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	<title><![CDATA[May 21: Daily Headlines Video]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Top Stories: 182 Manatee teachers lose jobs; Sarasota woman arrested for defrauding employer; Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project; Whitney Beach receives award]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Sarasota woman arrested for stealing from employer]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested a woman for defrauding her Tampa employer of more than $56,000.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Commissioners also voted to uphold a maintenance-dredging ordinance but requested a report on ways to improve the ordinance.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[City participates in hurricane preparedness exercise]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The functional drill will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[May 20: Daily Headlines Video]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Top Stories: Gans hits Rajewski with SUV; City Commission talks funding cuts; bayfront and parking; Manatee School Board holds budget workshop; PHOTO GALLERY: Downtown Sarasota Craft Show]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[PHOTO GALLERY: Military Officers Association Luncheon]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Military Officers Association of Sarasota held its regular luncheon Friday, May 17, at Michael’s on East. Police Chief Bernadette DiPino was the featured speaker, and the association honored four JROTC cadets with merit scholarships.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[City Commission talks funding cuts, bayfront and parking]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The regular Sarasota City Commission meeting takes place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 6 to 9:30 p.m. today, at City Hall, 1565 First St.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Front-Page/0520201327090/City-Commission-talks-funding-cuts-bayfront-and-pa</link> 
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[PHOTO GALLERY: Downtown Sarasota Craft Show]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Sarasota arts-and-crafts lovers filled the bayfront, Saturday May 18 and Sunday, May 19, for the 10th annual Downtown Sarasota Craft Festival. Attendees browsed vendors’ booths in search of the perfect purchase.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[PHOTO GALLERY : Booker High School Prom]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Booker High School students attended the prom Saturday, May 19 at Michael’s On East to complete a memorable milestone. Students chose a Lucky Hearts Ball theme, which was very much like Las Vegas.  Approximately 220 students attended the prom.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Front-Page/0519201327086/PHOTO-GALLERY-Booker-High-School-Prom</link> 
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	<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[PHOTO GALLERY : Pine View Cobalt Dance]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Pine View students packed the dance floor Saturday, May 18, at the Municipal Auditorium for the traditional Cobalt Dance. The dance that was started as a potluck dinner in a chemistry classroom has grown tremendously since the 1970s. Students still uphold the tradition of the Pine Cone Awards and hand them out to classmates with quirky talents. Juniors put on the dance for the seniors and chose an Italian theme for Cobalt 2013.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Front-Page/0519201327085/PHOTO-GALLERY-Pine-View-Cobalt-Dance</link> 
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	<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[PHOTO GALLERY : Hands Across the Sands]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Community members joined hands Saturday, May 18 on Siesta Key beach as a symbol of their support for the protection of coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife and fisheries. Supporters voiced their concern about damage that happens due to offshore oil drilling accidents, hydraulic fracturing, the Alberta tar sands, mountain top removal mining, and about coal fired power plants. Forty-two people joined hands for the Hands Across the Sand national movement.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[PHOTO GALLERY : 2013 Sarasota Kiwanis Spelling Bee]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Children from all over Sarasota County participated in the 2013 Sarasota Kiwanis Spelling Bee Program Friday, May 17 at the Lee Wetherington Boys and Girls Club. More than 100 third and fourth graders in bright yellow t – shirts competed to show off their skills and win one of three cash prizes. Booker High School and Sarasota High School Key Club sold pizza for $1 a slice and parents quizzed children in preparation for the spelling bee.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Front-Page/0517201327080/PHOTO-GALLERY-2013-Sarasota-Kiwanis-Spelling-Bee</link> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[May 17: Daily Headlines Video]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Top Stories: Chapman, Atwell sworn in today at City Hall; Attrition won't cover all Manatee School staff cuts; Heritage Harbour ends lawsuit; Crosby begins Mote leadership role; Popcorn Bob’s Movie Magic]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Front-Page/0517201327077/May-17-Daily-Headlines-Video</link> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Girls Incorporated wins NASA grant]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[NASA has awarded Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County the a grant for the implementation of NASA's Summer of Innovation Program.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Front-Page/0517201327075/Girls-Incorporated-wins-NASA-grant</link> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Shannon Snyder selected as city of Sarasota mayor]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Commissioners applaud Turner; at-large commissioners Atwell and Chapman are sworn in.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Front-Page/0517201327074/Shannon-Snyder-selected-as-city-of-Sarasota-mayor</link> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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