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	     	<title><![CDATA[Flaws, yes,
but state
budget
process offers
good lesson]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[It's difficult to identify a lot of good having come from the state's disastrous budget process this past summer and fall. Not only was passage of the budget 101 days late, the final plan included myriad cuts that, among other things, led to pink slips f]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:23:30 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Back in ... 1924]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[- In New York City, Helen Paul, of South Sixth Street, Shamokin, was set to marry a Kansas mining engineer named Frank Anderson. From there, they would go to the foothills of the Andes Mountains in Colombia, where Frank Anderson was employed by a gold mi]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:11:01 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[State's
casino
lobby
far from
transparent]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/state_s_casino_lobby_far_from_transparent?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[State lawmakers and regulators consistently have fallen short of their long-ago promise to make casino gambling in a Pennsylvania completely transparent.
State regulation has been marked by internecine warfare between state agencies, after-the-fact revel]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:10:17 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Broadband development would improve our area's infrastructure]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/broadband_development_would_improve_our_area_s_infrastructure?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Are the collective voices of our area enough to be heard?
So many times over the past 50 to 60 years, our area has been left behind. The anthracite region, with a declining population base, a resulting economic collapse and decaying social infrastructure]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:22 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Vanaskie example of slow pace in filling bench]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie, of Scranton, a Shamokin native, didn't encounter any obvious deeply rooted opposition during his recent confirmation hearing for a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
The judge deftly handled a few question]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:09 -0500</pubDate>
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