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            <title><![CDATA[100 Days Report Card]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-28/100-days-report-card/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[How's Obama doing so far? The Daily Beast's all-star team of analysts, from Christopher Buckley to Paul Begala, Sean Wilentz to Rep. Peter King, weigh in.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Big Night]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Watch five buzzed-about moments from last night's press conference, where topics like swine flu and economics took a second seat to the weirdest presidential question ever.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Behind Obama's 100-Day PR Strategy]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Could this be a "mission accomplished" moment for the new White House? Richard Wolffe on how David Axelrod and other top aides decided to mark the occasion.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Bipartisan Triumphs]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Contrary to conventional wisdom, says former Clinton budget advisor Matt Miller, Obama has reached across the aisle in his first 100 days. He's advancing GOP health, energy, and education goals-so why aren't the Republicans supporting them?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's $100 Million Question]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sure his ratings are still through the roof. But if he can't get his own cabinet to go along with his latest budget proposal, he will go down as just another tax-and-spend liberal.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Record Number of Czars!]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-21/get-to-know-obamas-czars/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The bailout czar? The God czar? As President Obama appoints enough czars to impress a Russian nobleman, The Daily Beast has the goods on who they are and how they'll steer policy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Frenemies]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-21/bring-on-the-explosive-handshakes/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[As debate erupts on the Web over Obama's visit with Chavez-was it an embrace or a blowoff?-Matthew Yglesias says that everyone's missing the point: The more photo ops with our "enemies," the better.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[100 Days of Panic]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-28/the-age-of-the-unthinkable-swine-flu-and-the-100-days/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The arrival of swine flu at Obama's 100-day mark signals the challenges that will define his presidency. From financial panic to Islamic fundamentalism, a new wave of dangers is sweeping the planet.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:10:02 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House State Dinner - Angela Merkel]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama (2nd-L) and First Lady Michelle Obama (L) greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and her husband Joachim Sauer (R) at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2011 for the State Dinner. Obama...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:23:40 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's European Adventure]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama serve food to a member of the military during a barbecue in the garden of 10 Downing Street on May 25, 2011 in London.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 May 2011 14:10:27 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oprah's Best Style Moments]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ In her first months on air for her local show AM Chicago, Oprah interviewed Barbara Walters. With her hair cut short and clad in a cream power-blazer, white stockings, and big plastic earrings, Oprah showed off several 1980s trends. When the clip...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 22 May 2011 19:11:24 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Situation Room Up Close]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Just below the Oval Office, in the basement of the West Wing, is the White House Situation Room. It's one of the most secure conference rooms in the world, used for national-security strategy sessions and the president's classified briefings. Only a...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 May 2011 15:04:17 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[April 30: The Week in Viral Videos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sealed with two kisses: Prince William and the new Duchess of Cambridge emerged from Buckingham Palace for their first public display of affection in front of a massive crowd. It wasn't exactly passionate-the couple kept the initial smooch tame, until...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:51:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Royal Wedding Guests]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ David Beckham and Prince William-who is president of the English Football Association-met at last year's World Cup in South Africa, and the two reportedly "got on like a house on fire, both personally and professionally." The prince and the football...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:26:19 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[April 23: The Week in Viral Videos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Many a prediction has been made about the royal wedding, but none have been quite as groovy as this T-Mobile commercial. Watch Prince William and Kate Middleton look-alikes make a memorable entrance.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:10:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[April 16: The Week in Viral Videos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Joe Biden was either very, very deep in thought or so exhausted from late nights negotiating a budget deal that he nodded off during the president's highly anticipated deficit speech Wednesday. Mr. Vice President, we feel your pain.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:42:22 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[State Finances]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[2007-2009 Federal taxes paid, avg.: $11.06 billion 
2007-2009 Federal funding received, avg.: $31.27 billion 
2007-2009 Amount received per tax dollar paid, avg.: $2.83 
2007-2009 Change in federal funding received: +22%]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:03:03 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[April 2: The Week in Viral Videos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Is there a twin baby language? Are these two toddlers discussing President Obama's actions in Libya or their own strategy in Angry Birds? When a viral video is this cute, it probably doesn't matter.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:14:32 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who Will Be the Next FBI Director?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Kelly, New York City police commissioner, is as familiar as anyone about the threat that hangs over this country. As Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said, "When you catch a terrorist and look at the map in his or her pocket, it is always a map of New York....]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:50:42 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fast Presidential Candidates]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From first run to White House run: 14 years 
 
When Abe Lincoln-a Kentucky native, unlike transplant Paul-won the 1860 presidential election, his political experience consisted of just two years in the House of Representatives. Even more remarkable:...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:50:20 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Presidential Facts]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln: Not just tall in historical stature, but at 6 feet 4 inches also tall in physical stature (and, it turns out, the first bearded president). His ideal one-on-one basketball opponent would have been James Madison, who at 5 feet 4 inches...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:42:34 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Best Dressed First Ladies]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dolley Madison was the first first lady to understand that style had the power to convey her husband's political agenda. She wore outrageous pieces, including wacky turbans, and made a concerted effort to evoke European trends by using more recherche...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:55:13 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Internet Trends]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, killing 11 workers before being consumed by fire and sinking beneath the waves. Nearly three months later, more than 200 million gallons of oil had spilled, making it the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:56:37 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Political Authors]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Books: Audacity of Hope (2006); Dreams From My Father (1995) 
 
