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            <title><![CDATA[Panhandle prepares for tornado evacuations]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Flores]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:16 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[With devastation across parts of the Midwest, businesses like EF-5 Tornado Shelters are helping residents around the Panhandle prepare for severe weather.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[House mulls new district for failing schools]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 09:30:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Texas House is considering a proposal that would create special districts operated by turnaround experts to improve struggling schools.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Texas search team to help after Okla. tornado]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Members of an elite search and rescue team from Texas have been dispatched to Oklahoma to help with recovery following a deadly tornado.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Severe weather season is here]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey Stiner]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 18:55:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A severe weather outbreak across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri spawning tornadoes that have caused complete destruction.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Texas news minute]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Unemployment rate remains at 6.4 percent]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 11:55:43 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[State officials say the Texas unemployment rate has remained steady for the third straight month at 6.4 percent.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Texas news minute]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 09:58:25 CDT]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Latest budget offer: $4B back to classrooms]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A breakthrough on a new Texas budget could be for real this time.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[House to consider charter school bill]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 09:45:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The House is set to debate a plan to dramatically expand the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Texas - a sweeping proposal that's cleared the Senate but could face a tougher road in the lower chamber.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gov. Perry to sign Morton Act into law]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 09:28:38 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Perry is holding a special ceremony to sign into law a proposal attempting to limit future wrongful convictions as the legislative session enters its final, frantic days.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Recovery begins in twister-damaged city]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A North Texas county sheriff says seven people remain unaccounted for after a massive tornado claimed six lives.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vineyard Manor reopens in downtown Amarillo]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=898274]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Flores]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 18:10:35 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Vineyard Manor, off 12th and Polk, reopened Wednesday afternoon to residents of Amarillo. The 3-story building will be used for commercial business and affordable housing. They received help from the City of Amarillo and the Center City of Amarillo in financing the project.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hearing set for woman on death row for Amarillo murder]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 11:13:45 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ordered a hearing to address allegations raised in an appeal from a woman sent to death row for the 1996 robbery and slaying of an 80-year-old Amarillo man at his apartment.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paramedic at deadly blast in court]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 09:46:02 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A former first-responder in the Central Texas town devastated by a deadly plant explosion is to appear in court on allegations that he possessed materials for a pipe bomb.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Two-thirds of eligible Texas residents received food stamps]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 09:30:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[An advocacy group says only two-thirds of Texans who may be eligible for food stamp assistance received the benefits in 2011.]]></description>
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