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		<title>Merrimack Valley -- EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eagle Tribune news from the Merrimack Valley towns of North Andover, Andover, Methuen and Lawrence in northern Massachusetts.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Woods to return to golf at the Masters]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) &mdash; Tiger Woods will return to golf at the Masters next month.<br>
In a statement today Woods said he will play at Augusta National after a four-month hiatus because of a sex scandal.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[LIVE BLOG: Flooding causing closures, evacuations]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Major flooding in the Merrimack Valley is causing road closures and forcing some residents from their home. Join in our live blog where we discuss what's happening out there. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flooded roads turn to ice rinks, causing accidents all over M. Valley]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dozens of car accidents caused by icy roads injured drivers all over the Merrimack Valley this morning and even caused an accident that damaged a police cruiser in North Andover.<br>
In every community, sand and salt trucks have been called out.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flood warning: Rain swells rivers, homes evacuated, roads closed]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The rain kept falling and the water kept rising, resulting yesterday in swollen rivers, flooded neighborhoods, blocked roads, and the precautionary evacuation of homes.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Clear skies, mild temps ahead]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The drying out begins today.<br>
Yesterday's nor'easter is expected to drift out to sea, southeast of Nantucket, leaving behind its soggy legacy.<br>
"It does look like this will be the last, potentially, for some time," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Andrew Ulrich.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shawsheen threatens Washington Park, Marland Place]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Breakdown of flooding in the area.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawrence man sentenced in 2007 basketball court shooting]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Alberto Cardoza Jr. will spend at least 15 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Credit union coming to Methuen High School]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union will set up a branch at the high school for students and staff.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Teetering on the edge]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[PLUM ISLAND &mdash; The slow-moving storm that seemed to be dying out on Sunday afternoon instead intensified and forced the evacuation yesterday of two beachfront Annapolis Way homes. Neither home succumbed to the eroding dune yesterday, but both are now precariously close.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[MERRIMACK VALLEY IN A MINUTE]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Central Catholic High School is hosting a fashion show to raise money for cancer.<br>
The Catwalk 4 Cancer will take place on Saturday, March 20 at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Gymnasium at Central Catholic, 300 Hampshire St. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[GPS taken in car break]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thieves stole a GPS from a car parked in Lawrence.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[SPECIAL REPORT: Flooding in the Valley, Southern NH]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Heavy rains have caused local rivers to overflow their banks and sent residents seeking alternate routes.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Some Methuen residents asked to evacuate]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[METHUEN &mdash; Police are asking residents in certain neighborhoods to leave their homes tonight, Mayor William Manzi said.<br>
Bay State Gas workers are shutting off the gas supply to residents on parts of Morrison Court and Horne Street, near the Spicket River. Police will distribute notices to residents there, as well as on Armory Street, which is next to the Merrimack River, urging them to voluntarily evacuate, "based on utility shutoff and the potential for worsening in those areas," Manzi said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Lantigua gives update on Lawrence]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lantigua gives update on Lawrence]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Lawrence officials updated on river]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lawrence officials updated on flooding.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Flooding in Methuen]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RAW VIDEO: Woman rescued from car in N. Andover]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A woman is rescued from her car on Lawrence Road in North Andover.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gov. Patrick declares state of emergency]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) &mdash; Gov. Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency as three days of relentless rain closed roads and spilled rivers and streams over their banks in Massachusetts.<br>
The National Weather Service reports the storm bringing wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour has dropped more than 8 inches of rain on some areas of the state, with another inch or two expected on Monday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Map of flood-caused road closures and evacuations]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A map of various road closures and evacuations in the Merrimack Valley.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Residents forced to flee homes in Andover, Lawrence]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Residents of several neighborhoods in Andover and Lawrence are evacuating their homes as the Shawsheen and Spicket rivers continue to rise.<br>
Flood warnings were also issued early this afternoon  for the Merrimack River in both Lawrence and Haverhill.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Andover firefighters busy pumping flooded basements]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NORTH ANDOVER &mdash; The Fire Department can't keep up with the demand for calls for help from homeowners with flooded basements.<br>
Fire Lt. Scott Nussbaum said that during the 24-hour period ending at midnight last night, 46 calls came in for mostly water-related problems.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Washington Park, Andover, evacuated]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_074123210.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Flood forces residents from homes.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plum Island home in danger of collapse]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Route 28 in N.H. shut near Rockingham Mall]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SALEM, N.H. &mdash; A host of major and minor streets throughout the city were shut or blocked off by police and firefighters today as heavy rains led to road flooding.<br>
A nearly half-mile stretch of Route 28 is closed from the Rite-Aid at 53 S. Broadway to the Ford Flower Co. at 83 So. Broadway, with several side streets awash as well.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flooding leads to road closures throughout the Valley]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Severe flooding due to torrential rains forced police to shut down Route 28 in Andover this morning at around 7 a.m.<br>
Police said a marsh near the road tends to flood during heavy rains, often shutting the busy commuter route.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[SPECIAL REPORT: School Boss Fraud]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_068192951.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lawrence Superintendent of Schools Wilfredo Laboy, his son, and two other indicted.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Couple rescues puppy, takes her home]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A Methuen couple found a new puppy in a most unlikely place.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[School Committee faces budget dilemma]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_074013247.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The School Committee will hold a public meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. to hear residents' comments on next year's school budget.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[REGION IN A MINUTE]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts high school students have until April 1 to enter a video essay in the Massachusetts Bar Association's contest in hopes of winning a scholarship.<br>
The contest marks Law Day on May 1, and videos must be submitted on the subject of "Diversity in the Law." Only students in grades nine to 12, who live in Massachusetts and attend schools in the state, are eligible.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tucker: 
'Students deserve better']]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; State Sen. Susan Tucker plans to meet with state Secretary of Education Paul Reville to discuss possible alternatives to manage Lawrence's troubled school system.<br>
Last week's indictment of School Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy on embezzlement and fraud allegations &mdash; the latest scandal to tarnish the city's last three education chiefs &mdash; has prompted Tucker's upcoming discussion with Reville.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rain, wind lash Valley]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[It was not the day to forget your umbrella or unplug your sump pump.<br>
Torrential rains pounded the region today, pumping up rivers and streams, creating massive puddles on highways and flooding basements.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['No-show' principal's contract lacks paid-leave provision]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Eagle-Tribune obtained a copy of the contract last week.