Weeks on New York Times Best Sellers List: 270 
 
Total copies sold: 4,650,000 
 
Reported Advances: $500,000 for abridged version of Dreams From My Father, $425,000 for The Audacity...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:47:48 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Celebrity Twitpics]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Supermodel and maternal-health advocate Christy Turlington managed to still snap her good side at a recent United Nation's Population Funds event. Turlington tweets that she was "in the company of many great leaders." Wonder who appreciated the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:31:06 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Week in Culture 10/6]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[For decades Nelson Mandela has been a voice of reason and a harbinger of hope for people all over the world, both through public speaking and a steady stream of political writing that has inspired millions. For the first time, this week the world will...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:18:19 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Week Ahead in Culture 9/22]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The title character in Showtime's award-winning series is a family man, a blood-spatter-pattern analyist for the Miami Police Department, and when no one's looking, he's also a serial killer. But fear not-this murderer only gets the bad guys. His...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:35:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Speidi vs. The Salahis]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Tareq and Michaele Salahi entered our lives when they arrived at a White House state dinner in December 2009, although their presence was allegedly not requested. The couple, dubbed the "White House crashers," met President Obama and later showed off...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:11:49 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sasha Obama's Style]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sasha Obama met with King Juan Carlos of Spain and other members of the royal family on her trip to Marbella with her mom last week. She paired a J.Crew yellow tutu with a peachy linen tank top, and accessorized the look with fake pearls, a floral...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:47:35 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mandals]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[After an entire month in hiding since the release of his damning tapes, Mel Gibson was recently caught leaving his house in Malibu in a pair of sandals. TMZ reports that Mel wasn't heading down to the beach or on his way to water the lawn -he was...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:26:24 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Everybody Hates Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[While the Obama administration has verbally renewed its commitment to immigration reform, many Hispanic activists believe it may be too little, too late. Jorge Ramos, a popular anchor at the Spanish-language network Univision, told The Daily Beast's...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:35:16 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shocking Oil Spill Scenes]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Look Who's Irish!]]></title>
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He may have earned his first Oscar as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather: Part II, but Robert De Niro's real father is of both Italian and Irish descent. His father, Robert De Niro Sr., was the son of Dennis O'Reilly and Mary Burns, and the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saboteurs]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sarandon and Robbins Split]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's 7 Wacky Global Warming Fixes]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Week in Viral Videos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[You'd think the telephone would make having affairs easier, right? Back in the nineteenth century, if you needed to tell your mistress to hide out, you had to write her an entire letter and send it via pony express. Now, you just need to press a few...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Huntsman Announces 2012 Run]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[NY Rep: Weiner May Resign Soon]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With more than two dozen fellow Democrats calling for his resignation, disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner could "hopefully... resign in a couple of days," says Carolyn McCarthy, another New York Democratic member of Congress. McCarthy made the comment,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hillary Camp Denies World Bank Report]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aides to Hillary Clinton are strenuously refuting a Reuters report that she had discussed becoming World Bank president. Sources told the wire service that the secretary of state is negotiating her exit from the Obama administration next year to take...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House: No Comment on Weiner]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Meets With Bahrain Prince]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Weighs Faster Afghan Exit]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House Counsel Bauer to Step Down]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[There will soon be a fresh face in the White House counsel's office. Bob Bauer, an adviser to President Obama and counsel since November 2009, will return to private practice-including personal representation of the president-and also join Obama's...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Names New Commerce Secretary]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama will nominate a businessman and climate-change advocate as commerce secretary. John Bryson previously served as chairman and CEO of Edison International, a California energy company; cofounded the Natural Resources Defense Council; and...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Taps New Joint Chiefs Head]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama's immigration-enforcement strategy is coming into focus: While the number of criminal cases against illegal immigrants has dropped sharply since he took office, his administration is beginning to crack down instead on people who employ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama: Missouri Tornado a 'National Tragedy']]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Visiting ravaged Joplin, Missouri, where a tornado killed at least 139 people and damaged about 8,000 buildings a week ago, President Obama declared the disaster "a national tragedy." Obama toured the scene following a six-day visit to Europe and met...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Heads to Joplin]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Caught in Berlusconi Rant]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama may have been able to strategically avoid accused rapist Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lunge toward his wife Michelle, but he couldn't avoid catching an earful of Silvio Berlusconi at the G-8 summit in France on Thursday. According to a...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Addresses British Parliament]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In an address to both houses of the British Parliament in Westminster Hall, President Barack Obama called for a "new era of cooperation" between the two nations. He said, "Even as new nations take on the responsibilities of global leadership, our...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Clashes Roil Yemen]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With President Ali Abdullah Saleh clinging stubbornly to power, Yemen is descending into chaos. For a third day, state forces fought in the streets of the capital with a powerful tribal confederation. There have been at least 44 deaths as violence...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama and Cameron: Gaddafi Must Go]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to stay the course on the current strategy in Libya at a London press conference on the last day of Obama's state visit. "We should be turning up the heat," Cameron declared, adding that...