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         <title><![CDATA[Can&rsquo;t afford Obamacare?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday May 25, 2013    
By Bill Schmick



We have all been inundated with the pros and cons of Obamacare. It has become so ubiquitous in our daily lives that most of us have simply tuned it out. We can&rsquo;t afford to do that much longer.



As most readers know, Obamacare, formally named The Affordable Health Care Act, will become the law of the land on Jan.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 May 2013 00:45:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[John Seven: We are not alone in our own bodies]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday May 24, 2013    



Allergic to nothing



For every health issue that needs to be solved, there might be one that is entirely made up, like the one where people claim wi-fi makes them sick.



This article (bit.ly/12VJXDp) covers a study that shows how absolutely simple it is to convince people that invisible things they can't see make them ill.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By John Seven, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 14:03:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Short answers: Expecting more from mom-to-be]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday May 23, 2013    

Life is complicated. Short Answers isn't.



PRIVATE EVENT



Dear Short Answers:



My best friend is expecting a baby in the fall and she seems like the least excited expectant mother I have ever met. She hardly ever talks about it, even though I always ask.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 10:16:45 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Pun Also Rises: Great Gradsby]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday May 22, 2013    In my younger and more inexperienced years, my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.



"Whenever you feel like criticizing anything," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't the fortitude to sit through it unless you're going to be funny.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Seth Brown</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 10:15:25 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Diogenes of North County: Cloning around]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday May 21, 2013    

With the FDA approving cloned meat for America's dinner table a few years back, I decided to do a little research, and with a little digging, I found this press release from a company called Bio-Beef International:



America, your friends at Bio-Beef want you to know that great tasting beef, void of lustful procreation, is now available]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Johnnie Carrier</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 10:52:23 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Independent Investor: Housing market sticker shock]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday May 20, 2013    




The housing market has been in the doldrums so long that most of us believe that when we are ready to buy a new home there will be plenty of deals out there. Think again -- the rising costs of everything from land to labor are causing new home prices to climb.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Bill Schmick</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 10:26:55 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[John Seven: We come from a broken home]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[So there I was in Canada, trying to make heads or tails out of their recycling system. I didn't want to be a typical American who didn't recycle because it was too confusing or hard, and, besides, there was no choice. This was state-mandated recycling.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By John Seven, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 22:42:35 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Short Answers: Pomp without circumstance]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday May 16, 2013    Life is complicated. Short Answers isn't.



IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE



Dear Short Answers:



My daughter graduates from kindergarten next week. I am happy to celebrate the moment but the school she attends is having a full-blown "graduation" with cap & gown, diplomas, speeches -- it's crazy.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 11:19:19 EDT]]></pubDate>
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