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    <title>South Carolina News for Washington Bureau</title>
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          <title>Obama&#8217;s Picks for FDA Adopted Hard Line on Tobacco</title>
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                    WASHINGTON&#8212;President Barack Obama&#8217;s picks to fill the top two positions at the Food and Drug Administration have repeatedly bucked tobacco companies and pushed for greater restrictions on cigarette marketing, second-hand smoke and sales to minors. 
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          <pubDate>2009-03-18T18:24:41-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>North Carolinians at the Capitol</title>
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                    WASHINGTON&#8212;What did Virginia Foxx have for dinner Thursday night on the plane from Washington to North Carolina?
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          <pubDate>2009-03-15T17:17:49-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Members of Congress want a White House office on rural issues</title>
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                    Members of the Congressional Rural Caucus want the White House to establish an office on rural issues.
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          <pubDate>2009-03-11T17:42:46-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama Talks Gitmo Detainees, Tobacco, Budget Politics</title>
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                    Obama backs FDA tobacco regulation, pledges communities will face no increased risk of violence if their prisons should host detainess now held in Guantanamo Bay, and defends the lack of southerners in his Cabinet.
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          <pubDate>2009-03-11T17:10:41-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Warner Targeted on Labor Issue</title>
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                    Freshman Democrat being pushed by business to help block pro-union legislation.
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          <pubDate>2009-03-09T17:03:26-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Getting what&#8217;s coming to you</title>
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                    As $787 billion in economic stimulus money flows from Washington, you may benefit from additional spending on new roads and community programs. But, what&#8217;s in it for you, personally? 
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          <pubDate>2009-03-06T17:20:43-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Bill Aimed at Preserving American Revolution, War of 1812 Sites</title>
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                    Passed by the House on Wednesday, the bill is patterned after a Civil War battlefield protection program that provides grants to state and local governments and non-profit organizations through the National Park Service to acquire land and preserve sites 
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          <pubDate>2009-03-05T18:03:11-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>House panel passes tobacco regulation</title>
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                    Bill is nearly identical to one House passed last year 
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          <pubDate>2009-03-04T12:59:21-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Five Questions for&#8230;Rep. Walter Jones, R&#45;N.C.</title>
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                    Video: Five Questions for...Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C.
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          <pubDate>2009-02-27T15:34:40-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama outlines budget priorities</title>
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                    President Barack Obama says his $3.6 trillion federal budget plan for 2010 begins to deliver on some of his campaign promises. 
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          <pubDate>2009-02-26T17:25:12-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Student Inspires Obama</title>
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                    WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama told the nation Tuesday night that he was inspired by the resolve of a South Carolina student who wrote a plea to the White House and Congress to fix her crumbling school. <br />

