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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[adam ebbin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Carrico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Marshall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob McDonnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creigh Deeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Douglas Wilder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firearms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun purchase limit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Michael Bloomberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayors Against Illegal Guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one gun a month]]></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[beth brooker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Family Medical Leave Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get equal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GetEQUAL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[heterosexual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Equality USA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentine's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></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>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/at-capitol-virginia-tech-silent-on-campus-safety-issues.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/at-capitol-virginia-tech-silent-on-campus-safety-issues.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chanee Patterson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia commonwealth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia21]]></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>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/latest-from-richmond-mcdonnell-cuccinelli-call-for-school-choice.html</link>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer detection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delegate Robert Orrock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dense breast tissue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mammograms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richmond sunlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Cline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth’s Attorneys]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercy of the court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petit larceny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court of Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia trial judge]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[757]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[casual riders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civic activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commuters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily commute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GoPass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GoPass365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grow Interactive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HRT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philip shucet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Hodges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>

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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>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-year-mcdonnells-christian-right-took-over-virginia.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Broadcasting Network University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundamental Republican Party principles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[invasively probing women’s bodies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McDonnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Northam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richmond sunlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Republican Party's Vision for the Family\]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transvaginal ultrasound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginian-Pilot]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ribble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Rigell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[term limits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></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>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>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/new-legislation-could-disenfranchise-low-income-elderly-student-voters-in-va.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zack Budryk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a government identification card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a Social Security card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a valid Virginia driver’s license]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Marshall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D-Hampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Marshall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disenfranchise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee identification card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Appropriations Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Cole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Obenshain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Mamie Locke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Privileges and Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state legislatures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student voters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timothy Hugo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Legislative Black Caucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voter fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voter registration card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voter turnout]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[voting rights activists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wisconsin]]></category>

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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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college campus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delegate Bob Marshall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faculty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Bill 91]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[richmond sunlight]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zane Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Del. David Englin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helen Lovejoy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Institute of Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lancet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal marijuana sales]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<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>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>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>
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		<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>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-mcdonnell-as-mitts-vp-only-if-state-republicans-dont-stop-him.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Strickler</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[budget fight]]></category>
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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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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-train-from-nfk-to-richmond-best-local-news-all-year.html#comments</comments>
		<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>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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<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>Op-ed: The Waterside Proposals Should be Made Public</title>
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		<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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		<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>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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		<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>Latest from Richmond: Bills Would Allow Deadly Force Against Intruders</title>
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		<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>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/generation-norfolk-your-chance-to-shape-norfolks-future.html</link>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<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>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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parrish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equality Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLBT]]></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>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/the-fight-to-ban-abortion-in-virginia-continues.html</link>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></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>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-books-john-read-with-john-mcmanus.html</link>
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		<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>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>
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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>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>&#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>Op-ed: The Battle to Rid Ghent of Homeless People</title>
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		<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[homeless]]></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>
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		<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>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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		<category><![CDATA[Tina Gill]]></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>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>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>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-radical-homosexuals-infiltrating-the-united-states-congress-have-a-plan.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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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>Balancing Act: A Brief Primer on Virginia’s State Budget</title>
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		<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>
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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>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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		<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>
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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>
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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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		<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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=102817</guid>
		<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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		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barclay winn]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DJ Spiker</dc:creator>
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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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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/where-you-vote-today.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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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>
