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    <title><![CDATA[Durham Public Schools invests in all children]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/05/18/215597/durham-public-schools-invests.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Durham has challenges unique to the Triangle. Our students benefit from Durham County&#x2019;s high-tech, highly educated, entrepreneurial environment. But there are also strong concentrations of need and economic stress among Durham&#x2019;s children that are not comparable to other area school systems.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Grit stands its ground]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Walking along the Eno&#x2019;s Buckquarter Creek Trail a friend and I were discussing the new businesses along Geer Street. &#x201C;I love the new coffee shop, and one of the owners is a person of color,&#x201D; I said to her.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your letters, May 19]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[I am a HUGE Durham fan and have aligned my resources with this preference. I am writing (the City Council) to ask that you each vote to allow the removal of the landmark status for the Liberty Warehouse.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rx for RR safety: Stop for the train]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Everybody wants somebody to do something about getting people from one side of the downtown Durham railroad tracks to the other and alive to tell about it.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Proposed railroad crossing &#x2018;solution&#x2019; overkill]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago I attended a presentation by the N.C. Department of Transportation and their engineering consultant on the preliminary recommendations from their Traffic Separation Study, which studied several at-grade rail crossings in Durham with the stated purpose of making these crossings safer for vehicles and pedestrians.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Don&#x2019;t rush Liberty Warehouse landmark removal]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[I am writing to share Preservation Durham&#x2019;s opinion on the upcoming City Council vote to remove landmark status from Liberty Warehouse, located at 611-613 Rigsbee Ave. Preservation Durham opposes any change in landmark status, for the reasons that follow.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Partnerships grow at Durham Central Park]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The way that SEEDS got involved with DCP is a typical story of how things happen at the park. Someone comes up with the germ of an idea; folks take it and mold it into something exciting; and then Durham Central Park just gets better and better!]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Duke&#x2019;s &#x2018;Black Cool&#x2019; undeniable]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Whether Duke&#x2019;s black cool was designed by thoughtful intent or by fortunate accident, who knows? What I can say is that its authenticity is undeniable.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Parking study dances on]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/05/15/215546/parking-study-dances-on.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[If City Hall&#x2019;s recent propositions for downtown parking gave you a moment of d&#xE9;j&#xE0; vu, it means you&#x2019;ve been around here awhile.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/215546</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Charter not so black and white]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/05/11/215520/charter-not-so-black-and-white.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Perceptions rule the day when parents go to battle to ensure their children receive the best education their money and screaming can obtain. Things like race and economic disparity have a way of showing up whenever parents begin contemplating the best place to send Dick or Jane to get an education.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your letters, May 12]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/05/11/215514/your-letters-may-12.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Why would anyone want to limit early voting? It&#x2019;s obvious. If your message is being soundly rejected by voters, simply refuse to let them vote.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/215514</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Letters regarding Mom, May 12]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[My Mom taught me to perserve and never quit.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bombing strengthens runner&#x92;s resolve]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Words cannot express the heartache the Boston community feels for the innocent victims of the terrible explosions at the end of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. What I will remember most is the support of my fellow runners, teammates and Bostonians.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Give them Liberty or give them debt]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[At this point, just about everybody involved in the decision about what to do with the venerable but groaning Liberty Warehouse on Rigsbee Avenue would prefer to be, oh let&#x2019;s say, soaking up some serious rays on the sugar sands of Cancun.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Repeal of Racial Justice Act a distraction]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/05/07/215469/repeal-of-racial-justice-act-a.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[North Carolina can do better for families of homicide victims and all citizens than restarting executions.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/215469</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your letters, May 8]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/05/07/215470/your-letters-may-8.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[In celebration of bicycles throughout the month of May, the city of Durham&#x2019;s Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) teams up with organizations, businesses and cyclists of all ages to present fun and educational activities for everyone.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/215470</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[The people on the bus]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/05/07/215409/the-people-on-the-bus.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[On a cool, sunny, April morning the Bull City Connector bus stopped on Main Street, near Whole Foods. I followed a young, ponytailed man who was tethered to an equally young Asian woman onto the bus. The bus driver greeted me.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What motherhood means &#x2013; moms speak]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Listen to Your Mother (LTYM) listentoyourmothershow.com was launched in 2010 in Madison, Wis., to give voice &#x2013; on or around Mothers&#x2019; Day &#x2013; to stories about motherhood.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your Letters, May 5]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/05/04/215411/your-letters-may-5.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Bob Wilson is SO right (&#x201C;Leave downtown parking free in Durham, DN, April 2, bit.ly/10S9PUo). Whatever is Durham city government thinking?]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/215411</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Promised Land]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/05/04/215406/the-promised-land.