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          <pubDate>2009-02-24T23:14:12-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama Warns Govs on Stimulus Spending</title>
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                    Spend wisely the billions of dollars in economic stimulus headed to states -- or else.  
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          <pubDate>2009-02-23T15:58:06-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>North Carolinians at the Capitol</title>
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                    North Carolinians at the Capitol
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          <pubDate>2009-02-15T13:52:02-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Five Questions for&#8230;Rep. Patrick McHenry, R&#45;N.C.</title>
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                    Video: Five Questions for...Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C.
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          <pubDate>2009-02-13T16:21:32-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>NC Rep Helps Family of Fallen Marine Adopt His Bomb&#45;Sniffing Dog</title>
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                    WASHINGTON-Cpl. Dustin Lee and his bomb-sniffing German shepherd Lex were patrolling Iraq's Anbar province when an insurgent's rocket-propelled grenade cut them down. 
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          <pubDate>2009-02-10T21:28:46-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Five Questions for&#8230;Rep. Virginia Foxx, R&#45;N.C.</title>
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                    A weekly video interview with a different member of the North Carolina delegation in Washington
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          <pubDate>2009-02-06T17:46:15-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>White House pushes for recovery package</title>
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                    The White House continued its full-court press Thursday for Congress to approve a massive economic stimulus package, emphasizing the benefits it would have for states and cities throughout the nation. 
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          <pubDate>2009-02-05T16:47:49-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Tobacco companies brace for smoking cuts after tax hike</title>
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                    Tax hike of 62 cents a pack takes effect April 1.
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          <pubDate>2009-02-04T18:40:26-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>S.C. lawmakers seek special treatment  on global warming</title>
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                    Coal-dependent S.C. faces brownouts by 2016, if pending law is enacted, officials warn.
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          <pubDate>2009-02-04T16:31:46-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>S.C. GOP Chair Falls Short in National Race</title>
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                    After six hours of voting, Dawson loses as the national GOP selects its first black chairman.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-30T18:06:03-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Layoff Survival Guide:&amp;nbsp; What to do if you&#8217;ve been laid off</title>
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                    We asked career counselors and state employment officials for their best advice on how to survive a layoff.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-30T17:45:18-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Stimulus Package Passes House, Would Send Billions to North Carolina</title>
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                    WASHINGTON-The House passed an economic recovery package Wednesday that would send at least $16 billion to North Carolina, including $1.9 billion over the next two years to help the state patch its gaping budget hole. 
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          <pubDate>2009-01-28T19:45:41-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Leaders Lobby for I&#45;73 Funding in Stimulus Package</title>
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                    As Congress debated the $825 billion stimulus package Tuesday, Grand Strand leaders flew to Washington hoping to secure some of that money for construction of Interstate 73.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-27T19:09:30-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Stimulus plan includes billions for new construction and jobs</title>
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                    The ambitious $825 billion economic stimulus plan the House will vote on Wednesday blends new spending on everything from construction projects to unemployment aid with tax cuts for both individuals and businesses.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-27T15:19:14-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama inauguration infuses MLK holiday with new meaning</title>
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                    Obama's inauguration holds different meanings for different generations.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-18T16:54:39-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama makes history, but increase in black legislators slows</title>
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                    Obama's candidacy and election were made possible in part because of the many blacks elected to office at lower levels of government; but there&#8217;s still room for some improvement there, analysts and politicians say.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-16T18:10:25-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Official Southern&#45;State Inaugural Ball and Others Set</title>
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                    Barack Obama to host this and other official balls the night after his swearing-in as president.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-06T08:54:03-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>SC&#8217;s Dawson Debates Contenders for Top GOP Job</title>
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                    WASHINGTON&#8212;South Carolina Republican Party chair Katon Dawson predicted Monday that president-elect Barack Obama will &#8220;overreach&#8221; during his first two years in office, giving the national GOP an opportunity to rebuild. 
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          <pubDate>2009-01-05T17:15:27-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Virginia GOP chair says party needs to work harder to attract minority voters.
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                    If you&#8217;re still thinking of heading to Washington to be part of what may be the city&#8217;s biggest gathering ever, you better move fast 
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                    Some hard-hit Carolina textile and apparel manufacturers are bracing for another blow to their industry when restrictions on Chinese imports expire at the end of the year.
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                    WASHINGTON-A South Carolina retiree whose decade-old income tax evasion conviction was forgiven by President Bush said Tuesday that he did not have help from a lawyer in obtaining the pardon.
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                    The days of the solid Republican South may be ending. 
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                    Although it&#8217;s little consolation for those who&#8217;ve waited in line at the pump, gas shortages in the Southeast could be easing soon. 
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                    He make the claim, despite the 95 Democrats who joined Republicans in opposing the measure. <br />

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                    The leading budget watchdog in the House said Monday that he plans a hearing this week to assess the financial impact of the Bush administration&#8217;s proposal to purchase billions of dollars in Wall Street debt.
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                    McCain has impressed and energized conservatives with his vice presidential choice.<br />

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                    In new energy bill, House Democrats will not call for expanded drilling off Florida's Gulf Coast. But it will allow new drilling off Atlantic coast of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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                    Dozens of college students from South Carolina and North Carolina traveled to Washington Tuesday to lobby Congress to strengthen campus fire safety regulations. <br />