		<comments>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#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[John Moss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light rail now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescott Sherrod]]></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>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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		<category><![CDATA[6th district]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[and CHKD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BRAC commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delegate Kenny Alexander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delegate Paula Miller]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eastern shore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Northam]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>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#comments</comments>
		<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>
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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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		<title>Op-ed: Predictions on Pilot Endorsements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian J. Paige</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The editorial board does not appear to take electability into consideration, so an endorsement doesn’t mean the candidate will win, just that the paper thinks s/he is the best person and should win.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Occupy Movement vs. Market Fundamentalism: History will Judge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The goal of the Occupy movement, as I see it, would be devising a system to encourage right behavior, where there’s no disincentive to do good. Where fair is fair and foul is foul. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Are We at War with Pakistan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Obama lead us into yet another war in hopes of saving his Presidency? It has been done many times in the past and in most cases has worked. ]]></description>
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		<title>Today is the Last Day to Register to Vote. Here&#8217;s How.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re unregistered and not planning to vote, you’re misguided and in need of help.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The Tea Party &amp; the Occupiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Addy Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Occupy achieves nothing else, it has proven that a group of unwashed, under-employed twenty-somethings can steal the Tea Party’s claim to represent the unrepresented. And more in If You Read the Paper.]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, Kerry: VP&#8217;s Dougherty Stands Bravely Against Spanish Speakers, Democracy, &amp; Facts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dougherty speaks of “the rudimentary mastery of English that’s necessary to negotiate a ballot." Call me lazy, or stupid, but somehow in three semesters of college Spanish I never learned how to say 'maximum aggregate principal amount.']]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Paper &#124; Wed, Oct 12</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VB trying to continue ban on uranium mining; McDonnell playing games with Obama; Dominion Power donates a pittance; Norfolk schools ain't what they used to be, and more in Jay Ford's Paper. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Wards Corner is Suburbia, Harris Teeter Would be Good</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-wards-corner-is-suburbia-harris-teeter-would-be-good.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin A. Thomas, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebuilding Wards Corner as a commercial area in which the bulk of the customers arrive via automobile is best and most appropriate use of the land.]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Paper &#124; Fri, Oct 7</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-paper-fri-oct-7.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Dederer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand." - Picasso]]></description>
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		<title>Postcard from Occupy Wall St: You Won&#8217;t Know Until the Revolution is Upon You</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/postcard-from-occupy-wall-st-you-wont-know-until-the-revolution-is-upon-you.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/postcard-from-occupy-wall-st-you-wont-know-until-the-revolution-is-upon-you.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupy wall street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["They will eventually be marching with us," one protester said of the police. "I guarantee that."]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Another Grocery in Wards Corner is Bad Economic Development</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-another-grocery-in-wards-corner-is-bad-economic-development.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Truman Sugg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When using tax dollars to incentive investment, Norfolk would be wise to avoid schemes bearing duplicative retail options not unique to or appropriate for the neighborhood.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Dissatisfied with Life in Hampton Roads? Look in the Mirror.</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-dissatisfied-with-life-in-hampton-roads-look-in-the-mirror.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-dissatisfied-with-life-in-hampton-roads-look-in-the-mirror.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Addy Smith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[201 Twenty One]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something odd about the ODU quality of life survey; One city's broken law is another's innovation; For-profit colleges getting rich off the G.I. Bill, and more in Addy's If You Read the Paper. ]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Paper &#124; Fri, Sept 30</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[all tomorrow's parties]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lie That Tells the Truth Top story: I’m co-directing the 34th Annual Old Dominion University Literary Festival, which runs throughout next week. We’re bringing 17 world-class poets, fiction writers, playwrights, photographers, scholars, and musicians to Old Dominion to read and discuss their work. The events are all free, except for a concert on Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Occupy Norfolk: Why Not Occupy the Polls on Nov. 8th?</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/an-open-letter-to-occupy-norfolk-why-not-occupy-the-polls-on-nov-8th.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/an-open-letter-to-occupy-norfolk-why-not-occupy-the-polls-on-nov-8th.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Shapiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Scott]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can tell you that that those in power would much rather see rallies and riots than a serious effort to challenge them at the ballot box.]]></description>
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		<title>An Important Safety Message (not) From HRT Regarding The Tide</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/an-important-safety-message-not-from-hrt-regarding-the-tide.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Kypros</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lesson: We know you love Burt Reynolds. We all do. But don't let that love keep you from staying safe around that rascal Tide. ]]></description>
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		<title>An Imaginary Conversation between Jay and Dominion Power</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/an-imaginary-conversation-between-jay-and-dominion-power.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus Cooch does a good thing, VA leaves NCLB, Virginia Uranium, and more in today's If You Read the Paper with Jay C. Ford. ]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Norfolk: The Reasons &amp; The Norfolk Police Department&#8217;s Take</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/occupy-norfolk-the-reasons-the-norfolk-police-departments-take.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/occupy-norfolk-the-reasons-the-norfolk-police-departments-take.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[occupy norfolk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["We are certainly a city that shows restraint and we certainly believe in the First Amendment rights and to express those rights in a peaceful, lawful way," said Chris Amos, Norfolk Police Department. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Dawn of the Age of the Citizen Scientist</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-the-citizen-scientist.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-the-citizen-scientist.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jameson Dungan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From your home computer you can help process particle physics from the LHC, or fold proteins on your PS3 to help study disease research. You can simulate models of the early universe and Big Bang events, as well as artificial intelligence constructs, gravitational wave detection, and quantum computing models... ]]></description>
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		<title>Which Light Rail Extension Plan Makes Most Sense?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/which-light-rail-extension-plan-makes-most-sense.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Addy Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And more in Addy Smith's informative and fun If You Read the Paper for Monday, September 26, 2011. ]]></description>
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		<title>Blog: VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Speaks at ODU</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You need to be able to explain why you believe what you believe. Just ask Rick Perry.”]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Moving Virginia&#8211;and the Planet&#8211;Beyond Fossil Fuels</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-moving-virginia-and-the-planet-beyond-fossil-fuels.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Wiegard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building just one 600-megawatt offshore wind farm off the coast of Virginia could annually avoid 2.5 billion pounds of climate-disrupting carbon dioxide. This is the equivalent of removing 220,000 cars from our highways or planting 6.3 million trees. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: The Tide Expanding is the Best Local News All Year</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-the-tide-exanding-is-the-best-local-news-all-year.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus the possibility of tolls on I-95; Bobby Scott is a good, non-gay hating dude; Gov. McDonnell acting like a vice-presidential candidate; the VA Tea Party Alliance taking aim at state Dems; and more in today's If You Read the Paper. ]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Political News &#124; Thurs, Sept 22</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young, brilliant, a conservative firebrand unafraid to reach across the philosophical aisle: He is Max Shapiro, and he is here to educate you. ]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Ken Cuccinelli Has a Posse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A swell teacher in Portsmouth, DADT repeal party fun, an Asia Minor shout out, racism alive in VA, and more in Jay C. Ford's If You Read the Paper. ]]></description>
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		<title>On Finding Myself as a Strong, Lesbian Woman in the DADT-era Navy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Carry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A co-worker approached me and told me that NCIS had spoken to her about me possibly being a lesbian. I was being “witch-hunted.”
