12/01/2008 -
Good News For Worried Homeowners
The government is desperate to avoid a steep rise in home repossessions. It will improve the benefits on offer to homeowners and has ordered lenders to show restraint...
Source:
The Motley Fool
http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/343/f/4670/s/27a3d98/l/0L0Sfool0O0Cnews0Cproperty0E home0Cmortgages0C20A0A80C120C0A10Cgood0Enews0Efor0Eworried0Ehomeowners0Baspx0Dso urce0Fuoofolrf0A0A10A0A0A2/story01.htm
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12/01/2008 -
(Full Story)
It's Mommy Monday, and parents want to know how they can help their Kindergartners get over a fear of dogs. Kristi Alexander, a clinical psychologist on Parent Center.com says your job is to both acknowledge your child's anxiety and help him or her get more comfortable with the dogs.
Source:
KAKE
http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/35304654.html
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12/01/2008 -
Mumbai: The Perils of Blaming Pakistan
Indian accusations of a Pakistani hand in last week's Mumbai massacre couldn't have come at a worse time for the government in Islamabad: As a Taliban insurgency continues to simmer in the tribal areas along the Afghan border, clashes on Sunday between rival political groups in the southern metropolis of Karachi killed 13 people and wounded 70.
Source:
Muzi
http://dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10083894.shtml
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12/01/2008 -
GRADING THE GIANTS
OFFENSE
Source:
Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/ny-spggrade1015948398dec01,0,75585 62.story?track=rss
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12/01/2008 -
Giants don't miss beat without clueless Burress
LANDOVER, Md.
Source:
Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/ny-sppow015948409dec01,0,1529257.c olumn?track=rss
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12/01/2008 -
Legislators debate merit of measuring children's BMI
Officials worry schoolchildren are obese, but want to be cautious in their approach.
Source:
Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?pg=news&articleid=20081130_1 6_A5_hOffic606402
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12/01/2008 -
Bits of digital Obama presidency emerge
Presidential addresses on YouTube. Online chats with administration officials. And millions of energized Barack Obama backers ready for the next e-mail or text message calling them to action.
Source:
The Palm Beach Post
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/nation/epaper/2008/11/30/a1a_obamaweb_ 1201.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0
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12/01/2008 -
Giants have a good shot with Plaxico
LANDOVER, Md. -- They're winning games, aiming for another playoff run and demonstrating a reluctance to screw up and accidentally shoot themselves in the foot.
Source:
Connecticut Post
http://www.connpost.com/ci_11109183?source=rss
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12/01/2008 -
LP reiterates opposition vs Cha-cha in newspaper ad
MANILA, Philippines - The Liberal Party (LP) on Monday reiterated its opposition against attempts to railroad a House resolution seeking to convene Congress into a constituent assembly, widely perceived as a move to extend President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo"s term beyond 2010.
Source:
GMA News
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136706/LP-reiterates-opposition-vs-Cha-cha-in-newspa per-ad
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11/30/2008 -
Credit card companies quick to raise rates, fees
Greg Fischer was already fed up with Bank of America for doubling his credit card's interest rate to 28.99 percent ? the price for being a couple of weeks late with a payment in April. What sent him over the top, he said, was the bank's decision to rule his September payment late, too. He paid on the due date on the bank's Web site. But he paid at 4:10 p.m. ? past a 3:30 cutoff that Fischer said ...
Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/11/30/credit_card_rate s.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6
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11/30/2008 -
NDP, Bloc in coalition talks before fiscal update: tape
The New Democrats and Bloc Quebecois held talks to form a coalition party well before the opposition's uproar over the government's fiscal update, according to an audio recording of NDP Leader Jack Layton.
Source:
CTV Winnipeg
http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081130/conservative_budget_081 130/20081130?hub=WinnipegHome
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11/30/2008 -
Monday, December 1, 2008
Critiquing President-elect Barack Obama's choice of economic team, The Guardian's Edward Hemore & LA Times-Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein say Mr Obama has already ruffled feathers with his new economic think-tank as they are Citi Chief Rubin's proteges and acolytes.
Source:
Deccan Herald
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Dec12008/eb20081130103821.asp
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11/30/2008 -
Arroyo focused on governance, not on Cha-cha - Dureza
MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang on Sunday said President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo remains focused on governance in time for her stepping down in June 2010.
Source:
GMA News
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136663/Arroyo-focused-on-governance-not-on-Cha-cha-- -Dureza
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11/28/2008 -
Airport Raid May Backfire On PAD
Win or lose, the anti-govt movement will pay a big price for Suvarnabhumi chaos and closure. Sondhi Limthongkul was pleading for public sympathy on Tuesday night. We regret causing a major inconvenience, he said, referring to the seizure of Suvarnabhumi Airport, but we have no choice.
Source:
Sin Chew Jit Poh
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/18630?tid=12
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11/30/2008 -
Some electricity customers liable to be shocked by higher rates
By JIM FUQUAY When Robert Baker saw his electricity provider, National Power Co., go out of business this summer, he decided to rethink his strategy on buying power. The Hurst engineer didn?t want to lock himself into a long contract at a time when skyrocketing natural gas prices had helped produce what he figured was a peak in electricity prices. So he went with a month-to-month contract from ...
Source:
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1064699.html
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