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                    They Turn Down Lousiana's Mary Landrieu's Offer To Explain "Gang of 10" Proposal
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                    Some Clinton delegates remain firm in their support for Clinton, despite calls for delegates to coalesce around Obama.
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                    With influential congressman's help, 35 Florida National Guard medics and other soldiers are allowed to check out of sweltering huts and into a Holiday Inn while training in Texas.
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          <pubDate>2008-08-14T17:15:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Despite a slowdown in commercial and residential construction in many areas of the country, the real estate value of farmland is increasing.
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                    On the defensive because of their opposition to off-shore drilling, House Democrats try to push bill requiring oil and gas companies to explore more on government acreage in Alaska and elsewhere or lose their production leases in those areas.
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                    Vice President Dick Cheney and several sitting senators will attend the funeral of former North Carolina senator and conservative champion Jesse Helms.
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                    Congress spent much of the last month debating ways to reduce the nation&#8217;s dependence on foreign oil. Perhaps it should take a closer look in its garage.
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          <pubDate>2008-06-27T12:10:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    South Carolina's Clyburn, Virginia's Boucher top list of telecom contribution recipients.
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                    Republican sponsor of proposal says he'll continue to push idea as Americans <br />
deal with higher gas prices.
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                    With gas prices soaring, Pennsylvania congressman says it's time to lift moratoriums on drilling in areas off the East and West coasts and Florida's Gulf Coast.
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                    McCain opposes program that would serve as backup for huge insurance claims after disasters including hurricanes and earthquakes.
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                    They ask that officials not withhold some downstream water flows out of Georgia amid drought worries.
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                    Adding a tax hike for the wealthiest Americans, the House passed a new GI bill Thursday to expand educational benefits for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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                    The House voted Wednesday to give small chicken farmers more power in their dealings with large poultry companies.
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                    The bill also creates a panel to study a national catastrophe fund. Differences with House version to be negotiated.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-13T15:36:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Armed with new poll data, a national bus tour and a presidential voter guide, anti-smoking advocates are ready to play in 2008.
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                    Medicare recipients may soon get a break on the cost of wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds and other medical equipment, but some suppliers warn that the more affordable equipment will come at the cost of patient care.  
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                    G. Steven Agee, on his path to become a federal appeals judge, faced questions Thursday from senators about his membership in a white-only club in Roanoke, Va., more than 20 years ago.<br />

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          <pubDate>2008-05-01T17:55:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Service men and women rotated to new duty stations finding it harder to find buyers for their houses. A Florida congressman asks the Defense Secretary how Congress can help.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-01T12:44:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Fema Eases Hurricane Shelter Rules For Florida</title>
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                    Federal agency grants waiver on 'tornado-proofing.'
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          <pubDate>2008-04-29T12:25:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    With state governments pressed for money, many Southeast governors are drawing praise from an education advocacy organization for setting aside more money for pre-kindergarten programs.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-23T13:22:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    New power plants face challenges as Congress moves to regulate global warming gas emissions.<br />

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          <pubDate>2008-04-21T08:31:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Fla. Seeks Break On Hurricane Shelter Rule</title>
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                    Added costs of tornado-proofing puts projects at risk, officials say
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          <pubDate>2008-04-07T11:13:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Update: Report says Southeast does poorly in caring for children</title>
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                    When it comes to a child&#8217;s well being, a new report says where he or she lives may make a big difference.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-02T12:23:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Wilber Lee Jeffcoat voted in South Carolina&#8217;s first-in-the-South presidential primary in January. As a Democratic superdelegate, he&#8217;ll cast a second vote &#8211; a much more influential one &#8211; when the party meets to nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama at the national convention in August.<br />

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          <pubDate>2008-02-15T18:22:01-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Congress is moving to give chicken growers more power in their dealings with big poultry companies.
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          <pubDate>2008-02-15T07:58:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    There is no shortage of possible number twos on John McCain's ticket
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          <pubDate>2008-02-10T11:05:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Clinton To be In Fla. On Primary Night</title>
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                    Should a presidential candidate celebrate a victory in an primary where no campaigning was allowed, and no delegates were at stake?<br />
 
