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            <title><![CDATA[Mich. lawmakers OK $1 surcharge on electric bills]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:08:28 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Michigan utilities could add up to a $1 surcharge to electric bills to provide heating assistance to low-income customers under legislation headed to the governor's desk.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:40:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[House takes up far-reaching bill to ban almost all abortions after 20 weeks]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Intel chief says NSA foiled dozens of terrorist plots]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama vigorously defended the surveillance programs in a lengthy interview Monday, calling them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Media study reveals more pro views from readers on same-sex marriage]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:40:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Study: Media coverage has more pro than con views on same-sex marriage as court took arguments]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apple details government requests for data]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 government requests for data over 6-month period]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican city]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:05:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Vote for the Cat: Kitten vies for mayor of Mexican city, promising to sleep most of the day]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Emergency manager: Detroit won't pay $2.5B it owes]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:06:52 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Detroit's emergency manager says the city is defaulting on about $2.5 billion of debt.  Kevyn Orr said Friday that Detroit is asking creditors to take about 10 cents on the dollar of what they're owed.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michigan House approves Medicaid expansion]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:46:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Michigan House has voted to make hundreds of thousands of adults eligible for Medicaid.  Gov. Rick Snyder is pushing hard to expand government-funded health insurance to more low-income adults and is hopeful the Senate will act before breaking for the summer in a week.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rogers won't run for Senate]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joel Feick]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:56:14 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Congressman Mike Rogers says no to a Senate bid.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Schauer blasts Governor Snyder]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joel Feick]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:08:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Former Congressman Mark Schauer is on the attack against Governor Rick Snyder.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama steps up military aid to Syrian rebels]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:57:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The White House announced it had conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime used chemical weapons against opposition forces.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Snyder signs state budget]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:28:58 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a nearly $49 billion state budget that sets aside more money to fix deteriorating roads and provides preschool to low-income children.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leaker Snowden alleges NSA hacking on China, world]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Leaker Snowden's allegations about US hacking give China new edge in cyber war of words]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Southern Baptists expected to address Scouting]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Southern Baptists expected to address Boy Scouts' homosexuality decision at annual meeting]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US has no plans to end broad surveillance program]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Intelligence official says US spy program will remain despite backlash at home and abroad]]></description>
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