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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/business/economy/19econ.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Pain Spreads as Credit Vise Grows Tighter</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 07:43:45 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Lenders have become even less willing to part with their money, further crimping budgets and family spending. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/politics/19campaign.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">For Rivals, Finance Crisis Is Posing on-the-Fly Tests</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 06:44:12 am</span>');
document.write('<br />The presidential race has turned into an audition for who could best handle a national economic emergency. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/19scotus.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Drug Label, Maimed Patient and Test for Court</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 07:39:18 am</span>');
document.write('<br />At issue is whether plaintiffs have the right to sue when the products that hurt them had met federal standards. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/19calif.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">After Impasse, New California Budget Agreement</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 03:20:47 am</span>');
document.write('<br />California legislative leaders and the governor have come to an agreement on the state budget, which is now roughly three months late. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/19crash.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">California Bans Texting by Operators of Trains</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 02:01:46 am</span>');
document.write('<br />After investigators said an engineer in last week?s collision had been texting on the job, regulators temporarily banned the use of all cellular devices by anyone at the controls of a moving train. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/washington/19memo.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Political Memo: Given G.O.P. Predicament, Rangel Opts to Ride Out the Storm</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 03:09:21 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Democrats believe that a long list of Republican lawmakers with legal troubles makes it impossible for Republicans to gain much ground on the issues of ethics and good government. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/education/19college.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Panel Proposes Broad Changes in Federal Financial Aid for College</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 02:09:03 am</span>');
document.write('<br />The recommendations included a simpler application, Pell grant maximums linked to the consumer price index and federally financed college savings accounts for children in low-income families. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/19chicago.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Chicago Unveils Multifaceted Plan to Curb Emissions of Heat-Trapping Gases</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 02:18:44 am</span>');
document.write('<br />The blueprint would change the city?s building codes to promote energy efficiency, and it calls for installing huge solar panels at municipal properties and building alternative fueling stations. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/business/19fed.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Vast Bailout by U.S. Proposed in Bid to Stem Financial Crisis</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 08:34:02 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Treasury and Fed officials were discussing with leaders in Congress a plan for the government to buy up distressed mortgages. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/business/19backlash.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">A Bid to Curb Profit Gambit as Banks Fall</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 02:53:00 am</span>');
document.write('<br />A backlash against short sellers has begun, with regulators in the U.S. and Britain tightening rules and authorities in New York intensifying investigations. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/business/19bush.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Bush Emerges After Days of Financial Crisis</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 03:21:39 am</span>');
document.write('<br />The president spoke briefly on Thursday after remaining largely out of sight as Wall Street has become engulfed by a financial crisis. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/politics/19mccain.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">The New McCain: More Aggressive and Scripted on the Campaign Trail</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 03:19:53 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Senator John McCain?s once easygoing if irreverent campaign presence ? endearing to crowds, though often resulting in gaffes ? has been put out to pasture. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/politics/19stevens.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Alaska Star May Add Luster to Tarnished Senator</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 03:10:05 am</span>');
document.write('<br />As Gov. Sarah Palin has moved to the national stage, Senator Ted Stevens, who goes on trial next week, has risen in some opinion polls in Alaska. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/politics/19trooper.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Husband of Alaska Governor Refuses to Testify in Legislature?s Trooper Inquiry</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 03:47:36 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Todd Palin was one of 13 people subpoenaed in the inquiry into whether Gov. Sarah Palin or members of her administration abused their power in the dismissal of a top state administrator. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/politics/19adbox.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">The Ad Campaign: Obama Attacks McCain in a Bid to Attract Hispanic Voters</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 03:23:26 am</span>');
document.write('<br />A Spanish-language Obama ad misrepresents John McCain?s record on the immigration issue and his relationship with Rush Limbaugh. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/washington/19nsa.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Agency and Bush Are Sued Over Domestic Surveillance</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 02:28:04 am</span>');
document.write('<br />A privacy group filed a class-action lawsuit on Thursday seeking to halt what it describes as illegal surveillance of Americans? telephone and Internet traffic. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/19power.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Power Still Not Restored to Many in the Midwest</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 03:09:44 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Remnants of Hurricane Ike swept through the region on Sunday, bringing torrential downpours and strong winds. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/washington/19vets.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Action Is Sought to Ensure Timely Financing for V.A.</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 02:37:16 am</span>');
document.write('<br />As the veterans? health system strains to handle a growing caseload, a move is under way in Congress to avoid yearly delays in financing that can hamper the medical care of the nation?s veterans. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/19simpson.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">Simpson Defense Alleges Police Glee in His Arrest</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 03:54:15 am</span>');
document.write('<br />O. J. Simpson?s legal team began Thursday to mount a defense that will sound familiar to anyone who followed his 1995 murder trial. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/19brfs-001.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"  target="_blank">National Briefing | Midwest: Minnesota: Rebuilt Bridge Opens</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on September 19, 2008 02:07:42 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Flashing headlights and honking horns penetrated the early-morning sky as police officers and first responders led drivers in a slow procession across the new Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis. ');
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