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		<title>CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Half the nation&#8217;s overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. And an even larger proportion of obese adolescents have such a risk, according to the alarming new numbers. &#8220;What this is saying, unfortunately, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donna Summer, Disco Queen, Dead at 63</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donna Summer, the singer who came to be known as the “Queen of Disco” during her 1970s heyday, died today after battling cancer, a family member confirmed to ABC News. She was 63. Summer was a five time Grammy award winner who was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Austin band students play Stubbs with their Music Pro Mentors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 20th, performances on the Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater will feature East Austin music students in grades 6–12 who have spent the last several months receiving individual instruction from some of Austin’s finest professional musicians through Anthropos Arts. Anthropos Arts’ music-education programs, now in their 13th year, pair students from Title I schools in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Godfather of Go-Go&#8217; Chuck Brown dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funk fans started each Chuck Brown concert with a chant, &#8220;Wind me up, Chuck.&#8221; From there they would be treated to guitar riffs, driving percussion and other rhythm instruments that left them dancing to the beat. Brown, who died Wednesday at 75, was the &#8220;Godfather of Go-Go,&#8221; a genre blending funk, jazz and soul and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trustees consider fate of Florida A&amp;M&#8217;s marching band</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida A&#038;M University&#8217;s Board of Trustees meets Monday to discuss the future of the college&#8217;s popular marching band in the aftermath of the hazing-related death of a member. Band director Julian White, who had been with the prestigious band for 40 years, stepped down under pressure last week. He was placed on paid administrative leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memphis soul bassist &#8216;Duck&#8217; Dunn dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donald &#8220;Duck&#8221; Dunn, the bass player who laid the musical floor beneath soul legends like Booker T. and the MGs, Sam and Dave and Otis Redding, has died at age 70, his family announced Sunday. Dunn was part of the house band at Memphis, Tennessee&#8217;s Stax Records, the R&#038;B powerhouse that turned out hits like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austin STRUT 512</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 01:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 12th, the second annual STRUT 512 event will take place at Lytle Pressley Contemporary and House+Earth on W. 6th from 8:00 pm- 12:00 with a percentage of the proceeds benefiting CapCityKids, a non-profit organization that develops innovative programs and provides direct resources to help homeless students stay in school. STRUT 512 attracts foodies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper and the most conscientious member of the seminal hip-hop group, has died. He was 47. Yauch&#8217;s representatives confirmed that the rapper died Friday morning in New York after a nearly three-year battle with cancer. Also known as MCA, Yauch was diagnosed with a cancerous salivary gland in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seau&#8217;s brain to be donated for research</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The family of former NFL star Junior Seau will donate his brain for research into repetitive head injuries. San Diego Chargers chaplain Shawn Mitchell said the family made the decision Thursday. &#8221;The Seau family really has, almost like Junior, a philanthropic approach, where they always desire to help others,&#8221; Mitchell said in a phone interview [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama celebrates Cinco de Mayo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama hosted a Cinco de Mayo party at the White House &#8212; &#8220;even though it&#8217;s only tres de mayo, we just like to get the fiesta started early around here&#8221; &#8212; and promised to push for a comprehensive overhaul of America&#8217;s immigration policies if he&#8217;s reelected. &#8220;There&#8217;s still plenty of unfinished business, including [...]]]></description>
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