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		<title>Jury Deliberates in Corruption Trial of John Edwards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The trial of former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards on campaign finance–related corruption charges continues with little hint of the outcome. The trial centers around a $725,000 dollar donation Edwards received during his failed 2008 presidential campaign from 101-year-old Rachel Mellon, and the fact that he allegedly used that and other campaign funds to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news-headlines.net/2012/05/19/jury-deliberates-in-corruption-trial-of-john-edwards/</link>
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		<title>President Obama Announces Drawdown In Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a speech Tuesday from Kabul, Afghanistan, President Obama announced the commencement of a long-expected drawdown of American troops in that country. He spoke during an unannounced visit to the country, during which he and Afghani president Hamid Karzai signed an agreement outlining the terms of the drawdown. &#8220;Today, I signed an historic agreement between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news-headlines.net/2012/05/02/president-obama-announces-drawdown-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<title>Taliban Rocks Afghanistan With Coordinated Attacks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a coordinated, hours-long attack meant as a show of force, suicide bombers and gunmen on Sunday assaulted the diplomatic quarter and Parliament in Kabul, as well as locations in three other provinces of Afghanistan. Officials blamed an offshoot of the Taliban, the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, for the attacks. The same group, which has transformed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news-headlines.net/2012/04/17/taliban-rocks-afghanistan-with-coordinated-attacks/</link>
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		<title>F-18 Fighter Jet Crashes into Virginia Apartment Complex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An F-18 fighter plane belonging to the US Navy crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, VA just after noon on Friday. Both pilots managed to eject safely before the crash, which occurred just after takeoff.  NBC news reported that the pilots as well as 5 civilians had been taken to a nearby hospital [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news-headlines.net/2012/04/06/f-18-fighter-jet-crashes-into-virginia-apartment-complex/</link>
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		<title>President Obama Speaks Out About Trayvon Martin Shooting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama spoke out for the first time Friday about the recent shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Martin, who is black, was followed and shot in the gated community of Sanford, FL by George Zimmerman, a white neighborhood watch leader. Martin was on his way home from a convenience store when he was killed. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news-headlines.net/2012/03/23/president-obama-speaks-out-about-trayvon-martin-shooting/</link>
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		<title>Disruption from Solar Flares Doesn&#8217;t Materialize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the earth&#8217;s upper atmosphere was buffeted by solar radiation emitted by a pair of coronal mass ejections that erupted from the sun Tuesday night.  However, disruption to GPS satellites, radio communications, and the power grid did not materialize as was widely feared. The radiation hit the earth at an angle and so the effect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news-headlines.net/2012/03/09/disruption-from-solar-flares-doesnt-materialize/</link>
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		<title>ESPN employee dismissed over offensive Jeremy Lin headline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ESPN has fired the editor responsible for a controversial headline that appeared on the company&#8217;s website last Saturday, Feb. 18. After the New Orleans Hornets beat the New York Knicks 89-85, snapping the Knicks&#8217; 7 game win streak, the headline &#8220;A Chink In The Armor?&#8221; appeared on ESPN&#8217;s mobile site, accompanied by a picture of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news-headlines.net/2012/02/20/espn-employee-dismissed-over-offensive-jeremy-lin-headline/</link>
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		<title>Penn State Scandal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Few scandals have provoked the ire of parents, football fans, the sports world and the nation in the profound way that the already infamous Penn State child sex abuse scandal has. Former assistant coach to the legendary Penn State football team, Jerry Sandusky, is facing allegations of child sexual abuse of about 20 victims. Amid [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news-headlines.net/2011/11/11/penn-state-scandal/</link>
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		<title>Tiger Woods Re-Enters The PGA With A New Rolex Deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professional golfer Tiger Woods is re-entering the professional golf tour in the hopes of resurrecting the ashes of a once promising and bright career. Tiger Woods entered the pro golf world in 1996 at the age of 20 and became an overnight sensation in the sports world. He was named 1996’s PGA Rookie of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news-headlines.net/2011/10/03/tiger-woods-re-enters-the-pga-with-a-new-rolex-deal/</link>
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		<title>Rising Incidents with Heat Stroke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know summertime is going to be hot, well we hope so.  Therefore, we all prepare for the humidity, sweaty sticky-ness, and inability to sleep comfortably through the night.  Seeing that heat is not exactly something new to us, you would assume that we know how to deal with it. Unfortunately, this is not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news-headlines.net/2011/08/05/rising-incidents-with-heat-stroke/</link>
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