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		<title>Quincy Questions Release Of Sewage Into Bay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As flood waters recede from this week's torrential 10 inches of rain, some city leaders in Quincy are questioning a decision made by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority at the height of the storm.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/18/flood-waste</link>
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		<title>Rep. Lynch To Vote Against Health Care Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If congressional Democrats win passage of a national health care overhaul, they will do so without the vote of one Massachusetts Democrat -- Rep. Stephen Lynch.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/18/lynch-health-vote</link>
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		<title>House Dems On Track For Vote On $940B Health Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Obama's promise to expand coverage while slashing the deficit, a strategy aimed at winning over the party's fiscal conservatives.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/18/house-health-vote</link>
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		<title>Mass. Jobless Rate Holds At 9.5 Percent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday there was a net jobs increase of 1,500, with private sector jobs up 3,000 in total. For the year to date, private sector jobs are up 3,600.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/18/feb-jobless-rate</link>
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		<title>Boston Medical Workers Prepare For Haiti&#8217;s Unfamiliar Trauma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, more Boston-based medical teams are leaving to help earthquake victims in Haiti. It's a first-time trip for many of them -- and they may not be prepared for what they'll find there. So Children's Hospital in Boston is helping doctors get ready for that primitive medical setting.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/18/haiti-4</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s New In Gardner Case? Just The Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty years ago, as neighborhood students on Palace Road headed home from parties that had closed out St. Patrick's Day, 13 pieces of art, some of them crown jewels, went out the side door of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the arms of two not-so-gentle gentlemen, and became missing royalty of the art world.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/18/gardner-anniversary</link>
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		<title>A Tale Of Three Cities: Budget Cuts Around Mass.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, cities and towns are being told to expect less from the state. Leaders in the Legislature are telling municipalities to prepare for a 4 percent cut in state money with the fiscal year beginning in July. Three of our reporters traveled to three different communities to see how they're coping with budget cuts.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/18/budget-woes</link>
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		<title>Pierce Scores 29 Points, Celtics Beat Knicks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett played their best game together in more than a month. Pierce scored 29 points, Garnett had 22 and Boston cruised to its third straight lopsided victory at home, 109-97 over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/18/knicks-celtics</link>
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		<title>Disaster Officials Tour Mass. As State Continues Storm Cleanup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal disaster officials are touring parts of Massachusetts Wednesday to assess damage from last weekend's torrential rains and winds as part of the state's effort to make its case for federal disaster assistance.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/17/storm-cleanup</link>
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		<title>The Tale Of Tiger Retold For The Masters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week brought the news that Tiger Woods will return to pro golf in April at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga. Commentator Bill Littlefield is among those curious about how a man who’s become notorious for all the wrong reasons will fare when he returns to the golf course. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/17/tale-tiger-woods</link>
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		<title>Evacuation Day Repeal In Legislative &#8216;Purgatory&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St. Patrick's Day is also Evacuation Day, one of two holidays in Massachusetts -- along with June's Bunker Hill Day -- observed in only Suffolk County. Efforts to repeal the two holidays are active at the State House. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/17/evacuation-day-legislation</link>
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		<title>Senate OKs Jobs Bill For Obama&#8217;s Signature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that won final congressional approval Wednesday by a bipartisan 68-29 Senate vote.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/17/senate-jobs-bill</link>
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		<title>The ‘Star’ of 2009, Seafood Industry Swims Against Economic Trends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mood was buoyant at the 28th annual International Boston Seafood Show Tuesday. That's because this industry, unlike others in the floundering economy, is doing well.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/17/boston-seafood</link>
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		<title>Listen: Very &#8216;Inviting&#8217; Time For Brown Election Model, Says Politico&#8217;s Allen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The political team that helped Sen. Scott Brown stage a stunning electoral victory is hoping to apply that strategy in other races this year -- beginning with another former Kennedy seat in Rhode Island.  Politico's Mike Allen joined WBUR to discuss whether the so-called "Brown model" can be applied successfully elsewhere.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/17/brown-model</link>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Health Care Plan Picks Up Support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama's much-challenged health care overhaul gained traction Wednesday as liberal Rep. Dennis Kucinich became the first to switch his opposition, and Catholic nuns publicly broke with the bishops to declare their support.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/17/health-joust</link>
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		<title>Bruins Score 3 In 3rd To Beat Hurricanes 5-2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five players scored goals Tuesday night for the Bruins, who got 30 saves from Tuukka Rask to hold on to eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/17/bruins-hurricanes-4</link>
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		<title>Waltham Starts To Dry Out After Flooding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After three straight days of heavy rains and driving winds, Tuesday was the first opportunity to really assess the damage and start cleaning up. For some of the residents of one of the city's hardest-hit neighborhoods, that means starting all over again. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/16/waltham-flood</link>
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		<title>Ex-Harvard Student Indicted In Dorm Shooting Death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A former Harvard University student was indicted Tuesday on accessory and firearms charges in a 2009 shooting death inside a dormitory.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/16/harvard-indicted-shooting</link>
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		<title>Woods To Return To Golf At The Masters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will return to golf next month at the Masters, ending a four-month hiatus brought on by a sex scandal that shattered his image as the gold standard in sports.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/16/tiger-return-masters</link>
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		<title>GOP Assails Dems On Approach To Health Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Days away from critical decisions on President Obama's health care overhaul, Republicans assailed Democratic plans to push the massive legislation through the House without a direct vote.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/16/health-care-approach</link>
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