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				<title>Strength in Numbers, January 2012</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Strong new data on IBA impact, AMIBA's 2012 Conference, and more ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Online Shoppers Rooting for Indies</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Montana, indie business advocates rebuke U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Radio interview: Montana's challenge to Citizens United ruling</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ AMIBA’s Jeff Milchen discusses Montana’s bold stand against corporate corruption of elections  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Granting Corporations Bill of Rights Protections Is Not &quot;Pro-business&quot;</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Buying Local Yields More Jobs, Stronger Communities</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Great Gifts that Aren't &quot;Things&quot;</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Amazon Inc. reaches a new low, overtly rewards people for exploiting physical stores</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>New study from Portland, ME IBA confirms benefits of going local</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>AMIBA's Nov. Newsletter Now Available</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Shift Your Shopping holiday campaign, AMIBA's 2012 Conference registration, and more! ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>40 Years and Counting: Grass Roots Books &amp; Music Beats Out the Competition</title>
				<link>http://www.amiba.net/news/grass-roots-celebrates-40-years-of-books</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ http://www.gazettetimes.com/business/local/grass-roots-celebrates-years-of-books/article_a4b63aea-0be1-11e1-9f59-001cc4c002e0.html ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Community-Owned Department Store Takes Hold in New York </title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Walmart's Greenwash</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Grist magazine launches a series of investigative reports ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>&quot;Shift your Shopping&quot; Holiday Campaign Ready to Debut with Support from Broad Coalition</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Strength in Numbers, September 2011</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Don't Subsidize Big Boxes at Local Shops' Expense</title>
				<link>http://www.amiba.net/news/mitchell-subsidies</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Stacy Mitchell's viewpoint in Bloomberg Businessweek says government handouts to big boxes garner poor ROI and damage local indies ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Tips and Resources on Using Video to Spread Your Message</title>
				<link>http://www.amiba.net/news/tips-and-resources-on-using-video-to-spread-your-messages</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Colorado Study: Dense Downtowns = Higher Tax Revenue</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>News Release: Amazon Attempts to Negate California Law, Uses Affiliates as Smokescreen</title>
				<link>http://www.amiba.net/news/amazon-ballot-smokescreen</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ http://www.amiba.net/news/2011/amazon-ballot-initiative-nexus ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Communities Nationwide Celebrate “Independents Week”</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Independents Week is an annual national event to to celebrate the independent businesses that provide opportunities for personal freedom, local self-reliance and form the backbone of most local economies. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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