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Meets Queen at Palace]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[They weren't invited to Wills and Kate's wedding, but the Obamas are getting their own taste of the royal lifestyle this week. President Obama, in London for a state visit, was welcomed lavishly, with a 62-gun salute, a rendition of the Star-Spangled...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chrysler Repays $7.6B Gov't Loans]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Lee Iacocca would be proud: Chrysler has repaid loans totalling $7.6 billion to the American and Canadian governments, $5.9 billion of which is headed for the U.S.&nbsp; Treasury. The struggling carmaker filed for bankruptcy and was on the verge of...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama, Cameron Play Table Tennis]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron played a game of ping pong on Tuesday, while visiting the Globe Academy in London. The two teamed up for two-on-two against teenage students at the school. Obama showed his competitive side-high-fiving...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama to Meet Royal Family]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama arrived in England a day early on Monday thanks to the Icelandic volcano threatening European air travel. His first full day in England will be spent with the royal family: He and Michelle will meet with both the Queen and the royal...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Team Snoops on Christie: Report]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Despite repeated claims that he won't seek the GOP nomination for president in 2012, the Obama campaign team has begun to dig up dirt on popular New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie just in case, according to the New York Post. Obama's team is covertly...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[President Obama Visits Ireland]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama set down in Dublin Monday as part of a six-day European trip that will include a stop in Moneygall, the tiny town where his great-great-great grandfather was born. In anticipation, the 350 people who live there have painted their homes...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Repeats Call for Palestinian Statehood]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Despite Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu's furious reaction to Barack Obama's call for a return to pre-1967 borders between Israel and Palestine during his Middle East speech Thursday, the president reiterated his position Sunday in remarks to the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sources: Ailes Thinks Palin Is an 'Idiot']]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[So this is how Roger Ailes treats his employees? According to a bombshell New York magazine cover story, the Fox News chief says he thinks star anchor and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is an "idiot." "He thinks she's stupid," a source told New...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[After raising the ire of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech on the Middle East this week, President Obama is appealing to the U.S.'s closest ally for backup. Obama plans to ask British Prime Minister David Cameron to join with the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senate Blocks Vote on Judge Nominee]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans have filibustered the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the federal bench. By a 52 to 43 margin, Democrats failed to get the 60 votes required to hold an up-or-down vote. President Obama has twice nominated Liu, a Berkeley law professor,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Backs 1967 Israel Borders]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As an update of his June 2009 Cairo address, President Obama delivered Thursday what was billed as a "major speech" on the Middle East at the State Department. The speech had few new policy points, though. Obama applauded the Arab Spring revolts and...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 May 2011 13:15:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Sells Birth-Certificate T-Shirts]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Talk about wearing your beliefs on your sleeve. The latest fashion in political T-shirts isn't long-sleeve but long-form, as Barack Obama's reelection campaign has begun selling merchandise with the president's face and a picture of the long-form birth...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 May 2011 13:38:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gun-Running Sting Blows Up: House Hearings on ATF's Fast and Furious]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-15/gun-running-sting-blows-up-house-hearings-on-atfs-fast-and-furious/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The ATF's Operation Fast and Furious sparked outrage by allowing hundreds of weapons from U.S. gun shops to be trafficked to Mexican drug gangs-and left one border agent dead. With House hearings today, John Solomon exclusively traces the origin of the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[John Solomon]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:16:58 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Weinergate Misstep]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama's call for Anthony Weiner to resign may have been unavoidable, but it kept what has to be history's least sexually satisfying sex scandal in the headlines for another day-and it won't push the congressman out the door. After all, he's...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Eric Alterman]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:28:18 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann Grabs GOP Presidential Debate Spotlight]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The congresswoman used her bluntness and charm to overshadow the men at the GOP debate-announcing her presidential bid and passionately defending the Tea Party. Howard Kurtz on why she shouldn't be underestimated.Plus: More Daily Beast contributors on...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:35:01 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barack Obama and the Democrats Need to Take a Stand for Jobs]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Republicans hold most of the political cards in the debt debate. But as Michael Tomasky argues, that doesn't mean the president needs to act as if he likes being pushed around.
We're entering a crucial and potentially decisive period for the Obama...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michael Tomasky]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:40:18 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Obama's Secret Afghan Exit Formula]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Obama is keeping under wraps a hush-hush plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan-and he hopes it will satisfy those pushing for a quick exit and the diehards determined to stay the course, Leslie H. Gelb reports exclusively.
By July 15,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Leslie H. Gelb]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:17:54 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Karl Rove's Misguided Constitutional Attack on Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Karl Rove is accusing President Obama of breaking the law on Libya and Medicare. But as Newsweek/Daily Beast columnist Stephen L. Carter explains, both laws in question are unconstitutional-and the president can and should refuse to comply.
Is...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Stephen L. Carter]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:40:21 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: Obama's Moment of Decision]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A new Senate report says billions of dollars in aid go to waste in Afghanistan, where the president is about to make a decision about troop levels. But as Andrew J. Bacevich argues, the question is a distraction from a far more fundamental...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Andrew J. Bacevich]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:29:03 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House State Dinner for Angela Merkel: Photos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[After a long day of work, Obama gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel the Medal of Freedom. View photos of the elaborate outdoor White House state dinner.
Surrounded by eminent German Americans, President Obama gave a toast to German Chancellor Angela...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:57:07 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[2012 Presidential Election: The Economy Blame Game]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Can Obama keep his job with a "coulda-been-worse" campaign, despite the sluggish economic recovery? Or can the GOP sell doom and gloom? Michael Medved on the parties' dueling narratives for 2012.
