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			<title><![CDATA[How much will it cost to replace struts on Cirrus?]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Q: I have a 1996 Chrysler Cirrus with 30,000 miles. There is a rattle when on a bumpy road, and I have been told it has something to do with the strut. I really have no mechanical knowledge and would appreciate your guidance. Does this sound like the correct diagnosis? What would be an approximate fair price for the repair? ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[People<br>
Douglas Emond of Marblehead was recently appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer of Metro Credit Union, which has branch offices in Peabody, Swampscott and several other communities on the North Shore.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, Nov. 4<br>
North Shore Chamber of Commerce Economic &amp; Public Policy Breakfast Forum, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Peabody Marriott Hotel, 8A Centennial Drive, Peabody. With a presentation by Judge Robert Cornetta, Salem District Court. The cost is $29 for members, $50 for nonmembers. To register, visit www.northshorechamber.org or call 978-774-8565.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Salem News receives award from providers of human services]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A statewide association of human service providers awarded The Salem News a Media Award of Excellence during its 34th annual Convention and Expo in Boston last week.<br>
The award recognized The Salem News for its work to highlight issues important to the families of people living with developmental disabilities.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Salem apartments harnessing the sun's energy for power]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Over the next few months, workers will be installing solar panels on a Salem apartment complex that will have one of the largest photovoltaic arrays in the state.<br>
At the Princeton Crossing apartments, across from Salem Hospital, nearly 2,000 roof-mounted solar panels are expected to generate enough electricity to power all of the common areas in the complex of 17 buildings, including laundry rooms, lounges, outdoor lighting and pumps for the heating system.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Where, oh where, to find missing part for 1998 Taurus]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Q: Because the engine light is on in a 1998 Ford Taurus V6-182 3.0L OHV, I got a rejection sticker. It needs the steel tube for the left side secondary air injection valve. <br>
The part is not to be found anywhere on Earth! ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[House panel votes for new rating agency rules]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The House Financial Services Committee has voted to set new rules for credit rating agencies, which lawmakers say misled investors by giving high marks to risky securities tied to subprime mortgages.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New home sales fall 3.6 percent]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Sales of new homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a soon-to-expire tax credit for first-time owners started to wane.<br>
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that sales fell 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 402,000 from a downwardly revised 417,000 in August. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a pace of 440,000.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UN climate chief doubts full treaty this year]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM (AP) &mdash; Reaching a final global warming treaty will be impossible this year, but the principles of a deal must be settled at a conference in December, the U.N.'s top climate official said Wednesday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Witch School moving to Witch City]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The "Witch School" sign hasn't gone up on the building yet, but the operators of this largely Internet enterprise have picked out a storefront on Salem's Essex Street pedestrian mall.<br>
The city's newest witch business will be sandwiched between The Gathering, a small Christian church, and Rockafellas, a restaurant that is on the site where The First Church in Salem was founded in 1634. ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[People<br>
Aviva Chomsky, professor of history at Salem State College, was awarded the Best Book 2009 award from the New England Council of Latin American Studies for her most recent book, "Linked Labor Histories: New England, Colombia, and the Making of a Global Working Class."]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thursday, Oct. 29<br>
North Shore Chamber of Commerce Human Resources Professionals Roundtable, Guide to Financial Wellness, 7:45 a.m., North Shore Chamber Boardroom, 5 Cherry Hill Drive, Suite 100, Danvers. 978-774-8565 or steve@northshorechamber.org.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['Service engine' light indicates a problem with vehicle]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Q.: Are you able to tell me what maintenance I will require for my 56,000-mile service? I have no operator's manual &mdash; my car was bought at auction, and the book was missing. Just yesterday, my "service engine soon" light went on. Is this a reminder for the above service? Anything you can tell me will be a big help. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heating oil, natural gas prices rise in October]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Sparked by a cold snap in the northeast, home heating fuels are getting more expensive even though supplies are well above normal for this time of year.<br>
Heating oil futures spiked with crude oil contracts last week. Retail prices followed, surging an average of 10.2 cents per gallon for residential customers on Monday, according to an Energy Information Administration report released Thursday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Navy's newest warships top out at more than 50 mph]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BATH, Maine (AP) &mdash; The Navy's need for speed is being answered by a pair of warships that have reached freeway speeds during testing at sea.<br>
Independence, a 418-foot warship built in Alabama, boasts a top speed in excess of 45 knots, or about 52 mph, and sustained 44 knots for four hours during builder trials that wrapped up this month off the Gulf Coast. The 378-foot Freedom, a ship built in Wisconsin by a competing defense contractor, has put up similar numbers.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; A special independent panel says NASA's plan to revisit the moon is the wrong mission with the wrong rocket.<br>
