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		<title>FTC Rules On Debt Relief Agencies A Good Start</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More Must be Done to Protect Debt-Strapped Consumers from Scams Washington, D.C.—The Consumer Federation of America applauds the Federal Trade Commission for new rules that were announced today to curb abuses by debt relief services.  These companies offer to help consumers who are struggling with their finances by negotiating lower interest rates, new payment arrangements, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota Recalls Another 400,000 Luxury Cars</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toyota said today it is recallingl 412,000 luxury cars in the US due to steering issuues.  The largest car manufacturer in the world had earlier recalled millions of its cars, said the latest recall involves 373,000 of its 2000-2004 model year Avalon sedans because the steering lock bar in these vehicles could break under certain conditions, it said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn Humane Society Hires New Director, Gives Little Detail</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/28/conn-humane-society-hires-new-director-gives-little-detail</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The troubled Connecticut Humane Society has hired a new director, replacing Richard Johnston who was forced to quit  following allegations of wrongdoing from former staff members. Gordon G. Willard, the society told workers, has been selected as the new executive director, starting  August 5. The 130-year-old charity gave little details today on Willard. It did not state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sport Stadium Food Expensive AND Unsafe</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/28/sport-stadium-food-expensive-and-unsafe</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Bristol, Ct. based ESPN recently checked eatery inspections at sports stadiums and what they found you would not like. Check Paula Lavigne&#8217;s column &#8220;Outside the Lines&#8221; about how some sports vendors are not passing food inspections in critical areas of health. “ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines’ reviewed health department inspection reports for food and beverage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ct Humane Society Loses Top Charity Rating</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Humane Society&#8217;s website (at least as of tonight July 26) urges potential donors to go to the guidestart.org website to see its review of the 130-year old charity. I guess Society Chairman Chris White would rather you went to that site which does not have a review of his organization. He would rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alfalfa Sprouts From Specialty Farms Recalled</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/26/alfalfa-sprouts-from-specialty-farms-recalled</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. today is warning consumers that Specialty Farms, LLC is voluntarily recalling Specialty Farms brand Organic Alfalfa Sprouts Blend and Organic Sprout Salad in the northeastern United States due to a possible health risk. “These items, which have a sell-by date of 7/26/2010 and are in 4-ounce plastic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Closed on the U.S. Attorney Firings? Really? DOJ’s Political ‘Purge’ and Torture Probers Suppressed Evidence In Connecticut Crime Case</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/26/case-closed-on-the-u-s-attorney-firings-really-doj%e2%80%99s-political-%e2%80%98purge%e2%80%99-and-torture-probers-suppressed-evidence-in-connecticut-crime-case</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Kreig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four days before Connecticut's Nora Dannehy was appointed to investigate the Bush administration’s U.S. attorney firing scandal, a team of lawyers she led was found to have illegally suppressed evidence in a major political corruption case. Andrew Kreig, who covered Connecticut's federal courts for the Hartford Courant from 1976 to 1981, today reveals that the previously unreported fact from Dannehy's past calls her entire national investigation into question. The revelations similarly compromise the pending investigation by her Connecticut colleague, John Durham, who since 2008 has been the nation's special prosecutor for DOJ and CIA decision-making involving torture.]]></description>
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		<title>New Condo Rules In Conn Helps Owners Learn What Their Associations Are Up To</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/24/new-condo-rules-in-conn-helps-owners-learn-what-their-associations-are-up-to</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For an estimated 250,000 condominium owners in Connecticut, this month will be remembered as the watershed time when unprecedented legal protections went into effect. Thanks to legislation adopted by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell, the playing field &#8211; according to state Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. –  for condo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Reform Doesn’t Address Our $10 Trillion Problem</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/24/financial-reform-doesn%e2%80%99t-address-our-10-trillion-problem</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Fiderer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Gombossy asked for my thoughts on the new financial reform legislation. I have many, which I intend to share periodically going forward. But I think it’s important to place the legislation in the context of the big picture, which for me is framed by the numbers. The financial crisis was caused by the rise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positive Energy, Our Newest Sponsor, Can Save You $$ On Your Electric Bill And Help Us Too</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/23/positive-energy-our-newest-sponsor-can-save-you-on-your-electric-bill-and-help-us-too</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normally I don&#8217;t announce advertising or sponsorships on our website because they are clear-cut, traditional advertising and what they pay is of no consequence to the reader. The only difference between the sponsors on my site and those in newspapers is that I tell them in writing that being an advertiser gives them no advantage [...]]]></description>
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