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   <title>(PR Nightmares) If Vendors Tweaked Product Lineups like Networks Shuffled Late night TV</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Attention Disorder - So just what Were those pilots doing/watching?  </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=332699</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) AT&amp;T's PR problem is getting worse because the company sees the problem as everything else but PR. </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=331963</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) How Good (or Bad) is AT&amp;T's Network? The Power of Brands and Narrative in Shaping Perception</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=331653</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Why Tiger Woods is NOT necessarily blowing crisis communication or public relations. </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=331002</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Scenes from the Sausage Factory: How News Gets Done</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=329873</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Halloween or Hallowe’en is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=329245</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Three for the price of one. LawFirms.com, Pepsi, and Toyota all fail at funny, creating their own PR problems.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=329153</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Asking people to speak English is one thing; asking them to change their names is a PR nightmare.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=329048</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Now this creeped me out so much cause I thought she had jumped down the balcony and died from the impact so how did she end up in the bathroom?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=328653</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Washington Redskins sue a fan, will Dan Snyder win Sport's Jerk of the Year again?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=326408</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Is Paul Wolfowitz for Real?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=326209</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=326209</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The Press Releases of the Damned</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=325544</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Nielsen reacts to media story with ill-advised internal memo that leaked. </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=325552</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Microsoft changes man's race in ad photo</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=325952</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) A public relations firm demonstrates no remorse for its own astroturf program. </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=325844</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Are You Talking to Me?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=324768</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Walmart's dead peasant insurance</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=324251</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) No matter how you spin it, even a facelift won't help this cosmetic surgery company.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=323814</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Internet Astroturfer Fined $300,000 </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=323808</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Direct link to the Dave Carroll - United Airlines video, that United says struck a cord with them. Duh.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=323559</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Murdoch papers paid £1m to gag phone-hacking victims</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=323456</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sci Fi Channel executives (now SyFy) create a rebranding nightmare for the record books.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=323453</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) PR Does Not Stand for Press Release: Equalizing Spikes and Valleys</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=323345</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Matt Taibbi on how Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=323204</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) WaPo shocks with unethical plan</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=323196</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wendel Porter, former PR exec for Cigna and Humana will testify about deceptive practices</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=322724</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Verizon Tells Cops "Your Money Or Your Life"</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=321110</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Army Doctor Who Forged Study, Got Gig With Medical Company</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=320620</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=320620</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Now It's Official: Securities Industry Regulator Takes Care of Self, Not Investors</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=320241</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) US troops urged to share faith in Afghanistan - 04 May 09</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=320169</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) In Social Media, The SEC Protects Investors and Companies by Removing “Relations” from IR</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=320126</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) There was no link between pigs and swine flu in the public mind until National Pork Producers Council created one.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=319997</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=319997</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Aporkalypse Now: Rebranding swine flu is like putting lipstick on a well, you know</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=319888</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=319888</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) UC Berkeley Law Profession John Yoo to be indicted by Spain on war crimes charges</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=319116</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Amazon's New 1-Click</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=319046</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Amazon removes the sales figures and search engine rankings for GLBTQ books, erotica, and romance novels, and others with “adult content.”</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=319007</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Goldman Sachs hires law firm to shut blogger's site </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=318951</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares)  Reckitt-Benckiser decides to partner with ad-serving video ad networks rather than TV network Web sites</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=318415</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) A mere 8 percent of consumers have full confidence in banks and financial services companies.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=317835</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Social Media 1 Night Stands</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=317512</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Closing the communication case study on Peanut Corporation of America. The company is closed too.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=316596</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Virginia Assistant Attorney General busted on pot and gun charges</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=316398</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Yelp Gets a Bad Review</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=316380</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Ten similarities between the crisis communication breakdown at the Peanut Corporation of America and Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=315871</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Bank of America's to dead customer's son, "your mom caused the financial crisis"</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=315724</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The peanut crisis has spiraled so out of control, everyone  is at risk, even for those who had nothing to do with it.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=315523</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=315523</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Creative complaint letter to Virgin Airlines </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=315300</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Peanut Corporation of America, Take 2: Communication breakdown likely occurred because of a failed situation analysis.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=315246</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Peanut butter recall reveals which companies might need some crisis communication brush up. Living case study ahead.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=315195</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) How not to lobby Congress </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=315041</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) "I'm not qualified to fly a plane," says pilot.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=313081</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) TechCrunch Kills The Embargo, But PR Holds the Smoking Gun </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=313025</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The Nobel Prize Committee is coming under scrutiny for possible criminal charges of bribery and corruption in connection with this year's award in medicine. </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=312809</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Ill gov. arrested for trying to blackmail a newspaper</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=312585</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Dennis Howlett takes an industry stab at PR in a move that plays like a sequel to Chris Anderson's slashfest last year.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=312283</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) What were the kids doing while their mommies were blogging about Motrin?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=309640</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) PR Attempts a Preemptive Strike On TechCrunch</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=308266</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) DAM vendors engage in analyst payola, then dissemble about it, too</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=305353</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) FCC to probe pricing policies of cable, Verizon</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=304120</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Reinventing Crisis Communications for the Social Web</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=303468</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Pizza chain kills ad featuring zombie celebs</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=303466</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Harvard Student Claims She Was Harassed by Peers for Not Liking \"The Simpsons\"</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=297671</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Tests on leading brands of bottle water show levels of contaminants equal to tap water.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=297648</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Day 1 @ the Dept. of Government 2.0</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=295910</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Treasury Conference Call on Bailout Bill to Analysts  </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=294121</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Utterz name change utterli confuses customers.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=289966</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) General Motors Corp. recalls more than 42,000 Saturn Vue crossovers.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=289965</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Shanty towns and bank runs suggest a recession would be a good outcome</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=289868</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) YOU'VE GOT THE FED - song parody from versusplus.com on the CREDIT CRISIS</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=289246</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Food and Drug Administration Speaks Out in Defense of Approved Plastic in Baby Bottles Linked with Health Risks</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=289245</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=289245</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Fired former Hewlett-Packard CEO &amp; McCain adviser says Palin couldn't run HP, either.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=288411</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Butchers ad has slogan Meat Products, Fresh Service on naked woman</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=286067</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Colorado Company Fires 100 Muslim Workers Over Ramadan Tensions</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=285996</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Advertising during a 9/11 documentary?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=286014</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Lehman's descent into the media vortex </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=285720</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Nationalization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Watch</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=284111</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Georgia GOP congressman describes the Obamas as uppity</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=283286</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) HWH PR gets a lifetime achievement award from the Bad Pitch Blog.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=281155</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Gustav a nightmare for G.O.P. Brand</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=281102</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) New Orleans mayor:  "We really don't have the resources to rescue you after this"</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=280861</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) "Pimple Ball" dog toy withdrawn from market after injuries</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=279675</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) New Orleans considers evacuation as Gustav looms</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=279193</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Did Best Western Lose Major Data Or Not?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=279026</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) High School Musical promo panties for tweens printed with phrase "Dive In." UK hilarity ensues</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=275105</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Judge Imposes Gag Order On MIT Hackers
