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			<title>Pawlenty to lead trade mission to South America</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Pawlenty will travel with other state officials and business leaders to Chile and Brazil from December 5-12.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:09:22 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>October home sales rise 10.1 pct from September</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Home sales far exceeded expectations last
month, surging to the highest level in 2&frac12; years as first-time
buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:10:04 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Lowell Bergman investigates credit card industry</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Longtime investigate journalist Lowell Bergman turns his attention to the consumer loan industry in a new documentary &quot;The Card Game.&quot; The joint project with the New York Times airs November 24th on PBS &quot;Frontline.&quot; Bergman answers listener questions about his reporting on today&#039;s Midday program.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:57:48 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>U of M forum takes aim at transportation funding issues</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A transportation forum at the University of Minnesota Monday aims to fix what critics say is a broken funding system.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:52:38 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>At S.D. summit, Klobuchar promotes small business exports</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A bipartisan coalition of Midwest lawmakers and business groups is working to promote export activity among the region&#039;s small and mid-sized businesses.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:30:32 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Northern Minn. ski resort waits for cold weather</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Officials at Giants Ridge Golf and Ski
Resort are hoping for colder weather so they can use their new
snow-making equipment.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/23/northern-minn-ski-resort-waits-for-cold-weather/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:01:40 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Homeless shelters running out of room</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Homeless shelters for adults in St. Paul are running out of room, while providers and city officials work to open an overflow shelter as soon as possible before the temperature drops.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/16/homeless/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Are too many forests being cut down for biomass?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Forests are a treasure trove of limbs
and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the
increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those
materials too scarce, harming the woodlands.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/21/biomass/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Schmidt Brewery to sell pristine spring water</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Long before glaciers rolled through Minnesota, a massive pool of water circulated throughout the Twin Cities, and soon, residents will be able to line up at a well in St. Paul, and fill up their jugs with the water that experts say is about 30,000 years old.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Metro Transit officials concerned over Elk River&#039;s Northstar station</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Metro Transit officials say they&#039;re concerned about the safety of commuters crossing tracks to reach the platform at the Northstar rail station in Elk River.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/20/northstar-elkriver-station/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:49 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Austin crash raises new questions about bus safety</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The fatal crash of a bus in southern Minnesota this week has put a spotlight on the safety of the tour bus industry.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/20/bus-safety/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:27:59 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Big acts make case for revisiting ticket scalping rules</title>
			<description><![CDATA[In the wake of Taylor Swift&#039;s recent Minnesota show, which left many fans shut out, state officials are investigating whether the rules around how tickets are sold should be tightened.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/20/ticket-problems/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:10 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Minn.-based bank assumes assets of closed Florida institution</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Florida banking regulators have shut down
Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to
succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan
defaults.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/20/bank-closure/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:39 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Wells Fargo teaming up with Twin Cities on foreclosure efforts</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Wells Fargo and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are teaming up on efforts to prevent foreclosures and stabilize neighborhoods affected by foreclosures.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/20/foreclosure-help-cities/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:14 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Investor says Elk Run project going slower than expected</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The California venture capitalist who says he plans to bring a billion-dollar bio-science park on a former elk farm in southeastern Minnesota said Friday it&#039;s going slower than he hoped.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:19:24 -0600</pubDate>
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