#038;sq=protesters&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/nyregion/protesters-told-they-will-have-to-leave-zuccotti-park-temporarily.html?scp=1&#038;sq=protesters&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Protesters Told to Vacate Park, for Its Cleaning</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/business/trade-bills-near-final-chapter.html?scp=1&#038;sq=trade&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/business/trade-bills-near-final-chapter.html?scp=1&#038;sq=trade&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Congress Ends 5-Year Standoff on Trade Deals in Rare Accord</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/politics/ben-nelsons-campaign-ads-may-break-new-ground.html?scp=1&#038;sq=democratic&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/politics/ben-nelsons-campaign-ads-may-break-new-ground.html?scp=1&#038;sq=democratic&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Democratic Senator’s Ads May Break New Ground</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/strip-search-argument-before-supreme-court-justices.html?scp=1&#038;sq=supreme&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/strip-search-argument-before-supreme-court-justices.html?scp=1&#038;sq=supreme&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Supreme Court Weighs Strip-Search Propriety</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/denied-veterans-benefits-over-same-sex-marriage-carmen-cardona-sues.html?scp=1&#038;sq=veteran&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/denied-veterans-benefits-over-same-sex-marriage-carmen-cardona-sues.html?scp=1&#038;sq=veteran&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Ex-Sailor Challenges Law</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/nyregion/4-republicans-who-voted-for-gay-marriage-set-to-receive-aid.html?scp=9&#038;sq=campaign&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/nyregion/4-republicans-who-voted-for-gay-marriage-set-to-receive-aid.html?scp=9&#038;sq=campaign&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>A Campaign Windfall for 4 Republicans Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/harrisburg-pennsylvania-files-for-bankruptcy.html?scp=1&#038;sq=harrisburg&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/harrisburg-pennsylvania-files-for-bankruptcy.html?scp=1&#038;sq=harrisburg&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>City Council in Harrisburg Files Petition of Bankruptcy</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The protesters’ message is about an economy that is not working for most Americans. The problem is that no one in Washington has been listening" (Editorial); "Who can’t America kill? For the news media, it should be intolerable that the question goes unanswered" (Brisbane); "If the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street are both anti-elite, why can’t they just get along?" (Gitlin); "Even when unemployment was very high during the Depression, we were making great technological progress. Now, we suffer from stagnation in business and education" (Leonhardt); "Every president since Gerald Ford has had to weigh the consequences of the Vietnam defeat when he considers committing troops to war" (Guest Op-Ed); "What happens when another country follows America's example [by using drones to conduct war]?" (Guest Op-Ed); "With minimal international attention, Portugal — tiny, overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Portugal — legalized same-sex marriage last year" (Bruni); "Sexual violence is a public health crisis in parts of Africa and much of the world" (Kristof)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/protesters-against-wall-street.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/protesters-against-wall-street.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Protesters Against Wall Street</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s obvious what they want.  What took so long, and where are the nation&#8217;s leaders?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/the-secrets-of-government-killing.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/the-secrets-of-government-killing.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>The Secrets of Government Killing, by Arthur S. Brisbane</p>
<p>&#8220;Who CAN&#8217;T America kill?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/occupy-wall-street-and-the-tea-party.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/occupy-wall-street-and-the-tea-party.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>The Left Declares Its Independence, by Todd Gitlin</p>
<p>&#8220;The spirit of the Wall Street protests isn&#8217;t pro-government.  It&#8217;s self-government.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/sunday-review/the-depression-if-only-things-were-that-good.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/sunday-review/the-depression-if-only-things-were-that-good.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>The Depression: If Only Things Were That Good, by David Leonhardt</p>
<p>&#8220;We are not creating the conditions that lead to more jobs.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/gdp-doesnt-measure-happiness.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/gdp-doesnt-measure-happiness.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Redefining the Meaning of No. 1, by David Rothkopf</p>
<p>&#8220;We set the wrong goals when we measure money, not happiness.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/the-vietnam-war-still-haunting-obama.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/the-vietnam-war-still-haunting-obama.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>The Other War Haunting Obama, by Marvin Kalb</p>
<p>&#8220;America left Vietnam 36 years ago.  A bitter distaste for defeat is still with us.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/sunday-review/coming-soon-the-drone-arms-race.html?hpw">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/sunday-review/coming-soon-the-drone-arms-race.html?hpw</a></p>
<p>Coming Soon: The Drone Arms Race, by Scott Shane</p>