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			<title><![CDATA[Weekend's rain may trigger major Shawsheen River flooding today]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Shawsheen River could crest at over 10 feet this morning, potentially causing major flooding in the Merrimack Valley.<br>
Torrential rain this weekend has swollen the Shawsheen, likely causing "significant flooding with risk to life and property," predicted Haverhill native Matt Noyes, a New England Cable Network meterologist, in an interview with The Eagle-Tribune last night.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A tale of two titles: Central boys win thriller, Andover girls dominate]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WORCESTER &mdash; One state title win was decided in the opening two minutes when the Andover High girls stormed to a 10-2 lead before the first piece of popcorn was consumed.<br>
The other went to the final buzzer, with Central Catholic's Carson Desrosiers having the final say in the Raiders' dramatic win over St. John's of Shrewsbury.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Laboy just the latest Lawrence school leader to leave in disgrace]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Allegations of questionable spending practices and financial mismanagement have led to the demise of the city's last three school superintendents.<br>
First James Scully, then Mae Gaskins, and now Wilfredo Laboy have all departed in disgrace in the past 13 years.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Laboy criminal probe followed years of complaints, anonymous tips]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:51:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_072203411.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Long before last week's indictments and Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy's arraignment on fraud and embezzlement charges, there were years of stories and innuendo about corruption in the School Department. 
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			<title><![CDATA[Schools, police, lawmakers target cyber-bullies]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:50:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The suicide of a teenage girl who was electronically harassed is causing lawmakers to examine the issue.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Town tries new approach with proposed cell tower district]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NORTH ANDOVER &mdash; The debate over where to allow cell phone towers under a local bylaw is headed back to Town Meeting.<br>
Last year, voters rejected two attempts at changing the town's wireless bylaw. In May, town officials will try yet another approach, asking residents to create a new zoning district made up of preferred locations for cell towers.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawrence medical team to bring healing, hope to Haiti]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; When Claudeleedy Pierre was studying to be a doctor, one of her wishes was to heal the sick in Third World countries.<br>
Now, she is just hours away from doing that.<br>
Pierre will fly to Haiti today to help victims of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated the island country on Jan. 12.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Andover residents dominate early list of state Senate hopefuls]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[They tested the waters for a week, but former Lawrence mayoral candidate David Abdoo and Lawrence Veterans' Services Director Francisco Urena have decided not to run for Susan Tucker's state Senate seat this November.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawrence man suspected in armed robberies of several stores]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; A man suspected in the armed robbery of a convenience store helped police obtain evidence tying him to the crime when he told them where he lived.<br>
Police stopped Orlando Lafontaine and questioned him Friday night after they observed him walking on South Union Street, in the vicinity of Tony's Convenience Store, at 191 Parker St., where a woman clerk reported being robbed by a bearded man with a knife.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Don't Print That!]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:10:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_072203055.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA["It got to the point where I wasn't afraid of losing. I was afraid of winning."<br>
State Sen. Sue Tucker on the demands of serving another three years in office and her recent decision not to seek re-election.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pet of the Week]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_072203025.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Birdie is an 8-year-old female Cockatiel. She is hand friendly and likes to sing. <br>
Her previous owner described her as laid back and social. She is used to spending time outside her cage on a daily basis, and would do well in any bird-experienced home.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Central Catholic wins]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:07:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_072220812.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Central Catholic boys defeat St. John's 56-55.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Andover girls sweep to victory]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:12:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_072201347.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Andover girls basketball team took a 73 to 37 victory over East Longmeadow Saturday night at the DCU Center in Worcester. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Central Catholic gears up for final game]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:07:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_072200844.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Central Catholic prepares for its game at the DCU Center in Worcester. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Just Joking: Pols take potshots at St. Pat's bash]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:41:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_072004107.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When William Lantigua stood before the crowd at yesterday's St. Patrick's Day luncheon, he reminded them that at last year's festivities he promised "I'd be the next mayor."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawrence man faces life in prison for 2007 murder]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:41:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_072004149.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A 21-year-old Lawrence man could spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted yesterday for the August 2007 shooting death of a Lawrence High School student on an outside basketball court &mdash; a crime that outraged the city.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beloved Hibernian David Burke remembered]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:19:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_071230943.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Although David Burke was not physically in the function room at the Claddagh Pub yesterday, "we know he's here with us in spirit," said his longtime friend and fellow Irishman William Sullivan.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Woman's diamond ring returned to her 13 days later]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:05:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.northofboston.com/eagletribune/punews/local_story_071230738.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[NORTH ANDOVER &mdash; The diamond ring Lisa Stump of Andover found glistening in a snowbank is back on the finger of its rightful owner, and Jane Sances of North Andover couldn't be happier. She has her bling back.]]></description>
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