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		<title>Teleprompter killed the podium star</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Urycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland Governor Martin O&#8217;Malley may have temporarily hurt his chances at higher office with a flat speech Tuesday night at the DNC. His hometown paper the Baltimore Sun said &#8220;It was too big and felt far too artificial and gimmicky for the intimacy of TV.&#8221; But that&#8217;s not what the Ohio delegation heard when he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign buttons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Urycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when Obama sounded too much like Osama? A real liability 4 years ago but Dems have now made it an asset. Also Keep on Truckin? An appeal to the youth vote if you were a youth in the 60&#8242;s. Poor Robert Crumb, he&#8217;s probaby getting stiffed once again on royalties for his drawing.]]></description>
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		<title>Keynesian economics or street planning?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Urycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Near the hotels where the Ohio delegates are staying is JM Keynes Blvd and Drive. Are North Carolinians fans of the British economist John Maynard Keynes or did they just name the street for visiting Democrats.]]></description>
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		<title>Political and entertainment celebrities mix</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/political-and-entertainment-celebrities-mix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Urycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashley Judd had a formal role speaking to the Ohio delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Celebrities of the more political variety were spotted in the halls of the convention in Charlotte. Among them: Jesse Jackson (look way to the back right) &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; and a former Massachusetts governor (no not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big energy leaves a big mark</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As at the Republican convention in Tampa last week, utilities are big sponsors of events at the Democratic convention. Many of the social functions sponsored during convention weeks by lobbyists and industry groups are closed to the press.]]></description>
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		<title>Not exactly best wishes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Urycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little gamesmanship occurred this week at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.   The head of the Ohio Democratic Party, Chris Redfern,  explained to his delegates at breakfast: &#8220;Our friends in the Ohio Republican Party had delivered a cake to the back of the room, marking something having to do with the president&#8217;s schedule. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economics is everything, except when it is not</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The signs, speeches  and videos at the Republican presidential convention are laser focused on the economy. But the GOP still must acknowledge a platform that includes some core social issue planks, including a ban on abortion with no exceptions. It also has to make room for the social conservatives represented by speakers like Mike Huckabee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Condoleezza Rice answers questions about foreign policy, but ducks the Browns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a quick press conference after her speech to the Ohio delegation at the Republican National Convention, Condoleezza Rice was blunt about her successor, Hillary Clinton (&#8220;great&#8221;) and U.S. foreign policy (too timid). She said she&#8217;s not interested in &#8220;boots on the ground&#8221; in Syria, but more needs to be done. Rice also said she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A prayer for the levees and buses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two items got special prayers this morning at the Ohio delegation breakfast&#8230; that the levees in Louisiana hold, and that the shuttle bus schedule in Tampa gets straightened out.  A major snafu last night left delegates circling the convention center and walking blocks in one direction only to be sent back the other way. Chairman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wayne forest in Ohio gets drilling OK the same day Republicans blast Obama on drilling</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohios-wayne-forest-gets-drilling-ok-the-same-day-republicans-blast-obama-on-drilling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Forest Service announced Monday that it will allow fracking in the Wayne National Forest in southeast Ohio. The announcement hit about the same time that Republicans in Tampa were blasting President Obama for not allow more of the shale drilling on public lands. They also were going over polls and strategies that suggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off the record get togethers</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/off-the-record-get-togethers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 03:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Rob Portman and the Ohio Republican Party hosted two receptions tonight, to which reporters were invited on one condition&#8230; that they not report anything they gathered there. Portman, by the way, has once again been picked for a key bit of role-playing. He&#8217;s expected to be President Obama&#8217;s surrogate as Mitt Romney practices for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neil Armstrong gets prominent remembrances in Ohio</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/neil-armstrong-gets-prominent-remembrances-in-ohio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/neil-armstrong-gets-prominent-remembrances-in-ohio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Rob Portman recounted the impact of Neil Armstrong, the Ohioan who was the first man to step onto the moon, at this morning&#8217;s breakfast, and Armstrong is expected to be featured prominently when the Republican National Convention officially launces tomorrow. Portman is the first of a lineup of speakers at the Ohio delegation breakfast. