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            <title><![CDATA[Rising river again causing concern in southeast Missouri]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 14:44:04 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The rising Mississippi River is raising concerns in some southeast Missouri communities.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Where have all the honeybees gone?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[New federal report cites many causes for dramatic bee disappearance]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fulton collects more than 15 tons of recyclables]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Fulton collected 15.53 tons of recyclables in April, which is the second highest total for one month during the past six years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chemical spills onto Columbia roadway]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:43:28 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Columbia Fire Department contained the chemical spill quickly, and remained on scene until a clean-up company arrived.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Missouri agency faces audit over cleanup oversight]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Missouri Auditor's office will review the Missouri Hazardous Waste Program following newspaper reports that exposed oversight concerns involving cleanup of the former Carondelet Coke site in St. Louis.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[$1 million pilot project aims to take out feral pigs]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Federal wildlife managers look to New Mexico pilot project in battle against feral pigs]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama wants research to wean vehicles off oil]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Obama pushes for federal research into clean energy technology that can wean vehicles off oil]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Recent global heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 years]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:01:54 CST]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The planet was slowly cooling for thousands of years until an unprecedented reversal in the 20th century.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Feedlots, meatpackers closing with fewer US cows]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:20:00 CST]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Some feedlots, meatpackers closing after US ranchers sold off cattle amid widespread drought]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[1,100 injured by blasts as meteor falls in Russia]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Meteor falls in Russia's Chelyabinsk region; 500 injured by explosions]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Strong winds rip roof off home]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:13:46 CST]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[American Red Cross Heart of Missouri Chapter volunteers helped a Cole County family after high winds ripped off part of their roof.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Expenses may overwhelm Chamois power plant]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Weiser]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:39:53 CST]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It would cost about $14 million dollars to comply with EPA regulations on air quality.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barge with 80,000 gallons of oil hits Mississippi bridge]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:26:33 CST]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Crude oil leaked into the Mississippi River and the waterway was closed.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Missouri bat found to have white-nose syndrome]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:00:00 CST]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A bat found in a southern Missouri cave has tested positive for deadly white-nose syndrome.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Missouri bill seeks to improve energy infrastructure]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri power companies could seek to levy a surcharge for costs from infrastructure projects under a legislative proposal.]]></description>
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