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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Alabama</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[State to refine grant application]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Alabama failed in its initial bid for a Race to the Top grant, but the state will try again to get a share of the federal school improvement money.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dana Beyerle ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100319/NEWS/100319472/1007]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100319/NEWS/100319472/1007"><![CDATA[Tuscaloosa News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gag order issued in UAH shooter case ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The judge set to preside over accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop's upcoming preliminary hearing Tuesday on capital murder and attempted murder charges issued a gag order in the case today.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=montgomeryadvertiser&sParam=33062495.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=montgomeryadvertiser&amp;sParam=33062495.story"><![CDATA[Montgomery Advertiser]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ivey touts record as treasurer in bid for governor]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama gubernatorial candidate Kay Ivey gave an impassioned stump speech today to the Republican Women of Tuscaloosa County, imploring the group to elect proven candidates willing to make tough decisions to correct the state's political and financial situation.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jason Morton ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100318/NEWS/100319513/1291/LIVING02?Title=Ivey-touts-record-as-treasurer-in-bid-for-governor]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mixed emotions over proposed state park bill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[FLORENCE, Ala. &ndash;- Are you visiting a state park this summer? You could cash in on a pretty sweet deal. A new bill in state legislature would cut rental fees in half for Alabama residents. It might sound good to travelers, but tourism officials say it could cost jobs and create major budget issues.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports, WAFF.com]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=12165713]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[State Rep. James Buskey to run for re-election]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State Rep. James Buskey announced that he will seek re-election to the Alabama House District 99 seat from Mobile. Buskey, a Democrat, has no announced opponents for the seat, which includes portions of north Mobile between Schillinger Road and Martin Luther King Ave. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By George Talbot]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://blog.al.com/live/2010/03/state_rep_james_buskey_to_run.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://blog.al.com/live/2010/03/state_rep_james_buskey_to_run.html"><![CDATA[Mobile Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[New initiative focuses on getting Alabamians in shape while promoting local tourism]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[There are over 300 miles of walking trails across the state of Alabama, and Governor Riley wants Alabamians to get out and enjoy them.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports, WTVY.com]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.wtvynews4.com/alabamanews/headlines/88498342.html]]></link>
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    <title>Stateline.org RSS - State by State Roundup</title>
    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Alaska</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Alaska]]></description>
    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA[Push for in-state gas line gets a boost]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The drive to build an in-state gas pipeline, with public funds if necessary, got a boost Thursday with the enthusiastic testimony of two of Alaska's elder statesmen, Ted Stevens and Bill Sheffield, with Frank Murkowski offering more conditional support.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Richard Mauer]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.adn.com/2010/03/18/1189964/push-for-in-state-gas-line-gets.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.adn.com/2010/03/18/1189964/push-for-in-state-gas-line-gets.html"><![CDATA[Anchorage Daily News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Collared wolves killed during predator control]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Alaska Department of Fish and Game resumed killing wolves from helicopters this week in the Interior and immediately sparked controversy by wiping out a pack that included wolves collared for research by the National Park Service.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Sean Cockerham]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.adn.com/2010/03/18/1189910/collared-wolves-killed-in-predator.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.adn.com/2010/03/18/1189910/collared-wolves-killed-in-predator.html"><![CDATA[Anchorage Daily News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hearing held on Sealaska lands bill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Don Young defended a bill Wednesday to give Sealaska Corp. its remaining lands under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mary Pemberton, The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://juneauempire.com/stories/031810/loc_592449401.shtml]]></link>
        <source url="http://juneauempire.com/stories/031810/loc_592449401.shtml"><![CDATA[The Juneau Empire]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Legislators foresee spending increases in capital budget]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Legislators are expecting this year's capital budget, the one-time spending on big-ticket items, to be beefier than last year's, as the state hopes to fend off a recession that has not hit Alaska nearly as hard as elsewhere. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Pat Forgey]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://juneauempire.com/stories/031810/loc_592449659.shtml]]></link>
        <source url="http://juneauempire.com/stories/031810/loc_592449659.shtml"><![CDATA[The Juneau Empire]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gara -- Emissions resolution hurts gas pipeline efforts]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Rep. Les Gara says a resolution passed by the state House could undercut efforts in Congress to secure a natural gas pipeline in Alaska.

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        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.adn.com/2010/03/18/1190001/gara-emissions-resolution-hurts.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.adn.com/2010/03/18/1190001/gara-emissions-resolution-hurts.html"><![CDATA[Anchorage Daily News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ramras to block disclosure bill in favor of different one]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State Rep. Jay Ramras says he's blocking a House bill aimed at strengthening disclosure requirements for corporations and unions engaged in political campaigning.

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        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.adn.com/2010/03/18/1190006/ramras-to-block-disclosure-bill.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.adn.com/2010/03/18/1190006/ramras-to-block-disclosure-bill.html"><![CDATA[Anchorage Daily News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Arizona</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Arizona]]></description>
    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA[Cuts to all-day kindergarten big problem for schools, parents]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State lawmakers last week permanently cut the funding that made the programs possible in many schools, and now parents, public-school districts and charter schools around the state are struggling to find ways to keep them going.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Pat Kossan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/03/19/20100319arizona-cuts-to-all-daykindergarten.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/03/19/20100319arizona-cuts-to-all-daykindergarten.html"><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arizona drops children's health program]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Arizona on Thursday became the first state to eliminate its Children's Health Insurance Program when Gov. Jan Brewer signed an austere budget that will leave nearly 47,000 low-income children without coverage. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kevin Sack]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/health/policy/19arizona.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/health/policy/19arizona.html"><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ariz. GOP lawmakers join Brewer in slamming health bill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Jan Brewer says the federal health overhaul bill awaiting congressional action would financially devastate Arizona's state government and intrude on individuals' health-coverage choices.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_78d9c6f0-32e2-11df-b3d6-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_78d9c6f0-32e2-11df-b3d6-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Budget for 2011 signed by Brewer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Jan Brewer signed the fiscal 2011 budget on Thursday, enacting $1.1 billion in spending cuts and program  eliminations.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Casey Newton ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319budget0319.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319budget0319.html"><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Budget base shaky ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The budget that Gov. Jan Brewer signed on Thursday is built on a series of assumptions about what voters -- and courts -- will do.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_89ad0c4a-65d0-5971-84a3-9b2467026a98.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_89ad0c4a-65d0-5971-84a3-9b2467026a98.html"><![CDATA[Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cactus League facilities bill OK'd by House]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A bill to help the Chicago Cubs and other Cactus League teams build and upgrade training facilities passed the Arizona House on a 35-19 vote Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gary Nelson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319cubs0319.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319cubs0319.html"><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arpaio's new sweep targets human smuggling, drugs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said that his latest "crime-suppression operation" will focus on human smuggling and drug trafficking.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By JJ Hensley and Jolie McCullough ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319crimesweeps0319.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319crimesweeps0319.html"><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[New marijuana ballot measure set for November ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[What happened to a Wal-Mart worker in Michigan who was fired for testing positive for marijuana probably could not happen in Arizona if voters approve a ballot measure in November.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://azdailysun.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_a5c8ac41-6191-52e2-a4ab-0c4a0893f8f1.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://azdailysun.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_a5c8ac41-6191-52e2-a4ab-0c4a0893f8f1.html"><![CDATA[Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ariz. House considers 3rd-grade reading standards ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Arizona House has given preliminary approval to a measure that would require school districts to hold back third-graders who score far below grade-level reading standards.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b2317e69-23af-5d20-898e-b756082bcc8a.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b2317e69-23af-5d20-898e-b756082bcc8a.html"><![CDATA[Arizona Capitol Times (Phoenix)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arizona measure on picking judges awaits changes ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The sponsor of legislation to revamp Arizona's system of selecting judges says it could be revised before being considered by the Senate.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_dd230996-230e-516a-b3b3-70c41d05e3c8.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_dd230996-230e-516a-b3b3-70c41d05e3c8.html"><![CDATA[Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[House delays weapons bill; abortion measure advances]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Arizona Legislature debated a flurry of bills Thursday, moving some forward and holding others. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Glen Creno]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319arizona-abortion-bill-advances.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319arizona-abortion-bill-advances.html"><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arizona favors access in public-records laws]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Laws governing public records vary across the country, with some states exercising a tight grip on documents and others offering more public access.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Lily Leung]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319arizona-favors-public-record-laws.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319arizona-favors-public-record-laws.html"><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Scathing report on 'virtual' border fence]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Goverment Accountability Office report that went public Thursday morning offers details of the many problems with the SBInet "virtual fence" system.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Brady McCombs]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/border-boletin/article_f0ec2246-31fc-11df-a6d2-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/border-boletin/article_f0ec2246-31fc-11df-a6d2-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick pushes mine-bill revision]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick introduced a revised bill Thursday that could speed up congressional action on development of North America's largest copper mine and bring an estimated 1,400 jobs to the Superior area.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Erin Kelly]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319arizona-mine-bill.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/19/20100319arizona-mine-bill.html"><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Records in Arizona sweat lodge case offer details ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Documents released Thursday in the case of a motivational speaker charged with manslaughter expand on the already wide range of experiences participants reported having during an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Felicia Fonseca]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_09334074-dfd4-5828-8756-21faf3822909.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_09334074-dfd4-5828-8756-21faf3822909.html"><![CDATA[Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Federal funds to help Arizona storm cleanup]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration Thursday that authorizes federal aid for eight Arizona counties and six tribal nations still struggling to recover from flooding and winter storm damage two months ago.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_40ba8e17-e97c-52a5-9ae4-bf226de3e402.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_40ba8e17-e97c-52a5-9ae4-bf226de3e402.html"><![CDATA[Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wind farm could widen in SRP deal]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Salt River Project announced a deal Thursday that could double the size of the state's only wind farm, the Dry Lake Wind Power Project near Snowflake. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ryan Randazzo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2010/03/19/20100319biz-wind0319.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2010/03/19/20100319biz-wind0319.html"><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Local musicians play to save Riordan Mansion ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Local musicians are pooling their talent Saturday in an effort to save Riordan Mansion. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Abbie Gripman]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://azdailysun.com/news/local/article_953947c0-a9f8-574d-ac53-dd611e64d59b.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://azdailysun.com/news/local/article_953947c0-a9f8-574d-ac53-dd611e64d59b.html"><![CDATA[Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. to inspect 2 state-run units]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice will inspect two residential facilities for the developmentally disabled next week, marking the first major step in the agency's investigation of state-run human-development centers in Arkansas.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Amy Upshaw]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/mar/19/us-inspect-2-state-run-units-20100319/?news]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/mar/19/us-inspect-2-state-run-units-20100319/?news"><![CDATA[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ark. lottery hit with trademark suit over name]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Little Rock businessman filed suit Thursday against the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, arguing that the lottery should be ordered to stop using terms for which he secured the trademark years ago &mdash; including the phrase "Arkansas Lottery."]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chuck Bartels, The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://ap.thecabin.net/pstories/state/ar/20100318/592589507.shtml]]></link>
        <source url="http://ap.thecabin.net/pstories/state/ar/20100318/592589507.shtml"><![CDATA[The Log Cabin Democrat (Conway)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Homes sales dip; weather blamed]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Home sales in Arkansas dropped slightly in January from the same month a year ago, according to a report today from the Arkansas Realtors Association. The 1.26 percent drop was blamed on the unusual amount of winter weather in January, said association spokesman Ethan Nobles.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rob Moritz]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://arkansasnews.com/2010/03/18/homes-sales-dip-weather-blamed/]]></link>
        <source url="http://arkansasnews.com/2010/03/18/homes-sales-dip-weather-blamed/"><![CDATA[Arkansas News Bureau]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Proctor files as write-in candidate for circuit judge]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Former Pulaski County Circuit Judge Willard Proctor, who was removed from the bench by the state Supreme Court in January, has filed to run as a write-in candidate for his old seat.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rob Moritz]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://arkansasnews.com/2010/03/18/proctor-files-as-write-in-candidate-for-circuit-judge/]]></link>
        <source url="http://arkansasnews.com/2010/03/18/proctor-files-as-write-in-candidate-for-circuit-judge/"><![CDATA[Arkansas News Bureau]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Student who sued over confiscated cell phone loses appeal]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Arkansas Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by a high school student who sued his teacher after she confiscated his cell phone.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Lyon ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://arkansasnews.com/2010/03/18/student-who-sued-over-confiscated-cell-phone-loses-appeal/]]></link>
        <source url="http://arkansasnews.com/2010/03/18/student-who-sued-over-confiscated-cell-phone-loses-appeal/"><![CDATA[Arkansas News Bureau]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/California</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[UC could oversee prison health]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Schwarzenegger administration wants to put the University of California in charge of state prison inmates' medical needs in an overhaul of the troubled corrections healthcare system that could save $12 billion over a decade, officials say.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Michael Rothfeld]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prisons19-2010mar19,0,1203777.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prisons19-2010mar19,0,1203777.story"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Scientists side with smelt, salmon protections]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A National Academy of Sciences panel has concluded that the much-disputed fish protections that have curbed water deliveries to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California are scientifically justified.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Bettina Boxall]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water-academy19-2010mar19,0,5467178.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water-academy19-2010mar19,0,5467178.story"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cuomo probes pension 'spiking' ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[New York became the latest state to shine a light on the practice of pension "spiking"&mdash;big increases in a government worker's salary just before retirement to boost the lifelong pension payout.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130041082535592.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130041082535592.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Valero oil firm contributes half-million to suspend AB 32  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Texas-based oil company has contributed more than half of the nearly $1 million collected in a drive to suspend California's landmark greenhouse-gas emissions law, documents filed Thursday show.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Jim Sanders ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2010/03/valero-oil-firm.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2010/03/valero-oil-firm.html"><![CDATA[The Sacramento Bee]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Field Poll -- Obama's popularity declining in California]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; President Barack Obama's popularity is declining in California, with slightly more than half of the state's voters still approving of his job performance, according to a Field Poll released today.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Rob Hotakainen ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/19/2618028/field-poll-obamas-popularity-declining.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/19/2618028/field-poll-obamas-popularity-declining.html"><![CDATA[The Sacramento Bee]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[San Joaquin Dems feel the heat of health care debate ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; Public and private pressure is building on Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater, and other lawmakers who say they are undecided on a big health care bill. That's the price of wait-and-see.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Michael Doyle  ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/19/2618029/san-joaquin-dems-feel-the-heat.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/19/2618029/san-joaquin-dems-feel-the-heat.html"><![CDATA[The Sacramento Bee]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[SMUD, other utilities seek to kick PG&E-backed Proposition 16 off June ballot  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A broad coalition of California's public utilities, including the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, sued Thursday to disqualify Proposition 16 from the June 8 ballot "for being false and misleading and for concealing its true nature and purpose from voters."
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        <author><![CDATA[By Denny Walsh ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/19/2617921/smud-other-utilities-seek-to-kick.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/19/2617921/smud-other-utilities-seek-to-kick.html"><![CDATA[The Sacramento Bee]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger appoints paralyzed lawyer Sara Granda to legal post ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Sara Granda, the UC Davis law school graduate who is paralyzed and drew national attention last year when State Bar officials nearly prevented her from taking the exam, has been named by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to a legal position in the state Department of Health Care Services.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Kevin Yamamura  ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/19/2618372/schwarzenegger-appoints-paralyzed.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/19/2618372/schwarzenegger-appoints-paralyzed.html"><![CDATA[The Sacramento Bee]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Group seeks documents from Anthem Blue Cross inquiry]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[ consumer group Thursday called on California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to release all documents related to his investigation of proposed double-digit rate increases by Anthem Blue Cross for customers who buy individual policies.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Duke Helfand]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-poizner19-2010mar19,0,7757341.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-poizner19-2010mar19,0,7757341.story"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP attorney general candidate gets a job &ndash; and ballot title &ndash; in South Dakota]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Republican attorney general candidate John Eastman has picked his job description to show voters on the June ballot -- assistant attorney general. Pretty good modifier for someone seeking the top job. What Eastman isn't telling voters is that he is officially an assistant attorney general in South Dakota. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Shane Goldmacher ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/03/gop-attorney-general-candidate-gets-a-job-and-ballot-title-in-south-dakota.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/03/gop-attorney-general-candidate-gets-a-job-and-ballot-title-in-south-dakota.html"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Florida plan to kill tax benefit for films that aren't 'family friendly' sparks backlash ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Florida, the home of Mickey Mouse  and beach-bound vacationers, was trying to polish its family friendly image but instead ran into a PR nightmare: an angry Hollywood.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Josh Hafenbrack and Richard Verrier, Tribune Newspapers]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/elections/fl-family-friendly-film-bill-20100318,0,3580447.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/elections/fl-family-friendly-film-bill-20100318,0,3580447.story"><![CDATA[The Sun-Sentinel (South Florida)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Perez selects new leadership team, committee chairs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Among the key appointments: Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes (D-Sylmar) will chair the Appropriations Committee and Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield (D-Van Nuys) will head the Assembly Budget Committee. Assemblyman Charles Calderon (D-Whittier) is the new Majority Floor Leader.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Anthony York]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/03/perez-selects-new-leadership-team-committee-chairs.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/03/perez-selects-new-leadership-team-committee-chairs.html"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Flags raised over sponsor of Democratic golf fundraiser]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Democratic state senators will gather in La Jolla this weekend to enjoy rounds of golf, lavish hotel accommodations and gourmet meals at a fundraiser bankrolled largely by a group that wants a favor from them.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Patrick McGreevy]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-democrats-golf19-2010mar19,0,7956426.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-democrats-golf19-2010mar19,0,7956426.story"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Brown calls anti-police booby traps in Riverside County 'urban terrorism']]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Describing it as "urban terrorism," California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown joined with Riverside County officials Thursday in asking the public to help find those who tried at least three times to kill officers assigned to a Hemet-based gang task force.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By David Kelly]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hemet-brown19-2010mar19,0,2736474.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hemet-brown19-2010mar19,0,2736474.story"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Proposed smoking ban falls short in Assembly]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Californians who grumble about cigarette butts in the parks and beaches may have to wait before their wish comes true &mdash; if it happens at all. The most far-reaching ban to outlaw smoking in California's state parks, including more than a dozen beaches and wilderness areas in Santa Cruz County, has fallen short of a key legislative hurdle. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kurtis Alexander]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_14699499]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_14699499"><![CDATA[The Mercury News (San Jose)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Meg Whitman 'wows away' Latino crowd at San Jose campaign talk]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman reached out to Latino business leaders at a San Jose luncheon Thursday, promising to create jobs, improve education and cut spending. She didn't mention a touchier topic: immigration.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Julia Prodis Sulek]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_14704364?nclick_check=1]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_14704364?nclick_check=1"><![CDATA[The Mercury News (San Jose)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Consumer prices inch up in Colorado, West]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Consumer prices in Colorado and other western states rose 0.1 percent in February from the previous month, and were up 1.4 percent from February 2009, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mark Harden]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/15/daily48.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/15/daily48.html"><![CDATA[Denver Business Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pinnacol offers state $130 million more to privatize]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers' compensation insurance fund that wants to be privatized, said Thursday it's willing to offer the state more money &mdash; $130 million more &mdash; to do that.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Tim Hoover]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_14707501]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_14707501"><![CDATA[The Denver Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Contractors -- Colorado lost 31,600 construction jobs in one year]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Colorado lost 31,600 construction jobs in the 12 months ending January 2010, 23 percent of the state's construction employment, the Associated General Contractors of America said Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/15/daily49.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/15/daily49.html"><![CDATA[Denver Business Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill to close Old Age Pension loophole withdrawn]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A bill to close a loophole in Colorado law that allows elderly legal immigrants to receive a taxpayer-funded pension died in the House on Wednesday after the lawmaker sponsoring the legislation withdrew it.

