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	      <title>Private nature</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/7563/frontporch.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" />With our faces buried beneath hats and scarves, Grandpa and I didn't say much, but I remember well the soundtracks of crunching snow, panting dogs and breeze-tickled bare twigs. By Heather Cook.]]></description>
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	      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>&amp;#39;Bama</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/3fc8/sq-gallery.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" /><P></p>... By Jeremy M. Lange.]]></description>
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	      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>Bev &amp;#39;n&amp;#39; Mike</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/97f4/sq-toon.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" /><p></p>... By V.C. Rogers.]]></description>
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	      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>Yes, Bi Guy, there is heterophobia</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Being bi or straight in a mostly gay environment; plus, Is civil disobedience bad manners? By Steven Petrow.]]></description>
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	      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>More bad flu news, this time in your pee</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/c497/living_green.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" />ScienceNews.org reports that concentrations of Tamiflu's "active form" are showing up in rivers downstream of wastewater treatment plants. The source: human urine. By Lisa Sorg.]]></description>
	      <category>Columns/Living Green</category>
	      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>So what&amp;#39;s up with this 2012 date?</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/be87/sq-longcount.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" />The end of the world as we know it? Hardly. By JP Trostle.]]></description>
	      <category>Columns/Opinion</category>
	      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>Bigfoot</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/ac24/frontporch.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" />Fair warning: I'm cranking up my leaf blower these days, and it's going to break the rural sound barrier. By John Valentine.]]></description>
	      <category>Columns/Front Porch</category>
	      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>You&amp;#39;re a Good Man, Harry Reid</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/5fbf/sq-toon.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" /><p></p>... By V.C. Rogers.]]></description>
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	      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>Durham Skate Park</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/0e4d/sq-gallery.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" /><p></p>... By Jeremy M. Lange.]]></description>
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	      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>Green your tailgate party</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/b378/living_green.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" />Carpool; recycle; reuse; create friendly fire; go organic By Steve Luxton.]]></description>
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	      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>Re: Hal Crowther on Glenn Beck; &amp;quot;Animal obsession&amp;quot;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA["Until those on both ends of the political spectrum can refrain from personal attacks and persecution, we're not going to get very far as a country."]]></description>
	      <category>Columns/Letters to the Editor</category>
	      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>Base players</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/e038/sq-toon.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" /><p></p>... By V.C. Rogers.]]></description>
	      <category>Columns/Peripheral Visions</category>
	      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>Halloween procession</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/a6ed/sq-gallery.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" /><p></p>... By Jeremy M. Lange.]]></description>
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	      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>Saint Soupy</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/70d6/frontporch.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" />The 15-minute segment of my long-ago life in which I defeated <i>The $10,000 Pyramid</i> came to mind a week ago when the funny, smart Soupy Sales died. By Chuck Adams.]]></description>
	      <category>Columns/Front Porch</category>
	      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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	      <title>Plug in, turn on, drive out</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.indyweek.com//binary/be1a/living_green.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0" alt="" />When Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles hit the marketplace, you'll be able to charge your car at plug-in stations in Raleigh. By Steve Luxton.]]></description>
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	      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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