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		<title>A Weighted View Of Obama&#039;s Address</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/26/a-weighted-view-of-obamas-address</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/26/a-weighted-view-of-obamas-address#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; Wordle generates &#8220;word clouds&#8221; for blocks of text, such as President Obama&#8217;s inaugural address, seen here. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

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		<title>The Obama Mix: An Inaugural Mashup</title>
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		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/26/the-obama-mix-an-inaugural-mashup#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; By Andrea Shea (WBUR)
Download &#8220;The Obama Mix&#8221; (zipped MP3, 84.7 MB, via djztrip.com)
It’s funny. I generally don’t blog. But I found something this past weekend that I thought some people might want to hear about, if they haven’t already. It’s a mix by DJ Z-Trip. I caught it on WBAI in New York [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Manifesto Slam On An Obama-Inspired Bus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; 

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		<title>Obama Inspires Young Poets To Get Political</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/22/obama-inspires-young-poets-to-get-political</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE WBUR NEWSROOM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; By Christian Holland (WBUR Intern)
The election of Barack Obama has energized young Americans and heightened their interest in politics. In Boston recently, politics dominated a recent all-women poetry slam called &#8220;Poetically Speaking.&#8221;  Members of the group, &#8220;Teen Voices,&#8221; seized the opportunity to have their opinions heard on issues from Obama&#8217;s election to life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payne &amp; Domke: Obama Will Capitalize On Early Momentum</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/21/payne-domke-obama-will-capitalize-on-early-momentum</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/21/payne-domke-obama-will-capitalize-on-early-momentum#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; Now that the pomp and circumstance of inauguration has gone down in history, the work of governing begins. This is President Obama&#8217;s first full day in office. He plans to meet with his economic team Wednesday, as well his advisers on the War in Iraq.
For a look at what we could anticipate in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Kennedy&#039;s Apparent Seizure Likely Caused By Fatigue</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/21/sen-kennedys-apparent-seizure-likely-caused-by-fatigue</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/21/sen-kennedys-apparent-seizure-likely-caused-by-fatigue#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; By Curt Nickisch (WBUR)
Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy is expected to be released from Washington Hospital Center on Wednesday morning.
He was held overnight for observation after having an apparent seizure at a congressional lunch yesterday.
Kennedy is recovering from a brain tumor, but his neurosurgeon says the seizure was brought on by simple fatigue, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. Man Makes A Daytrip &#8212; To The Inauguration</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/21/mass-man-makes-daytripto-the-inauguration</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/21/mass-man-makes-daytripto-the-inauguration#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; By Monica Brady-Myerov (WBUR)
For many people who went to Washington for the inauguration, the trip was planned far in advance. They&#8217;d lined up tickets to the ceremonies, arranged where to stay, figured out which parties to attend and so forth.
But others were seized by the moment, including Ricardo Little of North Andover, Mass. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roundup: Boston Celebrates Inauguration</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/21/roundup-boston-celebrates-inauguration</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/21/roundup-boston-celebrates-inauguration#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; You didn&#8217;t have to be in Washington to experience Inauguration Day and night. From early morning yesterday into the wee hours of today &#8212; in homes and schools, at parties and balls across Massachusetts, people gathered for the historic occasion.
We sent our WBUR reporters to a variety of locations in the Boston area. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inauguration 2009 Slideshow</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/21/1006</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/21/1006#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; 


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		<title>Kennedy Suffered Seizure, Statement Says</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/kennedy-suffered-seizure-statement-says</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/kennedy-suffered-seizure-statement-says#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Edward Kennedy&#8217;s office released a statement from Dr. Edward Aulisi, chairman of neurosurgery at Washington Hospital Center, where Kennedy is recovering from a seizure.
Sen. Edward Kennedy experienced a seizure today  while attending a luncheon for President Barack Obama in the U.S. Capitol.    After testing, we believe the incident was brought on by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Trades Soaring Oratory For Tough Talk</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/obama-trades-soaring-oratory-for-tough-talk</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/obama-trades-soaring-oratory-for-tough-talk#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; By Liz Halloran (NPR)
President Barack Hussein Obama, the nation&#8217;s first African-American head of state, on Tuesday proclaimed himself humbled by the challenges he and the country face, and issued to citizens a call to reject the fear of decline and work to reaffirm the greatness of the union.
For a politician known for soaring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Kennedy Awake, Answering Questions After Health Scare</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/sen-kennedy-taken-from-luncheon-with-obama</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/sen-kennedy-taken-from-luncheon-with-obama#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ill with a brain tumor, suffered an apparent seizure at a post-inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama on Tuesday and was rushed by ambulance from the Capitol to a hospital.
There was no immediate word from medical personnel on his condition, although fellow senators said he remained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Is President</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/obama-is-president</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/obama-is-president#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in Tuesday as the 44th president of the United States, writing a new chapter in American history as the first African-American to hold the nation&#8217;s highest office.
With his hand on the gilt-edged, burgundy Bible used by President Lincoln in 1861, Obama swore to &#8220;preserve, protect and defend&#8221; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Dispatches: Celebrations Away From D.C.</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/national-dispatches-celebrations-away-from-dc</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/national-dispatches-celebrations-away-from-dc#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; President Barack Obama has become the first African-American leader of the United States. People around the nation are finding their own ways to be involved with the celebration. From New York City to Obama&#8217;s hometown of Chicago to Seattle, NPR reporters are providing updates:
12:55 p.m. ET — Robert Smith in Harlem, New York [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Dispatches: Global Audience For Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/world-dispatches-global-audience-for-obama</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/world-dispatches-global-audience-for-obama#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; For many people around the globe, Barack Obama&#8217;s election brought a sense of hope and possibility. Now, the world is watching to see whether that promise is fulfilled. NPR reporters offer updates on the mood in Kenya, Iraq and elsewhere on Inauguration Day:
From NPR&#8217;s Stringer in Basra, Iraq:
The black Basrawis are celebrating Obama&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama&#8217;s Inaugural Address: Video, Text</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/president-obamas-inaugural-address</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/president-obamas-inaugural-address#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q1uHVPWoEI

My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inauguration Ceremony Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/inauguration-ceremony-photos</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; ]]></description>
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		<title>Live Chat: Boston Globe Reporters, NPR&#039;s Tom Ashbrook, The Atlantic&#039;s Jack Beatty</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/live-inauguration-chat</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/live-inauguration-chat#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; 
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		<title>Dorchester Native: Obama Is Post Civil Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/dorchester-native-obama-is-post-civil-rights</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/dorchester-native-obama-is-post-civil-rights#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; By Frannie Carr (WBUR)
Thousands of Massachusetts residents are in Washington today to mark the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation&#8217;s 44th president.
Among them is Kevin Peterson, who heads Dorchester&#8217;s Ella J. Baker House and is the director of the New Democracy Coalition in Boston.
Peterson says Barack Obama represents a new black leadership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Obama&#039;s Washington, The Commonwealth Has Clout</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/in-obamas-washington-the-commonwealth-has-clout</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/01/20/in-obamas-washington-the-commonwealth-has-clout#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; By Monica Brady-Myerov (WBUR)
Massachusetts Democrats are in Washington gearing up for the inauguration of Barack Obama.
Although the early speculation about Patrick and other prominent politicians joining Obama&#8217;s cabinet did not come to fruition, Massachusetts as a state is  well positioned to influence legislation &#8212; and the new president.  WBUR&#8217;s Monica Brady-Myerov [...]]]></description>
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