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			<title><![CDATA[Fraud fight saves half billion dollars]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A two-car accident almost two decades ago showed auto insurance fraud was a big problem in Lawrence.<br>
"It was a staged accident that occurred on Common Street around 1989 or 1990," said Daniel Johnston, head of the Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Magic and miracles: The tenure of James Marini]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NORTH ANDOVER &mdash; There were high expectations when James Marini came on board as interim superintendent two years ago. Some people claimed the schools needed nothing short of a magician to fix the problems plaguing North Andover.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Higher purpose of Fourth not lost on revelers]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Attired in a red-and-white-print blouse and blue jeans, Lisa Fitzgibbons of North Andover was dressed for the occasion.<br>
An avid runner, she started the day yesterday by running the Fourth of July 10-kilometer race in North Andover. Then she returned to the Common with her two children, Will, 7, and Kate, 4, to enjoy the festivities: All sorts of races, a dunk tank provided by the firefighters, pony rides, face painting (of course) and plenty of food.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Clerks prepare for what could be critical 2010 Census for Mass.]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Town and city clerks in the Merrimack Valley fear low participation by state residents on the 2010 Census could cost Massachusetts a seat on Capitol Hill. <br>
Along with the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, federal aid is also divided among the 50 states based on decennial Census population figures. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Triathlete raises money for Family Service]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jocelyn Cascio's bike broke in three places during the recent Ford Ironman Triathlon in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. <br>
The Haverhill athlete was told her 18-gear bike couldn't be fully repaired, but she could ride it with one gear &mdash; making her pedaling five times more difficult. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Don't Print That!]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Don't Print That!]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pet of the week]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sassy is a 6-year-old spayed female blended calico cat. She likes kids and other cats, but would do best in a home where there are no dogs. She is loveable and very sweet and affectionate and loves to]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Korea fires missiles in 4th of July salvo]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea (AP) &mdash; North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles Saturday into waters off its east coast in a show of military firepower that defied U.N. resolutions and drew global expressions of condemnation and concern.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nation news in brief]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Drug bust nets heroin stuffed in toys<br>
NEW YORK &mdash; A dozen people have been arrested, and 33 pounds of heroin worth $30 million and stuffed inside Build-A-Bear toys has been seized in a drug bust in the Bronx.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['Easy money' attracted man to being in staged accident]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lure of easy money drew man to being in staged accident and to take his younger brother along for the ride, according to investigators.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Weekend festivities, fireworks]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[METHUEN &mdash; The threat of rain forced the postponement of last night's Beatlejuice concert.<br>
The free concert will be tomorrow at 6 p.m., at Nicholson Stadium, Mayor William Manzi said.<br>
Beatlejuice is a popular Beatles tribute band. There are no fireworks this year due to budget cuts.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[11 groups benefit from Lent-inspired collection]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Eleven local agencies working with families and children received diapers from Communities Together last week.<br>
The diapers and children's underwear were collected during Lent by supporting churches in Andover, North Andover, Lawrence and Methuen.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Palin resigning as Alaska governor]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASILLA, Alaska (AP) &mdash; Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement Friday that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Methuen Beatlejuice concert moved to Sunday]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[METHUEN &mdash; Tonight's Beatlejuice concert has been postponed because of the threat of heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail.<br>
City officials moved the free concert to Sunday at 6 p.m. at Nicholson Stadium, Mayor William Manzi said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Patriotic parties' pop delayed a bit]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fireworks shows around the Merrimack Valley have been bumped a day or two because of the rain.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[50 years later, speedboat races return to Merrimack River]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[In August, spectators will line the river to take in the races.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rally for deaf teacher held outside superintendent's office]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Students and teachers held a rally for Ioannides yesterday outside of Superintendent Claudia Bach's office at the Andover School Administration Building on Whittier Court.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Computer equipment stolen in bakery break]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SLIDESHOW: Photos of the Week: June 21-27]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UPDATED: Fireworks shows in the Merrimack Valley]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fireworks shows with rain dates, if needed.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flood advisories issued for Merrimack Valley, Southern N.H.]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[TAUNTON, Mass. &mdash; The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for noretheastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire from now until 3:15 today.<br>
Today at noon, the Weather Service issued the advisory for people living in Essex County, including Andover, Haverhill, Lawrence and Methuen, as well as for communities surrounding the Southern New Hampshire towns of Salem and Derry.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Governor signs ethics reform legislation]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) &mdash; Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday signed an ethics overhaul bill aimed at preventing a repeat of recent scandals involving Massachusetts lawmakers that have shaken public confidence in their government.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fugitive mobster's crony describes murders of 2 women]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) &mdash; A former top associate of fugitive mobster James "Whitey" Bulger coolly detailed Bulger's role in multiple murders as testimony began yesterday in wrongful death lawsuits brought against the FBI by families of three alleged victims.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Judge blocks publication of Salinger spinoff book]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; A federal judge ruled yesterday that a Swedish author cannot publish in the United States a book he wrote that was advertised as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[City meets deadline for use of $2M state grant]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The city appears to have met the deadline for spending a state grant to remove asbestos and tear down buildings on Merrimack Street to make way for a private development owned by restaurateur and real estate developer Sal Lupoli.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Council approves $57.6M school budget; package compared to a 'dog with many fleas']]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[METHUEN &mdash; City councilors begrudgingly passed the $57.6 million school budget last night during an eleventh hour meeting on the first day of the new fiscal year.<br>
