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    <title><![CDATA[Nothing alleged about feather in hand]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2010/03/21/201258/nothing-alleged-about-feather.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[In Barry Saunders' column (N&O March 16) he identifies the feathers found clutched in Kathleen Peterson's hand attached with blood droplets to her own hair as "allegedly" found. Using this word misleads the reader.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201258</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sex offender program a success]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Durham County Sheriff's Office would like to announce that Operation Bull Pen was a success.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201257</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[To the teenagers who egged my girlfriend's car]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[You woke us at around 12:30 a.m. with high-volume chatter, and I remember hearing a male voice say "Give me one of them." After that, the surprisingly loud thump of an egg hitting a door panel.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Let the arts stop summer learning loss]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Over one's life, where does the most learning take place?]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Prejudice hurts everybody]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Have you ever been a victim of a prejudice or have you ever prejudged someone else? I have.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tooned InTo OurWorld]]></title>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Before you CROP Walk, remember to stretch]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Members of Bull City congregations, temples, mosques, synagogues, nonprofits and businesses are gearing up this week for one of the city's most successful charitable efforts, The CROP Hunger Walk, which will step off from the front of Duke Chapel for the 36th year on Sunday, March 21, at 2:30 p.m.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201215</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Who benefits from misery?]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[I don't know much about politics, but I do know that everything that could be done is not being done by the powers that be. This includes the city government, our communities, churches and individuals that are in the line of fire.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201177</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Don't water down pollution rules]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[We represent the river organizations working to protect Jordan Lake and Falls Lake, the sources of drinking water for over 750,000 people in the Triangle.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201175</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Next time, let's emphasize the character, not the clothing]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Several Durham Raiders players had the pleasure to meet Michael Vick at New Horizons School of Excellence Feb. 26. I selected players striving to pursue leadership in our organization.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201174</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Endorsements an open process]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In response to Jim Wise's article regarding John Tarantino's decision not to seek the Durham People's Alliance endorsement in his race for school board (DN March 10), and Mr. Tarantino's belief that PA will just endorse the incumbents in the race:]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201164</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Medical waste burning into our lungs]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Few people are aware that two of the country's largest medical waste incinerators burn 24/7 in our community. At Stericycle's Haw River incinerators, 26.3 million pounds of medical waste burned in 2008-09. Waste from 20 states plus D.C.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201116</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[When do dogs get 2nd chance?]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Much has been made of NFL quarterback Michael Vick's visit to Durham to meet with the at-risk students of New Horizon's Academy of Excellence last week.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Immigration education policy pound foolish]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[I am a retired associate dean of admissions at Harvard College. Each year, I interview a few of the 200 applicants to Harvard from Eastern North Carolina. Recently, I interviewed an impressive young man who happens to be an undocumented "alien."]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Africa and AIDS exhibit coming]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The downtown Durham YMCA and Cary Family YMCA have partnered with World Vision to bring the free, award-winning, "Step Into Africa Experience: AIDS Exhibit" to our community this April and May.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201126</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Don't forget the cans for Science and Math on March 20-21]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[On the weekend of March 20-21 when Durham holds its 36th annual CROP Hunger Walk, the N.C.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201137</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[April walk to help people with MS]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2010/03/10/201125/april-walk-to-help-people-with.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[March 8-14 is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. MS is a chronic, progressive disease which affects many, many people.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201125</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Simple act warms body and soul]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[On a cold winter evening in our log cabin by the Eno, the gentle whir of our wood stove sending warm air up the flue is a most comforting sound. The wood crackles in the flames and the cast-iron stove creaks as it expands with heat.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Friends from 'beautiful game' rally for Niko]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A few months after graduating from Duke University in 2001, Niko Harlan's youthful outlook was seriously challenged when he was told he had a brain tumor.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201077</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Happiness is a glass of water]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama isn't the only one concerned about childhood obesity.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[There is help for staying in school]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau says a high school graduate makes an average $33,609 a year, but a college graduate makes $59,635. That's $1.3 million more over the course of a lifetime!]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Book talks explore black experience]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[If you resolved to read more, learn something new or meet new people in 2010, the Durham County Library has a program for you: "Let's Talk About It."]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201066</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Support coalition's fight against violence]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[I remember the first time I attended a meeting of the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham. I had no expectations.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201065</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Medicare was controversial, too]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[I watched all seven hours of Thursday's Health Care Summit. As a physician assistant and policy geek, I was riveted.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201064</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Keep Durham sign ordinance strong]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2010/03/03/201063/keep-durham-sign-ordinance-strong.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[The billboard industry is trying to overturn Durham's successful ban on billboards to allow big, bright billboards on tall metal monopoles, blinking more than 10,000 ads/day - on roadways near our homes, playgrounds, schools and parks (like Eno River and New Hope Creek).]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201063</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Friday conference to explore poverty]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Poverty does indeed have many faces. Perhaps more difficult to distinguish, though, are the faces of near poverty: the families who are one paycheck away from financial disaster, from losing a home; the communities flirting with disinvestment.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Leave bowls at home for Friday's UMD fundraiser]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Bring yourself - bowls are provided - to Urban Ministries of Durham's fourth annual Empty Bowls fundraising event on Friday at the Durham Armory, 220 Foster St., from 5:30 to 8 p.m.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201037</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rolling with Southern]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA["How can you work at Southern?" the clerk asked, as she counted out my change. "Aren't you afraid?"]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201050</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mini-city next to lake makes no sense]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A recent letter to the editor cheered the decision by Superior Court Judge Howard Manning to move the boundaries of Jordan Lake for a well-heeled developer.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201005</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Students reflect well on DPS]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The National PTA Art Program, Reflections, lets students express their talents in photography, visual arts, film/video production, literature, dance choreography and musical composition.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.thedurhamnews.com/201004</guid>
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