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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New York Assemblyman Vito Lopez to resign Monday</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The resignation of a New York state lawmaker embroiled in a sex harassment scandal will become official a month earlier than he had originally planned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:11:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>North Korea fires 5th short-range missile into sea</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:39:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Obama gives speech to Morehouse graduates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama gives Morehouse College graduates an inspirational speech during their commencement ceremony.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:40:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New legislation may help students pay off education loans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[N.Y. Democrat proposing new legislation to help students who have borrowed to pay for their education]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:41:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama promises action on a trio of controversies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama tried to defuse a trio of controversies Thursday, pledging to work with Congress to ensure the IRS doesn't abuse its power, urging legislators to provide more money to strengthen security at U.S. diplomatic outposts and promising to seek "a balance" between national security and a need to protect freedom of the press.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:28:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Judge rules Hurricane Sandy victims can stay in New York City hotels</title>
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<description><![CDATA[New Yorkers displaced by Superstorm Sandy will continue to be able to stay in city-paid hotel rooms.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:49:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FBI raid Ramapo Town Hall amid corruption sting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The FBI says agents with a search warrant have entered Ramapo Town Hall and told employees to leave for the day.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:17:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Steven Fulop elected mayor of Jersey City; Jerramiah Healy concedes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It remains to be seen whether the new mayor of New Jersey's second-largest city will have an easy time governing when he takes office on July 1.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:50:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States face a far greater philosophical dilemma - what to do with all the money when an improving economy suddenly creates a surplus in revenues.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:14:05 GMT</pubDate>
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