]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tim Hoover]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_14696624]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_14696624"><![CDATA[The Denver Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Penry urges oversight into why child-welfare death investigations not completed]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state Department of Human Services failed to complete reviews of the deaths of 10 of 11 kids under age 4 who died while in the custody of county child-welfare programs in 2008.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Colleen O'Connor]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_14706060]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_14706060"><![CDATA[The Denver Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[CDOT opens bids on C-470/Santa Fe interchange project]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Department of Transportation opened bids Thursday for the reconstruction of the C-470 and Santa Fe Drive interchange, a project that will use up the last of the agency's federal stimulus money that it's already been granted.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Cathy Proctor]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/15/daily54.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/03/15/daily54.html"><![CDATA[Denver Business Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poll -- Markey right, Gardner wrong on health reform]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In the wake of a Congressional Budget Office report finding that current health reform legislation would cut the deficit by $138 billion in ten years, Colorado Fourth District U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey confirmed that she planned to vote to pass the legislation this weekend. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Tomasic]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://coloradoindependent.com/49394/poll-markey-right-gardner-wrong-on-health-reform]]></link>
        <source url="http://coloradoindependent.com/49394/poll-markey-right-gardner-wrong-on-health-reform"><![CDATA[Colorado Independent]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper expresses a bent for business]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper told a business group Thursday that it's "crazy" to raise fees or taxes when revenues are down, or for Colorado to be known as an anti-business state.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Lynn Bartels]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_14706205]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_14706205"><![CDATA[The Denver Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA[First live Republican Gubernatorial TV debate on day that Greenwich's Tom Foley pulls ahead in latest Quinnipiac poll]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Coming off a new poll that puts him solidly in the lead for governor among Republicans, Greenwich business executive Tom Foley said Thursday night that he would cut state spending by $1 billion if elected in November.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Christopher Keating]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-gop-governor-debate0318,0,4690179.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-gop-governor-debate0318,0,4690179.story"><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Quinnipiac poll -- Bysiewicz's lead in attorney general race a little less huge]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Despite two months of bad press about her legal credentials, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz has held on to a huge lead over her lesser known Democratic opponents in the race for state attorney general, according to a Quinnipiac University  poll released Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Edmund H. Mahony]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-bysiewicz-ag-0319.artmar19,0,7782885.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-bysiewicz-ag-0319.artmar19,0,7782885.story"><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Majority oppose return of toll roads ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Drivers and most other voters say state lawmakers ought to dump legislation to bring back highway tolls in Connecticut.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Paul Hughes]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.rep-am.com/news/local/473147.txt]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.rep-am.com/news/local/473147.txt"><![CDATA[Waterbury Republican-American]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Legislative panel passes bill intended to improve filming tax-break program]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The legislature's commerce committee approved a bill Thursday that seeks to improve the state's film tax-break program without running the industry out of Connecticut.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Amanda Falcone]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-ct-film-tax-vote-0319.artmar19,0,4360072.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-ct-film-tax-vote-0319.artmar19,0,4360072.story"><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rell's keno proposal panned in survey of state voters]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Add another voice to the chorus of opposition to Gov. M. Jodi Rell's plan to introduce keno at bars, restaurants and convenience stores: that of the voters.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Brian Hallenbeck]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.theday.com/article/20100319/NWS12/303199853]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.theday.com/article/20100319/NWS12/303199853"><![CDATA[The Day (New London)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Conn. high court mulls 'secret' sex offender list]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Supreme Court is considering whether officials can keep private the process by which certain sex offenders get onto a non-public registry. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Conn-high-court-mulls-secret-sex-offender-list-412587.php]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Conn-high-court-mulls-secret-sex-offender-list-412587.php"><![CDATA[Connecticut Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Energy plant operator -- More state oversight would be 'redundant']]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A spokesman for a major power-plant operator stunned a legislative panel Thursday when he said creating a state mechanism to increase safety at power plants would be "somewhat redundant."]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Josh Kovner]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courant.com/community/middletown/power-plant-explosion/hc-kleen-hearing-0319.artmar18,0,7736348.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courant.com/community/middletown/power-plant-explosion/hc-kleen-hearing-0319.artmar18,0,7736348.story"><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Judge orders two prisoners to be set free after wrongful murder conviction]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Two men serving life sentences for the murder of a Fair Haven bodega owner have been ordered set free after more than 16 years behind bars.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jenna Carlesso]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-freed-prisoners-0319.artmar19,0,1855994.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-freed-prisoners-0319.artmar19,0,1855994.story"><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Private fundraiser foundation to pay majority of UConn president's office furniture]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[University of Connecticut officials have turned to the school's private fundraiser foundation to pay the bulk of the bill for the more than $35,000 in high-end furniture purchased for President Michael Hogan's office.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dave Altimari]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courant.com/community/storrs/hc-uconn-gulleyhall-renovations.artmar19,0,6045852.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courant.com/community/storrs/hc-uconn-gulleyhall-renovations.artmar19,0,6045852.story"><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bloomfield resident running for secretary of the state; Corey Brinson seeking GOP nomination]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Corey Brinson, 30, of Bloomfield, is running for secretary of the state. The Republican owns and practices law at Corey J. Brinson LLC in Hartford. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Amanda Falcone]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2010/03/bloomfield-resident-running-fo.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2010/03/bloomfield-resident-running-fo.html"><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trumbull residents seek Siting Council changes]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Dozens of Trumbull residents on Thursday asked state lawmakers to protect the historic Nichols neighborhood from a planned fuel-cell facility that would depend on high-pressure natural gas flowing through 50-year-old pipes.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ken Dixon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Trumbull-residents-seek-Siting-Council-changes-412654.php]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Trumbull-residents-seek-Siting-Council-changes-412654.php"><![CDATA[Connecticut Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <title>Stateline.org RSS - State by State Roundup</title>
    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Delaware</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Delaware]]></description>
    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA[Delaware River dredge at work while talks go on]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Ron Wyche restlessly scanned a jumble of readouts and video displays on Thursday as he summed up life in the driver's seat of a controversial $28 million dredging job along the Delaware River near Pea Patch Island.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jeff Montgomery]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190366/1007/Dredge-at-work-while-talks-go-on]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190366/1007/Dredge-at-work-while-talks-go-on"><![CDATA[The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Historic panel OKs Woodburn solar plant project]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The proposal to install a solar power plant atop Woodburn, a 212-year-old house that serves as the state's official governor's residence, Thursday breezed to unanimous approval by the city's Historic District Commission.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By James Merriweather]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190335/1007/Historic-panel-OKs-Woodburn-solar-plant-project]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190335/1007/Historic-panel-OKs-Woodburn-solar-plant-project"><![CDATA[The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Baker's budget holds cuts and hikes]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The average city resident would pay $216 more in property taxes and water-sewer fees under a budget proposed Thursday by Mayor James M. Baker.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Adam Taylor]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190364/1007/Baker-s-budget--Cuts-and-hikes]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190364/1007/Baker-s-budget--Cuts-and-hikes"><![CDATA[The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Delaware Board of Ed lets schools skip some snow days]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Delaware public school students and teachers won't have to make up some of the class days missed earlier this year because of inclement weather, the State Board of Education decided Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Edward L. Kenney]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190344/1008/Snow-days-to-get-a-pass]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190344/1008/Snow-days-to-get-a-pass"><![CDATA[The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Delaware House OKs tax refunds to college accounts]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Legislation to make it possible for people to have their state tax refunds deposited directly into a Delaware College Investment Plan account passed the House unanimously Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190347]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190347"><![CDATA[The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Delaware bill seeks longer protective orders]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Legislation to strengthen Delaware's system for protecting victims of domestic violence from further abuse was unveiled Thursday by Gov. Jack Markell and Attorney General Beau Biden.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By J.L. Miller]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190334/1007/Delaware-bill-seeks-longer-protective-orders]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190334/1007/Delaware-bill-seeks-longer-protective-orders"><![CDATA[The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[House loosens contribution rules]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Republican-dominated Florida House pushed through legislation Thursday that allows legislative leaders to raise unlimited dollars from special interests, rejecting a dozen Democratic amendments aimed at limiting the influence of money in politics.

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        <author><![CDATA[By John Frank]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536774/house-loosens-contribution-rules.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536774/house-loosens-contribution-rules.html"><![CDATA[The Miami Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[NRA has gotten most of what it wanted in Florida Legislature in 2010]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Adoption agencies can't require prospective parents to disclose whether they have a firearm, according to a new bill that rocketed Thursday out of the Legislature and awaits the governor's signature. Gov. Charlie Crist plans to approve the legislation, along with another National Rifle Association-backed bill that would stop legislators from raiding a special trust fund that pays for concealed-weapons permit regulation. The bill could be passed by the Legislature as early as next week.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Marc Caputo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536773/nra-has-gotten-most-of-what-it.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536773/nra-has-gotten-most-of-what-it.html"><![CDATA[The Miami Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Evers wants teachers to have the right to pray]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Rep. Greg Evers wants to stop any other school district in Florida from entering into the same kind of agreement Santa Rosa officials did to prohibit teacher participation in student-led prayer. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Paul Flemming]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://floridacapitalnews.com/article/20100319/CAPITOLNEWS/3190323]]></link>
        <source url="http://floridacapitalnews.com/article/20100319/CAPITOLNEWS/3190323"><![CDATA[Tallahassee Democrat]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Florida plan to kill tax benefit for films that aren't 'family friendly' sparks backlash ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Florida, the home of Mickey Mouse  and beach-bound vacationers, was trying to polish its family friendly image but instead ran into a PR nightmare: an angry Hollywood.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Josh Hafenbrack and Richard Verrier, Tribune Newspapers]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/elections/fl-family-friendly-film-bill-20100318,0,3580447.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/elections/fl-family-friendly-film-bill-20100318,0,3580447.story"><![CDATA[The Sun-Sentinel (South Florida)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nelson's Medicare Advantage deal cut from health care reform]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; House and Senate leaders on Thursday said a provision sparing about 800,000 Floridians from cuts in Medicare Advantage will not be part of the final health care bill, a blow to Sen. Bill Nelson.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Alex Leary]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/nelsons-medicare-advantage-deal-cut-from-health-care-reform/1081008]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/nelsons-medicare-advantage-deal-cut-from-health-care-reform/1081008"><![CDATA[St. Petersburg Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Florida water managers weigh cuts, selloffs to finance U.S. Sugar land deal]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[With the odds of borrowing a half-billion bucks growing dicey, water managers are exploring new ways to finance Gov. Charlie Crist's deal with the U.S. Sugar Corp. -- a controversial land buy the governor stood firmly behind Thursday during a South Florida visit. One possible alternative: Pay for a big chunk -- perhaps even all -- of the $536 million price tag in cash.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Curtis Morgan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/18/1536778_florida-water-managers-weigh-cuts.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/18/1536778_florida-water-managers-weigh-cuts.html"><![CDATA[The Miami Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers push to curb medicating foster children]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A year after a seven-year-old boy heavily medicated on powerful psychiatric drugs hanged himself in his Margate foster home, lawmakers are pushing to reform state medical requirements for foster children.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Cristina Silva]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536772/lawmakers-push-to-curb-medicating.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536772/lawmakers-push-to-curb-medicating.html"><![CDATA[The Miami Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Our eye's on you, Jackson is warned]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Jackson's governing body survived four proposals to abolish it Thursday as Miami-Dade County commissioners instead voted unanimously to put the beleaguered public health system on a ``management watch'' in which the mayor will follow it closely but not take control.
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        <author><![CDATA[By John Dorschner]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/18/1536800_our-eyes-on-you-jackson-is-warned.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/18/1536800_our-eyes-on-you-jackson-is-warned.html"><![CDATA[The Miami Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Florida workforce boards bristle at bill to increase spending oversight]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Some Florida job-creation advocates are upset over a Senate proposal to intensify oversight of regional workforce boards following lavish spending on meals and insider dealing by a handful of boards.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Steve Bousquet]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536784/florida-workforce-boards-bristle.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536784/florida-workforce-boards-bristle.html"><![CDATA[The Miami Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[2010 Legislature summary]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The key issues yesterday and what's coming up:]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://floridacapitalnews.com/article/20100319/CAPITOLNEWS/3190320]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Aronberg expresses concern over security of state employee data]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A lawmaker Thursday demanded to know how a $248-million personnel contract got renewed with a Convergys operation recently sold to a British firm. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Bill Cotterell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://floridacapitalnews.com/article/20100319/CAPITOLNEWS/3190321]]></link>
        <source url="http://floridacapitalnews.com/article/20100319/CAPITOLNEWS/3190321"><![CDATA[Tallahassee Democrat]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lawson claims spot on November ballot]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[With a heavy hometown boost, state Sen. Al Lawson claimed a spot on the November ballot Wednesday in his bid to knock off U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd in the Democratic primary. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Bill Cotterell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://floridacapitalnews.com/article/20100319/CAPITOLNEWS/3190322]]></link>
        <source url="http://floridacapitalnews.com/article/20100319/CAPITOLNEWS/3190322"><![CDATA[Tallahassee Democrat]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[New rules assure public can see court records]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Noting that the courts are moving ``inevitably into the electronic age,'' the Florida Supreme Court adopted new rules Thursday intended to assure public access to court records. The rules include guidelines for sealing and unsealing a limited range of confidential files.
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        <link><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536783/new-rules-assure-public-can-see.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536783/new-rules-assure-public-can-see.html"><![CDATA[The Miami Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[House eases way for private-public partnerships on toll roads]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Georgia House passed legislation Wednesday that some say could make private-public partnerships on toll roads and other transportation projects more attractive to the private sector. The bill would exempt the private owners of such projects from property taxes.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nancy Badertscher ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/house-eases-way-for-379224.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/house-eases-way-for-379224.html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State taps lottery reserves]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State officials are dipping into reserves to help pay for education programs funded by the Georgia Lottery for the first time in nearly a decade, as ticket sales lag behind the growth of the HOPE scholarship and statewide prekindergarten.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dorie Turner, The Associated Press ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/19/state-taps-lottery-reserves/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/19/state-taps-lottery-reserves/"><![CDATA[Chattanooga Times Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Water remedies sail through General Assembly]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Sonny Perdue's water wish list sailed smoothly through the General Assembly on Thursday with his prized conservation bill awaiting his signature. The House overwhelmingly approved the Water Stewardship Act of 2010 to curtail outdoor watering and require builders and apartment building owners to more efficiently manage water.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Chapman and Nancy Badertscher ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/water-remedies-sail-through-382603.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/water-remedies-sail-through-382603.html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Zero Tolerance bill passes out of Senate, moves to House]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[An overhaul on Georgia's zero-tolerance policies, the kind of law that Emanuel Jones said he was elected to the Georgia Senate to write, passed his chamber Thursday and now heads to the House. SB 299 would give principals and school systems more discretion in how they handle disciplinary cases in their schools.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ernie Suggs]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2010/03/18/zero-tolerance-bill-passes-out-of-senate-moves-to-house/?cxntfid=blogs_gold_dome_live]]></link>
        <source url="http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2010/03/18/zero-tolerance-bill-passes-out-of-senate-moves-to-house/?cxntfid=blogs_gold_dome_live"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill to raise state user fees, licenses moving quickly]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[House leaders trying desperately to fill massive holes in the state budget put a bill to raise more than $90 million worth of state user fees and licenses on the fast track to passage Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By James Salzer]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/bill-to-raise-state-382347.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/bill-to-raise-state-382347.html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Senate approves ban on texting while driving]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The green band that wraps around Katherine Key's cellphone is not for show. For the Morgan County High School junior, it is a reminder: Don't send text messages while driving.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ernie Suggs ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/senate-approves-ban-on-382424.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/senate-approves-ban-on-382424.html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Senate moves to close same-sex loophole in incest law]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Senate voted 42-0 to provide gender neutrality in incest cases. What does that mean? That if a man rapes his son, or a woman rapes her daughter, that person would also be charged with incest, along with rape or sodomy.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ernie Suggs ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/senate-moves-to-close-382667.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/senate-moves-to-close-382667.html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Georgia Senate defiant on U.S. health care reform]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Georgia senators passed a bill Thursday aimed at changing the state Constitution so residents have the right to opt out of possible federal health care coverage.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ashley Speagle]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/19/georgia-senate-defiant-on-us-health-care-reform/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/19/georgia-senate-defiant-on-us-health-care-reform/"><![CDATA[Chattanooga Times Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Two in Georgia governor's race were accused of misconduct]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[ATLANTA &mdash; Two former high school teachers running for governor in Georgia were suspended from their jobs in the past for sexual misconduct involving students, according to state documents.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Robbie Brown]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/us/19georgia.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/us/19georgia.html"><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cuomo probes pension 'spiking' ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[New York became the latest state to shine a light on the practice of pension "spiking"&mdash;big increases in a government worker's salary just before retirement to boost the lifelong pension payout.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130041082535592.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130041082535592.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dear John and Sanford -- Please vote no. Sincerely, Sonny]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Sonny Perdue has joined the effort to pressure U.S. Reps. John Barrow of Savannah and Sanford Bishop of Albany, the last two members of Georgia's Democratic delegation who haven't announced how they'll vote on the health care overhaul.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jim Galloway, Columnist]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/03/18/dear-john-and-sanford-please-vote-no-sincerely-sonny/?cxntfid=blogs_political_insider_jim_galloway]]></link>
        <source url="http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/03/18/dear-john-and-sanford-please-vote-no-sincerely-sonny/?cxntfid=blogs_political_insider_jim_galloway"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Don Balfour pulls out of race for Congress &mdash; and state Senate]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Huge news. State Sen. Don Balfour (R-Snellville) just announced that, not only is he pulling out of the race for Congress, he's done with the state Senate.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jim Galloway, Columnist]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/03/18/don-balfour-pulls-out-of-race-for-congress-and-state-senate/?cxntfid=blogs_political_insider_jim_galloway]]></link>
        <source url="http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/03/18/don-balfour-pulls-out-of-race-for-congress-and-state-senate/?cxntfid=blogs_political_insider_jim_galloway"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[DOT -- Most wrong-way crashes caused by impaired drivers]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Todrina Johnson never saw the wrong-way driver -- just an SUV flipping in the air.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Larry Hartstein ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/news/dot-most-wrong-way-378307.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.ajc.com/news/dot-most-wrong-way-378307.html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill to allow time served for juveniles advances]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Georgia House passed legislation Thursday allowing juvenile offenders to receive credit for time served. Only adult prisoners are currently given credit for the time they serve waiting for their case to go through court, said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nancy Badertscher ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/bill-to-allow-time-382663.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/bill-to-allow-time-382663.html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Press group opposes proposed change in open meetings law]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Georgia Press Association is opposing legislation that would let Sandy Springs and other north Fulton cities meet behind closed doors to discuss the private companies handling most of their government functions.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nancy Badertscher ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/press-group-opposes-proposed-382666.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/press-group-opposes-proposed-382666.html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Hawaii</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hawaii state auditor -- 'Lack of integrity' in administration]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A feud between state auditor Marion Higa and Gov. Linda Lingle grew more heated yesterday with Higa challenging the administration to take a lie detector test.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Sean Hao]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190359/Hawaii+state+auditor+++Lack+of+integrity++in+administration]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190359/Hawaii+state+auditor+++Lack+of+integrity++in+administration"><![CDATA[The Honolulu Advertiser]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hawaii state workers face more pay cuts under 6-year plan]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Linda Lingle presented an updated six-year financial plan to the Legislature yesterday that presumes another round of pay cuts for state workers and reduces benefits for people in Quest, the state's health plan for the poor and disabled.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Derrick DePledge]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190358/Hawaii+state+workers+face+more+pay+cuts+under+6-year+plan]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190358/Hawaii+state+workers+face+more+pay+cuts+under+6-year+plan"><![CDATA[The Honolulu Advertiser]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[More freshmen urged to Step Up]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Some 1,800 high school freshmen have pledged to work toward a more rigorous diploma known as the Board of Education's "Step Up" Recognition Diploma, but officials are hoping to get hundreds more students to step up.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Loren Moreno]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100319/NEWS07/3190346/More+freshmen+urged+to+Step+Up]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100319/NEWS07/3190346/More+freshmen+urged+to+Step+Up"><![CDATA[The Honolulu Advertiser]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Softball players claim bias]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge David Ezra today will hear a motion for a temporary restraining order after three members of Baldwin High School's girls softball team filed a federal lawsuit against the state and Maui County yesterday alleging they are being discriminated against because of their gender.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Curtis Lum]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100319/NEWS20/3190344/Softball+players+claim+bias]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100319/NEWS20/3190344/Softball+players+claim+bias"><![CDATA[The Honolulu Advertiser]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Death renews talk of total ban]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Over the past 14 years in Hawai'i, 34 people have been killed while riding in the beds of pickup trucks.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Diana Leone]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100319/NEWS01/100319004/Death+renews+talk+of+total+ban]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100319/NEWS01/100319004/Death+renews+talk+of+total+ban"><![CDATA[The Honolulu Advertiser]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Prosecutors oppose Idaho legislation aimed at lowering age of sexual consent]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A bill aimed at lowering the age of sexual consent in Idaho from 18 to 16 would lead to "teen pregnancy, STDs and danger for Idaho girls" according to the Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Association.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Andrea Jackson ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.magicvalley.com/news/article_55d18af9-36b6-5b3a-88eb-388cd260bc83.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.magicvalley.com/news/article_55d18af9-36b6-5b3a-88eb-388cd260bc83.html"><![CDATA[The Times-News (Twin Falls)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Election 2010 -- Another candidate files in the governor's race]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The governor's race just got more crowded Thursday, the ninth and next-to-last day in Idaho's 2010 candidate-filing period.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Kevin Richert]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/19/1123054/then-there-were-10-another-candidate.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/19/1123054/then-there-were-10-another-candidate.html"><![CDATA[The Idaho Statesman (Boise)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Proposed law takes aim at youth concussions]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A history of concussions and the concern of his father could not keep Kort Breckenridge from suiting up for Teton High against Sugar-Salem on Oct. 7, 2005.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Brian Murphy]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/19/1123084/proposed-law-takes-aim-at-youth.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/19/1123084/proposed-law-takes-aim-at-youth.html"><![CDATA[The Idaho Statesman (Boise)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rep. Steve Kren -- No abortion for race- or sex-selection]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Canyon County legislator says the same type of discrimination laws that apply across state and federal statutes should pertain to the unborn.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Brian Murphy]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/19/1123064/kren-no-abortion-for-race-or-sex.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/19/1123064/kren-no-abortion-for-race-or-sex.html"><![CDATA[The Idaho Statesman (Boise)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gov. Otter gets some good marks on health care plans for Idaho]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[With President Obama and Congress concentrating on health care reform, Gov. Butch Otter says Idaho is getting the ball rolling right here, right now.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Colleen Lamay]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/19/1123059/otter-gets-some-good-marks-on.