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						<title><![CDATA[Dems Choose Obama; Clinton Joins In Acclamation ]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[DENVER - Barack Obama swept to the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday as national convention delegates cheered his triumph.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:06:38 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[2 NC Residents To Speak At Democratic Convention]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Two North Carolina residents have speaking roles at the Democratic National Convention.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:19:09 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Edwards' Affair Jeopardizes His Wife's Ambitions]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Elizabeth Edwards had built a leadership role in the Democratic party and the progressive movement.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:15:06 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obama Taps Biden To Be Running Mate]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware late Friday night to be his vice presidential running mate, balancing his ticket with a seasoned congressional veteran.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC-Based Marine Counted Among Combat Deaths]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- The military says a North Carolina-based Marine who died last year from injuries he suffered in 2005 has officially been counted as a combat death in Iraq.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:47:04 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Most, But Not All, NC Dem Sheriffs Endorse Hagan]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan won endorsements Thursday from more than half of North Carolina sheriffs, but failed to win the support of all the county lawmen who are members of her party.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:03:16 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[NC Gubernatorial Candidates' Debate On Offshore Drilling]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[DURHAM, N.C. -- North Carolina's two major-party candidates for governor continued to spar over plans to open the coast to oil and natural gas drilling Tuesday night during the first live televised debate of the general election.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obama Lays Out Domestic Agenda]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. - Presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke in Raleigh Tuesday, laying out his domestic agenda in a state where he trails in the polls by six points. ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Gov. Easley Vetoes Boat Towing Bill]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C.-- Gov. Mike Easley made good on a lingering veto threat Sunday when he rejected a bill which would have eased boat towing restrictions for North Carolina motorists.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:17:22 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Obama Will Return To North Carolina On Tuesday]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to return to Raleigh on Tuesday to hold a town hall at the N.C. State Fairgrounds to present his economic plan if elected President.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:51:13 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Small Businesses Endorse McCrory For Governor]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[CARY, N.C. -- Republican Pat McCrory's bid for North Carolina governor has earned the support of small businesses.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Edwards' Ally Explains $14,000 Payment To Mistress]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON-- An associate of John Edwards says the former presidential candidate's political action committee paid his mistress $14,000 after she stopped working for it.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:31:50 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Shooting Prompts NC Party Officials To Ponder More Security]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- The shooting death of the Arkansas Democratic Party chairman at the state headquarters has prompted both parties in North Carolina to consider tightening security at their headquarters, party officials said Wednesday.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:14:17 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Report: Edwards' Wife In Anguish After Affair]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Elizabeth Edwards' decision not to leave her husband after he confessed to an affair was hastened by the discovery of her cancer recurrence just months after the revelation, her brother and a friend told People magazine.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:05:46 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[McCrory Shows Support Of Offshore Drilling In TV Ad]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory is airing a television advertisement about offshore drilling in part to challenge an ad from an outside group.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:40:13 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Gov. Easley Speaking Up On Obama's Behalf]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news%7CCommunity/story/7000/gov-easley-speaking-up-on-obamas-behalf]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Back in May, Gov. Mike Easley was giving advice to Hillary Rodham Clinton about how to beat Barack Obama in North Carolina.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:58:18 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Burr, Bob Dole Speak At GOP Office Openings]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Sen. Richard Burr says John McCain, Elizabeth Dole and other Republican candidates for statewide office won't win unless GOP voters work as a team to get them elected.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:08:29 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Governor Easley Signs 16 Bills Into Law]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. --Gov. Mike Easley said Saturday he had signed another 16 bills into law, including measures that increase penalties for racial intimidation and prevent some mentally ill patients from buying guns.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 9 Aug 2008 19:37:50 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Edwards Admits To Affair, Denies Fathering Child]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news/story/6762/edwards-admits-to-affair-denies-fathering-child]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is admitting to an extramarital affair but denies fathering the woman's daughter.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:00:10 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Charlotte Man Accused Of Threatening Obama]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Charlotte man will undergo a psychiatric evaluation after being accused of threatening to kill Barack Obama with a gun, federal documents said.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 9 Aug 2008 08:27:36 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Candidates For Governor Present Plans To Farm Bureau]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://raleigh.mync.com/site/raleigh/news%7CCommunity/story/6700/candidates-for-governors-present-plans-to-farm-bureau]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Two of the candidates for governor took their messages to the North Carolina Farm Bureau Thursday.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:53:09 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Farm Issues On Tap In Speeches By Perdue, McCrory]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republican Pat McCrory and Democrat Beverly Perdue are ready to speak their minds to the state's farming leaders.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 07:28:23 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[RNC Chairman Visits Raleigh To Talk Up McCain]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan said Wednesday that he doesn't expect North Carolina will break with its decades-old tradition of voting for a GOP presidential candidate this year.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:36:39 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Hayes' Democratic Challenger Launching 1st TV Ad]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-08-04-0003.html]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Democratic congressional challenger Larry Kissell points to his district's economic woes as reason for voters to oust incumbent GOP Rep. Robin Hayes in the candidate's first television ad set to air Tuesday.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 07:23:51 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Decision 2008 On The Minds Of Latino Voters]]></title>
						<link><![CDATA[http://cary.mync.com/site/cary/news/story/6394/decision-2008-on-the-minds-of-latino-voters]]></link>
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						<description><![CDATA[CARY, N.C. -- As the November elections draw closer, candidates are pushing harder to sway voters to their side.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[National Democrats Launch Ad Targeting Dole]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- National Democratic campaign leaders launched an ad campaign targeting Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole on Friday, opening their wallets three months before the election in a bid to start moving the numbers before the presidential campaign arrives in full force.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 2 Aug 2008 07:57:55 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ad From Democrat-Backed Group Questions McCrory]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Democrats outside North Carolina jumped in the gubernatorial campaign fray Thursday when an independent political group began questioning GOP candidate Pat McCrory's economic policies in a television ad.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 07:23:17 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Easley Signs 26 Bills Into Law]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley is making progress on a stack of bills awaiting his signature.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:23:06 -0400</pubDate>
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