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         <title><![CDATA[Statement: BBA heading to D-I state title game]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER -- Maybe the &lsquo;Dogs were just running with the wrong pack.



After losing in the Division-II semifinals for the past three seasons, the Burr and Burton Academy boys varsity soccer team has finally made it to a title game - this time, in Division-I.



The No. 2 seeded Bulldogs scored the lone goal of Tuesday&rsquo;s semifinal at Applejack Field to down No.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;ZACH KULPA&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:12:38 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Don&rsquo;t know much about   history: SVC begins historic playoff drive]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- Back then, soccer players sported mullets, checkered Umbro shorts and Adidas Copas. Europe&rsquo;s "The Final Countdown" was a preferred warm-up tune, blasting from a boom box near the sideline. Most of the men currently playing for Southern Vermont College were infants; head coach Tim Penrod was in second grade.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;ADAM WHITE&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:12:33 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cone makes the cut at Q-School]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Bennington native Dustin Cone shot a 68 to finish at 12 under par in the first round of PGA Q-School competition in Port St. Lucie, Fla., on Oct. 21. Cone&rsquo;s finish qualifies him for the second stage of Q-School, which begins on Nov. 18.



Cone put together a strong push on his current home course after entering play on Friday, Oct.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:12:31 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Canseco tops celebrity boxing card]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- What do former Major League Baseball slugger Jose Canseco, infamous police brutality victim Rodney King and loose cannon tabloid dad Michael Lohan have in common? They are all part of one seriously bizarre fight card coming to the Sheraton Hotel in Springfield, Mass. this Friday.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:12:30 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pedro ain&rsquo;t afraid of no ghosts]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A city seethes in anticipation. Outside Yankee Stadium, workmen wielding power washers crisscross the walkways on a crisp autumn afternoon, dutifully cleaning each and every groove between thousands of concrete squares. Inside, groundskeepers wielding rakes push pebbles back and forth, smoothing the dirt around home plate.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:12:05 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Panel would cut Windham probate judges]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BRATTLEBORO -- One recommendation being considered by a commission created by the Legislature to review the state&rsquo;s judicial system is to reduce the number of probate judges in southern Vermont from five to one.



Later this week, the commission will vote on whether to recommend to the Legislature that Vermont&rsquo;s probate judge count be reduced from 17 to five.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;BOB AUDETTE&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:12:01 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cashing in with the best team money can buy]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA -- Brian Cashman leaned against the wall just outside manager Joe Girardi's office as the best players money can buy milled about inside a quiet, but quietly confident, clubhouse.



The longest-running gripe in baseball is the Yankees have so much cash that only they can afford to bury their mistakes, and since 1998, the still boyish-looking general manager has been the guy]]></description>
         <dc:creator>JIM LITKE</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:05:41 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The finish line:   XC season ended with meet in Thetford]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[THETFORD -- Finishing before the air becomes bitter cold, the Vermont high school cross country season ended with the State Championship Race at Thetford Academy this past Saturday. 



Burr and Burton Academy was the only school from the local area to find any type of success, as its girls team finished second in Division-II with 73 points and the boys ended up in fifth with 142 points.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:03:34 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Patriots get second shot at Hornets: MAU will play No. 1 Essex in D-I football semifinals]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- The Mount Anthony Union High School varsity football team will get an opportunity to avenge a 53-7 early-season loss to Essex. 



The Patriots locked up the No. 4 seed in the VPA Division-I football playdowns with a victory over Brattleboro on Friday and will now face the No. 1 seeded Hornets in the first round of the playoffs.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:03:32 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Time to address Talladega issues]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[TALLADEGA, Ala. -- NASCAR will point to the 58 lead changes among 26 drivers as proof of a good race at Talladega Superspeedway.



But pushing those stats is much like a used car salesman trying to unload a lemon. You can spit-shine the product all you want, but a dud is still a dud.



Driver after driver griped about their sanitized Sunday drive, even as they turned laps around NASCAR&rsquo;s]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;JENNA FRYER&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:03:04 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Panthers cruise into football finals]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[STILLWATER, N.Y. -- Senior tailback Alex Hansen rushed for 201 yards and two touchdowns to power the Hoosick Falls Central School varsity football team past Granville on Saturday, 32-0, and into the New York Class-C sectional championship.



Hansen broke off TD runs of 59 yards in the second quarter and 34 yards in the third.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:38:57 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[No. 1 Hoosick Falls stunned by Chatham]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[HOOSICK, N.Y. -- "I wanted you guys to come out foaming at the mouth," Tom Husser said. "You look like someone just ran over your dog."



The Hoosick Falls Central School girls varsity soccer head coach could sense even at halftime that his team's intensity was uneven, and it ended up costing the top-seeded Panthers as they were eliminated from postseason play by No.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>ADAM WHITE</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:35:35 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[BBA blows  MMU   away]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER -- That whistling sound at Applejack Field on Saturday wasn't the wind - it was the Burr and Burton Academy girls varsity soccer team's championship express, rocketing forward through the playdowns.



The top-seeded BBA girls used three goals of very different types to eliminate No.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>ADAM WHITE</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:35:15 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Another shutout for HFCS]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[HOOSICK, N.Y. -- Karley Morin broke a scoreless deadlock with 8:57 left in double overtime to lift the No. 2 Hoosick Falls Central School varsity field hockey team past visiting No. 3 Emma Willard, 1-0, in sectional playoff action Saturday.



Morin&rsquo;s game-winning goal came on the Panthers&rsquo; seventh penalty corner of the contest, off a feed from teammate Samantha Skott.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:58:04 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bulldogs triple-up MVL rival Rutland]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER -- The No. 2 Burr and Burton Academy boy&rsquo;s varsity soccer team faced off against the Marble Valley League rival Rutland Raiders and a stiff wind Saturday at Applejack Field in a Division-I quarterfinal matchup. The Bulldogs controlled the play for most of the game to win, 3-0, and move on to a semifinal matchup with  No.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;LAUREN READ&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:58:03 EST]]></pubDate>
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