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            <title><![CDATA[Santa's mail canceled]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T16:51:12 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The group is looking to counter a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to end a program begun in 1954 in the small town of North Pole.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pumpkin pie-shortage]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T16:43:50 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Nestle says heavy rain hurt its pumpkin harvest.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Eggo shortage]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T15:48:40 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Already customers are noticing near-empty Eggo shelves on the freezer aisle at many grocery stores.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Turnpike turkey]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T15:44:41 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[State Fish and Wildlife officials netted the bird Wednesday after failed attempts during the weekend.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meltdown-charity]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T16:12:49 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The survey suggests there is some hope, but farther down the road.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mean Joe Greene-CLIO]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T16:10:06 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Greene earned the award, given annually for excellence in advertising, for his role in the 1979 commercial.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Video game-sales]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-13T19:35:20 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Sales of gaming hardware fell by nearly a quarter to $380.7 million.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fourth kind-fake news]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-13T19:28:15 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Fake online stories undermined the credibility of the news organizations.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart-Black Friday]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-12T16:04:11 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The world's largest retailer says day-after-Thanksgiving sales will begin at 5 a.m. Nov. 27, but most U.S. stores will be open 24 hours to prevent a mad dash.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rockefeller Center tree]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-12T16:00:50 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Crews cut down the 10-ton tree yesterday morning at the Easton home of schoolteacher Maria Corti.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Autism dogs-schools]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-11T21:06:39 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A judge has ruled that a first-grader in central Illinois gets to keep his autism helper dog in school.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil-short dress]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-10T20:30:29 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Just hours after the Brazilian government sought an explanation from the private Bandeirante University, its dean released a note saying he was reversing the school's decision to expel 20-year-old Geisy Arruda.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving travel]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-10T20:27:38 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[U.S. airlines have struggled this year with declining traffic during the recession.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ruby's hat goes on the auction block]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-09T14:37:14 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A gray fedora worn by Jack Ruby when he shot Lee Harvey Oswald has sold for $53,775 at an auction of items linked to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gambling doesn't pay]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-09T14:28:58 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Former auto dealer Ken Zangara, faced with an ailing economy and difficulty getting credit for his dealership, turned to gambling last year in a bid to salvage the business.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Three-cat limit]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-04T17:46:48 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Voters at a town meeting in Dudley added language to a town bylaw on Monday night that makes it illegal to own more than three cats without a $50 residential kennel license.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Holiday fares]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-03T16:27:05 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Most of the largest U.S. airlines have increased a surcharge for travel on the busiest travel days to $20 each way, up from $10.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama-mentoring]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-03T16:18:52 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Obama said creating the program is one of her top goals as first lady.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[McDonald's rap]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-30T16:47:38 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The teens say they were imitating a popular video on YouTube.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rubber band ball]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-30T16:37:11 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Waul began his project six years ago using hair bands and then larger rubber bands.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lounge chair-drunk driving]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-30T16:33:27 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Police in Proctor, in northern Minnesota, are putting the seized chair up for auction on eBay on Thursday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Britain-french love letter]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-29T18:30:12 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Coast guard manager Martin Leslie says he found the letter and a lock of brown hair in a beer bottle sealed with wax on a beach in Cornwall in southwestern England.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sex for tickets]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-29T18:25:30 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Lawyer William J. Brennan says Susan Finkelstein might have dropped double entendres in her Craigslist ad but never explicitly offered sex.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[World Series-no rough lyrics]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-28T16:58:55 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Major League Baseball says you'll hear a more wholesome rendition.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama-World Series]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-28T16:36:10 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Obama's office announced Tuesday that she will be joined at Yankee Stadium by the vice president's wife, Jill Biden.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Haunted house-officer]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-27T20:38:41 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Baltimore County police say Sgt. Eric Janik has been charged with assault for pulling his service weapon on a haunted house worker.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Maria Shriver-red zone]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-27T20:32:22 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[On Monday, TMZ.com posted a video showing Maria Shriver approaching her Cadillac Escalade, which is clearly parked in a red zone.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Northwest-airport overflown]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-26T19:56:51 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Northwest Airlines is cooperating and doing its own internal investigation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama-woman in foursome]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-26T19:10:44 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's chief domestic policy adviser, Melody Barnes, became the first woman to play in the president's golf foursome.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Driving with explosives]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-10-23T16:30:40 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Authorities say a South Carolina man's good intentions almost caused an explosive situation.]]></description>
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