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   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=273204</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Groups Need To Get A Sense Of Humor</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Substitute Teacher Shows Porn Pics on Cell Phone to HS Students</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Weeping Texas Attorney Denies Blackmail Scheme in Sex Affairs With Four Men</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) As Writers' Strike Continueswith Public Support Mounting for ScribesProducers Alliance Decides to Bring In Big PR Guns</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=72550</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) New Miss California Crowned After Mix-Up</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Comcast Embroiled in "PR Nightmare" as New Blog Emerges to Voice a Laundry List of ComplaintsComplete with Celeb Endorsements</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Mark Zuckerberg Listens and Responds to Beacon Crisis</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Dennis Quaid and Wife Sue Drug Maker</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Twas The PR Nightmare Before Christmas</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Facebook is a Beacon for Bad PR </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Ashley Tisdale, Fake Nose Part Deux</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Blackwater Assailed on Tax Policy</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Male Escort Who Outed Evangelical Leader Claims Paid Sex With Senator Craig</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Immigrants stage hunger strike in front of the district office of U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Facebook has sold out beyond redemption:  R.I.P.</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The company that has contracts to de-ice aircraft in 12 cities and foreign countries fed test answers to applicants.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=32717</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=32717</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Crucifixes sold in religious gift shops and churches made in sweatshops.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=11935</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Zagat Airline Survey says: Id rather be a package on FedEx,\" but two airlines have real nice blogs.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=11923</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=11923</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) 2007 Falsies, the worst PR astroturf of the year!</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Aussie schools tap alleged slut as life coach for impressionable young girls</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Regan seeks $100m after being sacked by Murdoch's News Corp</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Washington Post Article on Why Lying Doesn't Work </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Bloggers Versus PR - The Aftermath and What We Learned</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Judith Regan Sues Murdoch Empire</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) US reversing Iraq troop surge.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9989</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The show doesn't go on as Broadway stagehands go on strike, expected to be, like the Hollywood writer's strike, a long one: Barnes &amp; Noble stock expects steep rise</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9977</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Colts accused of piping in crowd noise to distract the Patriots last Sunday</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Navisite: Only 60% of Servers Up After 110 Hours</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Dog the Bounty Hunter's apology tour continues on Larry King.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9935</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Whole Foods muzzles execs online</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9923</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Citigroup, America's largest bank, has pristine credit rating downgraded and cannot guarantee $11 billion dollar write-down for subprime mortgages will be its last</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9887</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Pakistani president promises elections by January after intense pressure from the U.S. and massive international criticism</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9878</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) New from Jeno's: the Gut Flora Supreme</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The case of the angry colonel

</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) 10% of U.S. high schools have a failing graduation rate (60%)</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) China arrests 774 in crackdown on food and drugs, while acknowledging that problems still remain</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9760</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Man orders hard drive from Best Buy, gets a box of tiles:  refund refused</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The cement industry is getting a bad rap for its impact on climate change.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9750</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) AT&amp;T Wants $300 From Wildfire Victim
They didn't think to grab their Dish network receiver...</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9709</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9709</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Halle apologizes for not being funny on The Tonight Show.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9692</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Army Acknowledges Leaking Beauchamp Docs To Drudge, Promises Investigation</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9678</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Condoleezza Rice orders stronger oversights of private guards after Blackwater fiasco</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9636</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Rapper Nas has confirmed the title of his new album... N***er. Taking the sting out of the word?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9554</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Independant internal investigation team for John Mackey's "Rahodeb" postings are led by Divad, Nhoj, and Hplar. Go figure.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9539</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9539</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Nobel Prize winner in hot water for saying black people are dumb (and no, it's not Al Gore)</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9537</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9537</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Why spamming your announcements to bloggers is ineffective</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9453</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Worst PR job on the planet? Marketing Zimbabwe to tourists</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9440</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Topps Meat Company folds after huge beef recall</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9289</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Damage Control: How Will You Frame the next Disaster</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Blackwater hires Burson-Marsteller...good luck with that</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Toy maker RC2's PR outreach backfires with more toy recalls. </title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Maybe someone could cook up an E. coli focused crisis communication plan.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9242</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Howard K. Stern tells Rita Cosby that claiming he was Birkhead's lover and co-conspirator should cost her about $60 million.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9232</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9232</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) When PR backfires: FFII awards Microsoft "Best Campaigner against OOXML Standardization" prize</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9199</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) I hate all Iranians, US aide tells MPs (Be sure to check out the photo)</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9191</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Researchers study the sunsets of great paintings to better understand global warming</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9180</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Scottish tourism is down b/c of fewer sightings of the Loch Ness Monster -- despite everyone having a cameraphone now...hmmm</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9171</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9171</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Aerial reputation management: Navy building that looks like a swastika from the air to be altered -- thanks to Google Maps</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9122</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9122</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Verizon caves under pressure:  abortion texts allowed</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9112</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Whistleblowing customer service rep outs Comcast with inside scoop on the fact that they don't give a shit</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9110</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Verizon Reverses Itself on Abortion Rights Messages</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Where can I go to invest in lead futures? Lead's the new E. coli!</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9046</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) For the first time since 1976, the UAW launches a national strike against GM during contract negotiations</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9037</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) 200,000 cancer awareness bracelets recalled for high lead levels ... maybe we should start making lead awareness bracelets?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9014</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9014</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Britney Faces Hit &amp; Run Charges</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=9004</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) MATTEL apologizes to CHINA over toy recalls. "We recalled too many of the toys you tried to poison us with."</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8984</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8984</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Not a tourism commercial for Barcelona: cops strip and beat down girl on video</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8852</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Phoenix police burn $250,000 home and force death of family dog trying to arrest traffic violator: police contrite</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8752</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8752</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Comcast disconnects people with heavy downloading habits.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8734</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Osama bin Laden names his allies in video. Democrats, Chomsky in denial.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8722</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) In an attempt to assauge early iPhone buyers, Jobs apologizes and gives a $100  credit</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8715</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Mattel's reputation is in the crapper</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8687</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Is gay rights blogger Mike Rogers the most feared man on Capitol Hill?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8674</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Jerry Lewis does an Isaiah Washington during his telethon and refers to a family member as an "illiterate faggot"</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Bathroom Noodler to Call It Quits</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8622</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wide-Stance Larry Craig demonstrates the Point of No Return for reputation management</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) We had no idea that industrial solvents shouldn't be used in toothpaste or cough medicine; not the first time you told us ... or, um, the second time.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8608</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Things you dont want to put in the annual report: CEO sent detectives in to church to spy on people</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8537</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) After nine months of vicious spin, counterspin, and missteps, the Julie Roehm story ends with a whimper. Um, maybe.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8536</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8536</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The White House Crowd Control Manual</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8524</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Environmentalist Bette Midler (don't say, who?) chops down better than 230 trees from a conservation area.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8498</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The gap responds to consumer complaints with loads of spin:  they  are right, we are wrong</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8485</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Crisis Communications 2.0 - The Skype is Falling </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) China Air jet  catches fire with 164 aboard, believed due to faulty fuel line.  What, bad Chinese quality control?