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            <title><![CDATA[House panel OKs farm bill with food stamp cuts]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 04:27:50 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The House Agriculture Committee has approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Marion entrepreneur opens her doors to help struggling businesses]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tonya Brown]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 18:43:57 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Justine Roberts has opened the Marion Fashion and Arts Complex on Main Street in downtown Marion. After she lost her business to a fire in 2011, she bought a space the size of a warehouse to help other struggling businesses.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Late-payment rate on mortgages tumbled in first quarter]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 08:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[TransUnion: Improving housing market helps lower rate of late payments on US mortgages in first quarter]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NC receives $211M in cigarette lawsuit payments]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper notified Gov. Pat McCrory and legislative leaders on Friday how much money was going to state coffers and the Golden LEAF Foundation, which politicians established to help tobacco-growing regions transition their economies.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bennettsville woman pleads guilty to theft of disability benefits]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taylor Williams]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Linda Barton, 62, of Bennettsville, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, to theft of government funds, according to United States Attorney Bill Nettles.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US is halfway to Obama 5-year export-doubling goal]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:35:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[US is halfway toward Obama's 5-year goal of doubling exports but likely to fall a bit short]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[1.5 million sign up for SC's credit monitoring]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:45:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Nearly 1.5 million people have signed up for a year of credit monitoring offered by South Carolina after the hacking of the Revenue Department's computer system last year.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[California farmers team up to convert beets to ethanol]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:45:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[California farmers team up to build bio-refinery that will convert sugar beets to ethanol]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Record crop insurance payout stirs subsidy debate]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Crop insurance claims total $16 billion after widespread U.S. drought; cost stirs debate in Congress]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Airport tower in NMB to close; no decision on FLO]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Allyson Floyd]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:51:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday it will close 149 air traffic control towers because of federal budget cuts. The tower at Grand Strand Airport in North Myrtle Beach is on the list to close.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. mink pelt prices skyrocket with demand in China]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[US mink farms grow as Chinese consumers' demand for fur coats sends pelt prices skyrocketing]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Survey: Low-wage workers gloomy about future]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[AP-NORC Center survey shows high pessimism among low-wage workers despite job gains]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[History shows costs of U.S. wars linger for more than 100 years]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[U.S. war costs last for more than a century, monthly payments to Civil War vet families]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Seniors look for work at Myrtle Beach job fair]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Claspell]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:48:29 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of seniors looking for work were at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center Monday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Recycling company expanding in Florence County]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracy Vreeland]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:41:40 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[ICE Recycling LLC has expanded its operations in Florence County. The $1.05 million investment is expected to generate 15 jobs.]]></description>
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