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		<title>Merger discussion about Catawba, Taylorsville ABC boards next week</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catawba County commissioners will likely soon be deciding whether the Catawba County ABC Board should take on managing the Taylorsville ABC Store and merge the two boards.]]></description>
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		<title>Merger discussion about Catawba, Taylorsville ABC boards next week</title>
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		<title>Region&#8217;s jobless rate unchanged</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment in the Greater Hickory area remained steady in November 2011, although it dropped slightly in Alexander and Catawba counties.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment in the Greater Hickory area remained steady in November 2011, although it dropped slightly in Alexander and Catawba counties.]]></description>
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		<title>Region&#8217;s jobless rate unchanged</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment in the Greater Hickory area remained steady in November 2011, although it dropped slightly in Alexander and Catawba counties.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment in the Greater Hickory area remained steady in November 2011, although it dropped slightly in Alexander and Catawba counties.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment in the Greater Hickory area remained steady in November 2011, although it dropped slightly in Alexander and Catawba counties.]]></description>
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		<title>Region&#8217;s jobless rate unchanged</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment in the Greater Hickory area remained steady in November 2011, although it dropped slightly in Alexander and Catawba counties.]]></description>
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		<title>Iredell teen charged with rape</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An 18-year-old Iredell County man has been charged with statutory rape, following a three-month investigation, the sheriff's office says.]]></description>
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		<title>Iredell teen charged with rape</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Iredell teen charged with rape</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Shedding inmates a sweet deal for the state</title>
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		<title>Year In Review: Economy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two men have been charged in a dozen break-ins in Iredell County and are being investigated in connection with similar crimes in several neighboring counties.]]></description>
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		<title>American Roller Bearing creating 231 jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>American Roller Bearing creating 231 jobs</title>
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		<title>Bearing manufacturer to add 231 jobs in Burke and Alexander counties</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Roller Bearings , a Hickory-based manufacturer, plans to add 231 jobs at its facilities in Burke and Alexander counties over the next five years.]]></description>
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		<title>Bearing manufacturer to add 231 jobs in Burke and Alexander counties</title>
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		<title>7 arrested for drug house in Bethlehem</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dwayne Martin , and one of a steady stream of bird watchers, wait for the Allen's hummingbird to return to the feeder at Riverbend Park.]]></description>
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		<title>N.C. redesignates 8 counties based on economic strength</title>
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		<title>Cross-country flight</title>
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		<title>&#8216;Granny great&#8217; celebrates 100th birthday</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jettie Miller Branton arrived at her 100th birthday party in style on Saturday, rolling up curbside in a purple 1934 Chevrolet Coupe.]]></description>
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		<title>Woman hurt on horse is home, recovering</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An 18-year-old Alexander County woman who was paralyzed after being thrown from her horse this summer during a national rodeo competition in Oklahoma returned home Thursday evening.]]></description>
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		<title>Hickory area jobless rate falls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 12 percent, the region's unemployment rate was down from 12.5 percent in August.]]></description>
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		<title>Hickory area jobless rate falls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 12 percent, the region's unemployment rate was down from 12.5 percent in August.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>3 arrested in Bethlehem Elementary playground fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fire department was called at about 1:15 a.m. on Oct. 3 to the elementary school off NC 127.]]></description>
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		<title>3 arrested in Bethlehem Elementary playground fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>3 arrested in Bethlehem Elementary playground fire</title>
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		<title>Dove House benefit raises awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["For someone not knowing a lot about Dove House, it made you painfully aware of the sexual abuse in your own backyard, which is frightening," attendee Dodie LeFevre said.]]></description>
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		<title>Dove House benefit raises awareness</title>
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		<title>4 seriously injured in Alexander County car accident 1 hr ago</title>
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		<title>4 seriously injured in Alexander County car accident 1 hr ago</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four people were serious injured in an accident on an Alexander County road when one car crossed the center line and slammed into an SUV, state troopers said.]]></description>
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		<title>Hickory region&#8217;s jobless rate rises slightly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 12.5 percent, the region's unemployment rate was up from 12.4 percent in July.]]></description>
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		<title>Winners announced in Meat Breed Sheep shows</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Open Meat Breed show was open to anyone in the world. Sheep in this show were shown in classes separated by breed, gender, and birth date.]]></description>
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		<title>Winners announced in Meat Breed Sheep shows</title>
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		<title>Winners announced in Meat Breed Sheep shows</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Open Meat Breed show was open to anyone in the world. Sheep in this show were shown in classes separated by breed, gender, and birth date.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay marriage ban will be on May ballot in N.C.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina voters will get to decide next May on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage after the Legislature gave final approval to the question Tuesday, despite protests that the question promoted intolerance and discrimination.]]></description>