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8468</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Virginia is for lovers  and Crips and Bloods and the Gangster Disciples</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Lawsuit against iPhone claims battery lasts only 300 complete charges before dying</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Secret pictures of Mattel's PR crisis team</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8403</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Chinese goods involved in yet another huge Mattel recall</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Why men need to support the PR Power Women list</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8361</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) US cannot account for 62% of equipment issued to Iraqi forces, says GAO</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8359</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8359</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Deleting Users, Audience, and Messages from PR and Social Media </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8345</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8345</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Giuliani says he "misspoke" when he claims he was at ground zero "as often, if not more, than most of the workers."</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8329</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8329</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Dell will take your order and money and then may even ship your pc one day</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8321</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8321</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Rudy Giuliani's daughter publicly supports Obama...at least she did until contacted about it this morning</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8256</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8256</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) U.K. bans livestock exports after discovery of disease only six years after last major outbreak</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8238</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8238</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Intel bows to pressure and pulls "racist" ad</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8222</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) German company holding contest to replace "racist" logo. Name of company? Mister Wong.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8208</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8208</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Everybody seems to be drunk at NASA -- in particular, the flacks</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8174</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8174</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) U.S. Embassy in Iraq allegedly built with Filipino slave labor</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8157</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8157</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) What's your Business Resumption Plan?  Every company should have one, and test it. Are you ready?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8134</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8134</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Brinkley: Condi Rice Couldn't Get Op-Ed Published </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8116</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8116</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Whole Foods Market applies the golden "no comment investigation clause to stop communication hemorrhaging.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8066</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8066</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) POGO Releases Federal Contractor Misconduct Database</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8045</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8045</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Michael Vick indicted in dogfighting probe</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8041</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8041</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Though its a long shot, a key Bancroft family member is working diligently behind the scenes in an attempt to block the Murdoch deal</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8016</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8016</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Chinese still dont get capitalism: Govt calls for ban on sexist and sexually suggestive ads</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8015</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=8015</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares)  Ship of fools: Johann Hari sets sail with America's swashbuckling neocons</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7998</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7998</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Why closed networking sites aren't really closed.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7995</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7995</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) AP's latest poll shows the American public has dropped Congress to a 24% approval rating, tying the worst ever (even Bush is higher)</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7991</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7991</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) DC Madam Scandal to Get Worse</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7979</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7979</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) The crisis plan AT&amp;T set up in the event of any issues plaguing the launch of the iPhone was in full swing the day after the product's release</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7965</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7965</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) China can't clean its environment, end rampant stock speculation, or police its own companies.  The potential to be the next superpower? Not looking good.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7937</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7937</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Washington Post expose reveals your nuclear waste is easily accessible by terrorists</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7931</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7931</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sen. David Vitter, R-Louisiana Played with DC Madam's Service</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7901</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7901</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sprint cancels service for complaining customers. I guess it never occured to them to provide better service.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7897</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7897</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Europe goes english: European politicians and their english (Sarkozy,Aznar,Berlusconi,Merkel,Schrder,Raffarin,Zapatero,Chirac) Just funny!!!</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7874</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7874</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Here's video of Miss Jersey Amy Polumbo's press conference discussing an anonymous troll's extortion attempt </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7850</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7850</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) New Miss New Jersey alleges photo release threat is a blackmail attempt</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7837</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7837</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Director of National Hurricane Center pushed to resign by half of his staff:  he's making their job harder and losing credibility during the busy hurricane season</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7830</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7830</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Microsoft to spend one billion repairing X-box hardware problems</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7826</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7826</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Leaked memo by Capital Blue Cross VP of corporate communications, discussing Sicko talking points</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7821</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7821</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) D.C. madam vows to release records</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7809</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7809</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Activists invent front company, penetrate Gas and Oil Exposition 2007 in Calgary, Alberta</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7800</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7800</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Al Gore III arrested with marijuana, and someone else's prescriptions for Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall in his car.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7798</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7798</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Chinese authorities find more problems with its products: children's snacks do not meet standards, more fake blood protein found</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7791</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7791</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Starbucks vows to reduce huge carbon footprint (including two ounces in every cup of coffee)</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7786</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7786</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Romney accused of cruelty to his dog after strapping him to the roof of his car for a twelve hour trip</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7725</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7725</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wikipedia finds controversial change weirdo, who claims to be shocked</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7721</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7721</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Moment of Peace in the Video-Rental Wars:  Blockbuster and Netflix Settle Online Patent Dispute</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7711</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7711</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Burger King, McDonald's and Wendy's are among the chains planning to defy New York City's new rule that they begin posting calories on menus </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7710</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7710</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Northwest Airlines scheduling setback descends into mudslinging crisis</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7709</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7709</guid>
</item>

<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Chinese tire recall attempt latest example of exporting lots of goods but ignoring world safety rules</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7675</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7675</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Teen undergoes surgery after feet lost on Six Flags ride: similar rides shut down nationwide</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7576</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7576</guid>
</item>

<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Former Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington says they fired the wrong guy and is  threatening a lawsuit over his firing from the hit show</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7546</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7546</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Only 1% of Bagdad embassy stafferz have a working knowledge of "superhard" Arabic</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7529</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7529</guid>
</item>

<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) United flight delays downplayed: blamed on temporary computer outage, now resolved</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7521</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7521</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Health care industry braces for Sicko</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7487</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7487</guid>
</item>

<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Nerdy CFO was actually a major horndog, scoring with blond hoochies on company time. Too bad it cost him his job (with requisite hoochie pics)</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7459</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7459</guid>
</item>

<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Flickr flicks up on censorship issue - launch of German service causes customer revolt.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7452</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7452</guid>
</item>

<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) With a Friend Like Wolfowitz, Scooter Libby Needs No Enemies</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7440</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7440</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Michael Moore's 'Sicko' leaked online; Weinstein Bros now have to convince people to pay to see it</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7432</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7432</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) 2003 Army Iraq Booklet: "Arabs Are Reluctant To Accept Responsibility"</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7422</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7422</guid>
</item>

<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Colgate issues toothpaste recall over fears of planted poisonous ingredient in a counterfeited product
</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7412</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7412</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Woman, ignored at L.A. emergency room despite 911 calls from there, dies without any care</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7405</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7405</guid>
</item>

<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) BusinessWeek jumps on the "Whack-O-Wal-Mart" media game with a twisted ethics story.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7387</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7387</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Mia Farrow brands the Beijing Olympics the "Genocide Olympics" because of China's involvement in Darfur -- marketers freaking out</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7386</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7386</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Judge sues for $65 million over... lost pants? And you thought your dry cleaner was bad.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7345</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7345</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Fudamentalist Mormon business owner prepares to settle with two wives in small Texas town</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7325</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7325</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) 15% of consumers will never again buy a recalled brand. 