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio delegates get ready for the business of politics</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohio-delegates-get-ready-for-the-business-of-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is supposed to be a slow day, with official convention business delayed for a day. But Hurricane Isaac has been just a glancing blow here, and the politicking hasn&#8217;t slowed for the Ohio delegation. Besides the usual breakfasts, the delegation has added a speech by Newt Gingrich at  12:45 today. There are a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romney surrogates and the Ohio breakfasts</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/the-other-romney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of love for the Ohio delegation from Mitt Romney&#8230; The middle of  Mitt Romney&#8217;s five sons, Josh, is taking his younger brother&#8217;s place at the first of the Ohio delegation breakfasts this morning. He&#8217;ll be joined by Ari Fleischer, who was President George W. Bush&#8217;s press secretary and accompanied Romney on his trip to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio gets the headliners for Monday</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohio-gets-the-headliners-for-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio continues to draw the name acts to its morning breakfasts during the Republican National Convention. Tomorrow morning&#8217;s lineup will include Mitt Romney&#8217;s youngest son, Craig; the press secretary to former President George W. Bush, Ari Fleisher; and Sen. Rob Portman &#8212; the man who has now twice made the short list of vice presidential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isaac heads west, and so far, Tampa gets little more than wind and rain</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/isaac-heads-west-and-so-far-tampa-gets-little-more-than-wind-and-rain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest on Hurricane Isaac, which delayed the Republican National Convention for a day, is that it&#8217;s heading west. That&#8217;s generally good news for Tampa and the RNC. But the irony is that forecasters now see Isaac heading toward New Orleans, and hitting land Wednesday, the seventh anniversary of Katrina. Four years ago, Gustav hit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio delegation celebrates the lastest Ohio Senate poll</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohio-delegation-celebrates-the-lastest-ohio-senate-poll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohio-delegation-celebrates-the-lastest-ohio-senate-poll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case any of the media missed it, the press packets for those covering Ohio&#8217;s delegation to the GOP presidential convention included a Columbus Dispatch article touting the recovery of Ohio&#8217;s economy and crediting it to John Kasich. And in case they missed the latest poll by the Dispatch, Senate candidate John Mandel was happy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebs of the GOP</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/celebs-of-the-gop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A barbershop quartet at the Tampa International Airport is greeting some of the 70,000 delegates, political officeholders, reporters, court reporters, lobbyists and others who are coming to Tampa &#8212; and hoping that Issac does not. Greeters welcome everyone warmly, but some get special treatment. Newt Gingrich got what might be described as rock start treatment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the first day of the GOP convention snakebit?</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/is-the-first-day-of-the-gop-convention-snakebit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/is-the-first-day-of-the-gop-convention-snakebit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems like the early days of the Republican conventions are snakebite, or maybe it&#8217;s just the ones I cover. Four years ago, storms kept some southern gov&#8217;s and other headliners from coming, and delayed sessions. This year&#8217;s hurricane is having an even more direct impact. The conventions official business won&#8217;t start until Tuesday. Still, I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tampa and Charlotte over the next two weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/tampa-and-charlotte-over-the-next-two-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican National Convention 2012]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, swing state Ohio&#8217;s delegation  is getting VIP treatment at the Republican National Convention. That includes hotels, floor seating and time for Ohio&#8217;s top pols &#8212; Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Rob Portman &#8212; at the podium. History says Republicans can&#8217;t win the White House without Ohio. And polls consistently show the race between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shiny, but not so new</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/carshow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/carshow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevenson@wksu.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auto Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleveland Auto Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I-X Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northeast Ohio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE TO THE READER: I took a vacation this weekend from the onslaught of “shows” that come around this time of year. However, my husband, an admitted car enthusiast took a stroll around the Cleveland Auto Show. I asked for pictures and a report. He talked me into letting him write a post. I expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama scheduled to speak at 2pm</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/president-obama-scheduled-to-speak-at-2pm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/president-obama-scheduled-to-speak-at-2pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rabinowitz@wksu.