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		<title>Hickory region&#8217;s jobless rate drops slightly</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/26/hickory-regions-jobless-rate-drops-slightly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 12.4 percent, the region's unemployment rate was down from 12.6 percent in June.]]></description>
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		<title>Hickory region&#8217;s jobless rate drops slightly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 12.4 percent, the region's unemployment rate was down from 12.6 percent in June.]]></description>
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		<title>Hickory region&#8217;s jobless rate drops slightly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 12.4 percent, the region's unemployment rate was down from 12.6 percent in June.]]></description>
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		<title>Couple arrested after sparking Alexander County manhunt</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/26/couple-arrested-after-sparking-alexander-county-manhunt/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/26/couple-arrested-after-sparking-alexander-county-manhunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Alexander County couple that sparked a manhunt after allegedly assaulting a deputy and fleeing the scene were arrested Thursday following a 17-day search.]]></description>
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		<title>Couple arrested after sparking Alexander County manhunt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Alexander County couple that sparked a manhunt after allegedly assaulting a deputy and fleeing the scene were arrested Thursday following a 17-day search.]]></description>
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		<title>New Court Date Set for Rodney White</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/25/new-court-date-set-for-rodney-white/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/25/new-court-date-set-for-rodney-white/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former UNC Charlotte basketball player, Rodney White, who was arrested July 28, 2011, at his home in Mooresville along with Nicole Denise Jackson due to drug charges , will appear in court on Dec.]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty increasing in Greater Hickory area at alarming rate</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/21/poverty-increasing-in-greater-hickory-area-at-alarming-rate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poverty. The word is not something many of us think about a lot, but it's a condition in which more people in Catawba County and the surrounding areas are living than 10 years ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty increasing in Greater Hickory area at alarming rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Poverty increasing in Greater Hickory area at alarming rate</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/21/poverty-increasing-in-greater-hickory-area-at-alarming-rate-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander County News</dc:creator>
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		<title>State plans to close Haywood prison</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/12/state-plans-to-close-haywood-prison/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/12/state-plans-to-close-haywood-prison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A minimum-security prison in Haywood County is among four the state plans to close this year in the wake of an $87 million cut to the Department of Correction.]]></description>
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		<title>State plans to close Haywood prison</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/12/state-plans-to-close-haywood-prison-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A minimum-security prison in Haywood County is among four the state plans to close this year in the wake of an $87 million cut to the Department of Correction.]]></description>
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		<title>Search continues for fugitive husband and wife</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/11/search-continues-for-fugitive-husband-and-wife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["They're still on the run," said Chief Deputy Tod Jones of the Alexander County Sheriff's Office.]]></description>
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		<title>Search continues for fugitive husband and wife</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/11/search-continues-for-fugitive-husband-and-wife-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["They're still on the run," said Chief Deputy Tod Jones of the Alexander County Sheriff's Office.]]></description>
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		<title>Snow storm slideshow</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/08/snow-storm-slideshow-56/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, August 08, 2011 Snow slideshow 12-18-09 Scenes around Alexander County during and after the snow storm on Dec.]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment Rate Rises</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/08/01/unemployment-rate-rises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The unemployment rate in Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties rose in the month of June.]]></description>
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		<title>NC State Senator Don East proposed law</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/07/31/nc-state-senator-don-east-proposed-law/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/07/31/nc-state-senator-don-east-proposed-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Senator Don East proposed law in Raleigh was passed by the General Assembly and passed Governor Perdue's approval.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Hospital patient raped another patient</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man with a history of violence against women is charged with raping a patient who was heavily medicated at a Gaston County hospital, reports the Gaston Gazette.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Hospital patient raped another patient</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man with a history of violence against women is charged with raping a patient who was heavily medicated at a Gaston County hospital, reports the Gaston Gazette.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Piston Rodney White Arrested For Growing Weed</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/07/28/former-piston-rodney-white-arrested-for-growing-weed-3/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/07/28/former-piston-rodney-white-arrested-for-growing-weed-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may not remember Rodney White, but in 2001 the Pistons made him the No. 9 overall pick after an impressive career at UNC-Charlotte. He never really amounted to much in the NBA, but here he is 10 years later making headlines.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Piston Rodney White Arrested For Growing Weed</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/07/28/former-piston-rodney-white-arrested-for-growing-weed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may not remember Rodney White, but in 2001 the Pistons made him the No. 9 overall pick after an impressive career at UNC-Charlotte. He never really amounted to much in the NBA, but here he is 10 years later making headlines.]]></description>
