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	<title>Hot Topics &#187; Kate Shellnutt</title>
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		<title>More pets died on Delta than any other airline last year</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/17/more-pets-died-on-delta-than-any-other-airline-last-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bulldogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Consumerist reported that 35 pets died on U.S. carriers last year, with 19 of those on Delta flights. The Atlanta-based airline transports 500,000 pet passengers a year and has banned smushed-face breeds like bulldogs since they often suffer from overheating. (Of the 16 pets that died on Delta flights the year before, six were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snickers, Twix candymaker will stop making king-sized bars</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/16/snickers-twix-candymaker-will-stop-making-king-sized-bars/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/16/snickers-twix-candymaker-will-stop-making-king-sized-bars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[candy bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[king size]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snickers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twix]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=8097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Giant candy bars with loads of calories may becoming a thing of the past, as major candymaker Mars announced a pledge to keep all its products at under 250 calories by the end of next year, Reuters reported. That means its biggest bars—supersized Snickers, Twix and M&#38;Ms—will go away by the start of 2014 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adorable Texas lady tears up after penguin hug</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/09/adorable-texas-lady-tears-up-after-penguin-hug/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/09/adorable-texas-lady-tears-up-after-penguin-hug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristen Bell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[penguin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=7870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This Texan goes all Kristen Bell on us after receiving a great big hug from a King Penguin at Sea World in San Antonio. The visit was a part of a special behind-the-scenes penguin encounter her husband (behind the camera) got her for her birthday. From the look on her face, it’s worth it. She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massive 40-foot shark found off the coast of Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/08/massive-40-foot-shark-found-off-the-coast-of-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/08/massive-40-foot-shark-found-off-the-coast-of-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whale shark]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A terrifying sea monster 40-foot-long whale shark was retrieved by fishermen in western Pakistan Tuesday, 10 days after they spotted the creature unconscious out in the Arabian Sea, ABC News reported. Their discovery is among the largest-ever whale sharks, a species of sharks that eats plankton and does not typically pose a threat to humans. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jon Stewart isn’t cutting Romney any slack over poor wording</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/02/jon-stewart-isn%e2%80%99t-cutting-romney-any-slack-over-poor-wording/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/02/jon-stewart-isn%e2%80%99t-cutting-romney-any-slack-over-poor-wording/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaffe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Stewart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart There are some people saying Mitt Romney’s statement that he’s “not concerned about the very poor” has been taken out of context and does not represent his campaign overall. The Daily Show host Jon Stewart is not one of those people. Stewart ridiculed Romney on last night’s show for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Droid users most likely to have sex on the first date</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/02/droid-users-most-likely-to-have-sex-on-the-first-date/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/02/droid-users-most-likely-to-have-sex-on-the-first-date/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Droid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[phone]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=7688</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guys and girls with Android phones tend to get it on earlier in a relationship, while BlackBerry users are more reserved, according to a survey of Match.com users in Canada that seems to confirm some stereotypes about the various smartphones. Consumerist summed up the results, initially reported by the Toronto Star: They found that 62% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newt Gingrich sued for playing ‘Eye of the Tiger’ without permission</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/30/newt-gingrich-sued-for-playing-%e2%80%98eye-of-the-tiger%e2%80%99-without-permission/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/30/newt-gingrich-sued-for-playing-%e2%80%98eye-of-the-tiger%e2%80%99-without-permission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eye of the Tiger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=7558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Harris Bloomberg News Newt Gingrich, fighting for the Republican Party’s nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, was sued for unauthorized use of “Eye of the Tiger,” the Grammy-winning theme song from “Rocky III.” Rude Music Inc., an Illinois corporation owned by Frank Sullivan, a co-author of the song, sued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eww… most Americans use cell phones in the bathroom</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/30/eww%e2%80%a6-most-americans-use-cell-phones-in-the-bathroom/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/30/eww%e2%80%a6-most-americans-use-cell-phones-in-the-bathroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bathroom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three-fourths of Americans with cell phones use them in the bathroom, “talking, tweeting and typing” even while on the toilet, according to a new tech survey. Two-thirds of users say they’ve answered calls and sent text messages in the bathroom, and men are more likely to do so than women, marketing group 11mark found and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man forced to wear sign after