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					 <title>Abortion Shakes up AG Races</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6773/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Issue exposes limits to the powers of Attorneys General]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-08-20 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Push for Electoral Count Act</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6743/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Civil rights groups deem Electoral Count Act a necessary reform.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-07-24 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBC calls out Sesame Place</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6741/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Congressional Black Caucus reacts to Sesame Place incident.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-07-24 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6049/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Our annual remembrance of the prophetic words of Frederick Douglass.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-07-04 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Caucus Condemns Roe Decision</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6710/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressional Black Caucus condemns Supreme Court ruling]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-06-27 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Post-Roe Nation</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6709/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Five things to know after Supreme Court's overturning Roe v. Wade]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-06-27 09:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBC Applauds Biden Executive Order</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6686/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressional Black Caucus statement on 2nd anniversary of George Floyd]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-05-26 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Rep. Al Green on Texas Shootings</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6681/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Statement by Congressman Al Green on Texas school shooting]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-05-25 15:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Let's Talk STEM</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6674/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The importance of role models for Black and Brown children.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6674/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2022-05-20 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Buffalo</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6668/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[National Collaborative for Health Equity issues statement]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-05-16 15:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NYC to create Virtual Schools</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6662/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[City to launch two full-time virtual high schools]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-05-11 13:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What's Next if Roe falls?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6660/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[More than half of states expected to ban or restrict abortion.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-05-11 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Shut out of AP classes</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6654/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In New Jersey, thousands of Black and Latino students denied access.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-05-05 11:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Ed Department releases Equity Plan</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6637/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[COVID-19 pandemic tests academic recovery of students.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-04-20 08:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBC Supports Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6602/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressional Black Caucus unified in support of Supreme Court nominee]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-03-22 13:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's State of the Union Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6583/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Text of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-03-02 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>In Memoriam: James Mtume</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6536/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Music icon and political activist dies at 76 years old.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2022-01-11 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Attack on the Truth</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6371/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republicans launch full-scale assault on historical accuracy.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-06-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Philly Targets Gun Violence</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6354/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Council members push agenda focused on Philadelphia youth.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-06-03 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Minneapolis Injured protesters with rubber bullets.</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6346/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The city has taken little action.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-05-27 03:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Town Hall on Race Relations</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6330/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Young leaders to discuss the state of race relations in America.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-05-16 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Weingarten calls for in-person learning</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6329/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[National teachers union head calls for in-person learning for fall]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-05-15 15:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Making of Reluctant Activists</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6324/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Family rethinks American justice after police shooting in hospital]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-05-13 11:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Coming Redistricting Wars</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6314/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[State legislative and congressional representation is at stake.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-05-05 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Philly Pre-K Kids get Free Internet Access</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6306/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[City officials expand free internet access to prekindergarten students.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-04-28 13:25:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>VIDEO - Chauvin Trial, Biden picks Judges</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6281/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Legal Analyst Rob Tarver and Executive Editor Walter Fields.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-04-01 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Republicans Gear Up Voter Suppression</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6254/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[GOP is working hard to suppress the vote to steal future elections.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-03-04 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Week Ahead - February 14, 2021</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6241/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-02-14 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Week Ahead - January 31, 2021</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6221/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Executive Editor Walter Fields and Legal Analyst Rob Tarver look at the week ahead.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-01-31 17:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Trump's White Riot</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6194/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We need to be clear about Wednesday January 6, 2021]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2021-01-10 13:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Women Rising in Politics</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6186/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[2020 has been a banner year for Black women in politics.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2020-12-01 15:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What now Black people?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6182/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Trump presidency has been a running horror show for Black people.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2020-11-03 18:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Profiling of Black Girls in PA</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6174/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New report reveals how Black students are targeted for prosecution]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2020-09-23 16:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Pittsburgh celebrates Black girls</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6170/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It’s Black Girls Equity Month in the Steel City]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2020-09-14 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Commitment March</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6163/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[March on Washington reveals the diversity of a new movement]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2020-08-29 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>From the Base to the Face</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6158/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Kamala Harris, Black Women &amp; Mysogynoir in the 2020 Election.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2020-08-21 14:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Day 2 Democratic National Convention</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6148/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bill Clinton set to speak]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2020-08-18 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Democrats kick-off 2020 Convention</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6144/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Democrats set to formally nominate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2020-08-17 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Harris makes the Cut</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6143/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[California Senator steps into history as Vice Presidential nominee]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2020-08-13 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Analysis: Why are we Surprised?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6128/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Violent reaction to George Floyd's death was inevitable.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2020-06-04 12:40:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Playtime is Over</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6074/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We must put away childish things, and focus on saving our children.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2019-08-09 14:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Time to Rise Up</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/6069/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Now is the time to start planning to ensure Donald Trump's exit in 2020.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2019-07-29 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Discrimination in Auto Loans Rampant</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5900/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New study shows the degree Black car buyers face bias.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2018-01-23 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>HBCUs in Irma’s Path</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5768/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Several Black colleges heed warnings, shut down as Irma takes aim]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-09-07 16:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Mayors Urge Support for Dreamers</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5763/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Mayor’s group calls on Congress to act to support Dreamers.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-09-06 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3229/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass' masterful and bold Independence Day 1852 speech.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-07-03 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Closing Arguments in HBCU Lawsuit</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5676/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Closing arguments today in historic federal lawsuit.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-06-08 07:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Analysis: The Case against Donald Trump</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5647/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The actions of the President and AG beg for obstruction charges.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-05-12 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>HBCU Lobby Event in DC</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5630/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black college alumni set to visit Capitol Hill tomorrow.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5630/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-04-26 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Forum to focus on Civil Rights under Trump</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5607/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[CBC members lead event on the Hill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5607/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-04-06 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>HBCU Alumni to Rally on Capitol Hill</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5596/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[HBCU Collective calls for DC rally on April 27.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-03-29 14:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Military Link to White Hate</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5590/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Our Armed Forces are breeding ticking time bombs of white hate.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-03-25 13:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Shots Fired</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5584/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New FOX show explores police shootings;premiers tonight.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5584/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-03-22 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Trump Budget Cuts could hit Home</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5576/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[How you could feel the pain under Trump Budget.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-03-20 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Budget a Hawk Can Love</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5579/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Trump proposes a Defense budget on steroids.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-03-20 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Analysis: GOP’s Assault on 9th Circuit</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5575/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It appears Republicans are engaging in political retaliation.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-03-17 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>MD’s HBCUs Demand Parity</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5569/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black colleges press for equal standing with traditionally white institutions.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-03-16 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Conyers renews call for Reparations Study</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5566/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Michigan House member continues to champion study commission.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2017-03-15 07:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Honor Urged for Simeon Booker</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5565/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressional Medal of Honor proposed for legendary Black journalist.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5565/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-03-14 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NYPD Practices to be Examined</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5555/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[US Civil Rights Commission set to hold a public briefing in New York City.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5555/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-03-08 14:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Breaking News: AG to meet with Civil Rights Leaders</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5550/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Meeting to take place tomorrow.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5550/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-03-06 17:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Analysis: Black College Alumni Must Lobby</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5547/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[HBCUs must move beyond optics of Trump meeting.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5547/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-03-04 11:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The State of Disunion</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5541/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump’s dystopian America.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5541/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-03-01 14:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Address to Congress</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5540/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The full text of President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5540/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-03-01 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Analysis: President's News Conference</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5527/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The media must devour the Trump administration with truth.