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		<title>ENVIRONMENT: Takoma Park blogger could win chance to cover World Environment Day from Brazil</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirsty Groff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT • BY KIRSTY GROFF One week from today, one Takoma Park resident may discover she has won the opportunity to travel to Rio de Janeiro to cover World Environment Day 2012. The United Nations Environment Programme and TreeHugger, a ...]]></description>
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		<title>COMMUNITY: Homes for the homeless at Mary House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Wiatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COMMUNITY • BY JULIE WIATT How wide is the human heart? How elastic is the concept of home? Over the past 30 years Sharon and Bill Murphy answered these questions in their own way; opening their hearts and their home ...]]></description>
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		<title>EDUCATION: Teachers union scores in Montgomery County primary, looks forward to general election</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDUCATION • BY KIRSTY GROFF The April 3 Maryland primary helped narrow the field of candidates to the top two candidates in each race for the Montgomery County Board of Education’s District 2 and at-large seats. In a close District ...]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTH: Feds target Maryland buyers of raw milk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HEALTH • BY JOSH COOPER, CNS Scroll to bottom to see interactive map. Some Maryland residents see drinking raw milk as a normal part of a healthy diet. The federal government, however, does not. The feds have cut off a ...]]></description>
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		<title>EDUCATION: To educators, &#8220;doomsday&#8221; budget a disaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDUCATION • BY MIKE BOCK Though supporters praised Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley and the legislature for an overhaul of year-to-year education funding requirements, education leaders are calling for a special session to address gaps in school funding after the &#8220;doomsday&#8221; budget ...]]></description>
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		<title>ENERGY: Renewables vs. drilling — Md. debate mirrors national fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capital News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENERGY • ELLEN STODOLA, CNS Republicans and Democrats are at odds in the General Assembly over whether Maryland should pursue offshore wind or natural gas fracking as a way to improve the state&#8217;s energy output. Neither option has been approved, ...]]></description>
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		<title>TRANSPORTATION: Maryland schools in the path of the Purple Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRANSPORTATION • BY TIM EBNER, CNS Scroll down for an interactive map of the path of the proposed Purple Line. Proposed construction on the Purple Line will not begin for at least another three years, but some local school leaders ...]]></description>
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		<title>EYE ON ANNAPOLIS: General Assembly wrap 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE STAFF The 2012 General Assembly session closed without an agreement between the House of Delegates and the Senate on an operating budget for the state. Many other bills passed or failed during the ...]]></description>
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		<title>ENVIRONMENT: Allergies bloom early with warm winter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT • BY NICK FOLEY, CNS Divya Chandra was seeking relief when she entered the Allergy Clinic at the University of Maryland Monday morning. Her nose running constantly, her eyes pooling with water — she was desperate for anything that ...]]></description>
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		<title>ENVIRONMENT: Warm winter points to buggy summer in Maryland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT • BY CLAIRE SARAVIA, CNS The mild winter and warm spring may have helped area plants and trees bloom faster, but it could come at a price: a potentially buggy summer that could affect everyone from home gardeners to ...]]></description>
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		<title>ENVIRONMENT: 500 miles 500 stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT • BY AMANDA ZIADEH On April 10, Cassie Meador, artistic director of Takoma Park’s Dance Exchange, began a 500-mile hike through Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia to discover and visit the different types of energy sources that power her ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board brings government closer to residents</title>
		<link>http://tpssvoice.com/2012/04/04/the-silver-spring-citizens-advisory-board-brings-government-closer-to-residents/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-silver-spring-citizens-advisory-board-brings-government-closer-to-residents</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Levy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SILVER SPRING • BY ED LEVY A Monday night crowd filled the meeting room for the March monthly meeting of the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board. Many were there due to their interest in senior citizen housing, the main topic ...]]></description>
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		<title>MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Debate continues over Israeli sister city</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kraut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTGOMERY COUNTY • SARAH KRAUT The Montgomery County Sister Cities board held a public hearing at the Executive Office Building Tuesday, March 13, to allow local residents input on the potential twin city relationship it is considering forming with the ...]]></description>
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		<title>TRANSPORTATION: Gov. O&#8217;Malley says gas tax would address safety, congestion concerns</title>
		<link>http://tpssvoice.com/2012/03/15/transportation-gov-omalley-says-gas-tax-would-address-safety-congestion-concerns/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=transportation-gov-omalley-says-gas-tax-would-address-safety-congestion-concerns</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRANSPORTATION • BY MALI KRANTZ, CNS Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley defended his proposed six percent sales tax on gasoline before House and Senate committees Wednesday, saying Maryland needs to address crumbling transportation infrastructure and crippling traffic congestion. &#8220;As a state, we ...]]></description>
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		<title>IMMIGRATION: For Germantown student, a dream deferred</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capital News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMMIGRATION • BY MALI KRANTZ One morning last week, Jorge Steven Acuna, a 19-year-old aspiring surgeon, was preparing for another day of school at Montgomery College in Germantown. Moments later, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers swarmed Acuna&#8217;s quiet Germantown home, ...]]></description>
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		<title>EDUCATION: Maryland&#8217;s best teachers say profession must improve from &#8216;inside out&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDUCATION • BY ROB BOCK, CNS In a roundtable discussion today at the U.S. Department of Education, Maryland&#8217;s best teachers evaluated and discussed innovative ways to recruit, prepare, support, retain and reward teachers. Twenty-two of Maryland&#8217;s 24 2012 Teachers of ...]]></description>
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		<title>MARYLAND: Metropolitan sprawl puts urban in suburban</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARYLAND • BY MARK MILLER, CNS When the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area logged a population increase last decade, the most dramatic changes came in outlying counties like Charles and Frederick counties &#8212; and county leaders said they know why. In ...]]></description>
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		<title>TEENS: Md. girls incarcerated at higher rates than boys for lesser offenses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEENS: BY KELSEY MILLER, CNS Of the 279 female youth committed to residential treatment centers in Maryland in 2010, approximately 80 percent were accused of nothing more serious than a misdemeanor, statistics from the Department of Juvenile Services show. For ...]]></description>
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		<title>EYE ON ANNAPOLIS: Car charging causes controversy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY MALI KRANTZ, CNS Prohibiting cars that run solely on gas from parking at electric vehicle charging stations is elitist, according to Maryland Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-Cecil. Regardless, the Senate is poised to vote in favor ...]]></description>
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		<title>BIZ BUZZ: A rose bush blooms in Long Branch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Kraut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BIZ BUZZ • BY SARAH KRAUT Scroll to the bottom of the page to see a slideshow. In the basement of an unassuming Latino-owned cyber store on University Boulevard lies a hidden gem. At first glance, one would walk downstairs ...]]></description>
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