skipping jury duty</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/30/man-forced-to-wear-sign-after-skipping-jury-duty/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/30/man-forced-to-wear-sign-after-skipping-jury-duty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jury duty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=7551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Tribune reported that an Indiana man has been forced to stand in front of his local courthouse with a sign reading “I failed to appear for jury duty.” It’s a judge-ordered punishment for violating jury duty requirements. The 22-year-old was selected for a drunk-driving trial back in December, but he skipped out after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Perry is spending his newfound freetime shooting things</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/27/rick-perry-is-spending-his-newfound-freetime-shooting-things/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/27/rick-perry-is-spending-his-newfound-freetime-shooting-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[range]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=7510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Perry is back in Texas, home on the range. The gun range, that is. Perry– who dropped out of the presidential race just over a week ago– tweeted pictures of himself workin’ some firearms in the Texas Hill Country. The governor bragged that he was able to shoot an egg from 100 yards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low IQ behind some conservative beliefs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/27/low-iq-behind-some-conservative-beliefs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/27/low-iq-behind-some-conservative-beliefs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=7498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Children with low intelligence are more likely to grow up to be social conservatives and racists, researchers found in a study published out of the U.K. The study, which appeared in the journal Psychological Science and was written up by LifeScience, built upon previous research linking low education with prejudice, using data from two studies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart removes store greeters from overnight shifts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/26/wal-mart-removes-store-greeters-from-overnight-shifts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/26/wal-mart-removes-store-greeters-from-overnight-shifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The beloved Walmart greeters, who welcome shoppers as they enter the automatic doors and grab their carts at the big-box store, will no longer be there to say hi during all hours of the night, Bloomberg News reported. After three decades, the company decided to remove greeters from the 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who gave John Kerry two black eyes and a broken nose?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/24/who-gave-john-kerry-two-black-eyes-and-a-broken-nose/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/24/who-gave-john-kerry-two-black-eyes-and-a-broken-nose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[black eye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. John Kerry showed off some serious battle wounds when he visited the White House Monday for an event honoring the Boston Bruins, who won the Stanley Cup last year. Coincidentally, the Massachusetts Democrat had injured himself on the ice, getting hit with a hockey stick during a recent game. He had bruising around his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olive Garden trying to get diners back after sales drop</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/23/olive-garden-trying-to-get-diners-back-after-sales-drop/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/23/olive-garden-trying-to-get-diners-back-after-sales-drop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=7399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Italian restaurant chain Olive Garden says, “When you’re here, you’re family,” but in recent years, it’s been more like a dysfunctional family, struggling with dipping sales and a mixed reputation, the Chicago Tribune reported. The restaurant’s parent company, Darden (also the owner of Red Lobster), acknowledged that they let Olive Garden get into a rut, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing snowshoer burned money for warmth</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/18/missing-snowshoer-burned-money-for-warmth/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/18/missing-snowshoer-burned-money-for-warmth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[burn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man missing on Mount Rainer was found alive earlier this week, having done everything he could to stay warm in the snow, from running in place to burning the money in his wallet, Seattle’s KOMO News reported. During the two nights he spent in the freezing weather, “he had some fire starters with him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John F. Kennedy’s white hearse to be sold at auction</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/16/john-f-kennedy%e2%80%99s-white-hearse-to-be-sold-at-auction/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/16/john-f-kennedy%e2%80%99s-white-hearse-to-be-sold-at-auction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A car auction company says it will put President John F. Kennedy’s white hearse on the block during an event in Scottsdale, Arizona, this week, Consumer Reports wrote. According to auctioneers Barrett-Jackson, the 1964 Cadillac Hearse transported the assassinated president from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Love Field Airport in Dallas. Its authenticity has been verified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paula Deen expected to reveal she has diabetes, y’all (but Novartis has nothing to do with it)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/13/paula-deen-expected-to-reveal-she-has-diabetes-y%e2%80%99all-but-novartis-has-nothing-to-do-with-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/13/paula-deen-expected-to-reveal-she-has-diabetes-y%e2%80%99all-but-novartis-has-nothing-to-do-with-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Drugmaker Novartis has released a statement saying it has no plans to bring on Paula Deen as a spokeswoman for diabetes treatment. “The rumors that Novartis has signed a multi-million dollar spokesperson deal with Paula Deen for a Diabetes treatment are not true. Novartis is not working with Ms. Deen,” the company said. Their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coors Light beats