</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7320</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7320</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) The downside to sending out mass fund-raising letters is that you never know in whose hands they will wind up.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7318</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7318</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Roller coater shuts down, keeping a dozen passengers upside-down for thirty minutes while 150 feet above ground</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7278</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7278</guid>
</item>

<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Creationist actor's porno past is 'revealed'</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7276</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7276</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Tysons recalls beef shipments: And you thought the chicken was bad.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7266</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7266</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) United Food Group has expanded the recall of ground beef products sold in 11 western states to nearly five times the original amount</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7234</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7234</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Cellphones with Qualcomm chips banned from U.S. for violating Broadcom patent</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7219</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7219</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Passport changes causing major backlog as travel dates approach:  many have given up</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7212</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7212</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) AT&amp;T Chief caught on tape saying "Net Neutrality" is the problem. </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7165</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7165</guid>
</item>

<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) RIAA accused of conspiracy and extortion</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7116</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7116</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Gary Sheffield--since he's a racist idiot--says there are more Latin players in baseball than blacks because Latins are easier to control</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7115</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7115</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Illinois students denied diplomas because families celebrated their accomplishment</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7057</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7057</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Tivo on 'deathwatch': Will it get profitable, get bought or die?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7042</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7042</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Google's new maps come too close to home for cat lady</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7040</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7040</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Gays swarm to Pensacola Beach again over Memorial Day weekend, prompting anger, general bashing</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7035</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=7035</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) TB victim quarantined after defying no-fly order </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6981</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6981</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Scientist--nevermind that his name is Peter Piper--finds that sodium benzoate found in Coke, Pepsi damages your mitochondria...this sounds serious</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6943</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6943</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Cutting the price won't stop Sony's PS3 trainwreck</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6942</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6942</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Should Wal-Mart just up and settle this Julie Roehm thing?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6936</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6936</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Why PR Doesn't Work and How to Fix It </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6917</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6917</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz launches reputation repair campaign, blames media for his problems</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6903</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6903</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Costco recalls punching bags filled with dirty undies</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6896</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6896</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Pharma is so hated they can't even give drugs away.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6887</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6887</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) GAP reports 26 percent drop in profit, targets new demographic, begins closing Forth &amp; Towne branch</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6883</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6883</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) US Government Gave Airtime to Terrorists Official Admits </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6860</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6860</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Greg Palast: I have Rove's emails.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6859</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Why Bush boggles the mind (DOJ analysis).</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6852</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Bank of America sues fraud victim for $23,312.04</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6849</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Disney CEO Bob Iger: Speaking out against 'Hamas Mickey Mouse' would have been ineffective</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6848</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Diabetes drug Avandia found to increase chance of heart disease and heart attack</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6846</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) CBS show cancellation turns from viral fun into full-fledged PR nightmare.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6811</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz Resigns, Statements of Executive Directors and President Wolfowitz</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6769</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) When your company's president is doing something called an "explaining tour," you've already got reason to be suspicious</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6765</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6765</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Pet food industry unites in crisis: three key players discuss the pet-food recall and their roles in the crisis</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6757</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6757</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) After doping scandals of Landis and Ullrich, the sport of cyling is struggling to find sponsors</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6752</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6752</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Still dealing with a worldwide recall of products that reportedly cause eye infections, Bausch &amp; Lomb has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Warburg Pincus</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6751</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6751</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Dell slapped with suit by NY Attorney General, who alleges company is "deceiving customers to increase sales"
</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6749</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6749</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz Deathwatch Continues: Paul Wolfowitz continues the role as the Generalissimo Franco of the World Bank</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6741</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6741</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Congress deluged by complaints that airlines cancel flights that aren't full enough</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6731</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6731</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Vitamin use linked to increased prostate cancer risk</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6729</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6729</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Miami named worst road rage city for second straight year</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6724</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6724</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Bausch &amp; Lomb sold after potentially blinding many with now scratched product Renu</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6722</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6722</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Top law enforcement officials are charging that MySpace has discovered thousands of known sex offenders using its service, but has failed to act on the information</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6712</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6712</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Is eBay responsible for the threatened global extinction of the elephant by condoning a "rampant trade" in ivory? </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6711</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6711</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) White House official tells ABC News that "all options are on the table" regarding Paul Wolfowitz's future</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6675</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6675</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Airlines rate lower than IRS in customer satisfaction</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6673</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Ritz Carlton hotel chain commissions "Turndown Tales" as a promo book giveaway, then censors it by really turning it down</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6668</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6668</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) New media makes mass notification essential in crisis communications</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6658</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6658</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Trent Reznor the Ralph Nader of the music industry?--Slaps Universal for over-charging fans of his music</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6650</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6650</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz 'broke World Bank laws'</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6644</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6644</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Illinois librarians protest the use of censorware on publiccomputers</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6641</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6641</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) World Bank documents suggest Wolfowitz was aware of conflict of interest concerns</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6637</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6637</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Student sues Chicago education board after suffering psychological distress after being forced to watch "Brokeback Mountain"</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6632</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6632</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) OxyContin Under Fire  With Consumer Trust Lost, Effective PR Must Step In To Salvage Company Reputation
</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6623</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6623</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Twenty-nine state attorneys general urged Anheuser-Busch last week to warn buyers of Spykes and other alcoholic drinks combined with caffeine about the dangers of mixing the two substances</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6622</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6622</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) The dairy industry has been forced to stop their Body by Milk campaign and due to the discovery of a lack of sufficient research to support the beverages weight loss claims</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6621</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6621</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Tommy Thompson only said he hates queers because he had to go to the bathroom really, really badly</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6603</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6603</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Criticized for too much smoking in the movies, MPAA may begin giving movies with cigarettes R ratings</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6590</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6590</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) L.A. tops America's five dirtiest cities</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6574</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Japan halts plan encouraging more breast feeding and lullaby singing after critics attack its intrusiveness</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6573</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6573</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) L.A. police look to Northern Ireland for help regarding May Day riot fiasco</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6567</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6567</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Europe calls for Wolfowitz to quit</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6549</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6549</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Appropriately named marcom agency Stick and Move handles spin control for Cocaine energy drink</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6542</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6542</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Isaiah Washington to do public service announcements for faggots</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6541</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6541</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Deconstructing pro-Shaha Riza spin (Wolfowitz's neoconcubine)</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6539</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6539</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Liquor company adopts stricter rules so advertising messages won't reach teens; darn, how will kids find out about booze now??