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		<title>Analysts: North Korea talks follow well-worn path</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong (CNN) &#8212; North Korea&#8217;s bipolar swings between nuclear provocation and fawning overtures for talks now form part of a familiar pattern. As recently as March, Pyongyang was warning the United States of &#8220;a simmering nuclear war&#8221; and cut its hotline with South Korea. But in the past week, media reports say it has been taking down the ubiquitous anti-American billboards that line the streets of the North Korean...]]></description>
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		<title>9-cent hike leads to clashes in Brazil</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The unifying power of &#8216;Arab Idol&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) &#8212; The opening theme&#8217;s the same and the concept&#8217;s no different, but &#8220;Arab Idol&#8221; is much more than just a popular singing competition. Now in its second season, the Middle Eastern version of &#8220;American Idol&#8221; is the feel-good story of the year. At a time when the Arab world is so concerned about conflicts growing and sectarianism increasing, the show has done the near impossible: It&#8217;s given...]]></description>
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		<title>Sidewalks exploding in London</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[London (CNN) &#8212; There&#8217;s a new menace lurking in the streets of London &#8212; exploding sidewalks. It may sound like a joke, but for Indran Sivarajah, who experienced a near miss three years ago, it was no laughing matter. Sivarajah, who works for a communications firm, was walking along a sidewalk in the trendy Shoreditch neighborhood of east London when he saw a puddle. He stepped into the road to...]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks: Investors hold their breath for Bernanke</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click on chart to track premarkets It&#8217;s B-Day. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke takes center stage Wednesday. At a highly anticipated afternoon press conference, he&#8217;s expected to discuss when the central bank could begin tapering the pace of its bond purchases. The Fed&#8217;s bond-buying program has been a boon to equity markets, supporting U.S. and global stock indexes and driving them to recent record highs. Any comments from Bernanke suggesting...]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. oil boom helps thwart OPEC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil workers on a rig in Midland County, Texas. Growth in U.S. oil production is putting pressure on OPEC. Surging U.S. oil production and greater energy conservation are helping keep a lid on oil prices worldwide and may be limiting the sway OPEC holds over world markets. U.S. oil output rose by 14% in 2012, BP reported last week in its annual statistical review. The million barrel-per-day jump in output...]]></description>
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		<title>Raising the next Bill Gates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Pixel Academy in Brooklyn, kids design video games, build apps and learn computer programming. Sarah Broach&#8217;s son Marlon would rather stick a fork in his eye than play soccer, but he can design one heck of a video game. The Broachs are part of a number of families eager to give their kids an edge, and maybe even a shot at being tech&#8217;s new kid millionaire, by having them...]]></description>
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		<title>I will graduate with $100,000 in loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelly Mears has a lot at stake in the debate over government-subsidized student loan interest rates, which are slated to double on July 1. When Kelly Mears graduates from Union College in the summer of 2015, she will have $100,000 in student loans. Armed with a political science degree, Mears will join more than a million Americans who have racked up breathtaking amounts of student debt. Mears is also one...]]></description>
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		<title>Business majors most likely to be underemployed, report finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychology majors are almost twice as likely to end up working as a barista than other underemployed grads, PayScale found. What you major in can mean the difference between making an annual salary or making Frappucinnos post-graduation, according to a recent report. While underemployment is an issue facing many graduates, those who major in business administration and management, criminal justice, drama, English and psychology, are more likely to work in...]]></description>
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		<title>Men are disappearing from the workforce</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Men have been dropping out of the workforce for decades. Men have been steadily disappearing from the workforce for more than half a century. In the 1950s, nearly every man in his prime working years was in the labor force, a category that includes both those who are employed and those actively applying for jobs. The &#8220;participation rate&#8221; for men ages 25 to 54 stood at 97.7% in early 1956,...]]></description>
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