Norman Augustine (Aw-Gus-TEEN) is chairman of the panel reviewing the agency's spaceflight plans. He said it makes more sense for NASA to consider landing on nearby asteroid or one of the moons of Mars. He said that could be done sooner than returning to the moon in 15 years as NASA has outlined.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ambulances start charging extra for obese patients]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) &mdash; The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn't sturdy enough to hold him.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Delta reports $161 million 3Q loss]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (AP) &mdash; Delta Air Lines Inc. will cut system capacity 3 percent next year and plans to shed more jobs, as it reported a quarterly loss Thursday bigger than a year ago. Executives were hesitant to say when the world's largest airline will grow again amid an economic recovery that is only starting to take shape.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Microsoft hopes for a fresh start with Windows 7]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE (AP) &mdash; Microsoft Corp. finally got its chance to reboot its reputation Thursday, launching a new edition of Windows that it hopes will encourage more PC buyers to get back into stores.<br>
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer celebrated the arrival of Windows 7 in New York with a few hundred people who had helped test early versions of the software that runs PCs. One of them, technology consultant, Jonathan Kay, flew from Toronto to attend.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wenham-based company makes sense of social media]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tyson Goodridge of Wenham says he "cut his teeth" on social media while managing an online community for affluent consumers for a startup. <br>
He did that job for three years just when social networking sites were taking off. When the economy tanked, Goodridge was laid off, but that led the 37-year-old father of two to start his own company, Dialogue.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Business Briefcase]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[People<br>
Beverly Kahn of Swampscott, founder and president of New Dimensions in Technology Inc., has been named one of the top 10 recruitment specialists by Women's Business Boston.<br>
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			<title><![CDATA[Business Calendar]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pubiz/local_story_293003542.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, Oct. 20<br>
Basics of Good Communication, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Enterprise Center at Salem State College, 121 Loring Ave., Salem. The key elements of good communication, including techniques to create a common purpose, resolve conflict, and maintain healthy, future-focused dialogue. Speaker Julie Mendez, Performance Strategies International. Free. Registration required at www.enterprisectr.org. 978-542-7528.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[DJ industrials pass 10,000 for 1st time in a year]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year.<br>
The Dow has crossed five figures seven months after it hit a 12-year low of 6,547.05 on March 9. The comeback by the stock market's best-known indicator is the most visible sign yet that investors believe the economy is indeed recovering from the financial crisis and recession.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[House panel begins push on financial overhaul]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; A key House panel moved to tighten rules on previously unregulated financial instruments Wednesday, a long-awaited step toward governing the obscure and complex transactions at the heart of the troubles that befell some of Wall Street's most well-known financial houses]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Treasury and Fed failed in AIG oversight]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is "ultimately responsible" for regulators failing to rein in massive bonus payments at American International Group because he led the agencies that provided AIG's lifelines.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[FAA proposes fines against United, US Airways]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Federal Aviation Administration wants to levy multimillion dollar penalties on United Airlines and US Airways for safety violations.<br>
The FAA said Wednesday it has proposed a $5.4 million fine against US Airways for operating eight planes on a total of 1,647 flights from October 2008 to January 2009 in violation of safety directives or the company's own maintenance rules.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UK: Overseas banks sign up to bank bonus rules]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; Major overseas banks operating in London have agreed to implement new rules on bank bonuses approved at the Group of 20 nations meeting in Pittsburgh, Britain's Treasury office said Wednesday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[P&G's new CEO McDonald seeks 1B more customers]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI (AP) &mdash; The Procter &amp; Gamble Co.'s new CEO wants to fire up growth by adding a billion new customers for products such as Pampers diapers and Gillette shavers around the globe over the next five years.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Colo. minimum wage to drop as living costs fall]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286133510.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DENVER (AP) &mdash; Colorado officials say the state will become the first to lower its minimum wage because of a falling cost of living.<br>
The state Department of Labor and Employment has ordered the wage to drop to $7.24 from $7.28, effective Jan. 1. But that's lower than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, so minimum wage workers would lose only 3 cents an hour.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nearly half of swine flu patients were healthy]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (AP) &mdash; The largest U.S. analysis of adult hospitalized swine flu patients has found that 46 percent did not have asthma or any other underlying condition.<br>
Health officials looked at 1,400 adult swine flu hospitalizations in 10 states. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official released some of the details at a Tuesday press conference.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sewing shop offers creative 'escape']]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Phyllis Vray wasn't sure what the future held when she left her job to open her own sewing store. Five years later, Sew Creative is still going strong.<br>
As Vray prepared to mark the fifth anniversary of her store on Elliott Street, we asked her a few questions about the business and the art of sewing.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Business Calendar]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pubiz/local_story_286130022.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, Oct. 14<br>
Salem Chamber of Commerce After Hours, 5 to 7 p.m., Bobbie Bush Photography, 35 Congress St., Salem. Networking event for chamber members (free) and guests ($20). RSVP to info@salem-chamber.org.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pubiz/local_story_286130051.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[People<br>
Dr. Henry Ramini, interim president and CEO of Northeast Health System, which includes Beverly and Addison Gilbert hospitals, recently received the 2009 American Association of Birth Centers Collaborating Physician Award.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fearful or greedy about stocks? This might help]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM (AP) &mdash; It's said that greed pushes investors to buy stocks when they're overpriced, while fear drives sales when stocks are at or near a bottom.<br>