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5527/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-02-17 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Analysis: Trump's Immigration Ban</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5504/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The legal issues percolating behind President Trump's immigration ban.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5504/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2017-01-30 06:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>2016 in Review</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5477/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[How we covered and viewed the events of 2016.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5477/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-12-31 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Policy Spotlight: Workplace Discrimination</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5453/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Report highlights challenges of fighting job related discrimination.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5453/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-12-12 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Community Voices on Foreclosure Crisis</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5449/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[NorthStarNews.com hosts public hearing on banking practices.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5449/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-12-11 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>New Jersey’s Foreclosure Crisis</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5446/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[State ranks as one of the worse for foreclosures; Blacks hit hard]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5446/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-12-08 11:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Fannie Mae sued by Housing Alliance</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5443/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Groups cite racial disparity in maintaining foreclosed properties.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5443/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-12-08 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Standing Rock</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5429/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The crisis at the Sioux Standing Rock reservation is growing ominous.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5429/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-11-23 13:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Special: Interview with Bob Johnson</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5420/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[BET founder and entrepreneur Bob Johnson assesses Black politics post-November election.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5420/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-11-18 14:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>State of the Black World Conference</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5416/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[State of the Black World Conference IV convenes in Newark.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5416/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-11-16 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A look back at the 2016 Election</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5413/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A look back at the 2016 presidential campaign.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5413/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-11-15 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>State Ballot Questions</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5401/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A look at important ballot questions in select states on November 8.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5401/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-11-05 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Down Ballot Referenda</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5397/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Voters need to cast ballots on important public questions on November 8.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5397/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-11-04 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>New Look at Horrors of Rikers Island</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5385/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A new documentary exposes New York City’s notorious prison.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5385/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-10-25 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Faith Groups Mobilize Down Ballot</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5377/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[National network working to get voters to polls on November 8.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5377/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-10-20 08:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What Black Girls Face</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5370/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Opening panel at Equity Summit in Pittsburgh defines issues]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5370/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-10-16 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Supporting Black Girls in Pittsburgh</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5369/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Effort in western Pennsylvania seeks to support Black girls.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5369/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-10-15 15:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What this Debate was Not</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5353/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Using a debate to score a presidential race is like handicapping horses.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5353/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-09-27 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>States Matters!</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5316/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Our new e-newsletter tracks politics in state capitals.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5316/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-08-29 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Convention Watch: A Lack of Courage</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5271/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We have produced generations of gatekeepers and not leaders]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5271/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-07-21 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Morgan State deemed ‘National Treasure’</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5179/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[National Historic Trust designates entire campus of Maryland Black college]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5179/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-05-04 16:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Roots of Clintonism</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5163/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Self-Interest and Political Ambition meets Party Desperation]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5163/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-04-21 06:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Sanders lights up New York audience</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5155/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Cries of “Tell it Bernie!” ring out at National Action Network appearance]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5155/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-04-15 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Health Impacts of Climate Change</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5141/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Communities of color vulnerable to effects of climate change]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5141/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-04-07 08:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>PhD Project Seeks to Diversify Faculty</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5134/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Project aims to diversify college faculty.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5134/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-04-04 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Polling Truth</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5126/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Democratic presidential race is more complex than being reported.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5126/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-03-31 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>National Reentry Week Set</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5124/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A week to focus on the return home of the incarcerated.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5124/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-03-30 11:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>States Lead Assault on Equity</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5115/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[While public is fixated on DC politics, states inflict significant harm]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/5115/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2016-03-25 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Economic Challenges Facing Blacks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4770/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New report details the sobering reality of the economic status of Blacks]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4770/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-04-21 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>IBW Reparations Summit Schedule</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4749/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Summit set to kick-off with Thursday event in Harlem, New York City.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4749/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-04-07 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>IBW to Host Reparations Summit</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4747/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Joins CARICOM in leading call for reparations for Africans in America]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4747/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-04-06 11:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>2015 State of the Union Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4648/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Text of the State of the Union Address.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4648/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2015-01-21 05:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - December 19</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4619/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for December 19, 2014.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4619/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-12-19 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Taking action on Immigration</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4584/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama speaks on fixing the nation's immigration system.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4584/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-11-21 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Presidential Address on Immigration</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4585/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Full text of President Obama's address on immigration reform.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4585/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-11-21 08:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>GOP Kicks Dems to Curb</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4566/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republicans now control Congress, setting stage for 2106 campaign]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4566/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-11-05 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Blacks are Trillion Dollar Market</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4524/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Nielsen/Essence report reveals power of Black consumer market]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4524/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-10-01 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Holder Steps Down</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4513/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Attorney General leaves his mark on Justice Department.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4513/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-09-26 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Union partners with Black College Fund</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4506/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Union program aims to support historically Black college students.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4506/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-09-23 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBC Members on Brown Killing</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4462/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressional Black Caucus members voice concern over events in Ferguson, MO.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4462/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-08-21 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Ferguson: An American Story</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4459/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Events mirror a history of hate and mistrust toward Black men.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4459/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-08-19 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Support Black TV Station Ownership</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4308/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Sign our petition to the FCC support Black television station ownership.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4308/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-05-01 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Launches My Brother's Keeper</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4215/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama launches initiative for young men of color.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4215/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-02-28 11:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>State of the Union</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4168/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The full text of the President's State of the Union Address.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4168/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2014-01-29 07:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Quiet (White) Riots</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4055/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Is race at the root of riots by white youth or is it a function of their age?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4055/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-11-05 12:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Leadership Newark Summit</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4050/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[First annual policy summit on Newark convenes Saturday.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4050/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-11-01 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Buying Power</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4034/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Nielsen data shows the unrealized power of Black consumers.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4034/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-10-23 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>No Ransom demands President</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4005/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama sends a clear message to House GOP on ending shutdown.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4005/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-10-09 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Morgan J-School Opens in Style</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4004/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[University president announces major grant from the Knight Foundation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/4004/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-10-09 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Government Shutdown Near</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3990/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Poisonous partisan politics threatens to shutdown US government.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3990/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-09-30 13:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President to address Black Caucus tonight</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3979/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black lawmakers to welcome Obama against backdrop of despair.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3979/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-09-21 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Address on Syria</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3963/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama's address to the nation on the Syrian crisis.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3963/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-09-11 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>War Games</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3957/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Will Obama legacy be swept away by Syrian misadventure?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3957/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-09-06 08:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Economy Devastates Young Black Men</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3953/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Report details how Black males have been overwhelmed by recession.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3953/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-09-04 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Stamp Issued for ’63 March</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3935/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[U.S. Postal Service issues commemorative stamp to honor event.