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         <title><![CDATA[Mercury News interview: Peggy Northrop, editor-in-chief, Sunset Publishing]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Peggy Northrop sat down recently to talk about Sunset magazine&#8217;s future, her plans as editor-in-chief and her own &#8220;The Devil Wears Prada&#8221; experience as an editor at Vogue.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p class="bylinejb"&gt;By Dan Nakaso&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="bylineaffiliation"&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:dnakaso@mercurynews.com'&gt;dnakaso@mercurynews.com&lt;/a&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 20:31:17 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lots of offerings in online education]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Several up-and-coming companies -- including Udemy, Udacity, Khan Academy, 2U and Coursera -- are offering ways for people to educate themselves online, with many courses geared toward practical knowledge and skills for a fast-changing and often forbidding economic landscape.
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         <dc:creator>By George Avalos&lt;br&gt;Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 19:54:38 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cassidy: SRI International is an innovation powerhouse trying to rise above the noise of Apple, Google and Facebook]]></title>
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SRI International, the lab that brought you Siri, the computer mouse, surgical robots and micro-video service Tout, among a bushel of other innovations, is sometimes the wizard behind the curtain when it comes to getting Silicon Valley props. But CEO Curtis Carlson is confident that the lab s role in everyday lives will keep it top of mind.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Mike Cassidy Mercury News Columnist</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 19:43:06 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Retirement Planner: Taking the plunge without hesitation]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[After a short economic breather in 2014, the period from 2015 through the end of the decade should reflect a worldwide economic boom of historic proportions -- fueled in part by what will continue to be low interest rates. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Stephen J. Butler sbutler@pensiondynamics.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 19:39:33 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Oakland ordered to return millions in redevelopment funds]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As expected, the state overturned eight transactions, including the sale of Kaiser Convention Center, in the city's bid to preserve more than $32 million in redevelopment funds.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Matthew Artz Oakland Tribune</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 18:01:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bill requiring donor's consent to analyze genetic information dies]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_23319096/bill-requiring-donors-consent-analyze-genetic-information-dies?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[The legislation, SB 222, couldn't overcome opposition from major research universities such as Stanford and the University of California, which argued that providing those protections would create unnecessary red tape and costs.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 17:21:15 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[San Jose's Tessera Technologies loses proxy showdown with hedge fund, agrees to sweeping management changes.]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A San Jose tech company that had been fighting for its life in a proxy battle has surrendered to the hedge fund that had been seeking to oust the company's board.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Peter Delevett pdelevett@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 17:08:33 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Who sold what, published May 25, 2013]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Residential transactions in Santa Clara, San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, published May 25, 2013.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>For the Mercury News</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 16:53:34 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sprint purchase: Security concerns raised over Softbank's acquisition bid]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Japanese company uses Chinese networking equipment, which Sen. Charles Schumer says could open up U.S. networks to snooping and hacking. 
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         <dc:creator>By PETER SVENSSON  Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:21 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Yahoo reportedly joins growing list of bidders for Hulu]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Yahoo has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News Corp and Walt Disney, two sources with knowledge of the bid, sources say.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Ronald Grover and Greg Roumeliotis Reuters</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 15:51:42 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mercury News interview: Peggy Northrop, editor-in-chief, Sunset Publishing]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Peggy Northrop sat down recently to talk about Sunset magazine s future, her plans as editor-in-chief and her own "The Devil Wears Prada  experience as an editor at Vogue.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Dan Nakaso dnakaso@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 15:32:52 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Google plans to build wireless networks across Africa, Southeast Asia]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_23318414/google-plans-build-wireless-networks-across-africa-southeast?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Google intends to finance, build and help operate wireless networks from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, hoping to connect a billion or so people in emerging countries to the Internet, according to reports.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Reuters</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 15:09:57 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Visa, Mastercard ask U.S. court to declare card fees are lawful]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Visa and MasterCard, opening another front in an eight-year battle over credit card fees paid by retailers, on Friday asked a federal judge to declare that the fees do not violate antitrust law.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jessica Dye Reuters</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 15:07:17 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Walmart to sell frozen Fatburger patties]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Fatburger, a chain with a devoted West Coast following, has announced it will sell its branded frozen beef patties in Walmart stores nationwide. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 15:06:08 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Grocery Outlet set to open doors in Richmond, where grocers have been scarce]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Berkeley-based chain Grocery Outlet will open a new 14,000-square-foot store in Richmond on Thursday in a long-vacant building at 12010 San Pablo Blvd.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Robert Rogers&lt;br&gt;  Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:17 PDT]]></pubDate>
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