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/19/1123059/otter-gets-some-good-marks-on.html"><![CDATA[The Idaho Statesman (Boise)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Idaho Senate backs dumping limit on DNA testing]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Inmates who want to file a petition for DNA or fingerprint analysis would no longer be subject to a one-year limitation to request such a test, under a measure that cleared the Senate on Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.magicvalley.com/news/state-and-regional/article_59179dc8-32b6-11df-9be2-001cc4c03286.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.magicvalley.com/news/state-and-regional/article_59179dc8-32b6-11df-9be2-001cc4c03286.html"><![CDATA[The Times-News (Twin Falls)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Forced raises could be cut next year Temporary pay cut of 4% proposed for state's constitutional officers]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state's seven constitutional officers could face a 4 percent pay cut next year under legislation introduced on Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ben Botkin]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_0dd673a0-6871-540c-9004-4cd941c8888b.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_0dd673a0-6871-540c-9004-4cd941c8888b.html"><![CDATA[The Times-News (Twin Falls)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Visit the Stateline.org State by State Roundup]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Burden higher for nonprofit hospitals, Illinois Supreme Court says]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[An Illinois Supreme Court  decision Thursday puts nonprofit hospitals on notice that they must provide an adequate amount of charity care to patients or risk losing significant tax exemptions.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Bruce Japsen and Jason Grotto]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0319-provena--20100319,0,6041807.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0319-provena--20100319,0,6041807.story"><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Illinois high court -- Nonprofit hospital can be taxed ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[An Illinois Catholic medical center isn't a charitable enterprise and must pay property taxes, the state's highest court ruled Thursday in a case that has been closely watched by hospitals nationwide.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Suzanne Sataline]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130044172580452.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130044172580452.html"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. planning to go ahead with plan to buy Illinois prison]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to purchase the state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., regardless of whether Congress allows terrorism suspects to be transferred there, a Justice Department official said Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Christi Parsons]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/sc-dc-thomson-prison-0319-20100318,0,1217529.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/sc-dc-thomson-prison-0319-20100318,0,1217529.story"><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Senate approves lease restriction measure]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Without dissent, the Illinois Senate today approved a bill aimed at providing more oversight of state building leases.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Doug Finke]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x99757119/Senate-approves-lease-restriction-measure]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x99757119/Senate-approves-lease-restriction-measure"><![CDATA[The State Journal-Register (Springfield)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gov. Pat Quinn eyeing suburban senator as potential running mate ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Veteran suburban lawmaker Sen. Susan Garrett has emerged as a leading choice of Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn to become his running mate, top party sources familiar with the discussions said today.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ray Long and Rick Pearson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/03/gov-pat-quinn-eyeing-suburban-senator-as-potential-running-mate.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/03/gov-pat-quinn-eyeing-suburban-senator-as-potential-running-mate.html"><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Madigan -- The party, not Quinn, will make lt. gov. decision]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Pat Quinn said picking his running mate is a decision largely up to him despite repeated claims by members of the state Democratic Party that choosing the nominee is their prerogative.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Timothy Magaw]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=366631&src=109]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=366631&amp;src=109"><![CDATA[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Asian carp case]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as early as today if it will consider a lawsuit filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox seeking immediate closure of the locks near Chicago to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nathan Hurst]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case"><![CDATA[The Detroit News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[House OKs ban on synthetic marijuana]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Illinois House has overwhelmingly backed a measure that would ban a marijuana substitute known as K2.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Matt Hopf]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sj-r.com/news/x645470428/House-OKs-ban-on-synthetic-marijuana]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sj-r.com/news/x645470428/House-OKs-ban-on-synthetic-marijuana"><![CDATA[The State Journal-Register (Springfield)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill OK'd by Illinois House allows schools to skip new unfunded mandates]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Under legislation approved Thursday, local schools wouldn't have to implement some new rules made by the state unless the state also sends money to pay for the changes.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mike Riopell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/article_c71d158c-3301-11df-aa44-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/article_c71d158c-3301-11df-aa44-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Bloomington Pantagraph]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Plan could let schools opt out of new rules]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Under legislation approved Thursday, local schools wouldn't have to implement some new rules made by the state unless the state also sends money to pay for the changes.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mike Riopell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://thesouthern.com/news/local/article_c7dde70e-330f-11df-abe6-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://thesouthern.com/news/local/article_c7dde70e-330f-11df-abe6-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[The Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sexting bill passes Illinois Senate]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Students under 18 who use computers or cell phones to share nude photos of their peers would earn little more than a scolding under a measure the Illinois Senate approved Thursday to address the "sexting" phenomenon.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Michelle Manchir ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-illinois-sexting-bill-0319-20100318,0,552959.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-illinois-sexting-bill-0319-20100318,0,552959.story"><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Budget cuts a 'devastating blow' for local governments]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[PEORIA, Ill. -- Gov. Pat Quinn's budget proposal to reduce local governments' share of the state income tax could potentially eliminate 22 full-time Peoria County jobs and cut $3 million out of the city of Peoria's budget, local officials warned Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Sharp]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1526471122/Local-officials-speak-out-against-Quinn-budget-proposal]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1526471122/Local-officials-speak-out-against-Quinn-budget-proposal"><![CDATA[Peoria Journal Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pekin set to consider fiscal plan]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[PEKIN, Ill. -- City Manager Dennis Kief initially balked at the prospect of passing a fiscal year 2011 budget that relies on more than $700,000 in state income tax disbursement that could evaporate under the budget proposal advanced by Gov. Pat Quinn last week.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Matt Buedel]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.pjstar.com/news/x2054791108/Pekin-set-to-consider-fiscal-plan]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.pjstar.com/news/x2054791108/Pekin-set-to-consider-fiscal-plan"><![CDATA[Peoria Journal Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[District 86 weighs cost-cutting moves]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Cuts to supplies, travel and training workshops are some of the cost-saving measures District 86 school board members weighed Thursday night in an attempt to plug what could be up to a $3 million gap in next year's budget.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Leslie Williams]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.pjstar.com/news/x2054791166/District-86-weighs-cost-cutting-moves]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.pjstar.com/news/x2054791166/District-86-weighs-cost-cutting-moves"><![CDATA[Peoria Journal Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dueling rallies offer opposing views on health care bill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Supporters and opponents of health care legislation held dueling rallies on the sidewalk along Fox Drive outside Rep. Tim Johnson's office Thursday evening in anticipation of an upcoming vote by the House of Representatives.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tim Mitchell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.news-gazette.com/news/people/2010-03-18/dueling-rallies-offer-opposing-views-health-care-bill.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.news-gazette.com/news/people/2010-03-18/dueling-rallies-offer-opposing-views-health-care-bill.html"><![CDATA[The News-Gazette (Champaign)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tax credit for small businesses touted for 20,000 jobs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Pat Quinn's proposal for a small business tax credit gained support from both sides of the aisle Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chris Essig and Kurt Erickson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://thesouthern.com/news/local/article_fce63a82-330f-11df-86ac-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://thesouthern.com/news/local/article_fce63a82-330f-11df-86ac-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[The Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State begins new trend of late payments to Kane County]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Having just learned the state might slash the share of income tax revenue it receives, Kane County has stopped seeing any income tax revenue at all. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By James Fuller]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=367047&src=109]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=367047&amp;src=109"><![CDATA[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Senate again rejects required motorcycle helmets]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Illinois state senators once again have overwhelmingly refused to require motorcycle riders, even young ones, to wear helmets.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1526471326/Senate-again-rejects-required-motorcycle-helmets]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1526471326/Senate-again-rejects-required-motorcycle-helmets"><![CDATA[The State Journal-Register (Springfield)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dental management contract focus of questions]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Only weeks before aides to Gov. Pat Quinn said they would review and potentially re-bid all state contracts exceeding $1 million a year, Quinn's administration renewed a $255 million contract with the company that manages the state's dental program for Medicaid recipients.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dean Olsen]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sj-r.com/news/x673427299/Dental-management-contract-focus-of-questions]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sj-r.com/news/x673427299/Dental-management-contract-focus-of-questions"><![CDATA[The State Journal-Register (Springfield)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[More hearings sought on Great Lakes levels ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A coalition of environmental groups worried about dropping water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron is asking the U.S. and Canadian governments to expand a planned series of public hearings on the issue.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Egan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Suburban residents seek lt. gov. nomination]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Stevan Kreger worked in at a plastic-coloring plant for more than 30 years until his job was outsourced to China. Now, the 60-year-old South Elgin native has his sights set on a new job - lieutenant governor of the State of Illinois.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Timothy Magaw]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=367074&src=109]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=367074&amp;src=109"><![CDATA[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Web site allows taxpayers to track state grants ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has launched a Web site called "Grant Tracker."]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_71cac714-0bb4-53ea-a811-5d2d1aef7245.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_71cac714-0bb4-53ea-a811-5d2d1aef7245.html"><![CDATA[Bloomington Pantagraph]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[MRSA survivors want it declared a health epidemic ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Survivors of deadly staph infections are urging federal health officials to declare MRSA a health epidemic.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_8001d84b-63d8-5e3e-9cce-c24d0fb133d4.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_8001d84b-63d8-5e3e-9cce-c24d0fb133d4.html"><![CDATA[Bloomington Pantagraph]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lincoln Developmental Center's future remains foggy ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Lincoln Developmental Center, closed since 2002, is being marketed as a possible site for warehouses or office space, as well as a residential treatment center for youth programs or veterans with Alzheimer's disease.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kurt Erickson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_a6f83b2c-32ae-11df-ae59-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_a6f83b2c-32ae-11df-ae59-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Bloomington Pantagraph]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Small-business tax credit approved by House committee]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Pat Quinn's proposal for a small business tax credit gained support from both sides of the aisle Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chris Essig]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.herald-review.com/business/local/article_528343b7-55e3-5d9c-8ad2-563294e49212.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.herald-review.com/business/local/article_528343b7-55e3-5d9c-8ad2-563294e49212.html"><![CDATA[Herald & Review (Decatur)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Illiana Expressway plan signed into law]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Illiana Expressway bill garnered Gov. Mitch Daniels' signature on Thursday. The law will allow the state to enter in a public-private partnership to build and develop the Illiana Expressway.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Christin Nance Lazerus]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-trib.com/news/2111334,illiana0319.article]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.post-trib.com/news/2111334,illiana0319.article"><![CDATA[Gary Post-Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Coal-to-gas plant gets a big boost in state Senate]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A large coal plant project slated for Jefferson County got help from state lawmakers Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mike Riopell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://thesouthern.com/news/local/article_fd63c6b2-3311-11df-b8bc-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://thesouthern.com/news/local/article_fd63c6b2-3311-11df-b8bc-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[The Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers look to save fire districts money]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Fire protection districts would no longer be required to publish proposed ordinances in newspapers under a law the state Senate approved that instead utilizes Web sites.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Patterson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=367066&src=109]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=367066&amp;src=109"><![CDATA[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Illinois gets $15 million for water projects ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Illinois will get more than $15 million in stimulus grants and loans for water system improvement projects.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_5cf3e97c-f330-5a98-9b50-c58039a093f2.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_5cf3e97c-f330-5a98-9b50-c58039a093f2.html"><![CDATA[Bloomington Pantagraph]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[NIU probes motives, response to 2008 shootings]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Steven Kazmierczak wanted infamy. He wanted video game-style bloodshed. And perhaps most of all, he wanted to punish Northern Illinois University, the "surrogate family" that had kept his demons at bay but that he felt ultimately abandoned him.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jodi S. Cohen]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-niu-shooting-report-20100318,0,478449.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-niu-shooting-report-20100318,0,478449.story"><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[ICC approves smaller tuition increase]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- An initial vote to raise tuition at Illinois Central College by $8 per credit hour failed Thursday, ending with a stalemate and at least two trustees remarking how students and families are struggling financially.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dave Haney]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.pjstar.com/news/x2054791066/ICC-approves-smaller-tuition-increase]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.pjstar.com/news/x2054791066/ICC-approves-smaller-tuition-increase"><![CDATA[Peoria Journal Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Local rail 'summit' lobbies for high-speed line on Amtrak route]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[One hundred high-speed rail advocates, several riding Amtrak from Minnesota, gathered Thursday in La Crosse to promote having the proposed Chicago-to-Twin Cities passenger train follow the river route used by Amtrak.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Richard Mial]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_2ca39e1c-330c-11df-a248-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_2ca39e1c-330c-11df-a248-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[La Crosse Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Teachers safe for now in Huntley Dist. 158]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[While school districts across the area are reducing staff in order to make up decreased revenue from the state, the Huntley Unit District 158 school board shaved a further $2 million from its draft 2010-2011 budget without laying off teachers.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Larissa Chinwah ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=367156]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=367156"><![CDATA[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Guns-at-work bill gets Daniels' OK]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Most employers will not be able to ban guns from their property under legislation Gov. Mitch Daniels signed into law Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Bill Ruthhart]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.indystar.com/article/20100319/NEWS05/3190352/-1/ARCHIVE/Guns-at-work-bill-gets-Daniels-OK]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.indystar.com/article/20100319/NEWS05/3190352/-1/ARCHIVE/Guns-at-work-bill-gets-Daniels-OK"><![CDATA[The Indianapolis Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Workplace gun law 'appropriate']]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[PORTAGE, Ind. -- A new law allowing people to carry guns into parking lots on business property won't cause more work place violence, Northwest Indiana officials say. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-trib.com/news/2111240,gunlaw0319.article]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.post-trib.com/news/2111240,gunlaw0319.article"><![CDATA[Gary Post-Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Illiana Expressway plan signed into law]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Illiana Expressway bill garnered Gov. Mitch Daniels' signature on Thursday. The law will allow the state to enter in a public-private partnership to build and develop the Illiana Expressway.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Christin Nance Lazerus]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-trib.com/news/2111334,illiana0319.article]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.post-trib.com/news/2111334,illiana0319.article"><![CDATA[Gary Post-Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[New state fund reimburses securities fraud victims]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Kevin and Kimber Lane and nine other people thought they were investing in a Japanese steakhouse in Avon several years ago. Turns out they were ripped off.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tom Spalding]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.indystar.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS/3190344/-1/ARCHIVE/New-state-fund-reimburses-securities-fraud-victims]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.indystar.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS/3190344/-1/ARCHIVE/New-state-fund-reimburses-securities-fraud-victims"><![CDATA[The Indianapolis Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jobs bill not seen as game-changer in Indiana]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[For all the Washington fanfare for the new jobs bill signed Thursday by President Barack Obama, it drew a shrug in Indiana.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff and Wire Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.indystar.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS/3190343/-1/ARCHIVE/Jobs-bill-not-seen-as-game-changer-in-Indiana]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.indystar.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS/3190343/-1/ARCHIVE/Jobs-bill-not-seen-as-game-changer-in-Indiana"><![CDATA[The Indianapolis Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Full day kindergarten hurt by sour economy, cost]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Northwest Indiana parents who pay their school districts for full-day kindergarten may face steeper costs next year as districts struggle to find revenue in the wake of $300 million in cuts ordered by Gov. Mitch Daniels.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chelsea Schneider Kirk]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-trib.com/news/2111182,new-fullday0319.article]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.post-trib.com/news/2111182,new-fullday0319.article"><![CDATA[Gary Post-Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Opinions differ in local rally on health care bill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The heated rhetoric on both sides of the health care reform debate moved from Washington to hometown Main Street, literally, at a lunch-hour rally Thursday outside the downtown offices of U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jeff Parrott]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100319/News01/3190308/1011/News]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100319/News01/3190308/1011/News"><![CDATA[South Bend Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Will union make allowances for school reform?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- If the South Bend Community School Corp. goes through with state mandates to lift failing ISTEP test scores at Bendix, Riley and Washington high schools &mdash; specifically, the state's list of "must do" tasks &mdash; it will have to violate the teachers contract.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Joseph Dits and Kevin Allen]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100319/News01/3190306/1052/News01]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100319/News01/3190306/1052/News01"><![CDATA[South Bend Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Asian carp case]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as early as today if it will consider a lawsuit filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox seeking immediate closure of the locks near Chicago to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nathan Hurst]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case"><![CDATA[The Detroit News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[More hearings sought on Great Lakes levels ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A coalition of environmental groups worried about dropping water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron is asking the U.S. and Canadian governments to expand a planned series of public hearings on the issue.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Egan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers 'did no harm' in session ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State legislators were willing to claim that victory Wednesday when they gathered at the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, 826 Ewing St., to reflect on the General Assembly session that ended last weekend.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Bob Caylor]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/SE/20100318/NEWS/3180315]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/SE/20100318/NEWS/3180315"><![CDATA[The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Regional grant policy faces delay]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[PORTAGE, Ind. -- Final adoption of the much-discussed Complete Streets Policy by the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission Executive Board was delayed Thursday because of the same concerns expressed in several committee meetings.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Charles M. Bartholomew]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-trib.com/news/2110889,nirpc0319.article]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.post-trib.com/news/2110889,nirpc0319.article"><![CDATA[Gary Post-Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Iowa</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alliant sticks with planned rate increase ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Alliant Energy said "no" on Thursday to Gov. Chet Culver's request to hold off on a 10 percent rate increase for its 525,000 Iowa customers.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Piller]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS/3190359/1001/NEWS/Alliant-sticks-with-planned-rate-increase]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS/3190359/1001/NEWS/Alliant-sticks-with-planned-rate-increase"><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Aid for anti-foreclosure program sought ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller urged state and federal officials Thursday to find up to $1 million to keep afloat a program aimed at preventing home foreclosures.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Thomas Beaumont]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS09/3190357/1001/NEWS/Aid-for-anti-foreclosure-program-sought-]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS09/3190357/1001/NEWS/Aid-for-anti-foreclosure-program-sought-"><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iowa schools making doomsday predictions, Senate leader says]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[School officials have made "doomsday-scenario budgets" but the reality is much brighter, Iowa Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal told reporters today.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jason Clayworth]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/03/18/iowa-schools-making-doomsday-predictions-senate-leader-says/]]></link>
        <source url="http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/03/18/iowa-schools-making-doomsday-predictions-senate-leader-says/"><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[ISU, UNI athletics face end to use of tax money]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa officials would have until September to draw up plans to wean their athletic departments off taxpayer money under a proposal state regents will consider next week.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staci Hupp]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS/3190361/1001/NEWS/ISU-UNI-athletics-face-end-to-use-of-tax-money]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS/3190361/1001/NEWS/ISU-UNI-athletics-face-end-to-use-of-tax-money"><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Manager admits bedbug blunder ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The head of the company that manages two bedbug-infested Des Moines apartment buildings for the elderly and disabled acknowledged Thursday that "we screwed up, and we're going to fix it."]]></description>
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        <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS/3190340/1029/Manager-admits-bedbug-blunder]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS/3190340/1029/Manager-admits-bedbug-blunder"><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Falling river levels bring a sense of guarded relief ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Many Iowa rivers are falling, and wide swaths of the state appear poised to escape serious flooding if heavy rains stay away, the National Weather Service reported Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Perry Beeman]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190355/1001/NEWS/Falling-river-levels-bring-a-sense-of-guarded-relief]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190355/1001/NEWS/Falling-river-levels-bring-a-sense-of-guarded-relief"><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Snow this weekend; officials watching flood potential]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Although Friday's weather will be a departure from the sunny, warm temperatures earlier this week, it does not mean an increased likelihood of flooding later this spring, officials said.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rachel Gallegos]]></author>
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        <source url="http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20100318/NEWS01/100318009/1079"><![CDATA[Iowa City Press-Citizen]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vander Plaats supports Iowa's right to opt out of health-care system ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats said Thursday he would preserve Iowans' rights to opt out of a federal government-run health-care system if he is elected as Iowa's next governor.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rod Boshart]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_6c5e9d20-3304-11df-bb57-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_6c5e9d20-3304-11df-bb57-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Quad-City Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State aims to hire debt collector]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Iowa lawmakers are looking to hire a debt coordinator to oversee a process of trying to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars owed to the state for unpaid court charges, back taxes or other delinquent payments.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rod Boshart]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_40f83712-32ce-11df-8fd2-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_40f83712-32ce-11df-8fd2-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Sioux City Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Compromise on texting ban might be sorted out next week ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Iowans would be banned from sending text messages while driving, but they could not be pulled over for it unless police also suspected them of breaking another law, under compromise legislation tentatively reached Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tony Leys]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS/3190358/1001/NEWS/Compromise-on-texting-ban-might-be-sorted-out-next-week]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS/3190358/1001/NEWS/Compromise-on-texting-ban-might-be-sorted-out-next-week"><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[IPERS changes gain legislative passage ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday approved adjustments to public-employee retirement plans to ensure they stay solvent.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tony Leys]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS09/3190360/1001/NEWS/IPERS-changes-gain-legislative-passage]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS09/3190360/1001/NEWS/IPERS-changes-gain-legislative-passage"><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iowa's gubernatorial race gets tighter]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[On the eve of the filing deadline for the primary election, a potential opponent for Gov. Chet Culver decided to bypass the Democratic primary and run as an independent in November.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By James Q. Lynch]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_761096bc-3303-11df-b186-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_761096bc-3303-11df-b186-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Quad-City Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Agency for elderly prepaid vendors, audit says ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A publicly funded agency that helps elderly Iowans inappropriately increased its annual budget by prepaying vendors for thousands of dollars' worth of expenses, state auditors allege.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Clark Kauffman]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS10/3190350/1011/Agency-for-elderly-prepaid-vendors-audit-says]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS10/3190350/1011/Agency-for-elderly-prepaid-vendors-audit-says"><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State tax credits for Pioneer will aid campus expansion ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Pioneer Hi-Bred's $154 million expansion in Johnston will qualify for up to $7.3 million in state tax credits, primarily for research and development at the new facility, economic development leaders said Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Donnelle Eller]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS/3190344/1029/State-tax-credits-for-Pioneer-will-aid-campus-expansion]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS/3190344/1029/State-tax-credits-for-Pioneer-will-aid-campus-expansion"><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Davis says Speaker O'Neal crossed the line; O'Neal vehemently denies wrongdoing]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[House Democratic Leader Paul Davis on Thursday said House Speaker Mike O'Neal, R-Hutchinson, crossed the ethical line in his capacity as the lead attorney for a group suing the state.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Scott Rothschild]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/mar/18/lawrence-rep-davis-expected-be-first-witness-has-c/?kansas_legislature]]></link>
        <source url="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/mar/18/lawrence-rep-davis-expected-be-first-witness-has-c/?kansas_legislature"><![CDATA[The Lawrence Journal-World]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Abortion lawsuits proposed in Kansas]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Anti-abortion legislators in Kansas are pushing a proposal to allow lawsuits against doctors over legally questionable late-term abortions.

