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            <title><![CDATA[When Church Groups Go Too Far]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From the Baptist 10 charged with child kidnapping in Haiti to a Connecticut man accused of sexually abusing Haitian boys, U.S. missionaries are in trouble-and undersupervised-abroad.
While the world's attention is focused on 10 Baptist missionaries...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Sarah  Posner]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[London's Dark Underworld]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Novelist William Boyd's latest is a thrilling story of an innocent man forced into hiding in the underbelly of London. Olivia Cole spoke to him about his new work and why he aims to entertain. 
The everyman hero of Ordinary Thunderstorms, William...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Olivia Cole]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Week's Hot Reads]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This week: prominent economists offer up their solution to the financial crisis, Louis Erdrich returns with a taught novel on a marriage's decline, a veteran Middle East reporter brings his thrilling Palestinian detective series to New York, an...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Greek Economic Tragedy]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Athens' money mess has already triggered one spasm in the global markets. Jeffrey E. Garten on how this week could be worse-and set off a long-overdue confrontation over the West's public debt.
On Wednesday, large-scale crowds are expected to gather...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Jeffrey E. Garten]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[No Idol for Stern]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[American Idol insiders tells Richard Rushfield that despite the media rumors this week, Howard Stern is not in the running to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on the show.
Howard Stern will not be replacing Simon Cowell, according to American Idol...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Richard Rushfield]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran on the Brink]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Green Movement's leaders are calling supporters to the streets, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is rallying his side with nuclear brinksmanship-and the clashes expected Thursday for the Islamic Republic's 31st anniversary could spell civil war.

It began...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Reza Aslan]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Race Card and the Jackson Doctor]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Yesterday's manslaughter charges against Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray spell the latest L.A. "trial of the century." Once again race and celebrity will dominate-and this time, the D.A. holds the advantage.
Point: Michael Jackson was a sickly,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Marcia Clark]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:31:21 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What's Wrong With Skinny?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With New York Fashion Week kicking off tomorrow, expect the usual criticism of models being too thin. But the truth, says Lisa Hilton, is that these models are powerful, professional women just like athletes and that obesity, not anorexia, is the real...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lisa Hilton]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:57:33 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The World's 12 Most Fashionable Hotels]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Victoria Beckham was just offered $40 million to design a hotel in Dubai. From Ralph Lauren's Jamaica villas to a Vera Wang suite in Waikiki, VIEW OUR GALLERY of designer hotels.
Click Image to View Our Gallery of Designer Hotels

