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		<title>Should Clinton drop out of the Democratic race?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 12:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Eichler</dc:creator>
		
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The road just got rockier for Hillary Clinton in her battle to win her party&#8217;s presidential nomination after Barack Obama&#8217;s  victory in North Carolina and her slim win in Indiana.
&#8220;It&#8217;s full speed on to the White House,&#8221; Clinton said at a victory rally in Indianapolis, with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, standing behind [...]]]></description>
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<p>The road just got rockier for <a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/hillaryclinton">Hillary Clinton</a> in her battle to win her party&#8217;s presidential nomination after <a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/barackobama">Barack Obama&#8217;s</a>  victory in North Carolina and her slim win in Indiana.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s full speed on to the White House,&#8221; Clinton said at a victory rally in Indianapolis, with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, standing behind her. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got a long road ahead, but we&#8217;re going to keep fighting.&#8221;<span id="midArticle_5"></span></p>
<p>But Clinton made some conciliatory noises.<span id="midArticle_6"></span> &#8220;I can assure you as I have said on many occasions, that no matter what happens, I will work for the nominee of the Democratic Party &#8230; and I know that Senator Obama feels the same way,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>Should Clinton drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination?</p>
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		<title>Back in coach for Wall Street, Goldman pulls the free soda</title>
		<link>http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/blogs/ask/~3/282273633/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Eichler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For many bankers and traders, the days of company perks  such as sleek limos, cushy business seats, and fat steaks are gone.
Credit Suisse  has reduced some cell phone subsidies and done away with car vouchers. Merrill Lynch  has banned business class travel for some divisions. Goldman Sachs  has pulled free soda [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&amp;d=20080502&amp;t=2&amp;i=4110058&amp;w=&amp;r=2008-05-02T141753Z_01_N01460744_RTRUKOP_0_PICTURE0" alt="A trader puts his hand to his face while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York November 1, 2007." title="Trader at NYSE" align="left" height="147" width="220" />For many bankers and traders, the days of <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN0146074420080502">company perks</a>  such as sleek limos, cushy business seats, and fat steaks are gone.</p>
<p><a href="http://search.us.reuters.com/rsearch/rcomSearch.do?blob=Credit%20Suisse&amp;WTmodLoc=ussrch-top-quote">Credit Suisse</a>  has reduced some cell phone subsidies and done away with car vouchers. <a href="http://search.us.reuters.com/query/?q=Merrill+Lynch&amp;s=US&amp;srch_Tab=&amp;srch_Results=&amp;srch_MoreResults=&amp;searchWhere=NEWS">Merrill Lynch</a>  has banned business class travel for some divisions. <a href="http://search.us.reuters.com/query/?q=Goldman+Sachs&amp;s=US&amp;srch_Tab=&amp;srch_Results=&amp;srch_MoreResults=&amp;searchWhere=NEWS">Goldman Sachs</a>  has pulled free soda and <a href="http://search.us.reuters.com/query/?q=JPMorgan&amp;s=US&amp;srch_Tab=&amp;srch_Results=&amp;srch_MoreResults=&amp;searchWhere=NEWS">JPMorgan</a>  has upped the requirements for free meals and car rides.</p>
<p>Has your company scaled back on perks? Share your experience.</p>
<p>For more on the economy, click <a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/economy">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Holiday from gas tax: Good idea or more politics?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Eichler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Presidential candidates John McCain  and Hillary Clinton  want to suspend the gas tax  for the summer to offer  drivers some relief from record fuel prices. President Bush said this week that he was willing to consider a fuel tax holiday.