Every presidential campaign features dueling...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michael Medved]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:53:37 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Should Weiner Resign? Daily Beast Contributors Weigh In]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The New York congressman says he won't quit, despite his infamous Twitter photo and online dalliances with six women. But should the scandal cost him his job? Daily Beast contributors including Paul Begala, Michelle Goldberg, and Howard Kurtz weigh...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[ The Daily Beast]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:33:31 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lousy Economy Won't Sink Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Unemployment has edged up again two months in a row, and economic conditions are bad for most Americans, but the president's strong personal approval ratings and a roster of weak potential GOP opponents mean he will win a second term, writes Peter...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Peter Beinart]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:15:17 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House Rebel]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Secret mall trips. Dining out incognito. Michelle Obama has constructed a life inside the bubble-and has her own sense of her 2012 role, Lois Romano reports in this week's Newsweek.
The most recognizable woman in the world routinely ducks reporters to...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lois Romano]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:34:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The U.S. Economy's Bad News Deluge]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Anemic jobs numbers, cratering home prices, stock market plunges-the only upside to all these depressing figures, says Gary Rivlin, is they may force Washington to stop obsessing over the deficit and fix unemployment.
It was only a month ago that the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Gary Rivlin]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:32:44 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Germany's Economy Can Teach Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[When Germany's Angela Merkel is in Washington on Tuesday, President Obama should ask her to explain how her country manages to succeed with jobs and exports despite high taxes and welfare, says Leslie H. Gelb.
As President Obama decorates German...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Leslie H. Gelb]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:21:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama and Merkel Play Friends for the Cameras]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama is awarding German Chancellor Angela Merkel the Medal of Freedom this week even though the nations are more divided than ever on the issues of the day-Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.
When German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Russell A. Berman]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:01:07 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will Jobs Numbers Sink Obama in 2012?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest jobs report shows unemployment numbers are still terribly high, setting up a tough reelection campaign for the president. But Michael Tomasky says the GOP candidates-and Nixon's example-are giving Obama cause for hope.
May's job numbers...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michael Tomasky]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:47:40 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The John Edwards Case Decoded]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The former presidential candidate has just been indicted on six counts stemming from his attempt to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter. Who's defending Edwards, how strong is the federal case, and why didn't he take a plea deal? The Daily Beast...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:01:10 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Run, Sarah and Michele, Run!]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-01/sarah-palin-and-michele-bachmann-why-they-both-should-run-for-president-in-2012/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Who says there's no room for both Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann in the 2012 presidential race-men? Michelle Cottle on why it is important for women to run and why we shouldn't dismiss a potential matchup between the two GOP pols as a catfight.
Run,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michelle Cottle]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:36:37 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Birthers Won't Die]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama's long-form birth certificate release hasn't stopped Jerome Corsi's Where's the Birth Certificate? from hitting the bestseller list-or the author's new racially charged arguments from spreading, writes Michelle Goldberg.
When the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michelle Goldberg]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 May 2011 23:25:49 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Closed-Door GOP Meeting: Goodbye to Presidential Grill Sessions?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[When the president meets with House Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday, 16 months will have passed since he took unscripted questions from the GOP on live TV. Daniel Stone on why the movement to make "Question Time" a regular event has quietly...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Daniel Stone]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 May 2011 22:36:15 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Big Goodbye: Why Some Abandon the Right]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom holds that people tend to drift rightward as they age. But as Michael Tomasky suggests, ideological migration can involve a shift from right to left as well.
Not long ago, I wrote to an academic who studies the question of how...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michael Tomasky]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 May 2011 15:51:24 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Media's Wild Search for Sarah Palin's Bus Tour]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On the second day of Sarah Palin's family vacation/testing the waters bus tour, the former Alaska governor offered some hints about what her potential campaign might look like-and kept reporters scrambling to catch up. 
Greeting supporters, touring...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Shushannah Walshe]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 May 2011 00:39:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wunder Woman]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel will arrive in the U.S. this week for an official visit to the White House. After an arrival ceremony, Obama and Merkel will hold a bilateral meeting and a joint press conference. A senior German official said the pair...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Joshua  Hammer]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 May 2011 10:57:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Broken Promise]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The president hasn't only failed on immigration reform, critics say he's making things worse. Patricia Murphy on why some Democrats are disgusted with their leader.
The words had an all-too-familiar ring.
When President Obama traveled to El Paso in...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Patricia Murphy]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 May 2011 19:21:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn: The Picture Worth a Thousand Words]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief now accused of rape, first met Barack and Michelle Obama at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh in 2009. The resulting photo, uncovered by New York magazine, says it all.

The Daily Beast's Coverage of the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 May 2011 18:18:52 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Storm Hits Joplin]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Tornadoes tore once again through the central U.S. on Tuesday night, killing 14 people in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. Five of the deaths took place near Oklahoma City, where a weather-monitoring station recorded 151-mile-per-hour winds. The storm...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Terry Greene Sterling]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 May 2011 06:41:21 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Insult Behind Obama's U.K. Codename]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA["Chalaque," Scotland Yard's codename for the president on his U.K. visit, means "smart aleck," according to the British press, but it's a much bigger putdown than that. Bernie Madoff-now that's a real chalak, says Asra Nomani.
