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	<description>CHANGE THE GAME</description>
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		<title>Nixon on State&#8217;s High Unemployment Rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonio D. French</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. &#8212; A new report released Friday showed that after 7,700 Missourians lost their jobs last month, the state’s unemployment rate has skyrocketed to 6.4 percent &#8212; the highest mark in at least a decade. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, there are more Missourians out of work now (192,892) than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanna Be a Judge?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Appellate Judicial Commission now is accepting applications for the position of judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Ronnie L. White, effective July 6. Judge White has served more than 11 years on the Court. Applications may be filed until 5 p.m. Monday, July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BTW, They Raised the Minimum Wage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonio D. French</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the uproar about the billions more dollars allocated for the Iraq War yesterday, almost completely unnoticed is that in the same bill Congress also raised the federal minimum wage for the first time in almost a decade. The hike will raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over three years. [...]]]></description>
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