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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130518/PC1601/130519202/1263/probe-begins-after-connecticut-commuter-trains-crash&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Probe begins after Connecticut commuter trains crash]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in a crash that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130518/PC1601/130519205/1263/scouting-leaders-to-vote-thursday-on-issue-of-accepting-gay-members-into-boy-scouts&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Scouting leaders to vote Thursday on issue of accepting gay members into Boy Scouts]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:56:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130518/PC1601/130519249/1263/iowa-officials-elks-reunite-marine-bomb-dog&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Iowa officials, Elks reunite Marine, bomb dog]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa &#x2014; When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he&#x2019;d look her up when he returned home.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130518/PC1601/130519248/1263/treasury-told-of-irs-probe-in-june-2012&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Treasury told of IRS probe in June, 2012
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#x2014; Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130518/PC05/130519247/1263/office-pools-can-increase-lottery-odds-but-beware-of-pitfalls&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Office pools can increase lottery odds, but beware of pitfalls]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130518/PC1601/130519246/1263/hagel-orders-recertification-of-all-military-personnel-involed-in-preventing-responding-to-sexual-assault&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Hagel orders recertification of all military personnel involed in preventing, responding to sexual assault]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#x2014; Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon&#x2019;s control.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130518/PC1601/130519245/1263/arrests-now-total-7-in-new-orleans-shooting-during-mother-x2019-s-day-parade&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Arrests now total 7 in New Orleans shooting during Mother&#x2019;s Day parade]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS &#x2014; Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother&#x2019;s Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130517/PC1601/130519257/1263/nearly-50-injured-as-conn-commuter-trains-collide&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Nearly 50 injured as Conn. commuter trains collide]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[FAIRFIELD, Conn. &#x2014; Public safety officials in Connecticut say about 50 people have been hurt after two commuter trains collided outside New York City. Four of those injuries were deemed serious.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130517/PC1601/130519308/1263/lottery-fever-helps-powerball-jackpot-grow-to-600-million&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Lottery fever helps Powerball jackpot grow to $600 million]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa -- Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game&#x2019;s history and the world&#x2019;s second largest lottery prize.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130517/PC1601/130519316/1263/1-sailor-dead-others-injured-in-training-accident-at-fort-knox-in-ky&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[1 sailor dead, others injured in training accident at Fort Knox in KY]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE, Ky. &#x2014; Officials say one U.S. Navy sailor was killed and several others were hurt in a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130517/PC1601/130519317/1263/hatchet-hitchhiker-8217-arrested-in-nj-homicide&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[&#39;Hatchet hitchhiker' arrested in NJ homicide]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[ELIZABETH, N.J.  -- The unlikely pair -- an itinerant hitchhiker turned Internet celebrity and a lawyer three times his age -- met amid the neon lights of Times Square and headed back to a squat brick home on a quiet New Jersey cul-de-sac, authorities say.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130517/PC1601/130519321/1263/texas-senior-18-bags-800-pound-record-alligator&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON &#x2014; A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator &#x2014; the heaviest ever certified in Texas &#x2014; on his first alligator hunt.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130517/PC1601/130519358/1263/tornado-outbreak-kills-6-in-texas&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Tornado outbreak kills 6 in Texas]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[GRANBURY, Texas &#x2014; Thirteen tornadoes touched down in several small communities in North Texas Wednesday night and into Thursday, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people Thursday afternoon.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130517/PC1601/130519357/1263/president-obama-brass-tackle-military-sexual-assault&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[President Obama, brass tackle military sexual assault]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#x2014; President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation&#x2019;s military leaders told him they are &#x201c;ashamed&#x201d; of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama pledged to &#x201c;leave no stone unturned&#x201d; in the effort to halt the abuse, which he said undermines the trust the military needs to be...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130517/PC1601/130519355/1263/president-obama-struggles-to-overcome-this-week-x2019-s-controversies&amp;source=RSS</link>
	<title><![CDATA[President Obama struggles to overcome this week&#x2019;s controversies]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#x2014; President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money to prevent another Benghazi-style terrorist attack.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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