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				<title>NEA Foundation Awards $1.25M to Columbus for partnership project targeting high needs schools</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - The NEA Foundation announced the award Monday of $1.25 million to Columbus City Schools (CCS) for a five-year effort to form a partnership bringing together an education union, the school district and community leaders in a collab...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:36:24 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Ohio job, family service help delayed as number of hard hit, hungry families rise, report says</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - With little letup from The Great Recession that enveloped the nation over two years ago expected soon, a fact driven home again Thursday with the news that jobless claims nationwide rose unexpectedly to 480,000, the news in Ohio t...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio Works First</category>
				
				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:46:19 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>More Ohio newspapers editorialize against ODOT spending $400M on very slow speed 3C train plan</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - Since Sec. of Transportation Ray Lahood announced the winners last Thursday of $8 billion in high speed rail funds President Obama included in his stimulus funding bill, reaction to which states and which projects within them woul...
				
				
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				<category>3C corridor plan</category>
				
				<category>high speed rail</category>
				
				<category>jobs</category>
				
				<category>Gov. Ted Strickland</category>
				
				<category>Amtrak</category>
				
				<category>3-C rail</category>
				
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				<category>Federal Railroad Administration</category>
				
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				<category>Ray Lahood</category>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:29:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Toledo casino backers give big bucks to local tourism group before first dollar bet, lost</title>				
				<link>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m2d3-Toledo-casino-backers-give-big-bucks-to-local-tourism-group-before-first-dollar-bet-lost?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</link>
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - Not waiting for the first gambler at its yet-to-be-built casino in Toledo to place their first bet and loose their first dollar, Penn National Gaming pledged Wednesday to advance the first three years of contributions it planned t...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
				<category>slots</category>
				
				<category>jobs</category>
				
				<category>Toledo</category>
				
				<category>casino gambling</category>
				
				<category>Penn National Gaming</category>
				
				<category>Toledo Mayor Mike Bell</category>
				
				<category>Dave Nolan</category>
				
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:06:14 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Ohio lawmakers meet deadline to approve $700M Third Frontier Program renewal for May ballot</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio &amp;ndash; It was late in the evening Tuesday when legislative leaders hammered out a compromise agreement to continue the Ohio Third Frontier Program at $700 million over four years. 
	
	The Third Frontier program funds efforts by O...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
				<category>jobs</category>
				
				<category>Gov. Ted Strickland</category>
				
				<category>Democrats</category>
				
				<category>Bill Harris</category>
				
				<category>William Batchelder</category>
				
				<category>Third Frontier Program</category>
				
				<category>Ohio Senate</category>
				
				<category>Ohio House</category>
				
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				<category>2010 Elections</category>
				
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:20:07 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Ohio House redistricting plan offers criteria, public input to redraw fairer legislative districts</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State Rep. Tom Letson (D-Warren) announced Monday the introduction of a resolution designed to reform the way state legislative districts lines are drawn in a manner that enables the public to play an important role in the re...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
				<category>Jon Husted</category>
				
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				<category>2010 midterm elections</category>
				
				<category>Jennifer Garrison</category>
				
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				<category>Ohio Republican Party</category>
				
				<category>open government</category>
				
				<category>Ohio politics</category>
				
				<category>Elections 2010</category>
				
				<category>Tom Letson</category>
				
				<category>Ohio Apportionment Board</category>
				
				<category>2010 Elections</category>
				
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:43:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Ohio township status dissed by high court on decisions by county officials on expedited annexations</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled last week that a board of township trustees, even though they filed objections with county commissioners to an expedited annexation petition, does not gain legal standing to later file a mandamus ac...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
				<category>Ohio politics</category>
				
				<category>Ohio township government</category>
				
				<category>Supreme Court of Ohio</category>
				
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:36:59 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Garrison gone, Neuhardt neutralized, O&apos;Shaughnessy on-deck as Ohio Dems settle on SOS nominee, race</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - Quakes rumbling through the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP), over who its eventual candidate for secretary of state will be this year, tumbled down the campaign house recently of Jennifer Garrison (D-Marietta), left Sharon Neuhardt&amp;#3...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
				<category>Jon Husted</category>
				
				<category>Jennifer Brunner</category>
				
				<category>politics</category>
				
				<category>Gov. Ted Strickland</category>
				
				<category>John Kasich</category>
				
				<category>election law</category>
				
				<category>voting</category>
				
				<category>GOP</category>
				
				<category>Democrats</category>
				
				<category>Chris Redfern</category>
				
				<category>Governor of Ohio</category>
				
				<category>2010 midterm elections</category>
				
				<category>Jennifer Garrison</category>
				
				<category>elections</category>
				
				<category>Ohio Democratic Party</category>
				
				<category>Ohio Republican Party</category>
				
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				<category>Maryel</category>
				