Plus: Check out...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oscar's Diva Smackdown!]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The year's tightest race is Meryl Streep vs. Sandra Bullock for Best Actress. Nicole LaPorte reports on Bullock's "calculated" kiss and how Streep never gets dressed up for the Oscars.
When Sandra Bullock went for a full-on lip lock with Meryl Streep...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Nicole LaPorte]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dirty Secrets of College Coaches]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Can spending $40,000 on a private college coach help your kid get into a dream school? The Daily Beast's Kathleen Kingsbury talked to admissions officers about what goes on behind the scenes-and exactly who is pulling the strings.
The numbers are in,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Kathleen Kingsbury]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Sham Bipartisan Show]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The coming health-care summit is just the latest example of how the president prefers public discussion of problems to rolling up his sleeves and fixing them. 
Three cheers for democracy! Obama's appearance at the Republicans' retreat in Baltimore was...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lee Siegel]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Justice Clinton?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's not as far-fetched as you might think. Mark McKinnon and Myra Adams on how Supreme Court retirements could persuade the secretary of State to take a high-court seat. 
The political bombshell of the year could turn out to be Supreme Court Justice...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Mark McKinnon & Myra Adams]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:47:54 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How I'd Fix D.C. Gridlock]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Former Senator Bob Kerrey has seen Capitol Hill's paralysis firsthand. His solution: Rewrite Article One of the Constitution-and completely overhaul the way Congress operates.
If White House Chief of Staff and former member of the House of...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Robert Kerrey]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Maid Murder Rocks Pakistan]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The brutal murder of a 12-year-old maid, believed to have been killed by her powerful employer, has stunned the country. But from the corrupt government to the honor killing of a wealthy woman, Fatima Bhutto says the country's rich always get away with...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Fatima Bhutto]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[The David Paterson Rumors]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the New York Times reportedly prepares a story airing scandalous allegations about New York's governor, the media-political complex is going wild.
The sordid rumors swirling around New York Governor David  Paterson-that he has been engaging in the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lloyd Grove]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:56:44 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Super Bowl Ads Play It Safe]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Former ad exec James Othmer on why Abe Vigoda and Betty White were the stars of last night-and how companies are being cautious post-Tiger. Plus, WATCH the best ads below. 
If the Super Bowl ads of a given year are a reflection of our culture, if not...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[James P. Othmer]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:41:55 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Tea Partiers' Phony Populism]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At their convention this weekend, Sarah Palin and her fans bashed big banks-and the idea of regulating them. Peter Beinart on how Team Tea is giving populism a bad name.
If there's one thing the media knows about the Tea Partiers, it is that they are...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Peter Beinart]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:08:43 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Iran Reality Check]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plans to increase his country's uranium enrichment to near weapons grade could be a wakeup call for President Obama. Michael Adler on what the Iranian president's mixed signals mean for Obama's diplomatic hopes.
Upping the ante...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michael Adler]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:59:42 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The 'Birthers' Began on the Left]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Investigating the roots of the Obama birthplace conspiracy theory, John Avlon-author of Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America, available now on Beast Books-uncovers the first Birther and finds she's a Hillary Clinton supporter also...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[John Avlon]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Best Super Bowl Ads]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[White getting tackled. Leno, Letterman, and Oprah on the same couch. And yes, Megan Fox and the Green Police. WATCH VIDEO of the best ads from Super Bowl XLIV.
Click the Image Below to View Our Gallery of the Best Super Bowl Ads

Plus: Check out...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Next Glenn Beck]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Talk radio still has the power to spur grassroots rebellions and crown kings-as the Tea Partiers and Scott Brown can attest. Samuel P. Jacobs looks at the rightful heirs to Limbaugh, Maddow and Beck.
Talk radio's influence on American life is supposed...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Samuel P. Jacobs]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:06:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Best (And Worst) Cities to Find Love]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Valentine's Day is Sunday, but Cupid plays favorites with where he aims his arrows. The Daily Beast measures America's 104 largest cities, to find the best, and worst, places to find a mate.
In every major city there are massive amounts of single...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Assassinating Americans]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Obama has declared he has authority to eliminate U.S. citizens if they are terrorist suspects. Conor Friedersdorf on the frightening consequences of unchecked executive power to kill.
Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair revealed...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Conor Friedersdorf]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Rich People Smoke Pot]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Volcano Vaporizer has become a coveted status symbol for posh pot smokers, who say it draws out the drug's aroma like "the bouquet of a wine," and their personal trainers insist on it.
As the executive director of NORML, the leading lobbying...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Paul Schrodt]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Politicians Need Privacy, Too]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Is the public better off knowing all the tawdry details in tell-alls like Jenny Sanford's memoir and Game Change? Meghan McCain on political oversharing.
Over the years I've been accused of oversharing. Some people like this aspect of my personality...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Meghan McCain]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:04:58 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Undercover Boss' Creepy Politics]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The new touchy-feely CBS reality show, on which top corporate managers experience the lowest rungs of their companies, is paternalistic and Orwellian-a fantasy for the Obama age.
At first glance, CBS' fully hyped new reality show, Undercover Boss,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Thaddeus Russell]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:59:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Girl Power Blockbuster]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The jaw-dropping success of teen romances like Dear John, which just beat Avatar at the box office, proves&nbsp; that girls rule the entertainment industry. Nicole LaPorte talks to five teens who cut class to watch it.
Over the weekend, the epistolary...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Nicole LaPorte]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:59:02 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Best of Brit Lit]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: Martin Amis' latest novel causes a stir in Britain, a sweeping biographical dictionary captures Irish history, and legendary critic Frank Kermode keeps his eye sharp....]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Peter Stothard]]></author>
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Palin Willing to Duke it Out with Obama in 2012
Will Sarah Palin run in 2012?...]]></description>
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