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    <title><![CDATA[Neighbors fight plan for townhomes]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Neighbors are hotly contesting a developer's plan to build 123 townhomes on a 20-acre lot now zoned for offices and retail.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/52547</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Board ties cash to Athens Drive stadium fixes]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The long drive to renovate Athens Drive High School's aging stadium made a crucial gain Tuesday, courtesy of the Wake County school board.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cary may legalize contraband hens]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Henny Penny the chicken lives in pseudo-secrecy, known by her neighbors but banned by the town of Cary.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cary race was a low-budget affair]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The final round of campaign finance reports for last year's municipal races, released in recent weeks, confirm that Mayor Harold Weinbrecht won re-election with a financial handicap in a relatively low-cost race.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Schools' hours are in flux]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Wake County families would have to adjust morning routines - from 10 minutes to more than an hour - under an administration proposal to change the start and dismissal times for nearly all the district's schools this fall.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Challenges mark Tata anniversary]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Tata can look back on shepherding through a new student assignment plan, developing a budget that avoided teacher layoffs, bringing relative calm to the board and moving Wake back toward full accreditation for its high schools.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cary mayor victim of attempted break-in]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[At about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, 15 minutes after Mayor Harold Weinbrecht left the house, a man pushed in the door and set off a motion detector.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:10:56 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Apex council member fights DWI]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[An Apex town council member convicted in January of driving while impaired is appealing the verdict with an unusual defense: An acid reflux problem, he claims, skewed the breath test he took when arrested.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Death of boy, 16, is a mystery]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[For the past three years, Michael Daniel Mendy's mother watched her son lose his cognitive abilities. This week, the 16-year-old from Cary lost his life after an unexplained degradation of his body.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Haven for history]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[From the front porch of her flat-roofed rancher, Susan Johnson recalled the people whose paths crisscrossed old Cary. There were the Holders, the Pleasants, the children who used to roam near the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Page Street.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Crime Notes]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Cary]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/52267</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your best shot: Slippery lunch]]></title>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Apex mayor wins funding race too]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Mayor Keith Weatherly won his fifth term in November, but he also appears to have come out ahead of his fellow southwest Wake County mayors when it comes to fundraising, according to the most recent campaign finance reports.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/52304</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Road work planned at mall]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Plans for Holly Springs' newest, biggest shopping center include 15 new traffic signals, several relatively rare intersection designs and thousands of feet of new lanes around a crucial junction on the N.C. 55 bypass.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/52307</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[A new neighbor for RDU: Chinatown]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[For all the amenities the Triangle has to offer, there's one big-city attraction that remains conspicuously absent.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[E-books in demand from Wake libraries]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The virtual branch of Wake County Public Libraries is a very busy place. The digital collection went online in December 2010, and usage has been growing steadily ever since.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[News Briefs]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Wake County SmartStart is now accepting applications for 2012-2013 pre-kindergarten programs including Wake County Pre-K, Title I and Head Start. These programs are publicly funded and are designed to better prepare children for school.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/51635</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Linda Lyons bids farewell to Morrisville Council]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In a soft but firm voice, Linda Lyons read her farewell speech before a crowd in the Morrisville Council Chambers last month.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Poll shows support for roads, park]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Residents don't want more municipal buildings. What they want in Morrisville is better roads and parks, according to a recent survey.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/51667</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cary business incubator planned]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A trio of business executives plans to open a business incubator in downtown Cary later this month.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/51666</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[A burning need]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/2012/02/04/51665/a-burning-need.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Spreads of foot-tall flames consumed the suburban forest's underbrush, sending up clouds of sun-streaked smoke.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wake school board member Goldman running for state auditor]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Calling herself a watchdog and a maverick, Wake County school board member Debra Goldman announced Wednesday she is running for state auditor.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cary abuzz about downtown]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[If a hundred people come to Town Hall, odds are good they're mad about something.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/51669</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Future of Highcroft Drive up in air]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Talk of new development has once again sparked concern about traffic and safety on western Cary roads.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:45:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/51501</guid>
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    <description><![CDATA[Tekelec shareholders last week approved the sale of the Morrisville technology company to a New York private equity firm along with generous compensation packages to company executives.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/51520</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Late change proposed for Cary-Chatham plan]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The town of Cary and Chatham County are just steps from a general agreement on the future of their shared border, but a late change to the plan has raised old questions about the relationship between the suburb and the rural county.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/51496</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Stormwater fee sparks comment]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/2012/01/31/51485/stormwater-fee-sparks-comment.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Residents, experts and the business community expressed support and concerns about a new stormwater ordinance and fee designed to meet state and federal requirements at a recent public hearing.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:45:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/51485</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Morrisville tax hike?]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[At a two-day retreat town department heads had a message for the council: They can no longer do more with less.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/51493</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Triangle marks Chinese New Year]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Dragons came to town in their many forms Saturday, each one signaling the celebration of a new year of strength and good luck.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Miller won't run against Price]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Representative Brad Miller, who has spent a decade in Congress working for consumer protections, said last week that he would not seek another term rather than run against his longtime political ally and friend.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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