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	<title>Muckety Maps In The News | Muckety.com</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Google getting advice from Frank Quattrone and Qatalyst on Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo!</title>
		<link>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/11/google-getting-advice-from-frank-quattrone-and-qatalyst-on-microsofts-bid-for-yahoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muckety</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Quattrone's Qatalyst Group, which was launched last month to "provide high-end merger &#038; acquisition and corporate finance advice to technology companies globally," is advising Google on the Microsoft/Yahoo! merger &#038; acquisition deal according to a report by Andrew Ross Sorkin and Michael J. de la Merced on the DealBook blog.]]></description>
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		<title>Elton John raises $2.5 million for Hillary Clinton at Radio City Music Hall benefit concert</title>
		<link>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/10/elton-john-raises-25-million-for-hillary-clinton-at-radio-city-music-hall-benefit-concert/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/10/elton-john-raises-25-million-for-hillary-clinton-at-radio-city-music-hall-benefit-concert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muckety</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The first standing ovation during Elton John's sold-out benefit performance at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday night wasn't for Sir Elton, but for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
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		<title>Bill and Hillary Clinton disagree on Colombia free trade issue</title>
		<link>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/09/bill-and-hillary-clinton-disagree-on-colombia-free-trade-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/09/bill-and-hillary-clinton-disagree-on-colombia-free-trade-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muckety</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when the campaign of Hillary Clinton thought they had the Colombian free trade debacle behind it comes this - Bill Clinton supports the bilateral agreement being pushed through congress by the Bush administration, which Hillary Clinton opposes.]]></description>
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		<title>Quinnipiac pollster calls Penn. Gov. Ed Rendell, a Hillary Clinton supporter</title>
		<link>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/09/quinnipiac-pollster-calls-penn-gov-ed-rendell-a-hillary-clinton-supporter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/09/quinnipiac-pollster-calls-penn-gov-ed-rendell-a-hillary-clinton-supporter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muckety</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell was relaxing around his house last weekend when the phone rang. On the other end of the line was a pollster from the Quinnipiac University poll looking to get his opinions about the upcoming April 22nd Democratic presidential primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Rendell, a supporter and fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, was one of 1,340 likely Democratic voters polled in the state from April 3rd to the 6th.]]></description>
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		<title>Jackie Speier wins California Congressional seat with over 75% of vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/09/jackie-speier-wins-california-congressional-seat-with-over-75-of-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/09/jackie-speier-wins-california-congressional-seat-with-over-75-of-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muckety</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jackie Speier is heading back to Washington, but this time it will be as a Congresswoman Speier and not as a congressional aide. Speier, a Democrat from Burlingame, was an aide to former Rep. Leo Ryan who was killed in Jonestown in 1978. She is a Jonestown survivor who was shot five times and left for dead during the massacre.]]></description>
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		<title>New poll shows Barack Obama cutting into lead of Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania</title>
		<link>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/08/new-poll-shows-barack-obama-cutting-into-lead-of-hillary-clinton-in-pennsylvania/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/08/new-poll-shows-barack-obama-cutting-into-lead-of-hillary-clinton-in-pennsylvania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muckety</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A new poll released today by Quinnipiac University shows Hillary Clinton's lead slipping in Pennsylvania - even among women. Clinton leads Barack Obama by 50% to 44% among likely primary voters. Less than a week earlier, in an April 2nd poll by the university, Clinton was leading Obama by 50% to 41%.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Reserve’s Fisher and Plosser opposed drastic March rate cut</title>
		<link>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/08/federal-reserves-fisher-and-plosser-opposed-drastic-march-rate-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/08/federal-reserves-fisher-and-plosser-opposed-drastic-march-rate-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muckety</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/08/federal-reserves-fisher-and-plosser-opposed-drastic-march-rate-cut/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard Fisher, president of the Fed's Dallas bank, and Charles Plosser president of the Fed's Philadelphia bank, both voted against the most recent cut in the Fed's federal funds rate according to minutes of the March 18th Federal Open Market Committee meeting released on the Fed's web site. The committee voted 8-2 to approve the rate cut.
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		<title>Equity firm invests $7 billion in Washington Mutual</title>
		<link>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/08/equity-firm-invests-7-billion-in-washington-mutual/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/08/equity-firm-invests-7-billion-in-washington-mutual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Mutual today announced a $7 billion bailout by an investment group led by TPG, the private equity firm. The group will seat two directors on WaMu&#8217;s board - David Bonderman, a co-founder of the equity firm, and Continental Airlines chairman &#038; CEO Lawrence Kellner.]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Dylan wins Pulitzer Prize for his impact on popular music</title>
		<link>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/08/bob-dylan-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-his-impact-on-popular-music/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/08/bob-dylan-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-his-impact-on-popular-music/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muckety</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.muckety.com/Bob-Dylan/2759.muckety">Bob Dylan</a>, the 66 year-old folk singer who was booed offstage for playing his electric guitar at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, has won a special citation from the Pulitzer Board citing "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."
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		<title>Jackie Speier is the favorite to win Tom Lantos’ congressional seat</title>
		<link>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/07/jackie-speier-is-the-favorite-for-tom-lantos-congressional-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.muckety.com/2008/04/07/jackie-speier-is-the-favorite-for-tom-lantos-congressional-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muckety</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jackie Speier is favored to win the congressional seat held by her old boss, Leo Ryan who was killed in the Jonestown massacre in 1978. Speier, who herself was shot five times and left for dead in Jonestown, is a former California state Senator and Assemblywoman.
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