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		<title>February AltDaily Volunteers Opportunity: Ronald McDonald House</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Cook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Bourdain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHKD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[giving back]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As long we provide a positive energy for the House, cook a tasty meal, and no one gets poisoned, I'll define the event as a success. ]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Senate Votes to Repeal Gun Purchase Limit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gun purchase limit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Michael Bloomberg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginians soon may be able to purchase more guns than they can carry, all in one buy – for the first time in almost two decades.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: This Valentine&#8217;s Day Demand Equal Rights for all Life-Long Loves</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-this-valentines-day-demand-equal-rights-for-all-life-long-loves.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Harris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[138 rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beth brooker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has given me 1,138 rights, benefits and protections just because I'm straight and I said, “I do." Everyone signing up for life-long love deserves those rights. ]]></description>
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		<title>At Capitol, Virginia Tech Silent on Campus Safety Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chanee Patterson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[campus safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov. bob mcdonnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawmakers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years after Virginia Tech made campus safety the focus of lawmakers across the nation, the school seems to be shying away from the issue during this year’s General Assembly session.]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: McDonnell, Cuccinelli Call for ‘School Choice’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zack Budryk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cuccinelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Alberta Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith First]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Foundation of Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free lunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home-schooled students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jimmie Massie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Obenshain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McDonnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renew a Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax credits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Tebow bill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Bob McDonnell, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and other Republican officials called for more “school choice,” including helping low-income students attend private schools, at a rally at Capitol Square on Tuesday.]]></description>
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		<title>This Past Week on AltDaily &#124; Feb. 7, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we help you connect more deeply with your community and/or waste time at work. All the stories from the past 7 days on AltDaily, for your enjoyment. ]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Law Would Improve Breast Cancer Detection</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-law-would-improve-breast-cancer-detection.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-law-would-improve-breast-cancer-detection.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Small</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer detection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delegate Robert Orrock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dense breast tissue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mammograms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would be routine for women in Virginia to learn their breast density whenever they get a mammogram under legislation moving through the General Assembly. That information would help women with dense breasts detect and get treatment for cancer.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: HB750 Would Move Power from Judges to Prosecutors</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-hb750-would-move-power-from-judges-to-prosecutors.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-hb750-would-move-power-from-judges-to-prosecutors.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Poggenklass</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben Cline]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[court-appointed attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminel summons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Albo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first offender program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HB750]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hernandez v. Commonwealth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With unchecked power to dismiss a case or press forward with it, prosecutors — not judges — get to decide who gets convicted and who doesn’t. ]]></description>
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		<title>How Change Happens: Civic Activism, HRT, &amp; How Hampton Roads Just Got a Little More Small Business Friendly</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/how-change-happens-civic-activism-hrt-how-hampton-roads-just-got-a-little-more-small-business-friendly.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/how-change-happens-civic-activism-hrt-how-hampton-roads-just-got-a-little-more-small-business-friendly.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Careyann Weinberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After many months of conversation, HRT has agreed to extend their GoPass365 to businesses with as few as three employees at a sensible price. Score one (big one!) for Norfolk’s small businesses!]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The Year McDonnell&#8217;s Christian Right Took Over Virginia</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-year-mcdonnells-christian-right-took-over-virginia.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fundamental Republican Party principles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[invasively probing women’s bodies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Republican Party's Vision for the Family\]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A general rule: the more draconian a bill, the more it puts ideology ahead of common sense, the more likelihood it will pass.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor: Scott Rigell &amp; Misguided Congressional Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/letter-to-the-editor-scott-rigell-misguided-congressional-reform.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/letter-to-the-editor-scott-rigell-misguided-congressional-reform.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fiona Wake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scott Rigell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[term limits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Scott Rigell came up with four ways to try to reform Congress, but his ideas will do more harm than good. I offer alternative solutions.]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial Cartoonage with Dougie O: Mitt (Loves) Newt, Tebow, &amp; More</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/editorial-cartoonage-with-dougie-o-mitt-loves-newt-tebow-more.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/editorial-cartoonage-with-dougie-o-mitt-loves-newt-tebow-more.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Orleski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newt's kiss, his kiss, is on Mitt's lips. ]]></description>
