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<title><![CDATA[City and CU Update Explosion Recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) -- Springfield City officials confirm Thursday&#39;s explosion that destroyed 4 houses was a natural gas explosion.The City may have a loam program available to help some rebuild.<br>]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:42 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[City to Give Update Briefing on Explosion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) --Springfield city officials plan to give updated information about Thursday&#39;s natural gas explosion, during a briefing with reporters this afternoon.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:47:02 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Community Colleges Join Pledge to Hold Line on Tuition]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jefferson City, MO)&nbsp; Gov. Jay Nixon and the presidents of Missouri&#39;s community colleges delivered some good news today: for the second year in a row, in-state students and their families won&#39;t see tuition or academic fees rise by a penny.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:38:39 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Property Owners Getting First Look at Blast Damage]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) -- Utility crews will be back out in a west Springfield neighborhood today, following a massive explosion that destroyed one home and damaged several others so badly they can no longer be lived in.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:58 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Panel Issues New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ (Chicago, IL)&nbsp; --&nbsp; A panel of women&#39;s health experts is issuing new guidelines for cervical cancer screening in the U.S.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:56:51 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weekend to Herald Holiday Activities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) -- It&#39;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Jordan Valley Park in Springfield.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:50:48 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vicks Recalls Nasal Spray]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Procter and Gamble is voluntarily recalling 120,000 bottles of its Vicks Sinex spray.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:49:03 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evangel Alum to Head Up Ft. Hood Probe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Washington, DC) -- A graduate of Evangel University will head up the investigation into the killings at Fort Hood. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:55:32 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Branson Braces for Holiday Traffic]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Branson, MO) --&nbsp; Thanksgiving traffic is on the minds of Branson city leaders.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:52:48 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Moon Mania Reaches the Ozarks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) -- The phenomena of &quot;Twilight&quot; has reached the Ozarks. And the lines prove it.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:38:25 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Twilight Saga Bring Students, Teachers Together]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Willard, MO) -- Team Edward or Team Jacob?If you&#39;re not a Twilight fan then you probably have no idea what we&#39;re talking about. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:38:11 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UPDATE: Natural Gas Leak Causes House Explosion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was a quiet afternoon for a Springfield neighborhood, then everything changed. Something caused a massive house explosion today on Springfield&#39;s west side.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:26:15 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Clean Up to Begin from Explosion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) -- Utility crews will be back on the scene of a home explosion in Springfield this morning.&nbsp; But it may be much longer before displaced families can return.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:24:55 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shortage of Utility Workers In the Near Future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Who can forget the ice storm of 2007?&nbsp; Families spent weeks in the dark and it took line crews from other states to help put the Ozarks back online.&nbsp; But what if another storm like that darkens your doorstep, and there aren&#39;t enough workers to get the lights back on?&nbsp; A new report says that could be a harsh reality, and soon.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:38:45 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mortgage Delinquency, Foreclosure Rates Set Records In Third Quarter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp; (Washington, DC)&nbsp; --&nbsp; The delinquency rate for residential mortgage loans rose to about 9.6-percent in the third quarter, breaking the second-quarter record.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:17:59 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Springfield House Fire Caused By Arson]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As if one big explosion today wasn&#39;t enough, Springfield Fire crews were called to another house fire just minutes later.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:17:24 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Early Sales Hit Stores For The Shopping Season]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) Go out around town and hit up some stores and your bound to think its already Black Friday.&nbsp;]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:49 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Large Explosion Destroys One Home, Damages Others]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Springfield, MO) -- A massive explosion in a west Springfield neighborhood Thursday afternoon destroyed at least one house and heavily damaged several others.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:05:12 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Missouri Man Sentenced For Possession Of Child Pornography ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Rolla, MO) Another Missouri man is sentenced in federal court as a result of Project Safe Childhood.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:34:44 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Warning of Medicare Scams]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The director of the Missouri Insurance Department is warning Medicare recipients of possible scams.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:51:47 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gas Grills Sold By Lowes Subject Of National Recall]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ (Washington, DC)&nbsp; --&nbsp; A popular gas grill sold by Lowes stores nationwide is being recalled.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:41:55 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Joplin Authorities Investigate Murder]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Joplin, MO) -- A fight between two men ends in the death of one of them and the arrest of the other.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:47:54 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Glitch in FAA System Delays Flights - Springfield Not Yet Affected]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A computer system that triggered widespread flight delays this morning is now back up and running.&nbsp; In Springfield, flights are arriving and taking off smoothly but a spokesperson says it may be after midday when our local airport starts seeing the impact.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:47:47 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AAA Predicts More Drivers And Fewer Thanksgiving Fliers ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp; More Thanksgiving travelers are expected to hit the roads with fewer heading to the airport next week.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:47:40 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spyware Found on Cell Phones]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Your cell phone conversations may not be as private as you might think.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:19:15 EST</pubDate>
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