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        <title><![CDATA[Free Will Astrology]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Rob Brezsny]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[ARIES (March 21-April 19) “I’m still learning,” Michelangelo said when he was 87 years old. For now, he’s your patron saint. With his unflagging curiosity as your inspiration, maybe your hunger for new teachings will bloom.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Spitballin&#8217;]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Jim Meyer]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/spitballin-8217-1.1492765</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Baltimore’s beer currently sits at 83.4 degrees Fahrenheit and rising, perfect for keeping freshwater African Cichlids with a serious drinking problem, but far from what Chuck Thompson would consider cold]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Savage Love]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Dan Savage]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/savage-love-1.1492770</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Twenty-one-year-old female here. When we were both 14, my first boyfriend took advantage of me. I wanted to explore my sexuality a little, but things went further than I wanted. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Go For the Giant Cans of Import Beer.]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Joe MacLeod]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/go-for-the-giant-cans-of-import-beer-1.1492773</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Pari-mutuel Democracy]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Savage Love]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Dan Savage]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/savage-love-1.1489098</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I have a mentally disabled cousin who I haven’t figured out how to help. He’s lived for more than 40 years in the same nursing home in a small, conservative town. His mental age is about 8, there are other mental-illness issues, and he has some physical pro]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Spitballin&#8217;]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Jim Meyer]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/spitballin-8217-1.1489103</link>
        <description><![CDATA[At least once a fortnight I learn something new. It’s like clockwork, assuming you have a clock that keeps time in fortnights]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Free Will Astrology]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Rob Brezsny]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/free-will-astrology-1.1489097</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ARIES (March 21-April 19) In the alternate universe created by Marvel comic books, there is a mutant super-hero called Squirrel Girl. She has the magic power to summon hordes of cute, furry squirrels. Under her guidance, they swarm all over the bad guy she’]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Spitballin&#8217;]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Jim Meyer]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/spitballin-8217-1.1485327</link>
        <description><![CDATA[When I was 20 years old, my crowning achievement was building a 3-foot log longboat to send my dead iguana to Valhalla. That same year, I had to be rescued from nearly drowning in 3 feet of water about 2 yards from shore. I should point out that I’m 6-foot-]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Column Helper]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Joe MacLeod]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Before I begin this week’s “Mr. Wrong” column, I would like to give you an update on the One Hundred and Fifty Dollars and No Cents’ worth of scratch-off lottery tickets I bought with the very first paycheck I received in remuneration for this, the New, Imp]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Free Will Astrology]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Rob Brezsny]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/free-will-astrology-1.1485321</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ARIES (March 21-April 19) The Tarahumara Indians of northwestern Mexico are renowned for their ability to run long distances. The best runners can cover 200 miles in two days.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Savage Love]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Dan Savage]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/savage-love-1.1485326</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I’m a 24-year-old straight, married female. I have been religiously reading your column in the Portland Mercury since I was 16. Thank you for explaining things that my parents wouldn’t and for helping me clear the hurdles of adolescence! 
I turn to you now ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mr. Wrong]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Joe MacLeod]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/mr-wrong-1.1481606</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
I am still dealing with a pile of scratch-off lottery tickets I bought from the proceeds of turning my entire first every-week “Mr. Wrong” column paycheck into a pile of scratch-off lottery tickets that I scratched-off, ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Savage Love]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Dan Savage]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/savage-love-1.1481604</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I am a 23-year-old straight male. My ex-girlfriend and I started dating in high school when we were both 17 and continued dating until I broke up with her the summer after our freshman year in college because things felt too serious.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Spitballin&#8217;]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Jim Meyer]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/spitballin-8217-1.1481605</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
This might be an odd analogy for a good Catholic boy to make, but the NFL Draft is a lot like Hanukkah: it goes on for days; you get a lot of gifts, but you have no idea what half of them are; ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Free Will Astrology]]></title>
        <author><![CDATA[Rob Brezsny]]></author>
        <link>http://citypaper.com/news/columns/free-will-astrology-1.1481603</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ARIES (March 21-April 19) Are you afraid that you lack a crucial skill or aptitude? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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