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<title><![CDATA[A Lesson: ASU festival has a triple purpose]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Jimmy Hunt and Nick Barringer, long-time friends and Appalachian State University students, are organizing a music festival that they hope will build their fledgling entertainment business, promote Boone as a national-caliber music town and raise awareness about renewable energy.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: ASU has impact of $506 million]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[There's a simple observation people in this university town often make when school is out at Appalachian State University.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Loan to help draw more water to Blowing Rock]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The town of Blowing Rock has been awarded a $2.2 million emergency loan to help it connect to Boone's water system, Gov. Mike Easley said yesterday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boone proposal to tap river has residents raging]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Folks on the front porch of the Riverside General Store in Ashe County yesterday criticized<b> </b>a proposal by the town of Boone to put a raw-water intake on the South Fork of the New River.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ASU is starting center for viticulture]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Appalachian State University is establishing a center to study high-altitude viticulture that is expected to build on the success some mountainous European regions have found in growing grapes on steep slopes.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fire & Police Briefs: First Edition]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A mother has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the heat-related death of her 9-month-old daughter who had been left in a vehicle May 29, the Watauga County Sheriff's Office said yesterday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Watauga officials investigate infant's death]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Watauga County Sheriff's Office and the Watauga County District Attorney's Office are investigating the death last week of a nine-month-old girl left in a vehicle.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[So Close: Todd teen misspells spelling-bee word by one letter]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/may/31/so-close-todd-teen-misspells-spelling-bee-word-by-/?news-regional-watauga]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Baron Fenwick had never heard of the word <i>exsertile</i>.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Records: Teens would not let police into party]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[As Benjamin Seth Pickett, 19, was being treated for stab wounds to the neck and shoulder early Sunday on a road outside a party, teenagers initially refused to let a sheriff's deputy inside the home where the party was being held, according to court documents.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tweetsie plan given green light]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Watauga County commissioners unanimously approved an incentives agreement yesterday to keep Tweetsie Railroad open.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chase seen during party]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Moments before he was fatally stabbed at a party early Sunday, Benjamin Seth Pickett chased a man<b> </b>into the dark, saying that the man owed him $20, according to court documents.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Debt of $20 linked to stabbing]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Moments before he was fatally stabbed at a party early Sunday, Benjamin Seth Pickett chased his a man into the dark saying the man owed him $20, according to court documents.

No witnesses saw the stabbing, but moments later Pickett walked back up the road with blood on him and asked someone to call police. He had been stabbed in the shoulder and neck.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 May 2008 16:53:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Watauga teen fatally stabbed at party]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A Watauga County man died early Sunday after being stabbed in the shoulder and neck during an after-prom party at a home, according to the Watauga County Sheriff's Office.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Watauga County man stabbed to death at after-prom party]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A 19-year-old Watauga County man was stabbed to death at an after-prom party on Sunday, according to the Watauga County Sheriff's Office. Benjamin Seth Picket  was taken to Watauga Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. He had been stabbed in the shoulder and neck.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 May 2008 11:50:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Graham of Samaritan's Purse was near Beijing when earthquake hit]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Franklin Graham, the president of Samaritan's Purse, and a small team from the relief agency were in China when Monday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Economic index shows decline in Western N.C.]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/may/08/economic-index-shows-decline-in-western-nc/?news-regional-watauga]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The economy in Western North Carolina slowed again in March, falling 0.2 percentage points and erasing gains made in January and February.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Butler wins primary for 45th Senate seat]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Boone dentist Jerry Butler won yesterday's Republican primary for the state Senate's 45th District, beating Taylorsville businessman Dwight Shook.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 06 May 2008 22:21:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['How can people be so horribly mean?']]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Moments before a judge was to sentence Neil Sargeant yesterday to life in prison without parole for killing Stephen Harrington, an Appalachian State University student, the victim's parents spoke to the court.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man gets life term]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[In a surprise ending to his trial for capital murder, Neil Matthew Sargeant was spared the death penalty yesterday in the 2005 killing of Stephen Harrington, a student at Appalachian State University.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ASU student convicted of first-degree murder receives life in prison without parole]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/apr/23/asu-student-convicted-first-degree-murder-receives/?news-regional-watauga]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Neil Matthew Sargeant, 26, convicted yesterday of first-degree murder in the 2005 killing of Appalachian State University student Stephen Harrington avoided receiving the death penalty today.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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