				<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:49:53 -0700</pubDate>
				<guid>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m2d1-Garrison-gone-Neuhardt-neutralized-OShaughnessy-ondeck-as-Ohio-Dems-settle-on-SOS-nominee-race?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</guid>
				
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				<title>Ohio Senate Pres. Harris cites 3C train plan flaws, warns Gov. Strickland of &apos;fiscal instability&apos;</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - On Thursday in Tampa, Florida, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden extolled the benefits $8 billion in high speed rail funding will do to create jobs in the near term and lay the foundation for building out a natio...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
				<category>3C corridor plan</category>
				
				<category>high speed rail</category>
				
				<category>jobs</category>
				
				<category>Gov. Ted Strickland</category>
				
				<category>railroads</category>
				
				<category>Sherrod Brown</category>
				
				<category>Amtrak</category>
				
				<category>3-C rail</category>
				
				<category>Bill Harris</category>
				
				<category>ODOT</category>
				
				<category>ohio budget</category>
				
				<category>Joe Biden</category>
				
				<category>Ohio Senate</category>
				
				<category>Federal Railroad Administration</category>
				
				<category>FRA</category>
				
				<category>Governor of Ohio</category>
				
				<category>infrastructure</category>
				
				<category>high speed train</category>
				
				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:14:19 -0700</pubDate>
				<guid>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m1d28-Ohio-Senate-Pres-Harris-cites-3C-train-plan-flaws-warns-Gov-Strickland-of-fiscal-instability?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</guid>
				
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				<title>$400M for Ohio 3C train plan among $8B in high speed train funding shared by many states, regions</title>				
				<link>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m1d28-Ohios-400M-for-high-speed-rail-among-many-states-regions-who-shared-8B-in-federal-funding?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</link>
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - Speaking Thursday from Tampa, Florida, where he went to hold a townhall meeting, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, said creating jobs is his number one priority in 2010 and that the true engine of jo...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
				<category>3C corridor plan</category>
				
				<category>jobs</category>
				
				<category>Gov. Ted Strickland</category>
				
				<category>passenger rail</category>
				
				<category>railroads</category>
				
				<category>Amtrak</category>
				
				<category>3-C rail</category>
				
				<category>ODOT</category>
				
				<category>ORDC</category>
				
				<category>ARRA</category>
				
				<category>Federal Railroad Administration</category>
				
				<category>FRA</category>
				
				<category>All Aboard Ohio</category>
				
				<category>Governor of Ohio</category>
				
				<category>Ohio politics</category>
				
				<category>Positive Train Control</category>
				
				<category>bullet trains</category>
				
				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:40:08 -0700</pubDate>
				<guid>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m1d28-Ohios-400M-for-high-speed-rail-among-many-states-regions-who-shared-8B-in-federal-funding?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</guid>
				
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				<title>Ohio&apos;s Adams OK with part-time legislature while Budish, Batchelder, Harris focus on process, input</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - John Adams (R-Sidney), the former Navy Seal and now rookie House member who introduced a bill to eliminate Ohio&amp;#39;s personal income tax and who has been taken lightning strikes delivered by Democrats and the media whose real tar...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
				<category>Gov. Ted Strickland</category>
				
				<category>GOP</category>
				
				<category>taxes</category>
				
				<category>Armond Budish</category>
				
				<category>Bill Harris</category>
				
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				<category>William Batchelder</category>
				
				<category>John Adams</category>
				
				<category>Ohio Senate</category>
				
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				<category>term limits</category>
				
				<category>personal income tax</category>
				
				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:25:19 -0700</pubDate>
				<guid>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m1d28-Ohios-Adams-OK-with-parttime-legislature-while-Budish-Batchelder-Harris-focus-on-process-input?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</guid>
				
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				<title>Unconfirmed $400M award from FRA to Ohio for 3C passenger rail plan shorts startup costs by $164M</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Dispatch, based on a well-placed federal source they would not name, reported Wednesday evening that Ohio will receive $400 million for its 255-mile passenger rail route called the 3C because it links Cincinnati to Cl...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
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				<category>Amtrak</category>
				
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				<category>President Obama</category>
				
				<category>ODOT</category>
				
				<category>Federal Railroad Administration</category>
				
				<category>Positive Train Control</category>
				
				<category>high speed train</category>
				
				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:20:06 -0700</pubDate>
				<guid>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m1d27-Unconfirmed-400M-award-from-FRA-to-Ohio-for-3C-passenger-rail-plan-shorts-startup-costs-by-164M?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</guid>
				
