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	<title><![CDATA[Midlands Voices: Close examination of state government urgently needed]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091121/NEWS0802/711219994]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[Though some reports indicate the economy is slowly improving, the governor did the right thing by calling on the Legislature to take action now. Had the Legislature not taken action in trimming the budget, the deficit was...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Midlands Voices: Health reform proposals would burden employers]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091120/NEWS0802/711209993]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[The health care debate in Washington, D.C., consumes the headlines. It is controversial because it affects all of us.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Thomas Sowell: Bowing to &#8216;world opinion&#8217; no way to punish terrorists]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091120/NEWS0802/711209995]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[In a string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing seems more like sheer insanity than the decision to try foreign terrorists, who have committed acts of war against the United...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Fair trials in civilian courts effective in fighting terror]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091120/NEWS0802/711209997]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[Terrorists by definition try to frighten you into changing the way you do things. In the run-up to his trial as alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed&#8217;s success as a terrorist is showing in us. A lot...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Midlands Voices: Leading scientists shifting from embryonic stem cells]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091120/NEWS0802/711209999]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[Regarding the Nov. 18 editorial endorsing expansion of human embryonic stem-cell research at the University of Nebraska, embryonic stem-cell research is <I>yesterday&#8217;s</I> technology.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[World-Herald editorial: Just say &#8216;no&#8217; to Reid health care plan]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091120/NEWS0802/711209812]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[Sixty votes will be needed to send Sen. Harry Reid&#8217;s health care proposal to the Senate floor for debate. Sen. Ben Nelson, one of the most closely watched swing votes, should vote no.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Midlands Voices: Limitations on stem-cell research could hurt Nebraskans]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091119/NEWS0802/711199985]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[Pressure is mounting on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents to limit the use of human embryonic stem cells (hESC) to only the cell lines originally approved by former President George W. Bush. Such a ruling would be...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Barack Obama: U.S. needs Asia as partner]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091118/NEWS0802/711189993]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[The United States of America may have started as a series of ports and cities along the Atlantic, but for generations we also have been a nation of the Pacific.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Midlands Voices: Bigotry fills Thomas&#8217; view on shootings at Fort Hood]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091118/NEWS0802/711189995]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[I felt compelled to speak out against the xenophobia and racism displayed in the column on the Nov. 11 More Commentary page by Cal Thomas, titled &#8220;Why not condemn threat of jihadists in U.S. military?&#8221;]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Nicholas D. Kristof: Lack of health insurance bigger threat than Taliban]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091118/NEWS0802/711189997]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and Congress will soon make defining choices about health care and troops for Afghanistan.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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