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			<news:title>'Let us help you’: These twentysomethings say moving from homeless to housed is possible</news:title>
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			<news:title>Scott signs bill to expand time limits for prosecuting voyeurism</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.vermontpublic.org/2026-04-29/mainers-scramble-for-canadian-citizenship-under-new-law-expanding-eligibility-through-ancestry</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-04-29</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.vermontpublic.org/2026-04-29/meet-gertie-the-worlds-oldest-chicken-who-lives-in-portland</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-04-29</lastmod>
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			<news:title>Meet Gertie, the world's oldest chicken who lives in Portland </news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.vermontpublic.org/npr-news/2026-04-29/how-a-republican-state-lawmaker-tried-to-let-holocaust-deniers-hijack-history-lessons</loc>
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			<news:title>How a Republican state lawmaker tried to let Holocaust deniers hijack history lessons</news:title>
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