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		<title>Rubber Chicken Theater debuts life read series</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rubber Chicken Theater continues to introduce new theatrical projects to the Northland with the launch of its Live Read Series in which the group will perform staged readings of classic movie scripts. To kick things off, the group has chosen the best Star Trek movie ever: Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. The Live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East, Denfeld activities for today, Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Duluth East Spring Choir Concert will be held at 7 p.m. today at East Auditorium. Duluth East 8:00 am-Noon&#8211; A-P Exam (World History), School-wide 8:00 am-3:30 pm &#8212; Choir rehearsal, Auditorium &#8211; East, 1101 (stage) 9:00 am &#8212; Golf: Girls Varsity Invitational at Virginia 3:30 pm-5:15 pm &#8212; Track practice, Central H.S. 4:00 pm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alice Skadsberg: Mom&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was Mother&#8217;s Day last weekend. I thought it was a good time to comment on my lifetime of observations about that day and the women it celebrates. I am a mother, a daughter and a grandmother. You already know I am proud of all of the above. My mom passed away over 10 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodland Avenue sidewalk repairs start Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sidewalks along Woodland Ave from St. Marie Street to Arrowhead Road will be replaced starting Monday, May 21. Crews will be on site to replace the spalled and scaled concrete sidewalk, driveways and curb &#038; gutter. Removal and replacement will begin on the east side of Woodland Avenue from St. Marie Street to Arrowhead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East, Denfeld activities for today, Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duluth East 8:00 am-Noon &#8212; A-P Exam, English Language 11 8:00 am-3:30 pm &#8212; Choir rehearsal, Auditorium East, 1101 (stage) 3:30 pm-5:30 pm &#8212; Open Mic-Poetry Night, Mezzanine &#8211; 2nd Floor 3:30 pm-4:00 pm &#8212; Spanish Club 3:30 pm-5:15 pm &#8212; Track practice, Central H.S. 3:30 pm &#8212; Video Game Club, 3031 4:00 pm &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MCCU honored for achieving $50,000 fundraising milestone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members Cooperative Credit Union (MCCU) was honored for earning the $50,000 Milestone Award in Minnesota Credit Unions for Kids&#8217; fundraising for Gillette Children&#8217;s Hospital. The award was presented on Friday, April 13 at the Minnesota Credit Union Network Annual Meeting in Bloomington, MN. &#8220;We&#8217;re proud to have supported the Gillette Hospitals and the Children&#8217;s Miracle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Power wind energy shipments unload in Duluth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first of four shipments of components for Minnesota Power’s rapidly-expanding Bison Wind Energy Center in North Dakota will be unloaded in Duluth this week. Minnesota Power is stepping up its construction of wind-powered generation this summer by building Bison 2 and 3 near the Bison 1 wind farm it commissioned near New Salem, N.D. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DTA website adds Multimodal Transit Center section</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Duluth Transit Authority has created a Multimodal Transit Center update section on its beautiful website &#8212; complete with architectural drawings, animated virtual tour video and other relevant information. Check it out here (See “button” on front page).]]></description>
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		<title>City of Duluth invites public to neighborhood forums</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year, the City of Duluth receives federal funding to assist low-income persons and neighborhoods, to improve housing, public services, economic development and public facilities. To assist in how these funds are distributed, the city’s community development office will conduct two public forums to provide residents an opportunity to inform the city about neighborhood issues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Libby Baker Sweiger: Living above the madness; mania has arrived</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t get into a full blown manic episode very often anymore. Usually I get hypo manic, which is a mood disturbance marked by uncharacteristic behavior and lack of judgment among other things. I shop. Bills to pay. I shop. Hard on the family, selfish and wrong, I shop. &#8220;Between two evils, I always pick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gronseth named Black Woods Sports Athlete of the Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hermantown High forward Bo Gronseth, who scored 12 goals and had 20 points for Perkins in the 2012 Northern Minnesota Prep Hockey League regular season, has been named Black Woods Sports Athlete of the Week. He will be a top forward for the Hawks in 2012-13.]]></description>
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		<title>Lara Wilkinson: The Best Loan Deals for Your New Wheels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahhh, that new car smell: often artificially imitated, never duplicated. There&#8217;s just something about that giddy glow that comes with the purchase of a new set of wheels. Whether those wheels are attached to a compact car or a Winnebago, many of us fund such significant purchases through loans. It&#8217;s a big, sometimes scary commitment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East, Denfeld activities for today, Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duluth East 8:00 am-3:30 pm &#8212; Choir rehearsal, Auditorium &#8211; East, 1101 (stage) 10:30 am-11:00 am &#8212; College Visit, Career Center, St. John&#8217;s University 4:00 pm &#8212; Tennis: Boys Varsity Game vs. Hibbing, Longview Tennis Courts 4:15 pm &#8212; Softball: Girls Varsity vs. Hibbing, Duluth East Middle School Softball Field 4:15 pm &#8212; Softball: Girls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln Park business district getting spruced up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Julia Mattson Sidewalks and streets are getting cleaned up in the Lincoln Park business district. Workers from Airpark Products &#038; Services, a program that supports individuals in a work setting, have been out recently, sweeping sidewalks and picking up garbage. The Lincoln Park Business Group has been working with the program, and feels it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Libby Baker Sweiger: The Unspoken Illness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If we knew each other&#8217;s secrets, what comforts we should find.” &#8212; John Churton Collins Mental illness is the unspoken illness, yet it is more common than many of the physical illnesses plaguing us. In Wikipedia (among an impressive array of footnotes) it says that 1-in-3 people worldwide will be affected by a mental disorder [...]]]></description>
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