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		<title>What I Saw on My Walk Today &#124; Our World Through Walt Taylor&#8217;s Eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/what-i-saw-on-my-walk-today-our-world-through-walt-taylors-eyes.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somebody's got plans for the dandelion...]]></description>
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		<title>New Legislation Could Disenfranchise Low-income, Elderly &amp; Student Voters in VA</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/new-legislation-could-disenfranchise-low-income-elderly-student-voters-in-va.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zack Budryk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least a half-dozen bills before the Virginia General Assembly are causing alarm among voting rights activists.]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Real DJs Please Spin Forward: Elitism in the World of Spinning</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/music-blogs/will-the-real-djs-please-spin-forward-elitism-in-the-world-of-spinning.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/music-blogs/will-the-real-djs-please-spin-forward-elitism-in-the-world-of-spinning.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryon Burgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To paraphrase Samuel L. Jackson, “I’m tired of all these mother(loving) DJs arguing over who is a mother(loving) real DJ or not.” Hmm. Maybe that’s not exactly how he put it, but I think we all get the point.]]></description>
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		<title>This Past Week in AltDaily &#124; January 30, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/this-past-week-on-altdaily-january-30-2012.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/this-past-week-on-altdaily-january-30-2012.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=120176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Warm and fuzzies. Let the sky never be just blue again. Winter be damned forever. Gratitude and grace abound. ]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Bill Would Let Professors Carry Guns</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bill-would-let-professors-carry-guns.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bill-would-let-professors-carry-guns.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[college campus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delegate Bob Marshall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Bill 91 would ban policies by public institutions of higher education that prohibit full-time faculty members with Virginia concealed handgun permits from packing heat.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: We&#8217;re Not High, it just Makes Sense: Pot Should be Legal in VA</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-were-not-high-it-just-makes-sense-pot-should-be-legal-in-va.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-were-not-high-it-just-makes-sense-pot-should-be-legal-in-va.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zane Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=119971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the interest of advancing the marijuana policy reform discussion, here are five of the most common arguments against legalizing marijuana and why they’re wrong.]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Bills Would Mandate Drug Tests for Aid Recipients</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bills-would-mandate-drug-tests-for-aid-recipients.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bills-would-mandate-drug-tests-for-aid-recipients.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mechelle Hankerson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aid recipients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dickie Bell]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=118982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If some Virginia lawmakers have their way, Virginians seeking social service benefits may have to submit to a mandatory drug test before receiving public assistance.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Virginia Laws Treat Women Unfairly, and It&#8217;s Getting Worse</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-virginia-laws-treat-women-unfairly-and-its-getting-worse.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-virginia-laws-treat-women-unfairly-and-its-getting-worse.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=117592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many places in the world where laws pertaining to health care and privacy rights treat women and men equally. The Commonwealth of Virginia does not seem to want to be one of them.]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Westin Space to be a Waste No Longer: Meet &#8216;The Plot&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/downtown-westin-space-to-be-a-waste-no-longer-meet-the-plot.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/downtown-westin-space-to-be-a-waste-no-longer-meet-the-plot.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=117358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of Hampton Roads' brightest minds, Thom White of Work Program Architects, has donated his time to envisioning The Plot, a 'community gathering place' featuring an entertainment amphitheater, outdoor basketball court, a place for vendors, and very cool shipping container public art.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Bus Service to ORF: It&#8217;s About Time</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/op-ed-bus-service-to-orf-its-about-time.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/op-ed-bus-service-to-orf-its-about-time.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norfolk/Virginia Beach is changing, both in real-life-livability, and perception. This is a step in the right direction, and I'm going to be happy to support this pilot program first hand on my next trip out of ORF in mid-February.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor &#124; Waterside: The Answer is Clear, Now Let’s Get Moving</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/letter-to-the-editor-waterside-the-answer-is-clear-now-lets-get-moving.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/letter-to-the-editor-waterside-the-answer-is-clear-now-lets-get-moving.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Schranz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s just get going and build this thing so I can actually spend my paycheck now rather then my social security later.]]></description>
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		<title>Full Text: The Waterside Proposals</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/full-text-the-waterside-proposals.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/full-text-the-waterside-proposals.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In all their glory.]]></description>
