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         <title><![CDATA[Our Neighbors: Richmond weight lifter continues to set marks]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WHILE MANY of his classmates were in town celebrating Halloween, Freddy Boza, a junior at De Anza High School in Richmond, was in Reno setting new marks and winning titles as a weight lifter.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Chris Treadway&lt;br&gt;Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:13:22 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[NFL on a path to labor unrest]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Cam Inman: NFL heading down unwanted path]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Cam Inman &lt;br&gt; Oakland Tribune columnist</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:53:55 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Barnidge: No simple answer on how to bet on casino's meaning for Richmond and Contra Costa]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[THE PEOPLE who addressed the Contra Costa County supervisors Tuesday came armed with hard-edge opinions on building an Indian casino-resort on the Richmond waterfront.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Tom Barnidge &lt;br&gt; Contra Costa Times columnist</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:57:11 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kate Scannell: A shot of ethics with that flu vaccination]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[STANDING IN a long line for a flu vaccination, the young man in front of me turned to his girlfriend and whispered, "Yeah, let's just tell the nurse we have asthma.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Contributing columnist</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:45:23 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Your Turn: History wrong on Moraga-Orinda Fire Department]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As past president of the Orinda Association and having served on the Orinda Fire Protection and Emergency Services Advisory Committee in the mid-1990s, I feel compelled to respond to Janet Maiorana's statement in a recent letter to the editor regarding LAFCO.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Judy Shallat&lt;br&gt;Your Turn</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:39:23 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Readers' Forum: Dems win and lose with Newsom out]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[THE RACE for governor among Democrats started off with a flourish, with many leading Democrats throwing their hat in the ring. Now, however, with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropping out, only one candidate remains &mdash; Attorney General Jerry Brown.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Ben Tulchin&lt;br&gt;Guest Commentary</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:39:19 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Readers' Forum: Life and health are what really matter]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[IN THE slog to gain approval of a U.S. Congress whose rules and private funding sources are stacked against meaningful public action, the health care debate &mdash; begun with such hope &mdash; has largely degenerated into sterile bickering over cost-cutting and efficiency.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Lauri Hoagland and Steve Koppman&lt;br&gt;Guest Commentary</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:39:16 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Readers' Forum: Veterans for freedom and peace]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AS WE think about and honor America's military veterans on Wednesday, it is important to realize that it is they who have helped preserve ours and much of the world's freedom, and who also sacrifice the most so that we and the world can live in relative "peace.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Pete Laurence&lt;br&gt;Guest commentary</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:39:12 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Your Turn: Times editorials are both wrong about Richmond]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Your Nov. 3 editorial, "Richmond crossroads," laments the characterization of Richmond as a "violent, urban wasteland," its name linked unfairly to the attack on a young girl by feral, inner-city thugs.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Joan Wraxall&lt;br&gt;Your Turn</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:39:07 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Your Turn: Can't understand the complacency on Obama birth]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[To this day I remain baffled and somewhat dumbstruck by the complacency of the public, the mainstream media, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court for their willingness to dismiss challenges to President Barack Obama's (aka Barry Soetoro) natural born U.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Mike Postich&lt;br&gt;Guest commentary</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:38:59 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Eye on the East Bay: Former prosecutor offers courthouse photo-op]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AFTER WHAT was to have been his arraignment on rape charges, former Contra Costa County sex crimes prosecutor Michael Gressett made a hasty exit from the Bray Courthouse last Monday morning, eluding a Contra Costa Times photographer who had been waiting over two hours for his appearance.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>BAY AREA NEWS GROUP</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:49:39 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Joan's World: Chubby Checker classic]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[DEAR JOAN:I have tried everything, and I know you work wonders, so here goes.In the mid 1980s, Chubby Checker made an album titled "A Change has Come."I am trying to get that on a CD.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Joan Morris&lt;br&gt;Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:24:55 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Tony Hicks: Sarah Palin, why have you forsaken us?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The author and politico's book tour bypasses Bay Area -- how can we get her to come here?]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Tony Hicks&lt;br&gt;Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:14:15 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Thomas Sowell: The 'costs' of medical care]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WE ARE INCESSANTLY being told that the cost of medical care is "too high" &mdash; either absolutely or as a growing percentage of our incomes. But nothing that is being proposed by the government is likely to lower those costs, and much that is being proposed is almost certain to increase the costs.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Thomas Sowell&lt;br&gt;Syndicated columnist</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:13:27 PST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Gary Bogue: Avian intelligence: Send your pick of smart & not-so-smart birds]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We're doing a survey of bird intelligence. Send in your pick of MOST and LEAST intelligent birds.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Gary Bogue&lt;br&gt;Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:15:36 PST]]></pubDate>
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