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	<title>Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Reader comments closed for the weekend</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/reader-comments-closed-for-the-weekend-197/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* For my great friend Bob Somodji.  Hang in there, man.  See you soon&#8230;

This is my message to you

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		<title>Friday music blogging - Alabama Shakes</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/friday-music-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Alabama Shakes is now one of my favorite new bands, thanks to my buddy Anders Lindall.  When he&#8217;s not flacking for AFSCME, Anders is a musical guru.  
With a soul that&#8217;ll make you think of Big Mama Thornton, the power of a Janis Joplin, the spirit of Robert Plant and the edge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quinn enters YouTube history</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/quinn-enters-youtube-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
	<category>YouTube</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* As we&#8217;ll soon see, Gov. Pat Quinn took the &#8220;Cinnamon Challenge&#8221; today.  
Yeah, I had no idea what that was, either, until I Googled it.   Oh, these kids today&#8230;
The Cinnamon Challenge is a popular dare game in which a person attempts to swallow a tablespoon of cinnamon without vomiting or inhaling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the day</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/question-of-the-day-1320/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* As we&#8217;ve already discussed, the state government pays about $2 billion a year into the suburban and Downstate teacher pension fund on behalf of school district employers.  Gov. Pat Quinn, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton have all expressed varying degrees of interest in making local districts pick up more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid tussle</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/medicaid-tussle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
	<category>YouTube</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Two Republican legislators held an angry press conference yesterday about a proposed Medicaid expansion for Cook County&#8230;
Two Republican state lawmakers on Thursday said it would be hypocritical for Gov. Pat Quinn to seek expansion of a health insurance program for low-income adults in Cook County at a time Illinois faces billions in unpaid bills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madigan primary opponent talks tire slashing</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/madigan-primary-opponent-talks-tire-slashing/</link>
		<comments>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/madigan-primary-opponent-talks-tire-slashing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* I wrote about this candidate a couple of months ago.  But there&#8217;s a bunch missing from this story&#8230;
 Michele Piszczor stood in her Southwest Side driveway, pointing to the rusted dent in her car’s driver-side door. To her, it’s a battle scar.
Piszczor (pronounced PIZE-er) is running for office in Illinois’ March 20 primary, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler hiring 1,800 workers at Illinois factory</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/chrysler-hiring-1800-workers-at-illinois-factory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* The surprise announcement by Chrysler yesterday that it was hiring more workers than expected at the Chrysler plant was some of the most positive news the Rockford area has had in many a year.  The region has had an unemployment rate above 10 percent for 37 straight months.
During the height of the &#8220;Great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rise and shine, everybody!</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/rise-and-shine-everybody/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* I literally woke up singing this song today.  Yeah, I know, two &#8220;non serious&#8221; posts in a row.  Having trouble getting motivated, so hang in there and sing with me...

If it&#8217;s love that you&#8217;re running from
There is no hiding place
Just your problems, no one else&#8217;s problems
You just have to face
So, if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caption contest!</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/caption-contest-79/</link>
		<comments>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/caption-contest-79/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Have at it&#8230;


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		<title>Protected: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a Statehouse roundup</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/subscribers-only-supplement-to-today%e2%80%99s-edition-and-a-statehouse-roundup-25/</link>
		<comments>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/03/subscribers-only-supplement-to-today%e2%80%99s-edition-and-a-statehouse-roundup-25/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
	<category>Polls</category>
	<category>Subscriber Content</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
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