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						<title><![CDATA[Candidates For Governor Present Plans To Farm Bureau]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Two of the candidates for governor took their messages to the North Carolina Farm Bureau Thursday.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:53:09 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Farm Issues On Tap In Speeches By Perdue, McCrory]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republican Pat McCrory and Democrat Beverly Perdue are ready to speak their minds to the state's farming leaders.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 07:28:23 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[RNC Chairman Visits Raleigh To Talk Up McCain]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan said Wednesday that he doesn't expect North Carolina will break with its decades-old tradition of voting for a GOP presidential candidate this year.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:36:39 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Hayes' Democratic Challenger Launching 1st TV Ad]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Democratic congressional challenger Larry Kissell points to his district's economic woes as reason for voters to oust incumbent GOP Rep. Robin Hayes in the candidate's first television ad set to air Tuesday.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 07:23:51 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Decision 2008 On The Minds Of Latino Voters]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[CARY, N.C. -- As the November elections draw closer, candidates are pushing harder to sway voters to their side.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[National Democrats Launch Ad Targeting Dole]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- National Democratic campaign leaders launched an ad campaign targeting Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole on Friday, opening their wallets three months before the election in a bid to start moving the numbers before the presidential campaign arrives in full force.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 2 Aug 2008 07:57:55 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ad From Democrat-Backed Group Questions McCrory]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Democrats outside North Carolina jumped in the gubernatorial campaign fray Thursday when an independent political group began questioning GOP candidate Pat McCrory's economic policies in a television ad.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 07:23:17 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Easley Signs 26 Bills Into Law]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley is making progress on a stack of bills awaiting his signature.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:23:06 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obama Volunteers Conducting Statewide Canvass]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Campaigners for Barack Obama are launching a statewide canvassing effort to register new voters and encourage North Carolina voters to back the Democratic presidential candidate.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:56:19 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Easley Approves 'Jessica's Law']]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. &#8211; Gov. Mike Easley will sign the Jessica Lunsford Act for North Carolina into law, according to a press release.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[DNC Chair: Troops In Iraq Will Always Be In Combat]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Friday that U.S. troops can't stay in Iraq for the next 100 years because they would always be engaged in some form of combat.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:49:54 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC County To State: We Need Energy Solutions]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[GRANVILLE COUNTY, N.C. --- In a rare showing of bipartisanship, the Executive Committees of Granville County Republic and Democratic Parties have sent letters to entire North Carolina Congressional Delegation saying nothing is being done to solve the counties&#8217; energy problems.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:58:45 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Veterans Push For John McCain In Raleigh]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Veterans backing John McCain are calling on North Carolina voters to consider the Republican candidate's military experience when making their pick for president.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:49:30 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC General Assembly Adjourns For The Year]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina General Assembly has wrapped up its 2008 legislative session.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:58:04 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC Lawmakers Toughen Sex Offender Rules]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- The General Assembly has agreed again to toughen laws against convicted sex offenders, this time on social networking sites.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:34:22 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Senate Approves Noose Hanging, Cross Burning Plan]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Hours after the House overwhelmingly approved a bill boosting the criminal penalty for burning a cross or hanging a noose to intimidating someone, the Senate has followed suit.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:58:22 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Anti-bullying Law Fails In Legislature]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- An effort to require North Carolina school districts to adopt detailed anti-bullying policies has apparently failed at the Legislature.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:52:16 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Truck Bed Restrictions Get NC Legislative Approval]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- The minimum age for a child to ride in a pickup truck bed in North Carolina will likely go up.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:48:09 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC Senate OKs Easley's Drought Response Plan]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley's drought response plan is advancing in the General Assembly as lawmakers try to adjourn by the end of the week.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:18:02 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC House Approves Online Ticket Scalping]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina lawmakers have taken another step toward legalizing online ticket scalping.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC Legislators Approve Emergency Mortgage Plan]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://raleigh.mync.com/site/raleigh/news/story/5488/nc_legislators_approve_emergency_mortgage_plan]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Subprime mortgage holders at risk of losing their homes should soon have an ally in the North Carolina banking commissioner.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:00:45 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Dole, GOP To Speak About Judicial Nominees]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Sen. Elizabeth Dole and other Republican leaders are holding a forum to discuss judicial nominees who have yet to be confirmed by the Senate.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:22:57 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Nader Makes Campaign Stop in Raleigh]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Ralph Nader made a campaign stop in Raleigh Saturday. ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:32:50 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Former Bush Press Secretary Tony Snow Dies]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush's press secretary, has died of colon cancer, Fox News reported Saturday. Snow was 53 years old.&#13;&#10;]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:03:42 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Panel Votes To Allow Big Trucks On More NC Roads]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- A plan to allow longer tractor trailers on more North Carolina roadways is rolling through the House.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:06:10 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Hagan Has $1.2 Million To Spend Against Dole]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan has about $1.2 million in cash to spend in her bid to oust Sen. Elizabeth Dole in one of the most watched races in the nation.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:18:55 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Panel Backs Easley's Mortgage Foreclosure Plan]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Subprime mortgage holders struggling to make their payments may receive some help under a plan advancing in the House.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:18:51 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Hundreds Attend Sen. Jesse Helms' Funeral]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://raleigh.mync.com/site/raleigh/news%7CCommunity/story/4875/family_admirers_prepare_to_lay_helms_to_rest]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Vice President Dick Cheney and a delegation of U.S. senators joined hundreds of other mourners who paid their respects Tuesday at the funeral of former Sen. Jesse Helms, a five-term Republican who died on the Fourth of July.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 22:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC Lawmakers Give Final OK To State Budget]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- The General Assembly's compromise budget bill is now heading to Gov. Mike Easley's desk.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:44:20 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Easley Signs Gang Prevention And Intervention Bill]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley has signed a bill focused on gang prevention and intervention.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:23:07 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Hog Farmers Could Rebuild Under Old Rules]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- A hog farmer could rebuild after a fire or switch swine operation type without having to follow tougher rules on the books in a bill that cleared a Senate committee.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:55:05 -0400</pubDate>
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