Before President Obama's...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Asra Q.  Nomani]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 May 2011 23:16:40 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's European Adventure Photo Album]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In an address to the British Parliament, the president called for a "new era of cooperation" after he and David Cameron vowed new pressure against Libya. Plus, photos of his European adventure.
In an address to both houses of the British Parliament in...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 May 2011 14:42:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Candidates Wanted: Republicans' Void for 2012]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Republican voters are fired up and ready to take on President Obama-but with no Daniels, Huckabee, or Barbour in the race, they're in need of a true champion. On their wish list: Christie, Ryan, Perry. Jill Lawrence reports. Plus, Jack W. Germond on...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Jill Lawrence]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 May 2011 00:51:51 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oprah's 20 Biggest Feuds]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In her 25 years on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the daytime talk-show billionaire has had rumored conflicts with everyone from the first lady to Oscar winners to a legendary battle with David Letterman. See the best of the worst.
Gallery: Oprah...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 May 2011 23:42:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gun-Running Sting Blows Up: House Hearings on ATF's Fast and Furious]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-15/gun-running-sting-blows-up-house-hearings-on-atfs-fast-and-furious/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The ATF's Operation Fast and Furious sparked outrage by allowing hundreds of weapons from U.S. gun shops to be trafficked to Mexican drug gangs-and left one border agent dead. With House hearings today, John Solomon exclusively traces the origin of the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[John Solomon]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:16:58 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Weinergate Misstep]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama's call for Anthony Weiner to resign may have been unavoidable, but it kept what has to be history's least sexually satisfying sex scandal in the headlines for another day-and it won't push the congressman out the door. After all, he's...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Eric Alterman]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:28:18 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann Grabs GOP Presidential Debate Spotlight]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The congresswoman used her bluntness and charm to overshadow the men at the GOP debate-announcing her presidential bid and passionately defending the Tea Party. Howard Kurtz on why she shouldn't be underestimated.Plus: More Daily Beast contributors on...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:35:01 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barack Obama and the Democrats Need to Take a Stand for Jobs]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Republicans hold most of the political cards in the debt debate. But as Michael Tomasky argues, that doesn't mean the president needs to act as if he likes being pushed around.
We're entering a crucial and potentially decisive period for the Obama...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michael Tomasky]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:40:18 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Obama's Secret Afghan Exit Formula]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Obama is keeping under wraps a hush-hush plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan-and he hopes it will satisfy those pushing for a quick exit and the diehards determined to stay the course, Leslie H. Gelb reports exclusively.
By July 15,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Leslie H. Gelb]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:17:54 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Karl Rove's Misguided Constitutional Attack on Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Karl Rove is accusing President Obama of breaking the law on Libya and Medicare. But as Newsweek/Daily Beast columnist Stephen L. Carter explains, both laws in question are unconstitutional-and the president can and should refuse to comply.
Is...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Stephen L. Carter]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:40:21 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: Obama's Moment of Decision]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A new Senate report says billions of dollars in aid go to waste in Afghanistan, where the president is about to make a decision about troop levels. But as Andrew J. Bacevich argues, the question is a distraction from a far more fundamental...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Andrew J. Bacevich]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:29:03 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House State Dinner for Angela Merkel: Photos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[After a long day of work, Obama gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel the Medal of Freedom. View photos of the elaborate outdoor White House state dinner.
Surrounded by eminent German Americans, President Obama gave a toast to German Chancellor Angela...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:57:07 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[2012 Presidential Election: The Economy Blame Game]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Can Obama keep his job with a "coulda-been-worse" campaign, despite the sluggish economic recovery? Or can the GOP sell doom and gloom? Michael Medved on the parties' dueling narratives for 2012.
Every presidential campaign features dueling...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michael Medved]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:53:37 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Should Weiner Resign? Daily Beast Contributors Weigh In]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The New York congressman says he won't quit, despite his infamous Twitter photo and online dalliances with six women. But should the scandal cost him his job? Daily Beast contributors including Paul Begala, Michelle Goldberg, and Howard Kurtz weigh...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:33:31 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lousy Economy Won't Sink Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Unemployment has edged up again two months in a row, and economic conditions are bad for most Americans, but the president's strong personal approval ratings and a roster of weak potential GOP opponents mean he will win a second term, writes Peter...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Peter Beinart]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:15:17 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House Rebel]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Secret mall trips. Dining out incognito. Michelle Obama has constructed a life inside the bubble-and has her own sense of her 2012 role, Lois Romano reports in this week's Newsweek.
The most recognizable woman in the world routinely ducks reporters to...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lois Romano]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:34:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The U.S. Economy's Bad News Deluge]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Anemic jobs numbers, cratering home prices, stock market plunges-the only upside to all these depressing figures, says Gary Rivlin, is they may force Washington to stop obsessing over the deficit and fix unemployment.
It was only a month ago that the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Gary Rivlin]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:32:44 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Germany's Economy Can Teach Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[When Germany's Angela Merkel is in Washington on Tuesday, President Obama should ask her to explain how her country manages to succeed with jobs and exports despite high taxes and welfare, says Leslie H. Gelb.
As President Obama decorates German...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Leslie H. Gelb]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:21:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama and Merkel Play Friends for the Cameras]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama is awarding German Chancellor Angela Merkel the Medal of Freedom this week even though the nations are more divided than ever on the issues of the day-Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.
