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            <title><![CDATA[Groundbreaking ceremony signifies growth in Saginaw]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brittany Shannon]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 18:51:48 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A groundbreaking ceremony Friday symbolizes a "rebirth" in the City of Saginaw.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Flipping Flint: Reversing the city's downward housing trend]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Park]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 19:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Jane Park looks into what goes into fixing up a blighted home, putting it on the market and recruiting buyers who will invest in the city of Flint.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The New Faces of Homelessness]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 18:45:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[What was once the portrait of manufacturing and industry has transformed into a bleak and all-too common picture.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hemlock Semiconductor cuts 50 jobs]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Hemlock Semiconductor is cutting 50 jobs at its Michigan site.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Firehouse Subs arrives in Mid-Michigan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joel Feick]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 08:10:32 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Firehouse subs now open in Mt. Pleasant, other Michigan locations expected to follow.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yearbook fundraiser for soon to close Flint school]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilse Lujan-Hayes]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 04:03:55 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Washington Elementary is going to close after this school year.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Late-payment rate on mortgages tumbled in first quarter]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 08:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[TransUnion: Improving housing market helps lower rate of late payments on US mortgages in first quarter]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[AAA: Gas prices rise 2 cents in past week]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 11:38:07 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[ AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have risen about 2 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $3.77 per gallon.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Flint's Mayor wants independent finance director]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joel Feick]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:06:57 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Mayor Walling wants to change the city charter.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ford first quarter profit rises 15 pct]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:19:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Ford says net income rose 15 percent in the first quarter to $1.6 billion as record North American profits overcame weakness in Europe and South America.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[BOOM! Genesee Towers to be imploded]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joel Feick]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:49:17 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Forget the wrecking ball, they'll use dynamite to destroy the old Genesee Towers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Need help with your Consumer's Energy bIll?]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilse Lujan-Hayes]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:25:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If you're struggling to pay your heating bill, help is available. The heat and warmth fund -- THAW, and Consumers Energy says their heat assitance event in Flint this week filled up fast but it's not too late to get help.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bottoms up: proposed new Michigan booze laws.]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joel Feick]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:35:29 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Changes to Michigan's liquor laws would make it easier for microbreweries and wineries.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Local chefs help fight domestic violence]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joel Feick]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:35:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Shelterhouse event features great food made by area chefs.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Flint water decision expected today]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joel Feick]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:01:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Detroit granted one final offer to avert construction of a water pipeline.]]></description>
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