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        <copyright>Copyright 2009 by Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC</copyright>
        
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            <title><![CDATA[Sen. Cornyn on health care]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=380257]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T19:23:04 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Thursday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released his 2,074 page health care bill.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Friends, politicians mourn former NM Gov. King]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=380254]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T18:55:19 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Friends and governmental colleagues are remembering former Gov. Bruce King as a model of integrity who defined the art of grass-roots politics in New Mexico.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heritage group against governor's mansion addition]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=380252]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T18:49:09 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A group that made the first $10,000 private donation to rebuild the fire-gutted Texas Governor's Mansion is opposed to changing its look.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thornberry upset by new mammogram recommendations]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=380247]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T18:39:04 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Congressman Mac Thornberry sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius concerning the recent recommendations on mammography screenings made by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethics committee ends Burris probe]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=380214]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Manu Raju -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T17:40:31 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Senate Ethics Committee closed its investigation into the controversial appointment of Roland Burris to the Illinois Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin asks: 'Rationed care' already?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=380156]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Andy Barr -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T15:42:28 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin early Friday morning asked if bureaucratic panels were already rationing care.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gov. Perry refuses clemency for condemned man]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379874]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T23:39:16 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Perry refused to spared a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery, rejecting a parole board recommendation that the death sentence of 34-year-old Robert Lee Thompson be commuted to life in prison.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[State collects billions in cigarette tax]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379835]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T22:46:03 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Today was the Great American Smokeout, where smokers across the country were encouraged to give up the habit for one day.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOP advisers: Giuliani leans toward a Senate race]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379823]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- MICHAEL GORMLEY -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T22:24:52 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Republican advisers say Giuliani leaning toward Senate bid instead of governor's race]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sen. Kerry's daughter arrested in LA on DUI]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379655]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T19:01:15 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Sen. John Kerry's eldest daughter arrested in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stimulus watchdog: Job creation data flawed]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379654]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T19:00:27 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Stimulus watchdog: White House overplayed jobs data, should've acknowledged uncertainty, flaws]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Karzai makes big promises in Afghan inaugural]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379653]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T18:59:08 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Afghan President Karzai makes big promises in inaugural address; critics cautiously hopeful]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOP governors assail health care plans]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T18:08:06 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[GOP governors are blistering Democratic health care plans in Congress.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Domenici committee pays $700K on legal bills]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379613]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T17:47:04 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Campaign contributions to retired U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici paid for more than $700,000 in lawyers' bills arising from an ethics investigation into his role in the 2007 firing of former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senate shows off health care bill]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T13:28:57 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Read the entire bill here]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Texas governor to decide condemned killer's fate]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T13:19:20 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The fate of a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery is in the hands of Gov. Rick Perry after the state parole board recommended that the death sentence be commuted to life in prison.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Marriage challenged in Texas constitution?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379273]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[Nastassia Tamari]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T03:36:52 UT]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hutchison to air campaign radio ads]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379249]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T01:42:35 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who's running for Texas governor, will begin airing radio ads.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Texas gov. likely to face school finance problems]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379225]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T00:27:56 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[With budget problems mounting for many Texas school districts, the next governor is likely to inherit a funding system that experts say has become a legal and financial quagmire.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[AP source: Reid's health bill to cover 31 million]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=379153]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- DAVID ESPO -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T22:13:55 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[AP Source: Health care bill will leave 94 percent of eligibles covered]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SC ethics panel weighing Gov. Sanford charges]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=378992]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T18:26:17 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SC commission hearing details on whether Gov. Sanford's travel merits prosecution]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T14:51:24 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[W.Va. Sen. Robert Byrd at 56 years, 320 days becomes longest-serving member of Congress ever]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama: Professed 9/11 mastermind will be convicted]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=378832]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- DEVLIN BARRETT -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T14:50:40 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Obama predicts conviction of professed 9/11 mastermind; Holder defends prosecution strategy]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Illinois GOP seeks to block Gitmo transfers]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=378540]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Jake Sherman -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T23:15:51 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[An Illinois Republican has introduced legislation to block federal funds from transporting Guantanamo detainees to a northwestern Illinois facility]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gay couples blast federal Defense of Marriage Act]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=378488]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T22:08:07 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Same-sex couples say 'no legitimate' reason for excluding them from feds marriage definition]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Education board wants use of Rainy Day Fund now]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T20:55:42 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The state Board of Education is calling in a resolution for the immediate use of money from Oklahoma's Rainy Day Fund, citing dire funding circumstances for the state's schools.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Mexico honors former governor]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=378398]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T19:53:30 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Richardson says flags around the state will be lowered to half staff through next Monday in honor of former Gov. Bruce King.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[When a hug becomes a kiss of death]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=378297]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Carol E. Lee -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T15:52:34 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is being bombarded with images of him hugging President Barack Obama.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama, Hu vow cooperation but produce few deals]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=378259]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T14:53:37 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles yet emerged from their first full-blown summit Tuesday with scant progress beyond goodwill.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NM agencies likely to shut down for furloughs]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=377871]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T20:52:39 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Richardson proposes that state worker furloughs occur around upcoming holidays starting with Christmas Eve.]]></description>
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