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        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/18/1822914/abortion-lawsuits-proposed-in.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/18/1822914/abortion-lawsuits-proposed-in.html"><![CDATA[Kansas City Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill would limit gifts in judicial campaigns]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Kansas Senate committee has endorsed a bill regulating campaigns in Kansas to oust or retain appellate court judges.

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        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/18/1822913/bill-would-limit-gifts-in-judicial.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/18/1822913/bill-would-limit-gifts-in-judicial.html"><![CDATA[Kansas City Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[No tax increase, but schools would take a hit in latest Kansas budget plan]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The House Appropriations Committee passed a $5.1 billion budget proposal Thursday that includes no tax increases and would cause public schools to lose $172 million.

]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jeannine Koranda]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/18/1822958/no-tax-increase-but-schools-would.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/18/1822958/no-tax-increase-but-schools-would.html"><![CDATA[Kansas City Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State Senate panel approves 'shield' law]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Senate committee on Thursday recommended approval of a "shield" law that is designed to protect journalists from being forced to reveal information.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/mar/19/state-senate-panel-approves-shield-law/?kansas_legislature]]></link>
        <source url="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/mar/19/state-senate-panel-approves-shield-law/?kansas_legislature"><![CDATA[The Lawrence Journal-World]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Senate approves rules for campaigns to oust, retain sitting judges]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Kansas Senate committee has endorsed a bill regulating campaigns in Kansas to oust or retain appellate court judges.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/mar/18/effort-regulate-campaigns-oust-retain-sitting-judg/?kansas_legislature]]></link>
        <source url="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/mar/18/effort-regulate-campaigns-oust-retain-sitting-judg/?kansas_legislature"><![CDATA[The Lawrence Journal-World]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Proposed constitutional amendment to block federal health care reform fails]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A proposed constitutional amendment to block federal health reform in Kansas failed to advance today.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Scott Rothschild]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/mar/18/proposed-constitutional-amendment-block-federal-he/?kansas_legislature]]></link>
        <source url="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/mar/18/proposed-constitutional-amendment-block-federal-he/?kansas_legislature"><![CDATA[The Lawrence Journal-World]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Kentucky</link>
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    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA['Sexting' bill clears Senate panel]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A measure that would give law enforcement a new option for dealing with teens caught "sexting" &mdash; sending sexually explicit photos through cell phones &mdash; cleared a Senate committee Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Stephanie Steitzer]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/NEWS01/3180331/1008/NEWS01/%E2%80%98Sexting++bill+clears+Senate+panel]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/NEWS01/3180331/1008/NEWS01/%E2%80%98Sexting++bill+clears+Senate+panel"><![CDATA[The Courier-Journal (Louisville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Senate passes bill to move filing deadline, primary date]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state's primary elections would be moved from May to August, and the deadline for candidates to file would be changed from January to April, under a bill passed by the Senate Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tom Loftus and Joseph Gerth]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/NEWS01/3180356/1024/NEWS0101/Senate+passes+bill+to+move+filing+deadline++primary+date]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/NEWS01/3180356/1024/NEWS0101/Senate+passes+bill+to+move+filing+deadline++primary+date"><![CDATA[The Courier-Journal (Louisville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Proposal to alter principal hiring process gains new life  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In a surprise move Thursday, the Senate Education Committee tacked a controversial and embattled bill about school principal selection onto a House measure to create a Kentucky Literacy Day and then approved it without discussion.
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        <author><![CDATA[By  Linda B. Blackford]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1188390/proposal-to-alter-principal-hiring.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1188390/proposal-to-alter-principal-hiring.html"><![CDATA[Lexington Herald-Leader]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Instant Racing advocate tries again with Republican caucus]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The primary advocate for Instant Racing made a pitch to the Senate Republican Caucus on Thursday, but said afterward he doesn't feel any better about the prospects of resurrecting the legislation.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gregory A. Hall]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/BUSINESS/3180358/1008/NEWS01/Instant+Racing+advocate+tries+again+with+Republican+caucus]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/BUSINESS/3180358/1008/NEWS01/Instant+Racing+advocate+tries+again+with+Republican+caucus"><![CDATA[The Courier-Journal (Louisville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[High court denies media's effort to obtain Lawson statement  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed a lower court's decision to dismiss an attempt by the Herald-Leader and other state media to get access to a 1983 court statement by road paving magnate Leonard Lawson.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ryan Alessi ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1187747/high-court-rules-newspapers-lawsuit.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1187747/high-court-rules-newspapers-lawsuit.html"><![CDATA[Lexington Herald-Leader]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court ruling favors state in Internet gambling case  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In a censorship case with international repercussions, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that owners of gambling Web sites must appear in court to defend themselves against Kentucky's attempts to seize their domain names and stop illegal Internet gambling.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Beth Musgrave]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1188389/supreme-court-ruling-favors-state.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1188389/supreme-court-ruling-favors-state.html"><![CDATA[Lexington Herald-Leader]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill would create ATV trails in Eastern Kentucky  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A bill that would lead to a system of ATV trails in Eastern Kentucky was approved by a House committee Thursday. House Bill 173, sponsored by Rep. Keith Hall, D-Phelps, would connect to similar trail systems in West Virginia and south-western Virginia.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Andy Mead ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1188394/bill-would-create-atv-trails-in.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1188394/bill-would-create-atv-trails-in.html"><![CDATA[Lexington Herald-Leader]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Time running out on alternative energy bill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[With time in the General Assembly running out, a key House leader on Thursday tried to sell his alternative energy bill as a multi-billion dollar job-creation measure that would protect Kentuckians from a future spike in utility rates.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By James S. Bruggers ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/GREEN/3180337/1008/NEWS01/Time+running+out+on+alternative+energy+bill]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/GREEN/3180337/1008/NEWS01/Time+running+out+on+alternative+energy+bill"><![CDATA[The Courier-Journal (Louisville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kentucky Human Rights agency marks 50 years]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Back when Kentucky formed the South's first state human rights commission in 1960, Gov. Steve Beshear noted that African Americans could be kicked out of swimming pools, movie theaters, hospitals and restaurants. Yesterday, he and the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights celebrated Kentucky's strides in human rights and called for more progress in the future.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Joseph Gerth]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/NEWS0106/3180348/1008/NEWS01/Kentucky+Human+Rights+agency+marks+50+years]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/NEWS0106/3180348/1008/NEWS01/Kentucky+Human+Rights+agency+marks+50+years"><![CDATA[The Courier-Journal (Louisville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill to ease college transfers advances]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A bill to make it easier for community college students to transfer to four-year public universities cleared the Senate Education Committee on Thursday in a weaker &mdash; but satisfactory &mdash; form, the bill's original sponsor said.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tom Loftus]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/NEWS01/3180362/1008/NEWS01/Bill+to+ease+college+transfers+advances]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100318/NEWS01/3180362/1008/NEWS01/Bill+to+ease+college+transfers+advances"><![CDATA[The Courier-Journal (Louisville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA[Higher education cuts loom]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State higher education leaders Thursday were preparing to cut another $85 million from their budgets after receiving word from the Jindal administration.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jordan Blum]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/88516962.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/88516962.html"><![CDATA[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Property insurance industry 'cherry-picking' targeted in draft legislation]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Property insurance companies that leave the state then want to return to cash in on profitable premiums would have to wait five years to re-apply, according to a proposal being considered by some legislators Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ed Anderson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/03/property_insurance_companies_c.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/03/property_insurance_companies_c.html"><![CDATA[The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State looks at insurer laws]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Louisiana may need to strengthen a consumer protection law that stops homeowners' insurance companies from canceling policies so that other insurers don't try the same complicated strategy The Hanover Insurance Group is using to shed half its book of business, the Senate Insurance Committee chairman said Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ted Griggs]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/88514382.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/88514382.html"><![CDATA[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bills filed to end smoking in bars, riverboats and casinos for March 29 session]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Baton Rouge area  lawmaker late Thursday filed two bills aimed at banning smoking in bars as well as gambling outlets like riverboats and the New Orleans land-based casino.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ed Anderson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/03/bills_filed_to_end_smoking_in.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/03/bills_filed_to_end_smoking_in.html"><![CDATA[The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State to refinance debts; millions in savings projected]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state Bond Commission on Thursday approved refinancing up to $600 million in state borrowing to lower debt payments.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Marsha Shuler]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/88515977.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/88515977.html"><![CDATA[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Black Caucus -- La. in 'dire straits']]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Leaders of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and others tossed around ideas Thursday on how to cope with state budget problems without unduly harming citizens.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Will Sentell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/88516212.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/88516212.html"><![CDATA[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State staffers rip pay freeze]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state Civil Service Commission has been flooded with e-mails from rank-and-file state employees angry about a proposed suspension of pay raises.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Marsha Shuler]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/88516997.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/88516997.html"><![CDATA[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Senate gives initial OK to concealed weapons in Acadia]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state Senate on Thursday gave its initial approval to a bill that would allow the holders of concealed weapons permits to carry loaded guns within Acadia National Park.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kevin Miller]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/139251.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/139251.html"><![CDATA[Bangor Daily News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Medical pot deal reached]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A legislative committee on Thursday reached unanimous, bipartisan accord on implementing Maine's citizen initiative that expanded the rights of medical marijuana users.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ethan Wilensky-Lanford]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kjonline.com/news/medical-pot-deal-is-reachedlegislative-panel-oks-8-dispensaries-registration-and-a-state-id-card_2010-03-18.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kjonline.com/news/medical-pot-deal-is-reachedlegislative-panel-oks-8-dispensaries-registration-and-a-state-id-card_2010-03-18.html"><![CDATA[Kennebec Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Money there for some schools]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Maine school districts will have access to $41.4 million in school construction bonds this year, but they have to move fast to get the money.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Matthew Stone]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kjonline.com/news/money-there-for-some-schools_41m-for-construction-available-from-stimulus-funding_2010-03-18.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kjonline.com/news/money-there-for-some-schools_41m-for-construction-available-from-stimulus-funding_2010-03-18.html"><![CDATA[Kennebec Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sick time bill shift]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A bill that would have required large Maine businesses to provide paid sick days was scrapped Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Susan Cover]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kjonline.com/news/sicktimebill-shift_2010-03-18.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kjonline.com/news/sicktimebill-shift_2010-03-18.html"><![CDATA[Kennebec Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Several towns eye hold on tower construction]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[BLUE HILL, Maine &mdash; With interest in wind power and communications increasing in Maine, several Hancock County towns are considering slowing things down to make sure they can effectively regulate construction of the associated towers.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rich Hewitt]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/139279.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/139279.html"><![CDATA[Bangor Daily News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gaming pact lacks committee support]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A last-minute compromise negotiated by the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Hollywood Slots and the backers of an Oxford County casino failed to earn the endorsement of a legislative committee on Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kevin Miller]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/139298.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/139298.html"><![CDATA[Bangor Daily News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[ GOP challenger pushes Michaud for debate on health care plan]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Jason Levesque, the presumptive Republican nominee to run for the 2nd Congressional District seat, on Thursday challenged Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud to hold a town hall-style meeting with voters on President Barack Obama's health care initiative.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nick Sambides Jr.]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/139275.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/139275.html"><![CDATA[Bangor Daily News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA[New law may require D.C., Md. to abandon Sept. primary dates]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Every four years, for more than three decades, voters in Maryland and the District have been going to the polls for primary elections in September after the kids are back in school and the summer travel season had ended. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tim Craig]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805318.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805318.html"><![CDATA[The Washington Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Md. lists top tax deadbeats, hopes to press them to pay]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Maryland's 50 biggest tax scofflaws owe the state nearly $8 million in unpaid taxes, according to the state comptroller, who released names of top offenders on Thursday in hopes of pressuring individuals and companies into paying.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nicole Fuller]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.scofflaws19mar19,0,5476547.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.scofflaws19mar19,0,5476547.story"><![CDATA[The Sun (Baltimore)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rebidding slots overshadows the possibility of table games]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Bills that would allow Maryland's slot machine facilities to have table games were overshadowed this week by legislation aimed at attracting more contractors to the rebidding of the state's two unlicensed slots sites.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Adam Kerlin]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/gov/2010/03/18-55/Rebidding-slots-overshadows-the-possibility-of-table-games.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/gov/2010/03/18-55/Rebidding-slots-overshadows-the-possibility-of-table-games.html"><![CDATA[The Capital (Annapolis)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[House panel split on private school funding]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The fate of controversial legislation granting tax credits for contributions to private and public schools now rests in the hands of a divided House of Delegates committee.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liam Farrell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/03/18-38/House-panel-split-on-private-school-funding.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/03/18-38/House-panel-split-on-private-school-funding.html"><![CDATA[The Capital (Annapolis)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[EPA calls for more study on State Dept. Shore training facility]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Federal environmental officials are recommending a more thorough study of a controversial State Department security facility on Maryland's Eastern Shore, a step likely to delay construction into next year. The plan to build a training center for diplomats on 2,000 acres of privately owned farmland in Ruthsburg has been pushed back several months by local opposition that caused some politicians to backpedal from their support.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Paul West]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/eastern-shore/bal-md.ruthsburg19mar19,0,5384713.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/eastern-shore/bal-md.ruthsburg19mar19,0,5384713.story"><![CDATA[The Sun (Baltimore)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Democrats question Ehrlich's use of firm]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Maryland Democratic Party is questioning whether the Republican former governor is using his current employer's resources for an undeclared campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Julie Bykowicz]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bal-md.ehrlich19mar19,0,6982768.story]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bal-md.ehrlich19mar19,0,6982768.story"><![CDATA[The Sun (Baltimore)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Maryland legislators seek to tighten restrictions on sex offenders]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In response to the Christmastime killing of 11-year-old Sarah Haley Foxwell, Maryland delegates are expected to pass bills Friday that would form the backbone of lawmakers' efforts to tighten restrictions on sex offenders. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Aaron C. Davis]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805182.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805182.html"><![CDATA[The Washington Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Massachusetts</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[More cuts loom as state faces $295m in red ink]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Massachusetts is potentially facing a new budget gap of up to $295 million this year, a grim forecast that state officials said could spell yet another round of painful cuts before the fiscal year ends in June.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Michael Levenson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/03/19/more_cuts_loom_as_state_faces_295m_in_red_ink/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/03/19/more_cuts_loom_as_state_faces_295m_in_red_ink/"><![CDATA[The Boston Globe]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bullying bill OK'd in House, 148 to 0]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts House, after an emotional debate, unanimously approved a bill yesterday that seeks to curtail bullying in schools and in cyberspace, mirroring similar legislation passed last week by the Senate.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By David Abel]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/03/19/bullying_bill_okd_in_house_148_to_0/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/03/19/bullying_bill_okd_in_house_148_to_0/"><![CDATA[The Boston Globe]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State reduces bridges in disrepair]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Patrick Administration announced yesterday that it has reduced the number of structurally deficient bridges in Massachusetts from 543 to 494, with the help of a major bridge rebuilding program initiated in May 2008.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Noah Bierman]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/03/19/state_reduces_number_of_bridges_in_disrepair/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/03/19/state_reduces_number_of_bridges_in_disrepair/"><![CDATA[The Boston Globe]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cape homes, beaches losing ground]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[TRURO, Mass. &mdash; The beach stairs lie broken and the sand fences are mangled along this town's bay side, while an antique house overlooking the Atlantic Ocean juts perilously over the edge of the bluff. It's been a hard winter along the shores of the Lower Cape.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mary Ann Bragg]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100319/NEWS/3190309]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100319/NEWS/3190309"><![CDATA[Cape Cod Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mass. GOP taps Sen. Brown for convention keynote speech]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Republicans have landed a hot speaker for their party convention. Chairwoman Jennifer Nassour announced today that newly elected Sen. Scott Brown will deliver the keynote remarks at the DCU Center in Worcester on April 17.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20100318mass_gop_taps_sen_brown_for_convention_keynote_speech/]]></link>
        <source url="http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20100318mass_gop_taps_sen_brown_for_convention_keynote_speech/"><![CDATA[Boston Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Harvard will raise tuition]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Harvard University will increase tuition next school year by 3.8 percent, the school announced yesterday, bringing the annual cost of a Harvard education, including room and board, to $50,724.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/03/19/harvard_will_raise_tuition/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/03/19/harvard_will_raise_tuition/"><![CDATA[The Boston Globe]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cuomo probes pension 'spiking' ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[New York became the latest state to shine a light on the practice of pension "spiking"&mdash;big increases in a government worker's salary just before retirement to boost the lifelong pension payout.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130041082535592.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130041082535592.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Michigan</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Michigan]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[State panels to probe embezzler's $9M tax break ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[House and Senate committees will open hearings next week to investigate how the Michigan Economic Development Corp. awarded a $9.1 million tax break to a Flint company led by a convicted embezzler.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mark Hornbeck ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/POLITICS02/3190361/State-panels-to-probe-embezzler-s-$9M-tax-break]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/POLITICS02/3190361/State-panels-to-probe-embezzler-s-$9M-tax-break"><![CDATA[The Detroit News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Convicted embezzler Richard A. Short of RASCO -- 'I'm still committed to being in Flint']]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[FLINT, Michigan -- Richard A. Short, a convicted embezzler and chief executive officer of the company that received $9 million in tax credits from the state, said today that he still has hopes that the company will move forward.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Kristin Longley]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/03/richard_a_short_of_rasco_im_st.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/03/richard_a_short_of_rasco_im_st.html"><![CDATA[mlive.com]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Plan for 765 jobs up in smoke for now; State says RASCO won't get $9M tax credit while Richard A. Short is CEO]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[FLINT, Mich. -- The state essentially squashed convicted embezzler Richard A. Short's grand plans for Flint on Thursday when officials said Short's company, RASCO, won't be getting that $9 million tax credit after all &mdash; at least not while Short is at the helm.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kristin Longley]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/03/post_97.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/03/post_97.html"><![CDATA[mlive.com]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Detroit Medical Center expected to announce sale to Vanguard Health]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Detroit Medical Center is expected to announce today that it is being sold to Vanguard Health Systems of Tennessee.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Patricia Anstett and Tom Walsh]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.freep.com/article/20100318/FEATURES08/100318087/1318/Detroit-Medical-Center-expected-to-announce-sale-to-Vanguard-Health-]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.freep.com/article/20100318/FEATURES08/100318087/1318/Detroit-Medical-Center-expected-to-announce-sale-to-Vanguard-Health-"><![CDATA[Detroit Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Michigan tax shift pits cities vs. Big 3 ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[DETROIT&mdash;A tax change in Michigan has sparked a conflict between the Big Three auto makers and the cities and towns that are homes to their plants, normally a big source of support for the car companies.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Matthew Dolan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130043532383682.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_news]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130043532383682.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_news"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Asian carp case]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as early as today if it will consider a lawsuit filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox seeking immediate closure of the locks near Chicago to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nathan Hurst]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case"><![CDATA[The Detroit News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State farm industry touts its $71B impact]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Michigan farmers are widely recognized for the high quality fruits, vegetables, meats and other foods they produce, but they're not often acknowledged for their economic contributions to the state.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jennifer Youssef]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100318/BIZ/3180376/1001/biz]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.detnews.com/article/20100318/BIZ/3180376/1001/biz"><![CDATA[The Detroit News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[$20 million for Pure Michigan tourism ads OK'd by House]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state House approved $20 million on Thursday for the popular Pure Michigan tourism advertising campaign, with $13 million to come from a new tax on car rentals at airports.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chris Christoff]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.freep.com/article/20100319/NEWS06/3190373/1008/Tourism-ads-OKd-by-House]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.freep.com/article/20100319/NEWS06/3190373/1008/Tourism-ads-OKd-by-House"><![CDATA[Detroit Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[More hearings sought on Great Lakes levels ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A coalition of environmental groups worried about dropping water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron is asking the U.S. and Canadian governments to expand a planned series of public hearings on the issue.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Egan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Governor candidate Bernero says mental health and corrections systems need reform]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Virg Bernero talked about reforming mental health care, overhauling the corrections system and revitalizing Michigan's economy during a campaign stop here Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kelle Barr]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/03/bernero_says_mental_health_and.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/03/bernero_says_mental_health_and.html"><![CDATA[mlive.com]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Public school chiefs like that Obama is veering from No Child Left Behind]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Many local public school chiefs praised President Obama's plan to abandon No Child Left Behind and take a more-carrot-than-stick approach to education reform. But an official with the state's largest teachers union has concerns.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Monica Scott]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/03/public_school_chiefs_like_that.