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         <title><![CDATA[Our Opinion: Murray's resignation]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[If you are a lieutenant governor with no opportunity to become governor, there isn't much point in remaining as lieutenant governor. That's the dynamic that led to the decision Wednesday of Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray to resign and return to his home city of Worcester, where he will lead the Chamber of Commerce. No one could be shocked.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 04:56:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our opinion: Good for Apple, not US]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday May 23, 2013    
Apple CEO Timothy Cook went before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Tuesday in what was a total mismatch]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 00:10:51 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our Opinion: YouthWorks works]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[No one seems to have a bad word about the state's YouthWorks program, which provided an estimated 5,000 jobs for teens from low-income households last year, but nonetheless it has found itself on the chopping block as Beacon Hill finalizes its budget for the coming fiscal year.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:11 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our Opinion: Obamacare and its model]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The federal Affordable Care Act, for all its strengths, is a heavily compromised law, and as it continues to roll out this year and next its weaknesses will become apparent. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 05:49:24 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our opinion: Sad day in Lee, Dalton]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday May 20, 2013    
This past Friday, while Marine Corps veteran Edward S.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:11:56 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our Opinion: A worthy cause]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Patricia Passetto knows as well as anyone that it is possible to support the men and women of the military while being frustrated and infuriated with the military bureaucracy set up to support those men and women.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 11:17:32 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our Opinion: Boston Symphony's new director]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[After two years without a music director, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has one with the potential to carry the institution into a bold, vibrant future.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 05:35:16 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our Opinion: Tax law invited abuse]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/ci_23263465/our-opinion-tax-law-invited-abuse?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller has fallen on his sword for the actions of middle management types who targeted the tea party and other conservative groups that were applying for tax-exempt status.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 05:05:35 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our Opinion: What is owed vets, and Edward Passetto]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/ci_23245139/our-opinion-what-is-owed-vets-and-edward?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[The flag-waving and speech-making that erupt when America goes to war evaporate as the war drags on and fades into the background of life in the United States. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 07:25:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our opinion: No landfill for cleanup]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/ci_23236320/our-opinion-no-landfill-cleanup?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday May 14, 2013    
The wariness of Berkshire County officials about PCB-contaminated sediment from the Housatonic River ending up into a county]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 00:10:33 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our Opinion: Benghazi gotcha game]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/ci_23229561/benghazi-gotcha-game?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[The keen interest in the aftermath of the Benghazi, Libya consulate attacks by Republican congressmen after years of indifference to attacks on diplomatic posts during the Bush administration suggests that this long-running exercise is more about President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who might want to succeed President Obama, than it is about security matters. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 06:23:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Propaganda, bucks      and guns status quo]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sunday May 12, 2013    
If someone is murdered in the United States, the odds are strongly in favor of a gun as the weapon of choice.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 May 2013 00:10:28 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our Opinion: A better clinic strategy]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Following the demonstration by Spectrum Health Care of how not to approach a city about opening a health care clinic, Manna Wellness appears determined to work with others in bringing a medical marijuana clinic to the city.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 10:05:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our Opinion: Blemish on Boston Strong]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The reaction of Boston and all of Massachusetts to the marathon bombings has been classy, stalwart and personified by the phrase "Boston Strong." ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Berkshire Eagle</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 15:04:38 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Our opinion: Rev. John Eusden]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday May 9, 2013    
The 32 years that the Reverend John Eusden spent as Williams College&rsquo;s much-loved and respected chaplain would be more]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 May 2013 00:10:54 EDT]]></pubDate>
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