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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[1 Out Of 32 Americans Under...]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/censusstatistic/a/aainjail.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[While 1 out of every 142 Americans is now actually in prison, 1 out of every 32 of us is either in prison or on parole from prison, according to yet another report on Americans behaving badly from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.[]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brady Act Background Checks: The First Seven Months]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa010200a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How the Brady background checks work and statistics on their success]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bad News from Census]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/censusandstatistics/a/censusbadnews.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that the number of uninsured Americans rose by 1.4 million to 15.6 percent, or 45 million, in 2003, up from 15.2 percent in 2002, the third straight annual increase. Meanwhile, the nation&amp;#146;s poverty rate also climbed to 12.5 percent last year, from 12.1 percent in 2002.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government Sales and Auctions]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/auctionandsales/p/govsales.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What does the U.S. government have going for it when it comes to public sales and auctions? Diversity. From Treasury bills to wild horses and houses, you name it and a government agency probably sells it. Best of all from the consumer's standpoint, the government is not out to make a profit, so most items are sold at or below cost or fair market value. Plus, purchasing from the government helps to defer cost of running the government, which saves taxpayers' dollars.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gun Control in Congress]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/blgunlaws.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Status of gun control legislation in the U.S. Congress]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[President Bush&#039;s Thanksgiving 2001 Proclamation]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/blwhrelease21.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[President Bush's Thanksgiving 2001 Proclamation: president dwight eisenhower painful aftermath thanksgiving tradition u s presidents dwight eisenhower]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hold My Mail, Please]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/consumerawareness/a/holdmymail.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[You spent months planning the perfect vacation and the time has finally come. The bags are packed, the car is loaded, and the dog's in the kennel. At the last minute you remember you haven't asked the Post Office to hold your mail while you're away. Well, just run back into the house, fire up your PC and get the job done. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) now offers customers the option of requesting that their mail be held from 3 to 30 days quickly and easily online.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving 2003]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/thepresident/a/tgd2003.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With hearty helpings of blessings and dressings, President Bush issued his 2003 Thanksgiving Day proclamation. &quot;Our Founders thanked the Almighty and humbly sought His wisdom and blessing,&quot; wrote the President.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Judge Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa070102b.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Comparing the punishment to state-sponsored murder of innocent human beings, a federal trial judge in New York today declared the current federal death
penalty unconstitutional.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bush and Gore On Election 2000 Issues]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/blbushgore.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Where Al Gore and George W. Bush stand on the issues in Election 2000.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Watergate Tape &#039;18-Minute Gap&#039; May be Recovered]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa081301a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[America may at last know what was said during the famous 18 1/2-Minute Gap in the Nixon-Watergate audio tapes if the National Archives and Record
Administration (NARA) succeeds in its restoration efforts.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Code of Ethics for U.S. Government Service]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/blethics.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Code of Ethics applied to all persons serving in any position withing the U.S federal government.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Guide Picks - 5 Good Books on Gun Control]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/aatpguncontrol.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Gun Control -- Some great books on one of the great American debates.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Notch Babies - Can Congress Help?]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa082100a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Persons born between 1917 and 1922 have been drawing far less in Social Security for years. Can Congress help the Notch Babies?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Scalia on the Constitution]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa022701a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia explains how he interprets the U.S. Constitution.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The South Carolina and Confederate Flags]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/news/aa011800a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Interesting facts about the South Carolina Flag debate.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why We Vote When We Vote]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/thepoliticalsystem/a/whenwevote.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Find out why all federal elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving Feast Affordable]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/consumerawareness/a/tgivingcosts.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A home-cooked, traditional Thanksgiving dinner &amp;#150; including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the trimmings - will cost an average of $3.57 this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House Fact Sheet on Stem Cell Research]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/blwhrelease17.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The White House Fact Sheet on embryonic stem cell research.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Does HUD Owe You a Refund?]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa040101b.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Anyone who ever had a mortgage insured by HUD/FHA may be due a refund on part of the mortgage's
insurance premium or a share of the earnings. Here's where to find out if HUD owes you money and how to get it.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congressional Committee System]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/committees.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Where do things get done in Congress? Usually in committee. Each chamber of Congress has committees set up to perform specific functions, enabling the legislative bodies to accomplish their often complex work more quickly with smaller groups.&#10;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hanford Site: Past Horror, Future Hope]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa102497.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This feature presents the factual history of events leading to the creation of one of the most interesting, yet least recognized
of all U.S. Government agencies, and Web site, the Department of Energy Richland Operations Office, better known as the Hanford Site.]]></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[Top Picks - Books on the US Constitution]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/aatp_const.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Top Picks - Books About the U.S. Constitution: russian constitutions comparing constitutions ratification debate school library journal structure of the european union]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SBA Expands SBAExpress Small Business Loan Lenders Network]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa073102a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Small business owners will enjoy significantly increased access to capital thanks to changes in the SBAExpress pilot loan program announced recently by the
U.S. Small Business Administration.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buying Personal Property from the U.S. Government]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/blsalespersonal.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sources for buying surplus, used and siezed property from the U.S. government.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HUD &#039;Tracer&#039; Business? Watch Out!]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa040101a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Make big money as a HUD Tracer? Probably not, but you might become a felon.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Holiday Airport Security Tips]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/defenseandsecurity/a/holidayflytips.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Especially during peak travel periods, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) urges air passengers to be aware of the latest airport security checkpoint procedures and policies, and to take advantage of several tips designed to speed their clearance through security.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vets Job Web Site]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/governmentjobs/a/dhsvetjobs.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Employment for veterans is a major goal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Department has announced it wants to increase its current workforce of 47,000 veterans to at least 50,000 by the end of 2012, and has created a one-stop Web site for veterans looking for jobs.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Arizona Business]]></title>
            <link>http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/smallbusiness/a/azbusiness.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Small Business Grants and Resources in Arizona]]></description>
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