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         <title><![CDATA[Fishermen meet amid bleak cod prospects]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_19940988?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 10, 2012    
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Fishermen and federal officials grappled Friday with the increasingly bleak prospect of finding some way for the historic industry to avoid collapse amid troubles with the health of Gulf of Maine cod. 



Their meeting came in the week after regional regulators bought fisherman a yearlong reprieve from what would have been devastating cuts in]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:41:09 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mass. priest questions Archdiocese plans]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 9, 2012    
BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Archdiocese&rsquo;s proposal to cut costs by organizing its 290 parishes into 125 groups that share resources could crush its pastors, who now face a bleak future after sustaining the church through the abuse scandal, a veteran priest wrote in a letter to Cardinal Sean O&rsquo;Malley obtained by The Associated Press.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:47:12 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Hampshire bill to curtail union returns]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 9, 2012    
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire legislation curtailing union powers that Democratic Gov. John Lynch squelched last year resurfaced Thursday in revised form at a legislative committee hearing.



Supporters and opponents once again lined up on the issue of collective bargaining during the meeting of the House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:47:11 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vermont Briefs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 9, 2012    
Groundswell building    to save police pig decal



MONTPELIER (AP) -- Remember that pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?



There&rsquo;s now a movement under way to keep the pig.



The white pig hidden within the red cows was first noticed last week, years after it was hidden there by a prison inmate who designed the]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:39:09 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[N.Y. policymakers grilled over HIV/AIDS housing help]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Council members grilled policymakers at a packed hearing Wednesday over recent changes to public assistance policies that they worry could lead to increased homelessness and risky behavior among vulnerable New Yorkers sick with HIV and AIDS.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:35:08 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Speaker: No new taxes in Mass. budget]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Speaker Robert DeLeo says the House of Representative&rsquo;s proposed budget for the next fiscal year will not rely on any new taxes or fees.



DeLeo&rsquo;s comment, made in a speech to House members on Wednesday, appears to deal a blow to Gov.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:35:07 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[N.H. voting bill would affect out-of-state students]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_19924090?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The New Hampshire House passed a bill Wednesday that would effectively prohibit out-of-state students from voting in New Hampshire unless they maintained legal residence in the state.



Currently, the law allows individuals who claim "domicile" in the state to vote.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:34:49 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vandals with BB guns target Chittenden County]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
BURLINGTON (AP) -- Police in Vermont say vandals apparently armed with BB guns have caused a rash of damage around Chittenden County.



Police say there have been at least 60 acts of vandalism in at least six communities, including 20 in Burlington last weekend.



The vandals are shooting at windows and parked cars, even some while people are in them.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:34:48 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Salvadoran indicted on U.S. immigration charges]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_19924081?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
BOSTON (AP) -- A former Salvadoran military officer accused of a role in the 1989 deaths of six Jesuit priests has been formally indicted on charges he lied under oath and made false statements on U.S. immigration forms.



Inocente Orlando Montano was arrested on the immigration charges last year and had been expected to plead guilty, but withdrew.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:34:42 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ex-Mass. teacher charged with indecent assault]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) -- A former Newton elementary school teacher already charged with indecent assault and disseminating child pornography pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new set of charges accusing him of assaulting a girl he babysat.



David Ettlinger, 34, of Boston, was indicted on a host of charges, including five counts of aggravated indecent assault and]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:34:39 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Caterer denies violating kosher laws]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- The owner of one of Long Island&rsquo;s largest catering companies is denying allegations he had workers prepare kosher and non-kosher meals in the same kitchen.



If proven true, it would represent a serious violation of Jewish law.



The allegations come from the former chef and general manager of Morrell Caterers.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:34:18 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Feds: Police captain had horrific child porn stash]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A former Granby police captain investigated child pornography while he secretly amassed one of the largest child porn collections in Connecticut, federal prosecutors say.



David Bourque was caught with more than 26,000 images and videos of child pornography on his computers that showed the sexual abuse of young boys, including infants and]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:34:17 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[N.Y.comptroller, leaders fear power grab in budget]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday February 7, 2012    
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Leaders in Gov. Andrew Cuomo&rsquo;s own Democratic Party as well as his close Republican Senate ally on Tuesday accused the governor of a making a power grab in his budget proposal, saying he was trying to claim too much control over state spending.



Democratic state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli warned in his budget analysis Tuesday that the]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:39:09 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Police seek prints in burglary of couple&rsquo;s home]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday February 7, 2012    
ESSEX (AP) -- A Vermont judge says the Essex police may get fingerprint from a suspect police believe broke into the home of a couple who disappeared in June.



The suspect was required to appear at the police station on Jan. 12.



Acting Police Chief Brad LaRose said the man is considered a suspect in the burglary of the home of William and Lorraine Currier in June.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:39:08 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ohio exec. bankrolling Mass. marijuana question]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday February 7, 2012    
BOSTON (AP) -- A proposed ballot question that would legalize the medicinal use of marijuana in Massachusetts is being bankrolled almost entirely by an Ohio billionaire who has backed similar efforts in other states.



According to state campaign finance reports, Peter Lewis, chairman of the board of the auto insurer Progressive Corp.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:38:53 EST]]></pubDate>
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