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		<title>EDITORIAL: Billboard itself is no big deal, just don't mock Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529892/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Christopherson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's another sign of the Chamber's partisan nature.]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: This week's five things</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529950/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:55:19</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Times' Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are five things we would like to see happen.]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Online dating?&#8200;It is what you make of it.</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519615/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:33:34</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, boys and girls, today we are going to talk about online dating.]]></description>
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		<title>Cheers and jeers</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519681/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Wagner, Intern
Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<hardreturn><strong>Cheers to a little calm, finally</strong><br class="hardreturn" /><hardreturn><br />Cheers for the wind seemingly settling down at last. Most of the time, there really is nothing wrong with wind. It can cool us off on a hot summer's day and it can provide energy (just imagine the excitement of the people running regional wind farms in the past week).<br class="hardreturn" /><hardreturn><br />However, it has been quite dangerous around here lately, and all over Minnesota. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Kill the moose? There has to be a better way</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519845/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:09:36</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Christopherson, Managing Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;So if you tranquilize it and try to move it, there&#8217;s more than a 50/50 chance it will die,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But if you shoot it, there&#8217;s a 100 percent chance it will die.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: This week's high five</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130513/OPINION/130519886/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:08:34</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Times Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Spring Clean-Up Week (twice), gay marriage, Pirate baseball, and graduation...]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Awareness begins with knowing fibromyalgia is real</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130510/OPINION/130519950/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 11:48:20</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, May 12, 2013 is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.]]></description>
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		<title>OPINION: Cheers and Jeers</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130509/OPINION/130509491/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 10:50:14</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer
Amanda Wagner, Intern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheers to the continuation of the Highland School sixth grade Itasca camping trip. Jeers to bad drivers.]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Vikings jettison Kluwe for all the wrong reasons</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130507/OPINION/130509648/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 13:09:38</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Christopherson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vikings' ex-punter is an angel compared to the players who dot most NFL rosters.]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: This week's topical high-five</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130506/OPINION/130509711/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 12:19:12</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Times Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On UMC commencement, the PGA's 'fifth major', Pirate track, your brain, and gray hair...]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Be more than aware of mental health issues this month</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130503/OPINION/130509763/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 11:10:52</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May is Mental Health Awareness Month.]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial - Cheers and Cheers</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130502/OPINION/130509854/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 11:26:38</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Wagner - Intern
Jaime Jensen - Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheers to all those involved in the Fargo-Moorhead flood efforts. Jeers to people not washing their hands after handling their business.]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: This week's Monday handful</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130429/OPINION/130429574/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:09:37</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Times Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On new hotel owners, the Wild, spring fitness, golf, and spring planting...]]></description>
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		<title>Cheers and Jeers</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130425/OPINION/130429768/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:55:54</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer
Amanda Wagner, Times' Intern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheers to volunteers, the backbone of many organizations and meaningful initiatives...and to administrative professionals...and to laboratory technicians<br>Jeers to politicians insisting on acting like politicians, months after the attack in Benhazi]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Don't buy another social studies book</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130423/OPINION/130429896/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:45:19</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Christopherson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why spend all that money on textbooks that are outdated in no time?]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Monday's handful of hefty ones</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130422/OPINION/130429953/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:29:15</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Times Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On prom and Blast to Bede, Pirate spring sports, Earth Day, the NFL Draft, and fear...]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Cheers and Jeers</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130418/OPINION/130419487/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:59:57</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Wagner and Jaime Jensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheers to heroes in Boston, Jeers to delaying Saturday delivery decision at U.S. Postal Service.]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: If the team is performing well, does it matter greatly who's captain?</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130416/OPINION/130419640/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:21:16</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Christopherson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comparing Chladek to Parrish isn't necessarily unfair, and it's inevitable.]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Five topics to get the week rolling</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130415/OPINION/130419689/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Times Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you think Tiger should have done?]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: There are many meaningful things you can do during Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month</title>
		<link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130412/OPINION/130419752/1010/OPINION?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:41:51</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Jensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take the time to educate your kids.]]></description>
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