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[At the edge of my grandfather&#x92;s garden lay a large, soil-filled area outlined with rocks. A very permanent raised bed, it was the animal graveyard. When a kitten or chick or puppy died, my grandmother gave the children a box and the five siblings picked flowers, assigned roles, rehearsed prayers, and then processed toward the garden cemetery, minister at the head, gravediggers in the rear, all of them singing &#x93;On Jordan&#x92;s Stormy Banks I Stand.&#x94;]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ACC accord could come back to haunt]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Like a lot of other people in these parts, I shrugged off last month&#x2019;s announcement by the ACC&#x2019;s Council of Presidents that they had signed off on a grant-of-rights (GOR) agreement designed to &#x201C;stabilize&#x201D; the 15-school conference.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 May 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[My View: Nature is preserved on a farm near Durham]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Bernard Obie&#x2019;s organic farm in Person County north of Durham is a reminder that food can be an equalizer among societies.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 2013 11:47:06 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Durham Rotary targets illiteracy]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/04/27/215375/abc-commission-does-the-right.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[&#x201C;Blessed are the peacemakers: for they will be called children of God&#x201D; Matthew proclaims in the Beatitudes. But, what is peace? Is it simply the absence of war or conflict that brings peace?]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 15:42:32 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tom foolery]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/04/30/215383/tom-foolery.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Seems it&#x92;s human nature to push a job onto someone else. Mark Twain&#x92;s Tom Sawyer showed his mastery in the famous scene where he tricked his friends into painting his fence so he could go fishing. Throughout my life, I have experienced numerous instances of this &#x91;painting-the-fence&#x92; phenomenon.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your letters, April 28]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Durham is poised to be &#x201C;the next big thing.&#x201D; First the success of the Durham Performing Arts Center, now Southern Living&#x2019;s &#x201C;Tastiest Town in the South.&#x201D;]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cooks in need of a kitchen]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[&#x93;My children always had something to eat,&#x94; Rose Greene told me as she reflected on life in New York. &#x93;There was always somewhere to go to find a meal when you needed one. I&#x92;m giving back what I received with my children.&#x94;]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Don&#x2019;t blame schools for suspension rates]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Here we go again. Two civil-rights groups have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education accusing Durham Public Schools of handing out racially disproportionate suspensions. Ironically, the complaint was filed on behalf of two black students in a majority-black school district.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[House Bill 150 deserves our support]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The debate over &#x201C;Zoning/Design & Aesthetic Controls,&#x201D; (House Bill 150) concerns two basic issues: first, how much control we want government to have over our power of consumer choice, and second, whether we want government in North Carolina to function as its founding fathers intended. Let&#x2019;s address the latter issue first.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bill would shut down community choice]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In recent years, progressive developers have made an important discovery. If they incorporate design features into their development proposals to make them look and function better, communities will allow them to build more product.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your letters, April 24]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This summer, many children will pack knapsacks, grab sleeping bags, and say goodbye to their parents with an equal mix of trepidation and joy to attend summer camp.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pray for a safe Durham]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[I believe that Dr. King and those who marched in the 1950s and 1960s would stand up for safety today on Durham&#x92;s American Tobacco Trail.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mangum deserves fair trial]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The North Carolina State Bar, in my opinion, affected the outcome of the 2006 Duke lacrosse case when it intervened by removing Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Free trade promise has failed U.S., Mexico]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[It is past time for our policy makers to re-examine this failed system. If elected officials are serious about implementing comprehensive immigration reform, they will look to the root causes driving migration.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A city for all families]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Durham is our beloved Queer City. It is a city that seeks to support all families through politics, access to health care, non-discrimination in the workplace and affirming places to worship.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your letters, Feb. 13]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Upon assuming this office, I took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of North Carolina, and I am committed to upholding that oath. I recognize that Amendment II to United States Constitution provides that &#x2018;the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed&#x2019; and that Amendment IV provides that &#x201C;the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.&#x201D;]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Drug needle dangers]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The dangers of drug paraphernalia are often not given adequate consideration in terms of the dangers that they pose to the brave men and women who serve our communities as law enforcement officers]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Preaching the gospel at the drive-thru]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The congregation where I preach has begun a focused effort to diligently reach out to the community with the gospel.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[We&#x92;re all in this together]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The crowd at Motorco was hootin&#x92; and hollerin&#x92; for my friends in the band &#x93;this mountain&#x94; from Johnson City, Tenn. I was a little jealous, to be honest, and we hadn&#x92;t even played yet.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bow and arrow deer hunt on target]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[If Chapel Hill and Carrboro, North Carolina&#x92;s most politically correct burgs, could summon the will for to archery deer control three years ago, the Bull City can certainly follow suit.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Was teen killer&#x2019;s sentence too harsh?]