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		<title>Death Of Kerrigan&#8217;s Father Is Ruled A Homicide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The death of the father of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was ruled a homicide Tuesday when an autopsy showed he died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son in which he suffered a neck injury so severe it damaged his windpipe.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor Controversy Throws Lawrence Bailout Into Jeopardy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts state lawmakers on Tuesday consider whether to provide a $35 million loan to Lawrence while the troubled city's newly-elected mayor faces criticism for simultaneously holding two salaried government jobs.]]></description>
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		<title>DeLeo Bets On The Colts And Re-Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats across the state are still figuring out how they can run -- and win -- in the era of Scott Brown. But one of the politicians who might benefit most from the election of the Republican U.S. senator last month is Democratic House Speaker Robert DeLeo. ]]></description>
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		<title>Casino Supporters, Opponents Make Their Case On Beacon Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The focus turns to casino gambling and slot machines on Beacon Hill Tuesday, as both supporters and opponents of gaming make their case at the State House.]]></description>
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		<title>Where You Live, Not Just Lifestyle, May Contribute To Diabetes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study finds that black women in poor neighborhoods are at higher risk for diabetes regardless of how well-educated they are or how much money they earn.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass.  Requests Federal Credit To Cover Unemployment Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state has requested a line of credit from the U.S. Treasury Department to borrow up to $250 million to cover the cost of unemployment benefits this month. ]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Puts Together An Eager New Staff</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week is Sen. Scott Brown’s first week of work in Washington. The Senate calendar has several nomination confirmations, one of them controversial, and the introduction of a jobs bill. To get up to speed on everything before him in the Senate, Brown will be relying on his new staff, which he is still selecting. 

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		<title>We Know Better, But We Text While Driving Anyway</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/08/texting</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sending text messages while driving could soon be illegal in Massachusetts. But even though studies show texting while driving is more dangerous than drunk driving, lots of people still do it. And why they do it involves a complicated mix of compulsion, rationalization, denial and guilt.]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;Car Talk&#8217; Spin On Toyota Recalls</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/toyota-recalls</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/toyota-recalls#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WBUR NEWSROOM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First it was sticky gas pedals, now it's faulty brakes. Who better to turn to about Toyota's car problems than WBUR's own in-house auto geniuses, Click &#038; Clack of 'Car Talk?']]></description>
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		<title>Cyclists Race Through A &#8216;Canyon Of Beer&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/harpoon-time-trials</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DOUG TRIBOU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Their wheels locked in stationary trainers and their "movements" tracked on video screens, cyclists traversed a "canyon of beer" during the recent Harpoon Indoor Time Trial in South Boston.  ]]></description>
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		<title>State House Roundup: They&#8217;re Playing The Feud</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/state-house-roundup-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/state-house-roundup-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JIM O'SULLIVAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week in state government and public affairs: A hotel full of Democrats, who had busted their humps to elect a Democratic governor three years ago decided Wednesday to picket said governor the next afternoon, politically wounding him and, in all likelihood, their own most fervently held causes. And a little-known state lawmaker becomes a Republican U.S. senator from Massachusetts.]]></description>
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		<title>A Boston Cabbie Turns Up Amid Haiti&#8217;s Rubble</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/haiti-chapo</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/haiti-chapo#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SETH ROLBEIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jean Magloire, aka Chapo, a Boston cab driver, runs a health program in his native Haiti, and was there when the earthquake struck. Reporter Seth Rolbein visited Haiti after the quake, and went looking for Chapo. ]]></description>
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		<title>Brown, The New Guy On Capitol Hill, Is Pretty Popular</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/brown-swearing-in</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/brown-swearing-in#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, already has celebrity status in Washington. Republicans filled the Senate chamber for his swearing-in Thursday and are hoping he uses his 41st vote to block some of the Democratic agenda. ]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Suicide Sheds Light On New Era Of Bullying</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/student-suicide</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DEBORAH BECKER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The suicide of a 15-year-old girl last month in South Hadley is raising questions throughout Massachusetts about what schools should do about teen bullying. With bullies now more likely to be on the computer than in the school yard, a lot of taunting is happening on the screen. Some parents and teenagers say it's time to clearly define –- and deal with --  a new era of bullying.]]></description>
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		<title>As Battle Nears End, Cape Wind Still Divides</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/cape-wind-6</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CURT NICKISCH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decade-long fight over Cape Wind may be in its final round.  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he’s prepared to decide soon: Yes or no to the nation’s first offshore wind farm on Nantucket Sound. On the Cape and the islands, the issue is as divisive as ever.  WBUR’s Curt Nickisch met two people on the southern coast of the Cape who have come down on opposite sides of the debate -- both for environmental reasons.]]></description>
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		<title>2 More Candidates Jump Into Governor&#8217;s Race</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/mass-governor-4</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/mass-governor-4#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two more candidates have jumped into the race for governor, including a Democratic challenger to Gov. Deval Patrick.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. House Approves Texting Ban For Drivers</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/texting-ban</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House lawmakers are backing a plan to dramatically restrict the use of cell phones by Massachusetts drivers.]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Is Sworn In As U.S. Senator</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/brown-sworn-in</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Scott Brown was sworn in at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, the first GOP Senator from Massachusetts in 38 years. The little-known former state lawmaker rocked the nation with his upset victory last month over a favored Democrat. Brown's arrival ends the Democrats' supermajority and gives the GOP 41 votes they can use to block President Obama's agenda.]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Resigns State Post; Special Election Scheduled</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/brown-resignation</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown has resigned his state Senate seat so he could be sworn in as a U.S. senator. The secretary of state set a May 11 special election to fill the vacancy.]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Poised To Become Massachusetts&#8217; New Senator</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/brown-swearing-in-debrief</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/brown-swearing-in-debrief#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 5 p.m. swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for the Massachusetts Republican at the U.S. Senate after Gov. Deval Patrick officially signed and certified Brown's special election victory on Thursday morning.]]></description>
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