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		<title>A New Year, A New Focus: Supporting Local Nonprofits in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/a-new-year-a-new-focus-supporting-local-nonprofits-in-2012.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/a-new-year-a-new-focus-supporting-local-nonprofits-in-2012.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many ways you can make a difference. Here are some ideas on how you can give local in Hampton Roads this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Bills Would Repeal HPV Vaccine Requirement</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bills-would-repeal-hpv-vaccine-requirement.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bills-would-repeal-hpv-vaccine-requirement.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pia Talwar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Delegate Bob Marshall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Bill 95]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[human papillomavirus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Byron of Lynchburg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sexual contact]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two measures before the General Assembly would repeal the requirement that girls be vaccinated against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus before entering the sixth grade. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: McDonnell as Mitt&#8217;s VP? Only if State Republicans Don&#8217;t Stop Him</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-mcdonnell-as-mitts-vp-only-if-state-republicans-dont-stop-him.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Strickler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The longer a budget fight drags on, the less appealing McDonnell becomes on the national stage, as his carefully crafted reputation for responsible governance erodes away.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Train from NFK to Richmond Best Local News All Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting in December, anyone within walking distance of a Tide station will be able to journey all up and down the Eastern Seaboard by public transit, without need of a car, bus, or taxi, changing trains exactly once: at Harbor Park.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: In Spite of the Maurice Joneses &amp; Frank Batten Jrs. of the World, Journalism Will Survive</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/op-ed-in-spite-of-the-maurice-joneses-frank-batten-jrs-of-the-world-journalism-will-survive.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike D'Orso</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[America's corporate establishment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the few barriers that have kept these hordes from having their way have been strong daily newspapers like the Virginian-Pilot once was and is struggling mightily, against all odds, (and against their own corporate bosses) to still be.]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Governor Wants to Keep Ban on Uranium Mining</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-governor-wants-to-keep-ban-on-uranium-mining.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-governor-wants-to-keep-ban-on-uranium-mining.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kemper consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium mining]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=116113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Public safety must be the primary factor in the ultimate determination as to whether to proceed with uranium mining.” - Gov. McDonnell ]]></description>
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		<title>Political Cartoon: The Maurice Jones Cash Machine</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/political-cartoon-the-maurice-jones-cash-machine.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maurice jones]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=116102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A man in a tough position, no doubt, but hiding a big secret: that he was still collecting bonuses upwards of a quarter million dollars on top of his $600k plus salary. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The Waterside Proposals Should be Made Public</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-waterside-proposals-should-be-made-public.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-waterside-proposals-should-be-made-public.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fertile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Granby]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now is not the time to close the doors. Now is the time to be open. If Norfolk wants to be a grown-up city, it needs to start treating its citizens like adults. Let it start here, with Waterside.]]></description>
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		<title>Snapshots &amp; Sketches: Walt Taylor&#8217;s Wondrous World</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/snapshots-sketches-walt-taylors-wonderous-world-5.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/snapshots-sketches-walt-taylors-wonderous-world-5.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spoiler alert: we're all gonna die.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The VA Law Changes that Would Most Positively Affect the GLBT Community</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-va-law-changes-that-would-most-positively-affect-the-glbt-community.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-va-law-changes-that-would-most-positively-affect-the-glbt-community.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Caywood</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=115992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia General Assembly is now in session and considering bills that might protect your right to work, or deny you the right to be a parent.]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking HRT Buses in Real Time: Let&#8217;s Make a Transit API</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/lets-make-a-transit-api.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/politics/lets-make-a-transit-api.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Curry</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[application programming interface]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civic-minded developers a]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HRT is planning on making real time bus data public. Now it's up to 757 developers to come up with an app that makes this information useful to the public. Are you in? ]]></description>
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		<title>12 Ways to Rebound from Broken Health Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/12-ways-to-deal-with-broken-health-resolutions.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/12-ways-to-deal-with-broken-health-resolutions.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabina Cieszynski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Sabina shares her tips on how to get back on track with your healthy resolutions for 2012. ]]></description>
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		<title>Survival of the Spinster: When Your Ex Gets Hitched</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/survival-of-the-spinster-when-your-ex-gets-hitched.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/survival-of-the-spinster-when-your-ex-gets-hitched.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[all that stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dating]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question that I do not ask aloud, the question that I am trying to bury deep in my guts while surveying the stucco of my apartment ceiling – How are you married before me?]]></description>
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		<title>Latest from Richmond: Bills Would Allow Deadly Force Against Intruders</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-bills-would-allow-deadly-force-against-intruders-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mechelle Hankerson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Castle Doctrine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delegate Dickie Bell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Republicans controlling both the House and Senate, this could be an important year for gun rights supporters.]]></description>
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		<title>Generation Norfolk: Your Chance to Shape Norfolk&#8217;s Future</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/generation-norfolk-your-chance-to-shape-norfolks-future.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What makes me so optimistic about this project is the way that the private sector, citizens, and government have worked together to make it happen.]]></description>
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		<title>Norfolk SlutWalk: Who You Calling a Slut?</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/norfolk-slutwalk-who-you-calling-a-slut.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/norfolk-slutwalk-who-you-calling-a-slut.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slut Walk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized" - Toronto Police officer. We politely--and quite sexily--disagree. 

