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			<title>Industry should pay the tab</title>
			<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:26 pm</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120209/OPINION01/702099975</link>
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The Legislature would do a favor for public safety and strapped police budgets by finally creating a permanent program for disposing of left-over...]]></description>
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			<title>Earnings on 401(k) aren't capital gains</title>
			<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:27 pm</pubDate>
			<category>Letters</category>
			<link>http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120209/OPINION02/702099981</link>
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Two letters to the editor referencing...]]></description>
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			<title>Shin exercising right of democracy</title>
			<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:27 pm</pubDate>
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I find the letter "Shin seeks respect?...]]></description>
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			<title>Need for strict visits foreseeable</title>
			<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:27 pm</pubDate>
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The stunning knowledge that Josh Powell had been permitted visitation in...]]></description>
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			<title>Taxing someone for safety is silly</title>
			<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:27 pm</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120209/OPINION02/702099987</link>
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The Feb. 5 letter, "Tax, fine users of...]]></description>
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			<title>Shin is a man of integrity, courage</title>
			<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:27 pm</pubDate>
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I am angered and appalled (as we all should be) by the ridiculous and moronic letter in Tuesday's Herald comparing Sen. Paull Shin to some of...]]></description>
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			<title>Economy needs manufacturing</title>
			<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:27 pm</pubDate>
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As a former employee of Kimberly-Clark, I view with interest the many possible ideas for using the Kimberly-Clark waterfront property. I wonder if...]]></description>
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			<title>Watch out, Big Brother is 'sharing'</title>
			<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:27 pm</pubDate>
			<category>Opinion Columnists</category>
			<link>http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120209/OPINION04/702099995</link>
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My, how you've changed, Big Brother. What happened to the sourpuss in "1984," George Orwell's grim novel about a thought-controlled future? Gone are...]]></description>
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			<title>The chaos in Cairo</title>
			<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:27 pm</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON -- What kind of democratic revolution in Egypt is it that brings charges against 19 American NGO workers who have been advocating...]]></description>
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			<title>Local giving is smart giving</title>
			<pubDate>Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:17 pm</pubDate>
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The Susan G. Komen Foundation/Planned Parenthood flap offers a good reminder about charitable giving: Many organizations, born of good intent, grow...]]></description>
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			<title>Status quo is a loser for labor unions</title>
			<pubDate>Tuesday, February 07, 2012 11:00 am</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120208/OPINION04/702089983</link>
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January's good jobs report has been deservedly, albeit cautiously, celebrated. We've been fooled before. Remember "green shoots," "shovel-ready...]]></description>
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			<title>Obama's lucky break</title>
			<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 8:53 am</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON -- It's nine months until Election Day, but President Obama is already bringing out the big guns.]]></description>
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			<title>Shaky grounds for Prop. 8 ruling in California</title>
			<pubDate>Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:15 pm</pubDate>
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Two of three judges on a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday found California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Judge Stephen...]]></description>
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			<title>Birth control redux</title>
			<pubDate>Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:02 pm</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON -- Most Americans can hardly believe we're having a national debate about birth control in the 21st century -- more than 50 years after...]]></description>
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			<title>Babies, parenting not a requirement</title>
			<pubDate>Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:56 pm</pubDate>
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I am still shaking my head at the two...]]></description>
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			<title>Companies need to bring jobs here</title>
			<pubDate>Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:56 pm</pubDate>
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We all know that in this economic crisis there is a shortage of jobs in the United States. An even bigger problem beyond the shortage of jobs is the...]]></description>
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			<title>Not all in Israel have equal rights</title>
			<pubDate>Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:56 pm</pubDate>
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In his criticism of former Congressman Brian Baird's commentary, the Feb. 2 letter writer ("]]></description>
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			<title>Evaluation system already under way</title>
			<pubDate>Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:56 pm</pubDate>
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As a teacher leader in one of the districts commissioned by the 2010 Legislature to design and pilot new teacher/principal evaluation systems, I...]]></description>
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			<title>Obama plan would help students</title>
			<pubDate>Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:56 pm</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120208/OPINION02/702089977</link>
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I knew that there was mischief in the air when Herald columnist and local economic God, James McCusker, said that the federal government should not...]]></description>
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			<title>Public must retain control</title>
			<pubDate>Monday, February 06, 2012 1:44 pm</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120207/OPINION01/702079983</link>
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A concerted effort that would make it easier for government agencies to keep information from the public is gaining traction in Olympia. If it...]]></description>
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