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      <title>Maine Things Considered 06/18/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[UMaine System's Teacher Prep Programs Falling Short; Critics Blast Maine's 'Expedited' Wind Permitting Process; Maine Senate Gives Initial Nod to Restrictions on Domestic Drone Use; Maine Gov Says He's Ready to Approve Transportation Bonds]]></description>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 06/17/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maine Woman Among Eight New NASA Astronauts; Maine House Rejects Restrictions on TANF Debit Cards; Bill Aimed at Settling Land 'Takings' Disputes Rejected; As Congress Reworks Magnuson-Stevens Act, Maine Fishing Industry Weighs In]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:39:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 06/14/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maine Governor Mulls Whether to Sign or Veto State Budget; Maine House Gives First Nod to Workers' Comp Reforms; 'Nashville Comes to Maine' - But Not Just for Entertainment; The Telling Room:  The Tales an Old Truck Could Tell]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:56:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 06/13/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Michaud Takes Steps Toward Entering Maine Governor's Race; Maine Lawmakers on Track to Enact Bipartisan Budget Plan; History Made as Floating Turbine off Maine Coast Begins Feeding Grid; Police Departments on Chopping Block in Cash-Strapped Maine Towns]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:29:19 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 06/12/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maine House Republicans:  No Budget Vote Until Other Issues Resolved; Maine Communities Face Painful Choices in School Budget Votes; Orono Transgender Case Comes Before Maine High Court; Maine Senate Endorses Amending Constitution to Protect Hunting Rights]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:24:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 06/11/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maine House Strongly Endorsement to GMO Labeling Bill; Maine House Approves Bill to Ban Commercial Slaughter of Horses; Ashland Cheers Georgia Company's Plan to Open Shingle Plant; Easier Access to 'Morning After' Pill Pleases, Upsets Mainers]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:54:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 06/10/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maine Legal Pot Supporters Vow to Continue Efforts, Despite Legislative Defeat; Maine Lawmaker Raises Questions About FairPoint Subsidies; Budget Includes Small Raise for Court Appointed Attorneys for Indigent; York County Jail Wants to End In-Person Inmate Visits]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:30:28 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Maine Legal Pot Supporters Vow to Continue Efforts, Despite Legislative Defeat; Maine Lawmaker Raises Questions About FairPoint Subsidies; Budget Includes Small Raise for Court Appointed Attorneys for Indigent; York County Jail Wants to End In-Person Inmate Visits]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 06/07/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[GOP Rank and File Unhappy with Maine Budget Alternative; State Budget Plan Will Inflict Pain, say Maine Municipal Leaders; Maine Legislature Enacts Sweeping Energy Bill, in Spite of Veto Threat; Maine House Rejects Recreational Marijuana Bill; The Telling Room:  Making Dreams Come True, for Grandmother]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:00:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 06/06/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Amendment Garners More GOP Support for Expanding Medicaid in Maine; South Portland Residents Launch Tar Sands Signature Drive; Study:  Rate of Attention Deficit Disorder Cases Growing Faster in Maine; Maine's Hidden History:  Forgotten Military Disaster Led by Maine Man; Doctor with Maine Ties:  End of Life Control a 'Civil Rights Issue']]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:59:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Amendment Garners More GOP Support for Expanding Medicaid in Maine; South Portland Residents Launch Tar Sands Signature Drive; Study:  Rate of Attention Deficit Disorder Cases Growing Faster in Maine; Maine's Hidden History:  Forgotten Military Disaster Led by Maine Man; Doctor with Maine Ties:  End of Life Control a 'Civil Rights Issue']]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 06/05/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Looming Maine Budget Deadline Sparks Partisan Battle over Taxes; Maine Fishermen at Odds over Lobster Bycatch Bill; Maine Health Advocates Sound Alarm on Increase in Chronic Lung Disease Among Women; Return of Alewives to St. Croix River Celebrated; Archaeologists Unearth Remains of 18th Century Maine Fort]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:36:24 -0400</pubDate>
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