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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Lifts Stem Research Ban: Religious Right Applauds!</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2009/03/obamas-lifts-stem-research-ban-religious-right-applauds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco &#8211; In a bold move President Obama signed an executive order lifting the ban on stem research instituted back in 2001 by the Bush Administration. The order signed on March 9th is being hailed as &#8216;exciting news&#8217; throughout the scientific community as it re-opens the path for possible  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fanatism VS Consumerism. Why? Because My PS3 Is Better Than Your Jesus!</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2008/02/fanatism-vs-consumerism-why-because-my-ps3-is-better-than-your-jesus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darwin is rolling in his grave. Well, more like twitching uncontrollably, maybe doing a little heaving, which surely it is hard after being dead for 125 years. You see, although technologically humanity has moved forth in amazing strides, other developmental trends have in fact backtracked into  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NewsBrief Part XI: Harvard Student Plays Russian Roulette with Semi-Automatic. Dies.</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2007/11/newsbrief-part-xi-harvard-student-plays-russian-roulette-with-semi-automatic-dies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8211; It was a shock to both faculty and the student body when a suspected murder case on campus was discovered to be nothing more than the self terminating, fool-hardly attempts of a law school undergraduate Michael Sanders out to prove he was still the &#8216;big man on campus.&#8217;
According to  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Bits From Around The World!</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2007/03/news-bits-from-around-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada – &#8216;Politeness,&#8217; the white gooey substance that has been injected into generations of unaware Canadian children at birth will finally be hitting drug stores around the world in the second quarter of 2007. The current government, in an attempt at increasing their bottom line, has decided to go  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsbrief X: Good Samaritan And Ex-Ornithologist Perishes After Attacked And Devoured By Ravenous Pigeons</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2006/09/newsbrief-x-good-samaritan-and-ex-ornithologist-perishes-after-attacked-and-devoured-by-ravenous-pigeons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York &#8211; In a disastrous instance of bloody and feathered irony, 83-year-old Anthony Greath met his untimely demise while feeding the very birds he had spent the last 37 years of his life studying.
Mr. Greath had been in the same spot at The Pond in Central Park near 59th street, ready to do his  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsbrief IX: Fanatic Avian Faction Planning Attack On May Sweeps</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2006/05/newsbrief-ix-fanatic-avian-faction-planning-attack-on-may-sweeps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York – Tensions about avian flu outbreaks around the world are flying high as the media and the World Health Organization continue to warn us of an incoming judgment day where riots, paranoia and anarchy will rule supreme right up until the bit where we all keel over and die.
Fear on the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NewsBrief Part VIII: Waiting Three Days And Counting For Date: &quot;She’s Coming, I Know It&quot;</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2006/05/newsbrief-part-viii-waiting-three-days-and-counting-for-date-she%e2%80%99s-coming-i-know-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naperville – Phillips R. Sacks, a veteran greeter at the local Wal-Mart would like to let Mary Reighton know he is still waiting at Kit-Kat Tsunami, a trendy downtown pool lounge and tobacco shop to begin their first date.
‘Sure, she didn’t seem interested at first, but things change. I remember  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NewsBrief Part VII: Dove: 99% Pure – Uh, Pure What?</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2006/05/newsbrief-part-vii-dove-99-pure-%e2%80%93-uh-pure-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toronto – For years Dove Soap has boasted the quality of their product by ramming us with ‘mild cleansing ingredients.’ Over and over and from all directions in the hope we would end up accepting them, maybe even enjoy them. What is more disturbing is their utter refusal to publicly share the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NewsBrief Part VI: Bush’s Low Approval Ratings Part Of Evil Mexican Plot</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2006/05/newsbrief-part-vi-bush%e2%80%99s-low-approval-ratings-part-of-evil-mexican-plot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miami- Fox News released a report yesterday revealing the President’s all-time low approval ratings to be the result of evil Mexicans. The report added these Mexicans are working illegally and unified to the common goal of making Mr. Bush appear as a desperate politician willing to pull any  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When will Mr. Harper crack?</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2006/04/when-will-mr-harper-crack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2006 21:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Months have gone by since Steven Harper was sworn in and yet, in typical Canadian fashion no coup d&#8217;état has been plotted and no demonstrators have swarmed upon Ottawa. Heck, am I to wager most Canadians have already forgotten the minutiae of being an election year already? Impressive. Could it be  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsbriefs: Part IV</title>
		<link>http://mauricioalas.com/2006/03/newsbriefs-part-iv/</link>
		<comments>http://mauricioalas.com/2006/03/newsbriefs-part-iv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Alas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Happy Hormone News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rogers Expands Rogers on Demand 
TORONTO- Rogers Communications ever-growing lust to build an imperious monopoly over Canadians announced today details about their upcoming second-generation Rogers On Demand service.
&#8216;It funny how it came to us,&#8217; said an unapologetic Ted Rogers, &#8216;(The board and) I  [...]]]></description>
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