"This budget is a dog with many fleas that keeps on bugging the City Council," said Councilor Kenneth Willette Jr., who has said he is considering a run for the School Committee in the fall.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Electronics equipment missing]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What's Open, Closed July 4]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Open, closed on the holiday]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Father gets 31/2 years in jail in baby shaking case]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Juan Cabrera pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and battery on a child.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Where's summer?]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[We were sure that by now we'd see the sun, and plenty of it. But the rainy weather that has so far taken summer hostage isn't ready to hand it over yet, meteorologists said.<br>
If they're right, the beginning of July will be relatively wet, much like June, which had an abnormally long stretch of rain.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Andover couple comes close, loses TV wedding contest]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[North Andover natives Alyssa Manzi and Gary Ritter will be married, just not on "Today."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State won't pay for new curbing on Andover street]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ANDOVER &mdash; Despite an appeal from State Sen. Sue Tucker, D-Andover, the Massachusetts Highway Department will not pay to replace new curbing on North Main Street near Elm Square.<br>
The curbing, located across the street from the Mobil gas station on North Main Street, was installed last year as part of the state's Route 28 redesign project.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Methuen police probe string of car breaks]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fallen tree limb causes power failure to 1,800 customers]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[National Grid said it had to shut off power to make repairs.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hull of boat found off Newburyport shows signs of 'catastrophic' collision]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEWBURYPORT &mdash; Tow Boat US divers have located the hull and what remains of the 36-foot boat a Kensington, N.H., man was captaining when it went down in the mouth of the Merrimack River on June 24.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Elderly drivers involved in 2-car crash in Woburn]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WOBURN &mdash; Just as state legislators were debating a handful of bills aimed at stemming the rising tide of accidents involving elderly drivers, an 83-year-old man drove his car into another car driven by a 78-year-old woman at the intersection of Russell Street and Old Cambridge Road yesterday afternoon.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flahertys locked up: Father gets 6 months home arrest; son to spend 4 months in jail]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[HAVERHILL &mdash; On Aug. 4 of last year, prosecutors offered to recommend a sentence of six months in jail for James Flaherty and no jail time for his son Kevin Flaherty. <br>
The offer was in exchange for the men agreeing to plead guilty to several charges having to do with cheating and stealing from the city and James Flaherty filing fraudulent state income tax returns, said the Flahertys' lawyer, Scott Gleason. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dr. Koh of Andover hopes to accomplish much in Washington]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ANDOVER &mdash; On his first day on the job, Dr. Howard Koh of Andover watched as President Barack Obama signed a tobacco control bill into law.<br>
The moment was extra special for Koh, who is known locally for his efforts on tobacco control, cancer screening, suicide prevention and AIDS treatment and prevention.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Council approves $240M budget, votes to save firehouses]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE - The City Council last night approved a $240 million school and municipal budget, and in a separate unanimous vote said they will keep two city firehouses open.<br>
"I'm very happy with the outcome tonight," said Councilor Grisel Silva, budget and finance committee chairman. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[American Sign Language teacher may lose Andover High job]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A deaf American Sign Language teacher at Andover High School may lose her job because she has failed the English competency exam to become a certified teacher in Massachusetts.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Valley gears up for event-filled holiday weekend]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Merrimack Valley residents can celebrate Fourth of July weekend locally with parades, live music, pony rides, pancake breakfasts, a road race, and, of course, fireworks.<br>
The sky will be lit up at night, starting Thursday in Lawrence. Haverhill and North Andover will have firework shows on Friday and North Andover on Saturday, weather permitting.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawyers receive extension in Solomon case]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &mdash; Lawyers in fired Methuen police Chief Joseph Solomon's civil service hearing now have until July 15 to file their final briefs, officials said yesterday.<br>
Lawyers on both sides were previously given until yesterday to submit proposed decisions. They are to write how they believe the commission should rule. They requested an extension and now have until July 15.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baddour: Bill on elderly motorists will pass this year]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Steven Baddour, D-Methuen, chairman of the Legislature's Transportation Committee, said he is open to the idea of having physicians determine whether their elderly patients are able to drive.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boy 14 charged with rape]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_181223458.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged with rape, police said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Habitat blesses homes, thanks volunteers and sponsors]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Three families who lost their homes during a devastating fire more than a year ago had their new homes blessed last week.<br>
Gathered in the common area, those attending responded, "We dedicate these homes, O Lord," in Spanish, as Margot Bixby, president of the board of Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity, prayed. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Circus moves to Osgood Landing]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_181223420.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[NORTH ANDOVER &mdash; The circus is still coming to town, it's just setting up at a new location.<br>
The Kelly Miller Circus is coming to Osgood Landing, 1600 Osgood St. (Route 125) and holding two shows tonight and tomorrow at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m., said Tom Ippolito, circus coordinator.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Business ransacked, computers stolen]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_181223352.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Burglars hit Broadway Professional Center in Lawrence]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Circus moves to Osgood Landing in North Andover]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_181205640.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[NORTH ANDOVER &mdash; The circus is still coming, it's just setting up at a new location.<br>
The Kelly Miller Circus is coming to Osgood Landing, 1600 Osgood St. (Route 125) and holding two shows tomorrow and Thursday at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m., said Tom Ippolito, circus coordinator.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kevin Flaherty to serve four months in jail; James Flaherty gets six months of home confinement]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_181172137.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Retired Highway Superintendent James Flaherty is expected to be confined to his home for six months, while his son Kevin Flaherty, a former Haverhill Highway Department official, will serve four months in jail.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Citing concerns about salmonella, Dunkin' Donuts temporarily suspends serving hot chocolate]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_181113118.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you're headed to Dunkin' Donuts to grab a hot chocolate or a Dunkaccino, you may be sorely disappointed.<br>
The coffee chain is "voluntarily withdrawing all hot chocolate and Dunkaccino beverages as we have been made aware by our supplier that some of the equipment used at their facility to produce one of the ingredients in these beverages was contaminated with Salmonella," said Andrew Mastrangelo, manager, Public Relations, for the Canton, Mass.-based company.]]></description>
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