Budweiser to become America’s second-favorite brew</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/11/coors-light-beats-budweiser-to-become-america%e2%80%99s-second-favorite-brew/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/11/coors-light-beats-budweiser-to-become-america%e2%80%99s-second-favorite-brew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bud Light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budweiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coors Light became the second-most popular beer in the country in 2011, edging between Bud Light and Budweiser, which had held the No. 1 and No. 2 for nearly two decades. The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday on the beer rankings, which were collected Beer Marketer’s Insight. Last year’s top selling brews were: 1. Bud Light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Star Wars fans can try black-bunned Darth Vader burger at French fast-food restaurant</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/06/star-wars-fans-can-try-black-bunned-darth-vader-burger-at-french-fast-food-restaurant/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/06/star-wars-fans-can-try-black-bunned-darth-vader-burger-at-french-fast-food-restaurant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[burger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darth Vader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[French burger chain Quick is inviting diners to “choose their side of the force,” offering dark burgers and jedi burgers to correspond with characters in the series, which is being re-released in 3D. Those who side with Darth Vader end up with a double-decker cheeseburger on a jet-black bun. Yoda’s version appears to have some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers say Shroud of Turin is authentic</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/21/researchers-say-shroud-of-turin-is-authentic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/21/researchers-say-shroud-of-turin-is-authentic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know a major Christian holiday is coming up when researchers are presenting their evidence for or against a holy site/object/person/story. This time, they’re a little off, though. Here we’ve got The (U.K.) Telegraph reporting on Jesus burial cloths, called the Shroud of Turin, which Italian scientists have declared to be authentic and not a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TSA lets rapper keep his weed, leaves note</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/16/tsa-lets-rapper-keep-his-weed-leaves-note/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/16/tsa-lets-rapper-keep-his-weed-leaves-note/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bun-B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freddie Gibbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rapper Freddie Gibbs got his stash by airport security… kind of. The baggage screeners at the Denver airport found a half ounce of weed in his luggage and scribbled him the words “C’mon son” on the screening notice. Gibbs tweeted a photo: “The TSA found my weed and let me keep it,” he wrote. “They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart shoplifter stabs worker at Georgia store</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/13/walmart-shoplifter-stabs-worker-at-georgia-store/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/13/walmart-shoplifter-stabs-worker-at-georgia-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walmart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Walmart can be a dangerous place, especially if you live in northern Georgia. A suspected shoplifter stabbed a security officer in the parking lot of a Walmart this weekend. The location was the same store where several shoppers recently found syringes tucked into their purchases. The 32-year-old woman has been charged with aggravated assault for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Siri can’t find you an abortion clinic, but Apple says the glitch wasn’t intentional</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/01/siri-can%e2%80%99t-find-you-an-abortion-clinic-but-apple-says-the-glitch-wasn%e2%80%99t-intentional/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/01/siri-can%e2%80%99t-find-you-an-abortion-clinic-but-apple-says-the-glitch-wasn%e2%80%99t-intentional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone 4Gs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prochoice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prolife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Siri]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After some anti-abortion organizations rejoiced at the discovery that the iPhone 4S’ digital assistant, Siri, won’t provide a list of abortion providers when asked “I want an abortion” or “Where can I get an abortion?” and in some cases listed anti-abortion women’s clinics, the Internet launched a debate over whether the gadget was really “pro-life.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$2 subs available at Subway this December</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/30/2-subs-available-at-subway-this-december/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/30/2-subs-available-at-subway-this-december/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What’s better than a $5 footlong? A $2 six-inch sub. Subway plans to launch a deal making its meatball and cold-cut subs available for only two bucks during December, USA Today reported, joining a number of other fast food chains with cheap specials during a down economy. From USA Today: December is typically a slower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ann Coulter’s insults censored on MSNBC’s Morning Joe</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/29/ann-coulter%e2%80%99s-insults-censored-on-msnbc%e2%80%99s-morning-joe/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/29/ann-coulter%e2%80%99s-insults-censored-on-msnbc%e2%80%99s-morning-joe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ann Coulter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[douche bag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morning Joe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fox News favorite Ann Counter ventured over to MSNBC this morning. It appears her comments were not welcome, judging by the hefty use of bleeping during her conversation on Morning Joe. Politico decoded the early-morning clip and determined that Coulter was referring to Sen. John McCain: Coulter appeared to call John McCain (R-Ariz) a “douche [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor’s kid describes seeing heaven in near-death