<p>&#8220;What happens when another country follows America&#8217;s example?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/bruni-same-sex-marriage-in-portugal.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/bruni-same-sex-marriage-in-portugal.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>One Country&#8217;s Big Gay Leap, by Frank Bruni</p>
<p>&#8220;If a country like Portugal can enact same-sex marriage, why can&#8217;t we?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/kristof-In-This-Rape-Center-the-Patient-Was-3.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/opinion/sunday/kristof-In-This-Rape-Center-the-Patient-Was-3.html?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>In This Rape Center, the Patient Was 3, by Nicholas D. Kristof</p>
<p>&#8220;Sexual violence is a public health crisis in parts of Africa and much of the world.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>NYT Op-Eds (5)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Should religious belief be allowed to trump public responsibility?" (Greenhouse); "Crisis pregnancy centers portray themselves as nonpartisan health and counseling clinics, but they push a political agenda on vulnerable women" (Guest Op-Ed); "Many Republican politicians — and not a few Democrats, too — use the bogeyman of border violence to justify exorbitant security measures, like the ever-growing border fence" (Guest Op-Ed); "By isolating his country and expanding settlements, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is undermining the peace process and his country’s future" (Kristof); "It’s only October. We can’t be down to a race only between Romney and Obama. Hello, Gov. Butch Otter! Hello, Gov. Jack Dalrymple!" (Collins)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/refused-and-confused/?ref=opinion">http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/refused-and-confused/?ref=opinion</a></p>
<p>Refused and Confused</p>
<p>&#8220;What are we to make of public health workers who use the power of their state-issued licenses to impose their own version of morality on those they are licensed to serve?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/crisis-pregnancy-centers-and-propaganda.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/crisis-pregnancy-centers-and-propaganda.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>When I Needed Help, I Got Propaganda, by Katie Stack</p>
<p>&#8220;Crisis pregnancy centers have a partisan agenda, and don&#8217;t help women.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/rick-perry-is-wrong-about-el-paso.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/rick-perry-is-wrong-about-el-paso.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>All Quiet on the Southern Front, by Veronica Escobar</p>
<p>&#8220;Rick Perry is wrong about border violence.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/kristof-is-israel-its-own-worst-enemy.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/kristof-is-israel-its-own-worst-enemy.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Is Israel Its Own Worst Enemy?, by Nicholas D. Kristof</p>
<p>&#8220;Friends don&#8217;t let friends drive into a diplomatic ditch.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/collins-desperately-seeking-dalrymple.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/collins-desperately-seeking-dalrymple.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Desperately Seeking Dalrymple, by Gail Collins</p>
<p>&#8220;What this race needs is a governor/TV host/hunter.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>NYT (4): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2011/09/28/nyt-4-national-news-118/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health insurers raising premiums in advance of Obamacare; A test case on religious rights vs. gay rights re gay marriage; Student knowledge of civil rights history is lagging; Major listeria outbreak from cantaloupe kills 13.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/business/28insure.html?scp=5&#038;sq=health&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/business/28insure.html?scp=5&#038;sq=health&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Health Insurers Push Premiums Sharply Higher</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/nyregion/rights-clash-as-town-clerk-rejects-her-role-in-gay-marriages.html?scp=2&#038;sq=rights&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/nyregion/rights-clash-as-town-clerk-rejects-her-role-in-gay-marriages.html?scp=2&#038;sq=rights&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Rights Collide as Town Clerk Sidesteps Role in Gay Marriages</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/education/28civil.html?scp=1&#038;sq=rights&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/education/28civil.html?scp=1&#038;sq=rights&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Students’ Knowledge of Civil Rights History Has Deteriorated, Study Finds</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/business/deaths-from-cantaloupe-listeria-rises.html?ref=us">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/business/deaths-from-cantaloupe-listeria-rises.html?ref=us</a></p>
<p>Deaths From Cantaloupe Listeria Rise</p>
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		<title>NYT (8): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2011/09/27/nyt-8-national-news-60/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unions find silver lining in Citizens United; Obama seeks to make "no jobless need apply" illegally discriminatory; Sun belt, not Rust belt, hit hardest in recession; Reading, PA beats out Flint, MI as poorest city in U.S.; Koch, Langone, Singer push for Christie prez run; Facebook starts a PAC; Re Occupy Wall Street, is the NYPD good at the big things but bad at the small?; and online retailers get flack for anti-gay aid.