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			<title><![CDATA[Our view: Reform must precede new revenue measures]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:19:42 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_031101942</link>
			<description><![CDATA[No new revenues without reform is the mantra we hope will be adopted by the entire North of Boston legislative delegation as it considers proposals for fixing the state's crumbling bridges and roadways.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our view: T's finances as shaky as its bridges]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:19:03 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_031101903</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Given the precarious state of its finances  - not to mention its railroad bridges and other infrastructure  - it hardly seems wise for the MBTA to be placing bets on the direction in which interest rates might move.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Robert Kelly: Even in war, defense spending least of our worries]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:19:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_031101900</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<i>Second of two parts.</i>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Barbara Anderson: Economic 'stimulus' may create more problems than it solves]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:18:57 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_031101857</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I had just tripped over my kitchen floor again when I heard the government wanted to give me an $800 tax rebate.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[On the campaign trail: It's Mitt vs. McCain]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:18:53 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_031101853</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MIAMI (AP)  - John McCain has emerged as the man to beat for the Republican nomination.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our view: Economic news isn't all bad]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:41:59 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_030094159</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The real estate market continues its slump, stock prices are swinging wildly, and politicians in Washington have yet to chart a sure path to recovery. So what's to celebrate as we contemplate another two months of winter?]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[What others say: Something less than a terrorist mastermind]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:41:36 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_030094136</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration's case against alleged dirty bomber Jose Padilla has sputtered to an inglorious close.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our view: Sentiment can't trump the law]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:41:34 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_030094134</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Judicial Court reversal of a ruling Judge Richard Mori of Beverly made two years ago should serve as a caution to all who sit on the bench: Judges are to interpret and enforce the law, not function as social workers.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Robert Kelly: Money trap: Debt, entitlement spending threaten nation's security]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:41:32 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_030094132</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<i>First of two parts.</i>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Inside the First Amendment: Attack politics are old hat]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:41:30 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_030094130</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A political "smackdown" was how one cable network talk show described a recent Democratic candidates' televised debate  - more the parlance of pro wrestling than national politics.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our view: Higher taxes not an option for state, municipalities]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:37:34 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_029103734</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation is out with its 37th annual "Municipal Financial Data" booklet.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our view: Good times won't last in Peabody]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:37:15 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_029103715</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The city of Peabody still fares pretty well when the state of its finances is compared to other communities.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alan Lupo: Patrick lends touch of inspiration to difficult task of governing]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:37:13 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_029103713</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As the man faced his fellow Democrats, he insisted, "Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congressman John Tierney: Stimulus package must focus on those most in need]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:37:10 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_029103710</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of the business cycle in 2001, family incomes in the United States have flattened. Yet the cost of living has skyrocketed.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Our view: Show of leadership in Salem]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:41:39 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/local_story_028094139</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In what has been one of the darkest hours for its school system, Salem can count itself fortunate in having a mayor who refused to simply accept the consequences of fiscal catastrophe.]]></description>
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