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				<title>Ohio Gov. Strickland 2010 State of the State Address highlights</title>				
				<link>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m1d27-Ohio-Gov-Strickland-2010-State-of-the-State-Address-highlights?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</link>
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	Believing in Ohio &amp;ndash; Governor Ted Strickland&amp;rsquo;s 2010 State of the State Highlights
	
	In his 2010 State of the State Address, Governor Strickland outlined pragmatic solutions to address Ohio&amp;rsquo;s immediate economic challenges withou...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
				<category>Strickland</category>
				
				<category>jobs</category>
				
				<category>Gov. Ted Strickland</category>
				
				<category>Ted Strickland</category>
				
				<category>green energy</category>
				
				<category>Third Frontier Program</category>
				
				<category>Governor of Ohio</category>
				
				<category>2010 midterm elections</category>
				
				<category>Ohio politics</category>
				
				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:46:53 -0700</pubDate>
				<guid>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m1d27-Ohio-Gov-Strickland-2010-State-of-the-State-Address-highlights?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</guid>
				
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				<title>Strickland &apos;I believe in Ohio&apos; State of the State address leaves Republicans stunned, in disbelief</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - On the same day that Pitney Bowes pulled out of Miamisburg, taking 75 jobs with it, a house exploded in Cleveland due to a gas leak, Toyota halted the sale of eight models which will negatively affect sales tax revenues and the ch...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
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				<category>Gov. Ted Strickland</category>
				
				<category>John Kasich</category>
				
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				<category>poverty</category>
				
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				<category>Armond Budish</category>
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
				<guid>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m1d26-Stricklands-I-believe-in-Ohio-State-of-the-State-address-leaves-republicans-in-stunned-disbelief?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</guid>
				
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				<title>Prospect of Yost, Morgan primary sparks feud in Ohio GOP over auditor&apos;s seat, future of the party</title>				
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	Yost, Morgan primary sparks feuding in Ohio GOP over auditor&amp;#39;s spot, future of the party
	
	COLUMBUS, Ohio - With three-term&amp;nbsp;Delaware County Prosecutor David Yost deciding to switch offices he&amp;#39;ll run for from attorney general to aud...
				
				
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				<category>Ohio</category>
				
				<category>Gov. Ted Strickland</category>
				
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				<category>Democrats</category>
				
				<category>Mary Taylor</category>
				
				<category>Ohio Auditor</category>
				
				<category>Governor of Ohio</category>
				
				<category>2010 midterm elections</category>
				
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				<category>Ohio Republican Party</category>
				
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				<category>David Pepper</category>
				
				<category>David Yost</category>
				
				<category>Seth Morgan</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:58:33 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Majority of Ohioans not on-board slow 3-C passenger train plan, Ohio poll shows</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - Results of a recent Ohio Newspaper Poll show a majority of Ohio voters, 52%, are not on-board Ohio&amp;#39;s costly $564 million plan to re-start a passenger train connecting Cincinnati with Cleveland via Dayton and Columbus that only...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:47:39 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Obama finally syncs with Ohio Sen. Voinovich on need, structure of deficit reduction task force</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Sen. George Voinovich, whose reputation as a budget and deficit hawk was bronzed during his two consecutive terms as Ohio governor in the 1990s when his aptly named operational motto was &amp;quot;doing more with less,&amp;quot; only...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:22:31 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Strickland State of Ohio address needs Amazing Grace touches to overcome gloomy state of reality</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - Incumbent Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland will present his third State of the State speech Tuesday before the 132 assembled members of the Ohio General Assembly, justices of the supreme court, statewide office holders and assorted ...
				
				
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				<category>social safety net</category>
				
				<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:43:30 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Obama White House Main Street Tour arrives in Ohio amid rises in unemployment, poverty rates</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - Winning Ohio in 2008 helped him win the White House, but the news Friday that the Buckeye State&amp;#39;s unemployment rate now stands&amp;nbsp;at 10.9 percent while recent figures show more people are being driven into poverty&amp;nbsp;may n...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:09:37 -0700</pubDate>
				<guid>http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m1d22-Obama-White-House-Main-Street-Tour-arrives-in-Ohio-amid-rises-in-unemployment-poverty-rates?cid=exrss-Columbus-Government-Examiner</guid>
				
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				<title>SCOTUS ruling unleashing unlimited corporate funds on federal races a seismic shift for democracy</title>				
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	COLUMBUS, Ohio - The ruling Thursday by the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) that corporations and unions can now spend unlimited amounts of their treasury funds to influence federal political campaigns for Congress or the White House rewrites...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:35:16 -0700</pubDate>
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