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/03/public_school_chiefs_like_that.html"><![CDATA[mlive.com]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Southeast Michigan's jobless rate up in January, state reports ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Metro Detroit's unemployment rate climbed to 15.6 percent in January, according to data released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Amy Lane]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100318/FREE/100319826]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100318/FREE/100319826"><![CDATA[Crain's Detroit Business]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Think tank says West Michigan schools are slow to post spending online for public review]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A growing number of West Michigan school districts are making their checkbook registers available online, but a Midland think tank says the region lags behind the rest of the state.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dave Murray]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/03/think_tank_says_west_michigan.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/03/think_tank_says_west_michigan.html"><![CDATA[mlive.com]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mississippi River expected to rise to 'major' flood stage in St. Paul]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Once again, the Mississippi River is projected to rise higher than expected over the next week &mdash; close to 6 feet above flood stage, according to the most recent forecast by the National Weather Service. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tad Vezner and Mary Divine]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.twincities.com/ci_14706101]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.twincities.com/ci_14706101"><![CDATA[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Supporters see health care bill aiding many Minnesotans]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[More than 120,000 uninsured Minnesotans would gain health coverage under the bill headed for a climactic vote in the U.S. House this weekend, according to congressional Democrats, while another 1 million Minnesota consumers would get tax credits and other subsidies to help defray the cost of health insurance.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Warren Wolfe and Kevin Diaz]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.startribune.com/politics/88500732.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.startribune.com/politics/88500732.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr"><![CDATA[Minneapolis Star Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill seeking to ban gang databases is opposed by cops]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A bill by state Sen. Mee Moua that bans computerized databases tracking people in or affiliated with gangs is drawing criticism from law enforcement officials, who say it endangers officers and the public.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chao Xiong]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/88502342.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[DFLers look to D.C. for lifeline]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Legislators are inching closer to plugging a $1 billion budget hole as optimism has spread through the Capitol that a big infusion of federal cash could spare the state from the most painful cuts -- at least for now.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Baird Helgeson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/88500742.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vikings focused on Metrodome as site of new stadium]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[If the Vikings manage to insinuate themselves into this legislative session, it likely will be with a bill to build a new stadium on the current site of the Metrodome, the team said Thursday. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff and Wire Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.twincities.com/ci_14704301]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.twincities.com/ci_14704301"><![CDATA[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[At the state Capitol, veterans license plate flap ... flops]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State Sen. Steve Murphy got to eat crow Thursday &mdash; not once, but twice. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dennis Lien]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_14706040?nclick_check=1]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_14706040?nclick_check=1"><![CDATA[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Emmer, Seifert face off in GOP governor's race]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Tom Emmer and Marty Seifert, Republican candidates for Minnesota governor, hold much in common -- they're conservative, they're state lawmakers and they both favor blue ties. But in Plymouth Thursday night, they put their differences very much on display.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/88515742.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUI]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/88515742.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUI"><![CDATA[Minneapolis Star Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Local rail 'summit' lobbies for high-speed line on Amtrak route]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[One hundred high-speed rail advocates, several riding Amtrak from Minnesota, gathered Thursday in La Crosse to promote having the proposed Chicago-to-Twin Cities passenger train follow the river route used by Amtrak.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Richard Mial]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_2ca39e1c-330c-11df-a248-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_2ca39e1c-330c-11df-a248-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[La Crosse Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Asian carp case]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as early as today if it will consider a lawsuit filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox seeking immediate closure of the locks near Chicago to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nathan Hurst]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case"><![CDATA[The Detroit News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[More hearings sought on Great Lakes levels ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A coalition of environmental groups worried about dropping water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron is asking the U.S. and Canadian governments to expand a planned series of public hearings on the issue.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Egan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Mississippi</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Board approves agency furloughs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[More than 5,000 state employees could be sent home without pay as agencies grapple with continually shrinking budgets.  The state Personnel Board on Thursday approved furloughs up to six days for employees of the Department of Public Safety, said Lynn Fitch, the board's executive director. The state Tax Commission and Department of Agriculture and Commerce were each approved for personnel furloughs of four to 12 day]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By LaRaye Brown]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100319/NEWS010504/3190337/1001/news/Board-approves-agency-furloughs]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100319/NEWS010504/3190337/1001/news/Board-approves-agency-furloughs"><![CDATA[The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Colleges eye rate hike for boarding]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The leaders of Mississippi's eight public universities presented the state College Board with requests to raise room-and-board rates Thursday but were told to come back next month with proposals for the long-term upkeep of dorms, not just the bare minimum needed to scrape by.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Maria Burnham, The Associated Press ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100319/NEWS/3190346/1001/news/Colleges-eye-rate-hike-for-boarding]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100319/NEWS/3190346/1001/news/Colleges-eye-rate-hike-for-boarding"><![CDATA[The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Policy meant to ease transfer to 4-year colleges]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Students from the state's community and junior colleges will be able to transfer more credits to four-year universities under a proposal approved by the state College Board on Thursday.
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        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://nems360.com/view/full_story/6763019/article-UPDATE--Policy-meant-to-ease-transfer-to-4-year-colleges?instance=secondary_stories_left_column]]></link>
        <source url="http://nems360.com/view/full_story/6763019/article-UPDATE--Policy-meant-to-ease-transfer-to-4-year-colleges?instance=secondary_stories_left_column"><![CDATA[The Daily Journal (Tupelo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[AG's office cracks down on child porn offenders]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[TUPELO, Miss. &ndash; Two more arrests for possession of child pornography were announced Thursday after the recent formation of a task force designed to cut down on the crime.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Danza Johnson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://nems360.com/view/full_story/6768233/article-AG%E2%80%99s-office-cracks-down-on-child-porn-offenders?instance=lead_story_left_column]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[TBI investigates Bruce Levy to see if he stole drugs off bodies]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Tennessee agents are investigating whether the state's suspended medical examiner stole drugs from bodies. The probe comes after Dr. Bruce Levy's Mississippi arrest on felony marijuana charges.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chris Echegaray]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190359/1001/NEWS/TBI+investigates+Bruce+Levy+to+see+if+he+stole+drugs+off+bodies]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190359/1001/NEWS/TBI+investigates+Bruce+Levy+to+see+if+he+stole+drugs+off+bodies"><![CDATA[The Tennessean (Nashville)]]></source>
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        <description><![CDATA[Criminals convicted of a felony may have to reimburse the investigating agency under a new law.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100319/NEWS010504/3190339/1001/newsfrnt/Legislative-highlights]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100319/NEWS010504/3190339/1001/newsfrnt/Legislative-highlights"><![CDATA[The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Missouri Senate approves bill for mandated autism insurance coverage]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Health insurance coverage of autism spectrum disorders would be required under legislation passed Thursday in the Missouri Senate.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Jason Noble]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/18/1822953/missouri-senate-approves-bill.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/18/1822953/missouri-senate-approves-bill.html"><![CDATA[Kansas City Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State checking sewage spill in western Mo. creek]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A state agency says an estimated 107,000 gallons of untreated wastewater leaked into a western Missouri creek earlier this week.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mo. agency -- Private investigators need licenses]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Missouri regulators say there could be hundreds of private investigators operating without a state license.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MO_PRIVATE_INVESTIGATORS_MOOL-?SITE=MOSTP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT]]></link>
        <source url="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MO_PRIVATE_INVESTIGATORS_MOOL-?SITE=MOSTP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"><![CDATA[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[College leaders OK scholarship equity]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Some private college presidents have given up their fight against Missouri lawmakers who want to equalize Access Missouri scholarships.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Janese Heavin]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/mar/18/college-leaders-ok-scholarship-equity/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/mar/18/college-leaders-ok-scholarship-equity/"><![CDATA[Columbia Daily Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trim waste, Missourians plead online]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Read the ideas from all over the state about how to deal with Missouri's budget crisis and you come away with the feeling there's a lot of common sense out there.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Terry Ganey]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/mar/18/trim-waste-missourians-plead-online/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/mar/18/trim-waste-missourians-plead-online/"><![CDATA[Columbia Daily Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Missouri may trim holidays for state employees]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Missouri has long been criticized for giving state employees the day off on some unusual holidays that few workers in the private sector enjoy, such as the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Virginia Young]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/42AD072FEFA9F8C8862576EB00002083?OpenDocument]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/42AD072FEFA9F8C8862576EB00002083?OpenDocument"><![CDATA[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Missouri Senate votes to ban all motorists from texting while driving]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Drivers of all ages would be barred from texting while driving under a bill approved by the Missouri Senate.

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        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/18/1822957/missouri-senate-votes-to-ban-all.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/18/1822957/missouri-senate-votes-to-ban-all.html"><![CDATA[Kansas City Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Montana</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[What happens to Otter Creek coal revenue, regarding schools and other programs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[While Thursday's lease of state coal in the Otter Creek Valley creates an $86 million windfall for the state next month, the ultimate decision on how to spend it is a year off &mdash; at the 2011 Legislature.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mike Dennison]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_4c1a103c-32df-11df-9acd-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_4c1a103c-32df-11df-9acd-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Billings Gazette]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Montana secretary of state says ballot issue signature gathering brings complaints]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Linda McCulloch said Thursday that the start of the ballot initiative process has brought complaints over the way signatures are being gathered.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Matt Gouras, The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_95f8e90a-32fb-11df-8576-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_95f8e90a-32fb-11df-8576-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Missoulian]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Land Board OKs resolution to protect North Fork of Flathead after controversy]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state Land Board on Thursday approved a resolution to protect the North Fork of the Flathead River from future mineral development - but not without some controversy and finger-pointing.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mike Dennison]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_cc50c892-3305-11df-8b34-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_cc50c892-3305-11df-8b34-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Casper Star-Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fish Creek land purchase for state park, wildlife area approved]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state Land Board unanimously approved buying 41,000 acres of former Plum Creek Timber Co. land in Fish Creek for a future state park and wildlife management area.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rob Chaney]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_e554f7a4-3306-11df-a20e-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_e554f7a4-3306-11df-a20e-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Missoulian]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA[Complaint against AG Bruning won't be investigated]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Counsel for Discipline of the Nebraska Supreme Court has declined to pursue a complaint that Attorney General Jon Bruning violated rules of professional conduct. That doesn't mean Counsel for Discipline Dennis Carlson approved of or defended what Bruning said during a January radio interview.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Catharine Huddle]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/article_6d47cc54-32df-11df-b474-001cc4c002e0.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/article_6d47cc54-32df-11df-b474-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[Lincoln Journal Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bring a tent -- and a corkscrew]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[ASHLAND, Neb. -- Campers may soon be allowed to legally drink a glass of wine or a beer at their picnic table around the campfire at Nebraska state parks.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By David Hendee ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20100319/NEWS01/703199914/1009#alcohol-ban-could-be-lifted]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.omaha.com/article/20100319/NEWS01/703199914/1009#alcohol-ban-could-be-lifted"><![CDATA[Omaha World-Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State joins in EPA challenge]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Nebraska joined 11 other states Thursday in seeking to participate in a legal challenge to the federal Environmental Protection Agency's recent findings about greenhouse gases.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Martha Stoddard]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20100319/NEWS01/703199937/0#state-joins-in-epa-challenge]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.omaha.com/article/20100319/NEWS01/703199937/0#state-joins-in-epa-challenge"><![CDATA[Omaha World-Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ashford sees abortion epidemic]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Six low-income women have told a south Omaha health clinic that they will opt for abortions because they cannot afford prenatal services, which are no longer government-funded. The report from the OneWorld Community Health Centers, coupled with the earlier confirmation of an abortion by a Schuyler, Neb., woman, prompted at least three state senators to say Thursday that the issue has reached a "crisis" level.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Paul Hammel]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20100319/NEWS01/703199918/1009#ashford-sees-abortion-epidemic]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.omaha.com/article/20100319/NEWS01/703199918/1009#ashford-sees-abortion-epidemic"><![CDATA[Omaha World-Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Around the Rotunda -- Legislative staff will take day off without pay]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The staff of the Nebraska Legislature, about 250 workers, will take a furlough day on Good Friday, April 2, and save the state budget $51,000.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nancy Hicks and JoAnne Young]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_4bc4a59c-32ea-11df-a776-001cc4c03286.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_4bc4a59c-32ea-11df-a776-001cc4c03286.html"><![CDATA[Lincoln Journal Star]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Health care package adds, removes Bank of N.D. item]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and possibly North Dakota.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff and Wire Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/154854/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/154854/"><![CDATA[Grand Forks Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gibbons' education task force to meet behind closed doors]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Jim Gibbons declared this week that Nevada's future education policy will emerge from a blue ribbon task force he created by executive order.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By David McGrath Schwartz and Cy Ryan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/19/gibbons-task-force-meet-private/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/19/gibbons-task-force-meet-private/"><![CDATA[Las Vegas Sun]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Marketplace -- Tax status hurts attracting out-of-state business, Gibbons warns]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The uncertainty of Nevada's future tax environment is hurting the state's ability to attract new companies, and fears of possible tax hikes are driving companies looking to move to pick other Western states, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Thursday.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Valerie Miller]]></author>
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        <title><![CDATA[Governor, Legislature seek to keep $62 million for state budget]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Jim Gibbons and the Nevada Legislature have joined to ask the state Supreme Court to force the Clean Water Coalition in Las Vegas to turn over $62 million to help the financially troubled state government.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Cy Ryan ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/18/governor-legislature-seek-keep-62-million-state-bu/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/18/governor-legislature-seek-keep-62-million-state-bu/"><![CDATA[Las Vegas Sun]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gibbons offers trip on campaign bus for $250 donation]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Jim Gibbons is offering trips on his campaign bus to a Southern Nevada tea party rally in exchange for campaign contributions.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20100319/NEWS/100319529/1070&ParentProfile=1058]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20100319/NEWS/100319529/1070&amp;ParentProfile=1058"><![CDATA[Nevada Appeal (Carson City)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Special legislative session advocated for water rights]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Nevada Legislature should be called into special session soon to clarify confusion created by the Nevada Supreme Court on thousands of water rights, say advocates for homebuilders, organized labor and the Southern Nevada Water Authority.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Cy Ryan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/18/special-legislative-session-advocated-water-rights/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/18/special-legislative-session-advocated-water-rights/"><![CDATA[Las Vegas Sun]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gibbons -- Shortfall will give government a new look]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Jim Gibbons told the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce on Thursday that state government will have a new look because of a projected $3.5 billion shortfall next year.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kyle Hansen]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/18/gibbons-shortfall-will-give-government-new-look/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/18/gibbons-shortfall-will-give-government-new-look/"><![CDATA[Las Vegas Sun]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Panel okays gambling, denies cuts]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Faced with difficult budgetary decisions, the Senate Finance Committee yesterday signaled a desire to find new revenue sources rather than make drastic cuts to social services. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Shira Schoenberg]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100319/FRONTPAGE/3190305/1001/NEWS01]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Court workers okay furloughs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The 363 judicial branch employees in the State Employees' Association will join judges and other court staff in taking unpaid furloughs to meet a $3.1 million budget shortfall. The measure passed yesterday 149-4, with 80 percent of the eligible members voting. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Annmarie Timmins]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100319/FRONTPAGE/3190302/1001/NEWS01]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100319/FRONTPAGE/3190302/1001/NEWS01"><![CDATA[Concord Monitor]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Litchfield hears sales pitch for Hudson casino]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[LITCHFIELD, N.H. &ndash; If a proposed casino complex in Hudson is approved, neighboring towns could gain jobs, business and direct revenue sharing.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chelsey Pollock]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.theunionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Litchfield+hears+sales+pitch+for+Hudson+casino&articleId=f13b9ae2-9ecd-4686-82bd-f35ee08acfdb]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.theunionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Litchfield+hears+sales+pitch+for+Hudson+casino&amp;articleId=f13b9ae2-9ecd-4686-82bd-f35ee08acfdb"><![CDATA[The Union Leader (Manchester)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rally gives dummy a rail ride]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Conservative and Tea Party activists symbolically rode a congressman out of downtown on a rail yesterday, joined by a conservative stalwart of the 1980s -- Gordon Humphrey.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mark Hayward]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.theunionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Rally+gives+dummy+a+rail+ride&articleId=f956c344-fead-4710-8b49-c691b2a6eabf]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.theunionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Rally+gives+dummy+a+rail+ride&amp;articleId=f956c344-fead-4710-8b49-c691b2a6eabf"><![CDATA[The Union Leader (Manchester)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage issue heading back to N.J. Supreme Court]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Calling the state's civil unions law a failed experiment, six same-sex couples yesterday asked the state Supreme Court to grant them the right to marry.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Peggy Ackermann]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_gaymarriage.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_gaymarriage.html"><![CDATA[The Record of Bergen County]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State school board group ask Christie to suspend school budget elections]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The New Jersey School Boards Association yesterday called on lawmakers and Gov. Chris Christie to suspend this year's school budget elections so districts can grapple with unprecedented cuts in aid announced this week.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Matt Friendman]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_State_school_board_group_ask_Christie_to_suspend_school_budget_elections.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_State_school_board_group_ask_Christie_to_suspend_school_budget_elections.html"><![CDATA[The Record of Bergen County]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State aid to municipalities may be cut by $445 million]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Governor Christie's proposed $29.3 billion budget would trim $445 million in state aid to New Jersey's recession-weary municipalities, forcing town officials to contemplate layoffs and service cuts to make up for the lost income.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By William Lamb and Barbara Williams ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_State_aid_to_municipalities_may_be_cut_by_275_million.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_State_aid_to_municipalities_may_be_cut_by_275_million.html"><![CDATA[The Record of Bergen County]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Assembly panel approves bills that will change public pensions, health care benefits]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[To hoots and hisses from public employee union leaders who packed a committee room, an Assembly panel approved five bills yesterday that would make broad changes to public workers pension and health care benefits. Three of the five bills have already passed the Senate.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Lisa Fleisher]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_Assembly_panel_approves_bills_that_will_change_public_pensions_health_care_benefits.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_Assembly_panel_approves_bills_that_will_change_public_pensions_health_care_benefits.html"><![CDATA[The Record of Bergen County]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[NJ property tax bills rise as rebates face the ax]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Property tax bills in New Jersey have gone up 56 percent since 2001. But the rebate checks that once offset those bills by as much 20 percent may vanish this year.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Reitmeyer]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_Property_tax_rebates_may_vanish_this_year.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_Property_tax_rebates_may_vanish_this_year.html"><![CDATA[The Record of Bergen County]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Warren Wilentz, attorney and political leader, dies at 85]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[MIDDLESEX COUNTY, N.J. -- One of the titans in the political and legal communities in New Jersey has died.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Sue Epstein]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/03/political_leader_attorney_warr.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/03/political_leader_attorney_warr.html"><![CDATA[The Star-Ledger (Newark)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Christie vetoes 5 service contracts approved by Turnpike Authority]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Governor Christie on Thursday vetoed five professional services contracts that were approved by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority a month ago.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tom Davis]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_Christie_vetoes_5_service_contracts_approved_by_Turnpike_Authority.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_Christie_vetoes_5_service_contracts_approved_by_Turnpike_Authority.html"><![CDATA[The Record of Bergen County]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[New energy budget will give smaller rebates for solar panels on roofs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Residents and small business owners looking to put solar panels on their roofs will receive smaller rebates under a new state Clean Energy Program budget made public Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Scott Fallon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_New_energy_budget_will_give_smaller_rebates_for_solar_panels_on_roofs.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.northjersey.com/news/031810_New_energy_budget_will_give_smaller_rebates_for_solar_panels_on_roofs.html"><![CDATA[The Record of Bergen County]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Unions decry advancement of bills on public pensions]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[An Assembly panel yesterday approved legislation that would make public-worker pension and health benefits less generous, a move designed to put the state retirement system on sounder financial footing for tens of thousands of future retirees.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Angela Delli Santi, The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20100319_Unions_decry_advancement_of_bills_on_public_pensions.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20100319_Unions_decry_advancement_of_bills_on_public_pensions.html"><![CDATA[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State could nix city's red-light camera plans]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A New Mexico State Transportation Commission decision Thursday could end Santa Fe's red-light camera program before it begins, Police Chief Aric Wheeler said.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Staff and Wire Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/State-could-nix-city-s-red-light-camera-plans]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/State-could-nix-city-s-red-light-camera-plans"><![CDATA[Santa Fe New Mexican]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State urged to monitor stray voltage]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A New Jersey company on Thursday urged the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission to require monitoring of stray electricity like that which was shocking dogs in downtown Santa Fe late last year. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tom Sharpe]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/State-urged-to-monitor-stray-voltage]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/State-urged-to-monitor-stray-voltage"><![CDATA[Santa Fe New Mexican]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Three senators who voted for food tax now oppose it, Think NM says]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Think New Mexico, a non-profit think tank, counts three Democratic state senators who voted for a budget package that included a food tax, but now say they're urging Gov. Bill Richardson to veto the measure.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Gwyneth Doland ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://newmexicoindependent.com/49864/three-senators-who-voted-for-food-tax-now-oppose-it-think-nm-says]]></link>
