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        <copyright>Copyright 2009 by Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC</copyright>
        
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            <title><![CDATA[State of the Judiciary]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=380226]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[C.E. Huffman]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T18:09:37 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Kirksville Chamber of Commerce holds first ever "State of the Judiciary".]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethics committee ends Burris probe]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=380214]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Manu Raju -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T17:40:31 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[Palin asks: 'Rationed care' already?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=380156]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Andy Barr -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T15:42:28 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[Gubernatorial candidate visits Ottumwa]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379925]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T02:55:01 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Bob Vander Plaats hosts meet and greet]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOP advisers: Giuliani leans toward a Senate race]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379823]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- MICHAEL GORMLEY -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T22:24:52 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Republican advisers say Giuliani leaning toward Senate bid instead of governor's race]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sen. Kerry's daughter arrested in LA on DUI]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379655]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T19:01:15 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.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379654]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T19:00:27 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>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379653]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T18:59:08 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Afghan President Karzai makes big promises in inaugural address; critics cautiously hopeful]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nixon picks new mid-Missouri county commissioner]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379395]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T11:17:16 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Seventy-three-year-old Howard McMillan was picked Wednesday to be the western district commissioner for Howard County. .]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iowa looks to cut court reporters]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379158]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T22:19:56 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Possible new system uses new technology]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[AP source: Reid's health bill to cover 31 million]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=379153]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- DAVID ESPO -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T22:13:55 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.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378992]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T18:26:17 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SC commission hearing details on whether Gov. Sanford's travel merits prosecution]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378833]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T14:51:24 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.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378832]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- DEVLIN BARRETT -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T14:50:40 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Obama predicts conviction of professed 9/11 mastermind; Holder defends prosecution strategy]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Small firms scrapping, scaling back health plans]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378764]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T11:51:24 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The health insurance crunch has hit small businesses particularly hard because they lack the leverage of their bigger counterparts to negotiate with insurers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sign, sign, everywhere a sign]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378602]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T02:35:11 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Councilmembers vote on signs for Bridge View Center]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Illinois GOP seeks to block Gitmo transfers]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378540]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Jake Sherman -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T23:15:51 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>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378488]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T22:08:07 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[When a hug becomes a kiss of death]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378297]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Carol E. Lee -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T15:52:34 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>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378259]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T14:53:37 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[Nixon to outline Missouri higher education funding plan]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378195]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T12:08:15 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Nixon is to hold news conferences to announce an agreement regarding future funding for Missouri's public colleges and universities.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin speech in SW Missouri closed to media coverage]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=378193]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T11:59:56 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[There will be no seating for the media when Sarah Palin speaks next month at the College of the Ozarks in southwest Missouri.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mayoral candidates ready for runoff]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=377974]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T22:49:48 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Candidates encourage residents to vote in runoff]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SEIU protests Goldman's D.C. offices]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=377850]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Victoria McGrane -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T20:30:07 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.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=377759]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- STEVE LeBLANC -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T17:37:46 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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            <title><![CDATA[Palin: Levi busy doing 'porn']]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=377755]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Andy Barr -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T17:34:02 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin slammed Levi Johnston - the father of her 11-month old grandchild - for being too busy courting media attention to see his son and for engaging in "aspiring porn."]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Analysis: Missouri governor bucks trend of special sessions]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=377576]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T11:51:09 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is bucking the trend by keeping lawmakers at home instead of at the Capitol for a special session.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iowa judiciary branch announces layoffs]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=377045]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-13T23:10:08 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[More than 100 jobs to be cut]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin: AP 'erroneously reporting']]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=376864]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Andy Barr -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-13T19:21:26 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin says that The Associated Press is "erroneously reporting" on the contents of her book.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Napolitano pronounces US border more secure now]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=376831]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-13T17:39:19 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[DHS Sec'y Napolitano: Border more secure, but immigration reform needed for better enforcement]]></description>
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