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3935/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-28 06:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>MSNBC_Up with Steve Kornacki</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3925/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Walter Fields discusses the true legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3925/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-26 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>MSNBC_Up with Steve Kornacki</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3927/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A look at the legacy of the 1963 March on Washington.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3927/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-26 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Circle of Hope @ the March</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3923/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Our Next Generation video crew is on the ground in Washington, DC.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3923/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-24 10:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What America Heard but what Martin Said</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3920/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It’s time to "hear" the “Dream” speech.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3920/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-24 07:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Life in 1963</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3918/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[50th anniversary march recalls the depths of Black struggle in the 1960s.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3918/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-23 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Bloomberg Rebuffed on Stop and Frisk</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3904/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Judge deems NYPD policy violated civil rights; orders federal monitor.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3904/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-08-13 06:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 7/27/13</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3876/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A good job, a home, quality education and health care define middle class.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3876/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-07-27 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Newark Hits Streets in Protest</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3852/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Local community group mobilizes protest against Zimmerman verdict.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3852/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-07-15 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Reaction to the Zimmerman Verdict</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3850/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Reaction from various organizations to the Zimmerman verdict.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3850/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-07-15 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What to the Slave is the 4th of July?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3830/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Our annual celebration of Frederick Douglass' historic speech.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3830/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-07-03 06:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Person of the Week: Sheriff C.T. Woody</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3825/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Wearing a badge and having a heart, and helping the community.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3825/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-06-30 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Back to States Rights</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3819/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court kills 5 decades of progress on racial justice.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3819/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-06-26 06:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>MLK Day</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3586/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[AFSCME documentary on the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3586/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-01-21 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Inaugural Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3589/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The text of President Barack H. Obama's Inaugural Address.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3589/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-01-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Inauguration Day</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3590/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The second inaugural address of President Barack H. Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3590/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-01-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Outlines Gun Violence Proposals</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3583/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Transcript of the January 16, 2013 press conference.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3583/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2013-01-17 06:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Black Agenda for a Second Term</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3531/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[African-American organizations coalesce around common agenda.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3531/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-12-10 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Nov. Jobs Report Positive Trends</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3528/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black unemployment down for women, men &amp; teenagers.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3528/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-12-07 09:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Press Conference</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3497/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Video of President Obama's White House press conference]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3497/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-11-15 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>State of Black World Conference Kicks-Off</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3490/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[DC event takes place November 14-18]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3490/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-11-13 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Channeling 2016</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3486/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Let the games begin in the countdown to 2016 election.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3486/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-11-12 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Making the case for Middle Class</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3485/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President lays out his position on reducing the nation's deficit.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3485/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-11-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>First Lady to speak at CBCF Dinner</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3392/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Phoenix Awards Dinner concludes the 42nd CBCF Annual Conference.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3392/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-22 07:15:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBCF ALC Kicks Off Wednesday</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3375/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Legislative Conference of Hill’s Black Caucus Foundation kicks off Wednesday.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3375/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address -9/8/12</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3351/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Remembering the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3351/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - September 7</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3348/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for September 7, 2012.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3348/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-07 05:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>With the People @DNC</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3347/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Raw footage from the DNC, with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson at end of clip.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3347/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Man from Hope Delivers</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3336/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Bill Clinton takes the stage and issues marching orders for his party.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3336/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Community Perspective</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3337/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We visit one of Charlotte’s leading voices, Bishop Claude Alexander, Jr.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3337/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Key Moments in Democratic Convention History</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3335/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Blacks have played a pivotal role in Democratic Party politics.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3335/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-05 10:40:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Night to Remember</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3326/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama makes it personal in her speech to convention delegates.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3326/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-05 09:33:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>DNC Agenda - September 5</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3329/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The agenda for today's proceedings at the Democratic National Convention.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3329/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Convention Flashback</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3322/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Fannie Lou Hamer presses the Democratic Party on voting rights in 1964.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3322/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-04 21:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>DNC Kicks-Off</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3313/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Activists kick-off activities as Democrats convene in Charlotte.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3313/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>First Came Rev. Phillips</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3314/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Before Barack, a DC minister made history at a Democratic convention]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3314/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>DNC Agenda - September 4</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3316/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The agenda for today's proceedings at the Democratic National Convention.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3316/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-09-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 7/21/12</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3252/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama remembers the victims of the Aurora Colorado shooting.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3252/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-07-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 7/14/12</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3242/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President calls on Congress to pass middle class tax cut extension.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3242/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-07-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>ADP Reports Minor Jobs Boost</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3186/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Numbers do not bode well for Friday's Bureau of Labor Statistics report.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3186/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-05-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Faith-Driven Politics</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3125/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black connectional denominations have potential to change course of community]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3125/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-04-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Zimmerman Charged</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3118/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Killer of Trayvon Martin faces 2nd degree murder charges.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3118/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-04-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 4/7/12</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3109/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President brings Easter and Passover Greetings.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3109/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-04-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Jobs Numbers Signal Tepid Recovery</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3108/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A recovery, albeit a slow one for Black workers.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3108/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-04-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 3/17/12</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3069/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The focus of this week's address is ending subsidies for oil companies.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3069/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-03-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>227,000 New Jobs in February</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3059/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Economy continues showing signs of full scale recovery.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3059/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-03-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Economic Recovery Report</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3049/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor tracks Black economic progress in recovery.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3049/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-03-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>National Black History Museum</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3033/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Groundbreaking for the National Museum of African American History and Culture.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/3033/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-02-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 2/4/12</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2996/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A call on Congress to restore fairness and equality in our nation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2996/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>January Jobs Numbers</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2995/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black unemployment down, 243,000 new jobs created in January.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2995/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-02-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>ADP’s January Jobs Numbers</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2988/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[ADP National Employment Report shows 170,000 jobs gain in January.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2988/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-02-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Blacks and State of the Union</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2980/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Blacks pan speech for signs of policy solutions to pressing problems.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2980/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>State of the Union Transcript</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2973/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The transcript of the 2012 State of the Union Address.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2973/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-25 12:05:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>“Where Everybody Plays by the Rules”</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2972/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama calls for shared sacrifice in State of the Union Address.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2972/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-25 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>GOP  Response to State of the Union</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2974/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The official Republican response to the State of the Union Address.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2974/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-25 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBC Chair Reacts to SOTU</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2975/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver releases statement on State of the Union.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2975/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBC Focuses on Voter Suppression</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2965/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Members of the Congressional Black Caucus address voting restrictions.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2965/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>State of the Union Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2966/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama will address Congress tonight at 9 pm.