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		<title>Teaching with Depression: Is There Any Way Out?</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/teaching-with-depression-is-there-any-way-out.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/teaching-with-depression-is-there-any-way-out.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental illness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its a horrible catch-22: being a teacher you’re not allowed to be depressed, but the emotional output required by the job makes you more likely to be depressed.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: This is the Year Virginia Should Give GLBT Citizens Full Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-this-is-the-year-virginia-should-give-glbt-citizens-full-rights.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-this-is-the-year-virginia-should-give-glbt-citizens-full-rights.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parrish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Equality Virginia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is now clear that ending discrimination against GLBT Virginians is a mainstream objective. Those who continue to obstruct progress are on the wrong side of the issue politically and on the wrong side of history.]]></description>
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		<title>The Fight to Ban Abortion in Virginia Continues</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/the-fight-to-ban-abortion-in-virginia-continues.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Porter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Democratic leaders are speaking out against Republican legislation that they said seeks to make abortion illegal and even might restrict access to some forms of legal birth control.]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Books John Read, with John McManus</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-books-john-read-with-john-mcmanus.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Neutrality and objective distance are places I’ve never been able to find.” –Saviano, Gomorrah.]]></description>
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		<title>Start it, Execute it, Live it: The Life of an Entrepreneur</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/start-it-execute-it-live-it-the-life-of-an-entrepreneur.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zack Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["A start-up company is a dream turned into a tangible action to create a specific lifestyle for that visionary." - Byron Morgan, CEO of Vinylmint]]></description>
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		<title>Stalking Norfolk Construction Projects: The Dashboard</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/stalking-norfolk-construction-projects-the-dashboard.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/stalking-norfolk-construction-projects-the-dashboard.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Scruggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dashboard will track projects through design, contracting, and construction, breaking each phase down by percentage completed and providing estimated dates of completion and pictures of the initial renderings of the projects. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Tweets in Town</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/the-best-tweets-in-town.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/the-best-tweets-in-town.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqui Riffe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A list of the best Twitterers #HRVA has to offer, in Twitterific poem form.]]></description>
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		<title>Moving a Business from Riverview to Ocean View, by Bike</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/moving-a-business-from-riverview-to-ocean-view-by-bike.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/moving-a-business-from-riverview-to-ocean-view-by-bike.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BC Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bike norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cycling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["We look like the Beverly Hillbillies," said Cindy Lewis at one point. To drivers passing by we might have looked like gypsies, or a low budget circus on bikes.]]></description>
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		<title>AltDaily Volunteers Service Opportunity: The Union Mission</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/altdaily-volunteers-service-opportunity-the-union-mission.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight 270 men, 30 women, and 18 children will find their way out of the cold drizzly rain to a roof over their head, a comfortable bed, and a relatively tasty meal, all thanks to The Union Mission. ]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Testimonial: Why Norfolk Needs AltDaily</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reader-testimonial-why-norfolk-needs-altdaily.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reader-testimonial-why-norfolk-needs-altdaily.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AltDaily is a lighthouse in Norfolk's sea of journalism, and a major seaport without a lighthouse is very dangerous proposition.]]></description>
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		<title>Editor&#8217;s Notebook &#124; You Can&#8217;t Stop Our Metaphorical Cojones</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/editors-notebook-you-cant-stop-our-metaphorical-dicks.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/editors-notebook-you-cant-stop-our-metaphorical-dicks.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Neko Case, Cannonball City, a 2012 resolution worth keeping, the best of last week, and what to expect this week on AltDaily. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Age of Property Stalking in Norfolk Begins</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/property-stalking-in-norfolk-made-easy.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/property-stalking-in-norfolk-made-easy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hoarders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[realators]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's a website and app that helps you look up everything from assessed value to code enforcement cases. Welcome to the golden age of property stalking in Norfolk.]]></description>
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		<title>The Norfolk Project: Falling Backward into Making this City My Life&#8217;s Work</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/the-norfolk-project-falling-backward-into-making-this-city-my-lifes-work.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/the-norfolk-project-falling-backward-into-making-this-city-my-lifes-work.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have a vision for this city. When I ride my bike through Norfolk I see it in two dimensions: where it is now, and where I believe it can be in the next couple of years.]]></description>