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obama in Lorain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The crowd of several hundred people is set for President Obama&#8217;s town hall meeting at Lorain County Community College. By 11am, a small crowd of prostesters gathered across the street from the campus, holding signs that read &#8220;Stop spending my grandkid&#8217;s money&#8221; and &#8220;Obama lies&#8221;. The crowd attending the town hall, including local steelworker union [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama town hall begins at 2pm</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/president-obama-town-hall-begins-at-2pm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/president-obama-town-hall-begins-at-2pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rabinowitz@wksu.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obama in Lorain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama spent the morning in Lorain County before getting set to host this afternoon&#8217;s town hall meeting. The motorcade pulled up at an unscheduled campaign-style stop at a bar and restaurant in Elyria called &#8220;Smitty&#8217;s&#8221; which bore the slogan &#8212; &#8220;Where Friends Meet.&#8221; President Obama arrived at EMC Precision Machining in Elyria at 11.30. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cormorant Culling</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/cormorant-culling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/cormorant-culling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 18:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Schaefer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lake Erie Expedition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erie]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/?p=342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cormorants are not charismatic birds.  Though they’re precision fishers who dive for their prey like sleek, black jet fighters, they nest in trees and foul the ground beneath them with excrement and urine.  Cormorants are also apt to regurgitate when startled.  And over time, the sheer volume of cormorant guano on a Lake Erie Island [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water- and wind-powered electricity get a new look on Lake Erie</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/water-and-wind-powered-electricity-get-a-new-look-on-lake-erie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/water-and-wind-powered-electricity-get-a-new-look-on-lake-erie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 00:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Schaefer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lake Erie Expedition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Schaefer is on a nine-day environmental journalism fellowship that's exploring the Great Lakes.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever been to Niagra Falls – or even if you’ve only seen the falls in pictures – you’re probably familiar with the ‘vast and prodigious cascadence of water’ as described by Charles Dickens in 1842. What you may not know is that the unbroken fall of water over the Horseshoe Falls is artificially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mega-Dairies</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/mega-dairies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/mega-dairies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Schaefer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lake Erie Expedition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was a cool, sunny morning when we stopped outside the small town of Hudson in the hills of southeastern Michigan just across the Indiana and Ohio borders.  We came to visit a dairy farm, but not just any farm.  This one, run by a member of the Dutch Vreba-Hoff LLC group, has 28-hundred cows.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake St. Clair – Great Lakes Water Levels</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/lake-st-clair-%e2%80%93-great-lakes-water-levels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/lake-st-clair-%e2%80%93-great-lakes-water-levels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Schaefer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lake Erie Expedition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A newly-released international study recommends no action on what Canadian advocates claim is a bathtub-drain effect that&#8217;s lowering the level of Lakes Huron and Michigan.  That&#8217;s what was reported Saturday by sources like the Chicago Tribune. That same day our group of journalists &#8211; which includes Canadians &#8211; spent a couple of hours on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Erie Expedition Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/lake-erie-expedition-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/lake-erie-expedition-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 14:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Schaefer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lake Erie Expedition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Journey with WKSU reporter Karen Schaefer as she explores the environmental challenges facing Lake Erie and its people.  Schaefer is circum-navigating the lake with a group of journalists as a fellow of the Great Waters Institute, a program of the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources.  Over the next week, the group will explore: a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuyahoga County election halfway to success</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/cuyahoga-county-election-halfway-to-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/cuyahoga-county-election-halfway-to-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Niedermier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All the polls closed on time in Cuyahoga County with the expected glitches and lawsuits. Elections director Jane Platten praised her staff, the 8500 temporary poll workers and the voters for making the election a success so far.  The hundreds of thousands of paper ballots still need to be counted.  Platten says turnout was probalby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting moving smoothly in Cuyahoga County</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/voting-moving-smoothly-in-cuyahoga-county/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/voting-moving-smoothly-in-cuyahoga-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Niedermier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite concerns about overwhelmed polling places as record numbers of voters are expected to cast ballots, no major problems have been reported in Cuyahoga County.   