experience</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/29/pastor%e2%80%99s-kid-describes-seeing-heaven-in-near-death-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/29/pastor%e2%80%99s-kid-describes-seeing-heaven-in-near-death-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heaven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heaven is for Real]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pastor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 12-year-old Nebraska boy appeared on the Today show to talk about the vivid details of his visit to heaven amid treatment for a life-threatening medical condition several years before. Colton Burpo’s story—complete with sitting on Jesus’ lap, hearing angles sing, talking to late family members and more—is the subject of the book “Heaven is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staples will carry Dunder Mifflin paper from ‘The Office’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/28/staples-will-carry-dunder-mifflin-paper-from-%e2%80%98the-office%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/28/staples-will-carry-dunder-mifflin-paper-from-%e2%80%98the-office%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dunder Mifflin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Staples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Office]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The fictional Scranton paper company made famous by The Office has moved into reality and will soon be carried through Staples. The Wall Street Journal reports: Staples’ Quill.com has struck a licensing deal with NBC’s parent company to launch a Dunder Mifflin brand. Priced largely above private-label copy paper, the Dunder Mifflin packages will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fake doctor in Florida arrested for dangerous butt injections</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/19/fake-doctor-in-florida-arrested-for-dangerous-butt-injections/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/19/fake-doctor-in-florida-arrested-for-dangerous-butt-injections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[butt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[injections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman was arrested by Florida police for using a mixture of superglue, cement, mineral oil and other chemicals in illegal, butt-enhancing cosmetic procedures, according to reports by NBC Miami and the Miami Herald. Oneal Ron Morris, a 30 year-old transgendered woman, faces charges of practicing medicine without a license for injecting a woman who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McDonald’s customer would rather eat burger than deal with her burning car</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/17/mcdonald%e2%80%99s-customer-would-rather-eat-burger-than-deal-with-her-burning-car/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/17/mcdonald%e2%80%99s-customer-would-rather-eat-burger-than-deal-with-her-burning-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drive-thru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McDonalds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Mississippi woman’s burger run ended with her car destroyed by a fire and her arrest, according to a video posted by Hattiesburg, Miss. TV station WDAM. Drive-thru workers at a McDonald’s let a customer know that her car was on fire as she pulled up to the window. The woman parked the car and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TSA warns travelers: We’re not the Grinch, but we may unwrap your presents</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/15/tsa-warns-travelers-we%e2%80%99re-not-the-grinch-but-we-may-unwrap-your-presents/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/15/tsa-warns-travelers-we%e2%80%99re-not-the-grinch-but-we-may-unwrap-your-presents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grinch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Americans approach the holiday season, and holiday travel, the Transportation Securities Administration has already begun to notice complaints referring to screeners as Grinch, Scrooge and even Heat Miser for their policy of unwrapping Christmas presents when necessary. The TSA blog tells passengers to quit the Christmas-villain name-calling, and they promise they’ll only open your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deer crashes lunch at bar-restaurant in Georgia</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/09/deer-crashes-lunch-at-bar-restaurant-in-georgia/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/09/deer-crashes-lunch-at-bar-restaurant-in-georgia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atlanta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taco Mac]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even animals can’t escape the irresistible lure of tacos, no, brews and buffalo wings. A deer crashed into a Taco Mac near Atlanta a few days ago, shocking customers as it broke windows and jumped around the restaurant, which was full of football fans eating late lunch and watching games, station WYFF reported. The poor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Wall Street spurs Wal-Mart banking boom</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/08/occupy-wall-street-spurs-wal-mart-banking-boom/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/08/occupy-wall-street-spurs-wal-mart-banking-boom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank Transfer Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy LA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few days after Bank Transfer Day, a movement to get customers to close accounts at America’s largest financial institutions, the New York Times wrote that consumer distaste for big banks has them turning to big box store Wal-Mart. Yes, Wal-Mart is a beneficiary of the anti-corporation, anti-commodification Occupy Wall Street movement. Wal-Mart is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell Dippin’ Dots, the supposed ‘ice cream of the future’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/04/farewell-dippin%e2%80%99-dots-the-supposed-%e2%80%98ice-cream-of-the-future%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/04/farewell-dippin%e2%80%99-dots-the-supposed-%e2%80%98ice-cream-of-the-future%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dippin' Dots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sad news for lovers of overpriced, flash-frozen, beaded ice cream: Dippin’ Dots Inc. filed for bankruptcy, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Since 1988, it’s claimed to be the “ice cream of the future.” Well, the future is now, and Dippin’ Dots is $12 million in debt and can’t make it work, the WSJ said. