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          <title>Lobster Loot: Chinese New Year and Weather Contribute to Record Prices</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Even as the specter of new and improved Marine Protected Areas threatens to impact their way of life, Santa Barbara-based lobstermen are enjoying one of their most economically successful seasons in memory.... From Santa Barbara Independent.]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Mon,  8 Feb 2010 18:51:05 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.independent.com">Santa Barbara Independent</source>
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          <title>Look Closer at &amp;#39;Environmentalism&amp;#39; and Economic Health</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Every January since 1969, speakers, writers and aged witnesses are asked to recall the offshore oil well blowouts. They’re always asked, "What was it like?” By now, shouldn’t the question be, “Is it still relevant?”... From Santa Barbara Independent.]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Mon,  8 Feb 2010 18:47:17 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.independent.com">Santa Barbara Independent</source>
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          <title>What Sort of Woman Reads &amp;#39;Playboy&amp;#39;? Meet Peggy Wilkins</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Teen detective Nancy Drew, of all people, led Peggy Wilkins to <i>Playboy</i>. It was July 1978 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and 13-year-old Peggy was a huge fan of the TV series. That summer the actress who played Nancy, Pamela Sue Martin, appeared on the cover of <i>Playboy.</i>... From Chicago Reader.]]></description>
          <category>News/Women&amp;#39;s Issues</category>
          <pubDate>Mon,  8 Feb 2010 18:32:52 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.chicagoreader.com">Chicago Reader</source>
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          <title>Can a Veterans Court Help Former GIs Find Justice at Home?</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790177</link>
          <description><![CDATA[From the man's physique and short-cropped hair, Edward Lynch figured he might be military. Maybe from Fort Carson, the Army base down the road that lately seemed to be churning out a lot of veterans with screws loose. The papers were full of stories about Carson vets killing fellow soldiers.... From Westword.]]></description>
          <category>News/War &amp;amp; Peace</category>
          <pubDate>Mon,  8 Feb 2010 08:36:46 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.westword.com">Westword</source>
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          <title>Haitian Chaos: Of Course Aid is Difficult</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Recently, an Italian official labeled the American response in Haiti "pathetic." And an NPR report described the food distribution of international agencies generally as "irregular, inadequate, and often violent and disorderly."... From Seattle Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Disasters</category>
          <pubDate>Mon,  8 Feb 2010 08:25:33 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.seattleweekly.com">Seattle Weekly</source>
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          <title>Child Support Collection Business Incurs Wrath of OAG</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[After more than six years of squabbling and litigation, the Office of the Attorney General in Texas ran Robert O'Donnell's child support collection company out of business, and if that wasn't enough, today, its attorneys are trying to toss him in jail.... From Dallas Observer.]]></description>
          <category>News/Children &amp;amp; Families</category>
          <pubDate>Mon,  8 Feb 2010 08:18:48 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.dallasobserver.com">Dallas Observer</source>
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          <title>Pasadena Labor Talks Hit the Skids</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Roughly 250 of the city staff’s supervisors and middle managers returned to work with shortened schedules, under a furlough city officials imposed on members of the Pasadena Management Association following a breakdown in labor talks with the union’s representatives.... From Pasadena Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Business &amp;amp; Labor</category>
          <pubDate>Mon,  8 Feb 2010 08:09:49 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.pasadenaweekly.com">Pasadena Weekly</source>
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          <title>Permit Pulled: DEP Action Halts Construction of a Waste-Coal Plant</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790088</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Plans for a power plant that would have operated by burning waste coal were scrapped when the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection invalidated its air-quality plan permit on January 20.... From Pittsburgh City Paper.]]></description>
          <category>News/Environment</category>
          <pubDate>Mon,  8 Feb 2010 07:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.pghcitypaper.com">Pittsburgh City Paper</source>
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          <title>In Greater Memphis, Two Long-Awaited Greenways are Becoming a Reality</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1783245</link>
          <description><![CDATA[When the greenways projects are complete, the attendees of a meeting were told, a person will be able to walk or bike from downtown to Cordova. Some touted the benefits such exercise opportunities offer to a city ranked one of the unhealthiest in America.... From The Memphis Flyer.]]></description>
          <category>News/Environment</category>
          <pubDate>Fri,  5 Feb 2010 23:07:09 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.memphisflyer.com">The Memphis Flyer</source>
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          <title>Beyond Guantanamo: The Story of Julia Hall and Oybek Jamoldinivich Jabbarov</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1783170</link>
          <description><![CDATA[The SOS from Oybek Jamoldinivich Jabbarov came to Julia Hall in 2007 via his attorney, Michael Mone. The plea for help, originating behind the concrete walls of Guantánamo Bay, carried the message of a man locked in a nightmare.... From Artvoice.]]></description>
          <category>News/Immigration</category>
          <pubDate>Fri,  5 Feb 2010 22:48:06 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.artvoice.com/">Artvoice</source>
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          <title>When Life Takes You Out of Your House and Into Your Car</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1782085</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Maybe one has even parked on your street: a conversion van, curtains drawn, or a camper with signs of everyday life. They are so ubiquitous in Venice, Calif. that some have been trying to turn the onetime hippie enclave into a parking-permit-only town as a way to ward off "undesirables."... From L.A. Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Economic  Issues</category>
