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            <title><![CDATA[Cancer patients rally for Medicaid expansion]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 05:09:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[About 75 people who have experienced cancer and their family members are planning to visit Michigan's Capitol on Tuesday to meet with lawmakers. The effort is part of the American Cancer Action Network's annual Lobby Day.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Organic industry's political clout grows on Capitol Hill as consumers demand organic foods]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lawmaker wants schools forced to drop American Indian mascots to get compensation]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 08:59:17 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The bills would take $3 million out of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights' budget to cover the costs for schools to change the mascots if a federal complaint succeeds.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Farm bill will make cuts to food stamps]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The House Agriculture Committee has begun work on a five-year farm bill that would make small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leelanau County debates economic strategies]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[“Is economic development a responsibility of the Leelanau County Board, or is it something that the private sector needs to handle?” – Leelanau County Administrator Chet Janik.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Justice Department investigating IRS tea party targeting]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party; government watchdog blames lax management]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Does the military have a sex problem?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers outraged over another military sex case involving someone assigned to prevent sexual assault.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[State budget could reap millions more in revenue]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 16:40:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[UPDATED WITH POLL: Michigan could take in $542 million more in revenue than projected 4 months ago.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes 12 years after similar Monsanto push failed]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pentagon poised to trim furlough days, add exemptions]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pentagon poised to trim number of civilian furlough days, expand pool of exempt workers]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Minnesota latest state to allow gay marriage]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Minnesota Legislature passes same-sex marriage, governor to sign bill allowing Aug. 1 gay weddings]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top IRS official didn't reveal tea party targeting]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Acting IRS commissioner repeatedly failed to tell Congress that tea party groups were targeted]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bill would link teacher performance to paychecks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxanne Werly]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 05:09:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Michigan teachers' performance would play a bigger role in the amount they get in their paychecks under a proposal being debated in the Lansing.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Upper Peninsula man to be offered contract to become new City Manager]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Fox]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 May 2013 14:18:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[After several hours of interviews, Mayor Michael Estes called for a vote and the commission voted to select Jered Ottenwess, who is currently the City Manager in Ishpeming in the Upper Peninsula.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Traverse City continues search for a new city manager]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 18:45:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[City Commissioners gathered at the Governmental Center Saturday morning for a special meeting, to interview the remaining six candidates for the position.]]></description>
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