        <source url="http://newmexicoindependent.com/49864/three-senators-who-voted-for-food-tax-now-oppose-it-think-nm-says"><![CDATA[New Mexico Independent]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Joe Campos Now on Lt. Gov. Ballot]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State Rep. Joe Campos, D-Santa Rosa, who everyone thought had fallen just a bit short of the magic 20 percent mark need to get on the ballot for lieutenant governor, will be on the ballot after all.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Steve Terrell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://roundhouseroundup.blogspot.com/2010/03/joe-campos-now-on-lt-gov-ballot.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://roundhouseroundup.blogspot.com/2010/03/joe-campos-now-on-lt-gov-ballot.html"><![CDATA[Santa Fe New Mexican]]></source>
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        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Richardson continued what might be called his "basketball tour" Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Steve Terrell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://roundhouseroundup.blogspot.com/2010/03/basketbill.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://roundhouseroundup.blogspot.com/2010/03/basketbill.html"><![CDATA[Santa Fe New Mexican]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Will Republicans split?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Republican State Chairman Ed Cox will stand beside Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy today as the Democrat renounces his party and publicly kicks off his campaign for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jimmy Vielkind]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=913330&category=STATE]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=913330&amp;category=STATE"><![CDATA[Times Union (Albany)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Party-switcher roils New York race ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The entrance of Steve Levy, a Democrat turning Republican, into the New York governor's race threw the contest for the Republican nomination into flux, with some calling the Suffolk County executive the GOP's best hope for victory and others fearing he will splinter the party.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Michael Howard Saul]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130103389782346.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130103389782346.html"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lazio goes after new challenger in governor's race]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The campaign for the Republican nomination for governor was blown wide open on Thursday as the party's presumptive frontrunner, Rick A. Lazio, lost key support after a last-minute entry into the race by a conservative Long Island Democrat. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jeremy W. Peters and David M. Halbfinger]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/nyregion/19republicans.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/nyregion/19republicans.html"><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Paterson claims he was article's source]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In a radio town hall appearance this morning in New York City, Gov. David A. Paterson claimed that he was the one who first told the news media that he had talked to a woman involved in a domestic violence complaint against one of his top aides.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Danny Hakim and Nicholas Confessore]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/paterson-says-he-was-articles-source/]]></link>
        <source url="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/paterson-says-he-was-articles-source/"><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Tell-all offensive offering defense]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. David Paterson said Thursday that he was the first to reveal a conversation he had with a woman at the center of a domestic violence scandal, the second consecutive day the once-silent governor defended his actions.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=913324&category=STATE]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=913324&amp;category=STATE"><![CDATA[Times Union (Albany)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[A flurry of calls after a Paterson aide's domestic dispute]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The dispute had ended, and his companion had called 911, saying she had been a victim of domestic violence. Sometime before 10 p.m. on Oct. 31, David W. Johnson left the Bronx apartment he shared with the woman and began making a series of phone calls. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Danny Hakim and William K. Rashbaum]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/nyregion/19paterson.html?]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/nyregion/19paterson.html?"><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[NY's health coverage plunges]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The number of New York state residents receiving health insurance through private-sector employers has plummeted by 500,000, a new study has found.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Carl Campanile]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ny_coverage_plunges_CJKUjmhaEkfE5Cw7MaE6OM]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ny_coverage_plunges_CJKUjmhaEkfE5Cw7MaE6OM"><![CDATA[New York Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bid to thwart Medicaid fraud]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State Senate Republicans yesterday proposed restoring extensive background checks to deter fraud in New York's $52 billion Medicaid program.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Carl Campanile]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bid_to_thwart_caid_fraud_oGX6GBehmMRCXLM9UvRjCM]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bid_to_thwart_caid_fraud_oGX6GBehmMRCXLM9UvRjCM"><![CDATA[New York Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cuomo probes pension 'spiking' ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[New York became the latest state to shine a light on the practice of pension "spiking"&mdash;big increases in a government worker's salary just before retirement to boost the lifelong pension payout.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130041082535592.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130041082535592.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Sweet exit kiss?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Saratoga County has come under Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's pension microscope, with the state's top lawyer including it on a list of 28 government entities that appear to have unusually high pension costs.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rick Karlin]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=913280]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=913280"><![CDATA[Times Union (Albany)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Despite gains, charter school is told to close]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Accountability is a mantra of the charter school movement. Students sign pledges at some schools to do their homework, and teachers owe their jobs to students' gains on tests. But as New York State moves to shut down an 11-year-old charter school in Albany, whose test scores it acknowledges beat the city's public schools last year, it is apparent that holding schools themselves accountable is not always so easy, or bloodless, as numbers on a page]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Trip Gabriel]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/education/19covenant.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/education/19covenant.html"><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Senate backs school tax cap but fate uncertain]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The idea of a school tax cap refuses to die in the Senate, despite earlier failed efforts, and an apparent cold shoulder from the Assembly.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Rick Karlin]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=913327&category=STATE]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=913327&amp;category=STATE"><![CDATA[Times Union (Albany)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Refund-amentally flawed fiscal state]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Amid new warnings that the state's finances are worsening, Gov. Paterson has decided to delay income-tax refunds for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers for at least two more weeks, officials said yesterday.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Fredric U. Dicker and Carl Campanile]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/refund_amentally_flawed_fiscal_state_67fHC67y98xas0JI0OS4xO]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/refund_amentally_flawed_fiscal_state_67fHC67y98xas0JI0OS4xO"><![CDATA[New York Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State audit finds area ethic codes OK]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The city of Rochester, Monroe County and the town of Greece do not have provisions in their codes of ethics relating to relatives who work together, but do not appear to have significant weaknesses in their ethics practices. The findings were included in the release of 31 audits of municipalities and their practices around ethics, conducted by the Office of the State Comptroller.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jill Terreri ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100319/NEWS01/3190336/State-audit-finds-area-ethic-codes-OK]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100319/NEWS01/3190336/State-audit-finds-area-ethic-codes-OK"><![CDATA[Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Protecting public safety while helping parolees]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State parole officials defended their agency's practices during a Senate hearing that focused on whether parolees who repeatedly violate rules such as drug use are left on the streets.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Brendan J. Lyons]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=913259]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=913259"><![CDATA[Times Union (Albany)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[More hearings sought on Great Lakes levels ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A coalition of environmental groups worried about dropping water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron is asking the U.S. and Canadian governments to expand a planned series of public hearings on the issue.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Egan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Asian carp case]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as early as today if it will consider a lawsuit filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox seeking immediate closure of the locks near Chicago to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nathan Hurst]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case"><![CDATA[The Detroit News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poole faces more counts]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A federal grand jury added tax evasion and other charges Thursday to the corruption case against Ruffin Poole, a key aide to former Gov. Mike Easley. The new charges add dozens of years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines to the potential penalties hanging over Poole's head.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Benjamin Niolet]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396307/poole-faces-more-counts.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396307/poole-faces-more-counts.html"><![CDATA[The News & Observer (Raleigh)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[School suspensions lead to legal challenge]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[CHOCOWINITY, N.C. &mdash; As school let out one day in January 2008, students from rival towns faced off. Two girls flailed away for several seconds and clusters of boys pummeled each other until teachers pulled them apart.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Erik Eckholm]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/education/19suspend.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/education/19suspend.html"><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[A state payday for Dex One]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state giveth and the state taketh away. That was the message of a Thursday meeting from the committee that oversees the state's incentives programs.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Mary Cornatzer]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396179/a-state-payday-for-dex-one.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396179/a-state-payday-for-dex-one.html"><![CDATA[The News & Observer (Raleigh)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[DOT -- Bridge wasn't feasible]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Asked to referee a fight between a powerful coastal senator and an environmental group, the state Department of Transportation has sided with the senator. Mostly.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Bruce Siceloff]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396235/dot-bridge-wasnt-feasible.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396235/dot-bridge-wasnt-feasible.html"><![CDATA[The News & Observer (Raleigh)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Congress does repair job on stimulus school construction plan]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Last December, we reported in USA Today [1] that a plan to subsidize billions of dollars in school construction under the stimulus bill had largely flopped. Now, Congress has passed a fix to get the program back on track. President Obama signed the bill today.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Christopher Flavelle]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.propublica.org/ion/stimulus/item/congress-does-repair-job-on-stimulus-school-construction-plan]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.propublica.org/ion/stimulus/item/congress-does-repair-job-on-stimulus-school-construction-plan"><![CDATA[ProPublica]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill on personnel records planned]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Personnel information on salaries, disciplinary actions and hiring decisions for public employees could be more available to taxpayers under legislation a Republican leader says he will seek to introduce in the coming session.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Kane]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396203/bill-on-personnel-records-planned.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396203/bill-on-personnel-records-planned.html"><![CDATA[The News & Observer (Raleigh)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Legislators' grades weighted - heavily]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The N.C. Association of Educators, an organization of mostly teachers, released its grades for legislators Thursday.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396228/legislators-grades-weighted-heavily.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396228/legislators-grades-weighted-heavily.html"><![CDATA[The News & Observer (Raleigh)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Grant to aid work of stem cell groundbreaker  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[An internationally known pioneer in using umbilical cord stem cells will research novel cerebral palsy treatments thanks to a $10.2 million gift to Duke University.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Sarah Avery]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396299/grant-to-aid-work-of-stem-cell.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/19/396299/grant-to-aid-work-of-stem-cell.html"><![CDATA[The News & Observer (Raleigh)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good weather may accelerate I-40 rockslide clean-up]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Crews trying to stabilize a mountainside to prevent future rockslides along a closed portion of Interstate 40 in North Carolina say the weather is finally right for getting a lot of work done.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/mar/19/good-weather-may-accelerate-i-40-rockslide-clean-/news-ncpolitics/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/mar/19/good-weather-may-accelerate-i-40-rockslide-clean-/news-ncpolitics/"><![CDATA[The Winston-Salem Journal]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/North+Dakota</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Health care package adds, removes Bank of N.D. item]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and possibly North Dakota.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff and Wire Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/154854/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/154854/"><![CDATA[Grand Forks Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Flooding might affect North Dakota Republican convention]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The North Dakota Republican Party's state convention kicks off today at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, but spring flooding could skew which delegates make it to the convention and even have an impact on who gets nominated.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ryan Johnson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272697/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272697/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some Fargo residents refuse to move despite floods]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Mac Butler believes he'll beat the bloated Red River and save his home again this year. But a canoe and kayak are tied up outside his house just in case he's wrong.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_6583623c-32c9-11df-bc4b-001cc4c03286.htmlhttp://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_6583623c-32c9-11df-bc4b-001cc4c03286.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_6583623c-32c9-11df-bc4b-001cc4c03286.htmlhttp://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_6583623c-32c9-11df-bc4b-001cc4c03286.html"><![CDATA[The Bismarck Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[South central North Dakota waterways not threatening yet]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state's south central waterways crept up  again Thursday,  but threatened few homes and  travel routes. An aerial view showed little damage, but a flood watch remains through this weekend.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Leann Eckroth]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_47fce9e4-32de-11df-8a6b-001cc4c03286.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_47fce9e4-32de-11df-8a6b-001cc4c03286.html"><![CDATA[The Bismarck Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Levees ready; now we wait ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Nearly all of Fargo's levees and dikes were in place Thursday, with just a few neighborhoods needing work to button up sandbag and clay dikes along the Red River, Rose Coulee and county drains, officials said Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Helmut Schmidt]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272681/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272681/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Harwood residents affected again by overland water from Sheyenne]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[HARWOOD, N.D. -- Overland flooding isolated DeAnn and Troy Diegel's home here for six weeks in spring 2009. Now, the Diegels and other Harwood residents are reluctantly waiting for it to happen again.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kristen Daum]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272708/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272708/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fighting the rising Red with the Red]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[For the second year in a row, Jason Tesch is fighting the Red River with the Red River.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kristen Daum and J. Shane Mercer]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272703/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272703/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Absaraka Dam stable, but still leaking]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Conditions at the Absaraka (N.D.) Dam improved overnight as colder temps helped slow water in the spillway.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272695/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272695/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Metro Flood Study Work Group backs North Dakota diversion]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Metro Flood Study Work Group voted unanimously Thursday to recommend a North Dakota diversion channel be built to protect Fargo-Moorhead.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Helmut Schmidt]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272684/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272684/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Crews armor spillway at Clausen Springs Dam]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Crews are reinforcing an emergency spillway at Clausen Springs Dam in Barnes County, N.D., hoping to prevent the kind of severe erosion that forced residents downstream in Kathryn to flee their homes last April.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mike Nowatzki]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272685/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272685/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fargo second city in the US to use Big Bag system to hold back water]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Fargo's flood fight was kicked into a whole new level of sandbagging on Thursday. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kerry Collins]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272683/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272683/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Frost sneaks out faster than last year]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[It appears, according to some observers, that the frost has come out of the ground a little faster than expected and much faster than a year ago, when rock-hard soil saturated and frozen, contributed to the flooding up and down the Red River Valley.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Stephen J. Lee]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/154850/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/154850/"><![CDATA[Grand Forks Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Seven attorneys apply for Fargo judgeship]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[North Dakota's labor commissioner and a county prosecutor are among seven attorneys who have applied for a state district judgeship in Fargo.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272673/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272673/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[NDSU hires new VP for finance, administration]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[North Dakota State University has hired a new vice president for finance and administration.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272675/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/272675/"><![CDATA[The Forum (Fargo)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rural economic index doubles March '09 mark]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[OMAHA, Neb. -- A new survey of rural bankers in 11 Midwest and Plains states shows continued weakness in the agriculture industry but also signs of improvement.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/154863/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/154863/"><![CDATA[Grand Forks Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sex-offender alerts not mandatory]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Neighbors of some of the most serious sex offenders in Ohio need not be warned of their presence, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled yesterday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By James Nash]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/19/sex-offender-alert-a-maybe.html?sid=101]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/19/sex-offender-alert-a-maybe.html?sid=101"><![CDATA[The Columbus Dispatch]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Parkinson's patient gains national attention from health-care rally confrontation]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A demonstrator at a Columbus health-care rally who was chided for looking for a handout "on the wrong end of town" actually is a former nuclear engineer with a doctorate from Cornell University.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Catherine Candisky]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/19/angry-protesters-warp-focus-of-debate.html?sid=101]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/19/angry-protesters-warp-focus-of-debate.html?sid=101"><![CDATA[The Columbus Dispatch]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Halfway houses put on notice by state]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state is pulling funding from three halfway houses and putting six community-based corrections facilities, including one in Newark, on probation because of poor performance.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Alan Johnson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/19/halfway-houses-put-on-notice-by-state.html?sid=101]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/19/halfway-houses-put-on-notice-by-state.html?sid=101"><![CDATA[The Columbus Dispatch]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[More hearings sought on Great Lakes levels ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A coalition of environmental groups worried about dropping water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron is asking the U.S. and Canadian governments to expand a planned series of public hearings on the issue.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Egan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Asian carp case]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as early as today if it will consider a lawsuit filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox seeking immediate closure of the locks near Chicago to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nathan Hurst]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case"><![CDATA[The Detroit News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Elections panel throws out 'liar' complaint]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[An Ohio Elections Commission panel voted unanimously this morning to dismiss a complaint from a congressional candidate that either Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner or U.S. Rep. Zack Space lied.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mark Niquette]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2010/03/elections_panel_throws_out_lia.shtml]]></link>
        <source url="http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2010/03/elections_panel_throws_out_lia.shtml"><![CDATA[The Columbus Dispatch]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Library cuts likely will wait until summer meetings, trustees say]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Dayton Metro Library trustees this summer likely will begin the process of determining what cuts will be needed to balance the budget in 2012.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Lynn Hulsey]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/library-cuts-likely-will-wait-until-summer-meetings-trustees-say-605603.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/library-cuts-likely-will-wait-until-summer-meetings-trustees-say-605603.html"><![CDATA[Dayton Daily News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kasich wants changes but will save details for fall]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[DAYTON, Ohio -- Republican John Kasich can talk at length about what he thinks Ohio needs to do to get out of the economic ditch &mdash; phase out the state income tax, reform regulations, cut government spending &mdash; but the gubernatorial candidate is reticent about the details.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Laura A. Bischoff]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/kasich-wants-changes-but-will-save-details-for-fall-607773.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/kasich-wants-changes-but-will-save-details-for-fall-607773.html"><![CDATA[Dayton Daily News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Broadview Heights mayor found in violation by Ohio Elections Commission]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The Ohio Elections Commission has ruled that Broadview Heights Mayor Sam Alai violated elections regulations in 2009 campaign literature, but chose not to take the matter any further.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jennifer Karpus, Sun News]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.cleveland.com/sunstarcourier/index.ssf/2010/03/broadview_heights_mayor_found.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.cleveland.com/sunstarcourier/index.ssf/2010/03/broadview_heights_mayor_found.html"><![CDATA[The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dems seek applicants to hold Ujvagi House seat for 9 months]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Ohio House Democrats have begun looking for a placeholder to complete the nine months left in Peter Ujvagi's term in the wake of prior heir-apparent Teresa Fedor's decision to stay in the Senate.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jim Provance]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20100318/NEWS09/3180378/-1/NEWS]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20100318/NEWS09/3180378/-1/NEWS"><![CDATA[Toledo Blade]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Columbus State may hold line on tuition again]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Columbus State Community College students likely can count on tuition being frozen for a fourth year in a row, thanks to the school's financial health.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Encarnacion Pyle]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/19/columbus-state-may-hold-line-on-tuitionagain.html?sid=101]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/19/columbus-state-may-hold-line-on-tuitionagain.html?sid=101"><![CDATA[The Columbus Dispatch]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ohioans can vote on new statue for Capitol]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Ohioans can begin voting Saturday on who they want to represent them in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Alan Johnson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/19/ohioans-can-vote-on-new-statue-for-capitol.html?sid=101]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/19/ohioans-can-vote-on-new-statue-for-capitol.html?sid=101"><![CDATA[The Columbus Dispatch]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Speaker Benge turns down request for security camera footage]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The portrait of President Barack Obama in the House of Representatives has been moved several times this year, not just once as a GOP House member admitted to doing earlier this week, House Democratic leaders said Thursday.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Michael McNutt]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://newsok.com/speaker-chris-benge-turns-down-request-for-security-camera-footage/article/3447532?custom_click=lead_story_title]]></link>
        <source url="http://newsok.com/speaker-chris-benge-turns-down-request-for-security-camera-footage/article/3447532?custom_click=lead_story_title"><![CDATA[The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate lands safely after plane engine stalls ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Sen. Randy Brogdon got a pretty good scare Thursday.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://newsok.com/oklahoma-gubernatorial-candidate-lands-safely-after-plane-engine-stalls/article/3447657?custom_click=lead_story_title]]></link>
        <source url="http://newsok.com/oklahoma-gubernatorial-candidate-lands-safely-after-plane-engine-stalls/article/3447657?custom_click=lead_story_title"><![CDATA[The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma lawmaker to seek law change]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The flap over releasing security camera footage to determine who moved the president's portrait in the House of Representatives is an illustration why legislators should fall under the same laws as everyone else, a lawmaker said Thursday.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Michael McNutt]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://newsok.com/oklahoma-lawmaker-to-seek-law-change/article/3447531]]></link>
        <source url="http://newsok.com/oklahoma-lawmaker-to-seek-law-change/article/3447531"><![CDATA[The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma medical examiners struggle, official says]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state medical examiner's office has a backlog of more than 1,100 uncompleted cases, its chief administrative officer revealed Thursday. The backlog will continue to increase until more doctors are hired, Tom Jordan told the Board of Medicolegal Investigations, which oversees office operations.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Nolan Clay]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://newsok.com/oklahoma-medical-examiners-struggle-official-says/article/3447583?custom_click=headlines_widget]]></link>
        <source url="http://newsok.com/oklahoma-medical-examiners-struggle-official-says/article/3447583?custom_click=headlines_widget"><![CDATA[The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[11 lawmakers back bid for review of ruling on HB 1804 ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[DENVER &mdash; Opponents of illegal immigration have joined the state of Oklahoma in asking an appeals court to reverse its decision barring enforcement of employment provisions in the state's immigration-control law. 