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/us/politics/a-campaign-finance-ruling-turned-to-labors-advantage.html?scp=1&#038;sq=campaign&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/us/politics/a-campaign-finance-ruling-turned-to-labors-advantage.html?scp=1&#038;sq=campaign&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>A Campaign Finance Ruling Turned to Labor’s Advantage</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/politics/obama-proposes-adding-unemployed-to-protected-status.html?scp=3&#038;sq=obama&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/politics/obama-proposes-adding-unemployed-to-protected-status.html?scp=3&#038;sq=obama&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Obama Proposes Protecting Unemployed Against Hiring Bias</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/unrelenting-downturn-is-redrawing-americas-economic-map.html?scp=2&#038;sq=recession&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/unrelenting-downturn-is-redrawing-americas-economic-map.html?scp=2&#038;sq=recession&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Deep Recession Sharply Altered U.S. Jobless Map</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/reading-pa-tops-list-poverty-list-census-shows.html?scp=6&#038;sq=reading&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/reading-pa-tops-list-poverty-list-census-shows.html?scp=6&#038;sq=reading&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Reading, Pa., Knew It Was Poor. Now It Knows Just How Poor.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/nyregion/some-of-the-men-pushing-a-chris-christie-run-for-president.html?scp=2&#038;sq=wealthy&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/nyregion/some-of-the-men-pushing-a-chris-christie-run-for-president.html?scp=2&#038;sq=wealthy&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Wealthy, Influential, Leaning Republican and Pushing a Christie Bid for President</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/politics/in-turn-to-politics-facebook-starts-a-pac.html?scp=3&#038;sq=facebook&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/politics/in-turn-to-politics-facebook-starts-a-pac.html?scp=3&#038;sq=facebook&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>In Turn to Politics, Facebook Starts a PAC</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/nyregion/wall-street-demonstrations-test-police-trained-for-bigger-threats.html?scp=2&#038;sq=demonstration&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/nyregion/wall-street-demonstrations-test-police-trained-for-bigger-threats.html?scp=2&#038;sq=demonstration&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Wall Street Demonstrations Test Police Trained for Bigger Threats</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/us/companies-get-gay-rights-heat-over-christian-donations.html?scp=1&#038;sq=retailers&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/us/companies-get-gay-rights-heat-over-christian-donations.html?scp=1&#038;sq=retailers&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Retailers Are Put on the Spot Over Anti-Gay Aid</p>
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		<title>Washington Post &#8211; Early Lessons Forgotten, AIDS Conference Told</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Swiggard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ceci Connolly &#124; Thursday, August 7, 2008 &#8220;&#8230;Since the mid-1990s, infection rates in gay men have been rising, especially in minority communities where homosexuality often still carries a powerful stigma&#8230;.&#8221; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080602940.html]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Ceci Connolly  |  Thursday, August 7, 2008</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;Since the mid-1990s, infection rates in gay men have been rising, especially in minority communities where homosexuality often still carries a powerful stigma&#8230;.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080602940.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080602940.html</a></p>
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		<title>NYT (7): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2011/09/21/nyt-7-national-news-96/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Davis to be executed as GA denies clemency; As GOP stymies termporary economic bill over FEMA $, GOP candidates take aim at Dodd-Frank; Marines begin actively recruiting gays; Bad sign as Solyndra execs take the Fifth; Capital One defends offer for ING; First U.S. fur ban is in unlikely place - Hollywood.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/us/troy-davis-is-denied-clemency-in-georgia.html?scp=2&#038;sq=georgia&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/us/troy-davis-is-denied-clemency-in-georgia.html?scp=2&#038;sq=georgia&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Georgia Pardons Board Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/us/politics/dispute-on-disaster-aid-threatens-bill-to-avert-government-shutdown.html?scp=1&#038;sq=dispute&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/us/politics/dispute-on-disaster-aid-threatens-bill-to-avert-government-shutdown.html?scp=1&#038;sq=dispute&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Dispute on Disaster Aid Threatens Bill to Avert Government Shutdown</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/business/dodd-frank-act-is-a-target-on-gop-campaign-trail.html?scp=2&#038;sq=dodd&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/business/dodd-frank-act-is-a-target-on-gop-campaign-trail.html?scp=2&#038;sq=dodd&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Dodd-Frank Act a Favorite Target for Republicans Laying Blame</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/us/marine-recruiters-visit-gay-center-in-oklahoma.html?scp=2&#038;sq=marines&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/us/marine-recruiters-visit-gay-center-in-oklahoma.html?scp=2&#038;sq=marines&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Marines Hit the Ground Running in Seeking Recruits at Gay Center</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/science/earth/21solar.html?scp=3&#038;sq=solyndra&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/science/earth/21solar.html?scp=3&#038;sq=solyndra&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Solyndra Executives to Invoke Fifth Amendment Rights</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/capital-one-defends-ing-direct-deal/?scp=2&#038;sq=capital%20one&#038;st=cse">http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/capital-one-defends-ing-direct-deal/?scp=2&#038;sq=capital%20one&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Capital One Denies ING Deal Would Make It ‘Too Big to Fail’</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/us/west-hollywood-to-ban-sales-of-fur-garments.html?scp=1&#038;sq=hollywood&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/us/west-hollywood-to-ban-sales-of-fur-garments.html?scp=1&#038;sq=hollywood&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>West Hollywood to Ban Sale of Fur Garments</p>
