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        <copyright>Copyright 2009 by Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC</copyright>
        
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethics committee ends Burris probe]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=380214]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Manu Raju -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T16:40:31 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[Lawmakers to consider Sanford impeachment]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=380183]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T15:32:26 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin asks: 'Rationed care' already?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=380156]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Andy Barr -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-20T14:42:28 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[GOP advisers: Giuliani leans toward a Senate race]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379823]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- MICHAEL GORMLEY -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T21:24:52 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Republican advisers say Giuliani leaning toward Senate bid instead of governor's race]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Attorney: 3 percent of flights may violate law]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379787]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[Bryan Cox]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T20:54:44 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The attorney for Gov. Mark Sanford said Thursday a state ethics panel found that 3 percent of the governor's flights may have violated state law.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[House Speaker criticizes Sanford over report]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379732]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[Bryan Cox]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T19:44:52 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[House Speaker Bobby Harrell criticized the governor Thursday for not releasing an ethics report related to travel and campaign finances.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sen. Kerry's daughter arrested in LA on DUI]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379655]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T18:01:15 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.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379654]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T18:00:27 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.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379653]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T17:59:08 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Afghan President Karzai makes big promises in inaugural address; critics cautiously hopeful]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Columbia attorney enters mayoral race]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379582]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[Bryan Cox]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T15:59:16 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Columbia attorney Steve Morrison announced he is running to be the next Mayor of Columbia Thursday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Confederate Flag issue again in state politics]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379559]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[Bryan Cox]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T15:25:23 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Democrat running for governor says South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds if it wants to grow its economy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[3 former Union County officials in court]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379384]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T09:53:17 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Three former officials in a South Carolina county plagued by scandal are expected in court to face federal charges.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wilson outburst makes Word of the Year]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379379]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-19T09:46:51 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It's no lie. Merriam-Webster has chosen "admonish" as its 2009 Word of the Year.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[City council considers chicken ordinance]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379178]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[Katie Williams]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T21:57:45 UT]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AP source: Reid's health bill to cover 31 million]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379153]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- DAVID ESPO -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T21:13:55 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[AP Source: Health care bill will leave 94 percent of eligibles covered]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former Union County court clerk indicted]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=379010]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T18:07:04 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The former court clerk in a South Carolina county rocked by scandals has been charged with misconduct.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SC ethics panel weighing Gov. Sanford charges]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=378992]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- AP -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T17:26:17 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.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=378833]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T13:51:24 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.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=378832]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- DEVLIN BARRETT -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T13:50:40 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Obama predicts conviction of professed 9/11 mastermind; Holder defends prosecution strategy]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethics Commission; Sanford Investigation]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=378771]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-18T11:01:05 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The State Ethics Commission will decide whether a three-month investigation provides enough evidence that Gov. Mark Sanford broke state laws.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Illinois GOP seeks to block Gitmo transfers]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=378540]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Jake Sherman -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T22:15:51 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.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=378488]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T21:08:07 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.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=378297]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Carol E. Lee -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T14:52:34 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[Tuesday Morning's WACH FOX News on the Net]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=378292]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[Janet Parker]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T14:36:24 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Here's a look at the stories we're following in the WACH FOX Newscenter.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama, Hu vow cooperation but produce few deals]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=378259]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T13:53:37 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[Sanford impeachment introduced in House]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=378235]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-17T13:29:49 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A resolution to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford is the first bill that will be pre-filed Tuesday as the House opens the door to new legislation ahead of its January session beginning.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SEIU protests Goldman's D.C. offices]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=377850]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Victoria McGrane -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T19:30:07 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.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=377759]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- STEVE LeBLANC -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T16:37:46 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.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=377755]]></link>
            <author><![CDATA[- Andy Barr -]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T16:34:02 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[Poll: Half of Southern Democrats dislike Wilson outburst]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=377653]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-16T13:48:09 UT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[About half of the Southern Democrats responding to a poll say they were either opposed or outraged by a South Carolina congressman's outburst as President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress.]]></description>
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