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2966/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Analysis: After the Love Has Gone</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2957/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The divorce between the Republican Party and Blacks is final.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2957/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Group Heads to Haiti</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2951/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Haiti Support Project issues statement on pilgrimage to assess recovery.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2951/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2012-01-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Unemployment Drops to 8.6%</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2886/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Good news on the economic front as monthly data shows signs of recovery.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2886/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-12-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Positive Signs on Economy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2883/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[ADP monthly jobs report indicates improved economic fortunes.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2883/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-12-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Analysis: Deficit Panel’s Failure</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2871/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President outmaneuvers GOP; forces deficit reduction and debate on taxes]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2871/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-11-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>New Poll gives voice to Millennials</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2850/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dēmos poll provides insight into thoughts and concerns of young adults.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2850/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-11-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>ADP Reports Jobs Gain in October</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2830/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Payroll giant reports a gain of 110,000 jobs in October prior to BLS data]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2830/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-11-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBO Report Reveals Income Inequality</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2810/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New report echoes Occupy Wall Street on growing income disparity.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2810/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-10-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Speaker Boehner's jobs agenda</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2737/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) has offered his jobs creation plan.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2737/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-09-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>“They don’t care about politics”</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2717/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Puts onus on Congress to move past political rhetoric and pass jobs act.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2717/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-09-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Lays Out Jobs Plan</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2718/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Video from the President's speech before a joint session of Congress.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2718/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-09-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Chisholm Commission Presses Black Jobs Plan</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2714/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Group calls on President Obama for targeted effort on Black joblessness.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2714/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-09-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>August Jobs Report Pretext for Speech</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2706/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The August employment report serves as pretext for President’s address.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2706/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-09-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Set to Address Jobs Crisis</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2703/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[With his poll numbers suffering, the President will lay out jobs plan.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2703/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-09-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Racial Differences on Civil Rights</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2693/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Political differences driven by opposing opinions on role of government.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2693/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-08-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>HBCU’s Seek Equity</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2678/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Litigation in Maryland has wider implication for nation’s Black colleges.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2678/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-08-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>No Good News for Black Workers</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2667/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Day after market plunge, jobs numbers are slightly better for July.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2667/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-08-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>ADP July Numbers Out</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2664/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Monthly employment report reflects sputtering economy.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2664/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-08-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Deficit. Round Two.</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2657/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The deficit agreement compromise puts parties on collision course.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2657/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-08-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Budget Control Act of 2011</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2660/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Key provisions of the deficit legislation signed by President Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2660/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-08-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Signs Deficit Plan</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2656/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President reacts after the Senate passed the deficit compromise.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2656/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-08-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Tea Party Risks Default</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2650/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[House conservatives are putting politics above national interest.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2650/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Falling Farther Behind</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2642/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Great Recession and housing bust has pushed Blacks to the brink.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2642/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Presidential Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2634/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Text of President Obama's address from the East Room of the White House.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2634/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Seeks Deficit Compromise</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2636/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Video of last night's presidential address from the White House.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2636/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>USPS Honors John Johnson</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2639/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Postal Service will issue a stamp honoring founder of Ebony and Jet.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2639/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Makes Appeal</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2633/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[With the clock ticking, the President pushes Congress to make deal.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2633/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-25 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Remarks on Deficit</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2612/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Transcript of the President's remarks from July 15 press conference.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2612/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Presidential Press Conference</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2613/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Video of the President's press conference on the deficit.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2613/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>New Health Rules Unveiled</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2603/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[HHS Secretary unveils new health insurance exchange rules.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2603/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Plan for Nation's Wellness</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2591/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Chronic disease management a key to lowering healthcare costs.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2591/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-07-01 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Ed Tech Boom</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2585/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[ISTE conference in Philadelphia draws educators and tech firms.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2585/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 6/25/11</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2576/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The subject today is U.S. investments in advanced manufacturing.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2576/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Announces Afghanistan Plan</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2569/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President provided details on the plan to withdraw troops.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2569/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Afghanistan Pullout</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2570/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The text of the President's speech on the Afghanistan troops withdrawal.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2570/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - June 23</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2571/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for June 23, 2011.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2571/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Redefining Work</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2554/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President points to high-tech but has huge job hole to fill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2554/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Hidden Costs of Health Care</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2551/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Out of network ambulance rides can mean out of pocket expense.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2551/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 6/11/11</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2543/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The private sector's role in training the nation's workforce is the topic.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2543/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>New Report on Black Labor Force</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2537/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor issues a special report on Black labor force.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2537/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-08 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Doctors of the Night</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2535/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Hospitals are employing new methods to address nighttime trends.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2535/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>IBW Hosts Forum on Drug Policy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2529/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rev. Jesse Jackson to highlight examination of the failed “War on Drugs.”]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2529/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Unemployment 2X Whites</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2524/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Black unemployment rate is once again twice that of whites.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2524/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-06-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>MD Leads on Health Reform</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2507/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[State Health Secretary details Maryland's efforts at health reform.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2507/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-05-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>States Cutback HIV Programs</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2499/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[States feeling budget crunch cutback on HIV programs for patients.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2499/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-05-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Improving Care for Detroit's Poor</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2482/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Wayne State professor works to expand health care coverage.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2482/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-05-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Voices of Detroit Initiative</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2483/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Interview with Dr. Herbert Smitherman of the Voice of Detroit project.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2483/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-05-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>April Jobs Numbers Out</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2471/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Bureau of Labor Statistics report points to Black economic crisis.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2471/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-05-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>"Justice Has Been Done"</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2457/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama announced U.S. forces have killed Osama bin Laden.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2457/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-05-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>White House Briefing on bin Laden</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2458/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Text of the White House briefing on the killing of Osama bin Laden.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2458/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-05-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - April 29</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2453/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for April 29, 2011.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2453/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-04-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Unveils Deficit Strategy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2424/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In a speech at George Washington University, President lays out vision.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2424/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-04-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Announces 2012 Bid</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2408/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President formally announces his bid for re-election.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2408/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-04-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 4/2/11</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2406/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In his weekly address, the President focuses on energy policy.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2406/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-04-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Speech on Libya</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2397/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama's address on the U.S. role in Libya.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2397/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Another President, another War?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2398/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President runs the risk of repeating errors of Bush administration]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2398/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - March 25</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2390/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for March 25, 2011.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2390/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Budget Busters</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2387/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Today's budget buster is the Tomahawk Cruise Missile.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2387/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Budget Busters</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2384/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Today's budget buster is the M2/M3 infantry fighting vehicle.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2384/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Nuclear Nightmare?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2376/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Americans are unaware of the breadth and extent of nuclear plants in US.