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						<title><![CDATA[Stakes High As Obama, McCain Head For Final Debate ]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[TOLEDO, Ohio -- Republican John McCain is looking to turnaround his fortunes in the final presidential debate with Democrat Barack Obama, a forum focused on pocketbook issues and domestic policy Wednesday night.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:46:32 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[McCrory, Munger, Perdue All Expected At Debate]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Voters have their first and only chance to hear all the candidates for North Carolina governor talk about the issues together on television.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:17:02 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Perdue Moves On Opponent's Home Turf Of Charlotte]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-10-14-0016.html]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Competing against the mayor of North Carolina's largest city hasn't discouraged Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue from taking the fight for governor to Pat McCrory's home turf.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:34:48 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Palin Comes Back To NC]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[ELON, N.C. -- Governor Sarah Palin will be back in North Carolina this Thursday, Oct. 16.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:49:49 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[McCain Asks N.C. Supporters To Fight For New Direction]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain is asking his supporters to &quot;fight for a new direction for our country.&quot;&#13;&#10;]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[World-Renowned Financial Expert Writes Play For Middle Schoolers]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://durham.mync.com/site/durham/news%257CCommunity%257CSports%257CLifestyles/story/10821/world-renowned-financial-expert-writes-play-for-middle-schoolers]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke finance professor Campbell Harvey has explained the economic crisis to the media. He's explained it to the world. Now, he's trying to explain it to middle schoolers.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:09:12 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Durham Students To Question Presidential Candidates]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://durham.mync.com/site/durham/news%257CCommunity%257CSports%257CLifestyles/story/10819/durham-students-to-question-presidential-candidate]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[DURHAM, N.C. -- On Sunday, four Durham students will get their own questions answered by the nation's presidential candidates. ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:45:45 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Cindy McCain Presiding Over NASCAR Race]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[CONCORD, N.C. -- The wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain will be the honorary race director at the NASCAR Bank of America 500.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:59:11 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[It's Not Too Late To Register To Vote]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news%257CCommunity%257CSports%257CLifestyles/story/10816/its-not-too-late-to-register-to-vote]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[WAKE COUNTY, N.C. -- Waves of procrastinators filed into the Wake County Board of Elections Friday, the last day to register in North Carolina.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:30:16 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[N.C. Voter Registration Deadline Is Today]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news%7CSports%7CLifestyles/story/10778/nc-voter-registration-deadline-is-today]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina election officials are scrambling to process paperwork after more than 600,000 people registered to vote in the first nine months of the year.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:46:29 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Elections Chief Defends N.C. Voting Systems]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://raleigh.mync.com/site/raleigh/news/story/10742/]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's elections chief lashed out at a report Thursday that suggested the state had misused a Social Security Administration database to purge voters from the state's registration rolls.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:45:31 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[McCrory, Munger Prepare For Second Debate]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://durham.mync.com/site/durham/news%257CCommunity%257CSports%257CLifestyles/story/10640/mccrory-and-munger-prepare-for-second-debate]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Pat McCrory and Mike Munger are heading back to a television studio for another debate while Beverly Perdue stays away.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:47:51 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obama, McCain Clash Over Causes And Cures Of Crisis]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-10-07-0023.html]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Barack Obama and John McCain clashed repeatedly over the causes and cures for the worst economic crisis in 80 years Tuesday night in a debate in which Republican McCain called for a sweeping new program to keep homeowners from foreclosure.&#13;&#10;]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama Makes Stop In Jacksonville]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- Michelle Obama told a crowd of military families near the Marine Corps' massive base at Camp Lejeune on Tuesday there is &quot;only one candidate&quot; for president who will work to give them the services and care they need.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Palin Says Ayers Is Relevant Campaign Issue]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://politics.mync.com/2008/10/palin-campaigning-in-greenville-to-defend-nc/]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says Barack Obama's association with a 1960s radical is a relevant issue because he hasn't been forthright about what he knew about William Ayers' background and when he knew it.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Economy Expected To Be Hot Topic During Debate]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news%7CSports%7CLifestyles/story/10501/hot-topic-for-debate-tonight-economy]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- The economy is expected to dominate tonight&#8217;s presidential candidate debate, which is scheduled for 9 p.m.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obama Grabs Barbecue Lunch In Asheville]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Sen. Barack Obama stopped by an Asheville barbecue restaurant to grab a takeout lunch in a break from his preparations for his next debate with Sen. John McCain.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:04:02 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obama: McCain 'Running Out Of Time' In N.C.]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-10-05-0008.html]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama says Republican rival John McCain is &quot;out of touch, out of ideas, and running out of time.&quot;]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sun, 5 Oct 2008 15:00:16 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[2 N.C. Republicans Say They'll Now Support Bailout]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-10-03-0010.html]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C.-- North Carolina Republican Rep. Howard Coble says he has changed his mind and will now vote for a $700 billion financial market bailout package.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 11:56:50 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Palin, Biden Spar On Iraq, Economic Crisis]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-10-02-0003.html]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS -- Under intense scrutiny, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stood her ground Thursday night against a vastly more experienced Joe Biden.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Furious Lobbying Continues For Bailout Bill]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - - President Bush and congressional leaders conducted fierce eleventh-hour lobbying Thursday for enough House votes to push the $700 billion financial industry bailout bill to the finish line.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:31:45 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Mayors Of Large N.C. Cities, Towns Back Perdue]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news%257CSports%257CLifestyles/story/10224/mayors-of-large-nc-cities-towns-back-perdue]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- The mayors of several of North Carolina's largest cities have endorsed Democrat Beverly Perdue for governor, not fellow municipal leader Pat McCrory.