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		<title>The Diet Solution Program &#8211; New Online Bestseller</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diet solution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The popular weight loss guide called The Diet Solution Program by Isabel de Los Rios soon became one of the best selling weight loss guides on the internet. It is well known that the big online world wants fast and easy methods and solutions. The Diet Solution Program hit the jackpot with this approach.
Mrs de Los Rios created her personal report on how she got rid of her fat and how she is able to live her healthy lifestyle while having fun with her family. People want real coaching from ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://crunchtimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/the-diet-solution-program.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-525" title="the-diet-solution-program" src="http://crunchtimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/the-diet-solution-program.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="260" /></a>The popular weight loss guide called <a href="http://crunchtimenews.com/go/dietsolutionprogram/">The Diet Solution Program</a> by Isabel de Los Rios soon became one of the best selling weight loss guides on the internet. It is well known that the big online world wants fast and easy methods and solutions. The Diet Solution Program hit the jackpot with this approach.</p>
<p>Mrs de Los Rios created her personal report on how she got rid of her fat and how she is able to live her healthy lifestyle while having fun with her family. People want real coaching from real people who are in the situation they want to be in. Isabel did just the right thing and has already helped thousands of over weight women to come closer to their dream body.</p>
<p>The unique point of this program is that Isabel doesn&#8217;t want you to eat only salad and drink only water. She even encourages you to eat what you want. You only have to eat at the right time. The kind of food is not that important as she reveals. Your body must just digest the food faster which makes you lose weight quickly.</p>
<p>For more information watch the free video about Isabel de Los Rios at the <a href="http://crunchtimenews.com/go/dietsolutionprogram/">official Diet Solution Program homepage HERE</a>.</p>
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		<title>AffiloJetpack by Mark Ling &#8211; The Doors Are Open</title>
		<link>http://crunchtimenews.com/affilojetpack-by-mark-ling-the-doors-are-open/22521/ </link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Powell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet & PC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affilojetpack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet marketing product]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark ling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The AffiloJetpack by Mark Ling is a new product launched today, July 27th. It is a product in the internet marketing niche created by the well respected marketer and millionaire, Mark Ling.
The new AffiloJetpack is not like any other marketing course out there. Mark Ling claims to provide five entirely created for you website packages that you can choose from eleven niche markets. The niches have been validated by the creator for success and are what he calls &#8220;no fail&#8221; niches.
The basic system of the AffiloJetpack is to create a ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-522" title="affilojetpack" src="http://crunchtimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/affilojetpack.jpg" alt="" width="293" height="195" />The <a href="http://crunchtimenews.com/go/affilojetpack">AffiloJetpack</a> by Mark Ling is a new product launched today, July 27th. It is a product in the internet marketing niche created by the well respected marketer and millionaire, Mark Ling.</p>
<p>The new AffiloJetpack is not like any other marketing course out there. Mark Ling claims to provide five entirely created for you website packages that you can choose from eleven niche markets. The niches have been validated by the creator for success and are what he calls &#8220;no fail&#8221; niches.</p>
<p>The basic system of the AffiloJetpack is to create a mailing list that you can promote your or affiliate products to. For every niche site you will get 80 pre-created autoresponder newsletters that you can send to your subscribers. Mark Ling claims that they have been all created by himself to produce the &#8220;biggest amount of sales possible&#8221;.</p>
<p>You also get a ready to go niche report that you can use as a so called &#8220;lead magnet&#8221; to get subscribers for your newsletter. All in all it is a done for you system that you can use to earn money online. Mr Ling thinks that this is the best way for people that are new to internet marketing or for people without success to get a ready and proven system in place.</p>
<p>For more information visit the <a href="http://crunchtimenews.com/go/affilojetpack">official AffiloJetpack website</a>.</p>
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		<title>Keyword Elite 2.0 still going strong</title>
		<link>http://crunchtimenews.com/keyword-elite-2-0-still-going-strong/22519/ </link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Powell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet & PC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keyword elite]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[keyword elite review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The highly popular keyword research tool Keyword Elite 2.0 is still one of the best and most used software out there. Some of the most successful marketers use this tool to find keyphrases with little competition for their niche websites.
The creator of the tool, Brad Callen, is one of the most respected internet marketers of our time and a proven SEO specialist. He is also the creator of the successful seo software SEO Elite and has a strong costumer base that supports him along the way.