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2376/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Assault on the Left</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2374/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[First unions, then voting rights, and now NPR, the right aims to win.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2374/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Group analyzes Obama Agenda</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2359/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Chisholm Commission checks State of the Union promises.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2359/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-03-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2320/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President focuses on skills for tomorrow's workforce.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2320/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-02-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Jobs Report Bleak for Blacks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2299/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The latest jobs report is more of the same bad news for Blacks.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2299/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>State of the Union</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2283/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Text of President Obama's State of the Union address.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2011-01-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Arizona Memorial Remarks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2258/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama's remarks at Arizona Memorial Service on January 12.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2258/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Home Grown Hate</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2248/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The shooting of Rep. Giffords should put nation on notice.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2248/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Remarks on Arizona Incident</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2249/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President comments on Arizona shootings.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2249/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Economy adds jobs</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2246/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[December's job numbers are glass half full for African Americans.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2246/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2011-01-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 12/25/10</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2225/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President and First Lady Michelle Obama bring holiday greetings.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2225/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-12-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Jobless Rate Remains High</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2195/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[November jobs data shows how Blacks are taking an economic beating.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2195/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-12-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Confronting the AIDS Crisis</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2192/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Worlds AIDS Day reminds Blacks in the U.S. of the toll of HIV/AIDS.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2192/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-12-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>More Jobs; Blacks still lag</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2158/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Blacks still trailing in job gains as economy struggles toward recovery.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2158/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-11-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What’s at Stake on Tuesday?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2150/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[There will be real consequences from Tuesday's voting for Blacks.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2150/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-11-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address - 10/9/10</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2120/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President stresses the importance of a national commitment to education.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2120/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-10-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>95K Job Loss in September</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2118/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report paints bleak picture for Blacks.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2118/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-10-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - September 30</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2107/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for September 30, 2010.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2107/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Left turn at Lincoln Memorial</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2104/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Progressive activists head to Washington for march on Saturday.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2104/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Day Two: Black Caucus</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2083/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The 40th Annual Legislative Conference runs through Saturday.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2083/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBCF Kicks Off 2010 ALC</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2080/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Congressional Black Caucus convenes its annual policy conference.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2080/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Is New Politics Like New Coke?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2079/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Does Mayor Fenty's defeat signal a rejection of new leadership?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/2079/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-09-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Jobless Numbers Grim</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1979/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Bureau of Labor Statistics June report points to persistent joblessness.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1979/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-07-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Fading American Dream</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1952/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New report highlights the foreclosure crisis in the Black community.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1952/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Presidential Address on BP Oil Spill</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1943/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Video and text of President Obama's Oval Office address on BP oil spill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1943/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President to Address Oil Spill</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1939/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The President will deliver televised address from the Oval Office.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1939/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-15 01:15:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Hearing on Black Economic Status</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1938/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Commission to hold hearing on Capitol Hill on Black economic crisis.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1938/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Jury Injustice</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1918/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Blacks are targeted for exclusion from juries in southern states.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1918/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Jobs Outlook Still Murky</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1919/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[May jobs figures bring little good news to Blacks who are unemployed.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1919/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-06-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - April 8</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1843/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for April 8, 2010.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1843/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-04-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Reacts to Health Care Vote</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1819/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama joins Vice President Biden after historic vote.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1819/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-03-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - February 11</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1766/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for February 11, 2010.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1766/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-02-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Jobs Report's Mixed Picture</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1755/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The January jobs report reveals again crisis of Black unemployment.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1755/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-02-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>VIDEO: White House Unveils '11 Budget</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1745/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President presents his FY 2011 budget.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1745/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-02-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - February 1</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1742/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for February 1, 2010.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1742/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-02-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Swagger is Back</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1731/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A confident and defiant Barack Obama addressed the State of the Union.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1731/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-01-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>State of the Union Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1732/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The official White House transcript of the State of the Union address.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1732/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-01-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>VIDEO: GOP State of the Union Response</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1738/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell (VA) responds to State of the Union address.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1738/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-01-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Urban League on Haiti</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1714/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The CEO of the National Urban League has released a statement on Haiti.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1714/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-01-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Haiti Disaster</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1709/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We will continually update this page with information regarding relief and news coverage from around the world.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1709/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-01-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A Black Depression?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1704/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Latest jobs report confirms the worst for Black workers in this recession.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1704/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2010-01-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What Color is Progressive?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1675/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The GOP is not alone in trying to determine who and what it represents.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1675/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-12-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Who's Health Care?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1650/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The question of a "public option" is critical to Black wellness.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1650/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-11-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>New Jobless Peak</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1629/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[October jobless numbers paints bleak picture for Black Americans.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1629/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-11-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Dems Lose NJ &amp; VA</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1623/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Republicans score major victories in New Jersey and Virginia.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1623/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-11-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Reid Pushes Public Option</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1608/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Senator Harry Reid pushes public option but says opt-out is necessary.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1608/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Fatherhood on the Hill</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1601/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Capitol Hill event to focus on Black fathers and healthy families.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1601/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama AWOL for NYC Race</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1588/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President has virtually abandoned Democratic mayoral candidate.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1588/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1568/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Nobel Committee repudiates the "Bush Doctrine."]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1568/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A New Strategy on Violence</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1564/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It's time to throw out the playbook on urban violence and start anew.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1564/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>More Dismal Jobs News</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1552/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Newly released September BLS data bears little good news for Blacks.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1552/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-10-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Rep. Gregory W. Meeks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1543/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[NorthStarNews.com caught up with Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) at the 39th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1543/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-28 11:46:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Dr. Elsie Scott</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1539/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[NorthStarNews.com Executive Editor Walter Fields sits down for a conversation with Dr. Elsie Scott, President/CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1539/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-26 19:40:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Walter Fields reports from ALC 09</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1538/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[NorthStarNews.com executive editor Walter Fields reports from the 39th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1538/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-25 11:06:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBCF to Kick Off Conference</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1527/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual conference begins tomorrow.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1527/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>House Reprimands Wilson</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1516/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Voting along party lines, the House reprimands Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC).]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1516/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Remembering 9/11</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1506/</link>