</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6537</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6537</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Looks like David Neeleman's YouTube apology wasn't enough</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6534</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6534</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) To avoid more shareholder lawsuits, public companies should trim CEO compensation</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6529</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6529</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Verizon drops singer Akon from ads after video of him dry-humping a 14-year-old girl is plastered all over the Web</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6527</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6527</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sprint Wacks CMO:  Takes the fall for continued subscriber loss</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6526</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6526</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Cracker Barrel is investigating after a patron reported cutting her mouth on a piece of metal embedded in a hamburger patty, causing the chain to pull burgers from hundreds of restaurants</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6524</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6524</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) What's the world coming to when HBO's CEO can get fired for getting drunk and beating his lady?  This is America, dammit</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6521</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6521</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Presidents of 12 liberal arts colleges have signed a letter urging colleagues to stop participating in US News &amp; World Report's annual rankings of American colleges</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6519</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6519</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) 450,000 infant seats recalled because of a malfunctioning handle that causes the seat to tip forward, and down will come baby--Evenflo and all</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6518</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6518</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Fidelity questioned about its investments in Chinese oil companies with ties to Darfur genocide</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6517</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6517</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Crisis managers should adopt a "political model," which assumes that a company has enemies -- competitors, trial lawyers, the news media, Wall Street, politicians, regulators and bloggers </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6503</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6503</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz Is Now More Likely to Quit Than Gonzales, Traders Say </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6500</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6500</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Copyright infringement woes continue to plague YouTube</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6481</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6481</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Three journalists plan to sue Hewlett-Packard for invasion of privacy</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6480</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Clear breach of ethics by Wolfowitz: panel</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6477</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6477</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Immigration Protest gives LAPD image another beating for a department that has sought to improve tactics and community relations</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6443</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6443</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Former BP chief executive John Browne may be forced to testify in a case stemming from a deadly 2005 Texas refinery explosion </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6432</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6432</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz's fate grows dimmer</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6429</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) American Airlines pulls a Jet Blue, strands nearly 200 tired, hungry passengers for eight hours</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6417</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6417</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) LAPD is hiring: As many as 60 cops involved in demonstration melee are off LA streets</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6410</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz's right hand man jumps ship</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6399</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6399</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) New BP chief executive faces the critical task of fixing a company with a broken image and damaged morale </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6393</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6393</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) How to use emotional intelligence in crisis communications</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6392</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6392</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz or a Caricature? All Bets Are Off.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6381</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Oopsy: Your AOL password can be up to 16 characters long -- but AOL only sees the first eight</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6379</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6379</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Everyone's Writing about Paul Wolfowitz</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6368</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6368</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz is saying, I think that if you guys hadnt had a rule against conflict of interest I wouldnt have had a conflict of interest.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6347</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6347</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz's Tenure in Indonesia Eyed, turned corruption and rights abuses</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6337</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6337</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wal-Mart is obviously not too worried about anti-Union fuss - check out their lackluster video ads</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6335</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6335</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Digg PR handlers push quiet CEO to talk on HD-DVD controversy in lieu of off-the-cuff partner Rose.  BOO!</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6333</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6333</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) GOP candidate says it's OK to fire employees just because they're gay.  Then, he changes his mind</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6325</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6325</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Jewish group urges firing Of CNN's Lou Dobbs over Nazi remarks</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6323</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6323</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Army Sitting on Blogging Sword</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6316</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6316</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) NBC's "The Office" product recall episode wasn't real, but could have been.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6309</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6309</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sony apologized this week for using a decapitated goat as the centerpiece of a video game launch party</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6285</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6285</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) World Bank panel 'leans' toward finding Wolfowitz guilty</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6280</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Gordon Brown pulls out of press conference with under-fire Wolfowitz</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6242</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6242</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Producer of sports radio show that aired parody of NBA baller Allen Iverson with references to drugs, seeking sex from Mexican women and the shooting of a homeless man has been fired
</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6239</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6239</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Former World Bank Officials Detail Discord Over Wolfowitz</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6227</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6227</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) 34 Duke MBA students accused of cheating on take-home, open-book ethics test; money says they'll all be CEOs in no time</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6214</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6214</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) BP CEO'S former boyfriend sells inside secrets to UK newspaper, forcing CEO to resign; apparently he's a money-grubbing bastard</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6210</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6210</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) The dangers of discussing a confidential campaign with a reporter or blogger</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6188</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6188</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Giving a Whole New Meaning to the Phrase "Washington Insider"</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6183</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6183</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sony Laptop batteries back in hot water: Acer Brand Institutes widespread recall of 27,000 units</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6165</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6165</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) ABC. ALWAYS. BE. COVERING YOUR ASS. Rosie helps Alec Baldwin with pesky image thing.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6138</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6138</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Retailer TJX slapped with class-action suit threat from 300 banks after company lost data on 46 million credit cards</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Anti-graft experts warn Wolfowitz</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Rehab for brands: Who had a tougher recovery, Dell or Kryptonite?</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) You know someone was bound to: Company uses Virginia Tech tragedy to frame news release</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Miss Australia Carly Hanson booted from Miss Universe for nude photos</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) European Union Parliament Calls on World Bank's Wolfowitz to Quit</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Price and environmental objections to bottled water are turning up the heat on Coke and Pepsi</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Dole settles three lawsuits in last year's E. Coli outbreak</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=6015</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) These days, trouble begins -- and ends -- with the CEO</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Open letter from forty-two World Bank leaders calling on Wolfowitz to resign</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Germany's World Bank Governor Calls for Wolfowitz Resignation</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) BlackBerry outage creates crisis-resolution challenge</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Nassau pol sends callers to sex chat line</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Germany says Wolfowitz situation unacceptable</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Alberto Gonzales burrows down to the "mole-like netherworld somewhere below incompetence and malfeasance"</title>
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   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5912</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Gonzales's testimony falls flat</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) World Bank launches wide-ranging probe of Wolfowitz</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5880</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Collective Soul's Shine: the new Helter Skelter</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Hell freezes over.  IRS merciful with tax-filing extension after Intuit TurboTax gets overloaded </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) FBI raids the Virginia home of Rep. John Doolittle in Abramoff corruption investigation</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5834</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) CBS loses its own thunder for new online network Rolling Thunder, thanks to Don Imus</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Miss Mexico agrees to tone down her Miss Universe pageant dress -- which features images of Catholics being hanged and a man being shot by a firing squad</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5815</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5815</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Rubel apologizes for PC Magazine Twitter comment: I do throw away your magazine, but only because I read it online </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5805</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5805</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) PC Magazine considers Edelman boycott over Rubel Twitter comment</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Anti-corporate groups target innocent marketing promotions for ScrewedTube attacks.</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Can public relations save the Imus brand?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5784</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Could the Virginia Tech shootings spark a serious and reflective debate on gun issues in the United States?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5782</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) AstraZeneca Opens Internal Probe Into Sales Tactics:  Pharma giant investigates one of its own</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5766</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) After last year's salmonella outbreak and total recall of the brand, Peter Pan peanut butter might be a hard sell for some when it returns to stores in July</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5765</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Salli Mae agrees to $25 billion private investor takeover</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) After openly criticizing Microsoft last year about the late launch of Vista, Apple eats a little crow and announces that it won't be shipping its next-generation operating system in June as planned</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) I was victimised: Wolfowitz's companion</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Lawyer: Rove didn't mean to delete email</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) New York Health Dept. Shares Taco Bell Rat-Infestation Blame</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5686</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) FedEx settles in racial discrimination lawsuit in which minority workers were allegedly underpaid, treated unfairly</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5684</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Pacific Palisades High School and parents disagree over attendance policy in 2002 -- and myths about the dispute are still circulating in e-mail inboxes</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5676</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) "Nappy-headed ho" merchandise already abounds on Froogle; does Imus get a cut?