Keyword Elite 2.0 is one ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The highly popular keyword research tool <a href="http://crunchtimenews.com/go/keywordelite2/">Keyword Elite 2.0</a> is still one of the best and most used software out there. Some of the most successful marketers use this tool to find keyphrases with little competition for their niche websites.</p>
<p>The creator of the tool, Brad Callen, is one of the most respected internet marketers of our time and a proven SEO specialist. He is also the creator of the successful seo software SEO Elite and has a strong costumer base that supports him along the way.</p>
<p>Keyword Elite 2.0 is one of the best researching tools online today and according to the Clickbank marketplace also one of the bestselling softwares on the platform. The strong feedback from the most successful marketers gave Keyword Elite 2.0 a big push in the right direction and proofs its effectiveness for analysing competition and finding profitable niches.</p>
<p>More information about the tool can be found on the official website at <a href="http://crunchtimenews.com/go/keywordelite2/">www.keywordelite.com</a></p>
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		<title>Founder of Playboy seeks to own it privately</title>
		<link>http://crunchtimenews.com/founder-of-playboy-seeks-to-own-it-privately/22516/ </link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh West</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playboy Inc. has confirmed reports that Hugh Hefner offering to buy the organization at a value of $5.50 per share and a premium price of $1.56, which makes the total estimated value of the company at $185 million based on the 33 million share stocks of the company.
Heffner had founded the organization in 1953 with the help of Rizvi Traverse Management LLC .  Heffner has made it clear that he is not interested in any kind of discussions with a third party regarding the deal, or in any form of mergers ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-517" title="hugh-hefner-picture" src="http://crunchtimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/hugh-hefner-picture-230x300.jpg" alt="" width="230" height="300" />Playboy Inc. has confirmed reports that Hugh Hefner offering to buy the organization at a value of $5.50 per share and a premium price of $1.56, which makes the total estimated value of the company at $185 million based on the 33 million share stocks of the company.</p>
<p>Heffner had founded the organization in 1953 with the help of Rizvi Traverse Management LLC .  Heffner has made it clear that he is not interested in any kind of discussions with a third party regarding the deal, or in any form of mergers or acquisitions with any other partner.  In short, he is looking for complete ownership of the firm.</p>
<p>Heffner currently owns 3.4 million shares in the A class category and 7.9 million in the Class B category, according to the annual reports of the company. Following the news, the price of Playboy has soared more than 35% in the market.</p>
<p>Currently, the company is undergoing heavy cost cutting measures to restructure its foundations and image as a brand company in the field. However, any concrete news about the deesion of the Hefner proposal has  not been delivered.</p>
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		<title>“Barefoot Bandit” teen arrested in Bahamas</title>
		<link>http://crunchtimenews.com/%e2%80%9cbarefoot-bandit%e2%80%9d-teen-arrested-in-bahamas/22513/ </link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Powell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US teen who has been nicknamed the “barefoot bandit” has been arrested after a high-speed boat chase by the Bahamas police. Police recovered a GPS device, laptop and a gun from the teen.
The original name of the teen is Colton, and he has been on the run from the US since 2008 after committing a number of burglaries in different houses in Washington State.
Colton has been involved in a number of theft and burglary cases and has managed to evade the police successfully for two years. The Bahamian authorities ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-514" title="Bahamas Barefoot Bandit" src="http://crunchtimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/barefoot-bandit-202x300.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="300" />The US teen who has been nicknamed the “barefoot bandit” has been arrested after a high-speed boat chase by the Bahamas police. Police recovered a GPS device, laptop and a gun from the teen.</p>
<p>The original name of the teen is Colton, and he has been on the run from the US since 2008 after committing a number of burglaries in different houses in Washington State.</p>
<p>Colton has been involved in a number of theft and burglary cases and has managed to evade the police successfully for two years. The Bahamian authorities said that he will first be extradited for those charges, before handing him over to the American authorities.</p>
<p>Colton is said to have a troubled childhood where he was convicted for burglary at the age of 12, and by the time he turned 13, he had three more cases in his name. However, his mother has come out to defend her son saying that allegations against him are exaggerated.</p>
<p>Fans of this 19 year old  on Facebook have come out to support him in the open, and has said that he should be let go because he has not really caused harm to any person.</p>
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		<title>Obama under fire for dropping referances to the definition of Islamic terrorism</title>
		<link>http://crunchtimenews.com/obama-under-fire-for-dropping-referances-to-the-definition-of-islamic-terrorism/22510/ </link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Powell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has come under considerable fire for removing rhetorical references to Islamic radicalism. Terror experts in the US have warned the president, saying that this decision ignores the role which religion can play in motivating a terrorist for his actions.
