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<title><![CDATA[This Week in Politics Quiz]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[So many new names for Congress and the White House ... Inauguration plans ... economic ups and, mostly, downs ... and juicy rumors. Are you keeping up with the latest from Washington? Test yourself with our weekly political pop quiz. Remember, what you do not know can hurt you. Good luck! ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:46:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[This Week in Politics Answers]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[This week in politics answers]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:43:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-'Sopranos' actor gets 10 years in prison ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A former actor on "The Sopranos" was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary in the Bronx in which an accomplice shot and killed an off-duty police officer.

A jury acquitted Lillo Brancato Jr. in the death of the police officer, but convicted him of attempted burglary. He had faced up to 15 years in prison.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:15:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NC company's recycled yarn on TV show]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A product made by a North Carolina textile company will be featured on a program on the Discovery Science Channel.

The show "How It's Made" will do a segment on recycled yarn, including Unifi's Repreve, which is made from recycled polyester yarn at Unifi's plant in Yadkinville.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:10:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Remembering the King and his birthday]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Happy birthday, Elvis Presley. Today, you would have been 74. Or, maybe … today you are 74.
That is, if you are still here. Which, I think, you are not.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:48:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Softness of Iron exhibition opens at art museum]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A collection of 29 iron sculptures will be showcased in the Hickory Museum of Art's winter exhibition.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:17:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Laser Floyd rocks the planetarium]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Pink Floyd fans will not want to miss the upcoming Laser Floyd Double Feature nights Jan. 16 and 17.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:08:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Planetarium has new show in the dome]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA["Infinity Express" is a dynamic full-dome digital planetarium show new to Catawba Science Center's Millholland Planetarium.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:58:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Private memorial set for Travolta's son in Fla. ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[OCALA, Fla. (AP) — John Travolta and family were expected to host a private memorial service Thursday for their son, 16-year-old Jett Travolta, at their gated-community home in central Florida.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:18:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Dark Knight' sweeps People's Choice Awards ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) — Holy People's Choice Awards, Batman!]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:37:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NC-filmed movie wins People's Choice awards ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[WILMINGTON (AP) — A movie filmed in North Carolina and set in South Carolina has won two People's Choice awards.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:35:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SLIDESHOW: People's Choice Awards]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[See who won what -- and more importantly, who wore what -- at tonight's awards show.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:09:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carolina Beer Company offering public a peek at brewery]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[John Stritch and Mike Smith are bringing English ales closer to home with the Carolina Beer Company.

Teaming up in 1997, the two created the company that now brews more than 65,000 barrels a year of their famous ales, such as Carolina Strawberry Blonde, touted as a summertime beer for its natural strawberry flavor. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eastwood's Gran Torino is a ride worth taking]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Considering that Clint Eastwood's most iconic roles have been serious ones, it's easy to forget that he can be funny -- that he possesses terrific timing with his sly sense of humor.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In Movie Theaters Now]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[APPALOOSA (not reviewed)]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News of the weird]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/08/artist-in-brazil-has-made-sure-he-wont-be-buried-a/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Freud de Melo, 73, operates a quirky tourist park in central Brazil that has stone models of Noah's Ark and other sculptures, but he also notoriously suffers from taphephobia, the fear of being buried alive, and one of his sculptures is his own elaborate, fear-assuaging crypt.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Veteran musicians are often ignored]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA["Why don't you come back, baby? Why don't you go away?" Elvis Costello sings in the duet "Go Away" with indie-rock favorite Jenny Lewis on his recent CD, <i>Momofuku</i>.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Two UNCSA alums add their talents to Pineapple Express]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[<b>Pineapple Express</b> (R and Unrated): Director David Gordon Green, a graduate of UNC School of the Arts, made a transition from art-house favorite to mainstream entertainer with this buddy comedy about two stoners on the run. One (Seth Rogen) is a mopey process server; the other (James Franco) is an amiable burnout. They witness a murder and try to evade the bad guys. Another UNCSA alumnus, Danny McBride, plays an improbably durable pal of theirs.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Advice Goddess: Saucy little girlfriend too insecure to be the dish for you]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/08/saucy-little-girlfriend-too-insecure-to-be-the-dis/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[<b>Dear Advice Goddess:</b> Two days after my job took me to London for six weeks, my girlfriend's ex spent the night at her house. They broke up several years ago, but work together and are friendly.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Faltering economy aside, red carpet drips with bling]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/08/faltering-economy-aside-red-carpet-drips-with-blin/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[PALM SPRINGS, Calif.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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