Preventing Default Actions In A Bubbled Event In jQuery 

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		// When the DOM is ready to be interacted with,
		$(function(){
 
			// Bind click event handling on the UL. This will allow
			// us to handle both link and LI clicks in one place
			// by leveraging event bubbling.
			$( "ul" ).click(
				function( objEvent ){
 
					// Return FALSE to prevent the default.
					return( false );
 
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		Event Bubbling In jQuery
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			Go to <a href="http://www.t-nation.com">T-Nation</a>
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			Go to <a href="http://www.cfbloggers.com">CF Bloggers</a>
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			Go to <a href="http://www.nycfug.com">NY CFUG</a>
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