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		<title>What makes your community great?</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/07/25/what-makes-your-community-great/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carolyn Konz , chats with Dr. Jerry Froedge and his wife, Sandra, one morning at the Snack Bar in Hickory.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed redistricting maps would shift political lines, power</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/07/17/proposed-redistricting-maps-would-shift-political-lines-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressional redistricting commands the most attention, but state House and Senate district lines will change if the General Assembly approves the proposed maps later this month.]]></description>
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		<title>Man stabbed over dispute about dog&#8217;s death</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/30/man-stabbed-over-dispute-about-dogs-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man was arrested Wednesday night after investigators say he stabbed someone following a dispute about the death of a dog.]]></description>
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		<title>Central FD working to lower insurance rating</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/23/central-fd-working-to-lower-insurance-rating-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In just a little more than three minutes, Central Fire Department's 3,000 gallon truck was filled to capacity and on its way.]]></description>
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		<title>Local YMCAs going under regional umbrella</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/18/local-ymcas-going-under-regional-umbrella/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local YMCA officials say the organization's merger with Winston-Salem-based YMCA of Northwest N.C. will lead to added quality for the club's patrons.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor in Caldwell County</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/10/governor-in-caldwell-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hudson- North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue is scheduled to be in Caldwell County this afternoon.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor in Caldwell County</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/10/governor-in-caldwell-county-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hudson- North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue is scheduled to be in Caldwell County this afternoon.]]></description>
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		<title>Iredell County, Northwest North Carolina YMCAs merge</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/07/iredell-county-northwest-north-carolina-ymcas-merge/</link>
		<comments>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/07/iredell-county-northwest-north-carolina-ymcas-merge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The boards of the Iredell County YMCA and the Northwest North Carolina YMCA have voted to merge their organizations, effective Jan.]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers sought for Guardian ad Litem program</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/06/volunteers-sought-for-guardian-ad-litem-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A surge in cases has led the Guardian ad Litem program to seek more volunteers. GAL District 22-A is seeking volunteers to advocate on behalf of abused and neglected children who have been removed from their homes and are in Department of Social Servic...]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers sought for Guardian ad Litem program</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/06/volunteers-sought-for-guardian-ad-litem-program-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A surge in cases has led the Guardian ad Litem program to seek more volunteers. GAL District 22-A is seeking volunteers to advocate on behalf of abused and neglected children who have been removed from their homes and are in Department of Social Servic...]]></description>
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		<title>Man Shot to Death in Car, Girlfriend Hurt in Hickory</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/05/man-shot-to-death-in-car-girlfriend-hurt-in-hickory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities say a 25-year-old Alexander County man has been killed and his girlfriend wounded in a shooting in Hickory.]]></description>
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		<title>One dead in early-morning Hickory shooting</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/03/one-dead-in-early-morning-hickory-shooting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two people were shot at about 2:45 a.m. in southwest Hickory on Friday morning. Eric Icenhour , 25, of Alexander County was killed.]]></description>
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		<title>Stony Point man charged with rape of a child</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/06/02/stony-point-man-charged-with-rape-of-a-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shawn Adam Meredith, 24, of Stony Point, was arrested Wednesday by Alexander County deputies and charged with the first-degree rape of a child.]]></description>
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		<title>1 hurt in severe N.C. thunderstorms</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/05/23/1-hurt-in-severe-n-c-thunderstorms-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 19:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander County News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One person was injured Sunday night when severe thunderstorms pounded a six-county area along and north of Interstate 40, the National Weather Service and county emergency management officials say.]]></description>
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		<title>1 hurt in severe N.C. thunderstorms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 19:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One person was injured Sunday night when severe thunderstorms pounded a six-county area along and north of Interstate 40, the National Weather Service and county emergency management officials say.]]></description>
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		<title>Strong Winds Knock Down Trees, Power Lines 1 hr ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 14:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A late night storm knocked out power to thousands of customers in Iredell and Alexander counties.]]></description>
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		<title>Hickory man arrested in two bank robberies</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/05/20/hickory-man-arrested-in-two-bank-robberies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 15:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police arrested and charged a Hickory man on Thursday in the robberies of banks in Lenoir and Alexander County.]]></description>
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		<title>Man charged with two bank robberies in two days</title>
		<link>http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2011/05/19/man-charged-with-two-bank-robberies-in-two-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 20:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man wanted in connection with a bank robbery in Lenoir on Tuesday was arrested Thursday after allegedly robbing a bank in Alexander County.]]></description>
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