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         <title><![CDATA[Klipper Kingz shop opens on Eagle Street]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, November 20

 NORTH ADAMS -- Three barbers who opened up the Klipper Kingz Barbershop on Eagle Street next to Jack's Hot Dog Stand on Tuesday want the shop to live up to its name.


 "We want you to have a sense when you step into the barbershop you will be treated like royalty," said Christopher Barton, 34, of North Adams, who owns the shop with two partners from Pittsfield.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Meghan Foley, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:40 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Teen driver damages town fire truck]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, November 20

 CHESHIRE -- The Fire Department's only "mini-pumper" fire truck has been severely damaged after being struck by a 17-year-old driver who had just received his license back after a suspension, police said Wednes-day.


 The 1996 pumper was on its way to Hoosac Valley High School Friday night to supervise the traditional pregame bonfire for the school's Saturday football]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Ryan Hutton, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:38 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Inquiry into why driver veered]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, November 20

 A woman driving west on State Road just past Price Chopper Wednesday morning veered her Ford Lincoln sedan off the road for unknown reasons and smashed it head-on into a utility pole, snapping the pole off at the base. Traffic on State Road was diverted for several hours as crews worked to remove the pole and low-hanging wires.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:35 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Auto bailout hopes sputter]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, November 20

 Congress,  White House not inclined to support $25B rescue


 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic Congress, unwilling or unable to approve a $25 billion bailout for Detroit's Big Three, appears ready to punt the automakers' fate to a lame-duck Republican president.


 Caught in the middle of a who-blinks-first standoff are legions of manufacturing firms and auto dealers --]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:35 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Saturday brings out the stars]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday, November 17

 NORTH ADAMS-- Sol LeWitt would have been pleased.


 "He had a vision for this building," his widow, Carol LeWitt, said Saturday during a private reception for Mass MoCA donors, held in the newly opened Building 7, where a major exhibit of her husband's work opened Sunday.


 "Sol had a great sense of architecture," LeWitt said.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jennifer Huberdeau, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:54:10 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Modest action as econ summit opens]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday, November 17

 WASHINGTON -- World leaders launched extraordinary summit talks on the global economic crisis Friday, preparing to adopt a modest action plan that leans more on the U.S. approach of boosting oversight of shaky financial markets than the European desire to increase regulation.


 Nearly two dozen leaders from big industrial nations and developing countries came to]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jennifer Loven, AP White House Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:53:45 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Opening day]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday, November 17

 NORTH ADAMS -- People from as far away as Honolulu and Bolivia and as close by  as  River Street flooded over the bridge connecting to Building 7 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art shortly after noon on Sunday to immerse themselves in three floors of works by the late artist Sol LeWitt.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Meghan Foley, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:53:44 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Commission comes down on bar after spike in arrests]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday, November 17

 NORTH ADAMS -- An upswing in violence outside of the Key West Bar and Lounge, one of the city's busiest bars, has prompted the License Commission to recommend that its owners take proactive steps to curb the recent spike in arrests near the establishment.


 "This is not a punishment situation," David Lamarre, commission chairman, said during a special hearing Thursday]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jennifer Huberdeau, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:53:43 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hotel finding its way through tough times]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday, November 17

 NORTH ADAMS -- Driving into the downtown area from any direction, you can see the Holiday Inn towering high above every other building in the neighborhood, a physical profile that parallels the prominent role it plays in the city's economy.


 "It is very important, a key economic component," said Mayor John Barrett III.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Scott Stafford, New England Newspapers</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:53:43 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Haddad applies for Adams administrator's job]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, November 14

 ADAMS --The town could soon have an interim town administrator to temporarily replace William Ketcham, as former Selectman George Haddad submitted a letter of interest and was interviewed by the board at their workshop meeting on Wednesday night.


 "I stepped into the position when I was a Selectman about seven years ago," Ha-ddad said in an interview on Thursday.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Ryan Hutton, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:29:19 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Around the corner]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, November 14

 City crews place this tree at the end of Main Street in downtown North Adams in front of City Hall on Thursday morning. Another tree was placed at Monument Square. This tree was donated by Diane and Richard Lefebvre of Clarksburg. They planted it as a seedling in their yard 18 years ago.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:28:48 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rudd, Lee team up for Berkshires book]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, November 14

 NORTH ADAMS -- Three years ago, artist Eric Rudd and photographer Kelly Lee began collaborating on a series of books documenting the Northern Berkshires' natural beauty, architecture and burgeoning artistic spaces.


 But as time passed, the series morphed into a single book -- a collection of photographs documenting the art, places and beauty of North Adams, Adams and]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jennifer Huberdeau, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:28:47 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[BArT holds media showcase]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, November 14

 ADAMS -- The Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School hosted a media showcase that was a little different from the ones they have done before. In addition to the visual and musical arts that BArT has become known for, they also hosted readings of students written works, something that greatly impressed the school's executive director, Julia Bowen.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Ryan Hutton, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:28:46 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Green named City's new administrative officer]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, November 13

 NORTH ADAMS -- After three years of prosecuting criminals throughout Berkshire County as an assistant district attorney, Jay R. Green has stepped out of the courtroom and into City Hall in the role of the city's new administrative officer.


 "I saw this position as a great opportunity to do almost the same type of work -- a position in the public sector where I can make]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jennifer Huberdeau, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:13:56 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama announces transition leaders for 3 agencies]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, November 13

 WASHINGTON -- President-elect Obama on Wednesday named a team heavy on experience in the Clinton administration to help guide transition efforts in the State, Defense and Treasury departments.


 In a statement, Obama revealed the agency review team leaders who will be responsible for reviewing budgets, personnel and policy in the three departments so the new]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:13:43 EST]]></pubDate>
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