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	     	<title><![CDATA[Hiding in executive session]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/the_week_in_news/hiding_in_executive_session?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[The words "executive session" often represent a safe haven for elected officials, while, for journalists, they're like a pair of four-letter words.
Executive sessions are permitted under the state's Sunshine Act for various reasons, including the discuss]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:24:26 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sound Off 11-21-09]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/sound-off/sound_off_11-21-09?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Free rides
Three hundred and nineteen more state workers are being laid off. What they should get rid of are the cars, gas and insurance money that they pay for with our tax money so the politicians can have free rides. If you or I get a job in Harrisbur]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:23:59 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Flaws, yes,
but state
budget
process offers
good lesson]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/flaws_yes_but_state_budget_process_offers_good_lesson?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[It's difficult to identify a lot of good having come from the state's disastrous budget process this past summer and fall. Not only was passage of the budget 101 days late, the final plan included myriad cuts that, among other things, led to pink slips f]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:23:30 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Furnace fixed, church back in sanctuary]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/letters/furnace_fixed_church_back_in_sanctuary?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[To the editor: I am writing concerning the church I pastor in Mount Carmel, Zion Primitive Methodist Church on Market Street.
Rumors have been circulating that our church has no money, therefore, we are meeting at the parsonage next door.
The reason we h]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:56 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Back in ... 1924]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/back_in_1924?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[- In New York City, Helen Paul, of South Sixth Street, Shamokin, was set to marry a Kansas mining engineer named Frank Anderson. From there, they would go to the foothills of the Andes Mountains in Colombia, where Frank Anderson was employed by a gold mi]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:11:01 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sound Off 11-20-09]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/sound-off/sound_off_11-20-09?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Mammogram must
In light of recent newspaper articles and television news stories regarding the need for early screening mammography and breast self-exams, I urge all your women readers to please continue these practices. I am a mammographer by trade, and]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:10:38 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[State's
casino
lobby
far from
transparent]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/state_s_casino_lobby_far_from_transparent?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[State lawmakers and regulators consistently have fallen short of their long-ago promise to make casino gambling in a Pennsylvania completely transparent.
State regulation has been marked by internecine warfare between state agencies, after-the-fact revel]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:10:17 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sound Off 11/19/09]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/sound-off/sound_off_11_19_09?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Take the bet
Frog, this is for you: If that guy still wants to bet you, take the bet. I will cover for you. Just give me a message in the paper.
Going nowhere
Hey, Reno. How about those Packers? Let's go Pack! Whoo! Frog's take: Cowboys aren't going anyw]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:37 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Broadband development would improve our area's infrastructure]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/broadband_development_would_improve_our_area_s_infrastructure?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Are the collective voices of our area enough to be heard?
So many times over the past 50 to 60 years, our area has been left behind. The anthracite region, with a declining population base, a resulting economic collapse and decaying social infrastructure]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:22 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Vanaskie example of slow pace in filling bench]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/vanaskie_example_of_slow_pace_in_filling_bench?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie, of Scranton, a Shamokin native, didn't encounter any obvious deeply rooted opposition during his recent confirmation hearing for a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
The judge deftly handled a few question]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:09 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sound Off 11-18-09]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/sound-off/sound_off_11-18-09?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Open forum
Well, I see now Obama decided to try the 9/11 terrorists in regular criminal court instead of being as war criminals in a military tribunal. This way they get to bash the United States in an open forum and exercise constitutional rights that t]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:59:19 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sound Off 11-17-09]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/sound-off/sound_off_11-17-09?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Tailgating 
To the guy who is always complaining about the Penn State tailgating at their football games, I would like to tell him that, hey, Prohibition has been over for 60 years. This goes on at most universities and colleges before football games and]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:16:12 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sound Off 		 					                648-2340]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/sound-off/sound_off_648-2340?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Vandalism 
Hey, Sound Off. This is the caller from Mount Carmel about the gazebo. I repeat, the gazebo in the Town Park, it looked nice when the kids from the vo-tech came up and painted it and redid it. Now the kids in the Mount Carmel area are destroyi]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:22:17 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Harrisburg tries to clean up its act]]></title>
	     	<link>http://thedailyreview.com/opinion/harrisburg_tries_to_clean_up_its_act?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG - Just days ahead of the second major round of criminal indictments in the probe of illegal activities in the Pennsylvania Legislature, Senate leaders introduced a new code of ethics that seeks to keep their employees from doing political work]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:31:45 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Cleaning house often proves to be a moving experience]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/cleaning_house_often_proves_to_be_a_moving_experience?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[You would not expect to see a hermit crab compete successfully on "Jeopardy" - except perhaps in the category "Crusty Crustaceans."
However, those little sea creatures show themselves to be smarter than we humans in one area.
When they move, they either]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:20:12 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sound Off 11-15-09]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/sound-off/sound_off_11-15-09?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Gays in the military
There were a lot of gays in the military before, and there are still a lot of gays in the military. 
Good vibrations
Hey, Frog, I beg to differ on your opinion on the health-care reform bill. I actually work for a U.S. senator and th]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:58:12 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Twists, turns in election news]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/the_week_in_news/twists_turns_in_election_news?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[It was a municipal election year in 2009, and for newsrooms that always means a heavy load on election night, both in May and November.
This year, however, was even more demanding than usual.
The issues weren't necessarily more important nor were there m]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:36:18 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sound Off 11-14-09]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/sound-off/sound_off_11-14-09?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Falling down
I am calling about the dilapidated building at the corner of Race and Shamokin streets in Shamokin. The porch is falling down, the windows are so crooked they won't close. The slate shingles are falling off onto the pavement and there is a b]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:35:03 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sound Off 11-13-09]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/sound-off/sound_off_11-13-09?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[To clarify
A Sound Off item in Monday's edition incorrectly stated the Shamokin Youth Basketball League (SYBL) "pays the Shamokin library" for use of the gym in the same building. SYBL instead makes a contribution to the city of Shamokin, which owns the]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:53:39 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sound Off 11-12-09]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/editorials/sound-off/sound_off_11-12-09?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Iran finds 'illegals'
I saw on the news that three American hikers stumbled into Iran and got caught. We need to find out how the Iranians caught them. We have up to 30 million illegals in this country and our government can't find them. We have to ask I]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:23:27 -0500</pubDate>
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