          <pubDate>Fri,  5 Feb 2010 09:51:12 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.laweekly.com">L.A. Weekly</source>
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          <title>Town of Nederland&amp;#39;s Vote on Pot Legalization Going to Ballot</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Town of Nederland’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to send a marijuana legalization measure to the April 6 ballot. The proposal would remove all criminal penalties in Nederland municipal code related to marijuana, its concentrates and paraphernalia for anyone who is at least 21 years old.... From Boulder Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Drugs</category>
          <pubDate>Thu,  4 Feb 2010 18:17:46 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.boulderweekly.com">Boulder Weekly</source>
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          <title>Xcel Doesn&amp;#39;t Always Tell Customers When They&amp;#39;re Being Cut Loose</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1779933</link>
          <description><![CDATA[On the evening of Jan. 12, the heat in Taylor Lindstrom’s home went out without warning. She called Xcel Energy, and was told that Xcel had turned off the electricity because the bill had not been paid. Lindstrom asked why she had not been notified.... From Boulder Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Housing &amp;amp; Development</category>
          <pubDate>Thu,  4 Feb 2010 18:01:33 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.boulderweekly.com">Boulder Weekly</source>
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          <title>A Portland Street Changes its Name to C&amp;eacute;sar E. Ch&amp;aacute;vez Blvd., After a Fight</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1779928</link>
          <description><![CDATA[The city's effort to rename a major street after the activist and farm worker crumbled in 2007 after a push to rename Interstate Avenue spurred allegations of racism against opponents. The rename process kicked off for a second time last winter, this time with a professional consultant and a new street.... From The Portland Mercury.]]></description>
          <category>News/Transportation</category>
          <pubDate>Thu,  4 Feb 2010 17:06:30 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.portlandmercury.com">The Portland Mercury</source>
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          <title>Refugee Uses Website to Help Others Learn About Sudan</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The horrors of Sudan, halfway across the world, still chug in 35-year-old Duop Wuol's veins, urging him to do something. So this month, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs philosophy major, husband, father of four, and former Southern Sudan refugee waged a truly all-American protest: He started a website.... From Colorado Springs Independent.]]></description>
          <category>News/International</category>
          <pubDate>Thu,  4 Feb 2010 15:25:17 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.csindy.com">Colorado Springs Independent</source>
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          <title>Gassed Up: Large Institutions Get a Price Break For Virtually Nothing</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1779569</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Seventeen institutions, including The Broadmoor and Colorado College, get a generous price break by signing up for interruptible utilities rates. Yet, they're rarely interrupted, so guess who pays for their price break? Everybody else offsets what could amount to millions of dollars annually.... From Colorado Springs Independent.]]></description>
          <category>News/Housing &amp;amp; Development</category>
          <pubDate>Thu,  4 Feb 2010 15:21:46 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.csindy.com">Colorado Springs Independent</source>
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          <title>Just When You Thought it was OK to be African American, it Looks Like Negro is Back</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1779062</link>
          <description><![CDATA[The word negro — which ungraciously left the American linguistic stage sometime in the 1970s — has recently rejoined the mainstream discourse. And it looks like it’s not poised for an exit anytime soon.... From New York Press.]]></description>
          <category>News/Race Relations</category>
          <pubDate>Thu,  4 Feb 2010 08:06:56 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.nypress.com">New York Press</source>
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          <title>UC Santa Cruz Researcher Finds Albatross Tragedy</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1776893</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Myra Finkelstein has discovered that lead paint chips from an abandoned U.S. Navy base on the Midway Atoll are poisoning thousands of albatross chicks each year. Her latest study shows that the disease droopwing is causing a substantive drop in the Laysan albatross population worldwide.... From Santa Cruz Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Animal Issues</category>
          <pubDate>Wed,  3 Feb 2010 23:33:04 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://metroactive.com/cruz/">Santa Cruz Weekly</source>
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          <title>At Long Last, Geeks Get Respect</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1776169</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Ashley Eldred was trying to figure out how to make Hell into a cuter place. The young blonde woman with a confident manner is a student at the Guildhall at SMU - the school Jay Leno was talking about that teaches students how to make video games.... From Fort Worth Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Media</category>
          <pubDate>Wed,  3 Feb 2010 17:26:31 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.fwweekly.com">Fort Worth Weekly</source>
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          <title>Breeding Trouble in North Texas</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1776168</link>
          <description><![CDATA[In the August heat, more than 500 dogs sweltered in un-air-conditioned kennels on a farm near the town of Mabank in Kaufman County. They panted in wire cages stacked atop one another, fleas swarming, many of the dogs sick, most of them filthy. Near the gate across the gravel drive, part of a dog's skeleton lay like an omen.... From Fort Worth Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Animal Issues</category>
          <pubDate>Wed,  3 Feb 2010 17:24:23 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.fwweekly.com">Fort Worth Weekly</source>
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          <title>Eight Relentless Watchdogs Who Hound Public Officials in Pursuit of Answers</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1776163</link>
