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        <description>Perspectives on the news from people in the know.</description>
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			<title>On call no more: One woman&#039;s decision to let go of her cell phone</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Mobile phones tempt us to think we&#039;re so important that we have to be on call at all times. What if we&#039;re not?]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/23/imsande/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>In small towns, H1N1 threatens health of businesses, too</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The owner of a small-town hardware store reflects on what an epidemic might mean for his bottom line.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/20/schutt/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Looking for a sound bite to explain a mass murder?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[If your impulse is to ask a Muslim about the Fort Hood shootings, restrain yourself.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/19/tharwat/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>How you see statistics on breast cancer may depend on whether you&#039;ve had it</title>
			<description><![CDATA[If mammograms save one woman for every 1,000 screened, they&#039;re worth it. Especially to her.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/18/martin/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Search for a boyhood friend ends with a sad success in Vietnam</title>
			<description><![CDATA[He knew his friend Carl had died in the war, but now he knew where.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>A small way to give back to veterans who gave so much</title>
			<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Al Franken describes the benefits that service dogs can bring to those recovering from wounds and traumatic stress.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/16/franken/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Prefer not to use credit cards? Good luck with that</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Maybe common sense ought to trump plastic, but it doesn&#039;t.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Instant runoff waiting</title>
			<description><![CDATA[To a candidate still waiting to hear whether he&#039;s been elected, IRV is a mixed blessing.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/12/wheeler/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>An old soldier meets a random act of gratitude</title>
			<description><![CDATA[As Dad&#039;s memory falters, the war -- and his opinion of it -- remain clear.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/11/martin/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Hunters aren&#039;t the worst threat to wolves&#039; survival</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A noted biologist sees reason for optimism in the news that there are now enough wolves to allow a hunting season.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/10/mech/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>On energy questions, state&#039;s leaders should listen better</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Regulators have been saying yes, even as investors are saying no.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/09/morris/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Recall the days of Jim Crow, and you&#039;ll see the progress we&#039;ve made</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Forty years ago in the South, KKK handbills defaced the public square.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/06/stauffer/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Not fast enough for Swift tickets</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Apparently, you have to be quick on the keyboard to buy tickets at face value.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/05/johnson/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Unlearning the things that used to be obvious</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A retired Lutheran bishop compares the evolution of his views on sexuality to the church&#039;s changing attitudes toward astronomy.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/03/erdahl/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>&#039;Zero tolerance&#039; really means zero discretion</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Better written rules, and a process that could adapt to changing circumstance, would be big improvements.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/03/schneier/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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