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	<title>Homelessness infighting</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/23/Homelessness-infighting.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[NEARLY 1,000 people are homeless in Lucas County at any time, but the horrible experience touches more than double that number of people each year. So far, Toledo has done a commendable job of managing the problem and providing &mdash; except possibly in cases of domestic violence &mdash; enough emergency shelter beds to meet the community&rsquo;s needs.]]></description>
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	<title>Poverty in the suburbs</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/22/Poverty-in-the-suburbs.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:51:41 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>The United States is no longer a nation of farms or singular cities and suburbs, but one of interconnected metropolitan regions that cross city, county, and even state lines. Urban areas such as northwest Ohio share problems that will take a coordinated, regional response to fix.</description>
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	<title>Shaking up the IRS</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:49:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Daniel Werfel, whom President Obama has tapped to lead the Internal Revenue Service, has a record of shaking up stolid federal bureaucracies. When he gets to the IRS, he shouldn&rsquo;t hold back.]]></description>
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	<title>Dam the delays</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:47:37 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[In an age when many members of Congress don&rsquo;t want to spend more money on anything, it is big news that the Senate has passed a bill that would invest in the crumbling infrastructure of locks and dams vital to river transportation.]]></description>
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	<title>Juvenile injustice</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/21/Juvenile-injustice.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[More than 210 Ohio juveniles &mdash; far too many &mdash; were certified to stand trial as adults in 2011, the most recent year for which statistics are available. Equally disturbing, the figures suggest vast differences in how courts are handling such cases from county to county.]]></description>
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	<title>Medicaid for Mom</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/20/Medicaid-for-Mom.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Mother's Day is over for the year, but the health-care needs of working-class Ohio mothers and their children remain acute. State lawmakers should address these needs promptly, not shove them aside for another year &mdash; or forever.M]]></description>
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	<title>Drinking, driving, freedom</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/19/Drinking-driving-freedom.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 04:42:26 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[More than any other nation, the United States can&rsquo;t quite make up its mind whether alcohol is a blessing or a curse. Founding Fathers such as Benjamin Franklin liked to lift a glass.]]></description>
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	<title>Express distress</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/19/Express-distress.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 04:43:55 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[New academic study confirms what Toledo area air travelers already know: The number of passenger flights out of Toledo Express Airport plummeted by three-fourths between 2007 and 2012. The report warns that our local airport &ldquo;may be at risk for future loss of all network carrier air service.&rdquo;A]]></description>
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	<title>Still a place on campus for affirmative action</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/DavidKushma/2013/05/19/Still-a-place-on-campus-for-affirmative-action.html</link>
	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/DavidKushma/2013/05/19/Still-a-place-on-campus-for-affirmative-action.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 04:35:12 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court will answer a fateful question: Does the Constitution&rsquo;s guarantee of equal protection under the law still allow universities to take race into account when they decide which applicants to admit?]]></description>
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	<title>Nigeria’s test</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/18/Nigeria-s-test.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 03:33:56 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[The state of emergency declared this week by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is a clear signal to that country&rsquo;s armed forces that it is time for them to take decisive action.]]></description>
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	<title>Super-sizing wages</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/18/Super-sizing-wages.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 03:35:22 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Protesters outside a McDonald&rsquo;s restaurant in Milwaukee this week summed up, in a few words, what might turn out to be some of the most significant job actions in the past 40 years: &ldquo;Hold the burgers, hold the fries/Make my wages supersize.&rdquo;]]></description>
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	<title>Save Head Start</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/18/Save-Head-Start.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 03:33:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Economic Opportunity Planning Association of Greater Toledo (EOPA) is out as operator of the Head Start preschool program in Lucas County. The federal government has denied EOPA&rsquo;s appeal of the cancellation of its contract. Next month, EOPA&rsquo;s $13 million annual Head Start grant runs out.]]></description>
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	<title>Detroit’s lessons</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/17/Toledo-isn-t-the-Motor-City-but-it-can-learn-from-Detroit-s-problems-and-resolve-not-to-duplicate-them.html</link>
	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/17/Toledo-isn-t-the-Motor-City-but-it-can-learn-from-Detroit-s-problems-and-resolve-not-to-duplicate-them.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:54:18 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Toledoans can take comfort in the fact that their city&rsquo;s finances are not like Detroit&rsquo;s. But not too much comfort, because what happens in Detroit affects not only the entire state of Michigan, but also neighboring northwest Ohio.]]></description>
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	<title>Spying on the AP</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/17/The-Obama-Administration-has-been-overzealous-and-irresponsible-in-its-pursuit-of-leakers.html</link>
	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/17/The-Obama-Administration-has-been-overzealous-and-irresponsible-in-its-pursuit-of-leakers.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:31:34 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[When the government obstructs the ability of a news organization to do its job, the most important victims are not journalists, but readers. That&rsquo;s why long-standing guidelines set clear limits on how Justice Department prosecutors are expected to behave when they interact with the news media.]]></description>
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	<title>Banking on food</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/16/State-support-for-food-banks-helps-directs-surplus-food-from-Ohio-farmers-to-Ohio-families.html</link>
	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/16/State-support-for-food-banks-helps-directs-surplus-food-from-Ohio-farmers-to-Ohio-families.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[More people in Ohio are hungry &mdash; or at least lack the money for a basic nutritious diet &mdash; as wages and jobs have stagnated and the cost of food has risen by 12 percent over the past two years.]]></description>
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	<title>Flawed symbol</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/16/Abortion-is-arguably-the-most-contentious-and-divisive-issue-in-American-public-life.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:08:12 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>Abortion is arguably the most contentious and divisive issue in American public life. Yet the reaction to the conviction of Dr. Kermit Gosnell for murder of babies in a rogue abortion facility in Philadelphia will be greeted with near unanimity: Good riddance.</description>
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	<title>Benghazi bumbling</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:05:46 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[No matter how often Republicans denounce them, the initial talking points used by the White House to describe the attack in Benghazi, Libya, are not the real point. But they have become a major political issue in large part because of the White House&rsquo;s inept response to questions about how they were written.]]></description>
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	<title>Soybeans and invention</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2013/05/15/Soybeans-and-invention.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:21:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>Vernon Bowman, an Indiana farmer, bought a mix of soybean seeds from a grain elevator, planted them in a late-season crop, and used seeds harvested from that crop to plant his late crop the following season.</description>
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	<title>Pakistan’s progress</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:20:48 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pakistan's nationwide elections, held amid turmoil and intended to pass power from one elected civilian government to another, were a tribute to the country&rsquo;s leaders and people.]]></description>
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	<title>Cutting shelters</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:19:50 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[An unfortunate rift between Toledo&rsquo;s homeless shelters and city government has erupted over how the city should allocate federal grants. The dispute threatens to undermine Toledo&rsquo;s shelters and put people on the street.]]></description>
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