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							<title><![CDATA[The Man Who Is Trying to Save Detroit]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-man-who-is-trying-to-save-detroit/2013/07/20/bf3c22c2-f12b-11e2-a1f9-ea873b7e0424_print.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Fletcher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The man who has become the face of Detroit&#194;&#146;s historic bankruptcy planned to spend his weekend at home in Chevy Chase corralling the ferns that are overgrowing their planters and threatening his garden. Or maybe taking his two young children to the pool. Long anonymous to most of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Manufacturing Declines to 4 Year Low]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Fletcher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The nation&rsquo;s manufacturing output unexpectedly shrank to its lowest level in four years in May, according to a new report, as slowing export growth and tight fiscal policy caused factories to slow production.The Institute for Supply Management&rsquo;s manufacturing index tumbled to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Lower Jobless Rate = Better Labor Market?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/does-a-lower-unemployment-rate-mean-a-better-labor-market/2012/12/10/7cef5ac6-4265-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Fletcher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The government&rsquo;s latest jobs report offered both good news and bad news, reflecting an emerging reality of the nation&rsquo;s economy.The unemployment rate dipped from 7.9 percent to 7.7 percent in November, the Labor Department reported Friday, its lowest level in four years. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[States Face Crushing Economic Outlook]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/states-face-bleak-economic-forecast-report-says/2011/11/28/gIQAZ1t26N_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Fletcher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[States are caught in a fiscal vise as weak economic growth, dwindling federal help and increasing appeals from hard-pressed local governments squeeze their budgets.Things have improved since the worst of the recession, but states still face a dire fiscal situation, according to a report...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Republican Governors, a Gamble]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/26/AR2011022603971.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Fletcher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael Wernick, 61, a longtime body and fender man, says his financial  fortunes have gone nowhere but down over the past decade. His salary is  stagnant, and his 401(k) has shrunk, derailing his retirement plans.So as he watches Gov. Scott Walker (R) take on the public-employee unions ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Too Many 'Czars' in Washington?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Voices Regret to Policeman]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072400451.html?hpid=topnews</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Recovery's Missing Ingredient: Jobs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101859.html?hpid=topnews</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Ready to Battle Budget Critics]]></title>
							<link>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/02/28/obama_ready_for_battle_with_bu.html?hpid=topnews</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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