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    <title><![CDATA[Urban League hosts &lsquo;golden&rsquo; fundraising event]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-6693-urban-league-hosts-lsgoldenrs-fundraising-event.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The Chicago Urban League hosted its 48th annual Golden Fellowship Dinner on Saturday at the Hilton hotel downtown. The annual fundraiser drew hundreds to the hotel's International Ballroom.        ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A salute to those who serve country]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-6688-a-salute-to-those-who-serve-country.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Nov. 11, 2009, has become a very special Veteran&rsquo;s Day.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[State Rep. Graham picked for 29th Ward alderman]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7352-state-rep-graham-picked-for-29th-ward-alderman.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ State Rep. Deborah Graham, D-78th Dist., has been tapped by Mayor Richard Daley to replace disgraced Ald. Isaac Carothers in the city&rsquo;s 29th Ward.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hunter wants ban on E Cigarettes ]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7351-hunter-wants-ban-on-e-cigarettes.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Cigarettes containing no tobacco, but create a vapor similar to smoke, are on a state Sen. Mattie Hunter&rsquo;s, D-3rd Dist., ban list.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Skeptical lawmakers hear vows to fix Chicago State ]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7350-skeptical-lawmakers-hear-vows-to-fix-chicago-state.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ SPRINGFIELD, Ill. &ndash; Chicago State University&rsquo;s president says the school is running out of chances to fix its problems, and some state lawmakers agree.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[HWCC loses attorney in midst of foreclosure suit]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-6690-hwcc-loses-attorney-in-midst-of-foreclosure-suit.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ The organization that manages the cash-strapped Harold Washington Cultural Center recently lost its attorney in middle of a foreclosure suit against the center by ShoreBank, the bank learned at an Oct. 28 court appearance.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Jackson leaves Urban League, takes &lsquo;gigantic step&rsquo; to aerospace corp.]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7349-jackson-leaves-urban-league-takes-lsgigantic-steprs-to-aerospace-corp.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ A search has begun for the next president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Urban League. Cheryle Jackson is returning to corporate America.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Manley students awarded $5K college scholarships ]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7348-manley-students-awarded-$5k-college-scholarships.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Larry Washington and Ashley Williams, seniors at Manley Career Academy High School, were each recently awarded renewable $5,000 college scholarships from the Protiviti firm through its CommUnity Scholarship Program. Photo/Courtesy of Cushman/Amberg Communications ]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Push for outlaw of blunt wraps]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7341-push-for-outlaw-of-blunt-wraps.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ A South Side pastor is on a vigorous campaign to support the proposed ban of blunt wraps in the state.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Quinn won't talk about alternative to tax increase]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7340-quinn-wont-talk-about-alternative-to-tax-increase.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Gov. Pat Quinn refused to say Monday whether he has a plan to avoid deep cuts in education if lawmakers resist his call to raise the state income tax.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7334-us-census-forms-arrive-in-the-mail-what-to-expect.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON &mdash; Let the count begin.

More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday in mailboxes around the country, in the government's once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. Fast-growing states in the South and the West could stand to lose the most because of lower-than-average mail participation rates in 2000 and higher shares of Hispanics and young adults, who are among the least likely to mail in their forms.
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Feds want no delay in Blagojevich trial]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7333-feds-want-no-delay-in-blagojevich-trial.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Federal prosecutors say ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's request for a five-month delay in the start of his corruption trial should be turned down.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7334-us-census-forms-arrive-in-the-mail-what-to-expect.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON &mdash; Let the count begin.

More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday in mailboxes around the country, in the government's once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. Fast-growing states in the South and the West could stand to lose the most because of lower-than-average mail participation rates in 2000 and higher shares of Hispanics and young adults, who are among the least likely to mail in their forms.
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    <title><![CDATA[Probe: U.S. botched Haiti relief flights to Florida]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7354-probe-us-botched-haiti-relief-flights-to-florida.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Haiti earthquake overwhelmed Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the federal government for basic information about arriving patients but got little assistance, e-mails obtained by The Associated Press show.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Chicago Hales Franciscan beats Breese 80-70]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7346-chicago-hales-franciscan-beats-breese-80-70.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Photo caption:

Chicago Hales' Dominique Walls (21) leaps to block a long pass by Breese Central's Brandon Book (50) during the first half of the Class 2A third-place boys basketball game on Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Peoria, Ill. (AP Photo/The Peoria Journal Star, Adam Gerik)
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    <title><![CDATA[Senator unveils U.S. financial regulation plan]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7342-senator-unveils-us-financial-regulation-plan.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON &mdash; A new Democratic Senate bill to tame U.S. financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy and would force the industry to pay for its failures.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Teens face tough employment decline]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7347-teens-face-tough-employment-decline.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Jimmy Lawson said he tries to maintain an after-school job and during the summer break, a full-time job, but he hasn't been having much. ]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[AP Source: Toyota to cast doubt on Prius case]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7344-ap-source-toyota-to-cast-doubt-on-prius-case.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ DETROIT &mdash; Toyota plans to cast doubt Monday on a California man's claim that his Prius sped out of control last week on the freeway, a person briefed on the matter told The Associated Press.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. troops withdrawing en masse from Haiti]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7292-us-troops-withdrawing-en-masse-from-haiti.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Haiti&rsquo;s president heads to Washington to talk aid]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7295-haitirss-president-heads-to-washington-to-talk-aid.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti &ndash; Haitian President Rene Preval is heading to the U.S. to discuss what is needed to rebuild his shattered country.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam&rsquo;s IOUs]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7356-social-security-to-start-cashing-uncle-samrss-ious.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ 
PARKERSBURG, W.Va.  &ndash; The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Communities of color plan march on National Mall ]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7355-communities-of-color-plan-march-on-national-mall.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Organizations from around the country are preparing to make their national presence known - and have their collective voices heard - as they organize to march on the National Mall March 21.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Jackson estate in record deal worth up to $250M]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7373-jackson-estate-in-record-deal-worth-up-to-$250m.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES - Even in death, Michael Jackson is breaking records.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Probe: U.S. botched Haiti relief flights to Florida]]></title>

    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-7354-probe-us-botched-haiti-relief-flights-to-florida.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[ Haiti earthquake overwhelmed Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the federal government for basic information about arriving patients but got little assistance, e-mails obtained by The Associated Press show.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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