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		<title>BSO Announces Party-Packed 2010 Tanglewood Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 will be a big party year at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home in the Berkshires. Musicians, composers, conductors and alumni will toast the 40th anniversary of the Tanglewood Chorus, the organization's all-volunteer, 300-member choir. And prolific Hollywood composer John Williams celebrates his 30th anniversary.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. House Orders Staff, Not Member, Furloughs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House leaders are ordering their staff members to take five furlough days, although lawmakers won't have to take them themselves.]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard Looks To Reduce Professor Ranks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dean of Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences said he will reduce the number of professors to help balance a $110 million deficit.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. Artists, Lawmakers Meet To Discuss Creative Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elected officials gathered with artists Thursday on Beacon Hill to talk about their role in the state's creative economy.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Underemployment&#8217; Lurks In New Mass. Jobless Numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CURT NICKISCH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beneath the positive news that the Massachusetts unemployment rate fell last month lurks a very troubling figure that is not getting better: the number of the underemployed. Those are people who are working part-time, only because they can’t find full-time work.]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Kerry&#8217;s Daughter Arrested On DUI Charge</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/19/kerrys-daughter-dui</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. John Kerry's oldest daughter was arrested in Hollywood on drunk driving charges. ]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Unveils Five-Year School Restructuring Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston's public schools are in for a shakeup. Superintendent Carol Johnson has laid out a five-year timetable for bringing the whole district up to par with 14 schools listed for restructuring.]]></description>
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		<title>Flu Now At Historic High in Mass.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swine flu is now so widespread in Massachusetts that flu activity is the highest it's ever been in recorded state history.]]></description>
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		<title>5th Arrest Announced In Mont Vernon Case</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/18/burglary-killing</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Hampshire attorney general's office says another arrest has been made in connection with a home invasion resulting in the death of a Mont Vernon woman.]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Education On The Decline In Mass. High Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report shows a significant drop in the number of public high schools in Massachusetts that teach sex education, which has health officials worried about the possibility of more teenagers engaging in risky sexual behavior.]]></description>
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		<title>Congressmen Offer Support For UMass Law School</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/18/umass-law</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. John Kerry and Reps. Barney Frank and James McGovern wrote a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick saying a public law school "will be another example of how this university strategically helps our region."]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick Rebuffed In Request For Education Bill Action</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/18/patrick-education-bill</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/18/patrick-education-bill#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Deval Patrick urged the Massachusetts Legislature on Wednesday to suspend its rules and stay in session as long as needed to pass an education-overhaul bill, but the House speaker balked.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali Pirates Attack Maersk Alabama A Second Time</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/18/piracy-mass-maritime</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/18/piracy-mass-maritime#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device. Again, a Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduate was involved.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Candidates Spar Over &#8216;Green&#8217; Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/18/enviro-forum</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/18/enviro-forum#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All four democratic candidates sparred over environmental issues at a forum sponsored by the Environmental League of Massachusetts.  It  looked at everything from green jobs to culling seals.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Panel Rules Rastafarian Bag Screener Can Keep His Dreads</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/17/tsa-rasta</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/17/tsa-rasta#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TED SIEFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Rastafarian baggage screener at Logan Airport can keep his dreadlocks. In a ruling Monday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the religious rights of Josue Brissot were violated when his supervisors pressured him to cut off his locks, which are important in Rastafarian belief.  ]]></description>
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		<title>At 45, Caught Between Mammograms</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/17/mammogram-essay</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RACHEL ZIMMERMAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research says most women under 50 don't need routine mammograms. That's confusing news to a 45-year-old woman whose recent mammogram turned up a calcification. ]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. Considering Proposals To Fight Bullying</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WBUR NEWS &#38; WIRE SERVICES</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officials, parents and members of the Anti-Defamation League are pushing for new laws that respond aggressively to bullying at schools.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. Social Workers Say Commissioner Pushing Too Hard</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WBUR NEWS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state Department of Children and Families is trying to do too much too soon, social workers and DCF union members told a legislative committee Tuesday on Beacon Hill.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. Banks Say They&#8217;re Paying For Others&#8217; Sins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CURT NICKISCH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts banks say their bottom lines are being hurt by higher fees they have to pay to insure customer deposits.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Plymouth Hits Bumps On Road To &#8216;Hollywood East&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREA SHEA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials in Plymouth will meet with executives from Plymouth Rock Studios on Tuesday night after major financing fell through on the long-planned development project.]]></description>
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