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          <title>Small businesses upset by Medicare changes</title>
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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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          <pubDate>2008-05-02T15:31:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Congressman Wants Help For Transferred Service Members&#8217; Mortgages</title>
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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>2008-05-01T13:52:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Southern states lauded for investment in pre&#45;kindergarten</title>
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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>2008-04-23T14:30:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Coal Boom to Bust?</title>
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                    New power plants face challenges as Congress moves to regulate global warming gas emissions.<br />

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          <pubDate>2008-04-21T09:39:00-04:00</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>2008-04-02T13:31:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Tennessee&#8217;s 17 superdelegates</title>
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                    Here's a look at Tennessee's 17 superdelegates.
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          <pubDate>2008-02-15T19:51:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Tennessee Super Delegates Still Deciding</title>
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                    Elisa Parker voted in Tennessee&#8217;s presidential primary on Super Tuesday.  As a Democratic superdelegate, she&#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.
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          <pubDate>2008-02-15T19:48:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Bush offers Southern states help in tornado recovery</title>
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                    President Bush is offering federal help to the governors of five Southern states hit hard by tornadoes.
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          <pubDate>2008-02-06T13:44:00-04:00</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>2008-01-13T00:11:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Study: Illegal Immigration Costing States, Locals</title>
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                    Previous studies have found that the fiscal impact of both legal and unauthorized immigrants is slightly positive for state and local governments &#8211; that the tax revenues they generate exceed the cost of government services they use...
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          <pubDate>2007-12-18T19:49:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Alexander Captures GOP Leadership Slot</title>
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                    Tennessee's Lamar Alexander was elected to the Senate's No. 3 GOP post Thursday, putting him at the center of efforts to provide opposition to the Senate's Democratic majority.
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          <pubDate>2007-12-06T17:13:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Will It Survive? Fate Uncertain of Tax Break that Helps Tennessee, Few Others</title>
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                    Tax break that helps a few in seven states is up for renewal. Some want it to be permanent. 
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          <pubDate>2007-11-30T19:47:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Majority Of Tennessee Students Come From Low&#45;Income Families</title>
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                    A majority of Tennessee's public school students now come from low-income families, mirroring a rise that is sweeping the South, the Southern Education Foundation reported Tuesday. <br />

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          <pubDate>2007-10-31T15:05:00-04:00</pubDate>
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