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:07:43 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[McCrory Camp Sees Difference With Fundraiser]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://raleigh.mync.com/site/raleigh/news%257CSports%257CLifestyles/story/10222/mccrory-camp-sees-difference-with-fundraiser]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- A former Board of Transportation member who helped raise money for Republican Pat McCrory's gubernatorial campaign faced conflict-of-interest allegations nearly 20 years ago.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:57:30 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Gas Shortage Has Politicians Making Tough Calls]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-10-01-0019.html]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Long lines at gas pumps in North Carolina are affecting politicians as well as motorists.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:35:46 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[McCrory Is Latest N.C. GOP Hopeful To Head Down East]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-10-01-0012.html]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[WHITEVILLE, N.C. -- Gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory is hoping to do something other Republican candidates have failed to do.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:28:14 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Election Official: This Could Be A Historic Election]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://durham.mync.com/site/durham/news%257CCommunity%257CSports%257CLifestyles/story/10076/election-official-this-could-be-a-historic-election]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[DURHAM, N.C. -- Sioux Watson's two daughters don't live in Durham anymore. One lives out of the country. Yet both are still interested in local politics and each plan on voting in the election on Nov. 4.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:43:07 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[House Panel Looks To Close Sex Offender 'Loophole']]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- A special legislative panel is looking to tighten North Carolina's sex offender law after a court ruling found the state has not defined clearly what a residence is.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:20:24 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Elizabeth Edwards To Speak In Carrboro]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://carrboro.mync.com/site/carrboro/news%7CSports%7CLifestyles/story/10010/elizabeth-edwards-to-host-healthcare-roundtable-in-carrboro]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[CARRBORO, N.C. -- Elizabeth Edwards is hosting a round-table discussion on the health care plan being promoted by Republican presidential candidate John McCain.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:15:07 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[N.C. Transportation Board Troubles May Hurt Perdue]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue speaks passionately about clean government and her ideas to reduce money's influence on politics, like a private endowment for gubernatorial candidates who agree to fundraising restrictions.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:47:11 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obama Stumps In Greensboro; McCain Supporters Also Rally]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[GREENSBORO, N.C.--  Over 20,000 supporters of Barack Obama and Joe Biden gathered in Greensboro Saturday afternoon to listen to the presidential hopeful and his running mate during a campaign rally.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:29:39 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obama, McCain Argue Over War, Taxes In 1st Debate ]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The two men clashed over spending, taxes, energy and - at length - the war in Iraq during their 90-minute debate. ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:33:59 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Wounded Iraq War Veteran Campaigns For Obama]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://durhamcounty.mync.com/site/durhamcounty/news%7CCommunity%7CSports%7CLifestyles/story/9801/wounded-iraq-war-veteran-campaigns-for-obama]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[DURHAM, N.C. -- A former Marine who lost an arm in Iraq will be in North Carolina to discuss Barack Obama's national security plan.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:52:23 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Munger, McCrory Debate Without Lieutenant Governor]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RTP, N.C. -- Beverly Perdue's absence at a statewide televised debate has been noted by the other two candidates who were on the stage.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[McCain Seeks To Delay Debate To Focus On Economy]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Republican John McCain says he's directing his staff to work with Barack Obama's campaign to delay Friday's debate.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Perdue Takes Risk By Linking McCrory To Jim Black]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- The two top candidates for governor tried Monday to paint each other with political corruption, with Pat McCrory questioning Beverly Perdue's ties to a Board of Transportation member and Perdue linking McCrory to disgraced ex-House Speaker Jim Black.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:35:50 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obama Campaigns In N.C., Heads To Florida]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama planned to head to Florida this week for three days of preparation for the first debate of the general election, a matchup that could reshape a tight White House race.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:37:25 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[N.C. Auditor Turns Up Dispute With Ethics Panel]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- An interagency battle in North Carolina state government ramped up Thursday when the auditor's office blasted the ethics commission for blocking its investigation of the panel.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:37:56 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Perdue, McCrory Face Off On Public Education]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[CARY, N.C. -- North Carolina governor hopefuls Beverly Perdue and Pat McCrory cemented their differences on public education at a debate in Wake County.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:09:24 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama: Don't Vote Because 'She's Cute']]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Michelle Obama says voters need to decide this election by examining the issues, not because they like a candidate or think &quot;she's cute.&quot;]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:59:15 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Elizabeth Edwards To Testify Before House Panel]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Elizabeth Edwards is continuing her health care advocacy with an appearance before a U.S. House committee assessing the need for reform.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:34:06 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC Lieutenant Governor Candidates Spar In Debate]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- North Carolina's major party candidates for lieutenant governor hammered each other on their records in the state Senate in a debate Wednesday evening.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Candidate For District Court Judge In Wake County Charged With DWI]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- A candidate for District Court Judge in Wake County District 10 has been arrested and charged with driving while impaired, according to Raleigh Police.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:14:01 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Perdue, McCrory Take On Ethics In State Government]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- The democratic and republican gubernatorial candidates took on ethics in state government Tuesday, addressing the North Carolina Coalition for Lobbying and Reform.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:50 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC's Dole, Hagan React To US Financial Turmoil]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole said Monday she wants to use her seat on the Senate committee that oversees the nation's banking industry to examine the causes and implications of turmoil in U.S. financial markets.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:21:12 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Elizabeth Edwards Returns To Public Stage]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Elizabeth Edwards is set to speak publicly for the first time since her husband publicly admitted to an extramarital affair that took place shortly before he began his second bid for the presidency.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:00:52 -0400</pubDate>
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