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    <title>North Texas News and Commentary Podcast</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[News reports and opinion from KERA staff and freelance commentators.]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[News reports and opinion from KERA staff and freelance commentators.]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:keywords>North Texas,Texas,news,commentary,opinion,KERA,KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
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      <title>PERRY PRAISES PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 4</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Texas Governor Rick Perry praised voter approval of constitutional amendment number 4.  It moves millions of dollars into a fund to create more top-tier universities. KERA's Bill Zeeble reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:15:06 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Texas Governor Rick Perry praised voter approval of constitutional amendment number 4.  It moves millions of dollars into a fund to create more top-tier universities. KERA's Bill Zeeble reports.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>0:51</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>IT'S ELECTION DAY ACROSS TEXAS</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It's election day across Texas, where voters consider eleven state constitutional amendments. Local contests include school board races, a bond program, and alcohol votes. KERA's Bill Zeeble has more]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:17:48 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's election day across Texas, where voters consider eleven state constitutional amendments. Local contests include school board races, a bond program, and alcohol votes. KERA's Bill Zeeble has more]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>0:39</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>First Dallas Signature Bridge Could Initially Go Nowhere</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A "bridge to nowhere" ... that's what one Council member is calling Dallas' first designer bridge over the Trinity River.  KERA's BJ Austin has more on the issue and the technology that may help put the pieces together.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:51:45 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kera.org</link>
      <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/77/510088/120043154/KERA_120043154.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A "bridge to nowhere" ... that's what one Council member is calling Dallas' first designer bridge over the Trinity River.  KERA's BJ Austin has more on the issue and the technology that may help put the pieces together.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>3:12</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Dallas To Block Vehicle Registration For Unpaid Tickets</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The city of Dallas intends to become the second Dallas County city to join a program that denies vehicle registration renewals to anyone with an unpaid traffic ticket.  KERA's BJ Austin says the database program blocks registration stickers until the fines are paid in full.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:49:46 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The city of Dallas intends to become the second Dallas County city to join a program that denies vehicle registration renewals to anyone with an unpaid traffic ticket.  KERA's BJ Austin says the database program blocks registration stickers until the fines are paid in full.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>0:57</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Haunted House Delivers Plenty of Chills</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As little ghosts and goblins get ready for Halloween, a haunted house in Terrell is drawing crowds that thrive on being scared out of their wits.  Haunted House magazine ranks Thrillvania as one the best in the country.  KERA student reporters Kassi Schmitt and Courtney Roberts take us into the spirit-filled haunt. Courtney gets us started.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:41:36 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kera.org</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As little ghosts and goblins get ready for Halloween, a haunted house in Terrell is drawing crowds that thrive on being scared out of their wits.  Haunted House magazine ranks Thrillvania as one the best in the country.  KERA student reporters Kassi Schmitt and Courtney Roberts take us into the spirit-filled haunt. Courtney gets us started.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>3:27</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>EXXON MOBIL'S PROFITS DROP</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil's 3rd quarter profits fell more than 60 percent after worldwide oil prices fell by about as much. KERA's Bill Zeeble has more on the Irving company's earnings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:40:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil's 3rd quarter profits fell more than 60 percent after worldwide oil prices fell by about as much. KERA's Bill Zeeble has more on the Irving company's earnings.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>0:34</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>AMERICAN AIRLINES TO CLOSE KANSAS CITY MAINTENANCE</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The parent company of American Airlines, AMR, will close its Kansas City maintenance base by this time next year, cutting some 700 jobs. KERA's Bill Zeeble reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:24:51 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The parent company of American Airlines, AMR, will close its Kansas City maintenance base by this time next year, cutting some 700 jobs. KERA's Bill Zeeble reports.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>0:34</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>DISD TRUSTEE RACE IS CROWDED</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In most elections, incumbents breeze through re-election. But in Dallas's 3rd  School District, Leigh Ann Ellis faces a fight. KERA's Bill Zeeble reports it is thanks to  last year's disastrous budget deficit, teacher layoffs, and a vote to extend her term of service.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:23:53 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kera.org</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In most elections, incumbents breeze through re-election. But in Dallas's 3rd  School District, Leigh Ann Ellis faces a fight. KERA's Bill Zeeble reports it is thanks to  last year's disastrous budget deficit, teacher layoffs, and a vote to extend her term of service.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>3:18</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <enclosure url="http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/77/510088/114266683/KERA_114266683.mp3" length="1647431" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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    <item>
      <title>New H1N1 Deaths: Preparation For First Vaccine Clinics</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Two more H1N1 flu-deaths are reported in North Texas as Tarrant and Dallas counties gear up for their first vaccine clinics.  KERA's BJ Austin reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:05:15 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kera.org</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Two more H1N1 flu-deaths are reported in North Texas as Tarrant and Dallas counties gear up for their first vaccine clinics.  KERA's BJ Austin reports.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>1:36</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Would Be Bomber Pleads Not Guilty</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Jordanian teenager accused of trying to blow up a downtown Dallas skyscraper has pleaded not guilty. KERA's BJ Austin reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.kera.org</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Jordanian teenager accused of trying to blow up a downtown Dallas skyscraper has pleaded not guilty. KERA's BJ Austin reports.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>KERA,KERA Unlimited,North Texas News Commentary,Dallas,</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>0:45</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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