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family claims ghosts have sex in their house</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/02/family-claims-ghosts-have-sex-in-their-house/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/02/family-claims-ghosts-have-sex-in-their-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ghost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even in the afterlife, ghosts like to get it on, according to an Ohio family who says they saw it first-hand in their living room and caught it on camera. Don’t worry, their local station is on the story, complete with shadowy footage, Halloween music and a host speaking by the light of a single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoy your final weekend of $1 Redbox rentals</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/28/enjoy-your-final-weekend-of-1-redbox-rentals/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/28/enjoy-your-final-weekend-of-1-redbox-rentals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Netflix]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[video rental]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Starting on Monday, Oct. 31, Redbox will charge $1.20 a day to rent DVDs, a price jump from their signature $1 rates. The additional costs cover debit card fees, Redbox said. “While its movie rental rivals Netflix and Blockbuster have struggled for varying reasons recently, it seemed like Redbox could be just the ticket for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TSA leaves freaky note in bag after finding sex toy</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/24/tsa-leaves-freaky-note-in-bag-after-finding-sex-toy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/24/tsa-leaves-freaky-note-in-bag-after-finding-sex-toy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Viral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[note]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex toy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“This is what TSA will do when they inspect a bag you checked and find a, um, ‘personal item,’” wrote Feministe blogger Jill Filipovic after Transportation Administration luggage screeners noticed a vibrator in her bag and decided to wish her well with that. “Get your freak on girl” is scribbled across the insert travelers find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alec Baldwin makes a serious visit to Occupy Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/19/alec-baldwin-makes-a-serious-visit-to-occupy-wall-street/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/19/alec-baldwin-makes-a-serious-visit-to-occupy-wall-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alec Baldwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 30 Rock actor wasn’t cracking jokes during a two-hour trip to see the Occupy Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park Tuesday night. Instead, Alec Baldwin got into debates over the Federal Reserve with protestors who wanted to school him on the bank (and why they thought it should be closed). “I’m aware of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Porn hackers took over Sesame Street’s YouTube</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/17/porn-hackers-took-over-sesame-street%e2%80%99s-youtube/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/17/porn-hackers-took-over-sesame-street%e2%80%99s-youtube/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Porn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pornography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sesame Street]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The popular, Muppet-filled Sesame Street YouTube channel was hacked Sunday, its catchy singalongs and pre-school lessons replaced with explicit pornographic videos and the message, “Who doesn’t like porn kids?” The “content brought to you by the letter ‘X,’” CNN reported, was removed by YouTube within 20 minutes, and the show’s main YouTube page was later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westboro Baptist to picket Steve Jobs’ funeral, church members tweet via iPhone</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/06/westboro-baptist-to-picket-steve-jobs%e2%80%99-funeral-church-members-tweet-via-iphone/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/06/westboro-baptist-to-picket-steve-jobs%e2%80%99-funeral-church-members-tweet-via-iphone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fred Phelps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[picket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may seem like all of America is sad to hear the news of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ death at age 56, but Westboro Baptist Church can find a reason to hate anyone, and Jobs is no exception. Margie Phelps, daughter of rogue church’s pastor Fred Phelps, tweeted their plans to picket Job’s funeral FROM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Smoke loads cremated ashes into ammunition</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/03/holy-smoke-loads-cremated-ashes-into-ammunition/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/03/holy-smoke-loads-cremated-ashes-into-ammunition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cremation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest way you can honor loved ones is to have them locked and loaded, their cremated remains inserted into live ammunition by an Alabama company called Holy Smoke. “This isn’t a joke. It’s a job that we take very seriously. This is a reverent business. We take the utmost care in what we do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Castle sued by overweight burger-lover</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/09/12/white-castle-sued-by-overweight-burger-lover/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/09/12/white-castle-sued-by-overweight-burger-lover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[burger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawsuit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 290-pound diner claims the White Castle chain has violated the civil rights of its more sizable clientele by not following through on promises to make its tight booths bigger to accommodate their bellies. Martin Kessman, a 64-year-old New Yorker, filed a complaint after he could barely squeeze into the fast-food restaurants booths and bumped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Double Triple Oreo cookie: three wafers, two layers of cream, 100 calories</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/08/17/double-triple-oreo-cookie-three-wafers-two-layers-of-cream-100-calories/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/08/17/double-triple-oreo-cookie-three-wafers-two-layers-of-cream-100-calories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cookie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Double