Several critics have urged the government to make specific definitions of “terrorism “. The Obama government is facing a very difficult situation, as he intends to mend his relation with the Muslim communities, while maintaining his stance on militant terrorism practiced by different Muslim terrorist groups.
On a counter argument, ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-511" title="barack_obama_islamic" src="http://crunchtimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/barack_obama_islamic-219x300.jpg" alt="" width="219" height="300" />The Obama administration has come under considerable fire for removing rhetorical references to Islamic radicalism. Terror experts in the US have warned the president, saying that this decision ignores the role which religion can play in motivating a terrorist for his actions.</p>
<p>Several critics have urged the government to make specific definitions of “terrorism “. The Obama government is facing a very difficult situation, as he intends to mend his relation with the Muslim communities, while maintaining his stance on militant terrorism practiced by different Muslim terrorist groups.</p>
<p>On a counter argument, President Obama has argued that the use of inflammatory or derogatory description s can help the terrorist organizations in actually propagating its philosophy of hatred against the US in the minds of innocent Muslims.</p>
<p>The report holds considerable significance in the wake of recent  terror attack against the US where Maj. Nidal Hasan shot and killed numerous US soldiers at Fort Hood. He is said to have been influenced by reading provocative internet postings by an Islamic terrorist organization  which he described as “ inspiring “.</p>
<p>The debate has reached the White house and is expected to dominate the scene for quite some time until a definite definition for terrorism can be discovered.</p>
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		<title>Relief for Roman Polanski, as Switzerland refuses to hand him over to U.S</title>
		<link>http://crunchtimenews.com/relief-for-roman-polanski-as-switzerland-refuses-to-hand-him-over-to-u-s/22506/ </link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh West</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an interesting development, the Oscar winning director has been freed by the Swiss government, and is now free to go anywhere in the world where he will not be arrested .
Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlump refused to hand him over to the U.S government citing faults in the US extradition requests and the good faith which Polanski has travelled to Switzerland.
Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in September 2009 when he had arrived to receive a lifetime achievement award. Since then, he has been placed under house arrest in the ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-507" title="roman-polanski" src="http://crunchtimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/roman-polanski-208x300.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="300" />In an interesting development, the Oscar winning director has been freed by the Swiss government, and is now free to go anywhere in the world where he will not be arrested .</p>
<p>Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlump refused to hand him over to the U.S government citing faults in the US extradition requests and the good faith which Polanski has travelled to Switzerland.</p>
<p>Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in September 2009 when he had arrived to receive a lifetime achievement award. Since then, he has been placed under house arrest in the Swiss town of Gstaad with an electronic bracelet to monitor his movements.  With the announcement of the judgment, the bracelet has been turned off and now he is free to exercise his own free will.</p>
<p>Polanski had pleaded guilty in the US for unlawfully raping a 13 year old girl in 1977. Since then, he has allegedly ran away from the US fearing a jail term of 50 years. .Outside Hollywood he has continued his film career and is known for masterpieces such as <em>Rosemary&#8217;s Baby., China town</em>, and the historic <em>The Pianist</em> which had won him the Oscar award for the Best Director</p>
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		<title>Sarah Palin Donates $87,500 to Political Allies</title>
		<link>http://crunchtimenews.com/sarah-palin-donates-87500-to-political-allies/22502/ </link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, has allegedly paid over $ $87,500 to various candidates she has endorsed during the last few months. Palin, who is regarded as a possible candidate for the 2012 Presidential elections is said to be favoring Conservative candidates like  Terry Branstad.  If Branstad wins, then he would be a good support for Palin in the nomination procedure of the 2012 presidential election process.