</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Geek Squad employee takes a page out of Revenge of the Nerds, secretly records customer taking shower</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5669</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Nifong to Duke Lacrosse players: "Woops."</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Listerine recalled -- contaminated with microorganisms. Huh? Isn't it supposed to KILL the microorganisms?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5644</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5644</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wolfowitz sorry for hiring his girlfriend</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5642</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Breaking down the winners and losers in the Duke lacrosse story</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5635</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Who screwed Imus? Ultimately, corporate America</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5634</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Nappy-headed Imus advertisers are running around like chickens with their heads cut off</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Video of NBC president explaining why Imus was dropped from MSNBC</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5620</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Nappy-headed MSNBC execs drop Imus simulcast</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5618</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5618</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sallie Mae pays $2 million to settle college scholarship scandal</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5605</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) On the 25th anniversary of the Tylenol scare, crisis communications expert Eric Dezenhall wonders, "Did Johnson &amp; Johnson REALLY do that great a job?"</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5586</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5586</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sprint Executive Pay Highlights Corporate America's Negative Hubris.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5582</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5582</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Pet food insider sold shares before recall; CFO calls sale a 'coincidence'</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5569</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5569</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) AWK-ward! Video of Don Imus on Al Sharpton's radio show</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5546</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wal-Mart egregiously re-stocks poisoned pet food, just for Muffy</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5536</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) American Express offers 800-number that doesn't work to opt-out of customer information sharing </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5535</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Howard Fineman to Imus: Don't make racist comments; it's a different time politically</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5523</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5523</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Is it time for Don Imus to go to boo-boo rehab?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5519</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5519</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Furniture store's packaging label describes sofa color as 'nigger-brown'</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5464</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Captain of sunken cruise ship charged with negligence </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5463</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sales boss for pharmaceutical company says cancer doctors have "buckets of money" to share. No problem -- except it got on the Internet.  Dude, you're fired</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5449</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5449</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Google accidentally disables a batch of GMail user accounts in attempt to fight spammers</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5436</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5436</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Divers search for two missing after Greek cruise ship sinks in Mediterranean</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) China denies responsibility for pet food poisoning</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5428</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) That's the thing with wimpy newspaper editors -- there's always an apology nearby</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Computer mammogram readings no good?  All that pain for nothing!?!?</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) IRS has a nasty habit of 'losing' laptops and office computers</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wal-Mart apologizes for 'threat research' on shareholders; chalks it up to 'poor wording'</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5380</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wild Oats Natural Marketplace closes for cleanup after TV crew spots mice droppings; yes, they're organic -- but too expensive! </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5374</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5374</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) To control online reaction to its Ortho Evra birth-control patch, J&amp;J snaps up DeathByPatch.com and OrthoEvraKills.com. Hmm, maybe it would be better if they fixed the patch so it DIDN'T KILL PEOPLE?  Nah, too crazy</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5368</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) After getting bad pub, Shell decides not to use the Gulf of Mexico as a toilet</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5351</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wal-Mart defends itself for spying on its employees; at least they haven't done down-blouse and upskirt pics in the employee restrooms -- we don't think</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5333</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5333</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Microsoft sued for its misleading Vista marketing</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5332</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Airline industry gets another bad report card: fewer flights, longer delays, more canceled flights</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5273</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5273</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wal-Mart/Roehm scandal puts Foote in agency's mouth</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5245</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5245</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Rumor control is getting harder and harder for the Fortune 500</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5182</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Jennifer Lopez's new record banned by Latina record stores. This is bad news considering her album is in Spanish.</title>
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   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5164</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Burger King loves animals -- especially when they're on a bun</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5158</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5158</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Is e-mail scare regarding Duramed's birth control pill legit?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5121</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5121</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) JACK BAUER VS. JULIE ROEHM.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5102</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5102</guid>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Is Disney's attempt at including people of color a perfunctory act?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5098</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5098</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Farmers refuse to take the fall for Taco Bell for E. coli outbreaks</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5037</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5037</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Justice department interfered with big tobacco civil suit in 2005, forcing lead prosecution to lower penalties from $130 billion to $10 billion</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5035</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5035</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Officers to face discipline in Pat Tillman's death</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5033</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=5033</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Viacom sued over YouTube parody removal </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4901</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4901</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) After child-seat safety debacle, Consumer Reports announces it will begin consulting with experts</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4895</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4895</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) After infant car seat fiasco, Consumer Reports says it will begin consulting with outside experts before publishing reports</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4844</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4844</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Eighth grader finds mouse in his Frito Lay barbecue potato chips</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4818</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Watered-down water, the ultimate product.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4816</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Effect of scandals on Wikipedia donations</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Some 'green' companies are not quite so green; environmental measures do not always pay out</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Recall of many big-name pet food brands alarms owners

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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Chiquita Banana Company admits to paying Colombian terrorists and agrees to pay $25 million fine</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Media firm sues Greenberg over trade practices</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) 15 Pakistani police officers have been fired for attacking a television station</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) JetBlue unable to catch a break: Cancels 215 flights because of winter storm on east coast</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Man dies of heart attack on water slide at Disney World; the 'happiest place on earth' has now claimed 10</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Home Depot's CEO apologizes for company's crappy treatment of its customers</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Chiquita charged in terror investigation; it's the banana peel that may trip up the country</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) FDA finds sleeping pills cause people to 'sleep drive'</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Best Buy gets tangled up with the Consumerist, seeks PR reinforcements</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Army surgeon general forced to retire over Walter Reed scandal</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) How a college coach defused his player's DUI controversy</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Peanut butter just can't catch a break; recall expanded</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) 10 college presidents join forces to fight U.S. News' school ranking system </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Israel has recalled its ambassador to El Salvador after he was found bound, drunk and nude in the yard of his residence. He was wearing several sex toys at the time</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) New survey shows that bad press for Wal-Mart doesn't hurt Wal-Mart's business. (Oh yeah -- source: Wal-Mart)</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Because of past complaints, Sports Illustrated did not send its 2007 swimsuit edition to libraries</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) MADD drops support for DUI politico after the group's contributors threaten to cut off donations</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Like our esteemed president, Walgreens is accused of not caring about black people. In Walgreens' case, it might actually get them in trouble</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Family of Jimi Hendrix--whose death was tied to alcohol--sues Hendrix Vodka for its name</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Dolce &amp; Gabbana speaks out on why 'fantasy rape' ad was pulled</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wal-Mart employee caught taping phone calls between employees and NY Times reporter</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Rat scandal keeps chewing away at Taco Bell's brand</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Best Buy admits using fake in-store Web site to scam customers out of special pricing offers</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Bono's Red campaign raises $18 million for global AIDS relief, versus $100 million spent on marketing (oops)</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) NYC Health Department: Rats get a bad rap -- they aren't as bad as employees who don't wash their hands</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Woes continue for Home Depot, NBC4 in LA finds over-charging pattern at Home Depot stores</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Smooth move: Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington hires PR crisis expert Howard Bragman and his company, Fifteen Minutes - the man responsible for the successful launch of gay NBA center John Amaechi's best-selling book, "Man in the Middle". </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4266</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Gore's team responds: Sure, he uses a lot of energy, but he has a lot of money, so that makes it okay.</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Will Yum! brands recover from E. Coli and rat videos?  