Triple Oreo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kraft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two things that can make an Oreo better: more filling and more cookie. The latest Oreo version has both, with regular and chocolate filling sandwiched between three chocolate wafers. It’s called the Triple Double Oreo, and it’s finally hitting American grocery store shelves — and then our cabinets and then our tummies — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR pastor thanks God for sponsors and his ‘smokin’ hot wife’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/25/nascar-pastor-thanks-god-for-sponsors-and-his-%e2%80%98smokin%e2%80%99-hot-wife%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/25/nascar-pastor-thanks-god-for-sponsors-and-his-%e2%80%98smokin%e2%80%99-hot-wife%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viral]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Joe Nelms shouted a prayer thanking God for everything from the cars’ Goodyear tires to his own “smokin’ hot wife” before a NASCAR event this weekend. Nelms is the pastor of Family Baptist Church outside of Nashville, but in this invocation he sounds more like Talladega Nights’ Ricky Bobby (or a NASCAR commercial) than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope tweets for the first time, praises Jesus in fewer than 140 characters</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/06/28/pope-tweets-for-the-first-time-praises-jesus-in-fewer-than-140-characters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/06/28/pope-tweets-for-the-first-time-praises-jesus-in-fewer-than-140-characters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI sent out his first-ever tweet today, announcing the launch of a new news site from the Vatican News Twitter account. The AP reported: Benedict put the site online himself by tapping an iPad, said Thaddeus Jones, project coordinator and an official with the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Moments later the pope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing NY cobra leaves a Twitter trail</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/29/missing-ny-cobra-leaves-a-twitter-trail/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/29/missing-ny-cobra-leaves-a-twitter-trail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that the zookeepers at Bronx Zoo can&#8217;t find that missing Egyptian cobra. According to the snake&#8217;s Twitter account, the cobra is having a grand time in New York. The sly snake has more than 60,000 followers. Sample tweets: Taking the Sex and the City Tour!!! I&#8217;m totally a SSSamantha. #snakeonthetown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian football player Tim Tebow now modeling underwear</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/28/christian-football-player-tim-tebow-now-modeling-underwear/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/28/christian-football-player-tim-tebow-now-modeling-underwear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Houston Chronicle reported today on what our own Houston Texans are doing during the league-wide lockout, including working out at Rice University and playing a few rounds of golf. The NFL contract dispute has also afforded a certain evangelical quarterback some extra free time. Denver Bronco Tim Tebow, known for his once Bible-inscribed eye [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican says the Simpsons are Catholic</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/18/vatican-says-the-simpsons-are-catholic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/18/vatican-says-the-simpsons-are-catholic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite being cartoons, The Simpsons are more clever and culturally-conscious than most TV families, and the writers incorporate real-life religion into their lives: grace at meals, Sunday School, Bible references and even an animated version of the Almighty himself. The Vatican has taken notice of The Simpsons&#8217; Christian faith and published an article in its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Converse pulls shoe portraying Hendrix as Hindu god</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/22/converse-pulls-shoe-portraying-hendrix-as-hindu-god/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/22/converse-pulls-shoe-portraying-hendrix-as-hindu-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Converse is longer selling a pair of Chuck Taylors that depicted guitar legend Jimi Hendrix as a colorful, multi-armed Hindu deity. The company says the shoe&#8211;a part of a fall collection in memory of Hendrix&#8211;will no longer be sold because it offends Hindu culture. The Hindu and the Times of India reported on the story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Dude, you have no Quran’ gets autotuned</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/16/%e2%80%98dude-you-have-no-quran%e2%80%99-gets-autotuned/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/16/%e2%80%98dude-you-have-no-quran%e2%80%99-gets-autotuned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viral]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was only a matter of time.

The autotune masters of the internetz got hold of the video of the dreadlocked hipster in Amarillo who stole a Quran from a pastor who planned to burn it in a city park.
His snappy response is now a techno-dance jam. Enjo...]]></description>
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		<title>‘Dude, you have no Quran!’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/13/%e2%80%98dude-you-have-no-quran%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A shirtless skateboarder is a local hero for stopping a Quran-burning in Amarillo over the weekend. Inspired by the canceled plan that got national attention, Pastor David Grisham announced he&#8217;d burn a Quran in a public park, but was foiled by a guy who swiped the holy book from his hands. &#8220;I snook up behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting advice from Jon Gosselin</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/25/parenting-advice-from-jon-gosselin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Shellnutt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d generally avoid taking parenting advice from anyone who: wears Ed Hardy clothing, behaves more like a kid than his children and trades in his married family life for romps with younger ladies&#8230; but apparently not everyone agrees. Otherwise, why would Jon Gosselin, formerly the father on Jon and Kate Plus 8, be planning to [...]]]></description>
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