According to the campaign trail FEC data, the top receivers of donations from Palin includes Republican candidate Joe Miller, John McCain and ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-503" title="Sarah Palin" src="http://crunchtimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Sarah-Palin-223x300.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="300" />Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, has allegedly paid over $ $87,500 to various candidates she has endorsed during the last few months. Palin, who is regarded as a possible candidate for the 2012 Presidential elections is said to be favoring Conservative candidates like  Terry Branstad.  If Branstad wins, then he would be a good support for Palin in the nomination procedure of the 2012 presidential election process.</p>
<p>According to the campaign trail FEC data, the top receivers of donations from Palin includes Republican candidate Joe Miller, John McCain and Lisa Murkowski . Each one of them received around $5000 from Sarah.</p>
<p>Other notable figures include Republican Carly Fiorina and Sharron Angle, both of whom are challenging the U.S senate. Strangely, Nikky Haley, who is a candidate for the position of the governor of South Carolina, failed to receive any kind of donation, though Sarah had personally campaigned for her.</p>
<p>A video from the Sarah Plain’s political action committee shows that she has also given a high amount of donations to several republican women from a group known as “Mamma Grizzly” which se defines as a “common sense conservative women” group.</p>
<p>These figures only reflect the first half of the year 2010, and it is observed that Sarah Palin backed candidates are doing pretty well in the U.S political scenario.</p>
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		<title>Stem Cell Researchers Caution Against Unproven Treatments</title>
		<link>http://crunchtimenews.com/stem-cell-researchers-caution-against-unproven-treatments/22499/ </link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a report issued in the journal Cell Stem Cell, scientists warn of the dangers of misleading and outright fraudulent stem cell therapies that may cause more harm than good.  The report says that the growing research and excitement caused by stem cell science “has led to unacceptable exploitation of patients&#8217; hopes and fears”.
This comes in response to a growing wave of so-called stem cell treatments that promise to cure everything from dementias to tumors.  People with no hope of a cure for devastating illnesses are desperately mortgaging their homes ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-500" title="stem_cell" src="http://crunchtimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/stem_cell-300x196.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="196" />In a report issued in the journal Cell Stem Cell, scientists warn of the dangers of misleading and outright fraudulent stem cell therapies that may cause more harm than good.  The report says that the growing research and excitement caused by stem cell science “has led to unacceptable exploitation of patients&#8217; hopes and fears”.</p>
<p>This comes in response to a growing wave of so-called stem cell treatments that promise to cure everything from dementias to tumors.  People with no hope of a cure for devastating illnesses are desperately mortgaging their homes or wiping out their life&#8217;s savings to get treatments, usually in foreign countries where the regulations are looser than in the United States.  Most of these treatments are the “21st century version of snake oil”, says Dr. Arnold Kriegstein, the director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research with the University of California in San Francisco.</p>
<p>“As soon as you scratch the surface, you realize that what they&#8217;re claiming in their literature or what they tell you about, doesn&#8217;t make sense,” says Kriegstein.  “There&#8217;s this notion that stem cells are in some way magic cells that can treat anything if you just deliver them into the body.  That&#8217;s pseudoscience and make-believe.”</p>
<p>Dr.Irving Weissman, director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine co-authored the report.  He also led a task force that created a website, http://www.closerlookatstemcells.org/, sponsored by the International Society for Stem Cell Research.  Through that site, people can find out about proven therapies, new research and learn of the frauds that are out there.</p>
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		<title>Google Expanding Reach in Online Travel Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Wagenheim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online giant Google has signed an agreement to buy ITA Software, one of the leading providers of airline travel software.  The deal, for $700 million, is expected to raise more antitrust issues for competitors and the US regulators that have been scrutinizing Google&#8217;s every move lately.  Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on a conference call yesterday that he expects “that it would be a significant review” and because of that, could not estimate when the deal would finalize.
ITA Software provides software that organizes and compiles varying airline travel data such ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-497" title="google_logo" src="http://crunchtimenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/google_logo-300x193.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="193" />Online giant Google has signed an agreement to buy ITA Software, one of the leading providers of airline travel software.  The deal, for $700 million, is expected to raise more antitrust issues for competitors and the US regulators that have been scrutinizing Google&#8217;s every move lately.  Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on a conference call yesterday that he expects “that it would be a significant review” and because of that, could not estimate when the deal would finalize.</p>
<p>ITA Software provides software that organizes and compiles varying airline travel data such as flight times and fares.  They provide this data to companies throughout the travel industry including airlines, travel agents, online travel portals and even Microsoft&#8217;s Bing.</p>
<p>Antitrust experts agree that the deal would get a detailed review by regulators but that it would end up being approved, just as Google&#8217;s recent purchase of AdMob, the mobile  ad firm.  The major concern for regulators would not be that it would make Google dominant in the industry but that the potential for the company to use its considerable power to damage online travel companies – what would be Google&#8217;s competitors.</p>
<p>In other travel ventures, Google Maps became the official provider of maps to OnStar today, after forming an agreement earlier this month.</p>
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