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    <title><![CDATA[   US Official: Climate agreement will take time ]]></title>
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        A senior Obama administration official says world leaders agree that next month&#39;s much-anticipated international summit on climate change will be a preliminary step that will require subsequent efforts to tackle global warming.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Judge rebuked by panel over Ferdinand Marcos money ]]></title>
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        A U.S. District judge&#39;s lax oversight of more than $30 million tied to the late Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos is &quot;curious,&quot; a federal appeals court said in an opinion issued Friday.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Obama boosts hopes for free trade in Asia-Pacific ]]></title>
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        President Barack Obama raised hopes for creating an Asia-Pacific free-trade region by announcing Saturday that the U.S. would seek to join a smaller group seen as a precursor to a broader Pacific Rim agreement.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking ]]></title>
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        Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Neb. meatpacker sued over handling of layoffs ]]></title>
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        Three women who once worked at a Nebraska meatpacking company have sued their former employer, saying it violated a federal law aimed at protecting workers during mass layoffs or plant closings.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Dutch drivers to pay tax on road time, not on car ]]></title>
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        The Dutch government plans to bring the polluter-pays principle into the home garage.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Ford: union concerns resolved at Kansas City plant ]]></title>
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        Ford Motor Co. said Saturday union concerns over working conditions at its assembly plant in Kansas City have been resolved. But a union officer said members were moving ahead with a planned strike authorization vote.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   GM: 37 pct of US Saab dealerships to close ]]></title>
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        About 37 percent of U.S. Saab dealers will close as part of General Motors Corp.&#39;s planned sale of the ailing Swedish car brand to Koenigsegg Group AB, a GM spokeswoman said Saturday.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Survey shows spike in 1st-time homebuyers ]]></title>
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        The housing market welcomed a bigger share of first-time buyers and single women this past year, while a majority of sellers resorted to dialing down prices to get their homes sold, a new homebuyer survey shows.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   GOP leaps on study of rising health care costs ]]></title>
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        Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top official at the agency that oversees Medicare.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Govt: Medicare paid $47 billion in suspect claims ]]></title>
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        The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient&#39;s condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   FHA boss: FHA is not the new subprime ]]></title>
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        Federal Housing Administration Commissioner David Stevens said Saturday that concerns the agency is headed for the same financial trouble that snared Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the subprime sector are unwarranted.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Bernard Madoff's jacket, watch auctioned in NYC ]]></title>
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        It was about fascination with big money - and the life of a couple at the center of the biggest financial fraud case in U.S. history.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Earnings reports push stocks higher; Dow gains 73 ]]></title>
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        Encouraging earnings news from major retailers and The Walt Disney Co. drew investors back into the stock market to cap a second big week of gains.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Investors buy more gold as dollar resumes decline ]]></title>
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        Investors resumed buying gold Friday as the dollar turned lower.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Eurozone emerges from recession in 3rd quarter ]]></title>
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        The 16-country eurozone has officially joined the United States and Japan out of recession, after figures Friday showed its economy grew by 0.4 percent in the third quarter from the previous three-month period.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Business Highlights ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:10 CST</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[   GOP chairman ends abortion insurance for employees ]]></title>
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        A chagrined GOP Chairman Michael Steele has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective abortions - an option that Republicans strongly oppose as Democrats try to pass a health care overhaul bill.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Weak dollar no quick fix for narrowing trade gap ]]></title>
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        A weaker dollar may boost the nation&#39;s economy by increasing exports and narrowing the trade gap - but that won&#39;t happen anytime soon.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   ND state engineer given outlet contract power ]]></title>
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        North Dakota&#39;s state Water Commission is moving forward with plans for a $15.3 million upgrade to the system of canals and pipes that drains Devils Lake floodwaters into the Sheyenne River.      
    
  

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