When German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Russell A. Berman]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:01:07 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will Jobs Numbers Sink Obama in 2012?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest jobs report shows unemployment numbers are still terribly high, setting up a tough reelection campaign for the president. But Michael Tomasky says the GOP candidates-and Nixon's example-are giving Obama cause for hope.
May's job numbers...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michael Tomasky]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:47:40 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The John Edwards Case Decoded]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The former presidential candidate has just been indicted on six counts stemming from his attempt to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter. Who's defending Edwards, how strong is the federal case, and why didn't he take a plea deal? The Daily Beast...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:01:10 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Run, Sarah and Michele, Run!]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-01/sarah-palin-and-michele-bachmann-why-they-both-should-run-for-president-in-2012/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Who says there's no room for both Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann in the 2012 presidential race-men? Michelle Cottle on why it is important for women to run and why we shouldn't dismiss a potential matchup between the two GOP pols as a catfight.
Run,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michelle Cottle]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:36:37 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Birthers Won't Die]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama's long-form birth certificate release hasn't stopped Jerome Corsi's Where's the Birth Certificate? from hitting the bestseller list-or the author's new racially charged arguments from spreading, writes Michelle Goldberg.
When the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michelle Goldberg]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 May 2011 23:25:49 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Closed-Door GOP Meeting: Goodbye to Presidential Grill Sessions?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[When the president meets with House Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday, 16 months will have passed since he took unscripted questions from the GOP on live TV. Daniel Stone on why the movement to make "Question Time" a regular event has quietly...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Daniel Stone]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 May 2011 22:36:15 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Big Goodbye: Why Some Abandon the Right]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom holds that people tend to drift rightward as they age. But as Michael Tomasky suggests, ideological migration can involve a shift from right to left as well.
Not long ago, I wrote to an academic who studies the question of how...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michael Tomasky]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 May 2011 15:51:24 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Media's Wild Search for Sarah Palin's Bus Tour]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On the second day of Sarah Palin's family vacation/testing the waters bus tour, the former Alaska governor offered some hints about what her potential campaign might look like-and kept reporters scrambling to catch up. 
Greeting supporters, touring...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Shushannah Walshe]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 May 2011 00:39:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wunder Woman]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel will arrive in the U.S. this week for an official visit to the White House. After an arrival ceremony, Obama and Merkel will hold a bilateral meeting and a joint press conference. A senior German official said the pair...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The president hasn't only failed on immigration reform, critics say he's making things worse. Patricia Murphy on why some Democrats are disgusted with their leader.
The words had an all-too-familiar ring.
When President Obama traveled to El Paso in...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn: The Picture Worth a Thousand Words]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief now accused of rape, first met Barack and Michelle Obama at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh in 2009. The resulting photo, uncovered by New York magazine, says it all.

The Daily Beast's Coverage of the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Storm Hits Joplin]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Tornadoes tore once again through the central U.S. on Tuesday night, killing 14 people in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. Five of the deaths took place near Oklahoma City, where a weather-monitoring station recorded 151-mile-per-hour winds. The storm...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Terry Greene Sterling]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Insult Behind Obama's U.K. Codename]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA["Chalaque," Scotland Yard's codename for the president on his U.K. visit, means "smart aleck," according to the British press, but it's a much bigger putdown than that. Bernie Madoff-now that's a real chalak, says Asra Nomani.
Before President Obama's...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Asra Q.  Nomani]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's European Adventure Photo Album]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In an address to the British Parliament, the president called for a "new era of cooperation" after he and David Cameron vowed new pressure against Libya. Plus, photos of his European adventure.
In an address to both houses of the British Parliament in...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 May 2011 14:42:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Candidates Wanted: Republicans' Void for 2012]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Republican voters are fired up and ready to take on President Obama-but with no Daniels, Huckabee, or Barbour in the race, they're in need of a true champion. On their wish list: Christie, Ryan, Perry. Jill Lawrence reports. Plus, Jack W. Germond on...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Jill Lawrence]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 May 2011 00:51:51 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oprah's 20 Biggest Feuds]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In her 25 years on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the daytime talk-show billionaire has had rumored conflicts with everyone from the first lady to Oscar winners to a legendary battle with David Letterman. See the best of the worst.
