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          <title>Cribs recalled for suffocation risk</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - About 400,000 Simplicity drop side cribs are being recalled for posing a suffocation or entrapment hazard.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Study finds mixed results on drug savings under Medicare</title>
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A study of a prescription drug plan in Pennsylvania finds that many seniors benefiting from Medicare&#8217;s new drug program are ending up with lower hospital costs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>US agency launches workplace immigration crackdown</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses around the U.S. Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Calif. company recalls alfalfa sprouts products</title>
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A brand of packaged alfalfa sprouts has been pulled from store shelves in California because of possible salmonella contamination.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Just Delete It June 24, 2009</title>
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Call a number and vote to legalize marijuana           ]]></description>
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          <title>Air has elevated cancer risk in 600 neighborhoods</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A government analysis of toxic air pollutants finds the average national cancer risk has declined since the last time it was done.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:02:33 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Nestle Recall</title>
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Nestle is recalling its toll house refrigerated cookie dough products.           ]]></description>
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Massive lead amounts in paint leads to voluntary recall           ]]></description>
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          <title>Nestle recalls Toll House cookie dough products</title>
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SOLON, Ohio (AP) - Nestle USA says its baking unit has voluntarily recalled Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number or illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Report: Health care costs to rise 9 pct in 2010</title>
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A consulting firm estimates employers who offer health insurance coverage could see a 9 percent cost increase next year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Shipping Scams: Just Delete It</title>
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Got an email about the delivery status on a package you never sent? You can send this one directly into the deleted items.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Novartis says produces first batch of H1N1 vaccine</title>
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BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - A Swiss drug company says it&#8217;s succeeded in producing a first batch of swine flu vaccine, weeks ahead of expectations.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Swine flu may have been in people in August</title>
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NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say the swine flu virus may have jumped from pigs to people as early as last August.           ]]></description>
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          <title>WHO likely to declare flu pandemic Thursday</title>
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GENEVA (AP) - Officials say the World Health Organization is likely to declare the first flu pandemic in 41 years as swine flu infections continued to climb in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Some key senators think the idea of non-profit, health-care co-ops might be the bridge they&#8217;ve been searching for to satisfy both Republicans and Democrats on health-care.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Just Delete It: Patriotic Cans Anything But American Pride</title>
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An email circulating says the Pepsi cans omit the words &#8220;under god&#8221; in the pledge of allegiance.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Tests show many supplements have quality problems</title>
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UNDATED (AP) - Millions of Americans take vitamin, herbal or other dietary supplements.           ]]></description>
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          <title>National Wireless Safety Week</title>
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Sending a message to a friend is only a finger-click away, all thanks to the growth of wireless technology.
But cell phones can be used for more than just catching up on the latest gossip.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Mattel Fined $2.3 Million for Toy Hazard</title>
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Mattel Fined $2.3 Million for Toy Hazard           ]]></description>
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          <title>Consumer group wants halt on review of Lilly drug</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumer health advocates and a patent holder on a highly anticipated blood thinner from Eli Lilly want the Food and Drug Administration to halt its review of the drug, which they say may be unsafe at the suggested dose.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Wal&#45;Mart to launch teen fashions from Miley Cyrus</title>
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart is launching a new fashion line with teen star Miley Cyrus and BCBG designer Max Azria for the critical back-to-school shopping season.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Study: Cancer survivors not getting needed tests</title>
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - New research finds that people who had radiation treatments for cancer as children are less likely than the general public or even their healthy siblings to get recommended screening tests.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bayer Healthcare: Don&#8217;t Panic Over Powder</title>
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Bayer Healthcare is distributing around 33,000 samples of its &#8220;Quick Release Crystals&#8221; through the mail.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 23:48:12 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Many women packing on pounds during pregnancy</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Eating for two? New guidelines are setting how much weight women should gain during pregnancy - not too much if women already are overweight or obese when they conceive.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Study: Stockings for stroke patients don&#8217;t work</title>
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LONDON (AP) - A new study says special stockings commonly given to stroke patients to prevent blood clots cause problems of their own and don&#8217;t work as intended.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Vaccine refusal boosts kids&#8217; whooping cough risks</title>
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CHICAGO (AP) - A new study suggests children not vaccinated for whooping cough are much more likely to get the disease than kids who are protected.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Economic indicators up more than expected in April</title>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; A private research&#8217;s group forecast of economic activity rose more than expected in April, the first gain in seven months and fresh evidence that the recession could end later this year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>River Creek Mobile Home Park vandalism investigation</title>
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Since Easter weekend three homes, an entrance sign and a vehicle have been vandalized
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 In this week&#8217;s just delete it, it&#8217;s an email circling allegedly from the IRS saying you are eligible to receive a tax fund of &#8220;x&#8221; amount of dollars.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Beer tax on tap for health care?</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Baby population growth slows; recession factor?</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - New census data shows that just before the earliest stages of the recession, there was a steep decline in the population growth of children less than a year old in the U.S.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Airlines post rare improvement in customer survey</title>
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A new study shows airlines are doing a better job of taking care of the passengers they still have.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Pitt County Schools revising student uniform policy</title>
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School district says uniform policy is here to stay, but parents and students can debate what uniforms should be
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          <title>UK study: Postponing retirement may delay dementia</title>
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LONDON (AP) - New research suggests delaying retirement could help stave off Alzheimer&#8217;s.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Cigarette design making smoking more risky?</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago - at least in the U.S.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Parents can help their students do well on end&#45;of&#45;year tests</title>