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		<title>National News (9)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. poverty at highest level in almost 20 years; Dems lose Weiner seat, but win all 6 other special elections; Warren will take on Brown in MA; NC to vote for same-sex marriage; CIA doing internal audit on legality of work with NYPD; After horrific crash, NTSB urges total cellphone ban for commercial drivers; Is Wal-Mart's new women-friendly program a PR move?; and a review of Michael Moore's new autobiography.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/us/14census.html?scp=1&#038;sq=poverty&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/us/14census.html?scp=1&#038;sq=poverty&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Soaring Poverty Casts Spotlight on ‘Lost Decade’</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/nyregion/ny-democrats-try-to-avoid-upset-in-special-election.html?scp=1&#038;sq=weiner&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/nyregion/ny-democrats-try-to-avoid-upset-in-special-election.html?scp=1&#038;sq=weiner&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>G.O.P. Gains House Seat Vacated by Weiner</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/nyregion/rafael-espinal-and-other-democrats-win-assembly-seats.html?scp=1&#038;sq=democratic&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/nyregion/rafael-espinal-and-other-democrats-win-assembly-seats.html?scp=1&#038;sq=democratic&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Democratic Party Pick Wins Brooklyn Race</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/warren-jumping-into-race-for-browns-senate-seat/?pagemode=print">http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/warren-jumping-into-race-for-browns-senate-seat/?pagemode=print</a></p>
<p>Warren Jumping Into Race for Brown’s Senate Seat</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/us/north-carolina-voters-to-decide-on-same-sex-marriage.html?scp=2&#038;sq=carolina&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/us/north-carolina-voters-to-decide-on-same-sex-marriage.html?scp=2&#038;sq=carolina&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>North Carolina Voters to Decide on Same-Sex Marriage</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/nyregion/cia-examining-legality-of-its-work-with-new-york-police.html?scp=1&#038;sq=c.i.a.&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/nyregion/cia-examining-legality-of-its-work-with-new-york-police.html?scp=1&#038;sq=c.i.a.&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>C.I.A. Examining Legality of Work With Police Dept.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/us/board-urges-cellphone-ban-for-all-commercial-drivers.html?scp=2&#038;sq=cell%20phone&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/us/board-urges-cellphone-ban-for-all-commercial-drivers.html?scp=2&#038;sq=cell%20phone&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Board Urges Cellphone Ban for All Commercial Drivers</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/business/wal-mart-to-announce-women-friendly-plans.html?scp=2&#038;sq=wal-mart&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/business/wal-mart-to-announce-women-friendly-plans.html?scp=2&#038;sq=wal-mart&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Wal-Mart to Announce Women-Friendly Plans</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/books/here-comes-trouble-by-michael-moore-book-review.html?scp=1&#038;sq=contrarian&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/books/here-comes-trouble-by-michael-moore-book-review.html?scp=1&#038;sq=contrarian&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>A Contrarian Since Childhood</p>
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		<title>NYT Editorial &amp; Op-Eds (11)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Religious leaders in Alabama have sued to block the state’s sweeping and punitive new immigration law" (Editorial); "International peace movements revived. Governments tried outlawing war (the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact is still on the books). Students held antiwar protests and signed pledges to refuse to fight. Peace advocates and statesmen wrestled to build the League of Nations. Time magazine chose Mohandas K. Gandhi man of the year in 1931. For a brief moment, pacifism seemed to be a driving force in international politics" (Guest Op-Ed); "America the broken" (Bruni); "To hear some of the G.O.P. presidential candidates talk, it would seem as if willful ignorance has become a litmus test" (Krugman); "Some points to keep in mind when asking politicians about faith" (Douthat); "In small-town Oregon, it’s easy to spot the country’s most pressing problem" (Kristof); "The revolutions of hope could give way to a cascade of sectarian conflicts" (Guest Op-Ed); "With the world experiencing so much change at once, will America get its act together?" (Friedman); "Why is the air-conditioning blasting in stores, airports and restaurants and at home?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Glitter bombing is the latest act of political theater from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement" (Guest Op-Ed); "When you have a delusion that you’re Captain America, it’s easier to let yourself do things that hurt America" (Dowd)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/opinion/the-nations-cruelest-immigration-law.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/opinion/the-nations-cruelest-immigration-law.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Nation&#8217;s Cruelest Immigration Law</p>
