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		<title>Congress To Lift Penalty On Unemployed Who Take Temporary Jobs</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/22/congress-to-lift-penalty-on-unemployed-who-take-temporary-jobs</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an excellent story in today&#8217;s Courant, staff reporter Mara Lee explores the disincentive that the unemployed have to find work as they are penalized for taking temporary jobs that pay less than the jobs they lost inititially. The story also explains how legislation pending in Congress will fix the problem along with stories from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blumenthal Opposes Lobster Fishing Moratorium</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/20/blumenthal-opposes-lobster-fishing-moratorium</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today urged the American Lobster Management Board to reject a broad moratorium on lobster fishing that could potentially devastate commercial lobster fishermen, wholesalers and retailers in Connecticut. The board will meet Thursday to consider a five-year moratorium on all lobster fishing south of Cape Cod, including Long Island Sound, after a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blumenthal Oil Drill Moratorium Real Issue, Not The Attorney General&#8217;s Investments</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/06/30/blumenthal-oil-drill-moratorium-real-issue-not-the-attorney-generals-investments</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is getting flak for his and his family&#8217;s investment in oil companies, as it is seen as a contradiction to his political stances. I think that is straw man. Blumenthal and his wife have a net worth of tens of millions of dollars. His vote on issues is not going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pratt &amp; Whitney Got The Blumenthal Treatment On Its Cancer Study</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/06/07/pratt-whitney-got-the-blumenthal-treatment-on-its-cancer-study</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Haven Independent Columnist Carole Bass writes that major media in Connecticut failed to look closely at the cancer study that Pratt &#38; Whitney, a UTC division, funded. She wrote: “No cancer link found at P&#38;W,” blared the front page of Friday’s New Haven Register. “Study: Pratt &#38; Whitney Workers Got Brain Cancer At Same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips For Teens To Find Summer Jobs</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/05/19/tips-for-teens-to-find-summer-jobs</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 13:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you want your teen to be doing something productive this summer, your might want to read this article on solid tips from CBS News MoneyWatch.com. The teen unemployment rate is 250 percent higher than for adults, which is about 10 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Rell Visits Middletown&#8217;s Pegasus Manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/05/15/gov-rell-visits-middletowns-pegasus-manufacturing</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 18:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Rell and legislative leaders were at the Pegasus Manufacturing plant in Middletow to sign a comprehensive jobs bill designed to spark small business growth and to give hope to the unemployed. The video incorrectly states that there are only a few manufacturing firms left in Connecticut. Manufacturing remains an important and crucial part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher Jobs Could Be Saved By Eliminating Public Notice Mandate</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/04/22/teacher-jobs-could-be-saved-be-eliminating-public-notice-mandate</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lede story in today&#8217;s Courant is about the expected layoffs of 2,000 teachers in Connecticut because of the economy. I wonder how many of those critical jobs could be saved if the General Assembly had the backbone to stand up to The Courant &#8211; the main driver of the Ct Daily Newspaper Association&#8217;s misleading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Attorney Generals Pressure Geithner To Take Action Against China</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/04/07/state-attorney-generals-pressure-geithner-to-take-action-against-china</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Press Release</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today, joined by a bipartisan group of attorneys general from across the country, called on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to take action against China for manipulating its currency &#8212; so far costing at least 27,300 manufacturing jobs in Connecticut and millions nationwide. Blumenthal and attorneys general from Michigan and Ohio &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Rating Will Affect Job Chances</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/03/31/credit-rating-will-affect-job-chances</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those out of work will have a tougher job landing new employment if they failed to pay bills on time and wrecked their credit. Unfortunately, not only auto insurers but employers are looking at credit histories and credit ratings to determine not only whether you are a safe driver but whether you can be trusted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ct Unemployment Internet Site: Working GREAT</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/03/21/ct-unemployment-internet-site-working-great</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its time to give credit where credit is due: Connecticut appears to have finally fixed its Internet site that allows people to file continuing claims on line. By going to the site you can now quickly fill out the information. During the past few weeks I have been able to get on the site and [...]]]></description>
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