Long lines greeted many poll workers this morning, but the volume dropped considerably during the afternoon.  Elections director Jane Platten credits the 270,000 early voters for easing congestion today. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Late morning voting slows down</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/late-morning-voting-slows-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/late-morning-voting-slows-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/?p=261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Voting was slowing down late this morning at polling places in Akron and Cleveland. And despite a few glitches, most elections officials say the day has gone smoothly. Cuyahoga County elections chief Jane Platten said expanded early voting in Ohio may have relieved the pressure and problems in Cuyahoga today. At a press conference, she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What other races?</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/what-other-races/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/what-other-races/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/?p=258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Early voters obviously got the message on the presidential race. Asked why they voted how they voted, backers of Barack Obama say the country needs change, especially when it comes to the economy and international relations. Those who back John McCain say experience is what matters. Also cited as reasons for presidential votes: anti-abortion, education, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last pitch for the payday lending industry</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/last-pitch-for-the-payday-lending-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/last-pitch-for-the-payday-lending-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Among those standing just outside the 100-foot mark at some polling places in Ohio are representatives of the payday-lending industry. They&#8217;re trying to get Ohioans to vote against a 28 percent a year cap on interest rates on industry loans. The workers say they aren&#8217;t allowed to comment to the press, referring all questions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early voting means mangeable lines today</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/early-voting-means-mangeable-lines-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/early-voting-means-mangeable-lines-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/?p=254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Early voting seems to have done what it was designed to do &#8212; take the pressure off the polls on voting day. Polling locations throughout Northeast Ohio were reporting steady voting today and waits of up to an hour when the polls opened at 6:30 a.m. But most voters say they ran into only small snafus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and Springsteen share a Cleveland stage</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/obama-and-springsteen-share-a-cleveland-stage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/obama-and-springsteen-share-a-cleveland-stage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Few of the estimated 100,000 people gathered in Cleveland to see Barack Obama (and Bruce Springsteen) got within viewing distance. But that wasn&#8217;t for lack of trying. Michael Naught was first in the west side line, but had to get there at 6 a.m. to claim the honor. Gary Hoffer and Nicole Spears were just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jo Ann Davidson on female first</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/jo-ann-davidson-on-female-first/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/jo-ann-davidson-on-female-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/features/election2008/conventions/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jo Ann Davidson&#8217;s job this week was to put together the logistics of a convention that involved 45-thousand people and ended with the nomination of John McCain and Sarah Palin for U.S. president and vice president. In a previous political life, Davidson was speaker of the Ohio House. She talked with Ohio reporters Thursday about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staging is everything</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/staging-is-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/staging-is-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/features/election2008/conventions/?p=236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There may be plenty of real emotion behind those standing O&#8217;s at political conventions. But the props are often supplied and their displays are stage-managed. Even the hand-made-looking posters are often supplied by event organizers. But it appears that the odd hats really are a labor of love.]]></description>
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		<title>Exerpts from McCain&#8217;s speech tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/exerpts-from-mccains-speech-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/exerpts-from-mccains-speech-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/features/election2008/conventions/?p=232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are exerpts released by the McCain campaign of John McCain&#8217;s accceptance speech tonight. On running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin: &#8220;I&#8217;m very proud to have introduced our next Vice President to the country. But I can&#8217;t wait until I introduce her to Washington. And let me offer an advance warning to the old, big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portman is another likely candidate for Ohio governor</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/portman-is-another-likely-candidate-for-ohio-governor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/portman-is-another-likely-candidate-for-ohio-governor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/features/election2008/conventions/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Rep. Rob Portman didn&#8217;t