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		<title>VB Local Helps Develop App that Lets Physical Therapy Patients Help Themselves</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/irehab-com-an-app-that-is-modifying-health-care-solutions-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/irehab-com-an-app-that-is-modifying-health-care-solutions-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanesa Vennard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“With smartphone and tablet computer sales growing exponentially, we will all see huge growth in health care related applications in the next 24 months,” Krugh said.]]></description>
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		<title>Testimonial: AltDaily Gives Me Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/testimonial-altdaily-gives-me-hope.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/testimonial-altdaily-gives-me-hope.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Burdick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AltDaily honestly gave me hope. I was stuck in a city I had deemed "crappy" all because I wanted nothing but to live in NYC, and Virginia Beach has "nothing to do" other than hit up the block and/or shore drive bars; everyone I know lives with their parents. ]]></description>
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		<title>TweetBlog: The Opening of The Tide</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/tweeting-about-the-tide.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/tweeting-about-the-tide.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Tweeterific coverage of the opening of Virginia's first light rail system, plus some of #HRVA's take. ]]></description>
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		<title>8 Creative Uses for Your XMas Tree Now that XMas is Over</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/8-creative-ways-to-make-use-your-xmas-tree-now-that-xmas-is-over.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/8-creative-ways-to-make-use-your-xmas-tree-now-that-xmas-is-over.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[4. Let your city turn your tree into mulch. 
7. Remove all the branches. Sharpen the base. Impale as you see fit. ]]></description>
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		<title>On Kerry Dougherty, Jesus, AIDS, and Art</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/on-kerry-dougherty-jesus-aids-and-art.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's If You Read the Paper. ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Out in the Park&#8221; is Welcome and Welcoming</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/out-in-the-park-is-welcome-and-welcoming.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/out-in-the-park-is-welcome-and-welcoming.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Mullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We want you to dance with us, laugh and have a drink with us, because being afraid of homos is SO last century.]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight on Local Charities: American Red Cross of Coastal Virginia</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/spotlight-on-local-charities-american-red-cross-of-southeastern-virginia.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["In my work with the Red Cross, I found that being able to help others after they have lost everything is a life-changing experience." - Susan Drees, Red Cross volunteer]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Why I Like the Seven Cities</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/why-i-like-the-seven-cities.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/why-i-like-the-seven-cities.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Serrano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fairly cracked out video Hannah and Jesse made talking all crazy about what they like about Hampton Roads. ]]></description>
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		<title>What It&#8217;s Like: Being in an Abusive Relationship</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/what-its-like-being-in-an-abusive-relationship.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/what-its-like-being-in-an-abusive-relationship.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janine Latus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Which makes November the perfect month to keep the issue alive. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The Battle to Rid Ghent of Homeless People</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-battle-to-rid-ghent-of-homeless-people.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-battle-to-rid-ghent-of-homeless-people.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Ford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ghent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghent Civic League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ken cuccinelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark warner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus Cooch, Sessoms' absurd response to a tent city at the Beach, and more in Jay Ford's powerful If You Read the Paper. ]]></description>
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		<title>McManus&#8217; If You Read the Paper, Live from South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/mcmanus-if-you-read-the-paper-live-from-south-africa.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/mcmanus-if-you-read-the-paper-live-from-south-africa.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re maybe wondering why I traveled to South Africa in the first place. The answer is simple: to escape Christmas music.]]></description>
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		<title>HRT (was going) to Try Out a Bus to Norfolk International Airport</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/hrt-to-try-out-a-bus-to-norfolk-international-airport.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/hrt-to-try-out-a-bus-to-norfolk-international-airport.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The idea is to test the market to see if that's a market we're missing during the holiday season," said Ray Amoruso of HRT. "If there is success identifying a market we can see about going out to the Oceanfront as well."]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight on Local Charities &#124; The AIDS Fund Christmas Toy Drive and Meal Basket Donation</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/spotlight-on-local-charities-the-aids-fund-christmas-toy-drive-and-meal-basket-donation.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/spotlight-on-local-charities-the-aids-fund-christmas-toy-drive-and-meal-basket-donation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Esther Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Without donations, some of these kids don't even have a Christmas..." - Heidi Watkins, AIDS Fund]]></description>
