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    <title>Children and the public divorce</title>
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    <description>Jenny Sanford&#39;s response to her husband&#39;s affair is a departure from that of the typical wronged political spouse.</description>
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    <title>Room to pray at multiple mosques</title>
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    <description>Vendors once sold Tupperware, furniture, crafts and jewelry in this spot. But in a sign of the times, the old Apex Flea Market is now a mosque.</description>
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    <title>Acts of Faith</title>
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    <title>Relishing the red dogs</title>
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    <description>This holiday weekend, depending on where you live in North Carolina, the hot dog peeking out from under your mustard, chili and slaw is likely to be bright red.</description>
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    <title>Perfect chili for your dog</title>
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    <description>The hot dog chili was one of our family obsessions.</description>
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    <title>If you&#39;ve seen one &#39;Ice Age&#39; ...</title>
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    <description>Do you know if you go see &quot;Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs&quot; without having seen the previous two &quot;Ice Age&quot; movies, it won&#39;t affect the movie-going experience whatsoever? That&#39;s what I did!</description>
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    <title>A welcome menu at a Cary caf&amp;eacute;</title>
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    <description>Can&#39;t decide where to eat in and around Cary? Your decision just got harder.</description>
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    <title>Greg&#39;s Hot List: Hot diggity!</title>
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    <description>These hot dog joints build on the all-American theme.</description>
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    <title>Tap into your inner pork love</title>
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    <description>If you think you have an unbeatable tip for grilling pork, you could become the &quot;Next Pork Personality&quot; for the National Pork Board.</description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title>Rev up your cookout</title>
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    <description>Do you have family members coming over to eat this holiday weekend but are stumped about what to serve beyond the typical burgers and dogs?</description>
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    <title>Backyard blue cheese</title>
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    <description>Just finished one of my best lunches at the new Backyard Bistro. I love blue cheese dressing, and this has to be my favorite, hands down! I had the lettuce wedge, which comes with the blue cheese vinaigrette.</description>
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    <title>YouTube cooking school</title>
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    <description>Have you dreamed about going to culinary school?</description>
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    <title>Lemons and limes similar but different</title>
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    <description>Q: Can lime juice and lemon juice be used interchangeably in recipes? The taste will be slightly different, of course, but beyond that, there shouldn&#39;t be any reason why you can&#39;t make the swap.</description>
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    <title>Charisma propels latest Dillinger tale</title>
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    <description>Anyone doubting the role that charisma plays in the movies need look no further than &quot;Public Enemies,&quot; an old-fashion gangster picture built on simple star power.</description>
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    <title>Name the food blog</title>
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    <description>Today is the last day. You have until 11:59 tonight to send in your winning suggestion for the name of the new food blog at newsobserver.com. We hope this blog will be the go-to Web site for eating, cooking and shopping in the Triangle.</description>
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    <title>Where is the love?</title>
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    <description>&#39;Cheri&quot; is a sumptuous period film, a literate work whose pedigree might seem intimidating to those who weren&#39;t English majors. At heart, it&#39;s a simple story of doomed love.</description>
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    <title>Readers step in for Carolyn</title>
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    <description>While I&#39;m gone, readers give the advice.</description>
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    <title>The sequel of stupid, transformed</title>
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    <description>Michael Bay movies are just like pi&amp;#xF1;atas: No matter how much we critics bash them, they still shower the eager masses with tasty, colorful, easy-to-swallow junk.</description>
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