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		<title>Local director debuts action movie in hometown</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rita Florez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Issue 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 15]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[*Martial Arts Film Debut*Local director Adam Boster discusses his new movie]]></description>
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		<title>How to shop for the food-loving, eccentric executive on the go</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rita Florez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Executive Gifts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issue 09]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again, and people all over Columbia are faced with the same dilemma: what to get for their executive colleagues now that the holidays are approaching. CBT photographer Jennifer Kettler and I were assigned the task of picking out an assortment of presents for this year&#8217;s executive gift guide.
My first inclination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair trade store opens with excess of volunteers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rita Florez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Issue 07]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Volume 15]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[*New Business Update:*Mustard Seed Fair Trade opens store downtown]]></description>
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		<title>Micro business owners gain exposure and network</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rita Florez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Issue 06]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 15]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[*Micro Business Fair*Local business owners gain exposure.]]></description>
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		<title>Bourgeois expanding winery, vineyards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rita Florez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Issue 03]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 15]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Les Bourgeois Winery and Vineyards plans to more than double the size of its winery, which will feature a tasting room and tours of the winemaking operation, and expand its local vineyards by more than a quarter.
The winery intends to add 12,000 square feet to the 8,000-square-foot winery, which is located at the Interstate 70 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editor&#8217;s Welcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rita Florez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The basic job of beat reporting is to generate story ideas within your area of coverage. Before moving to Missouri, I worked at a Spanish-language newspaper as a general assignment reporter. My beat was the growing Hispanic population in Northwest Georgia. I made my move into English-language news covering immigration for The Sedalia Democrat. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bluestem celebrates 25 years of retail teamwork</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rita Florez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Business Anniversary: Bluestem*Art and craft gallery celebrates 25 years of teamwork.]]></description>
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		<title>Niche Media Pioneers: Webmaster cultivates Hispanic readers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rita Florez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Issue 02]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 15]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tomás Custer&#8217;s Web site, hispanictips.com, has become a popular information source, drawing more than 120,000 visits every month and wide-ranging praise.
Readers might expect that the creator and operator of the blog, which has banner advertisements in Spanish and English, is working in some hotspot of Hispanic culture like Miami or Los Angeles. But when Custer [...]]]></description>
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