Gallery: Oprah...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 May 2011 23:42:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obamas Visit Buckingham Palace]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's a royal sleepover - minus the sleeping bag. The president and first lady were greeted at Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth II, who will be hosting the Obamas during their official state visit to Britain. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 May 2011 09:53:33 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pawlenty Announces Candidacy]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Tim Pawlenty could just tell you he's running for president of the United States. Or he could give you a preview announcement inspired by Google and Chrysler.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 May 2011 09:53:32 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anchor Mixes Up Osama and Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[No one said reporting breaking news was easy. In this local telecast, an anchor mixes up President Obama and Osama bin Laden. Sadly, this will live in viral infamy forever.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 May 2011 12:50:38 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[President Obama: Bin Laden is Dead]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, here's President Obama's full announcement, made Sunday night just after 11:30 p.m. EST, that Osama Bin Laden has been killed.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 May 2011 01:08:58 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump: Meyers Is a Stutterer]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Donald strikes back. The morning after getting ridiculed at the WHCD by the president and head SNL writer Seth Meyers, Donald Trump told Fox News about the "inappropriate" nature of the event.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 01 May 2011 18:49:11 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Slams Trump at WHCD]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The comedian-in-chief is back. No wonder the president had little to say directly to Donald Trump when he revealed his birth certificate Wednesday-he had saved it all for the White House Correspondents' Dinner.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:36:33 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Scolds Reporter]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[If there's one thing the president doesn't like, it's getting interrupted before finishing his answers. In an interview with a local reporter from WFAA, Obama got a bit snippy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:06:09 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin: Mr. President, Game On!]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Just when you thought Sarah Palin's potential as a presidential candidate had fizzled out, the former governor strikes back. At a Tea Party rally in Wisconsin Saturday, Palin lashed out at President Obama for "ignoring" the American people.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:12:31 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shutdown: Everyone Unhappy]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A government shutdown may have been averted, but that doesn't mean everyone's celebrating. From congressional interns to nonessential government employees, SNL recognizes the unhappy parties.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:57:46 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Launches 2012 Campaign]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's election season. In this new ad, which features no stock footage and, more or less, no shots of himself, President Obama lets his supporters do the talking.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:59:21 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin Explains Libya]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin told Greta van Susteren what success in Libya meant for the U.S. "We better be in it to win it, and if there's doubt, we get out," she rhymed.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:11:59 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nader: Impeach Obama!]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ralph Nader has some strong words for the president: You're a war criminal. Listen to Nader list some of Obama's transgressions and come to the conclusion that the 44th president should be impeached.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:45:03 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin: Why We Lost in '08]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Would the GOP have been successful in 2008 if Sarah Palin, and not John McCain, headlined the campaign? Not that Palin suggested anything like that at the India Today Conclave in New Delhi. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:11:12 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Modern Day McCarthyism?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/video/item/representative-peter-king-defends-muslim-hearings/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday's GMA, Congressman Peter King defended his controversial hearings on American Muslims. Is this a politically incorrect witch hunt that "makes sense"?]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:01:59 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Bids Adieu to Gibbs]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[So long, farewell ... After joking that Gibbs' was not the most important departure of the day, President Obama returned a tie that he had borrowed from the departing press secretary during the 2008 Democratic convention.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:45:42 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama: People of Egypt Have Spoken]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama stressed that this was only the beginning of Egypt's transition into true democracy, before lauding the people of Egypt for their peaceful means of bringing about change. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:00:48 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin on Sputnik Moment: 'WTF']]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/video/item/sarah-palin-says-wtf-on-obamas-sputnik-moment/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin dismissed the president's call for a Sputnik moment...because of Communist Soviet Union's collapse. On On the Record Wednesday, she said that what we need instead is a Spudnut moment.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:52:16 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Comedy of Barack Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Try this for a knee slapper: Take a look back at President Obama's jokes-some funnier than others-from roasting Rahm Emanuel's missing finger to warning the Jonas Brothers to stay away from his daughters.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:04:33 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Sen: Obama Should Oppose Abortion]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Potential presidential candidate Rick Santorum doesn't understand why Obama isn't pro-life. You know, because the president's black.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:23:42 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gibbs Dodges Palin Questions]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[No comment on "blood libel." White House spokesman Robert Gibbs refused to talk about Sarah Palin in a press conference about the president's speech in Arizona. "I think there are plenty of people that can render opinions on that," he said.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:10:32 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Joe Biden, Dating Expert?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The vice president made parents happy when he offered up love advice to young women during a photo session: "No dates until you're 30 years old!" ]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:48:09 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gibbs Resigns as Press Secretary]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's a busy day in Washington: After nearly seven years as part of President Obama's staff, Robert Gibbs is stepping down as press secretary. But we haven't seen the last of him: He plans to give speeches and continue to advise Obama.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:46:21 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Issa: Obama Team Is Corrupt]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ready to brawl: The GOP's incoming oversight cop, Darrell Issa, didn't mince his words on State of the Union Sunday. Clarifying a statement calling Obama corrupt, he added that pouring money into the stimulus package "is like steroids to pump up the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:22:56 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Plans for the New Year]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Promising a renewed focus on economic progress in 2011, President Obama pledged to share governing responsibility with Republicans. Click here for more videos.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:35:53 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[DADT Repeal: Behind the Scenes]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[While President Obama's repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell signaled a public victory, prior to the signing, soldiers who had been honorably discharged weighed in on what the repeal meant for them. "It means the world not just for those in the military but...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:06:30 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Carlson: Vick Should Have Been Executed]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Is Sarah Palin hating on Obama's bipartisan tax plan? You betcha. The head Mama Grizzly called Obama's plan "lousy," and also offered up some hunting advice on Good Morning America.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama may love the spotlight, but he's no match for Bill Clinton, who finished a joint press conference today. Obama left to meet with the first lady, who'd been waiting "over half an hour."]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the president prepares for his own version of "mission accomplished" Tuesday, the Iraqi government remains deadlocked, the country experiences a surge in violence, less-than-friendly countries are rushing to fill the power vacuum, and al Qaeda is...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[5 McChrystal Successors]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ABC News says Gen. McChrystal told the Obama administration that he's "compromised the mission." The two met for 30 minutes Wednesday morning, with no indication yet if the general had the president's backing. The White House has also reportedly...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Biggest Oil Spill Demagogues]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The BP disaster has produced plenty of outrage-and outrageous statements. The Daily Beast looks at the politicians stirred to new heights-or depths-of rhetorical excess during the crisis. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Can This Man Govern Iraq?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Secularist challenger Ayad Allawi won a narrow victory, but with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attempting to form his own governing majority, the outcome remains up in the air. The Daily Beast looks at what's next.