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        <author><![CDATA[By Robert Boczkiewicz]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20100319_16_A5_DENVER453623]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&amp;articleid=20100319_16_A5_DENVER453623"><![CDATA[Tulsa World]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma Capitol briefs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oklahoma is one of a dozen states seeking permission to challenge an Environmental Protection Agency finding that could potentially cripple economic development in the state, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said Thursday. 
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        <author><![CDATA[By Michael McNutt]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://newsok.com/oklahoma-capitol-briefs/article/3447530]]></link>
        <source url="http://newsok.com/oklahoma-capitol-briefs/article/3447530"><![CDATA[The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <title>Stateline.org RSS - State by State Roundup</title>
    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Oregon</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oregon home prices expected to take steep drop]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Prices for a single-family home in Oregon are expected to fall by about four percent this year - according to a forecast released Thursday. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kristian Foden-Vencil]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://news.opb.org/article/6945-oregon-home-prices-expected-take-steep-drop/]]></link>
        <source url="http://news.opb.org/article/6945-oregon-home-prices-expected-take-steep-drop/"><![CDATA[Oregon Public Broadcasting]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oregon veterans wait too long for disability benefits, Inspector General reports]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oregon veterans wait longer for disability benefits than veterans elsewhere because local medical centers fail to schedule and report the required medical exams, the inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs reported Wednesday. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Julie Sullivan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/oregon_veterans_wait_too_long.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/oregon_veterans_wait_too_long.html"><![CDATA[The Oregonian (Portland)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oregon energy tax incentives face new limits]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A host of reforms aimed at reining in Oregon's budget-busting subsidies for green energy projects were signed into law Thursday by Gov. Ted Kulongoski -- a year after he vetoed a similar bill. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Harry Esteve]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/03/oregon_energy_tax_incentives_f.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/03/oregon_energy_tax_incentives_f.html"><![CDATA[The Oregonian (Portland)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ore. lawsuit claims Boy Scouts sex abuse coverup ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[PORTLAND -- The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By William McCall, The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOY_SCOUTS_SEX_ABUSE_OROL-?SITE=KOPB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT]]></link>
        <source url="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOY_SCOUTS_SEX_ABUSE_OROL-?SITE=KOPB&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"><![CDATA[Oregon Public Broadcasting]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Portland based EcoTrust unveils carbon credits from Olympic forest]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A for-profit subsidiary of Portland-based EcoTrust has signed its first deal to sell carbon credits from forest land it owns, putting 3,276 acres on Washington's Olympic Peninsula into the market for credits designed to offset business and government greenhouse gas emissions. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Scott Learn]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/portland_firm_ecotrust_to_sell.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/portland_firm_ecotrust_to_sell.html"><![CDATA[The Oregonian (Portland)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State hospital chief promises better communication]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oregon State Hospital Superintendent Roy Orr apologized Thursday to the hospital's advisory board, saying he was "personally remiss" in failing to notify board members about a scathing federal critique of patient care before it hit the press.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Alan Gustafson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100319/NEWS/3190336/State-hospital-chief-promises-better-communication]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100319/NEWS/3190336/State-hospital-chief-promises-better-communication"><![CDATA[Statesman Journal (Salem)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Crossing sponsors mull plan changes]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Eliminating freeway exits in downtown Vancouver and on Hayden Island should be considered under a refined Columbia River Crossing project, local officials on both sides of the river suggested Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Erik Robinson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/mar/18/crossing-sponsors-weigh-eliminating-i-5-ramps-to-d/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/mar/18/crossing-sponsors-weigh-eliminating-i-5-ramps-to-d/"><![CDATA[The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Pennsylvania</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Health insurance program for Pennsylvania children lauded]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, affordable health care for Mary Jo Sprague's two children seemed out of reach.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chris Ramirez]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/state/s_672418.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/state/s_672418.html"><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Candidates learn ballot positions]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[They held a lottery Wednesday in Harrisburg, and the winner - one of them, anyway - was Steve Johnson.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20100319_Candidates_learn_ballot_positions.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20100319_Candidates_learn_ballot_positions.html"><![CDATA[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pa. Turnpike inspector says he's saved $1 million]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Turnpike's new inspector general, hired to root out corruption and waste at an agency long regarded as a patronage haven, has forced the termination of 32 turnpike workers during the last year.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Paul Nussbaum]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20100319_Pa__Turnpike_inspector_says_he_s_saved__1_million.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20100319_Pa__Turnpike_inspector_says_he_s_saved__1_million.html"><![CDATA[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Big labor still undecided in Pa. governor's race]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[When Democrat Dan Onorato received a thumbs-up last week from the Pennsylvania State Education Association, it marked the third time in recent weeks that he had gained a statewide union endorsement.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tom Infield]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20100319_Big_labor_still_undecided_in_Pa__governor_s_race.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20100319_Big_labor_still_undecided_in_Pa__governor_s_race.html"><![CDATA[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State's jobless rate rises to 8.9%]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania's unemployment rate rose slightly to hit 8.9 percent in February.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Ann Belser]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1043981-407.stm]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bonusgate jury ends 5th day of deliberation with no verdict]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Jurors ended a fifth day of deliberation this afternoon without reaching a verdict in the government corruption trial of former state Rep. Mike Veon and three associates.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Tracie Mauriello]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043932-100.stm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043932-100.stm"><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[PUC sets hearing on Marcellus shale pipes]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is holding a special hearing as part of efforts to clarify and possibly expand its role in regulating burgeoning Marcellus shale gas well and gas pipeline development.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Don Hopey]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043759-454.stm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043759-454.stm"><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Court rejects ex-lawmaker's plea to overturn conviction]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A federal court has rejected a former legislator's plea to overturn his 35-year-old conviction for extortion and perjury.

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        <author><![CDATA[By James O'Toole]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1043993-454.stm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1043993-454.stm"><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[More hearings sought on Great Lakes levels ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A coalition of environmental groups worried about dropping water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron is asking the U.S. and Canadian governments to expand a planned series of public hearings on the issue.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Egan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Asian carp case]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as early as today if it will consider a lawsuit filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox seeking immediate closure of the locks near Chicago to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nathan Hurst]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case"><![CDATA[The Detroit News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Insurers see planned rate hikes slashed]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state health insurance commissioner has slashed proposed premiums, keeping rate increases in the single digits &ndash;&ndash; in some cases just barely &ndash;&ndash; for people covered through their employers. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Felice J. Freyer]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.projo.com/news/content/HEALTH_INSURANCE_RATES_03-19-10_DGHR5JE_v10.3a632d3.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.projo.com/news/content/HEALTH_INSURANCE_RATES_03-19-10_DGHR5JE_v10.3a632d3.html"><![CDATA[The Providence Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Carcieri against move to decriminalize marijuana]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Governor Carcieri opposes the move to decriminalize marijuana, according to spokeswoman Amy Kempe. Stopping short of saying he would veto any such proposal, Kempe said: "The governor opposes any legislation that weakens the drug laws, and has vetoed every piece of legislation that weakens those laws that has been sent to him."]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Katherine Gregg]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.projo.com/news/content/marijuana_veto_likely_03-19-10_IHHR0CT_v11.37cd725.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.projo.com/news/content/marijuana_veto_likely_03-19-10_IHHR0CT_v11.37cd725.html"><![CDATA[The Providence Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Obama effigy found in Central Falls, RI, high school classroom]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. &mdash; A teacher at Central Falls High School has been disciplined after School Supt. Frances Gallo discovered a doll representing President Obama hanging upside down in effigy in the teacher's third-floor classroom Monday afternoon. The doll wore a sign: "Fire CF teachers."]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jennifer D. Jordan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.projo.com/news/content/central_falls_obama_effigy_03-19-10_FMHR0U7_v30.3a628fb.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.projo.com/news/content/central_falls_obama_effigy_03-19-10_FMHR0U7_v30.3a628fb.html"><![CDATA[The Providence Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Number of jobless in R.I. declines]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[For the second month in a row, Rhode Island added jobs in February while its jobless rate held steady at 12.7 percent, fueling hopes that the state's economy may at last be leveling off, according to new figures to be released Friday. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Cynthia Needham]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.projo.com/news/content/RI_JOBS_RATE_03-19-10_FVHQUI8_v41.3f8a18c.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.projo.com/news/content/RI_JOBS_RATE_03-19-10_FVHQUI8_v41.3f8a18c.html"><![CDATA[The Providence Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some R.I. flood victims eligible for faster jobless benefits]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Workers laid off due to the recent flooding in Rhode Island may obtain unemployment benefits a week earlier than usual if their employers apply for a special waiver, the state Department of Labor and Training said Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Neil Downing]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.projo.com/news/content/DLT_flood_victims_unemployment_03-19-10_BEHR4_v8.3a61eb8.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.projo.com/news/content/DLT_flood_victims_unemployment_03-19-10_BEHR4_v8.3a61eb8.html"><![CDATA[The Providence Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fox talks about pensions, gambling, taxes]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Thirty eight years later, the new speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives is a bit more reserved in his choice of words &mdash; but not much &mdash; when he talks about gambling, taxes, public employee pensions and the difficulty every incumbent will have in a year when he acknowledges: "People are angry. They are hurting. They are scared, and they want to lash out."]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Katherine Gregg and Randal Edgar]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.projo.com/news/content/FOX_SPEAKS_03-19-10_11HOUEA_v29.353b95b.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.projo.com/news/content/FOX_SPEAKS_03-19-10_11HOUEA_v29.353b95b.html"><![CDATA[The Providence Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[NAACP's Monteiro notes Thompson's elevation as a historic step]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Providence branch of the NAACP praised Superior Court Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson's elevation to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as a historic step in black history and for women. Thompson, 58, of Cranston, became the first black person and the second woman to serve on the Boston-based federal appeals court with her confirmation by the Senate Wednesday. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Katie Mulvaney]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.projo.com/news/content/NAACP_THOMPSON_03-19-10_S5HQV18_v11.3a61aa6.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.projo.com/news/content/NAACP_THOMPSON_03-19-10_S5HQV18_v11.3a61aa6.html"><![CDATA[The Providence Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <title>Stateline.org RSS - State by State Roundup</title>
    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/South+Carolina</link>
    <description><![CDATA[South Carolina]]></description>
    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA[Sanford to pay $140,000, admits no wrongdoing]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Mark Sanford has settled charges that he broke state ethics laws, admitting no guilt but agreeing to pay $74,000 in fines. The governor also agreed to pay $66,223 to reimburse the cost of the state investigation into his travel and to pay for his use of state aircraft, pricey airline tickets and misspent campaign money.
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        <author><![CDATA[By John O'Connor ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.thestate.com/2010/03/18/1206543/sanford-agrees-to-pay-74000-fine.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.thestate.com/2010/03/18/1206543/sanford-agrees-to-pay-74000-fine.html"><![CDATA[The State (Columbia)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[House approves budget]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Smokers would pay 30 cents more for a pack of cigarettes and thousands of state workers could lose their jobs under a $5 billion budget that the state House approved early Thursday after a marathon session.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Yvonne Wenger]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/mar/19/house-approves-budget/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/mar/19/house-approves-budget/"><![CDATA[The Post and Courier (Charleston)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Judge finalizes SC Gov. Mark Sanford's divorce]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[After the governor's mysterious disappearance, his tearful, public admission of an affair, and a revealing memoir by his wife, the 20-year marriage of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife Jenny is over.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Bruce Smith]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.thestate.com/2010/03/18/1206722/judge-finalizes-sc-gov-mark-sanfords.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.thestate.com/2010/03/18/1206722/judge-finalizes-sc-gov-mark-sanfords.html"><![CDATA[The State (Columbia)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Senate sets new spending limits]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Senate Finance Committee members settled on a new spending limitation plan for state revenue Thursday, after state economists told lawmakers their previous plan would not work.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Roddie Burris]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.thestate.com/2010/03/19/1207198/senate-sets-new-spending-limits.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.thestate.com/2010/03/19/1207198/senate-sets-new-spending-limits.html"><![CDATA[The State (Columbia)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gov. Sanford accepts fine in ethics case]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina agreed Thursday to pay $74,000 to settle charges that his personal travel and campaign spending violated state ethics laws, but he continued to deny wrongdoing.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Robbie Brown]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/us/19sanford.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/us/19sanford.html"><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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    <ttl>60</ttl>




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        <title><![CDATA[Flooding causes problems for South Dakota roads ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Flooding is making travel difficult in southeast South Dakota. Secretary of Transportation Darin Bergquist says an "astronomical" number of roads have been closed.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/article_d5de5cc5-7b3e-5d67-8748-63a6ce384cc7.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/article_d5de5cc5-7b3e-5d67-8748-63a6ce384cc7.html"><![CDATA[Rapid City Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Boaters warned about Big Sioux River ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Boaters have been warned to stay off the Big Sioux River in southeast South Dakota.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/south-dakota/article_b5699b60-3290-11df-b7a9-001cc4c03286.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/south-dakota/article_b5699b60-3290-11df-b7a9-001cc4c03286.html"><![CDATA[Sioux City Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blender pumps get fed boost]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Dakota is looking for gas station owners who want to install ethanol blender pumps, with $1 million in federal stimulus money to help prime the pump.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Thom Gabrukiewicz]]></author>
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        <source url="http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100319/NEWS/3190304/1001/news"><![CDATA[Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Health bill gives TN hospitals $99M]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and North Dakota. Democrats unveiling revisions Thursday to their health-care overhaul bill decided to kill the extra $100 million in Medicaid funds for Nebraska that has become a symbol of backdoor deal making. But the 153 pages of changes to the package include an additional $99 million in 2012 and 2013 for Tennessee hospitals that treat many poor people.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Alan Fram and David Espo, The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190361/1001/NEWS/Health+bill+gives+TN+hospitals++99M]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190361/1001/NEWS/Health+bill+gives+TN+hospitals++99M"><![CDATA[The Tennessean (Nashville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP attorney general candidate gets a job &ndash; and ballot title &ndash; in South Dakota]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Republican attorney general candidate John Eastman has picked his job description to show voters on the June ballot -- assistant attorney general. Pretty good modifier for someone seeking the top job. What Eastman isn't telling voters is that he is officially an assistant attorney general in South Dakota. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Shane Goldmacher ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/03/gop-attorney-general-candidate-gets-a-job-and-ballot-title-in-south-dakota.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/03/gop-attorney-general-candidate-gets-a-job-and-ballot-title-in-south-dakota.html"><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[TBI investigates Bruce Levy to see if he stole drugs off bodies]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Tennessee agents are investigating whether the state's suspended medical examiner stole drugs from bodies. The probe comes after Dr. Bruce Levy's Mississippi arrest on felony marijuana charges.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chris Echegaray]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190359/1001/NEWS/TBI+investigates+Bruce+Levy+to+see+if+he+stole+drugs+off+bodies]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190359/1001/NEWS/TBI+investigates+Bruce+Levy+to+see+if+he+stole+drugs+off+bodies"><![CDATA[The Tennessean (Nashville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[English-only push resurfaces]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Nashville voters rejected an English-only proposal last year, but the divisive issue is creeping back as lawmakers try to push similar proposals statewide.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nate Rau]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS0202/3190360/1001/NEWS/English-only+push+resurfaces]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS0202/3190360/1001/NEWS/English-only+push+resurfaces"><![CDATA[The Tennessean (Nashville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Health bill gives TN hospitals $99M]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and North Dakota. Democrats unveiling revisions Thursday to their health-care overhaul bill decided to kill the extra $100 million in Medicaid funds for Nebraska that has become a symbol of backdoor deal making. But the 153 pages of changes to the package include an additional $99 million in 2012 and 2013 for Tennessee hospitals that treat many poor people.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Alan Fram and David Espo, The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190361/1001/NEWS/Health+bill+gives+TN+hospitals++99M]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190361/1001/NEWS/Health+bill+gives+TN+hospitals++99M"><![CDATA[The Tennessean (Nashville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[TennCare postpones some cuts for a year]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[TennCare officials said Thursday they will be able to use a federal refund of $121 million to postpone some cuts to the state's expanded Medicaid program for a year.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Lucas L. Johnson, The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS0204/3190328/1009/NEWS]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS0204/3190328/1009/NEWS"><![CDATA[The Tennessean (Nashville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gubernatorial Election 2010 fact check -- Jobs claim overstated]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The claim: Knoxville Mayor and GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bill Haslam says he "helped create over 11,000 new jobs" as an executive with Pilot Travel Centers LLC.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Chas Sisk, The Tennessean]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/19/election-2010-fact-check-governors-race-jobs/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/19/election-2010-fact-check-governors-race-jobs/"><![CDATA[The Commercial Appeal (Memphis)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Health care package adds, removes Bank of N.D. item]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and possibly North Dakota.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff and Wire Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/154854/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/154854/"><![CDATA[Grand Forks Herald]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tennessee's unemployment rate won't get much relief from jobs bill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A jobs package signed into law on Thursday is not expected to create enough jobs to improve Tennessee's persistently high unemployment rate.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Bonna Johnson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS01/3190338/1003/NEWS]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/BUSINESS01/3190338/1003/NEWS"><![CDATA[The Tennessean (Nashville)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Environmentalists critical of number of meetings regulatory office has had with opponents to new coal ash rules]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The White House regulatory office that is reviewing proposed standards for the storage of toxic ash from coal-fired power plants has met behind closed doors more than two dozen times with industry groups and other parties who oppose the new rules.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Michael Collins]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/mar/19/environmentalists-critical-coal-ash-rules-debate/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/mar/19/environmentalists-critical-coal-ash-rules-debate/"><![CDATA[Knoxville News Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Detroit Medical Center expected to announce sale to Vanguard Health]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Detroit Medical Center is expected to announce today that it is being sold to Vanguard Health Systems of Tennessee.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Patricia Anstett and Tom Walsh]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.freep.com/article/20100318/FEATURES08/100318087/1318/Detroit-Medical-Center-expected-to-announce-sale-to-Vanguard-Health-]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.freep.com/article/20100318/FEATURES08/100318087/1318/Detroit-Medical-Center-expected-to-announce-sale-to-Vanguard-Health-"><![CDATA[Detroit Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good weather may accelerate I-40 rockslide clean-up]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Crews trying to stabilize a mountainside to prevent future rockslides along a closed portion of Interstate 40 in North Carolina say the weather is finally right for getting a lot of work done.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/mar/19/good-weather-may-accelerate-i-40-rockslide-clean-/news-ncpolitics/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/mar/19/good-weather-may-accelerate-i-40-rockslide-clean-/news-ncpolitics/"><![CDATA[The Winston-Salem Journal]]></source>
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    <title>Stateline.org RSS - State by State Roundup</title>
