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        <copyright>Copyright 2009 by Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC</copyright>
        
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            <title><![CDATA[Colo. billboard links Obama with jihadists]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T22:26:10 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The billboard in Wheat Ridge shows a cartoonish Obama wearing a turban. The billboard says, "PRESIDENT or JIHAD?" The words "WAKE UP AMERICA! REMEMBER FT. HOOD!" appear on the bottom.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethics committee ends Burris probe]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=380214]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Manu Raju -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T18:40:31 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[Alamosa swears in first female mayor]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=380199]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T18:06:52 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Kathy Rogers took office Wednesday night. She replaces former Mayor Farris Bervig, who retired after 24 years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US attorney nominee says she didn't use database]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=380182]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T17:28:14 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Stephanie Villafuerte has refused to answer questions from the media about what conversations she had two years ago about an illegal immigrant who became a controversial figure in race. But in a letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, the former Denver chief deputy district attorney says the answer to whether she used a database for campaign purposes "is emphatically no."]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Some lawmakers send few to academies]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T17:23:56 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Associated Press reviewed nomination records at the U.S. Naval, Military and Air Force academies over five years. Most congressional members make many nominations. About half of all House lawmakers nominated more than 100 students each over the period.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin asks: 'Rationed care' already?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=380156]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Andy Barr -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T16:42:28 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[Lawyer to head Colo. Dept. of Regulatory Agencies]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T14:37:27 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Ritter has appointed attorney Barbara J. Kelley of Denver to be the new executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, effective Dec. 1. She replaces Rico Munn, who became the executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education earlier this month.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOP advisers: Giuliani leans toward a Senate race]]></title>
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            <author><![CDATA[- MICHAEL GORMLEY -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T23:24:52 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Republican advisers say Giuliani leaning toward Senate bid instead of governor's race]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[City deposits $13 million in escrow for USOC project]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379796]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T23:03:24 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The grant will be used by the USOC for improvements to the Olympic Training Center, including additional housing and dining facilities for athletes. As part of the agreement the USOC has committed to begin construction within four years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sen. Kerry's daughter arrested in LA on DUI]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379655]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T20:01:15 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.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379654]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T20:00:27 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>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T19:59:08 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Afghan President Karzai makes big promises in inaugural address; critics cautiously hopeful]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Person in chicken suit ruffles feathers in Durango]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T18:12:21 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[At a council meeting Tuesday, someone in a chicken costume wordlessly entered council chambers just as Mayor Leigh Meigs was discussing a recently-passed backyard hen ordinance. The costumed chicken took a few turns, flapped its arms, then took a seat in the nearly empty gallery. Several minutes later, the chicken left. But not before leaving an egg on the floor.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Army Secretary visits Fort Carson]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379289]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[Cris Ornelas]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T05:24:30 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Secretary of the Army was at Fort Carson Wednesday and talked with those who train our soldiers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[AP source: Reid's health bill to cover 31 million]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379153]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- DAVID ESPO -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T23:13:55 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.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378992]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T19:26:17 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SC commission hearing details on whether Gov. Sanford's travel merits prosecution]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Army drops appeal over Pinon Canyon study]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T18:02:30 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Army appealed a Sept. 8 federal court ruling that said it didn't adequately assess the environmental effects of increasing training at the southeast Colorado site. It filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on Tuesday. Justice Department lawyers representing the Army refused to comment on the move.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Colo. teachers union opposing state education cuts]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T17:34:28 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Education Association has launched a campaign to support the state constitutional provision that protects education funding. Voter-approved Amendment 23 boosts the amount schools get by inflation plus 1 percent every year through 2011 and by the rate of inflation in future years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T15:51:24 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.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378832]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- DEVLIN BARRETT -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T15:50:40 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Obama predicts conviction of professed 9/11 mastermind; Holder defends prosecution strategy]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Another GOP challenger to Rep. Betsy Markey]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378796]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T14:40:58 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dean Madere of Loveland plans to announce his candidacy Wednesday night at a Loveland golf course. The Republican race to challenge Markey is getting crowded. Madere will face state Rep. Cory Gardner of Yuma and University of Colorado regent Tom Lucero for the GOP nomination.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Illinois GOP seeks to block Gitmo transfers]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378540]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Jake Sherman -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T00:15:51 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>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T23:08:07 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[Pitkin Co. donating Roaring Fork water rights]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378376]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T20:06:15 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Water Conservation Board approved the agreement in Denver on Monday. The agreement means Pitkin still owns its water but is agreeing to keep the water it has rights to -- 4.2 cubic feet per second -- in the river for as long as it wishes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[When a hug becomes a kiss of death]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378297]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Carol E. Lee -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T16:52:34 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>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T15:53:37 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[Colo. medical pot suppliers will have to pay taxes]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378222]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T15:19:12 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter plans to direct medical marijuana dispensaries to start paying sales tax. Ritter's move comes after Colorado Attorney John Suthers concluded in an opinion issued Monday that medical marijuana is considered personal property that can be taxed and shouldn't be treated like prescription drugs, which are tax exempt.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Colo. officials: No inquiries on Gitmo detainees]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T00:45:40 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Federal officials on Monday toured an empty prison in Illinois under consideration to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. Colorado's Supermax federal prison in Florence has also been mentioned as another possible site.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SEIU protests Goldman's D.C. offices]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=377850]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Victoria McGrane -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T21:30:07 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[About 100 protesters gathered outside the Washington offices of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, demanding the company donate its $23 billion in bonuses to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[AP NewsBreak: Mass. senator driven home by cops]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=377759]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- STEVE LeBLANC -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T18:37:46 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[AP NewsBreak: Mass. senator, reportedly drunk, driven home by cops 13 hours before hit-and-run]]></description>
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