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      <title>Maine Things Considered 05/20/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Senate Gives Initial OK to Medicaid Expansion, Hospital Repayment Bill; Weekend Confrontation in Legislature Prompts Response From Governor; A Two-part look at the LePage Administration's School Letter Grading System; Sen. Angus King at odds with Pentagon Over Governing Military]]></description>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 05/17/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maine School Choice Bill Runs into Opposition from Education Leaders; No 'Blessing of the Fleet' for Maine Student Boat Launching; Local Foods Movement Ushers in New Era in Maine Agriculture; The Telling Room:  A Maine Lobsterman's Tale]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:06 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 05/16/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hearings on Abortion Bills Draw Big Crowds to Augusta; Maine Bills Seek to Tighten Abuse Reporting Requirements; Stage Set for Major Battle over Medicaid Expansion in Maine; Dwindling Maine Congregation Pins Hopes on New Church]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:03:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 05/15/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maine's Hospital Debt:  Panel Endorses Plan to Link Payment to Medicaid Expansion; Proposed Lower OUI Standard Debated in Maine; Court's Monsanto Ruling Worries Maine's Organic Farmers; Maine Students Grapple with Weighty Issues in Model UN Conference]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:33:48 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 05/14/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maine Woman Sues State DHHS Over Assets Sale; Legislative Committee Endorses Labeling for Genetically Modified Food; Maine Gov Rejects Mayors' Budget Balancing Proposals; Maine Woman Reflects on Preventative Mastectomy Decision; Lawmakers Propose Changes to Maine's Medical Marijuana Law]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:23:46 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 05/13/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Four Lewiston Arson Suspects Make Court Appearances; Shutdown Looming or Not? Maine Gov, Union, Continue War of Words; Former Maine Sen. Snowe Makes Rounds to Promote Book; Mental Health Care in Prison:  Maine Bill Seeks Solution; Remembering Dan Fogelberg:  Maine Musician Produces Tribute Record]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:53:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 05/10/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Guns in Maine Schools:  Should Communities Let Staff Carry Weapons?; Maine Gov's Education Bills Generate Fierce Opposition; Maine Film Set in Farmington Finally Ready to Shoot - in Canada; Maine Fiddleheads:  An Rite of Spring]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 18:43:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 05/09/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maine Bill Aims to Close Jobs 'Skills Gap'; Maine Health Care Advocates Launch Campaign for Universal Coverage; Maine Gov Proposes Bill to Help Struggling Schools Improve; Lewiston's Condemned Buildings Under Scrutiny After Rash of Fires; Turning Plastic Bottles Into Athletic Apparel:  Maine Man's Idea Gets Global Attention]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 19:24:04 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 05/08/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Evaluating Maine Schools: Democrats Unveil Their Own Plan; National Chains Clash with Franchisees Over Maine Bill; Edit StoryCommittee Endorses Repeal of Study Funds for Maine East-West Highway; Maine Bill Seeks to Lift Curtain on Hospital Pricing; Housing Fair Held to Help Lewiston Fire Victims Find New Homes]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 19:23:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Maine Things Considered 05/07/2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. Lepage Visits Devastation form Arsons in Lewiston; Small Growers and Dairy Farmers Speak  in Augusta in Support of Reduced Government Oversight; Bill Seeks to Provide Beds for Psychiatric Emergencies; Author, Military Wife, Mother of 3 Publishes Book About the Family's Dinners While Husband Deployed Overseas]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:33:21 -0400</pubDate>
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