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		<title>Norfolk Occupiers Hint at &#8216;Re-Occupation&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/norfolk-occupiers-hint-at-re-occupation.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/norfolk-occupiers-hint-at-re-occupation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occupy Norfolk is gathering today to protest the Senate's authorization of Bill 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act. Where the movement goes from here is anyone's guess. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed &#124; Learning to Play Well Together: Regional Leaders Discuss Sharing Services</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-learning-to-play-well-together-regional-leaders-discuss-sharing-services.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-learning-to-play-well-together-regional-leaders-discuss-sharing-services.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Missy Schmidt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amerigroup vice president for External Relations Operations. Jim Hixon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake City Council; Marcus Jones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[president and CEO of Hampton Roads Partnership; William Harrell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“With multiple adjacent cities in the Hampton Roads area, there are opportunities for cities to share services and avoid the costs of providing those services separately,” said Wick Moorman, CEO of Norfolk Southern.]]></description>
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		<title>Drivers Harming Cyclists: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t mean to&#8221; Doesn&#8217;t Cut It</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/drivers-harming-cyclists-i-didnt-mean-to-doesnt-cut-it.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/drivers-harming-cyclists-i-didnt-mean-to-doesnt-cut-it.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BC Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you get behind the wheel of a car you are arming yourself with a potentially lethal weapon. If you kill someone with that weapon, you should be held responsible. "I didn't mean to do it," just doesn't cut it.]]></description>
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		<title>Coming to a Sky Near You: Quadcopters</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/coming-to-a-sky-near-you-quadcopters.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/coming-to-a-sky-near-you-quadcopters.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jameson Dungan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These flying robots might revolutionize everything from war to disaster relief to filmmaking. Read on and be amazed. ]]></description>
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		<title>Inside the Dominion Enterprises Hackathon: The Secret Lives of Programmers</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/inside-a-the-dominion-enterprises-hackathon-the-secret-lives-of-programmers.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/inside-a-the-dominion-enterprises-hackathon-the-secret-lives-of-programmers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Paddock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great software is born from the kind of creative lightning-in-a-bottle that only programmers can produce and execute. Challenged to create a product in 36 hours, developers become a bit like Dr. Frankenstein hunched over his operating table, complete with "It's alive!" moments, as some esoteric line of code begins to run. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-Ed: Cuccinelli Not Fit To Be Governor Goes Without Saying</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/if-you-read-the-paper-fri-dec-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/if-you-read-the-paper-fri-dec-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuccinelli plays paintball, runs for Governor, possibly has triskaidekaphobia and more in today's paper.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: To Confront AIDS, We Must Speak Openly with Young People</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/op-ed-to-confront-aids-we-must-speak-openly-with-young-people.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/op-ed-to-confront-aids-we-must-speak-openly-with-young-people.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Chittick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If schools don’t address sexuality and AIDS in the place where young people spend the majority of their day, how can we expect teens to make wise decisions?]]></description>
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		<title>The People&#8217;s Column: Is it Art, Vandalism, or Both?</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/the-peoples-column-is-it-art-vandalism-or-both.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/the-peoples-column-is-it-art-vandalism-or-both.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dillon Tripp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local graffiti artist/vandal sparks discussion among the AltDaily faithful over whether or not a 
'SMOKE WEED EVERY DAY' stencil found on Hague Bridge is art, vandalism, or both.]]></description>
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		<title>Norfolk *Will Be* a Bike Friendly City: 3 Reasons to Believe</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/lifestyle-blogs/norfolk-will-be-a-bike-friendly-city-3-reasons-to-believe.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/lifestyle-blogs/norfolk-will-be-a-bike-friendly-city-3-reasons-to-believe.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BC Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The citizen/cyclists of Bike Norfolk are fighting for you, and change is coming.]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Paper &#124; Mon, Nov 28</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-paper-mon-nov-28.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CYBER MONDAY ALL OVER YO FACE! Local news, digestible and fun, just for you. Also suitable for framing. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The Radical Homosexuals Infiltrating the United States Congress Have a Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-radical-homosexuals-infiltrating-the-united-states-congress-have-a-plan.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[attorneys general and states in their relationship to the federal government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eugene Delgaudio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The job I was coveting was Delgaudio’s chief of staff, whose only rewarding task is writing suggestive idioms using ram, such as “dangerously close to ramming their perversity into law” and “ram through their entire perverted vision for a homosexual America.”]]></description>
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		<title>Editor&#8217;s Notebook: Thanking the Thankless</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/editors-notebook-thanking-the-thankless.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/opinion-blogs/editors-notebook-thanking-the-thankless.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To the truck drivers, sanitation workers, the back of the house, custodial staff at our schools, single parents, military spouses and more... We thank you. ]]></description>