PR pros weigh in</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Customer fights back after being turned away by Wal-Mart pharmacist</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4207</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Lessons learned in the aftermath of the JetBlue crisis</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Volkswagen recalls 800,000 cars</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Starbucks T-shirt giveaway in Seattle angers customers</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Did a fashion publicist just out Naomi Watts as pregnant before she had a chance to announce the news?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4171</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Teenager uses Web site to go after the Man -- in this case, Wells Fargo</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Rat-infested KFC/Taco Bell passed health inspection one day before video</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wyoming: It's like Palm Springs for sex offenders</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) The new advertising two-step: Offend, then capitulate</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4096</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) PR Pros Not Reading Blogs</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) JetBlue: A Tylenol solution for a Tylenol headache</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4073</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) "The video you have ordered about how to have sex with a goat has arrived"</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4051</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Britney Spears' latest sighting on the David Letterman show!</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4042</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Open letter by Iranian academics on Iran's Holocaust Denial Conference</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4026</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Restaurant owner hits back at New York Times critic in full-page ad</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Toyota prepares for PR backlash in U.S. as it closes in on GM as world's No. 1 automaker</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4019</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Tips for preparing a crisis plan</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Bud.TV site is under fire from 23 attorneys general for being accessible to youngsters</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=4004</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Payday-lending industry voluntarily reduces advertising to ward off regulation</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Bad customer service reputation and a slow housing market= bad news for Home Depot</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) How the JetBlue PR disaster unfolded</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3982</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Turning Britney Spears' meltdown into a life lesson</title>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Notorious workplace scandals to remember from Enron to Watergate</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3973</link>
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<item>
   <title>(PR Nightmares) Newspaper expands "diversity training" after running an ad that would make Mel Gibson proud</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) JetBlue CEO, voice cracking, says he's "humiliated and mortified" for stranding passengers, plans to pay passengers "by the hour" for delays</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3923</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3923</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) J'Rae's Pet Grooming: Where if we cut off your dog's ear, we'll just glue it back on!</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3833</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3833</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Toyota's NASCAR nightmare</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3823</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Salmonella linked to Peter Pan peanut butter </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3814</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) PR pros weigh in on NASA and Nowak public relations strategy</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Blogger Melissa McEwen quits Edwards campaign after pressure over anti-Catholic remarks</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3749</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Nigerian government claims CNN staged news report showing hostages held by militants</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) John Edwards feels the teeth of the blogosphere</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Hospital: 'Screw customer service'; dumps homeless man on Skid Row with no clothes and a broken colostomy bag</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Will TrimSpa be able to protect its brand?</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Cartoon Network President Jim Samples takes one for the team by resigning over Boston bomb scare.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3608</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Does NASA need more Lisa Nowaks?</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Is mold in Beneful brand dog food harming your pup?</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) I'm thinking of opening a "rant rehab" center for celebrities with diarrhea of the mouth.  Anyone want to invest?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3564</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) John Edwards fires bloggers</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3524</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) M&amp;Ms to stop marketing to kids under 12; does that make M&amp;Ms (or at least the green ones) an adult product?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3488</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Snickers kills man-on-man smooch action commercial after gay rights group complains; Ted Haggard rips out more chest hair </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3474</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Turns out Easy Bake Ovens make awesome 'finger foods'; Hasbro recalls 985,000</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3461</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Catfight on the catwalk: debate over skinny models, organic clothing and global warming</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3441</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) High school National Guard recruiters hook up with two cheerleaders and the coach at a hotel; maybe this should be in the 'Hero' category</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3376</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) San Fran mayor admits having extramarital affair</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3363</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Berlusconi's wife plans to go to a convent to contemplate her husband's public apology for hitting on other women. Only in Italy

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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Unhappy meal: Woman says she found razor blade in her Egg McMuffin</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3288</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) At least the US isn't THIS bad: Israel's president awaits rape and sexual assault charges; ex-minister is convicted in a sex scandal</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3248</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Fleishman-Hillard execs sentenced to prison in over-billing case</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3240</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Japanese massage chairs catch fire. Ouch!</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=3221</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Man protecting property from drug dealers shot by undercover cops on drug sting</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) California farmers respond to e. coli scare -- decide to stop shitting on their crops</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Consumer Reports letter to readers on its screwed-up car seat report -- for you "reputation management" buffs out there</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Dakota is better at her own public relations than Britney, Paris and Hohan combined</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) New poll: McCartney divorce was the worst PR disaster of 2006</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Dark cloud over good works of the Gates Foundation?</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wal-Mart trail mix found to contain bits of plastic and glass; crisis experts at Edelman expected to step in, call it a "value-add" </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Using a chestnut from the old playbook from 2006: silence; the Bush administration has it down like jam on toast</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Seven officers indicted for New Orleans shootings</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Microsoft 'rewards' bloggers for writing about technology with Ferrari laptops, 'coincidentally' right before the launch of Vista </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Does the karaoke Bratz doll sing the f-word? MGA says no, what the doll really says is: "Baby bottle with bling ... fresh and gorgeous, trouble never looked so cute." I think I'd prefer the f-word</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Man sues Catholic Diocese for sexual abuse 50 years ago</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Microsoft PR Sparks a Shitstorm of Support and Outrage</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) In a timely PR-driven maneuver, Chrysler has opted to remove nearly 70,000 of its recently released models due to faulty brakes</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Soda more dangerous than smoking? No, probably not, but it is unhealthy</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Macy's and Diddy act quickly to quell "dog fur" crisis</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Does this singing Bratz doll say the f-word? (With video)</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Cuban exiles force Target to remove Che Guevara CD cases from stores</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Animal Rights Militia says it has contaminated juice company's product to protest its animal experimentation</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Eli Lilly and the NY Times in a war of words over Zyprexa reporting</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sometimes when you win, you lose: Seagate Technology CEO apologizes for pornography comment</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Sony BMG settles case in another 39 states for using malicious root kit software on its CDs; yeah, that was a bad idea</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1717</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) My iPod gives me repetitive stress and tenosynovitis</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) To Catch a Predator: Ink-Stained Wretch Edition</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Fired O.J. publisher Judith Regan apparently has a history of anti-Semitic remarks; don't worry, Judith, there's still a part for you in Apocalypto II: Electric Boogaloo </title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1690</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Taco John's CEO attempts to ease customer concerns by explaining, "At least we're not Taco Bell"</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Media out to get AT&amp;T for warrantless wire tapping; argue that sealed documents should be made public</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Intolerant, bigoted lawmaker writes inflammatory, 'Islamophobic' letter, then refuses to apologize</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Your iPod is killing your ears</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The ignominy doesn't end: Consumerist re-uploads the Sony Flog, just for you</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Airport security has REALLY gotten out of control; woman sends baby through X-ray screen</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) 12-year-old girl receives Zune from parents -- with preloaded porn</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) "Cruise-ship virus" blamed for Olive Garden yak-fest; for karmic reasons, we're guessing it'll be traced to the cruise line that let the guy fall over the side of the ship</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1595</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Ford denies celebrity genitalia ads for concert promo - 'We're a pants on company'</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) 10 Dumbest Press Releases Of The Year</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Home Depot manager calls John Wagner's wife the "C" word; Wagner creates "anti-Home Depot" campaign</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Witness: New Orleans police shot unarmed man in the back</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Diddy kills puppies in fashion's name</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Top 10 CEO gift ideas</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Rupert Murdoch personally fired OJ publisher Judith Regan</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Forget Muslim terrorists; now we have to worry about WAL-MART EMPLOYEES with box-cutters</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1553</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Judith Regan update: 'Offensive' phone call was last straw in firing</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Indianapolis Olive Garden shut down</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) OJ book publisher, Judith Regan, fired</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1480</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) There's just no pleasant way to make this announcement</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Hundreds sick from Olive Garden in Indiana; Taco Bell says "grassy-ass, amigo"</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) J&amp;J's former chief medical officer sues the company, says he was fired for airing safety complaints</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) More nominations for the 2006 PR Disasters awards</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) More on the crisis management strategy at Taco Bell</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Taco Bell struggling with reputation of being "quality-challenged" -- another way of saying they sell shit tacos</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) You don't know me, but you probably know the guy I killed - boxing promoter builds name recognition off deceased opponent</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1421</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) 10 "best" business quotes of the year.</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Taco Bell begins PR campaign to restore lost trust; "our food is the shit," says spokesman</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1393</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Microsoft exec emails that if he didn't work here, he'd buy a Mac.  Well okay then.</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1386</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1386</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Google copies Yahoo promo page - did they think no one would notice?</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1357</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Blogging Network Responds Well when Intellectual Property 'Borrowed'</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) A tribute to the 75-minute period where Tom Delay actually received feedback from America. The experiment has now ended, but this blog has taken a snapshot, just for you...
