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		<title>Mitch McConnell health mystery recalls similar senatorial cover-up around Las Vegas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nevada Democrats in 1940 hid the terminal illness of U.S. Senator Key Pittman until after Election Day]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Las Vegas: boom, bubble, bust&#8211;250 years of American history in just three words (Part 4)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With this record, how can the near future be any different?]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Las Vegas: boom, bubble, bust–250 years of American history in just three words (Part 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Financial volatility continued well into the 20th Century]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Las Vegas: boom, bubble, bust–250 years of American history in just three words (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Financial volatility is the over-arching characteristic of our course of human events]]></description>
		
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