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		<title>Osama Bin Laden Dead?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 04:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early reports are spreading like wildfire on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as news channels such as FOX and CNN that the terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden has been killed. Osama Bin Laden was the leader of al Qaeda and has been killed by US Forces during a recent airstrike. Although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeland Security Begins Using National Terrorism Advisory System</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today will announce the implementation of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS). NTAS is a robust terrorism advisory system that provides timely information to the public about credible terrorist threats and replaces the former color-coded alert system. Secretaria Napolitano anuncia implementación del Sistema Nacional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Expands Broadband Investment For Rural Areas To Accelerate Job Creation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced support for telecommunications projects in seven states to improve broadband service to rural residents and businesses. &#8220;Investment in broadband technology will create jobs across the country and expand opportunities for millions of Americans. Broadband provides the opportunity for rural Americans to receive improved educational services, health care, and public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. To Invest $130 Million For Advanced Energy Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that up to $130 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will be made available to develop five new program areas that could spark critical breakthrough technologies and secure America&#8217;s energy future. Today&#8217;s funding opportunity announcement comes two months after ARPA-E announced six of its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Perry Convenes Texas Technology And Economic Development Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Rick Perry has urged leaders in higher education and technology to continue working to make Texas the nation’s next hub for innovation, collaboration and competition in technology development and manufacturing. He spoke at the Governor’s Technology and Economic Development Forum, hosted by the Austin Chamber of Commerce, where he was joined by business, technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Begins National Farmers Market Directory Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Agriculture&#8217;s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is opening the updating process for the USDA National Farmers Market Directory, the official count of the nation&#8217;s farmers markets. For the first time this year, the directory will also track farmers markets with multiple locations and operating days. &#8220;The USDA National Farmers Market Directory not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Helps Victims Of Japan Quake And Tsunami</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Pat Quinn has announced a statewide humanitarian relief effort to harness Illinois’ technological and agricultural resources to provide vital supplies for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) will donate 2,000 critically-needed radiation detectors to assist the relief effort, and a collective response by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Perry Speaks At Ribbon Cutting For Cisco&#8217;s New Allen Data Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Rick Perry today credited Texas&#8217; sound economic principles, including keeping taxes low, maintaining a reasonable and predictable regulatory climate and fair legal system, and skilled workforce with helping make Texas the best state in the nation to live, work and do business. The governor participated in a ribbon cutting for Cisco&#8217;s new Allen Data [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Invests $30 Million To Fund Biomass Reseach And Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) has jointly announced up to $30 million over three to four years that will support research and development in advanced biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. The projects are designed to support President Obama&#8217;s goal of reducing America&#8217;s oil imports by one-third by 2025. They are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. To Develop Next Generation Of Cool Roofs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have joined with Dow Chemical Company to fund key research that will help develop the next generation of cool roof technologies in the U.S. The agreement will support research to increase the energy savings from existing [...]]]></description>
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