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          <pubDate>2008-01-27T14:55:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Fla. Guv&#8217;s McCain Endorsement Came Without CAT Fund Promise</title>
          <link>http://www.mgwashington.com/index.php/news/article/fla&#45;guvs&#45;mccain&#45;backing&#45;came&#45;without&#45;catfund&#45;promise/364/</link>
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                    Arizona senator still opposes national insurance backstop for hurricane-prone states like Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-27T12:20:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>The Fate of the Mill of John Edwards&#8217; Childhood</title>
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                    The shuttered Seneca, S.C. mill where John Edwards' father worked is set for rebirth.  
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          <pubDate>2008-01-26T03:03:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    About a thousand supporters and interested people gathered Wednesday evening in the Dillon High School gymnasium for presidential candidate Barack Obama&#8217;s visit.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-24T09:51:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Former President Clinton campaigns for wife in Myrtle Beach</title>
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                    While president, Bill Clinton was known for running a nearly continuous political campaign. That hasn't changed.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-24T09:47:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Three days before the Democratic primary, John Edwards told voters in Bennettsville, S.C., that he&#8217;ll stand up for small-town residents facing economic hardships.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-23T16:44:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    South Carolinians who attended or watched Monday's Democratic presidential debate said the sparring between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could harm the candidates, while John Edwards generally received high marks for avoiding the fight and focusing on issues.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-23T11:31:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    John Edwards may not make it to the White House, but the former North Carolina senator&#8217;s decision to continue his campaign is playing an influential role in determining which of his opponents earns the Democratic nomination, political analysts said. 
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          <pubDate>2008-01-23T08:42:01-05:00</pubDate>
          <guid>http://www.mgwashington.com/index.php/news/article/edwards-may-trail-in-democratic-race-but-his-presence-gives-him-power/332/#When:12:50:01Z</guid>
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          <title>Democratic Rivals to March Together on MLK Day</title>
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                    Sen. Barack Obama stepped up attacks on Sen. Hillary Clinton with less than a week to go. 
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          <pubDate>2008-01-21T04:33:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>On Presidential Campaign Trail, It&#8217;s the Economy, the War&#8212;and Feelings</title>
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                    Something is happening to America's notoriously apathetic voters. They care. 
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          <pubDate>2008-01-20T05:35:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    There&#8217;s a good chance that South Carolina's role as predictor of the GOP presidential nominee will end with Saturday&#8217;s primary, political analysts said, because dramatic changes in the primary calendar this year could minimize the state&#8217;s historical importance.
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                    John Edwards has abandoned South Carolina this week, looking for an upset win in Nevada.
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          <title>Huckabee visits Florence with Chuck Norris, Ric Flair</title>
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                    Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee brought a great deal of muscle to Florence as he promoted his conservative platform with action star Chuck Norris and professional wrestler &#8220;Nature Boy&#8221; Ric Flair.
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                    Mike Huckabee says the decision to fly it on state property should be left to South Carolinians, not presidential candidates.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-18T07:57:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Romney tells Florence, S.C., crowd he can fix &#8216;broken&#8217; Washington</title>
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                    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he's the outsider who can fix a broken Washington, a message he was spreading far beyond the Beltway four days ahead of the South Carolina GOP primary.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-17T15:16:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    African-American women voters could determine the outcome of the first Democratic primary in the South and say skin color and sex are less important than issues.  <br />

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          <pubDate>2008-01-16T00:48:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Thompson Makes Last Stand in South Carolina</title>
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                    Fred Thompson is widely expected to abandon his presidential bid without a strong showing in the South's first primary.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-12T23:03:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Immigration Top Issue, but Not Decisive in South Carolina GOP Primary</title>
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                    Illegal immigration has not had the impact many expected in the first Southern primary.  
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          <pubDate>2008-01-12T22:09:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Huckabee Looks Beyond Religious Voters</title>
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                    The former Arkansas governor is wooing less fervently religious working class voters who have been hurt by the loss of manufacturing jobs. <br />

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                    The nation and the world were watching Myrtle Beach during the Republican presidential debate Thursday, and several Pee Dee residents headed to the coast to be part of the action.
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                    Senator John McCain, still reveling in the excitement of Tuesday night's win in New Hampshire, drew a standing room only crowd at the Citadel.
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                    The president of the Coastal Carolina University College Republicans says he's seen student's interest in politics increase during his years at college, and it's not just happening at his school. <br />
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                    He won the Palmetto State four years ago, but one poll shows him with just half the support of Obama or Clinton.
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                    What to watch for in the last big clash before Michigan and South Carolina.
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                    FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) -- The sense of inevitability that once surrounded Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination has lessened in this early voting state since challenger Barack Obama swept to a convincing win earlier this month in Iowa's caucus.
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                    The flier says it is sponsored by a group called "Lynchburg Christian Students for the Truth." 
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                    Political scientist says biggest effect likely getting people to look at Obama
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                    Oprah Winfrey's political rally for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was originally going to be held in the Colonial Center in Columbia, which holds about 18,000. But demand was so high for tickets that organizers moved the event to Williams-Brice stadium, which holds more than 80,000.
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                    Former President Bill Clinton was campaigning in the Lowcountry (Charleston, SC) Saturday for his wife Hillary.  Clinton spent most of his day talking health care.
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                    Homeland still not secure despite tougher student visa rules enacted after 9/11, says Gus Bilirakis of Tampa Bay area. 
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                    A majority of South Carolina's public school students now come from low-income families, mirroring a rise that is sweeping the South, the Southern Education Foundation reported Tuesday. 
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                    Watch what you promise. 
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