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		<title>Forever Stamp Approved</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Governors of the US Postal Service have approved another hike in the price of a stamp, raising the cost of a First-Class Stamp from 39 cents to 41 cents. At the same time, they approved the issuance of the &#8220;forever&#8221; stamp. The &#8220;forever&#8221; stamp will sell at the 41 cent one-ounce letter rate but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remodeling Costs vs Value</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Shoppers Save After Christmas</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of us stayed home this season and did most of our Christmas shopping without ever leaving our chairs. Online shopping was more popular this year than ever with Amazon recording its biggest day ever with $4 million in sales on December 11. The season was disappointing for retailers though, so many are slashing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repaying Holiday Debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas morning will be a flurry of fancy wrapping, bows and ribbons flying, a symphony of &#8220;oooh&#8221;s and &#8220;aaahh&#8221;s, a festival of feel-good gift exchanging, a surfeit of festivities. Then comes the sobering chill of January. No, I don&#8217;t mean the weather. I mean the bills. Suddenly the true cost of all this merry-making will [...]]]></description>
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