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) 'Black X-mas' opens Christmas day, draws uproar; a Christmas-themed slasher movie opening on Christmas? That just makes sense</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1333</link>
   <guid>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1333</guid>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Feeling snitchy today?  Learn how to leak to reporters</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1317</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) PRdisasters.com is now accepting nominations for its 2006 PR Disasters awards</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The hits keep coming for Yahoo: Tom Brady sues for improper use of his name</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1229</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Racist on so many levels: Dartmouth calls 'Native' cover a mistake</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1208</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Cops shoot to kill thanks to gangsta' Facebook photos</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1187</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Elizabeth Hurley accused of child exploitation; releases new line of skimpy bikinis for girls as young as 2</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1183</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) I'll take 8 burrito supremes, hold the E. Coli</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) "Head On" may actually CAUSE headaches; apply gun directly to the forehead and pull trigger</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) That's gotta sting: MySpace tells Apple to fix its programming for QuickTime</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Don't purposely litter on a beautiful beach to get some exposure</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) In wake of E. coli crisis, Taco Bell tries out new slogan: "Our Food Is the Shit"</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Muslim Indonesia is grappling with its first real political sex scandal  a widely circulated video of one of its most powerful politicians in a hotel room with a popular singer. Somebody's gonna get stoned -- and not in a good way</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=1082</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Pfizer needs a prescription for its rising blood pressure</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Apple sells "refreshed" laptop full of porn to 11-year-old girl</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Secret revealed: the bungled strategy behind running a crappy SNL skit</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Step 1: get arrested for a DUI; step 2: don't even care; step 3: act like, or actually show up drunk to fluff day-time shows</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) The hits keep coming for poor Kramer</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Crate &amp; Barrel under fire from Bill O'Reilly in latest "War on Christmas" salvo</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Why Rupert abandoned O.J.</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Abuse at teen boot camp caught on tape; 8 officers charged with manslaughter</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Mother gone wild ejected from plane for breastfeeding her baby; breastfeeding was 'offensive' to flight attendant</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) "A descendent of one of Orange County's most prominent families stands accused of slipping photos of his penis into his relatives' mail"
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Australian sheikh compares scantily clad women to "uncovered meat" in citing reasons for sexual assault; bikini-ed women to march to mosque in protest</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Woman claims she was raped outside a shopping mall, e-mail circulated to panicky residents -- turns out to be a hoax</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wal-Mart's attempts to seem more progressive are irritating its conservative customer base</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) More PR fun for Wal-Mart: Teens set off "acid bombs" at store full of holiday shoppers</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Miss Brussels says Israel should be wiped off the map.  Now THAT will lose her some votes in the short-answer portion of the pageant </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Kramer in blackface -- you knew something like this would eventually turn up</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Mattel's Polly Pocket recalled just in time for Xmas; something about kids swallowing magnets</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=777</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) O.J.'s former sister-in-law says she was offered "hush money" by News Corp. to not complain about O.J. book and special</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Kramer's "history of hatred" -- it's getting ugly, folks</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Michael Richards defends himself on Letterman; the audience thinks he's kidding -- not the best choice of venue, Kramer</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Publicist calls Michael Richards rant a "career ruiner"; maybe he could interview O.J. for a comeback</title>
   <link>http://www.spinthicket.com/comments.php?sid=763</link>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Roundup of reaction to Murdoch's pulling of O.J. special and book</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Jerry Seinfeld calls Kramer's racist meltdown a "horrible, horrible mistake"</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) News Flash: News Corp. cancels O.J. book and TV special</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Seinfeld's Kramer goes on racist tirade against black hecklers; don't call it a comeback</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Video of UCLA student being tazed by police; someone always has a video camera at the right place and time</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Salesforce.com CEO calls cops, private eye on WSJ reporter ... nice media relations</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) In leaked memo, the "Peanut Butter Manifesto," Yahoo exec says the company has spread its resources too thin.  Does not specify whether its resources are creamy or crunchy</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Burger King in trouble with Spanish government over XXL burger; apparently eating a lot them makes you fat</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Judith Regan, under fire for publishing the new O.J. book, comes up with some lame damage control</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) When librarians say 'shh,' they mean it; police use stun gun on UCLA student for refusing to leave library</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Playstation 3 brings reality to first-person shooter</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Wal-Mart's PR team swatted again; retailer accused of mislabeling organic foods</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Soldier enters guilty plea in Iraq rape, murder case</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) WakeUpWalMart virally smacks Wal-Mart for wage, benefits and employment practices</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) There's gold in that tune box: Hackers use seemingly innocuous MP3 players to crack ATMs</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Not part of plan for democracy, soldiers accused of rape and murder in Iraq</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Tyson chickens out and posts loss for fourth quarter earnings</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Canadian ferry company put PR and lawyers ahead of safety after deadly accident</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Those Wal-Mart Nazis are at it again</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Dubai tourism industry struggles with roving gangs of women-ogling men</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) NEWS FLASH: PR Flacks Banned in Second Life</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Local investigative team catches low-pay utility workers sleeping on the job; CEO practicing his golf swing in the corner office not captured on tape</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Fool me once shame on me. Fool me twice &amp; and you must be a former-Enron exec starting a hedge fund.</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Would you like some fresh metal shavings with your asprin?</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Coming up: Congressional hearings on the wild imbalance in executive compensation and the often perverse incentives" -- expect your company's employees to be pissed</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Here's a PR stink for you: Greyhound bus discharges its latrine on Ohio family</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) It's a bird..it's a plane..no wait, it's a laptop !!</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Stop...before you pop those pills-millions of bottles recalled</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares)  Cuckoo comedian not laughing now..Cosby settles lawsuit</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) NY bar sued by contestant in "Shake It Like Shakira" dance-off; she shook it too hard and hurt herself</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Concerned about identity theft?  Bet you didn't think you'd have to worry about your CEO being the thief</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Culture Club Members Twenty Years Too Late In Denouncing Boy George's Wild Ways</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) New proposed McDonald's slogan: "We're the trans-fattiest!"</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Will latest alleged sex tape brand starlet with a Scarlett letter?</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Duck-and/or-cover: "Cheney going hunting on election day." </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Hugo Chavez is causing a PR nightmare for Citgo</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) All mentions of distinguished alum Ted Haggard removed from Oral Roberts University Web site</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Troy, MI, fights to keep out Hooters, which files $1m suit</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Scottish politician's kid's friends post embarrassing vid on YouTube; debate over privacy rights ensues</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Filipino restaurant chain not happy to see its mascots humping on YouTube (with video)</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) "Wifey's World" porn couple moving on up to the east side; snooty new neighbors protest</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Marines disinvite Ultimate Fighting Champion from upcoming bash -- because he planned to bring his girlfriend, Jenna Jameson</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) 2 out of 3 Ain't Bad? "Evangelist admits meth, massage, no sex"</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Minnesota gubernatorial candidate lashes out, calls reporter a "Republican whore"; I'm John Kerry and I approve this collapse </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Yet another advocacy group calls for restrictions on fast food ads -- watch out, fat merchants, storm clouds ahead</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) PR tip to Edelman: Now might not be the best time to release a blog trust study</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Is every right-wing gay-bashing preacher secretly gay?  A day late, Ted Haggard comes clean</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Customer gets kicked out of gym for not observing the "No Grunting" signs; "No Sweating" signs also expected to generate controversy </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Richard Edelman handled his screw-up better than Kerry is handling this one -- not that anyone will be winning a genius award</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Madonna's damage-control tour continues, fake British accent intact </title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) PR Warning: the public will hold companies like Genentech accountable for the poor healthcare provided to subcontracted labor</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Diebold Inc. voting machines get taken apart in new HBO documentary; Diebold threathens to hang Chad, whoever he is</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Hyping of nude cruise line leads to red cheeks for Canadian Supreme Court justice</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) Kerry says kids should get an education so they don't end up in Iraq; blogosphere aflame</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) From Sen. George Allen, a lesson in blog relations</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) McDonald's caught with flogs.  Richard Edelman crawls out from under his desk and breathes a sigh of relief.</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) See No. 5: How to ALMOST perfectly defend yourself against allegations of molesting a 14-year-old boy</title>
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   <title>(PR Nightmares) NBA MVP Steve Nash is a little Nash-ty with college journalist</title>
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