With that in mind, Philips Electronics has teamed up with a prominent Dutch bank to develop a system of warning home traders when they're about to make a decision to buy or sell stocks while feeling overly emotional. It's called "The Rationalizer," and a test model is on display at an innovation summit in Brussels this week.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ship built with WTC steel sails for namesake city]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[AVONDALE, La. (AP) &mdash; A Navy assault ship built with tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers began its journey to New York on Tuesday, sailing down the Mississippi River in a pea-soup fog as watchers along the levee strained for a glimpse.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Report: Oil demand peaked in 2005 for West]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; An international energy think tank says oil demand in developed countries likely peaked in 2005, well before the recession sent crude prices plummeting.<br>
IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates said Tuesday that oil consumption started to slump four years ago as consumers bought more efficient vehicles and countries expanded their use of alternative fuels like ethanol. Vehicle ownership also has leveled off in the developed world, as has the number of women in the workplace, CERA said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oil prices near a new high for the year]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oil prices neared new highs for the year Tuesday as the dollar slipped against other major currencies, demonstrating how much the weakened U.S. currency can affect consumers globally.<br>
The U.S. dollar index, where the U.S. currency is measured against other major currencies, hit a 14-month low Tuesday. Because crude is bought and sold in dollars, it essentially becomes cheaper for international investors who have flooded into energy markets despite a big surplus of oil.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cisco to buy Starent Networks for $2.9B]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Betting on the growing popularity of data-hungry phones like the iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc. said Tuesday it had agreed to pay $2.9 billion for Starent Networks Corp., a maker of equipment for wireless carriers.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[China auto sales jump 78 percent in September]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI (AP) &mdash; China's vehicle sales vaulted 78 percent in September from a year earlier, widening a lead over the U.S. as the world's top auto market, with sales spurred by tax cuts and government stimulus spending.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ford Focus wagon should last at least 200,000 miles]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Q: I have a 2005 Ford Focus wagon with nearly 60,000 miles that has noisy brakes. The brakes are original to the car and have been noisy for a long time. A mechanic recently inspected the brakes and says they are in good condition, although they don't seem to stop as well as they did when the car was new. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A new way to get to Boston]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; You can get here by car, by train, even by ferry. And starting next week, visitors will be able to travel between Salem and Boston on a 33-passenger shuttle bus. <br>
CityConnect Express &mdash; an off-shoot of CityView Trolley Tours, which offers sightseeing tours of Salem &mdash; hopes its new shuttle service will appeal to both professionals and tourists.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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John Pierga of Danvers recently became a principal and owner in the firm BLW Engineers Inc., which specializes in the design of HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, electrical, fire alarm and tel/data systems.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, Sept. 29<br>
Networking Skills Everyone Should Know, 5 to 7 p.m., Enterprise Center, Salem State College, 121 Loring Ave., Salem. Techniques for breaking the ice and being a good networker. Speakers will explain how they do it. In the process, meet a lot of new business owners. Free, registration required at www.enterprisectr.org. 978-542-7528.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gas prices drop below the $2.50 mark]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pubiz/local_story_272001026.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The average retail price for gasoline dipped below $2.50 a gallon for the first time in two months yesterday as swelling oil supplies and slumping demand overshadowed even a fire at a major U.S. refinery.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Artist makes Peace Through Violence]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pubiz/local_story_271220913.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Scott Lanes of Salem is a professional photographer who also produces a line of high-end T-shirts and handbags called "Peace Through Violence." Recently, Lanes opened a retail location in a former silk-screening shop on North Street in Salem. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ohio AG takes lead role in Bank of America lawsuit]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) &mdash; Bank of America Corp. executives improperly concealed billions of dollars in losses and billions in bonuses paid by Merrill Lynch before a shareholder vote on their proposed merger, Ohio's attorney general argued in a class-action securities lawsuit he described as among the largest in history.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gas dips below $2.50 for first time in 2 months]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_271152205.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The average retail price for gasoline dipped below $2.50 a gallon for the first time in two months Monday as swelling oil supplies and slumping demand overshadowed even a fire at a major U.S. refinery.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Job losses, early retirements hurt Social Security]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Have high-mileage car checked before driving to Florida]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/pubiz/local_story_268223517.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Q: I plan to drive to Florida the first of next year. I own a 1999 Toyota Camry with 122,000 miles. The only problem I have is the car is starting to eat oil, about a quarter-bottle between oil changes. I feel I will not have any problems on my trip since I do take care of my car. Can you make any suggestions that I need to follow?]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, Sept. 23<br>
"Appropriate Workplace Attire, Enforcing the Dress Code," 8 to 10 a.m., North Shore Community College's Institute for Corporate Training and Technology, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 121E, Beverly. With Margaret Batting, certified image consultant. $50, includes a continental breakfast. For more information or to register, call 978-236-1200.]]></description>
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