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, I posted a link to staff writer Anne Blythe&#x2019;s story on the latest development in the Laurence Lovette case. The state Court of Appeals ruled life in prison was too harsh a sentence, given that Lovette was 17 years old when he killed Eve Carson, the UNC student body president. (We&#x2019;ve reprinted the story on page 5 in case you missed it.)]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your letters, Feb. 3]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[I agree with Bob Wilson&#x2019;s recent column that the state should adequately fund the SBI Crime Lab (DN, Jan. 27, bit.ly/W8GdxA). The Crime Cabinet and Durham County have been lobbying for additional funding for many years.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Durham has stake in Virginia uranium debate]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Pittsylvania County thus finds itself with an agonizing dilemma: jobs &#x2013; in effect, found money &#x2013; vs. people of all stripes worried about radioactive contamination. This is where Durham city and county come into the picture.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Going home]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The backyard seemed so much larger when I was a kid. I miss the big peach tree that was cut down when my father decided to expand the house to make room for me and my two sisters.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Don&#x92;t delay Jordan Lake cleanup]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Jordan Lake matters. It&#x92;s one of our region&#x92;s most important drinking water and recreation reservoirs.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Atwater, Ellis and &#x91;Django&#x92;]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/01/29/214514/atwater-ellis-and-django.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[In an age when talking about race relations can seem both hopelessly old-fashioned and a lost cause, it&#x92;s refreshing to be reminded of Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/214514</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your letters, Jan. 30]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The gun-control debate is not addressing the problem. The gun, type of gun or the size of the magazine is not the problem but the individual&#x2019;s chosen solution to the problem. Those who massacre a large number of people see a gun or another weapon as the only solution to their problem.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Newspapers and the new Common Core]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/01/29/214499/newspapers-and-the-new-common.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[I am in my 14th year of teaching reading at a middle school. My students read two or more years below grade level, and it&#x92;s my job to increase their reading levels and reading engagement.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Help and hope for families of the mentally ill]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The first time I went to a NAMI meeting, I cried almost the whole meeting. It was such a relief to not feel alone, to know that the other people there knew what I was going through, to get concrete suggestions for dealing with my son, and to hear that there was hope.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Grandfather&#x92;s justice]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In our family, card playing was how you learned to count. My grandfather&#x92;s favorite game was setback. The men who stopped off at his store often stayed for cards or checkers. The handmade checkerboard sat on a 10-penny nail keg; the checkers were Nehi Orange or NuGrape bottle caps.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[SBI backlog: Let state take care of its own mess]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[One of the most enduring, if not endearing, predilections of government is its ability to find new ways to spend money. Durham&#x92;s governments, city and county, are adept at picking up loose change shaken from the public pocket, so no one should be surprised by what the Durham Crime Cabinet has endorsed.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Wilmington 10: Pardon has deeper history]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Wilmington 10 and the racial outburst of 1971 was merely a reflection of deep-rooted oppression from decades earlier &#x96; a 70-year status quo that restricted progress.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[After abortion, a place to talk]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/01/26/214469/after-abortion-a-place-to-talk.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[The Beautiful Pain Movement is a support group for women and men who have experienced abortion and for family and friends who want to help.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your letters, Jan. 23]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[As our population of elders steadily increases, more of us are taking care of our loved ones as they age. Though caregiving can be satisfying and rewarding, it may also exact a tremendous toll on caregivers&#x2019; health and well-being.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Police PR problem]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Durham&#x92;s Police Department has a major problem due to claims of police brutality. The troubling accusation is made worse by the silence of Police Chief Jose Lopez.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Can&#x92;t talk guns without drugs]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Absent from the current discussion is the impact that gang violence and the failed War on Drugs is having on gun violence in the United States.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Murder in the Bull City]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[No amount of &#x201C;good guys&#x201D; with guns would probably have saved these Durham citizens. It certainly wouldn&#x2019;t have saved Shakanah China, who bled to death in front of her younger brother. When are we truly going to address violence in Durham?]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Good intentions aside, illegal handguns the greater threat]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[It could have been a scene from 1968, the year a gunman improbably named Sirhan Sirhan killed Robert F. Kennedy with a handgun: political officials pleading for tighter gun control. But this time, the politicians were Durham Mayor Bill Bell and his counterparts in Chapel Hill and Morrisville.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Me and my M-16]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The M-16 is an assault rifle. It has one purpose, to kill other human being. Holding that rifle, I felt fear.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your letters, Jan. 16]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[El Futuro, a Latino behavioral health clinic, will be hosting a conference on Friday, Feb. 1, from 3:30 to 8:30 pm and Saturday, Feb. 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the UNC School of Social Work Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building, 325 Pittsboro St.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Clement Early College High School sets bar for nation&#x92;s schools]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Clement Early College High School, located on the campus of N.C. Central University, is a national model.]]></description>
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