          <description><![CDATA[On good days they’re known as citizen watchdogs. On bad days, they’re civic-minded pains in the neck. If you’ve been to a public meeting in process-happy Portland, you know the type. They’re the activists who testify time after time at City Council - and elsewhere.... From Willamette Week.]]></description>
          <category>News/Civil Liberties</category>
          <pubDate>Wed,  3 Feb 2010 17:16:15 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.wweek.com">Willamette Week</source>
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          <title>Dan Buettner&amp;#39;s Blue Zones Teach Nine Secrets of a Longer Life</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1776093</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Dan Buettner says he's found the secret. He visited the ragged cliffs of Sardinia and the fertile gardens of Okinawa — global hotspots of longevity, dubbed Blue Zones — where people live to be 100 at astonishing rates. He identified what they have in common and distilled their secrets into a recipe he says could add a decade to your life.... From City Pages (Twin Cities).]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Wed,  3 Feb 2010 17:04:09 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.citypages.com">City Pages (Twin Cities)</source>
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          <title>How Are Schools Handling Truancy? Ask the Kids Smoking Pot Near Campus</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1776088</link>
          <description><![CDATA[In the late morning of the first day of the new semester at John O'Connell High School of Technology, two boys stage their finely choreographed escape. While the security guard's back is turned, they scamper out the front door onto the sidewalk.... From SF Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Education</category>
          <pubDate>Wed,  3 Feb 2010 16:55:45 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.sfweekly.com">SF Weekly</source>
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          <title>Surfers Think City&amp;#39;s Exposed Sewage Tunnel Warning is a Bunch of Crap</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1776087</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Though less famous than its San Diego–area namesake, San Francisco's Ocean Beach is anything but unknown to surfers: Its three miles of coastline provide "a world-class surf spot," says surfer Josh Berry. However, the recent spate of storms means surfing there could soon get shitty.... From SF Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Environment</category>
          <pubDate>Wed,  3 Feb 2010 16:52:52 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.sfweekly.com">SF Weekly</source>
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          <title>Utah&amp;#39;s Unstable Oil Refineries: Preventing the Next Blast</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1772659</link>
          <description><![CDATA[One loud explosion knocked pictures off Judy Averett´s walls. When she ran outside her Woods Cross home on Nov. 4, 2009, she saw black clouds rising from the ground directly in front of her, to the south and to the north.... From Salt Lake City Weekly.]]></description>
          <category>News/Environment</category>
          <pubDate>Tue,  2 Feb 2010 09:06:57 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.cityweekly.net">Salt Lake City Weekly</source>
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          <title>Suckers for Stucker: An Interview With Our Favorite Weatherman</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1772620</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Steve Stucker really needs no introduction. Since 1990, he’s brought jovial morning weather forecasts to New Mexicans via  KOB-4. Formerly a professional dog trainer, Stucker is a friend to animals, even parading pooches on TV every Friday in order to help them get adopted.... From Weekly Alibi.]]></description>
          <category>News/Media</category>
          <pubDate>Tue,  2 Feb 2010 08:43:52 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.alibi.com">Weekly Alibi</source>
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          <title>Petty&amp;#39;s Island, a Fin-Shaped Slice of Strange in the Delaware River</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1772594</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Never heard of Petty's Island? It's littered with colorful characters — Pennsylvania founder William Penn, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, a man who declared himself the island's king, and even the pirate's pirate himself, Ol' Blackbeard.... From Philadelphia City Paper.]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Tue,  2 Feb 2010 08:08:10 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.citypaper.net">Philadelphia City Paper</source>
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          <title>Security Hysteria is Feeding the Fight for Food in Haiti</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1763089</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Ostensibly, the primary problem at the epicenter of the earthquake area is the threat of confrontation between hungry crowds and aid givers. That’s why the U.S. military is now busy securing the country. But locals gathered in front of the mayor’s office on day nine have a different analysis.... From NOW Magazine.]]></description>
          <category>News/International</category>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:38:36 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.nowtoronto.com/">NOW Magazine</source>
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          <title>Samsung will Brand Ontario as North America&amp;#146;s Wind and Solar Leader</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1763086</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Holy Samsung. The green energy dream is not just waking up, it’s moving in. Who knew it would have a brand name and be an immigrant from Korea? Has the provincial government sold our renewable soul to some foreign demon?... From NOW Magazine.]]></description>
          <category>News/Environment</category>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:35:09 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.nowtoronto.com/">NOW Magazine</source>
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          <title>A Reporter Finds Getting to Cuba Easier Than Getting Out</title>
          <link>http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1763085</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Officials on the U.S. side were polite but firm when my family returned to Vermont from a two-week visit to Cuba. They ripped apart a red Che Guevara T-shirt I’d bought for my daughter. And they sliced up the two necklaces — total value $2 — that Liam had bought on a beach.... From Seven Days.]]></description>
          <category>News/International</category>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:29:28 -0500</pubDate>
          <source url="http://www.sevendaysvt.com">Seven Days</source>
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