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			<title>Scrapbooking company attempts fresh start after bankruptcy</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Antioch Company, the parent company of St. Cloud-based Creative Memories, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November. Creative Memories, the scrapbooking pioneer, is optimistic about its fresh start as it leaves its debt behind. But scrapbook industry analysts say it&#039;s going to be a tough challenge in light of growing competition and a decline in the scrapbooking market.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Bus breakdown snarls rush hour traffic</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A Minneapolis city bus broke down tonight during rush hour causing a delay on Interstate 94 that backed up traffic for miles.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/bus_breakdown_snarls_rush_hour_traffic/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:06:32 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Met Council considers negotiations on mitigation plan</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The head of the Metropolitan Council says he&#039;s willing to give more information to Minnesota Public Radio that could help thaw a standoff over the proposed Central Corridor light-rail train route through downtown St. Paul.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/met_council_considers_negotiations_on_mitigation_plan/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:59:36 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Lawsuit alleges man harmed at slaughterhouse</title>
			<description><![CDATA[An Austin man is suing Hormel Foods and
Quality Pork Processors, saying he was harmed because of a machine used to extract pig brains at a plant where several employees became sick with a neurological illness.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/qpp_lawsuit/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:28:36 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Cirrus Design makes another round of job cuts</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Duluth aircraft manufacturer Cirrus Design has trimmed another 50 jobs, in addition to some 200 cut last year.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/cirrus_morecuts/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:08:42 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Target, other retailers face tough road ahead</title>
			<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#039;t a very good Christmas for Target and other retailers. December sales numbers released today left little doubt. But, retailers are bracing themselves perhaps even tougher times ahead.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/macys_closing_brooklyn_center_store/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:00:44 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Andersen Windows cuts jobs, makes temporary layoffs</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Bayport-based Andersen Corp., the largest window and door manufacturer in North America, is making temporary and permanent job cuts because of the economy.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/andersen_cuts/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:14:24 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Minn. Senate panel gives thumbs-up to roads chief</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Transportation Commissioner Tom Sorel
has won a unanimous vote of confidence in a key state Senate panel.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/sorel_confirmation/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:03:52 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>500 Best Buy employees to take buyouts</title>
			<description><![CDATA[About 500 employees at Best Buy&#039;s Richfield headquarters have indicated they want to accept buyout packages. The company offered that option to all its 4,000 headquarters employees as a way to cut costs.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/bestbuy_buyouts/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:40:52 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Obama seeks new &#039;foundation&#039; for economic growth</title>
			<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama today spelled out
the key elements of an &quot;American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan&quot; that he is touting to treat a sick economy.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/obama_economy/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:31:32 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Retailers report dismal December sales</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Retailers reported dismal sales figures for
December on Thursday as even Wal-Mart Stores Inc., one of the bright spots in the industry, finally buckled under the pressures of the deteriorating economy.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/retailers_report_dismal_december/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:52:16 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Business booming at car repair shops</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Car repair shops throughout the Twin Cities say they&#039;re seeing
their business go up, while the rest of the automobile industry struggles.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/twin_cities_auto_repair/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:36:11 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>NASDAQ after the crisis</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Bob Greifeld, CEO of NASDAQ, discusses the turmoil in the financial markets at the National Press Club.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/midday2/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:24:43 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Target reports 4 percent drop in December sales</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Minneapolis based Target Corporation today reported a 4 percent decline in December sales  based on stores open at least a year, a key barometer for retailers.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/target_december_sales_declilne/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:19:09 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Grant program for new home buyers gets a boost</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A Minneapolis pilot program that provides $10,000 grants to people to buy homes in the city is getting a $1.5 million boost.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/08/minneapolis_home_buyer_grants/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:01:35 -0600</pubDate>
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