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            <title><![CDATA[President Bush: Decision on Stem Cell Research]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/blwhrelease16.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[President Bush's Aug. 9, 2001 statement to the nation on federal funding of stem cell research.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[IRS Has $2.4 Billion in Unclaimed Refunds]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa012001a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If you are one of about 1.6 million people who failed to file a tax return in 1997, the IRS is looking for you. No, wait. You're not in trouble. Fact is, IRS
may owe you money!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Unemployment Compensation]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/federalbenefitprograms/a/ucprogram.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Unemployment benefits represent the first and perhaps last line of defense against the ripple effect of joblessness. Then intention of unemployment benefits is to provide eligible, unemployed workers with a weekly income adequate to allow them to afford the necessities of life, including food, shelter and clothing while they look for new jobs.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Costs and Benefits of Government Regulations]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aacost-benefit.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Do federal regulations cost taxpayers more than they are worth? Answers to that question can
be found&nbsp; in a first-ever report released by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How To Apply For a Copyright]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/c/ht/00/07/How_Apply_For_Copyright0962932962.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[a simple how to on applying for a copyright]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[S. 2099 - Registration of Handguns]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/bills/bls2099.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The bill S. 2099, now in Congress, requires registration of all handguns and a tax on all handgun sales.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Traffic Congestion Grows Worse]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/consumerawareness/a/congestion.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Traffic congestion, already costing Americans $63.1 billion a year, is only getting worse, according to a new report from the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). Factoring in today's rising fuel prices adds another $1.7 billion per year.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congress Cold to Gun Laws]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/guncontrol/a/gunbanpan.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Will tougher domestic gun control laws bolster homeland security? Apparently Congress doesn't think so, as five proposed gun control measures, including one that would have banned gun sales to persons suspected of having links to terrorist groups, have been rejected by the powerful House Rules Committee.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Recent Public Laws]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/blnewlaws.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Recent laws passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by the President.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[State Unclaimed Property Searches: Find Forgotten Money]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/unclaimed/blunclaimed_w.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Here you will find state government resources for finding and claiming unclaimed money and property.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Medicaid Profile]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/federalbenefitprograms/p/medicaidpro.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Profile of the federal Medicaid benefit program]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[2008 Tax Rebate Checks]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/incometaxandtheirs/a/rebates2008.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Starting in May 2008, some 130 million U.S. families and individuals will be getting tax rebate checks from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Few actions of the U.S. government have generated so much interest or so many questions as the tax rebate checks. Here you will find answers to many of those questions, as well as resources directly from the IRS to help you understand the tax rebate.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Veterans Day - Freedom is Not Free]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/blveterans.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In observance of Veterans Day - A day to thank all 48 million Americans who have served since 1776.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Federal Flood Insurance]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/floodinsurance.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Since 1978, the federal flood insurance program has paid out over $11.6 billion in claims. Up to 25 percent of that went to owners of flood damaged property located outside of designated &quot;flood prone&quot; areas. Read on for the basics of the federal flood insurance program.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Veterans in 2005]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/resourcesforveterans/a/vets2005.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau offers revealing facts about U.S. veterans in 2005.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How We Got Miranda Rights]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/mirandarights/a/miranda_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Detailed content and meaning of the Miranda warnings.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Death Master File]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/deathmaster.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[One of the government's most effective weapons against financial fraud -- and now terrorism -- is a massive database of dead people called the &quot;Death Master&quot; file.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House Turns 200]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa110100a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The White House -- once called a glamorous prison by Harry Truman celebrates its 200th anniversary on Nov. 1, 2000.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Federalist Papers No. 52]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/fed/blfed52.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Federalist Papers No. 52 - The House of Representatives]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NASA Plans Elevators to Space]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa041702a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Open your imagination now. You hop into the elevator and hit the button for the 11,457,600th floor. Hope you dressed warmly, because when you hop out, you'll be hopping right into space. Science fiction? Not anymore, says NASA.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Constitution: Bill of Rights - U.S. Government Info/Resources]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/blconbor.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Bill of Rights, from your About.com Guide: government info resources unreasonable searches and seizures bill of rights amendments redress of grievances criminal prosecutions]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[John Paul Stevens Bio]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscourtsystem/a/stevensbio.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Biography of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court John Paul Stevens.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Details of the Bush 2003 Ta...]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/taxes/a/bushtaxcuts.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The White House explains how President Bush's proposed $550 billion fiscal year 2003 tax cut plan would affect Americans.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top Picks - Top 5 Books on US Presidents]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/aatp_presbooks.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Top Picks - Top 5 Books on US Presidents: john adams by david mccullough general macarthur david mccullough presidential trivia harry s truman]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SBA 8(a) Apply Online]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/moneymatters/a/sba8aonline.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has unveiled a new electronic online application that will make it easier, faster and less expensive for small companies to apply for 8(a) Business Development and Small Disadvantaged Business certification directly from SBA's Web site.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Homework Help: U.S. Government - Civics]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/blhomework.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Homework help with some of the most often studied subjects in U.S. Government or civics classes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HUD Offering $1000 HUD-homebuyer Rebate]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa080202a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Effective June 31, the HUD $1,000 Cash Back Move-In Allowance will be given to the buyer at closing and can be used for any expenses such as
moving costs and home repairs. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Help Buying a Fixer-Upper Home]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/fixeruppers.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[You want to buy a house that needs repairs -- a &quot;fixer-upper.&quot; Unfortunately, you cannot borrow the money to buy the house, because the bank won't make the loan until the repairs are done, and the repairs cannot be done until the house has been purchased. Can you say &quot;Catch-22?&quot; Don't give up. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has a loan program that might just get you that house.[]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How To Get Copies of Past Tax Returns]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/c/ht/00/07/How_Get_Copies_Past0962932965.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[a simple how to on getting copies of your old irs tax returns]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Border Patrol Auto Sales]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/consumerawareness/a/dhsautosales.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Border Patrol is now auctioning off hundreds of seized and surplus cars and trucks at ten locations operated by it's San Antonio, Texas-based contractor, Robertson Auto Auctions.]]></description>
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