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		<title>Door-to-Door Sales Get Doors Slammed in Their Faces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Towns are adopting “Do Not Knock” registries, the door-to-door equivalent of the “Do Not Call” list. But between the rise of the Internet and two-income couples, Do Not Knock initiatives seem to be a quaint answer to a rapidly disappearing problem.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbianewsservice.com/2012/05/door-to-door-sales-get-doors-slammed-in-their-faces/</link>
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		<title>Genealogy: Not As E-Z as Some Think</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the Internet has made genealogy a much easier hobby to pursue in the past decade, sometimes, there's no substitute for doing research the old-fashioned way.  Persistence doesn't hurt either.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbianewsservice.com/2012/05/genealogy-not-as-e-say-as-some-think/</link>
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		<title>Two-Space Parking Creates Parking Lot Culture Clash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Few things get people's blood boiling quite like parkers who take up two spots. The  culture clash continues despite declining sales of large cars and SUVs.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbianewsservice.com/2012/05/two-space-parking-creates-parking-lot-culture-clash/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Glee&#8217; and &#8216;Smash&#8217; a Hit with Real-life Student Singers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian d'Arcy James, Broadway actor and currently starring on NBC's "Smash," says that acting in his high school's musicals was an integral part of his evolution into the person he is today. Thanks to the "Make a Musical" initiative and shows like "Glee," more and more students today decide to join the musical and performing arts as well.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbianewsservice.com/2012/04/%e2%80%9cglee%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9csmash%e2%80%9d-a-hit-with-real-life-student-singers/</link>
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		<title>Building a City, Pixel by Pixel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BetaVille is a recent addition to multiplayer digital media projects that allow members of the public to take part in larger social and community projects. By harnessing the participation of the public, these projects are not only outsourcing work to them but also allowing people to have more of a say in the many processes around them. ]]></description>
		<link>http://columbianewsservice.com/2012/04/building-a-city-pixel-by-pixel/</link>
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		<title>Mixed Diagnoses for Orchid Rescues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a flower that has more genetic hybrids than natural breeds, occupies a billion-dollar sector of the plant market and can sell between $25 and $8,000 a stem, some orchids still get it rough. Importers and smugglers face significant hurdles bringing these exotic plants into the United Sates today - and their undocumented shipments are left to the graces of orchid rescuers, who are tasked with reviving and caring for the creatures in perpetuity.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbianewsservice.com/2012/04/mixed-diagnoses-for-orchid-rescues/</link>
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		<title>Prolotherapy: A Shot in the Dark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prolotherapy has gained popularity in the past decade among patients looking for a safe,effective, and minimally invasive alternative to surgery for sports injuries and chronic pain conditions ranging from tennis elbow to osteoarthritis.  What's more, new advances in the treatment only make it more effective, say doctors offering the procedure.  But the scientific literature remains largely inconclusive. ]]></description>
		<link>http://columbianewsservice.com/2012/04/prolotherapy-a-shot-in-the-dark/</link>
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		<title>Sorry, Fido. It&#8217;s Beans and Tofu for You.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What someone feeds their pet is their own business, but is it safe to feed a vegan diet to pets, who are natural meat eaters? Pet owners and pet food makers say converting a pet to a vegan it is not harmful, but some veterinarians say otherwise.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbianewsservice.com/2012/04/pet-veganism-turns-into-issue-of-morals-and-ethics/</link>
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		<title>Christian Films Find Fans at the Multiplex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Long a backwater in the film industry, faith-based films and films with overtly Christian themes are gaining in popularity. With the money rolling in, Hollywood is beginning to see the light. ]]></description>
		<link>http://columbianewsservice.com/2012/04/christian-films-are-suddenly-boffo-box-office/</link>
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		<title>Some See Sports Metaphors as Swing and a Miss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sports terms are frequently used in business, but they can become clichéd and even divisive.  As the workplace becomes more global and diverse, more people find these metaphors do not speak to them, either because they don’t live for the game or don’t buy the underlying message that business is a competition.  Do we as a society need to touch base on the meaning of sports in business?]]></description>
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