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        <title><![CDATA[ Speed Racer Crashes at Weekend Box Office]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Speed Racer stalled in its weekend box office debut, banking just a fifth of its $100 million budget and allowing Iron Man to maintain top spot with another $50 million. Racer ran neck-and-neck with the comedy What Happens in Vegas, which also scored $20 million. Made of Honor and Baby Mama complete the top 5.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sun, 11 May 2008 18:05:25 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Fox Boots 'Idol' Favorite's Dad From Backstage]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[David Archuleta may be the fan favorite on &quot;American Idol,&quot; but his dad is now Fox's persona non grata backstage. The network has banned Jeff Archuleta, who had been intensely involved in prepping his son, after his call Tuesday to change the lyrics of &ldquo;Stand By Me,&rdquo; adding a verse from Sean Kingston&rsquo;s &ldquo;Beautiful Girls.&rdquo;]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sun, 11 May 2008 09:39:48 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Employers Ask   Office Lovers   to Sign Off ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Bosses who see love in the air are asking workers to sign so-called love contracts to guard against sexual harassment claims, ABC News reports.  &quot;It is documenting the relationship,&quot; one employment lawyer said. &quot;You need to define the relationship. Is (it) welcome?&quot; The issue has gained attention as more women take office jobs and Americans in general work longer hours.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sat, 10 May 2008 19:52:53 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Mercury Line   May Hit the   Scrap Heap ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Once a four-wheeled icon of cool, Ford's Mercury brand is steadily losing traction and may soon be parked for good, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ford has not yet announced a plan to scrap the line, but one key stockholder is urging the company to let it go.&nbsp;  &quot;Mercury has one more product cycle left in it, and then will almost certainly be retired as a brand,&quot; one analyst said.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sat, 10 May 2008 18:52:15 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Spielberg to Shoot Lincoln Picture Next]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Once he wraps up Tintin, Steven Spielberg will make a long-awaited biopic about Abraham Lincoln, the Los Angeles Times reports. The director spilled the beans while promoting Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and said he wants to shoot the flick next year, Lincon's 200th anniversary&mdash;but did not confirm rumors that Liam Neeson will play the 16th US president.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sat, 10 May 2008 17:21:53 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Stamp Price to Hit 42 Cents on Monday]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a run on the post office today as Americans snap up first class stamps before they cost a penny more on Monday, the Los Angeles Times reports. If the 42-cent price seems insignificant, just think of Netflix, which sends and receives nearly 2 million parcels a day, and pays both ways.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sat, 10 May 2008 14:17:02 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Murdoch Drops Newsday Bid ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch has dropped his $580 million bid for Newsday. Cable operator Cablevision has offered $650 million for the Long Island daily, and Murdoch&rsquo;s News Corp. said a higher bid would be &ldquo;uneconomical.&rdquo; The media tycoon&rsquo;s dropout was unexpected, Reuters says, considering Murdoch recently told investors a deal was nearly done. A $580 million bid from Mortimer Zuckerman, owner of the rival Daily News, remains on the table.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sat, 10 May 2008 13:44:08 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ US Predicts Bumper Crops Will Ease Food Crisis]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Farmers worldwide will reap record-breaking harvests of wheat and rice this year, the US projects, and the news is expected to ease some of the worldwide concern about food prices. The USDA says good weather will bring bumper crops that will replenish depleted stocks, Reuters reports. Analysts warned, however, that prices will remain high for some time and that the world's poor will still need food aid.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sat, 10 May 2008 09:11:09 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  'Slutbucks'?   Coffee Logo   Spurs Protest ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Starbucks' fiscal woes are well-documented, and, Mother Jones blogger Jen Phillips writes, a boycott by a Christian group could be next, over the reintroduction of its original logo, which features a nearly bare-breasted sea siren. &quot;The Starbucks logo has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute,&quot; says Mark Dice, the group's rep. &quot;The company might as well call themselves Slutbucks.&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sat, 10 May 2008 07:29:10 CDT  </pubDate>
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