have a Sean Hannity. So Ohio GOP Chairman Bob Bennett came right out and said it this morning. Portman is running for governor in 2010. Kacich sponsored yesterday&#8217;s Ohio delegate breakfast featuring the Fox TV host, Hannity. And Hannity used the stage to push Kasich&#8217;s candidacy for governor. And Kacich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A raging reaction</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/a-raging-reaction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/a-raging-reaction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/features/election2008/conventions/?p=213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Buses bringing Ohio&#8217;s Republican conventioners back from St. Paul to Minneapolis tonight had to stop a couple blocks from the Radisson Plaza hotel. &#8230; I started to write this just before I heard shouts outside the hotel, ran down to see what was going on, and was forced with a crowd of mostly young people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A preview of Palin&#8217;s speech</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/a-preview-of-palins-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/a-preview-of-palins-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin&#8217;s speech tonight is even more anticipated than John McCain&#8217;s speech tomorrow night. Delegates are still getting used to her (some still call her Sarah Payton, Sarah Patacki or &#8220;the woman&#8221;) but they&#8217;re determined to embrace her and celebrate what they&#8217;ve heard about her. Here are some exerpts from her speech released by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is Ken Blackwell?</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/wheres-ken-blackwell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell? The guy on the fast national track for the GOP? The guy who Ted Strickland trounced in the 2006 gubernatorial race? If appearance has anything to do with it, no one here remembers him. Though he&#8217;s in town, Blackwell&#8217;s been absent from all Ohio GOP events. Asked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No more Mr. nice guys</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/no-more-mr-nice-guys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/no-more-mr-nice-guys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/features/election2008/conventions/?p=201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ohio political observers have been struck by the relatively cordial relationship between Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and the Republican dominated Legislature. Expect that to change. Former Congressman John Kasich and Fox News host Sean Hannity lauched some strong salvos at Strickland today, and mildly chided their own party legislative leaders for cooperating with him. Kasich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kasich is running for governor. . .  maybe</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/kasich-is-running-for-governor-maybe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/kasich-is-running-for-governor-maybe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Congressman and current Fox TV host John Kasich came close this morning to announcing he&#8217;s running for governor. And fellow Fox host Sean Hannity pledged $10,000 to his not-yet campaign. Kasich sponsored the Ohio delegation breakfast this morning at which Hannity was the featured speaker. The first hint of an announcement came in Kasich&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans take the change theme as their own</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/republicans-take-the-change-theme-as-their-own/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/republicans-take-the-change-theme-as-their-own/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change is the theme of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. But the Republicans in Minnesota have adapted and adopted it as their own. For all that their party has held the White House for eight years, Republicans talk about John McCain as a needed reformer. Ask what they like about his running mate, Sarah Palin, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fred Thompson on the attack</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/fred-thompson-on-the-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/fred-thompson-on-the-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama may be painted as a celebrity, but the GOP answers with its own celeb tonight. Former Senator, former presidential candidate and former-and-current actor Fred Thompson takes the stage tonight. Here are some exerpts the GOP has provided: On John McCain&#8217;s qualifications to be president: &#8220;This is the kind of character that civilizations from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gustav fades and the politicking really begins</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/gustav-fades-and-the-politicking-really-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/gustav-fades-and-the-politicking-really-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<title>Rove calls Ohio Ground Zero</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/rove-calls-ohio-ground-zero/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/rove-calls-ohio-ground-zero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karl Rove walks fast, says he and John McCain got over the hurts of 2000 by campaigning together in 2004, and says Ohio will make it three in a row as the crucial state in the presidential election. Rove entertained the Ohio delegation at this morning&#8217;s breakfast with a blend of funny stories and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protestors little heard and even less seen</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/protestors-little-heard-and-even-less-seen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/protestors-little-heard-and-even-less-seen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protests are escalating in St. Paul. But top security keeps them some two blocks from the Xcel Energy Center. So even an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 marchers had little impact. Still, police are out in full riot gear.]]></description>