    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Texas</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[White, Perry camps spar over border security]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Democrat Bill White pressed for help with federal border security in a call to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and he said Thursday that Republican Rick Perry, the governor he is challenging, also should have picked up the phone.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Christy Hoppe]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/031910dntexgovborder.4474854.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/031910dntexgovborder.4474854.html"><![CDATA[The Dallas Morning News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[UT, A&M joining others in transition to federal direct loan program]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[As federal lawmakers prepare to possibly eliminate the primary program through which students currently obtain loans to pay for college, Texas universities are joining thousands across the country abandoning the bank-based system.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Melissa B. Taboada]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.statesman.com/news/ut-a-m-joining-others-in-transition-to-388120.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.statesman.com/news/ut-a-m-joining-others-in-transition-to-388120.html"><![CDATA[The Austin American-Statesman]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Legislative candidate Schulte comes out, officially]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Texas officially has an openly gay candidate for state Legislature in 2010. Pete Schulte, a Democrat who's running for the District 108 House seat, confirmed this week for the first time publicly that he's gay. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Wright, Dallas Voice]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12642.php]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Perry plans to call voters about national healthcare bill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Interest groups on both sides of the debate are directing people to let their congressmen and congresswomen know how they feel about the health care bill. And now, the campaign of Gov. Rick Perry is getting in on the action.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tim Eaton ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2010/03/18/perry_plans_to_call_voters_abo.html?srcTrk=RTR_95609]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2010/03/18/perry_plans_to_call_voters_abo.html?srcTrk=RTR_95609"><![CDATA[The Austin American-Statesman]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[The secret pardon]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Every couple of minutes, attorney Rob Owen glances nervously at the calendar in his office. Barring the intervention of the U.S. Supreme Court, a reprieve from the secretive Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles is the last hope for his client, Hank Skinner, to avoid the poison-filled syringe that awaits him on Wednesday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Brandi Grissom]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/mar/19/deadly-mystery/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/mar/19/deadly-mystery/"><![CDATA[The Texas Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[A border runs through it]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Steeped in the annals of the America's symbiotic relationship with Mexico is the two countries' long-standing and sometimes tense agreement over an issue more far-reaching than border security and immigration: water.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Julian Aguilar]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/mar/19/water-treaty-story/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/mar/19/water-treaty-story/"><![CDATA[The Texas Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[5 former justices endorse Lehrmann for Texas Supreme Court]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In a hotly contested judicial race where endorsements are important, Republican Debra Lehrmann won the backing of Tom Phillips and four other former justices Thursday in her bid for a spot on the Texas Supreme Court.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Terrence Stutz]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-scotex_19tex.ART.State.Edition1.4bf9d8d.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-scotex_19tex.ART.State.Edition1.4bf9d8d.html"><![CDATA[The Dallas Morning News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[The runoffs -- SBOE District 10]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State Board of Education candidate Brian Russell has got the social conservative circuit covered.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Abby Rapoport]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/mar/19/russell-farney-dunbars-sboe-10-runoff/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/mar/19/russell-farney-dunbars-sboe-10-runoff/"><![CDATA[The Texas Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mayor's aide -- State sees risk in Metro rail debt plan]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Metro's plans for repaying $2.6 billion in bonds to finance five light rail lines could be threatened by the Texas attorney general's objections to one revenue source, a leader of Mayor Annise Parker's transition team said.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mike Snyder]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6919678.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6919678.html"><![CDATA[The Houston Chronicle]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Special election set May 8 to fill Terri Hodge's seat]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Rep. Terri Hodge, who has pleaded guilty federal tax-evasion charges, has resigned her state House seat, and Gov. Rick Perry has set a special election to choose her replacement for May 8.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gromer Jeffers Jr.]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/DN-hodge_19met.ART.State.Edition1.4bbff70.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/DN-hodge_19met.ART.State.Edition1.4bbff70.html"><![CDATA[The Dallas Morning News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mayor Cook warns Americans should avoid Juarez]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[EL PASO, Texas -- Mayor John Cook, in a striking turnabout, is telling Americans not to venture into Juarez because of the violence.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Diana Washington Valdez, El Paso Times]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_14699508]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_14699508"><![CDATA[]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Valero oil firm contributes half-million to suspend AB 32  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Texas-based oil company has contributed more than half of the nearly $1 million collected in a drive to suspend California's landmark greenhouse-gas emissions law, documents filed Thursday show.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Jim Sanders ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2010/03/valero-oil-firm.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2010/03/valero-oil-firm.html"><![CDATA[The Sacramento Bee]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Utah</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Utah counting on you to send in census form]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Utah could have been $900 million richer during the past decade if everyone in the state had returned the U.S. census forms in 2000, according to members of Salt Lake City's Complete Count Committee. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Brandon Loomis]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14704169]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14704169"><![CDATA[The Salt Lake Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[$1,050 for a voter list?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[State Records Committee members sympathized with Steve Maxfield Jr. After all, charging more than $1,000 for a public record that takes the state all of 20 minutes to compile seems a bit steep. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Cathy McKitrick]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14704156]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14704156"><![CDATA[The Salt Lake Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[WVC wants UTA to delay rail designs for 5600 West]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[West Valley City officials are concerned that, with no guarantee that light rail will travel along the 5600 West corridor in the near future, the Utah Transit Authority wants to acquire too much right of way in that area for mass transit. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By María Villaseñor]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14704859]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14704859"><![CDATA[The Salt Lake Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Joblessness in Utah at 26-year high]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Utah's unemployment rate jumped to 7.1 percent last month, its highest level since February 1984. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mike Gorrell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14701504]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14701504"><![CDATA[The Salt Lake Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Former Utah Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack DUI hearing rescheduled]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Thursday pretrial conference hearing for former Utah Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack, who is facing a DUI charge, has been rescheduled for April 12.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Linda Thomson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700017584/Former-Utah-Senate-Majority-Leader-Sheldon-Killpack-DUI-hearing-rescheduled.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700017584/Former-Utah-Senate-Majority-Leader-Sheldon-Killpack-DUI-hearing-rescheduled.html"><![CDATA[The Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Utah's job losses 'more moderate' in February]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Utah's economy is slowly improving, with more moderate job losses in February, according to an employment summary issued Thursday by the state Department of Workforce Services.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Lois M. Collins]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700017573/Utahs-job-losses-more-moderate-in-February.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700017573/Utahs-job-losses-more-moderate-in-February.html"><![CDATA[The Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)]]></source>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
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        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vermont lawmakers hear about single-payer health care]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[An economist who helped Taiwan and other nations create their health care systems told Vermont lawmakers Thursday that a single-payer plan can lower costs, but is not necessarily a foolproof remedy.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Terri Hallenbeck]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190304/Vermont-lawmakers-hear-about-single-payer-health-care]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190304/Vermont-lawmakers-hear-about-single-payer-health-care"><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[PIRG challenges Vermont Yankee application]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Vermont Public Interest Research Group filed a request with the state Public Service Board on Thursday asking the panel to throw out Vermont Yankee's application for continued operation because of misinformation the nuclear plant's owners provided.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Terri Hallenbeck]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190322/VPIRG-challenges-Vermont-Yankee-application]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190322/VPIRG-challenges-Vermont-Yankee-application"><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Billions for student aid will help VSAC]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- A $36 billion boost in student aid could preserve a role for Vermont Student Assistance Corp. in the student-loan process. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Thursday that an agreement on student aid legislation would provide billions in new spending on Pell grants -- rescuing VSAC jobs in the process.]]></description>
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        <link><![CDATA[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190306/Billions-for-student-aid-will-help-VSAC]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190306/Billions-for-student-aid-will-help-VSAC"><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Leopold -- Moody's was aware of $17M Burlington Telecom debt]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Chief Administrative Officer Jonathan Leopold said Thursday that Moody's Investor Service learned last summer of the $17 million the city spent from the city's cash pool on Burlington Telecom between late 2007 and June 2009.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Briggs]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190317/Leopold-Moody-s-was-aware-of-17M-Burlington-Telecom-debt]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/3190317/Leopold-Moody-s-was-aware-of-17M-Burlington-Telecom-debt"><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vermont sugar season starts fast]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Vermont maple-sugaring season that began early may be on the verge of ending the same way. "Somewhat of a strange year," said Rick Marsh, president of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers' Association. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Matt Ryan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/100318025/Vermont-sugar-season-starts-fast]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100319/NEWS02/100318025/Vermont-sugar-season-starts-fast"><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cuccinelli renews threat to challenge health-care reform]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli took to the national airwaves yesterday to discuss his letter to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and threatened legal action if the House employs the "deem and pass" method of voting on President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jim Nolan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/CUCC191_20100318-233802/331493/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/CUCC191_20100318-233802/331493/"><![CDATA[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Double-dip recession unlikely, economist tells Richmond group]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The numbers this summer likely will show economic growth is slowing. The pundits likely will start muttering about a double-dip recession.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By David Ress]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/local/article/ECON19_20100318-223207/331458/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/local/article/ECON19_20100318-223207/331458/"><![CDATA[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State schools will lose $700 million in 2 years]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Budget cuts this year could have negative implications for Virginia schools for years to come, members of the State Board of Education said Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Lauren Roth]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://hamptonroads.com/2010/03/state-schools-will-lose-700-million-2-years]]></link>
        <source url="http://hamptonroads.com/2010/03/state-schools-will-lose-700-million-2-years"><![CDATA[The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Convicted killer, rapist executed in Va.]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[JARRATT, Va. -- A man who killed a teen girl and then bragged about it to prosecutors once he thought he could not face the death penalty was executed Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VA_VIRGINIA_EXECUTION_VAOL-?SITE=VANOV&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT]]></link>
        <source url="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VA_VIRGINIA_EXECUTION_VAOL-?SITE=VANOV&amp;SECTION=STATE&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"><![CDATA[The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Virginia executes man in 1999 murder of woman, rape of her sister]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Kristie Reed was on the basement floor, her throat and wrists slashed. Her older sister, Stacie, was upstairs, dead from a stab wound to the heart. When police reached Kristie, who was then 14 years old, an officer leaned in and asked who had done this to her. Kristie mouthed two words: "Paul Powell." ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Josh White]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805317.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805317.html"><![CDATA[The Washington Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Beach says mow wetlands; state says no]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Regulating wetlands is hardly an easy task in marshy Hampton Roads. Take, for example, the case against developer Glenwood South LLC, which involves the city, the state and the construction of 19 homes near Stumpy Lake.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Scott Harper]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://hamptonroads.com/2010/03/beach-says-mow-wetlands-state-says-no]]></link>
        <source url="http://hamptonroads.com/2010/03/beach-says-mow-wetlands-state-says-no"><![CDATA[The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[New law may require D.C., Md. to abandon Sept. primary dates]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Every four years, for more than three decades, voters in Maryland and the District have been going to the polls for primary elections in September after the kids are back in school and the summer travel season had ended. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Tim Craig]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805318.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031805318.html"><![CDATA[The Washington Post]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill would create ATV trails in Eastern Kentucky  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A bill that would lead to a system of ATV trails in Eastern Kentucky was approved by a House committee Thursday. House Bill 173, sponsored by Rep. Keith Hall, D-Phelps, would connect to similar trail systems in West Virginia and south-western Virginia.
]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Andy Mead ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1188394/bill-would-create-atv-trails-in.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1188394/bill-would-create-atv-trails-in.html"><![CDATA[Lexington Herald-Leader]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
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        <title><![CDATA[US House passes Alpine Lakes expansion bill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[SEATTLE -- The U.S. House on Thursday passed a measure that would add 22,000 acres to Washington's Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area.
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        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.theolympian.com/2010/03/18/1176916/us-house-passes-alpine-lakes-expansion.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.theolympian.com/2010/03/18/1176916/us-house-passes-alpine-lakes-expansion.html"><![CDATA[The Olympian]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Crossing sponsors mull plan changes]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Eliminating freeway exits in downtown Vancouver and on Hayden Island should be considered under a refined Columbia River Crossing project, local officials on both sides of the river suggested Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Erik Robinson]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/mar/18/crossing-sponsors-weigh-eliminating-i-5-ramps-to-d/]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/mar/18/crossing-sponsors-weigh-eliminating-i-5-ramps-to-d/"><![CDATA[The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[State tax break entices tech firms to build data centers]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[To attract data centers to rural counties, Washington state will give tax breaks to tech companies that build them.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Sharon Pian Chan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011383119_datacenter19.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011383119_datacenter19.html"><![CDATA[The Seattle Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mud snail invasion holds Olympia's Capitol Lake ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A state biologist says flushing Olympia's Capitol Lake hasn't done much to control a New Zealand mud snail invasion.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011377258_apwacapitollakesnails.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011377258_apwacapitollakesnails.html"><![CDATA[The Seattle Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gregoire scolds Legislature -- Wrap it up by Sunday]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire scolded fellow Democrats in the Legislature Thursday afternoon, saying lawmakers need to finish their work and go home by Sunday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jim Brunner]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2011381856_gregoire_to_legislature_wrap_i.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2011381856_gregoire_to_legislature_wrap_i.html"><![CDATA[The Seattle Times]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Green economy on the rise]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Green jobs in the state's private sector grew by nearly 33 percent last year, according to a state Employment Security Department report released Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By John Dodge]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.theolympian.com/2010/03/19/1177561/green-economy-on-the-rise.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.theolympian.com/2010/03/19/1177561/green-economy-on-the-rise.html"><![CDATA[The Olympian]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wash. lawmakers -- Tax compromise could be possible]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Legislative leaders were more optimistic Thursday that compromise might be possible on an $800 million tax package to help bridge the state's budget deficit, the main attraction of a special session heading into its fifth day.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Curt Woodward, The Associated Press]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.theolympian.com/2010/03/18/1177199/wash-lawmakers-say-tax-compromise.html]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[More lawmakers turning down per diem pay]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The cost of the special legislative session in Olympia has shrunk to less than $14,000 a day, thanks to a growing line of state legislators who are refusing to accept their $90-per-day expense allowances.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Brad Shannon and Jordan Schrader]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.theolympian.com/2010/03/19/1177564/more-lawmakers-turning-down-per.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.theolympian.com/2010/03/19/1177564/more-lawmakers-turning-down-per.html"><![CDATA[The Olympian]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Finished budget includes money for Medicaid waiver programs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[House and Senate conferees completed work on the 2010-11 state budget bill Thursday afternoon. House Finance Chairman Harry Keith White, D-Mingo, said the budget includes an additional $15 million for Medicaid waiver programs to provide in-home care to senior citizens and for persons with developmental disabilities.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Phil Kabler]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.wvgazette.com/News/politics/201003180847]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.wvgazette.com/News/politics/201003180847"><![CDATA[Charleston Gazette]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some state officials block access to NCAA tourney]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Some 20,000 state employees will be unable to watch the NCAA basketball tournament on their work computers.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ry Rivard]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailymail.com/News/statehouse/201003180931]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dailymail.com/News/statehouse/201003180931"><![CDATA[Charleston Daily Mail]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Game farm bill flaw prompts Manchin veto]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Another technical error has prompted Gov. Joe Manchin to veto a recently passed bill, this one addressing private game farms. The legislation proposed a new misdemeanor when someone kills or injures a game farm animal without the owner's permission.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailymail.com/News/statehouse/201003180781]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.dailymail.com/News/statehouse/201003180781"><![CDATA[Charleston Daily Mail]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Raleigh couple can't get off Wood County ballot]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Stan and Janet Norman are running for office whether they like it or not. The Beckley couple are in the middle of a mix-up that has them on the ballot for seats on the state Republican Executive Committee in Wood County, about 135 miles from their home. They want to be on the Raleigh County ballot, but state and local elections officials say the ballots have been certified and have to remain as they are.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press ]]></author>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ad blitz seeks to push Mollohan to vote for health-care bill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Several groups are running television advertisements this week urging U.S. Rep. Alan Mollohan to vote in favor of the comprehensive health-care legislation before Congress.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Paul J. Nyden ]]></author>
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        <source url="http://www.wvgazette.com/News/politics/201003180930"><![CDATA[Charleston Gazette]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill would create ATV trails in Eastern Kentucky  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A bill that would lead to a system of ATV trails in Eastern Kentucky was approved by a House committee Thursday. House Bill 173, sponsored by Rep. Keith Hall, D-Phelps, would connect to similar trail systems in West Virginia and south-western Virginia.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Andy Mead ]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1188394/bill-would-create-atv-trails-in.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/19/1188394/bill-would-create-atv-trails-in.html"><![CDATA[Lexington Herald-Leader]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Newly signed jobs bill unlikely to spur hiring ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Don't look for a burst of hiring by small businesses in Wisconsin as a result of the federal jobs bill signed into law on Thursday.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Joe Taschler]]></author>
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        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/business/88514827.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[More hearings sought on Great Lakes levels ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A coalition of environmental groups worried about dropping water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron is asking the U.S. and Canadian governments to expand a planned series of public hearings on the issue.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dan Egan]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/88513667.html]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Waukesha commission urges council to apply for access to Great Lakes water ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WAUKESHA -- The city's Water Commission on Thursday unanimously embraced a bid for Great Lakes drinking water as a less costly option than groundwater wells, and recommended Common Council approval of an application to the state Department of Natural Resources.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Don Behm]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/88515497.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/88515497.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Legislature wrestles with ways to rein in payday lending ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WEST ALLIS -- In the past 10 months, Michael Reit has spent $1,500 on a $460 loan - and hasn't touched a penny of the principal.]]></description>
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        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/88514837.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/88514837.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bill would automatically register drivers to vote ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state would establish a first-in-the-nation system to automatically register voters when they sign up for driver's licenses or register their cars, under a draft bill previewed Thursday by Democrats.]]></description>
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        <link><![CDATA[http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/88416717.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/88416717.html"><![CDATA[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Local rail 'summit' lobbies for high-speed line on Amtrak route]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[One hundred high-speed rail advocates, several riding Amtrak from Minnesota, gathered Thursday in La Crosse to promote having the proposed Chicago-to-Twin Cities passenger train follow the river route used by Amtrak.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Richard Mial]]></author>
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        <source url="http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_2ca39e1c-330c-11df-a248-001cc4c002e0.html"><![CDATA[La Crosse Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[NWS watches for Wisconsin flooding ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for portions of the Fox River and is keeping a close eye on the Mississippi.]]></description>
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        <source url="http://host.madison.com/news/state-and-regional/wisconsin/article_c611636c-aba5-52a0-8464-ff2cb695c534.html"><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Naftali Bendavid]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Asian carp case]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as early as today if it will consider a lawsuit filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox seeking immediate closure of the locks near Chicago to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Nathan Hurst]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.detnews.com/article/20100319/NATION/3190353/1409/metro/U.S.-Supreme-Court-may-rule-on-Asian-carp-case"><![CDATA[The Detroit News]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wis. group stops using Citizens United name ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Wisconsin group protesting a landmark U.S. Supreme Court campaign finance ruling will stop using the name "Citizens United" in a petition protesting the decision after being asked by that group not to.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Ryan J. Foley]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://host.madison.com/news/state-and-regional/wisconsin/article_4a763190-e59f-51d8-b7c3-3e3d6adfd181.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://host.madison.com/news/state-and-regional/wisconsin/article_4a763190-e59f-51d8-b7c3-3e3d6adfd181.html"><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Janesville is one of only three areas in state to post job gains]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[JANESVILLE, Wisc. -- Janesville was one of only three metropolitan areas in the state to post job gains in January, but the area's unemployment rate skyrocketed by nearly 2 percent and continues to be the highest in Wisconsin.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Jim Leute]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://gazettextra.com/news/2010/mar/18/janesville-one-only-three-areas-state-post-job-gai/]]></link>
        <source url="http://gazettextra.com/news/2010/mar/18/janesville-one-only-three-areas-state-post-job-gai/"><![CDATA[Janesville Gazette]]></source>
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        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
        <source url="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm"><![CDATA[USA Today]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Free lunch participation up again in Wisconsin ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The percentage of Wisconsin students poor enough to qualify for free or reduced-price lunch continues to increase.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Staff Reports]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://host.madison.com/news/state-and-regional/wisconsin/article_1453fd1e-6ac4-5709-bb98-555f465a1a98.html]]></link>
        <source url="http://host.madison.com/news/state-and-regional/wisconsin/article_1453fd1e-6ac4-5709-bb98-555f465a1a98.html"><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)]]></source>
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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/states/Wyoming</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mineral tax revenues push up state income, sales tax down]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The latest monthly state income report says mineral severance tax revenues were over 14 percent higher than predicted. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Phil Noble]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://thewyonews.net/2010/03/18/mineral-tax-revenues-push-up-state-income-sales-tax-down/]]></link>
        <source url="http://thewyonews.net/2010/03/18/mineral-tax-revenues-push-up-state-income-sales-tax-down/"><![CDATA[Cowboy State Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wyo House Speaker Simpson enters Governor's race]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Framed by the open doors of the Wyoming House chamber, Rep. Colin Simpson, R-Park County, stood beside his wife and sons this morning and told supporters who crowded the House lobby what they already knew: he will run for governor of Wyoming.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Mary Angell]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://thewyonews.net/2010/03/18/wyo-house-speaker-simpson-enters-governors-race/]]></link>
        <source url="http://thewyonews.net/2010/03/18/wyo-house-speaker-simpson-enters-governors-race/"><![CDATA[Cowboy State Free Press]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wyoming may modify 'fracking' rules]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In order to protect fresh and potable water, state regulators may require the oil and gas industry to provide more detailed and readily available information about hydraulic fracturing activities.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Dustin Bleizeffer]]></author>
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        <source url="http://www.trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_3b7b4ef3-eac5-5af9-8e64-764bff1b6351.html"><![CDATA[Casper Star-Tribune]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Report -- Health insurance crisis hits middle class hardest]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[America's middle class is bearing the brunt of the health insurance crisis, according to a new study.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Joan Barron]]></author>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wyoming state senator mulls political future]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Whatever state Sen. Mike Massie's political future is, it won't include a fifth term in the Wyoming Senate.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wyoming Coalition for Open Government looks for sunshine]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[If you want to know the annual salaries of state elected officials or find out what happened at the last meeting of your city council, you have the right to that information.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
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        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Liz Szabo]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm]]></link>
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        <title><![CDATA[An alternative to 'alternative' assets ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same? ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Gina Chon]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130063556401550.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Congress does repair job on stimulus school construction plan]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Last December, we reported in USA Today [1] that a plan to subsidize billions of dollars in school construction under the stimulus bill had largely flopped. Now, Congress has passed a fix to get the program back on track. President Obama signed the bill today.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Christopher Flavelle]]></author>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.propublica.org/ion/stimulus/item/congress-does-repair-job-on-stimulus-school-construction-plan]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.]]></description>
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        <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews]]></link>
        <source url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575130081241357368.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews"><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></source>
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