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            <title><![CDATA[Do sunscreen SPF ratings really mean anything?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Consumer watchdog group warns that most sunscreens meet FDA standards, but questionable SPF ratings persist]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Are consumers ready to spend more?]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[County workers' union calls off strike in Pike Co.]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Twenty employees in the Operating Engineers Lcoal 965 withdrew its intent to strike notice after reaching an agreement with elected officials.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Opening the KHQA Vault: Celebrating 60 years]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tegan Orpet]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Looking for your ancestors?]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Delk]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Q.U. project gets large financial boost from Ameren Illinois]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shortage of funding may lead to troubling times for mental health care in Illinois]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former Louisiana, Mo. Kroger to become County Market]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Niemann Foods announced Friday it will renovate the former Kroger in Louisiana, Mo.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[KHQA makes it into a book about ghosts]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Douglas]]></dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[Do you believe in ghosts?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Eco-friendly construction systems come to Joplin]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A group of Drury University students have presented a plan for a demonstration house that supporters hope could help make Joplin a model of environmentally sound rebuilding from disasters.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Would Mother Nature approve of your house?]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Aguirre]]></dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[Building an eco-friendly home may sound difficult, but it is possible. Gordon and Pam Rands have transformed their Macomb house into something that would make Mother Nature proud.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[City cites owner of crumbling Quincy hotel]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The April 26 complaint cites Elisha Prero, the registered agent of Newcomb Realty, LLC, with maintaining an unsafe structure.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Blessing, Barnes collaboration announced]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Quincy-based hospital joins the group of four Midwestern health systems in a move that CEOs say will reduce costs and allow the health systems to better share information.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nixon warns of layoffs if new budget passes in Missouri]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 07:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Illinois Senate could vote on pension plan Thursday]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 05:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Debate continues over solution to Illinois pension crisis.]]></description>
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