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		<title>Rove moves up</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/rove-moves-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/features/election2008/conventions/?p=148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Karl Rove moved up on the Ohio delegate agenda today. He&#8217;ll be speaking at this morning&#8217;s breakfast instead of Sean Hannity. Rove has been President Bush&#8217;s political adviser. And while vilified by many, he&#8217;s still revered by most GOP delegates as the political genius who engineered the win for Republicans in Ohio &#8212; and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A mirror universe</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/a-mirror-universe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/a-mirror-universe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a bus ride from downtown Minneapolis to St. Paul, one Republican delegate repeated the conventional wisdom about Democratic and Republican conventions. The Democrats run on pure passion, the Republicans on great organization. But this week&#8217;s been one for turning conventional wisdom on its head. After all, GOP presidential candidate John McCain has picked a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio draws the big acts</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohio-draws-the-big-acts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohio-draws-the-big-acts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who still wonders how key Ohio is to Republican hopes this fall need only look at the lineup for the Ohio GOP breakfasts this week. Right now, it&#8217;s almost-a-veep-nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty for today; tomorrow comes Frank Donatelli, an adviser to Ronald Reagan and deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment On The Republican National Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/comment-on-the-republican-national-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/comment-on-the-republican-national-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Share your comments on the 2008 Republican National Convention.]]></description>
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		<title>Influence of Gustav spreads far north</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/gustavs-influence-spreads-far-north/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/gustavs-influence-spreads-far-north/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.L. Schultze</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/features/election2008/conventions/?p=96</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ohio delegates to the GOP national convention came with two names on their lips, Sara and Gustav. One many celebrated. The other many feared. And sure enough, Hurricane Gustav&#8217;s collision course with New Orleans cut into the celebratory spirit that many delegates said they were feeling when their all-but-certain presidential nominee, John McCain, named Alaska [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Day</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/conventions-last-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Niedermier</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wksu.org/news/features/election2008/conventions/?p=91</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve now been to three national political conventions &#8230; the 2000 RNC in Philadelphia, the 2004 RNC in New York and Denver&#8217;s DNC. One thing all share is confusion over security &#8230; things like where can you can go with the press pass you&#8217;re issued. The confusion usually results from the hundreds of well-meaning but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Convention Floor</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/the-convention-floor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/the-convention-floor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Niedermier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio was well represented at the DNC last night at the Pepsi Center&#8230;both physically and in spirit. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kucinich gave speeches. There was also a tribute to Cleveland Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, who died suddenly last week. Rode the elevator with former New York Mayor and former Republican presidential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Dems in Denver: Day 1</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohio-dems-in-denver-day-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohio-dems-in-denver-day-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Niedermier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like all state parties, Ohio&#8217;s Democratic delegation started its day with a breakfast at its hotel.  State party Chairman Chris Redfern laid out the days&#8217; agenda and thanked everyone for attending Sunday&#8217;s welcoming reception. He announced that Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, who died suddenly last week, will be honored at Thursday&#8217;s breakfast. The overriding agenda for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment On The Democratic National Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/comment-on-the-democratic-national-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/comment-on-the-democratic-national-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Niedermier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Share your comments on the 2008 Democratic Nations Convention.]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Delegation Getting the Party  Started</title>
		<link>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohio-delegation-getting-the-party-started/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wksu.org/news/blog/ohio-delegation-getting-the-party-started/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Niedermier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio&#8217;s Delegation started arriving at the Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver today. Several receptions are scheduled over the next few days, and Ohio Governor Ted Strickland will give a floor speech Tuesday afternoon Several Ohio delegates left Cleveland Hopkins Airport this morning on the same flight I was on. While waiting at the gate there [...]]]></description>
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