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		<title>Pension -- SalemNews.com, Salem, MA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A three-part series detailing how politicians' promises to retired state workers threaten to engulf taxpayers.]]></description>
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		<copyright>Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved.</copyright>
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			<title><![CDATA[Look of downtown signs a calculated process]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_280214349.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The NRA had the power to make virtually all downtown signs conform to the new look of Newburyport. At the NRA&#8217;s insistence, the sign at Bob&#8217;s Subs eventually came crashing down in 1976.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incumbent city councilors run strong, except in at-large races]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_269020829.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two of the City Council's biggest advocates for cutting taxes during the summerlong budget stalemate emerged as the biggest winners in yesterday's preliminary election.]]></description>
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			<guid>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_211161038.html</guid>
			<title><![CDATA[Early retirement plan costs local taxpayers in N.H.]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_211161038.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Like Massachusetts, New Hampshire is struggling to rein in rising pension costs.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[How one town cut costs, improved benefits]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_211160742.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BOSTON | Rising health care costs and unions reluctant to accept change pose a twin threat to municipalities on a tight budget.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cahill: Loopholes undermine sound system]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_211160440.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill is chairman of the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, which oversees investments for the $50 billion retirement fund. In an interview with Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co., Cahill talked about pressing issues facing public pensions.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Outrage, lack of fairness fuel debate over pension reform]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_211160146.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts politicians have created a public pension system widely criticized as unfair both to many of the people who depend on it and to the taxpayers who help pay for it.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Retirement board paid $55,000 to lobbyists]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_211155839.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Essex Regional Retirement Board last year spent more than $55,000 to pay a Boston-based lobbying firm to guide board-sponsored legislation through Beacon Hill.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Far-flung resorts beckon Essex retirement board members]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_211155629.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Members of the Essex Regional Retirement Board took nine out-of-state trips in the last two years for conferences and meetings with money managers, often staying at luxurious resorts and eating at fancy restaurants as taxpayers helped pick up the bill.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The games they play: How state, workers manipulate pension system]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_211155315.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Early retirement plans in 2001 and 2003 allowed state employees to add five years to their age or work history for purpose of their pension.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sweet deals for some]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pension/etpcpension_story_211154507.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[critics say, Massachusetts public pension system | open to abuse by lawmakers who exploit loopholes to benefit well-connected friends and special interest groups | and often themselves.]]></description>
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