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	<title>Dollars &#38; Sense: Rated A for All Ages &#187; NCPW</title>
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	<description>Your Ticket to National Consumer Protection Week 2010</description>
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		<title>Are You Distracted While Driving?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Blogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile phone safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Today's guest blogger is Celeste from the FCC.]
 
As the mom of a teenager who will be driving soon, I naturally want to make sure my son stays safe. I want him to keep his eyes on the road. I don’t want him to get distracted and accidentally hurt himself or someone else.

According to AAA, nearly 50 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share with your network!</title>
		<link>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/share-with-your-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft and Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community outreach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[library]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this age of online social networking, it seems like everybody wants to stay connected and in the know. Social networking really isn&#8217;t new: people have depended on trusted family members, friends, neighbors or colleagues for centuries to help them keep up with the latest news and information. For people who like to take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Consumer Protection Week is Here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NCPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCPW 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. Check out President Obama&#8217;s NCPW Proclamation. And visit our NCPW Events Page to see if there&#8217;s a local event in your area!
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		<title>Resources for the Military Community</title>
		<link>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/resources-for-the-military-community/</link>
		<comments>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/resources-for-the-military-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft and Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[active duty alert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://consumer.gov/ncpw/?p=1396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you or someone you know or love is a member of the armed forces, you know that the facts of military life &#8212; like deployment and frequent moves &#8212; can be a challenge at best. And, as the expression goes, knowledge is power. That&#8217;s especially true in the marketplace. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Libraries and the FTC &#8212; Check it out!</title>
		<link>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/libraries-and-the-ftc-check-it-out/</link>
		<comments>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/libraries-and-the-ftc-check-it-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NCPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community outreach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[library]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the American Library Association’s conference last year, a delightfully enthusiastic gentleman was the first to approach the FTC’s exhibit, even before the hall officially opened. He cheerfully explained that he regularly uses FTC resources to help the patrons of his public library. I was flattered to learn that we were one of his “must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing the “Old School” in Reaching the Masses</title>
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		<comments>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/embracing-the-%e2%80%9cold-school%e2%80%9d-in-reaching-the-masses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NCPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community outreach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-literacy communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCPW 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outreach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the country recognizes what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King’s 81st birthday.  Some of us will celebrate through volunteerism, attending commemorative events, or simply enjoying the day off.  But, wherever we are, let’s take a moment to reflect on Dr. King’s mission, messages and methods in the context of achieving economic empowerment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re So Competitive</title>
		<link>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/youre-so-competitive/</link>
		<comments>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/youre-so-competitive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a competitive time of year. As anyone who even flips on a TV knows, it’s countdown to the Olympics time. And, I’m told, it’s nearly Super Bowl Sunday. So it’s all about the competition among highly trained and/or highly-paid athletes, coming soon to a screen near you.
But at the FTC, it’s all-competition, all the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Planning Ahead, Looking Back</title>
		<link>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/planning-ahead-looking-back-2/</link>
		<comments>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/planning-ahead-looking-back-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NCPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCPW 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCPW 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! As we get into 2010, I thought a quick look back at 2009 would provide some inspiration.
Our NCPW theme last year was Nuts and Bolts: Tools for Today’s Economy. We focused on resources that would help folks get the most for their money, whether trying to stretch their paychecks, improve their credit history, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Welcome to the NCPW Blog</title>
		<link>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/welcome-to-the-ncpw-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://consumer.gov/ncpw/welcome-to-the-ncpw-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Vladeck, Guest Blogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NCPW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Trade Commission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NCPW Partners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the blog that will help us launch the 12th annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW). The Internet is littered with countless blogs that quickly and quietly fade into oblivion. This will not be such a blog. Much like a carton of milk, this blog has a clear and defined expiration date, but we [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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