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					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1506/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-11 09:11:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Obama's Health Care Speech</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1502/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The text of President Obama's speech on health care reform.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1502/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A New Tone on Healthcare Reform</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1500/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, the National Urban League, and the NAACP hold a press conference on healthcare reform.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1500/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-09 19:34:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama addresses Nation's Students</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1494/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Text of the President's speech at Wakefield High School in Arlington, VA.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1494/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-09-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Blacks still lag in recovery</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1489/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Despite some positive trend data, the picture has not brightened for Black Americans in the labor force. Throughout the country, and most noticeably in the nation’s cities, Blacks have been hit hard by the historic recession that has decimated several industries, auto manufacturing among the worse, where Blacks had made inroads into higher-wage jobs.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-09-04 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Corzine mandates stimulus equity</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1478/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Jersey's governor seeks greater minority access to stimulus dollars.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-09-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Hate on the Rise</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1458/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center indicates that the militia movement that spawned the likes of McVeigh and Nichols now exists in the form of a thriving “patriot” movement. This next generation of hate incorporates elements of the militias, gun advocates, “nativists” opposed to immigration, tax protesters, and “birthers,” who have questioned the place of birth and citizenship of President Obama.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-08-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NJ &amp; VA pose trouble for Obama</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1429/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Two state races may shape Democrat’s first term in the White House.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1429/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>No Rage on Black Joblessness</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1426/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Long-term impact of joblessness being ignored in current crisis.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1426/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Conspiracy Madness</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1414/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Desperate for any reason to oppose the President, "birthers" have hit new low.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1414/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-08-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Prof and the Cop</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1386/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Race, class and a generation gap helped fuel confrontation in Cambridge.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1386/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - July 24</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1380/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for July 24, 2009.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1380/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama on Health Care Offensive</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1377/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[With the public showing fatigue, President goes on offense.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1377/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - July 22</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1372/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for July 22, 2009.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-07-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America - July 17</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1360/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The top stories in the nation's press for July 17, 2009.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-07-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The NAACPs Challenge</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1352/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The NAACP needs to find lessons in past successes.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1352/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>HBCU Alum named Surgeon General</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1345/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dr. Regina Benjamin is appointed Surgeon General by President Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1345/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Unveils Urban Policy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1346/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The White House convenes meeting on urban issues.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1346/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Obama's July 11th Weekly Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1335/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama's weekly address for July 11, 2009.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-07-11 19:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1312/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Our annual tradition of publishing Frederick Douglass' historic speech.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1312/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-07-03 08:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>High Court Rules on Reverse Race Claim</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1303/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Supreme Court sides with white firefighters in New Haven case.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1303/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-30 08:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>His Corner of the Sky</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1293/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson dies of apparent cardiac arrest at age 50.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1293/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-26 08:06:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Pilgrimage to Haiti Set</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1280/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Haiti Support Project has set the date for its Pilgrimage.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1280/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-23 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Daddy’s Promise</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1276/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Journalist Ed Gordon hosts father-daughter dance to celebrate fatherhood.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1276/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Obama's Weekly Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1274/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama delivers his weekly address for June 20, 2009.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1274/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-20 09:51:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Apology? Confession?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1272/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The United States Senate has issued an apology for slavery. Now what?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1272/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NY Senate Leader Ousted in Coup</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1248/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The first Black to lead the New York State Senate is ousted in a coup.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1248/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama’s Appeal to Muslims</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1240/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Speech to Islamic community is new ground for an American President.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1240/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Davis seeks 'Bama Gov’s Seat</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1241/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Congressman seeks to become the first Black governor of Alabama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1241/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Economy Hardest on Blacks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1237/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Black workers are becoming collateral damage in this recession.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1237/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-05 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>GOP on Self-Destruct?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1224/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Attack on Supreme Court nominee likely to backfire on Republicans.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1224/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-06-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Dick Cheney’s Dark Shadow</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1212/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Former Vice President is using fear as a party building exercise.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1212/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-26 08:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>CBCF Conference Chairs Picked</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1195/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Yvette Clarke and Rep. Chaka Fattah to lead 2009 annual conference.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1195/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-14 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Jobless Reaches 15%</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1184/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[While overall jobs losses slowed in April, Blacks were hit the hardest.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1184/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-08 09:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Bing Scores Again in Detroit</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1176/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[NBA legend Dave Bing scores a victory in special mayoral election.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1176/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Detroit, RIP?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1173/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It no longer has Motown, and automakers are failing; Detroit is in trouble.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1173/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>From the Storm to the Stage</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1164/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Seniors at historically Black Xavier University triumph over Katrina.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1164/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-01 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Bowie Campus on Flu Alert</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1165/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Maryland college reacts to news of flu detection in state.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1165/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-05-01 06:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Alphas Call for focus on Men and Boys</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1156/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Nation's oldest Black fraternity calls on Obama to focus on men and boys.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1156/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-28 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Howard U. Dean Tapped for Labor Post</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1142/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Howard University Economics Department chair picked by Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1142/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Baseball’s Black Past</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1130/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Last week Major League baseball celebrated former Brooklyn Dodger great Jackie Robinson’s breaking the color barrier.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1130/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black History Museum Design Unveiled</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1119/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[National Museum of African American History and Culture design unveiled.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1119/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-15 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Obama's April 11th Weekly Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1112/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama's Weekly Address for April 11, 2009.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1112/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-12 08:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>New Poll Gives Obama High Marks</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1097/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[For some time now the question on many minds inside the Beltway has been when will President Obama’s honeymoon period will be over?]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1097/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-07 12:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Unemployment Hits 13.3%</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1086/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Employment Situation Summary for March that shows the nation lost 663,000 jobs during the month.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1086/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-03 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Bethune Cookman picks Alum as Chair</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1087/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) Board of Trustees has selected one of the university’s alumni to be its next chairman.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1087/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-04-03 09:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Lowers Boom on GM</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1070/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Facing continued criticism over the federal government’s bailout of troubled financial firms and automobile manufacturers, President Barack Obama lowered the boom on an iconic company of the nation’s industrial age – General Motors.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1070/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Power Revisited</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1068/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) this morning kicked off a two day symposium, “1968 and Beyond: A symposium on the Impact of the Black Power Movement on America,” today at the National Portrait Gallery.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1068/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-30 01:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>PA Youth Get Reprieve</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1064/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In reaction to an incident that has sent shock waves through the nation’s criminal justice community, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered the records expunged of hundreds of youth who were sent to privately run detention centers by two judges who received kickbacks for their sentencing the teenagers.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-03-27 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NUL State of Black America</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1061/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The National Urban League released its “State of Black America,” report yesterday at a news conference led by CEO Marc Morial at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-03-26 10:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>John Hope Franklin</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1059/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dr. John Hope Franklin, a “scholar’s scholar,” and social activist has died.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1059/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-26 06:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama holds court</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1056/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In a prime time news conference last night President Barack Obama expressed again his disappointment with the payment of bonuses to executives at embattled insurer American International Group (A.I.G.) but also urged the American public to be patient as his recovery plan is implemented.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-03-25 09:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Who’s Next?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1048/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Though he is just two months in office, Barack Obama’s election raises some interesting questions concerning the future of American politics in the post-Obama era.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1048/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-23 06:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama chills on Tonight Show</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1043/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Last night was another bit of presidential history for a President who seems to have taken up history making as a hobby.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-03-20 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A.I.G. on Hot Seat</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1029/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Every good scandal needs a villain and in this economic downturn American International Group (A.I.G.) fits the bill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1029/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-18 06:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Power Symposium Announced</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1030/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has announced a two-day conference that will examine the black power movement of the 1960’s.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-03-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Puts Forth Small Biz Plan</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1025/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama announced his plan to support the nation’s small businesses yesterday during a news conference in the East Room of the White House.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-03-17 06:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Journalist Calls on Dads to Curb Domestic Violence</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1024/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Ed Gordon calls out fathers to take a stand on domestic violence.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1024/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-17 06:15:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NorthStar News Bulletin</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/894/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Congressional Black Caucus to address foreclosure crisis.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/894/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-16 05:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Steele in Hot Water…Again</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1015/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It seems like Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has developed a bad case of “foot in mouth” disease.