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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:03:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Privacy vs. protection</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's the same conundrum Americans have faced since the Sept. 11 terror attacks: How much freedom are we willing to give up in exchange for keeping the homeland safe?]]></description>
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<title>Privacy vs. protection</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's the same conundrum Americans have faced since the Sept. 11 terror attacks: How much freedom are we willing to give up in exchange for keeping the homeland safe?]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[It's the same conundrum Americans have faced since the Sept. 11 terror attacks: How much freedom are we willing to give up in exchange for keeping the homeland safe?]]></dig:D3text>
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<title>A father's bliss</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm still flying high from a 4-day kind of father's bliss.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[I'm still flying high from a 4-day kind of father's bliss.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:49:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The graduate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[We hurdle through life, often not pausing to fully appreciate all that we should. That's ok of course, because life is all about moving head.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[We hurdle through life, often not pausing to fully appreciate all that we should. That's ok of course, because life is all about moving head.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:49:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Edward Snowden says he's behind NSA leaks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[So is he a hero or a criminal ? Or is he both? Edward Snowden, who worked for a contractor of the National Security Agency and who made huge headlines these past couple of days for leaking NSA documents that they spied on just about everyone.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[So is he a hero or a criminal ? Or is he both? Edward Snowden, who worked for a contractor of the National Security Agency and who made huge headlines these past couple of days for leaking NSA documents that they spied on just about everyone.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:32:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The first tropical storm already</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I do not want to be the purveyor of doom, but I can't shake this slight feeling of dread as we enter this year's hurricane season.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[I do not want to be the purveyor of doom, but I can't shake this slight feeling of dread as we enter this year's hurricane season.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Does anyone care about A-Rod?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I think the real story about Alex Rodriguez perhaps facing a 100-game suspension and maybe no longer being a Yankee isn't that baseball's despicable performance enhancing drug scandal is finally catching up to the highest paid player in the history of the game. Instead, I think the real story is that so few people really care.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[I think the real story about Alex Rodriguez perhaps facing a 100-game suspension and maybe no longer being a Yankee isn't that baseball's despicable performance enhancing drug scandal is finally catching up to the highest paid player in the history of the game. Instead, I think the real story is that so few people really care.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Special election</title>
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<description><![CDATA[What a small political needle Chris Christie is trying to thread with his plan to figure out who will replace the late U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg.  Did he succeed with his call for two special elections?]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[What a small political needle Chris Christie is trying to thread with his plan to figure out who will replace the late U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg.  Did he succeed with his call for two special elections?]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:34:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>What happens now?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are those who were angry at the shoving-in-line that was going on for Sen. Frank Lautenberg's U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[There are those who were angry at the shoving-in-line that was going on for Sen. Frank Lautenberg's U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:39:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dangers of texting and driving</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I think my kids are pretty good about never texting while driving. Maybe better than their dad.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[I think my kids are pretty good about never texting while driving. Maybe better than their dad.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 20:59:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Details on 'Ricin letter' to Mayor Bloomberg</title>
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<description><![CDATA[We were so horrified by the well-organized and precision attacks on Sept. 11. And while those terrorists inflicted so much death and destruction, the hard truth is that we are, as we're seeing, just as vulnerable to the individual whackos of every political stripe and nationality.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[We were so horrified by the well-organized and precision attacks on Sept. 11. And while those terrorists inflicted so much death and destruction, the hard truth is that we are, as we're seeing, just as vulnerable to the individual whackos of every political stripe and nationality.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 20:27:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Puerto Rican flag on a beer can?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Talk about a brouhaha. Many members of the Puerto Rican community, furious tonight over the slapping of a Puerto Rican flag on commemorative cans of Coors Light beer, the nation's third-best seller.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Talk about a brouhaha. Many members of the Puerto Rican community, furious tonight over the slapping of a Puerto Rican flag on commemorative cans of Coors Light beer, the nation's third-best seller.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 21:03:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Another train derailment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[They're supposed to be one of the safest modes of transportation. So what's going on with a second train derailment in the past week?]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[They're supposed to be one of the safest modes of transportation. So what's going on with a second train derailment in the past week?]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 20:30:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Violence and the young</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Where to begin with all this senseless violence?  With the 12-year-old who was bouncing a basketball with his dad in New Jersey, when out of nowhere, he was shot and killed? He gets buried tonight.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Where to begin with all this senseless violence?  With the 12-year-old who was bouncing a basketball with his dad in New Jersey, when out of nowhere, he was shot and killed? He gets buried tonight.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:53:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Terror in London</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Another duo causing terrorist havoc. This time in London.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Another duo causing terrorist havoc. This time in London.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:15:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Confusion, emotions run high after the tornado</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The pictures and the sound from the kids, especially, are so emotional. Good news - if we can use those words - is that there are NOT 91 or 51 people killed.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[The pictures and the sound from the kids, especially, are so emotional. Good news - if we can use those words - is that there are NOT 91 or 51 people killed.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:56:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A split-second decision</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Shoot or don't shoot.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Shoot or don't shoot.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:33:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The murder of a Hofstra student</title>
