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    <link>http://db.stateline.org/live/issues/Homeland+Security</link>
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               MN:                In new role, Minnesota to aid other states
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        <description><![CDATA[A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes the New Madrid seismic zone on the Kentucky-Missouri border. Communications go offline, highways are severely damaged, and there is not enough shelter space to house those displaced by the quake. ]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Devin Henry]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_13830058]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_13830058"><![CDATA[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]></source>
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               LA:                In New Orleans, elation over Katrina liability ruling
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS &mdash; Since the first days after Hurricane Katrina, when the streets were still under water, many residents of New Orleans and its surroundings have maintained that the flood that wrecked their lives was the government's fault, and that the government should pay for it.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Campbell Robertson]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/us/20orleans.html?ref=todayspaper]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/us/20orleans.html?ref=todayspaper"><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></source>
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               IA:                Harkins supports plan to move detainees to Illinois prison
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        <description><![CDATA[The Iowa Democrat told reporters Thursday he has to learn more about the proposal and the maximum security prison at Thomson, Ill., but sees no reason to oppose it.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By James Q. Lynch]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_16826f76-d51c-11de-9c79-001cc4c03286.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_16826f76-d51c-11de-9c79-001cc4c03286.html"><![CDATA[Sioux City Journal]]></source>
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               IL:                State GOP tones down heat on Gitmo
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        <description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a Springfield Democrat, seized on the attacks as fear mongering as they tried to sell the deal in a series of news conferences around northern Illinois.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Joseph Ryan]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338389&src=109]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338389&amp;src=109"><![CDATA[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)]]></source>
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               KY:                Senate hopefuls squabble about terrorism, coal
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        <description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE &mdash; Republicans Trey Grayson and Rand Paul exchanged sharp words on the issue of Guantánamo Bay, and Democrats Jack Conway and Daniel Mongiardo squabbled about their alliances with coal.

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        <author><![CDATA[By Jack Brammer]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/1027286.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/1027286.html"><![CDATA[Lexington Herald-Leader]]></source>
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               KY:                Kentucky PSC recommends ways to prevent power outages
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        <description><![CDATA[The Kentucky Public Service Commission offered a broad &mdash; and expensive &mdash; set of recommendations Thursday to limit power outages and ease recovery when the lights go out.
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        <author><![CDATA[By Patrick Howington]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190321/Kentucky+PSC+recommends+ways+to+prevent+power+outages]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190321/Kentucky+PSC+recommends+ways+to+prevent+power+outages"><![CDATA[The Courier-Journal (Louisville)]]></source>
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               MI:                State Senate majority leader issues letter to Obama, says "No" on Gitmo
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        <description><![CDATA[State Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, asked other elected officials to join him in saying "No" to bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the U.S.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Kayla Habermehl]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2009/11/post_16.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2009/11/post_16.html"><![CDATA[Bay City Times]]></source>
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               MN:                Sixth area Somali man is indicted in probe
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        <description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The suspect is linked to other young men recruited to train and fight in Somalia.

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        <author><![CDATA[By James Walsh, Richard Meryhew and Allie Shah]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.startribune.com/local/70553382.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.startribune.com/local/70553382.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr"><![CDATA[Minneapolis Star Tribune]]></source>
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               OK:                Cheyenne, Arapaho Gov. Darrell Flyingman avoids offices amid protests 
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        <description><![CDATA[CONCHO, Okla. &mdash; About two dozen tribal members gathered outside the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes' headquarters Thursday to prevent outgoing tribal Gov. Darrell Flyingman from entering the building. 


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        <author><![CDATA[By Johnny Johnson]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://newsok.com/cheyenne-arapaho-gov.-darrell-flyingman-avoids-offices-amid-protests/article/3418916?custom_click=lead_story_title]]></link>
            <source url="http://newsok.com/cheyenne-arapaho-gov.-darrell-flyingman-avoids-offices-amid-protests/article/3418916?custom_click=lead_story_title"><![CDATA[The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)]]></source>
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               VT:                Feds hit farms looking for illegal immigrants
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        <description><![CDATA[Federal immigration officials served subpoenas on at least four Vermont dairy farms Thursday as part of a national crackdown on businesses suspected of using immigrant workers who have entered the country illegally.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Sam Hemingway]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091120/NEWS02/91120003/Feds-hit-farms-looking-for-illegal-immigrants]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091120/NEWS02/91120003/Feds-hit-farms-looking-for-illegal-immigrants"><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press]]></source>
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               WA:                Feds -- 6 illegal immigrants arrested in Wash.
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        <description><![CDATA[SEATTLE -- Immigration officials say six illegal immigrants have been arrested in Mount Vernon, Wash., after agents descended on a trailer park.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_immigration_arrests.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_immigration_arrests.html"><![CDATA[seattlepi.com]]></source>
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               WA:                Criminal deportations spike in Pacific Northwest
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        <description><![CDATA[SEATTLE -- Deportations of illegal immigrants with criminal records from Alaska, Oregon, and Washington this past year spiked by nearly 40 percent, while overall removals dropped for the first time in five years, according to new data released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[By Manuel Valdes, The Associated Press]]></author>
                    <link><![CDATA[http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_deportations_nw.html]]></link>
            <source url="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_deportations_nw.html"><![CDATA[seattlepi.com]]></source>
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        <title><![CDATA[Visit the Stateline.org Homeland Security Page]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://db.stateline.org/live/issues/Homeland+Security]]></link>
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