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 <title>DiMasi Friend Due In Court On Lobbying Violations...</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Digg Facebook Stumble It! del.icio.us Fark Jan 5, 2009 8:51 am US/Eastern BOSTON (WBZ) &amp;#8213; Click to enlarge Sal DiMasi (file Image) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; numSlides of totalImages A close friend of House Speaker Sal DiMasi will be arraigned Monday on alleged campaign finance violations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Richard Vitale , 63, of Boston, is scheduled to be charged in Suffolk Superior Court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prosecutors say Vit...</description>
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 <title>Obama transition hits bump as Richardson withdraws...</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Jay Engelmayer For most people, the foreign exchange market – or Forex might seem – well, foreign. However, once you understand the ... More details&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony Beckwith Tony Beckwith, of the specialist risk-control trading software firm MTPredictor Ltd., explains what Position Sizing is ... More details&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mark de la Paz FX Instructor&#039;s Mark De la Paz conducts an educational webinar on ...</description>
 <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:00:02 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>FACTBOX-German plans for new economic stimulus package...</title>
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 <title>‘Uncharted territory’ requires fresh solutions...</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Just as when I was a teacher looking forward to a new school year, I look at a new legislative session with anticipation and a clean slate. Each group of students was different and special, and so is each legislature. Each has its own sense of purpose and mix of personalities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since my first year serving in the Legislature, there have been many changes. When I started, the majority of leg...</description>
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 <title>A Test For Russia&amp;#39;s Unity...</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt; Hint: Click &quot;Reply&quot; at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to&lt;/p&gt;View Comments: Newest First Oldest First HuffPost&#039;s Picks Expand All Collapse All&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You must be logged in to reply to this comment. Log in&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Popular Stories on HuffPost Jett Travolta Dies, Son Of John Travolta, Kelly Preston (PHOTOS, VIDEO)...</description>
 <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:00:02 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Flaherty hints of possible tax cuts as consumer confidence sinks...</title>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:00:01 -0600</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;OTTAWA, ONTARIO - On January 2, 2009, the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture), will officially launch the new Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) introduced by the Government of Canada in the 2008 Budget. They will be joined in welcoming the availability of the TSFA by Mr. Peter Acet...</description>
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 <title>Passion 4 wins N10m as Calabar carnival ends...</title>
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 <title>Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Ten Most Wanted ......</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON, DC - Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2008 list of Washington&#039;s &quot;Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.&quot; The list, in alphabetical order, includes:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY): Let&#039;s start with the fact that Hillary Clinton is constitutionally ineligible to serve as Secretary of State in the...</description>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON (AP) &amp;#x2014; The Treasury Department said that it will provide $5 billion to GMAC Financial Services LLC, the ailing financing arm of General Motors Corp., in a move that&#039;s expected to stave off a bankruptcy protection filing at the company but also severely limit GM&#039;s control over it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In exchange for the slice of the $700 billion bank rescue package, the government will rec...</description>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK - Shares of Rohm &amp; Haas plunged more than 17 percent in Monday pre-market trade a day after Kuwait decided to scrap a $17.4 billion joint venture deal with Dow Chemical , potentially upsetting the company&#039;s plans to buy rival Rohm &amp; Haas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shares of Dow, the largest U.S. chemical company, fell 6 percent as investor concern mounted that Dow would not be able to fund the $15.3 bill...</description>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, said a rupture in a pipeline that carries copper from the Escondida mine in Chile to a port won’t delay shipments of the metal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BHP uses more than one pipeline to transport concentrate, a slush containing about 35% copper, from Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, BHP spokesman Mauro Valdes said today in a telephone interview....</description>
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 <title>Recovery is on the horizon...</title>
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 <title>St. Petersburg mayor aspires to achieve 40 goals...</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Dropping property values and the growing foreclosure crisis also could cut into Baker&#039;s time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The mayor and council could face a deficit when they begin work on the 2010 budget this spring. City officials say it&#039;s too early to know whether drastic cuts will be needed, but county leaders fear the worst.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;The property values are going to go down, and we are going to be out of more m...</description>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Catching up on some things that happened while I was on vacation:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ALL-NELA: Rueben Randle was named as the winner of the James (Shack) Harris Award as the area&#039;s offensive player of the year by the Monroe News-Star on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joining Randle on the first unit from Bastrop were wide receiver Stanley Moore, center Trevor Rodgers, defensive linemen D.D. Jones and Josh Downs, lineback...</description>
 <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:00:01 -0600</pubDate>
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