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<description><![CDATA[So what really happened in the middle of the night this morning at a house near Hofstra University on Long Island? What we know as I write this is a man broke into a house where three young women were living. He had a gun, and told one of the women to go to the bank and withdraw money.  She did, but also called cops. They arrived at the house, shots were fired inside, and the gunman and one of the young women were killed.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[So what really happened in the middle of the night this morning at a house near Hofstra University on Long Island? What we know as I write this is a man broke into a house where three young women were living. He had a gun, and told one of the women to go to the bank and withdraw money.  She did, but also called cops. They arrived at the house, shots were fired inside, and the gunman and one of the young women were killed.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The hunt for an internet celebrity</title>
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<description><![CDATA[We had some interesting, and at times heated, discussions about whether the potential scandals enveloping the Obama Administration can be described as "Nixonian."]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[We had some interesting, and at times heated, discussions about whether the potential scandals enveloping the Obama Administration can be described as "Nixonian."]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:59:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New FDNY technology</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Back in the day, Americans were aghast at the abuse of power wielded by Richard Nixon and his administration. He had an "enemies list," and those on it (they wore the designation as a badge of honor) were treated to police and FBI surveillance and dossiers, and to audits and scrutiny by the IRS.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Back in the day, Americans were aghast at the abuse of power wielded by Richard Nixon and his administration. He had an "enemies list," and those on it (they wore the designation as a badge of honor) were treated to police and FBI surveillance and dossiers, and to audits and scrutiny by the IRS.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:33:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Angelina Jolie's choice</title>
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<description><![CDATA[She has used her incredible looks to build quite a career. Now she's using both to make a huge and bold statement. Angelina Jolie going public that she had a double mastectomy because she carried a gene that made it likely she'd get breast and/or ovarian cancer.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[She has used her incredible looks to build quite a career. Now she's using both to make a huge and bold statement. Angelina Jolie going public that she had a double mastectomy because she carried a gene that made it likely she'd get breast and/or ovarian cancer.]]></dig:D3text>
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<title>What Barbara Walters means to me</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's been a while since I felt nervous on air. I remember the big times when I was. Three of them stand out.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[It's been a while since I felt nervous on air. I remember the big times when I was. Three of them stand out.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:53:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Catholic League denies priest sex abuse problem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Catholic League calls it "utterly absurd" to still claim that the Catholic Church has a problem with priests abusing kids.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[The Catholic League calls it "utterly absurd" to still claim that the Catholic Church has a problem with priests abusing kids.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:58:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ariel Castro appears in court for first time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ok, so now he says he's a sex addict. Really? Ariel Castro, the man charged with kidnapping and rape after he allegedly held 3 women hostage for 10 years, is being held on $8 million bail.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Ok, so now he says he's a sex addict. Really? Ariel Castro, the man charged with kidnapping and rape after he allegedly held 3 women hostage for 10 years, is being held on $8 million bail.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 21:02:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Christie's weight loss surgery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Silly me. Here I was feeling a little compassion for New Jersey Gov. Christie, after the announcement that he had surgery to shrink his stomach so he wouldn't eat so much. Good for him. And good for him for saying he's thinking about his family, to make sure he's around for a while.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Silly me. Here I was feeling a little compassion for New Jersey Gov. Christie, after the announcement that he had surgery to shrink his stomach so he wouldn't eat so much. Good for him. And good for him for saying he's thinking about his family, to make sure he's around for a while.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:16:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Another politician facing charges</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm trying hard to remain upbeat about some human's nature, but the dirty politicans on the public payroll who embezzle or take bribes can make it hard to be a cockeyed optimist.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[I'm trying hard to remain upbeat about some human's nature, but the dirty politicans on the public payroll who embezzle or take bribes can make it hard to be a cockeyed optimist.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 21:18:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One last time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm feeling as if this is a profound day for me. It's not sadly profound, is it joyous. It's just - profound.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[I'm feeling as if this is a profound day for me. It's not sadly profound, is it joyous. It's just - profound.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:47:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3 additional arrests in Boston bombings case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[So what would you have done if you recognized one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers when the FBI released their pictures just 4 days after the attacks?]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[So what would you have done if you recognized one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers when the FBI released their pictures just 4 days after the attacks?]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 21:26:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Is it news?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[What a fascinating discussion in the past 24 hours about Jason Collins, the veteran NBA center who became the first active pro athlete in a major sport to come out as gay.]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[What a fascinating discussion in the past 24 hours about Jason Collins, the veteran NBA center who became the first active pro athlete in a major sport to come out as gay.]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:55:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Out of time and out of the closet</title>
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<description><![CDATA[So one pro athlete is kicked out, another comes out.  The truth is - who's really surprised by either? And should we be?]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[So one pro athlete is kicked out, another comes out.  The truth is - who's really surprised by either? And should we be?]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:23:40 GMT</pubDate>
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