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		<title>Nomar Garciaparra retires</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/03/10/nomar-garciaparra-retires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A class-act baseball player announced his retirement today:
The 1997 American League MVP signed a one-day contract with his former team Wednesday, then announced he&#8217;s ending his 14-year career. Garciaparra will become an analyst for ESPN.
&#8220;From the first day I had the thrill of putting on a Red Sox uniform and playing in front of all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patriotism is not boosterism</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/03/05/patriotism-is-not-boosterism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D.C. Innes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have suffered a few aspersions because, though I am now an American citizen, I nonetheless felt an affinity for the Canadian Olympic hockey team, and even thought it was right that they should win the gold medal. Someone went so far as to suggest that the direction of my allegiance in this contest was [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>No more McGwire highway?</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/03/02/no-more-mcgwire-highway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Missouri Senate, &#8220;voted unanimously Monday to rename the [Mark McGwire] section of interstate the Mark Twain Highway. The measure now goes to the House.&#8221;
A stretch of Interstate 70 in St. Louis was designated the Mark McGwire Highway in 1999, one year after the Cardinals slugger hit a then-record 70 home runs.
Republican Sen. Kurt Schaefer [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>MLB bans bats</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/03/02/mlb-bans-bats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, not all bats.
Baseballs should be flying through the air rather than shattered shards of wood, according to a Major League Baseball ban (for the minor leagues) on bats made from ultra-light maple:
The low-density wood often is found in bats with big barrels and thin handles, creating a whip-like action when swung. Softer red maple [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>A New Year for China</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/02/16/a-new-year-for-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Lu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[figure skating]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, Russia&#8217;s 50-year dominance in pairs ice skating was shattered as a Chinese pair, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, took home the gold in Vancouver.
Even more startling, Russia didn&#8217;t get silver or bronze either: The Russia pair Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov were awarded fourth place after Kavaguti fell during their performance. Russia has [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>NCAA proposes ban on eye black messages</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/02/12/ncaa-proposes-ban-on-eye-black-messages/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/02/12/ncaa-proposes-ban-on-eye-black-messages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports on a proposal by the NCAA to ban eye black messages, otherwise known as &#8220;face Tweets,&#8221; made especially popular by Tim Tebow.
Eye black communication was popularized by former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, who wasn&#8217;t shy about his proselytizing. In 2008 he stenciled &#8220;Phil 4:13? for a verse in the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>70</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bad start to the Games</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/02/12/bad-start-to-the-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Lu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will officially begin with its opening ceremony, but already tragedy has struck as a Georgian Olympic luger died earlier today after a crash during training.
Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, was practicing at the Whistler Sledding Center when he suddenly lost control of his sled, went flying over a wall, and hit [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Super Bowl predictions?</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/02/06/super-bowl-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/02/06/super-bowl-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Super Bowl weekend has now arrived.
Peyton Manning and his AFC champion Indianapolis Colts are 5-point favorites to spoil the ending of the New Orleans football renaissance for Drew Brees and the Saints. The odd twist to this story is that the boy who grew up in the Big Easy rooting for his dad as he [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who Dat?</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/01/30/who-dat/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/01/30/who-dat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lamb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bobby-Jindal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in the Bayou state can sleep in peace tonight. The Louisiana government will defend the &#8220;Who Dat?&#8221; rights of her citizenry:
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is getting into the &#8220;Who Dat&#8221; fray with the NFL, asking the state attorney general to look into a possible lawsuit over the ownership rights to the popular New Orleans [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kurt Warner retires</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/01/30/kurt-warner-retires/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2010/01/30/kurt-warner-retires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago this month, Kurt Warner and the St. Louis Rams graced the cover of WORLD Magazine. The cover story subhead read: &#8220;From the supermarket to the Super Bowl: Kurt Warner and his Rams ride a first-things-first ethic to a national championship.&#8221;
Yesterday, Warner stood at a podium in Tempe, Ariz., his wife and seven [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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