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			<title><![CDATA[With memories of the 2009 pandemic, Mexico braces for flu season]]></title>
			
			

			
			
			
			<pubDate>2012-01-31 13:43:13</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[California's chief justice: 'Life without means life without']]></title>
			
			

			
			
			
			<pubDate>2012-01-10 16:36:18</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[California's chief justice: 'Life without means life without']]></title>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Elton John to publish AIDS book, 'Love is the Cure']]></title>
			
			

			
			
			
			<pubDate>2012-01-09 16:35:25</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Elton John to publish AIDS book, 'Love is the Cure']]></title>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Haiti, two years after devastating earthquake]]></title>
			
			

			
			
			
			<pubDate>2012-01-12 16:37:33</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Haiti, two years after devastating earthquake]]></title>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Map: Where all the junk in the ocean ends up]]></title>
			
			

			
			
			
			<pubDate>2012-01-28 16:38:39</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Map: Where all the junk in the ocean ends up]]></title>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Islamists, protesters clash outside Egyptian parliament]]></title>
			
			

			
			
			
			<pubDate>2012-01-31 16:38:32</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Islamists, protesters clash outside Egyptian parliament]]></title>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mexico's incumbent party picks woman as its presidential candidate, a first]]></title>
			
			

			
			
			
			<pubDate>2012-02-06 04:38:39</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mexico's incumbent party picks woman as its presidential candidate, a first]]></title>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mom, son educate teens on drug abuse consequences]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-01-18 18:27:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[POWAY, Calif. - There is a growing movement to educate parents and students about the dangers of prescription drugs in San Diego.

The problem of teenagers using and abusing prescription medication has become such an epidemic, a group of local leaders and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. obesity epidemic shows no hint of retreating]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-01-17 09:46:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (AP) &mdash; America&rsquo;s obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no sign of reversing course.

More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, echoing...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Eleanor A. Laun]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-01-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Eleanor A. Laun, a combat nurse who served with the Army in North Africa and Europe during World War II, died Jan. 10 of complications from a stroke at the Charlestown retirement community.

The longtime Ten Hills resident was 94.

Eleanor A. McNelis...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Around Town: The women's club that could]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-01-18 11:36:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As a past president of the Thursday Club, I am privy to bits of its history. The club, according to our records, began like this: &ldquo;Upon invitation sent by Mrs. Jesse Knight, interested women of our valley met at her home in October 1912 and formed...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Critics pounce on Coke, Pepsi health initiatives]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-02-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Sodas, sports drinks and other sugary beverages are an unhealthy choice for kids, according to the nation's leading pediatricians' group, which strictly opposes the sale and advertising of the products in schools.

Yet Coca-Cola's Live Positively slogan...]]></description>
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