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		<title>Start The Nostalgia Machine: The Boathouse, A Burial at Sea.</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/start-the-nostalgia-machine-the-boathouse-a-burial-at-sea.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/start-the-nostalgia-machine-the-boathouse-a-burial-at-sea.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Vitale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A black hole has been created in local history today as the tombstone of the Boathouse is in the process of being bulldozed, leaving no evidence that the 90's antiestablishmentarianismesque zeitgeist slouched it's way through town.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Romancing the City: On Falling in Love with Norfolk</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/romancing-the-city-on-falling-in-love-with-norfolk.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/romancing-the-city-on-falling-in-love-with-norfolk.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1776]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown Norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[franklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk Public Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sargeant Memorial Room]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norfolk is home to me now. When I leave for business or pleasure, I get that comforting tingle when I see the downtown skyline on the horizon. The kind of feeling you get when you think of your favorite blanket as a kid or your first real kiss. In that moment things just feel right.]]></description>
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		<title>Balancing Act: A Brief Primer on Virginia’s State Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/balancing-act-a-brief-primer-on-virginias-state-budget.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/balancing-act-a-brief-primer-on-virginias-state-budget.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Strickler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The bill passed next year will cover spending from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2014. During this time, the language in the budget has the force of law, so even sections that don’t appropriate money can have a major impact on public policy.]]></description>
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		<title>Because adopting a pet makes you awesome. And the pets are free today.</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/free-pet-adoptions-norfolk-animal-care-and-adoption-center-offers-kennelbuster-promotion.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/free-pet-adoptions-norfolk-animal-care-and-adoption-center-offers-kennelbuster-promotion.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[KennelBuster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk Animal Care and Adoption Center]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plus some trifling/awesome animal videos because it's the weekend and we just don't know anymore. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The Billionaire Propaganda Machine</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-some-income-generating-ideas-for-the-commonwealth.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-some-income-generating-ideas-for-the-commonwealth.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[and benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belt-tightening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[billionaires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Koch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Bridget Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor McDonnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Tim Kaine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julian Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legalize gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linguist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Native American Heritage Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York State Energy Research and Development Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[progressive tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redskins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salaries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator George Allen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Tide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Themis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If new taxes seem unfeasible ideologically, it’s because the billionaires among us have spent more on propaganda to convince us of it than they’ll ever pay in progressive taxation.]]></description>
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		<title>Barclay Winn Has a Challenger in Norfolk&#8217;s Superward 6</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/barclay-winn-has-a-challenger-in-norfolks-superward-6.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/barclay-winn-has-a-challenger-in-norfolks-superward-6.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcus Calabrese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superward 6]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[His name is Marcus Anthony Calabrese. Get to know him a little bit here. ]]></description>
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		<title>Full Text: Occupy Norfolk&#8217;s Statement Regarding the Attack on Our Camp and Occupy Norfolk&#8217;s Open Letter to the News Media</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/full-text-occupy-norfolks-statement-regarding-the-attack-on-our-camp-and-occupy-norfolks-open-letter-to-the-news-media.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[occupy norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[official statement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Occupy Norfolk, in temporary exile, continues onward. We are energized and stronger and more united than ever. We are highly active and reactive. We are receiving increased local, regional, national and international support.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Could Postmodernism Have Prevented the Penn State Abuses?</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-could-postmodernism-have-prevented-the-penn-state-abuses.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-could-postmodernism-have-prevented-the-penn-state-abuses.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Paul Kleinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can love Penn State and still realize the Program isn’t as important as a child’s innocence.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Now Entering GOP-Land, Formerly Known as Virginia</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-now-entering-gop-land-formerly-known-as-virginia.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-now-entering-gop-land-formerly-known-as-virginia.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adam ebbin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[guns in parks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney’s Virginia campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Republican majority]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slut Walk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Garrett]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Virginia State Senator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington Post]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Would you support killing African-American babies?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a Republican-controlled state government--from the Governor to state house to Le Cooch--get ready to learn what "family values" really means. ]]></description>