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1015/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Recession's Impact on States Varies</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/1011/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Tornadoes are notorious for blanketing an area and striking structures in an erratic fashion, hitting some buildings and missing others.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-03-12 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>High Court Rules in Voting Rights Case</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/996/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 yesterday in a key case, Bartlett v. Strickland, in which they rejected the application of the Voting Rights Act in districts in which minorities make up at least half of the voting age population.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-03-10 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Unemployment Hits 13.4%</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/987/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly Employment Situation Summary report for February and the news is grim.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/987/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-06 10:45:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Feds Detail Housing Rescue</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/980/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner released details of the Obama administration’s housing rescue plan yesterday and markets responded favorably to the news.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/980/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-03-05 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President's Weekly Address for February 28, 2009</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/967/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama's Weekly Address for February 28, 2009.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/967/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-28 19:51:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Releases Budget</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/965/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It has been quite a week for President Barack Obama. He delivered a well-received major address to a joint session of Congress, saw his public approval ratings jump, hosted music legend Stevie Wonder at the White House for a PBS special, and yesterday released his first budget.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/965/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-27 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Bing aiming to lead Detroit</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/957/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[We have seen it in the past with several former white professional athletes, who, after calling it a career, transition to the world of politics.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/957/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-26 11:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Hail to the Chief</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/955/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[I have been addicted to politics since childhood so I grew up watching our Presidents deliver “State of the Union” speeches on the old family black and white television going back to the days of Lyndon Johnson.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/955/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>“We will Recover”</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/950/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[“We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.” With those words President Barack Hussein Obama, the nation’s 44th commander-in-chief and the first Black to occupy the Oval Office, declared his resolve to lead the United States out of a devastating recession and down the road to recovery and prosperity.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-02-25 12:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Presidential Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/951/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama's remarks to a joint session of Congress delivered February 24, 2009.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/951/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-25 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black Mayors on Center Stage</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/944/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[You could call this the best of times and the worst of times for the nation’s Black mayors.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/944/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-24 12:15:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>GOP Replays War of the States</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/940/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It appears that several, mostly southern Republican governors have decided to reject some of the federal funds targeted for their state out of the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” (ARRA) recently signed by President Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/940/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-23 07:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Unveils Homeowner Rescue Plan</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/927/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama unveiled his plan to help the nation’s homeowners in a speech he delivered at Dobson High School in Mesa, Arizona.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/927/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-19 09:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Water still flowing at Morris Brown</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/925/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The news was unsettling. One of our nation’s historically Black colleges was facing a possible shutoff of its water on campus due to an overdue bill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/925/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama signs Recovery Bill</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/921/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama traveled with Vice President Joe Biden to Denver, Colorado to sign the $787 billion economic recovery legislation that has taken up most of Mr. Obama’s time during his first month in office.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/921/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-18 06:40:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Burris in Hot Water</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/920/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It seems as though former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is the “gift that keeps on giving” as the man he appointed to replace Barack Obama in the Senate now appears to be sinking faster than a rock in Lake Michigan.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/920/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-18 06:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Auto Makers Ask for More</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/919/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[March was tagged as a critical month in the nation’s economic recovery because General Motors and Chrysler were due to report back on their finances after receipt of federal funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/919/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Gregg Withdraws from Commerce Post</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/909/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In the midst of the last minute alterations to the economic stimulus package, Senator Judd Gregg withdrew his name from consideration for the position of Commerce Secretary.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/909/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-13 12:05:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Follow the Money</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/908/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Now that Congress has come to terms on the parameters of the $789 billion economic recovery package, and President Obama is poised to sign the massive legislation, all eyes will shift to the outflow of federal dollars down into states to fulfill the goals detailed in the bill.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/908/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-13 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Deal Struck on Stimulus Bill</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/904/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Democrats control the White House. They have control of the House of Representatives. However, they are a slim majority in the Senate. In the end, three Republican Senators – the “Three Amigos” – determined the fate of President Obama’s economic recovery package.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/904/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-12 12:00:05</pubDate>
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					 <title>Feeling the pain locally</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/901/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Over the last month much of the public’s attention has been focused on the nation’s capital as the new President and the 111th Congress tackled Mr. Obama’s economic recovery plan.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/901/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Senate Passes Stimulus Bill</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/898/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[While President Bush stumped for his economic recovery package before an audience in Fort Myers, Florida, where he was introduced by Republican Governor Charlie Crist, the Senate was voting on the “compromise” bill crafted by Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME).]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/898/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-11 12:05:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>What’s Been Cut from Stimulus Bill?</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/896/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Senate version of the stimulus bill cuts valuable programs that would provide some relief to the Black community in a number of critical areas.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/896/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Stumps for Stimulus Bill</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/893/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[As the debate on the massive economic stimulus legislation heats up and the bill nears a final vote, President Barack Obama took to the road to make his pitch for the bill to the American public in a town hall meeting in Elkhart, Indiana.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/893/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-10 08:55:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black History Profile</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/889/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[There was a time when one name symbolized the historic legacy of the Republican Party’s connection to Black Americans – William T. Coleman.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/889/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black History Facts - 2009</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/882/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Census Bureau snapshot of family life among Black Americans.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/882/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NJ Gov Addresses Civic Group</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/881/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Gov. Jon Corzine addresses civic association in New Jersey.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/881/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Obama's February 7th Weekly Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/886/</link>
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					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/886/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Jobless Numbers Point to Crisis</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/878/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[If President Barack Obama needed any more ammunition to argue for his economic recovery package, he received it with this morning’s Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Summary report for January.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/878/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-06 09:55:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black History Facts – 2009</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/875/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau's snapshot of how Blacks earn in the U.S.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/875/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Clips Corporate Wings</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/871/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Just days after going on a mini-tirade over bonuses Wall Street executives received for 2008 at the same time they were seeking government aid, President Barack Obama announced a cap on executive compensation for firms receiving federal support from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/871/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black History Profile</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/865/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Robert C. Weaver was the first Black on a President's Cabinet, appointed to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/865/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black History Facts - 2009</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/863/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[U.S. Census Bureau's snapshot of Black educational achievement.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/863/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Black History Facts - 2009</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/857/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau offers a profile of the Black population.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/857/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>New Sheriff in Town</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/859/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[After several weeks on and off the hot seat, Eric Holder was confirmed by the Senate last night to be the next Attorney General in a 75-21 vote; with all votes against Holder cast by Republicans.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/859/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NSnewstv.com is now NorthStar News</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/855/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Walter Fields, Executive Editor, explains our new name.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/855/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-02 12:20:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>GOP's Black Hole</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/851/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The first Black to serve in the Executive Office of the President of the United States was E. Frederick Morrow, a Republican appointed by a Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/851/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-02 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Steele gets GOP gavel</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/850/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[After weeks of drama, the Republican Party has made its choice for party chairperson and they have selected Michael Steele, the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/850/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-02-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Obama's January 31st Weekly Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/848/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama's Weekly Address for January 31, 2009.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/848/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-31 13:09:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Mass Layoffs Spike in 2008</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/843/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[This week a number of major U.S. companies have announced layoffs, from Starbucks to Home Depot, with the home building and repair retailer also announcing that it will close its upscale Expo Design Centers.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/843/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Blagojevich given the boot</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/845/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[One day after a round of television interviews pleading his case, embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich faced the Illinois State Senate in a last minute, desperate attempt to save his job.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/845/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>House Passes Economic Recovery Bill</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/840/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In the first legislative victory of the Obama administration, Democrats in the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” in a 244-118 vote, with 11 Democrats joining Republicans in voting against the measure.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Goes Uphill to Meet GOP</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/838/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In a sign of growing resistance among Republican lawmakers to his economic recovery plan, President Barack Obama trekked up to Capitol Hill to meet with the minority party in the House and Senate to try to gain their support.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/838/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NorthStar News Update - Jan 28.</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/839/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President Obama visits Capitol Hill to try to persuade Republicans to support his economic recovery plan.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/839/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Economy Sheds Jobs by the Thousands</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/833/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[As President Obama heads up to Capitol Hill to try to convince Republicans to support the massive $825 billion economic recovery package, the nation’s economy is shedding jobs at a rapid pace.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/833/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-27 12:05:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Economic Recovery Bill Tops Agenda</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/826/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[This week Congress will continue to wrestle with the $825 billion economic recovery legislation that President Barack Obama is insisting is a priority for his administration.