Barack Obama  opposes the idea, saying it would not amount to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&amp;d=20080502&amp;t=2&amp;i=4111703&amp;w=&amp;r=2008-05-02T165245Z_01_N02190626_RTRUKOP_0_PICTURE0" alt="A customer fills a car's tank at a gas station approximately one mile from the White House in Washington March 11, 2008." title="Pumping gas" align="left" height="144" width="220" />Presidential candidates <a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/johnmccain">John McCain</a>  and <a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/hillaryclinton">Hillary Clinton</a>  want to suspend the<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN3038243520080430"> gas tax</a>  for the summer to offer  drivers some relief from record fuel prices. President Bush said this week that he was willing to consider a fuel tax holiday.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/barackobama">Barack Obama</a>  opposes the idea, saying it would not amount to much. House Democratic leaders have also shown little support for suspending the gas tax.  Some<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN0219062620080502"> experts say</a>  that a gas tax holiday wouldn&#8217;t help drivers much if service stations don&#8217;t pass on the savings to consumers.</p>
<p>Do you support a gas tax holiday this summer?</p>
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		<title>New York snubbed for “Sex” premiere?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Sibonney</dc:creator>
		
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&#8220;Sex and the City&#8221;  fans and entertainment bloggers such as Perez Hilton are peeved that the premiere of the much-anticipated flick, based on HBO&#8217;s hit television comedy about single women in New York, is going to be in London &#8212; two whole weeks before the New York debut on May 30.
The film&#8217;s producers downplayed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&amp;d=20080501&amp;t=2&amp;i=4096548&amp;w=&amp;r=2008-05-01T141924Z_01_N30552252_RTRUKOP_0_PICTURE2" class="centered" alt="Actress Sarah Jessica Parker (C) is held back by co-star Cynthia Nixon (L) as she hits actor Chris Noth with a wedding bouquet as they film a scene on the set of " title="Set of " align="top" height="319" width="450" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN3055225220080501">&#8220;Sex and the City&#8221;</a>  fans and entertainment bloggers such as <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2008-04-29-sex-and-the-city-snub">Perez Hilton</a> are peeved that the premiere of the much-anticipated flick, based on HBO&#8217;s hit television comedy about single women in New York, is going to be in London &#8212; two whole weeks before the New York debut on May 30.</p>
<p>The film&#8217;s producers downplayed the decision after coming under fire from New Yorkers.</p>
<p>London will be much smaller,&#8221; a New Line Cinema spokesman told <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2008/04/29/2008-04-29_sex_and_the_city_to_premiere_in_london.html">New York&#8217;s Daily News</a>. &#8220;The whole cast isn&#8217;t even going.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It was simply a question of logistics and scheduling. We&#8217;re still planning the big premiere to be in New York,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Do you think New York &#8220;Sex and the City&#8221; fans have a right to feel snubbed?</p>
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		<title>Too many celebrity cooks spoiling the broth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 08:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Addison</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it time to thin out all the makeover programmes on the BBC and bring back "Tomorrow's World?"]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-448" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/05/01/too-many-celebrity-chefs-spoiling-the-broth/448/" title="atten3.jpg"><img align="left" width="105" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/files/2008/05/atten3.thumbnail.jpg" alt="atten3.jpg" height="150" class="imageframe" /></a>Sir David Attenborough has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/01/bbc.television">accused the BBC </a>of chasing ratings and overloading the schedules with too many makeover programmes and celebrity chefs.</p>
<p>Where, he asks, are the programmes about science for example like the long-defunct "<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2625699.stm">Tomorrow's World</a>?"</p>
<p>"Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity chefs," he asks. "Is it not a scandal in this day and age that there seems to be no place for continuing series of programmes about science, or serious music or thoughtful, in-depth interviews with people other than politicians?"</p>
<p>Attenborough joined the BBC in 1952 so he's been around the corporation a long time. Do you think he's right or has he had his day?</p>