<p>&#8220;Religious leaders sue to block Alabama&#8217;s sweeping and punitive new rgime.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/what-is-pacifism-good-for.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/what-is-pacifism-good-for.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Give Pacifism A Chance, by Louisa Thomas</p>
<p>&#8220;The peace movement, now derided, helped shape modern American society.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/bruni-the-fall-this-summer.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/bruni-the-fall-this-summer.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Fall This Summer, by Frank Bruni</p>
<p>&#8220;For Americans, a mean season, with lessons in limits and humility.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/opinion/republicans-against-science.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/opinion/republicans-against-science.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Republicans Against Science, by Paul Krugman</p>
<p>&#8220;When willful ignorance becomes a litmus test.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/opinion/american-theocracy-revisited.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/opinion/american-theocracy-revisited.html?ref=opinion&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>American Theocracy Revisited, by Ross Douthat</p>
<p>&#8220;Some points to keep in mind when asking politicians about faith.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/kristof-did-we-drop-the-ball-on-unemployment.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/kristof-did-we-drop-the-ball-on-unemployment.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Did We Drop the Ball on Unemployment?, by Nicholas D. Kristof</p>
<p>&#8220;In small-town Oregon, it&#8217;s easy to spot the country&#8217;s most pressing problem.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/the-dangers-lurking-in-the-arab-spring.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/the-dangers-lurking-in-the-arab-spring.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss</a></p>
<p>If the Arab Spring Turns Ugly, by Vali Nasr</p>
<p>&#8220;The revolutions of hope could give way to a cascade of sectarian conflicts.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/friedman-all-together-now.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/friedman-all-together-now.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>All Together Now, by Thomas L. Friedman</p>
<p>&#8220;With the world experiencing so much change, will America get its act together?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/sunday-review/oh-to-be-warm-in-summers-heat.html?sq=summer&#038;st=cse&#038;%2339;s=&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/sunday-review/oh-to-be-warm-in-summers-heat.html?sq=summer&#038;st=cse&#038;%2339;s=&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Oh, To Be Warm in Summer&#8217;s Heat, by Elisabeth Rosenthal</p>
<p>&#8220;Why is the air-conditioning blasting in stores, airports, restaurants and at home?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/glitter-a-kinder-gentler-prank.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/glitter-a-kinder-gentler-prank.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Glittering Rage, by Thomas Vinciguerra</p>
<p>&#8220;A kinder, gentler prank, and a wonderfully fabulous way to protest.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/dowd-darth-vader-vents.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/dowd-darth-vader-vents.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Darth Vader Vents, by Maureen Dowd</p>
<p>&#8220;Two generations of Cheneys who marched to the sea.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>NYT (6): National News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs steps down; SF is out, Rehoboth is in as gay couples move around; U.S. DOL and State Dept open investigation into Hershey plant over conditions that led to student walkout; Geologists sharply cut estimate of gas in NYS Marcellus Shale; Quake leaves crack in Washington Monument, which closes; and Google will pay $500 million fine for running fraudulent ads.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/technology/jobs-stepping-down-as-chief-of-apple.html?scp=2&#038;sq=jobs&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/technology/jobs-stepping-down-as-chief-of-apple.html?scp=2&#038;sq=jobs&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Jobs Steps Down at Apple, Saying He Can’t Meet Duties</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/us/25census.html?scp=2&#038;sq=gay&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/us/25census.html?scp=2&#038;sq=gay&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>New Numbers, and Geography, for Gay Couples</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/us/25student.html?scp=2&#038;sq=conditions&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/us/25student.html?scp=2&#038;sq=conditions&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>U.S. Checks Conditions for Workers in Walkout</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/us/25gas.html?scp=1&#038;sq=shale&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/us/25gas.html?scp=1&#038;sq=shale&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Geologists Sharply Cut Estimate of Shale Gas</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/us/25monument.html?scp=6&#038;sq=quake&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/us/25monument.html?scp=6&#038;sq=quake&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Quake Leaves Cracks in Washington Monument, Closing It for Now</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/google-reaches-500-million-settlement-with-government/?pagemode=print">http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/google-reaches-500-million-settlement-with-government/?pagemode=print</a></p>
<p>Google Reaches $500 Million Settlement With Government</p>
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