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<title><![CDATA[Help for uninsured]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2009/jan/13/help-for-uninsured/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[North Carolinians who've had trouble securing health insurance because of their medical histories have a new option. The N.C. Health Insurance Risk Pool began operating this month and will offer coverage to those rejected, or simply priced out, by regular insurers.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Our mission for 2009: Remain your top choice for local news]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2008/dec/13/our-mission-2009-remain-your-top-choice-local-news/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Donna Reed, our company's vice president for news, reigns as one of the country's foremost authorities on media trends. 
The former Tampa Tribune managing editor, who now operates out of Media General's corporate headquarters in Richmond, Va., has forgotten more about journalism than most so-called experts will know in a lifetime. Reed is that good.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:59:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Research Campus dedication offers window into future]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2008/oct/20/editorial-research-campus-dedication-offers-window/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Oct. 20, 2008, will go down as a major, life-altering moment in Kannapolis and Cabarrus County history.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gas prices drop, options still vital]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2008/oct/12/gas-prices-drop-options-still-vital/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Even with the cost of gasoline dropping, consumers look at th energy market with suspicion.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sad day for Wachovia]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2008/sep/30/sad-day-wachovia/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[We never thought it would come to this, despite the dire predictions and gloomy forecasts.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:28:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kissell: Put American know-how to work to meet our needs]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2008/sep/29/kissell-put-american-know-how-work-meet-our-needs/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Larry Kissell, who is the Democratic candidate in North Carolina's 8th Congressional district, comments on the energy crisis.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:58:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hayes: Energy independence would improve national security]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2008/sep/29/hayes-energy-independence-would-improve-national-s/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Republican U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes, who is running for re-election in North Carolina's 8th congressional district, comments on the energy crisis.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:53:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving literacy requires passion, resources]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2008/sep/28/improving-literacy-requires-passion-resources/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I would like to introduce billionaires David Murdock and Bruton Smith to local social worker Katrina Duke, then lock them in a room together for an hour.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:29:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Friday night lights shine bright]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2008/aug/22/editorial-friday-night-lights-shine-bright/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Perhaps in storybooks or elsewhere, the start of football season conjures fall in the air. In North Carolina, the beginning of high school football comes on warm, even hot, humid nights in August, before school has even started. It brings new meaning to the word "hotbed."]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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