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		<title>RightNow&#8217;s Latest Release Puts Things in Context</title>
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by Lauren McKay

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
 Contact center agents have way too much information to master &#8212; a state of affairs not likely to change anytime soon. With the release of RightNow February &#8216;08, however &#8212; the latest edition of RightNow Technologies&#8217; CRM solution, unveiled yesterday &#8212; agents may be able to put all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenmckay.wordpress.com&blog=2325005&post=16&subd=laurenmckay&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Working Mother
February 2008
By: Min-Ja Lee, Lauren McKay, Rhea Saran and Blair Tidwell How do you get to Sesame Street? Head straight for Langhorne, just 30 minutes north of Philadelphia. This lively, colorful park, based on the TV show and open each year beginning in May, is a preschooler&#8217;s dream: Where else can you rub shoulders with Big [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenmckay.wordpress.com&blog=2325005&post=15&subd=laurenmckay&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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By: Min-Ja Lee, Lauren McKay, Rhea Saran and Blair Tidwell Rub elbows with Shrek, the Terminator, Scooby-Doo and more at this massive theme park owned by NBC Universal. Catch the popular studio tour, where you might peek in on movie and TV filming and maybe see celebs in action. Of course, there are monstrous thrills [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenmckay.wordpress.com&blog=2325005&post=14&subd=laurenmckay&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Infor Markets a New Marketing Module</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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The software conglomerate&#8217;s Infor CRM Epiphany Outbound Marketing 7.1 offers industry-specific features for retailers.
by Lauren McKay
Friday, January 25, 2008







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Columbia Missourian, November 21, 2005 &#124; 12:00 a.m. CST
When first-graders at Ridgeway Elementary School made grocery-bag vests last week for their Thanksgiving feast, they hoped they could wear them out to play that day.
But no, the fringed and brightly decorated costumes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenmckay.wordpress.com&blog=2325005&post=10&subd=laurenmckay&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Vox, April 27, 2006 &#124; 12:00 a.m. CST
Your time has come. You smooth any wrinkles on your suit and shake off the temptation to slouch.
Once more, doubt ekes its way into your consciousness. What should you say? How should you act?
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		<title>Tea leafs us full</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Vox, February 23, 2006 &#124; 12:00 a.m. CST
In a nation that sells 2.4 billion pounds of coffee per year, it’s hard to imagine that room exists for a rival beverage. But from Jasmine Jazz to loose-leaf black teas, coffee shops in Columbia provide consumers with more than 45 types and flavors of tea.
Starting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenmckay.wordpress.com&blog=2325005&post=8&subd=laurenmckay&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A fitting match</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[     By        LAUREN McKAY
Columbia Missourian, October 31, 2005 &#124; 12:00 a.m. CST
As customers search department store aisles for the right manufactured Halloween costume, Savannah Baltazar fastens the buttons of her old Hollywood ballgown in her dorm room. With careful application of makeup, appropriate accessories [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenmckay.wordpress.com&blog=2325005&post=7&subd=laurenmckay&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One big trunk show</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Vox, February 9, 2006 &#124; 12:00 a.m. CST
As metal bleachers, bundles of rope and shiny platforms are hauled into the main showroom at the Boone County Fairgrounds, Louie Delmoral stands in the far corner talking to friends while country music plays in the background.
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[     By        LAUREN McKAY
Columbia Missourian, November 21, 2005 &#124; 12:00 a.m. CST
Thousands of Marines serving aboard the USS Peleliu will get a taste of Show-Me State hospitality with their Thanksgiving dinner this year. A team of MU students majoring in hotel and restaurant management [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenmckay.wordpress.com&blog=2325005&post=5&subd=laurenmckay&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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