Photo: Khalid Mohammed / AP Photo]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to Stop Health Care]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the final vote on health care looms, the right is plotting ways to overturn a Democratic win. From a funding freeze to the courts to state legislatures, The Daily Beast examines the options. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The House Is the Problem Now]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With Thursday's summit between President Obama and Republicans expected to produce no real breakthroughs, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is warning that he may lack the votes to pass health-care reform. "We may not be able to do all. I hope we can...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Backstage at the State of the Union]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The five people-besides the president-who are key to Wednesday's big-time address.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Nail-Biter in Massachusetts]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Tuesday's election for Ted Kennedy's seat could alter the fate of the health-care bill. Can Obama save Martha Coakley? And what can Dems do if she loses? A guide to the Senate nail-biter.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Behind Wall Street's Bonus Boom]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As 2009's bonus season arrives, The Daily Beast examines how this year's payouts got so big, the political fallout-and why huge bonuses may not be a bad thing after all.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will the Bubble Pop Again in 2010?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The stock market made a historic recovery in the past six months, but can it keep it up for the new year? Some analysts say it's unsustainable, as low interest rates can only do so much, and there are signs that another bubble may be right around the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will We Rebound in 2010?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[2009 brought a slow, painful recovery from the economic collapse of 2008. Will things pick up in 2010, or is today the calm before a second storm? Six takes on what the future holds.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Attack on Christmas]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A Nigerian man with possible al Qaeda ties is accused of igniting an explosive device on a jetliner to Detroit on Christmas Day. The Daily Beast on the man accused of the crime, the heroic passengers who stopped him, and the spate of terror attacks on...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Health-Care End Game]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the Senate approaches a tentative Christmas Eve vote on health-care legislation, The Daily Beast looks at the remaining pitfalls and the new battles, as the bill enters its final stages.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Goes to the Hill]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the president meets with senators on Sunday, and lead negotiator Max Baucus faces a scandal, here's what has to happen for health care to pass before the new Christmas deadline.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Obamacare Could Still Fail]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Senate on Wednesday put forward its health-care bill. The Daily Beast looks at the six major obstacles to reform.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:05:04 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Asian Mission]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The president departs for the Far East today. From China's economic might to Japan's atomic legacy to Myanmar's human rights record, the toughest issues he will confront along the way. Plus, Alex Massie on why Obama skipped the Berlin Wall anniversary.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Election Day 2009]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Daily Beast checks out the hot campaigns around the country: the GOP's likely romp in Virginia, a crucial gay-marriage vote in Maine, and an historic moment in Atlanta.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:01:03 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Agony of the Olympics]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Obamas are in Denmark to the nab the Games for Chicago in 2016. The Daily Beast looks at the violent crime, red ink, and-yes-orgies that will inevitably follow.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Climate Wars]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Obama will put the U.S. on a new course toward climate change with a speech to the U.N. today. But with China and Europe already skeptical, is it too little too late?]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:53:57 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[When Politics and Candor Collide]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Obama said it off the record,  but his branding of Kanye West as a "jackass" went public. It wasn't the first time a Washington power player's whisper became an unwelcome soundbyte. 
PLUS: Listen to Obama calling Kanye a "jackass."]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who Will Replace Stevens?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Justice John Paul Stevens, the oldest member of the Court, has announced that he will retire at the end of this summer. Stevens, who is 11 days shy of his 90th birthday, said he hopes his successor is confirmed "well in advance of the commencement of...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Dick Cheney's White House Assault]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's an oft-cited tradition that presidents and vice presidents lay off their successors once they've left office. But Dick Cheney is merely the latest in a parade of former White House occupants who have played armchair quarterback on a national scale.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:46:09 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Unraveling the CIA Scandal]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Justice Department will investigate alleged abuses by CIA officers under the Bush administration after newly released reports suggested interrogators threatened prisoners with power drills and mock executions. But will the independent prosecutor...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:06:14 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Liberal Freakout]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[First the centrist wing of Obama's party didn't like his health-care plan-but now, with new concessions to the Blue Dogs, insurers, and other interest groups, liberals claim they're the disenfranchised ones. Is Obama losing his liberal stronghold? The...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:53:47 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oprah's Risky Business]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With two dead at a frequent Oprah guest's spiritual retreat and another ex-employee filing a lawsuit, The Daily Beast revisits some of the talk show host's questionable moments, from broadcasting shaky medical advice to her KFC coupon debacle.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:25:31 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOP Protesters Invade Town Halls]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[How quickly things change: After years of deriding anti-Bush protesters as kooks, enthusiastic conservatives are organizing to block health-care reform. Can they scuttle the White House agenda-or are their raucous gatherings sabotaging their own cause? ]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:57:10 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Conspiracy Boom]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nearly 58% of the GOP doubts Obama was born in the U.S., but how does that compare to FEMA concentration camps and national bans on eating meat? The Daily Beast presents the kookiest claims in politics.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:47:47 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Health-Care Debate Gets Nasty]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[So much for bipartisanship: Obama's getting aggressive, Steele is talking smack, and a GOP senator is planning the president's "Waterloo." The latest left and right hooks out of Washington.]]></description>
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