<p>    </p>
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		<title>End of the road for violent games?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Griffiths</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The makers of the popular "Grand Theft Auto" computer game are unrepentant about its trademark mix of fights, car-jacking and bad language. Do you think the game is a bad influence?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/files/2008/04/grand-theft-auto-iv.jpg" title="grand-theft-auto-iv.jpg"><img align="left" width="150" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/files/2008/04/grand-theft-auto-iv.thumbnail.jpg" alt="grand-theft-auto-iv.jpg" height="84" class="imageframe" /></a>"We make games for the people that play them. We don't make them for the Daily Mail."</p>
<p>So says Dan Houser, the producer who co-created the <a href="http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/">Grand Theft Auto </a>computer game series, one of the most successful of all time.</p>
<p>While sales have gone through the roof, the gangster game has attracted waves of criticism from newspapers, parents' groups and politicians, including Hillary Clinton.</p>
<p>She says the series demeans women and contributes to a "silent epidemic" of sex and violence in the media that could harm children.</p>
<p>"They're playing a game that encourages them to have sex with prostitutes and then murder them. You know, that's kind of hard to digest," she said in a speech in 2005.</p>
<p>With the fourth instalment <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN2116666620080426">finally here</a>, Houser is unrepentant about its trademark mix of fights, car-jacking and bad language and says computer games are unfairly singled out for criticism.</p>
<p>Violent TV shows like "The Sopranos" or films like "The Godfather" win handfuls of awards, while games with adult themes come under intense fire, he says.</p>
<p>"Most of it's just Ludditism and people having a fear of things they don't understand," <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/hubpages/2008/gta/dlgtamain1.xml">he said in an interview.</a> "We see games as being an emergent art form...that will eventually supplant or challenge movies."</p>
<p>Supporters say there is no established link between computer games and violent behaviour.</p>
<p>And anyway, games with adult content are given a rating which means shops can't sell them to children.</p>
<p>Do you think there should be stricter controls on violent video games or is the focus on games rather than TV, films and the Internet unwarranted?</p>
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		<title>Can women have it all?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Eichler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be a feminist mantra: you can do it all, successfully raise a family and have a career.
Meg Wolitzer , the author of &#8220;The Ten-Year Nap,&#8221; a new novel about women who leave the workplace to care for their children, says the one-time noble goal doesn&#8217;t always work out in real life &#8212; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/ask/files/2008/04/mom.jpg" title="mom.jpg"><img src="http://blogs.reuters.com/ask/files/2008/04/mom.thumbnail.jpg" alt="mom.jpg" class="imageframe" align="left" height="150" width="150" /></a>It used to be a feminist mantra: you can do it all, successfully raise a family and have a career.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSSP16338220080428">Meg Wolitzer</a> , the author of &#8220;The Ten-Year Nap,&#8221; a new novel about women who leave the workplace to care for their children, says the one-time noble goal doesn&#8217;t always work out in real life &#8212; and that is not a bad thing.</p>
<p>&#8220;Having everything is one of those cringe worthy concepts that sound better than they actually are,&#8221; Wolitzer told Reuters.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/ask/files/2008/04/wolitzer.jpg" title="wolitzer.jpg"><img src="http://blogs.reuters.com/ask/files/2008/04/wolitzer.thumbnail.jpg" alt="wolitzer.jpg" class="imageframe" align="right" height="150" width="150" /></a>&#8220;Is the point of life to amass a big jackpot? I think the point is the stuff that happens along the way.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Do you think women should strive to &#8220;have it all&#8221; &#8212; a career and a family &#8212; or is that feminist ideal overrated?</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSSP16338220080428">here </a> to read the full story on Meg Wolitzer&#8217;s book.</p>
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		<title>New York City police cleared in groom’s death</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Eichler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Three New York City Police offers were found innocent  of all charges in the shooting death of Sean Bell, an unarmed black man on his wedding day.