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The NC Department of Public Instruction offers some advice to parents and students for taking end-of-the-year tests.           ]]></description>
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A North Carolina company is recalling whole
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South Carolina and in South Hill, Va., because they could be
contaminated with salmonella.           ]]></description>
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UNDATED (AP) - A new cancer study finds promise in a test that can help predict the chance that colon cancer patients will have a recurrence.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Provocative new research suggests that a common virus might play a role in high blood pressure.           ]]></description>
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Pfizer Inc. is unveiling a new program that will let people who have lost their jobs and health insurance keep taking some widely prescribed Pfizer medications - for free, and for up to a year.           ]]></description>
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This is the preliminary FY09-2010 Greenville Utilities budget           ]]></description>
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In this week&#8217;s just delete it, it&#8217;s an email that says someone&#8217;s doctor told them to keep a penny with them and if a bee stung them to put the penny on it and the swelling would go down.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Medicare says it won&#8217;t pay for the so-called virtual colonoscopy procedure.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A new poll suggests there&#8217;s a big disconnect between body image and true physical condition.           ]]></description>
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DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines says it will let frequent fliers use miles to book one-way trips for half the miles of a round trip.           ]]></description>
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Investigators don&#8217;t believe 68-year-old Stephen Kypriandes meant to hurt his 49 pets
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Health officials say don&#8217;t let your fear of H1N1 take over when you go online.            ]]></description>
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Teacher assistants currently work K - 3rd grade           ]]></description>
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ECU Police have identified the men as Matthew Fothergill, David Harvell and Warren Ford, Jr. Havelock Police Department officers arrested Harvell and Ford, and the Jones County Sheriff&#8217;s Office arrested Fothergill.           ]]></description>
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May 1st Edition           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Government health officials are announcing the recall of popular weight loss pill Hydroxycut, after reports of liver damage and other health problems.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Gap Inc. is issuing a voluntary recall for some babyGap coats due to a choking hazard.           ]]></description>
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GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization has increased its tally of confirmed swine flu cases around the world to 236 from 148.           ]]></description>
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They traced him back to Carteret County by running the serial number on his pacemaker. His name is Andrew Mulvany, Jr.           ]]></description>
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Economists say what happens to state employees trickles down to local business           ]]></description>
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$32-million dollar project could force some businesses to move
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In this week&#8217;s just delete it, the email says a Target store refused to sponsor a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, saying they don&#8217;t meet the donation criteria.           ]]></description>
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North Carolina hog farmers say there are too many variables and unknowns for swine flu panic           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The threat of swine flu has prompted the FDA to approve emergency rules for certain antiviral drugs.           ]]></description>
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UNDATED (AP) - The debate continues over testing men for factors of prostate cancer as an influential doctors group backs off its call for annual tests after age 50.           ]]></description>
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CHICAGO (AP) - The American Academy of Pediatrics wants a name change for what&#8217;s become known as &#8220;shaken baby syndrome.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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<guid>http://www.wnct.com/nct/lifestyles/health_med_fit/article/pediatricians_adopt_new_term_for_shaken_baby_abuse/36412/#When:05:58:57Z</guid>
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A new survey suggests even hospitals are having a rough time withstanding the recession.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Malaria kills nearly 1 million people every year and the vast majority of them are young children.           ]]></description>
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The North Carolina Education Lottery transferred more than $114 million for its third quarter, which is January through March.           ]]></description>
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Despite their names, they are not famous. But they&#8217;re well known to the deputies who allegedly busted them with nearly two pounds of pot.           ]]></description>
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Don&#8217;t Bite the Bait!           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Medical device maker St. Jude Medical has received a warning letter from federal regulators due to problems at a manufacturing plant in Minnesota.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Wading into the politically charged immigration debate, a group of colleges and universities is urging the U.S. Congress to give illegal immigrants tuition aid and a path to citizenship in light of efforts in several states to block them.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - There&#8217;s new medical research that says five times more Americans than previously estimated live with a spinal-cord injury.           ]]></description>
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Greenville police say Tony Turnage was shot and killed while trying to rob an apartment for drugs 
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Thursday the North Carolina House narrowly approved a bill that would give parents of seventh, eighth and ninth graders three options.           ]]></description>
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Police are having a hard time getting answers surrounding this week&#8217;s shooting at a popular sports bar.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Wallet Watch: Saving You Money</title>
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Wednesday at 6pm           ]]></description>
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But don&#8217;t let tsunami scares fool you; the email says to stay away from beaches because a tsunami is scheduled to hit in July during an eclipse.            ]]></description>
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says in 40 mile-an-hour collisions between the two, micro cars all earned poor ratings.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - They&#8217;re great with gas, but micro car crash test results show they don&#8217;t fare too well in collisions with larger vehicles.           ]]></description>
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911 call set off a chain of events that included more than half a dozen agencies           ]]></description>
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29-year-old detective Allen Pearson was killed by the shooter, his father is a major with the Lenoir County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.           ]]></description>
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You get an email from a soldier asking to send you money to keep it safe, what would you do?            ]]></description>
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East Carolina hosted the Annual History Day competition today           ]]></description>
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Tuesday the House Health Committee approved a bill that gives parents three options to choose from when it comes to educating their children about sex.           ]]></description>
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Tuesday at Six Edition           ]]></description>
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More than 40 students at PS Jones Middle School in Beaufort County got free computers for personal and home use.            ]]></description>
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Dalton Ray Alligood Jr, aka D.R. Alligood, pled guilty before United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, for extortion under the color of money.           ]]></description>
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Greenville Police say Reginald Jones and Donte Hardy face murder and armed robbery charges in the death of Jessie Ray Staton.           ]]></description>
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400 years ago an Italian scientist, Galileo Galilee, improved the telescope.
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In today&#8217;s world, if you don&#8217;t speak well&#8230;who will listen?           ]]></description>
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