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		<title>Evict Norfolk: On the End of the Occupation</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/evict-norfolk-on-the-end-of-the-occupation.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/evict-norfolk-on-the-end-of-the-occupation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evict norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupy norfolk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In what felt like the blink of an eye three people were arrested. Rex Bonney: "We thought the Bill of Rights was our permit."]]></description>
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		<title>City of Norfolk’s Statement Regarding Occupy Norfolk</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/city-of-norfolks-statement-regarding-occupy-norfolk.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/city-of-norfolks-statement-regarding-occupy-norfolk.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[occupy norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[official city response/justification]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[City leaders made the decision not to re-issue the camping permit for several reasons...]]></description>
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		<title>Inside Hampton Roads Politics with Max Shapiro</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-paper-november-10th.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-paper-november-10th.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barclay winn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Loyola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Bolling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hampton roads politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harry diezel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Moss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marcus jones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rick perry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How the Northam race was won; Virginia Beach should be excited about John Moss; Beware Bill Bolling; Someone *please* challenge Barclay Winn; Norfolk whiffs on Occupy Norfolk; and more. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Tea Party Alliance Fails to Deliver, then Tries Lecturing GOP on Message</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-tea-party-alliance-fails-to-deliver-then-tries-lecturing-gop-on-message.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-tea-party-alliance-fails-to-deliver-then-tries-lecturing-gop-on-message.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DJ Spiker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[attorney general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Bolling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Tea Party Alliance is doing nothing to help, and continues to hinder, the cause of Virginia Republicans. Strategies that have been successful in other areas are proving fruitless in Virginia and nothing in the way of change is on the horizon.]]></description>
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		<title>Where You Vote Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click this and enter your address or personal information to find out.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Ben Loyola: Homophobic, Carpetbagger, Hypocrite Rich off the Government Contracts He Rails Against</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-ben-loyola-homophobic-carpetbagger-hyporite-rich-off-the-government-contracts-he-rails-against.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This election--recently marred by anti-Northam propaganda including images of aborted fetuses and vile homophobia--is undeniably *important* to Virginia and Hampton Roads. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Light Rail: What Virginia Beach&#8217;s 2011 City Council Candidates Think</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/the-light-rail-what-virginia-beachs-2011-city-council-candidates-think.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/the-light-rail-what-virginia-beachs-2011-city-council-candidates-think.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn McPherson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Free]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light Rail Now asked the candidates, Dennis Free, John Moss, and Prescott Sherrod, about their views on transportation in and around VB, and about the light rail in particular. Here's what each of the candidates had to say.]]></description>
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		<title>In November, Social Presence is the Focus of the LGBT Community</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/an-interview-with-the-pflag-secretary-and-a-busy-month-for-the-lgbt-community.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/an-interview-with-the-pflag-secretary-and-a-busy-month-for-the-lgbt-community.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interview with Dr. David Dorbad MD, FAAP of Renaissance Pediatrics. Plus, monthly events for the local LGBT community.]]></description>
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		<title>Northam Receives Endorsements from Fraim, McCabe, Alexander, Miller &amp; Lewis</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/northam-receives-endorsements-from-fraim-mccabe-alexander-miller-lewis.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/northam-receives-endorsements-from-fraim-mccabe-alexander-miller-lewis.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OP-ED: Ralph Northam is Right for the 6th District  ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Unnecessary Deaths by Car and High Oil Prices Make America Ripe for Cycling Revolution, in the Bicycle Gazette</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/lifestyle-blogs/op-ed-unnecessary-deaths-by-car-and-high-oil-prices-make-america-ripe-for-cycling-revolution-in-the-bicycle-gazette.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BC Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's something profoundly askew in the American perception of transportation safety, an unthinking acceptance of the risks of driving, and a blindness to the accumulation of deaths that result from our car-centric policies. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: “Generally Hostile Environment” for Gay People in VA Starts with Bob McDonnell</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-generally-hostile-environment-for-gay-people-in-va-starts-with-bob-mcdonnell.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob McDonnell is chief executive of the state whose demonstrably anti-gay climate I’ve just described. And more in John McManus' If You Read the Paper. ]]></description>
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		<title>Editor&#8217;s Notebook: What We Talk About When We Talk About Occupy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven't had a good long conversation about Occupy yet, listen in on this one. It's not easy to find solutions, even when most agree there's a problem.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Looks like Gov. Bob Will Get Unchecked Power in Richmond</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The writing is on the wall; Gov. Bob also confused about Occupy Wall St.; Here comes Romney!; and Cooch makes news, for a change. In today's If You Read the Paper with Jay Ford. ]]></description>
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