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		<title>Op-ed: What Will You Do to Make Peace on 21 September?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-what-will-you-do-to-make-peace-on-21-september.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mac McKinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day of ceasefire in only a few provinces in Afghanistan can spell the difference between life and death for someone with family in a far part of the world, and, in a more immediate context, right here in Hampton Roads, too.]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Bicycle News &#124; Tues, Sept 20</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-bicycle-news-tues-sept-20.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BC Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the cycling world, the mantra is, "don't get mad, get active."]]></description>
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		<title>On the End of DADT: 92011 &gt; 14500, or Solving the Inequality</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parrish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While 9/20/11 does not cancel out the injury done to 14,500, it resets the clock in a way that means the world to thousands more.]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Clear Thinking Needed When Implementing I-95 Tolls</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/op-ed-clear-thinking-needed-when-implementing-i-95-tolls.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Addy Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus EVMS students taking candy from Big Pharma, concealed weapons okay on ODU's campus?, Uranium mining will have to wait, and more in Addy Smiths's If You Read the Paper for Mon, Sept 19.]]></description>
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		<title>Guns on a College Campus are a Bad Thing. This Completely Self-Evident.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There isn't anything else to say. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of the Civic League in City Government</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/the-powers-of-the-civic-league-in-city-government.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Norfolk Civic League]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A chat about civic leagues with Downtown Norfolk Civic League president Kevin Murphy. Plus, info on when and where your neighborhood's civic league meets. ]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Paper: Virginia Beach Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can they really arrest you for cursing? Is VB really bike friendly? Is segregation really being recommended in VB schools? And more. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle for the VA State Sentate, &amp; Why this Election Matters to You</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Perry at Liberty U, funding for local Amtrak routes cut, Pat Robertson opens his mouth (you know what happens next), a plan for Wards Corner, and more in John McManus' If You Read the Paper for Friday, Sept 16. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why Record Poverty in America? One Word: Selfishness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poverty in the US soars, Gov. Bob undermines abortion rights, a soft core porn mural is approved for Downtown Norfolk, and more in If You Read the Paper from Jay C. Ford. ]]></description>
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		<title>Is Urban Outfitters Coming to Granby Street?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bobby wright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urban Outfitters is on the Norfolk Design Review's agenda for this Monday. Does it mean anything? ]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to Love Norfolk More: The Survey Workshop</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/learning-to-love-norfolk-more-the-survey-workshop.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meredith Badali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesse and I hope you are able to find some time next Wednesday to talk about the Project, offer your thoughts about the structure of the survey and meet some cool people.]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Paper &#124; Fri, Sept 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["In response Cuccinelli’s face developed a glitch, going intermittently pixilated for a few nanoseconds in a manner undetectable on TV." And more gems from celebrated novelist/AltDaily columnist John McManus. ]]></description>
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		<title>FW: The Tidewater Area-Author Unknown</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you live in the Freemason area of Norfolk your mayor is not named Fraim. You report to Admiral Jack Kavanaugh, and in Jack we trust.]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Political News &#124; Thurs, Sept 8</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-political-news-thurs-sept-8.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Shapiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["I'd much prefer Obama charge head first down the liberal path than waddle in the middle with indecisiveness." - young conservative firebrand Max Shapiro]]></description>
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		<title>Blog: Marcus Jones Has a Plan for the City of Norfolk</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/blog-dnc-member-briefing-with-city-manager-marcus-jones.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/blog-dnc-member-briefing-with-city-manager-marcus-jones.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[the college-aged co-ower of xvd Longboards; Sarah Kingsley from the Retail Alliance; Mary Westbrook from Physicians for Peace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norfolk's city manager doesn't mind talking about cutting departments. He sees Waterside not as an independent entity, but as a key to a waterfront overhaul that *should not* be managed by government. And more... ]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Bicycle News &#124; Tues, Sept 6</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-bicycle-news-tues-sept-6.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-bicycle-news-tues-sept-6.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BC Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Local bicyclists in the world amateur finals, down with the Brambleton barricades!, urban cycling tips, and more from BC Wilson. ]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read the Paper &#124; Fri, Sept 2</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-paper-fri-sept-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-paper-fri-sept-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you aren't reading John McManus' column you are missing out on some of the best political and social commentary you will find anywhere. And that's the truth, Ruth. ]]></description>
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		<title>If You Read The Political News &#124; Thurs, Sept 1</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/news-blogs/politics-blogs/if-you-read-the-political-news-thurs-sept-1.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Shapiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Boehner punks Obama, Bobby Scott needs to step up, record the cops and go to jail for life, Wikileaks releases... something... and more from Max Shapiro. ]]></description>
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