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	<title>Hot Topics &#187; Peter Hockaday</title>
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		<title>Life-size ‘Star Wars’ X-wing fighter is the largest Lego sculpture ever built</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/23/life-size-star-wars-x-wing-fighter-is-the-largest-lego-sculpture-ever-built/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hockaday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An X-wing fighter that could fit Luke Skywalker in its cockpit landed in New York today. But this one was made from 5.3 million Lego bricks. Sure, it’s a marketing stunt, but it’s an impressive one. Thirty-two Lego ‘master builders’ spent about four months constructing the X-wing, which is based on a Lego model. But<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/life-size-star-wars-x-wing-fighter-is-the-largest-lego-sculpture-ever-built/15648/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Man mauled by dogs while others take video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 21:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hockaday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Australian man suffered severe injuries after being attacked by four dogs earlier this week, and he can’t believe witnesses didn’t help him. According to the Herald Sun, the man was pinned up against a fence and attacked by four American Staffordshire terriers near his apartment. The attack occurred in Carlton, a Melbourne suburb, on<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/man-mauled-by-dogs-while-others-take-video/15269/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Comedian’s hilarious prank: Texting parents about ’2 grams for $40′</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/04/25/comedians-hilarious-prank-texting-parents-about-2-grams-for-40%e2%80%b2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hockaday</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Viral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian funny guy Nathan Fielder, host of the Comedy Central show ”Nathan for You,” took to Twitter on Wednesday to ask his followers to do his bidding: “Experiment: text your parents ‘got 2 grams for $40′ then right after ‘Sorry ignore that txt. Not for you’ Then tweet pic of their response.” And they sure did. Below<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/comedians-hilarious-prank-texting-parents-about-2-grams-for-40/15172/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Fan catches foul ball in beer cup, chugs the beer</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/04/11/video-fan-catches-foul-ball-in-beer-cup-chugs-the-beer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hockaday</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Safeco Field on Wednesday, there was one bad catch and one good catch. The bad: Mariners right fielder Michael Saunders ran into the outfield wall making a catch and sprained his shoulder in an 8-3 loss to the Houston Astros. The good: A Seattle fan made a spectacular catch with his beer, and chugged<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/video-fan-catches-ball-in-beer-cup-chugs-the-beer/15034/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gay man arrested after refusing to leave partner in hospital</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/04/11/gay-man-arrested-after-refusing-to-leave-partner-in-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hockaday</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Viral]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A gay man in Missouri is claiming discrimination after he was arrested while visiting his sick partner at a hospital. The hospital is defending the arrest, saying the man was “disruptive and belligerent.” The incident unfolded Tuesday afternoon at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo. In an interview with Fox 4 Kansas City, Roger<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/gay-man-arrested-after-refusing-to-leave-partner-in-hospital/15026/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Separated twins? Reunited via YouTube, they raise funds to meet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hockaday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2013, if you think you’ve got a long-lost twin, there’s one way to find out: Connect on Facebook, Skype each other, and raise money on Kickstarter to meet up and get a DNA test. According to their Kickstarter page, Samantha Futerman and Anaïs Bordier have already hit their Kickstarter goal of $30,000, so you<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/separated-twins-reunited-via-youtube-they-raise-funds-to-meet/14941/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Roger Ebert’s final ‘Leave of Presence’ blog post</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/04/04/roger-eberts-final-leave-of-presence-blog-post/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/04/04/roger-eberts-final-leave-of-presence-blog-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hockaday</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Roger Ebert, the famous film critic who died Thursday at age 70, wrote a final blog post Tuesday that announced his latest battles with cancer but gave no indication of flagging in the face of the disease. In an indicator of the critic’s popularity, the Chicago Sun-Times blog housing Ebert’s final thoughts crashed Thursday afternoon.<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/roger-eberts-final-leave-of-presence-blog-post/14930/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Conn. shooter motivated to top Norway shooter</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/02/18/report-conn-shooter-motivated-to-top-norway-shooter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/02/18/report-conn-shooter-motivated-to-top-norway-shooter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hockaday</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CBS News is reporting that Adam Lanza felt compelled to kill more people than a Norwegian who killed 77 people in 2011. The report cites two unnamed sources said to be briefed on the investigation of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and reveals what investigators may believe was Lanza’s motive. The sources say<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/report-conn-shooter-motivated-to-top-norway-shooter/14303/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama hanging out with preschoolers is amazing</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/02/14/president-obama-hanging-out-with-preschoolers-is-amazing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hockaday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama spent part of his Valentine’s Day at the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur, Ga., and the photos from the event are pretty great. He was there to push his expanded preschool plan, first mentioned in Tuesday’s State of the Union speech. The plan is likely to cause some divisions<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/president-obama-hanging-out-with-preschoolers-is-amazing/14255/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pistorius ‘bullet in the chamber’ ad pulled from his website</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/02/14/pistorius-%e2%80%98bullet-in-the-chamber%e2%80%99-ad-pulled-from-his-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hockaday</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An image calling Olympian Oscar Pistorius “the bullet in the chamber” has been pulled off his website in the wake of a fatal shooting at his home in Pretoria, South Africa. The double-amputee athlete was charged with murdering his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp early Thursday morning. The image was part of a Nike ad campaign,<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/pistorius-bullet-in-the-chamber-ad-pulled-from-his-website/14235/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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