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	<description>Hip Hop Culture at Your Fingertips</description>
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		<title>Rapper Heavy D Passes Away at 44</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:lmcewen@deftmag.com">Lauren McEwen</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TMZ broke the news that rapper, Heavy D was being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital this afternoon. Sadly, he was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. due to complications of pneumonia. Heavy D&#8217;s death comes as a shock to many. He recently performed at the BET Hip-Hop Awards and at the Michael Jackson Tribute Concert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Wall Street: What It Lacks and the True Identity of the &#8220;Man&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:info@deftmag.com">DeftMag Staff</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deft Magazine staff writer, Luca Stein, breaks down the origins of Occupy Wall Street criticism, and explains the true identity of "The Man."]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Candidates Will Have To Focus On More Than &#8216;Jobs &amp; The Economy&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:info@deftmag.com">DeftMag Staff</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prospective presidential candidates will need to focus on more than "jobs and the economy" to stand out. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fight to End Death Penalty Continues After Troy Davis&#8217;s Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:info@deftmag.com">DeftMag Staff</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The old adage “Life isn’t fair” has taken on a very gruesome meaning. Despite recantations from eyewitnesses and the lack of hard evidence against him, Troy Davis struggled to convince multiple judges that he did not commit the 1989 murder of police officer Mark MacPhail. Davis had garnered international support from opponents and proponents of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Racist&#8217; Bake Sale At UC Berkeley, Prices Vary By Race and Gender</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:lmcewen@deftmag.com">Lauren McEwen</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UC Berkeley's College Republicans hold a bake sale where prices vary by race and gender. ]]></description>
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		<title>Sources Say President Obama Did Attempt to Save Troy Davis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:lmcewen@deftmag.com">Lauren McEwen</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sources say President Obama did attempt to save Troy Davis. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Hilarious Herman Cain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:info@deftmag.com">DeftMag Staff</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of the Republican debate, Wolf Blitzer asked all of the participants, “What would you bring to the White House?” Each candidate responded with different levels of literalness – Newt Gingrich: “A very large chess set.” Ron Paul: “A bushel basket full of common sense.” – but a constant level of dullness. Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Characters In Search Of An Author: GOP Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:info@deftmag.com">DeftMag Staff</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deft Magazine staff writer Luca Stein gives his breakdown of the GOP Debate.  It is becoming less and less difficult to imagine Barack Obama as a one-term president. Unemployment refuses to shrink, the President’s approval ratings aren’t letting David Axelrod sleep comfortably, and Obama’s once unflappable demeanor has been repeatedly flapped. It may come to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Orleans Police Officers Convicted For Danziger Bridge Shootings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:lmcewen@deftmag.com">Lauren McEwen</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most shocking after-effects of Hurricane Katrina was the treatment of the survivors. Most of sat with our eyes glued to our television screens, shocked at the lack of aid provided to the survivors, the rumors of terrible happenings at shelters and most of all, the treatment they were receiving at the hands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Wu&#8217;s Silent Scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="mailto:info@deftmag.com">DeftMag Staff</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who have thought to look, Democratic Representative David Wu of Oregon has been a consistently fascinating congressman. Last fall, apropos of nothing, he sent his staffers a photograph of himself dressed in a tiger costume. In 2007, he stood on the floor of Congress and denounced President Bush’s advisors as “faux-Klingons.” This behavior [...]]]></description>
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