Re: Boolean Searching modification
Terribly sorry! Looks like I posted the wrong searchlib.php from another server!
Attached is the correct one, and sorry to waste your time. Below is the relevant section of the code. Notice the html_entity_decode....this was the crux of the solution, but might open itself up to sql injection type stuff...not an issue for me, as we are behind a firewall...but knowing this improved the issue for us, there might be some additional workaround someone might be able to figure out....

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if ($fulltext) { $words = html_entity_decode($words); $qwords = $this->db->quote($words); $sqlft = 'MATCH(' . join(',', $h['search']). ') AGAINST (' . $qwords . ' IN BOOLEAN MODE)'; $sqlWhere .= ' AND ' . $sqlft ; $sqlFields .= ', ' . $sqlft . ' AS relevance'; $orderby = 'relevance desc, ' . $orderby;