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/826/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama’s First Weekly Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/825/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Continuing a tradition of the modern presidency, President Barack Obama delivered his first weekly address and in keeping with his technology-focused campaign used video to reach the American public.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/825/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-25 12:05:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President Obama's January 24th Weekly Address</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/829/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Video of President Barack Obama's weekly address for January 24, 2009.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/829/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-25 11:51:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Recovery Package in Full Debate</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/822/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives spent most of yesterday marking up the huge economic recovery package, officially titled “The American Economic Recovery Act of 2009,” as debate continued over specific elements in the $850 billion legislative package.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/822/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Inaugural Address of Barack H. Obama</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/818/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/818/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A New President</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/814/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[At approximately 12:04 EST Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office from United States Chief of Justice John Roberts and made history; becoming the first Black American to be elected President and the nation’s 44th commander-in-chief.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/814/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Honoring King, Heeding O'bama's Call</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/806/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[As the nation celebrated the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday, and prepared for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, Reverend Al Sharpton, President of the National Action Network, brought together an unlikely coalition of national figures to call for a new movement to improve the lives of children.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <description><![CDATA[The NorthStar Report news team will be on the ground in the nation’s capital for the events and activities celebrating the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Bush Bids Adieu</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[Addressing the nation, President George W. Bush, the nation’s 43rd commander-in-chief, bid farewell on Thursday night before a live audience in the White House.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-16 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <description><![CDATA[After weeks of speculation, some of it calculated with insider knowledge but most with amateur guess work, the House Democrats have released the draft of the much anticipated economic recovery package.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Burris is Sworn-In as Illinois Senator</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/794/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[What a difference a week makes on Capitol Hill.  One week ago Roland W. Burris arrived in the nation’s capital literally on the outside looking in; the supposedly tainted appointee of a disgraced governor.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/791/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[One of the casualties of the Bush administration has been the culture of neutrality that has been the hallmark of the professional staff at the Department of Justice (DOJ).]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Recommendations for 44</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/787/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[On his website, President-elect Obama offers us a “seat at the table,” which is the equivalent of citizens offering policy prescriptions to his administration.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Seeks 3M Jobs with Recovery</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of last Friday’s dismal December 2008 unemployment report President-elect Barack Obama used his weekly radio address to reiterate his call for Congress to pass his economic recovery plan.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/783/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[For the second consecutive month the nation’s economy shed half a million jobs. December’s unemployment numbers, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, were a fresh reminder of the depths of the current recession and the impact it is having upon millions of Americans across occupations.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <description><![CDATA[It was clear that the holiday shopping season would go down as one of the worst in memory weeks before Christmas. As retailers suffered dismal sales there was speculation that December’s jobless numbers would reflect the economy’s downward spiral and mirror the dramatic losses that occurred in November.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President’s “Club” Meets in Oval Office</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/766/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In the “photo op of all photo ops” President George W. Bush joined with former President George H. Bush, former President Jimmy Carter and former President Bill Clinton to welcome President-elect Barack Obama to the elite fraternity of United States Presidents.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>High Noon on Capitol Hill</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/763/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In a scene reminiscent of a 1950’s western, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate designee Roland Burris, squared off and neither moved fundamentally away from their positions.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/764/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[As the 111th Congress was officially sworn-in yesterday, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) participated in a traditional ceremonial program to mark the new session.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Reid channels Wallace in Blocking Burris</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[Today the 111th Congress convenes and the lingering question is whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will make good on his threat to block Roland W. Burris from being sworn-in as the replacement for Barack Obama representing the state of Illinois.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Richardson Out; Obama Faces Challenges</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name from consideration for Secretary of Commerce due to an ongoing investigation into political contributions he received from a major donor with state contracts in New Mexico.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/743/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In a bold and defiant move, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich named former state Attorney General Roland W. Burris the replacement for President-elect Barack Obama in the United States Senate.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Looks to Aid Young Workers</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/741/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In the midst of the current recession and reports of layoffs and corporate bankruptcies, little attention has been given the plight of unemployed young adults.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/729/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[A month away from becoming the nation’s 44th President and the first Black American to serve in the White House, Barack Obama raised the stakes of his economic recovery package, increasing the goal for job creation from 2.5  to 3 million over two years.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/726/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Just three weeks ago U.S. auto executives came to Washington begging for financial assistance for the industry and were met with skepticism and derision.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Disappearing Ink</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/723/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[While the nation has been gripped by the ongoing melodrama over the survival of the automobile industry, another industry is shedding companies and employees at a dizzying pace.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Nickle and Dime Recovery</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/711/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[What’s wrong with this picture? Wall Street firms engage in high-risk investments, the bottom falls out of the market and investment banks and stock brokerage firms end up in Washington, D.C. seeking a check.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Corruption Knows No Color</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/708/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It must have been some sight - Federal agents approaching a house, in the dark, on a cold Chicago morning, preparing to arrest the governor of Illinois and charge him in a sweeping criminal complaint.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/706/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In reaction to media leaks identifying him as the “Senate Candidate 5” referenced in the criminal complaint against Governor Rod Blagojevich, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. held a press conference yesterday to assert that he is not a target of the federal investigation that has stunned Illinois politics.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/700/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested in their homes Tuesday morning, the subject of a sweeping federal criminal complaint alleging that “pay to play” was the cost of doing business under the governor’s administration.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-10 12:30:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/696/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Just one week after being tarred and feathered on Capitol Hill, the CEO’s of the nation’s three large automobile manufacturers appear to have convinced Congressional leaders of their need for federal aid to stay afloat.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/692/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[One day after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy shed 533,000 jobs in November, President-elect Obama called for a huge public works infrastructure program as the centerpiece of his economic recovery plan.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Cities in Distress</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/689/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Despite suburbanization in the late 1960’s and 1970’s, the reverse migration to southern states, and recent gentrification, Black life in America is still pretty much nested in urban communities. These include central cities and old suburban communities ringing them.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Jefferson Loses House Seat</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/694/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Embattled Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson lost his House seat to upstart Republican Anh Cao in the heavily Democratic Second Congressional District. Cao (pronounced “gow”) made history by becoming the first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Half Million Jobs Vanish in Nov.</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/687/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[What was expected to be a bad unemployment report for November was indeed horrific. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly Employment Situation Summary this morning and reported employment fell by 533,000 jobs last month]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Auto Makers Cry Broke</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/685/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[In the 1950’s and 1960’s in America the car was king and Americans were in love with their automobiles, and the companies that made them.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Govs Ask Obama for Help</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/680/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It was fitting that Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell brought his colleagues from the National Governor’s Association to the “City of Brotherly Love” for a bipartisan conversation with President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden to discuss the issues impacting states in the current economic downturn.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>It’s Official: A Recession</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/677/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[For Blacks in the United States, facing double-digit unemployment, long-term joblessness, particularly among young adults and Black men, and mortgage foreclosures, it’s been evident for some time that the nation was in a severe economic decline.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>World AIDS Day</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/674/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[December 1 is World AIDS Day; a day meant to draw attention to the global AIDS pandemic and bring pressure to bear upon public health officials to commit the necessary resources to combat the crisis. In the United States HIV/AIDS is exacting a particularly heavy toll upon Black Americans as the disease has reached epidemic status in the Black community.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Reverend Chairman</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/672/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Long before there was a Congressional Black Caucus on Capitol Hill, there was Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., representing the 18th Congressional District covering the village of Harlem, New York and senior pastor of its renowned Abyssinian Baptist Church.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Team Obama Shaping Up</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/339/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The process of naming individuals to the Obama White House started slow but has quickly accelerated, with the Obama-Biden Transition team making several major announcements over the last week.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Proposes Economic Stimulus</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/338/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama has called for the creation of a jobs program targeting transportation infrastructure, schools and clean energy projects as a means to put as many 2.5 million Americans to work.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Freddie &amp; Fannie Suspend Foreclosures</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/335/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[With the holiday season imminent, two of the nation’s mortgage giants have announced initiatives designed to decrease the stress on homeowners facing foreclosure and provide a means by which they can restructure their mortgages to prevent the loss of their homes.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/328/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[With the presidential and Congressional elections now behind it, the Republican Party is facing a test on its future direction.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <description><![CDATA[Reflecting the nation’s dismal fiscal picture, New York Governor David A. Paterson announced on Wednesday a $5.2 billion, two year deficit reduction plan as the Empire State is facing a $1.5 billion shortfall in the current fiscal year. The State is also projecting a $12.5 billion deficit in the next fiscal year and a projected four year deficit of $47 billion.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/314/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Senator Barack Obama was not the only candidate making history on November 4. Voters in Sacramento, California made former Phoenix Suns star Kevin Johnson the city’s first Black mayor.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>October Employment Numbers Spell Disaster</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/306/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor released the October Employment Situation Summary and the numbers paint a frightening picture of the American economy.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>The Final Push</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/276/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[After almost two years of steady campaigning, the two major party candidates best poised to capture the White House are making a final push for votes this weekend.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-02 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/269/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[With the nation’s economy still floundering, the Federal Reserve moved to cut its overnight rate by half a percentage point to 1 percent, matching the lows reached in 2003 and 2004.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-10-30 12:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>News Bulletin: GOP Suspends Monday Convention Activities</title>
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					 <pubDate>2008-09-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Hurricane Gustav Video</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/61/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Orleans Times Picayune Video footage of Hurricane Gustav. The video shows water lapping over the]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-09-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/43/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Residents evacuated the city of New Orleans under the order of Mayor Ray Nagin.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-08-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/27/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The streets of downtown Newark, New Jersey were packed last night as NSnewstv.com celebrated its lau]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-08-29 12:35:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>A March that Mattered</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/9/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Countless demonstrations are frequently held, ranging from small community protests against police b]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-08-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>NSnewstv.com partners with RushmoreDrive.com</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/18/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Black public affairs portal teams with new Black search engine to develop unique news programmin]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-08-27 01:23:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Today in Black America</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/news/top_news/article/958/</link>
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					 <title>Living Apart</title>
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					 <description><![CDATA[How the government betrayed a landmark civil rights law.]]></description>
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