State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Cooperman said the charges could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. &#8220;Questions of carelessness and incompetence must be left to other forums,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/ask/files/2008/04/sean-bell.jpg" title="sean-bell.jpg"><img src="http://blogs.reuters.com/ask/files/2008/04/sean-bell.thumbnail.jpg" alt="sean-bell.jpg" class="imageframe" align="left" height="150" width="150" /></a>Three New York City Police offers were <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2538183120080425">found innocent</a>  of all charges in the shooting death of Sean Bell, an unarmed black man on his wedding day.<br />
State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Cooperman said the charges could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. &#8220;Questions of carelessness and incompetence must be left to other forums,&#8221; Copperman said.</p>
<p>The case has generated outrage in New York&#8217;s black community.</p>
<p>Share your thoughts on the verdict.</p>
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		<title>Is it British to fly the flag?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Castle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Government departments are being encouraged to fly the flag of St George alongside the Union Flag to mark England's national day under constitutional reforms aiming to give British people a stronger sense of what it means to be British.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/files/2008/04/rtr1twu8-1.jpg" title="Flag"><img align="left" width="150" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/files/2008/04/rtr1twu8-1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Flag" height="115" class="imageframe" /></a>The red and white flag of England will be flying above <a href="http://www.number-10.gov.uk/">10 Downing Street</a> on Wednesday alongside the Union Flag to mark St George's Day.</p>
<p>It will be the first time in recent history that the two flags will have flown above the Prime Minister's official residence to commemorate <a href="http://www.stgeorgesday.com/home">England's national day.</a></p>
<p>Other government departments are being encouraged to follow suit under <a href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/whatwedo/governance.htm">constitutional reforms</a> aiming "to give British people a stronger sense of what it means to be British".</p>
<p>Whitehall will also for the first time be able to fly the national flags of Scotland and Wales on their buildings on <a href="http://www.scotland.org/standrewsday/">St Andrew's Day</a> and <a href="http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/275/">St David's Day.</a></p>
<p>The changes to protocol were introduced <a href="http://www.culture.gov.uk/flagflying/default.htm">at the end of March</a>, while restrictions on the number of days a year that government buildings could fly the Union Flag were lifted last year.</p>
<p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has even published <a href="http://www.culture.gov.uk/flagflying/protocol.html">detailed guidance</a> on the arcane British rules of flag flying.</p>
<p>Only buildings with two poles can fly the flag of St George on Wednesday because the Union Flag <a href="http://www.culture.gov.uk/flagflying/faqs.html#2">takes precedence</a>.</p>
<p>Single-masted establishments must stick to the Union banner.</p>
<p>Has the government gone flag-crazy? Is it really British to fly the flag?</p>
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		<title>Gone whaling: Web fraudsters land a bigger catch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Griffiths</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet fraudsters are setting their sights on the big fish of the corporate pond.

After phishing and spear-fishing, tech-savvy criminals are going whaling.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-381" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/04/22/gone-whaling-web-fraudsters-land-a-bigger-catch/381/" title="fraud.jpg"><img align="left" width="150" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/files/2008/04/fraud.thumbnail.jpg" alt="fraud.jpg" height="106" class="imageframe" /></a>First there was "phishing" - where criminals try to steal people's personal details using dodgy emails that look like they're from the bank.</p>
<p>Then there was "spear phishing" - more sophisticated, targeted attempts to defraud specific organisations or their customers.</p>
<p>Now online fraudsters are trying to land even bigger catches by harpooning company bosses and their senior managers.</p>
<p>This latest and most audacious technique is called "whaling"</p>
<p>Fraudsters attempt to lure executives to reveal sensitive details about their business or click on a link in an email that will secretly download malicious software onto their computer.</p>
<p>Criminals could then attempt to defraud the company using the information they quietly gather.</p>
<p>Guy Bunker of Symantec, the Internet security company, says: "Whaling is basically going after the big fish in the sea. It's targeting people at the top of the organisation."</p>
<p>"There have been attacks in the States where a whole bunch of CEOs get sent a very official looking email that say you've been subpoenaed in court. If you click on this link you'll get the citation."</p>
<p>The link was the bait and the boss has exposed his corporation to fraud.</p>
<p>The extent of that problem was laid bare at <a href="http://www.infosec.co.uk/">Infosecurity Europe</a>, an annual computer security conference held in west London.</p>
<p><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKL2249442120080422">A government-sponsored survey</a> carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers said online fraud costs the British economy alone about 6 billion pounds a year.</p>
<p>And with more business carried out online, the problem shows no signs of going away.</p>
<p>Lord Erroll, a technology expert in the House of Lords, told the conference: "The world isn't going to change with a new generation coming through. It will have gullible and greedy people in it as well.</p>
<p>"So there will be people who do things wrong and are stupid and get conned. Technology alone isn't going to protect people."</p>
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