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		<title>Best &#8220;Feel Good Story of the Day&#8221;: 12-Year-Old Boy Raises Thousands of Dollars to Save Grandma&#8217;s Home from Foreclosure (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you&#8217;ve just about given up hope that this next generation isn&#8217;t filled with &#8220;gimme more government freebies&#8221; brats (yes, self-absorbed Occupy movement, I&#8217;m talking about you), a Wisconsin pre-teen boy took it upon himself to save his grandmother&#8217;s historic home from foreclosure and auction. The best &#8220;feel good story of the day&#8221; during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Saw This Coming&#8230; Susan G. Komen for the Cure Charity Pressured by Liberal Media for Not Funding Abortion Giant Planned Parenthood, Has Rescinded Decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; After the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation took a noble, courageous stance to not fund the baby killing organization Planned Parenthood since it is under congressional investigation, the pressure from the left proved to be too great. Many of us saw this coming as the liberal media, liberal politicians, liberal organizations and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bravo&#8230; Susan G. Komen Foundation Will No Longer Donate Money to Fund Abortion Mill Planned Parenthood (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Pulling the baby killing plug: bravo to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for not only realizing that they have been funding Planned Parenthood abortions for years (as have all American taxpayers), but for doing something about it by announcing that it will no longer fund the abortion mill organization. Komen for the Cure is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Massachusetts Restaurant Bill Would Permit Unused Surplus Food to Be Donated to the Hungry Without Being Sued</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Finally, a proposed bill in Massachusetts that isn&#8217;t whackadoodle and doesn&#8217;t require an increase in taxes, oppressive mandates, or more Nanny State government intervention to assist hungry Americans at food shelters and food banks. Food costs and prices continue to skyrocket. The food needs of millions of desperate American families, of the unemployed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Iraq War Celebration for Returning Troops, No Homecoming Parade? Pentagon Says Team Obama Hasn&#8217;t Asked Them to Plan Anything to Welcome Our Heroes Home (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Disgracefully, Vietnam vets weren&#8217;t given a &#8220;welcome home&#8221; parade by the US government until 10 years after the US withdrew. At this point, Team Obama has been disturbingly silent about honoring our courageous returning troops with any kind of celebration or ticker-tape parade as the last of them return home from the Iraq War. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Day Thanks: Applebee&#8217;s, Chili’s, Famous Dave&#8217;s, &amp; Others Offering Discounted or Free Meals to Our Military Vets &amp; Troops on Veterans Day, November 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; As they did last year, this Friday, November 11, Applebee&#8217;s is offering our military veterans and active-duty service members a choice of seven free signature dishes on Veterans Day. Choices of free entr&#233;es this year are 7 oz. House Sirloin, Three-Cheese Chicken Penne, Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger, Chicken Tenders Platter, Fiesta Lime Chicken, Double Crunch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports That MDA Had Reinstated Comedian Jerry Lewis as Labor Day Telethon Host Were Too Good to Be True</title>
		<link>http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2011/08/29/reports-that-mda-had-reinstated-comedian-jerry-lewis-as-labor-day-telethon-host-were-too-good-to-be-true/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A few weeks ago, I posted the reports that legendary comic Jerry Lewis had been shockingly canned by the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and after decades of passion and service to the organization (the 85-year-old entertainer had announced months ago that this weekend&#8217;s scheduled telethon would be his last), would no longer host the Annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumors Are True, End of an Era: Legendary Jerry Lewis Will No Longer Host Annual MDA Labor Day Telethon, No Longer National Chairman (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Ever since my kidhood, I looked forward to watching the annual Jerry Lewis MDA telethon as it raised charitable funds for muscular dystrophy long into the wee hours. It was the first telethon, to my knowledge, of its kind. For me, growing up in the years before 24/7 cable TV programming, having any TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rockin&#8217; for Our Troops: KISS Gene Simmons&#8217; Concert Military Tribute &amp; Half a Million Dollars for Wounded Warriors Care Project (video)</title>
		<link>http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2011/06/03/rockin-for-our-troops-kiss-gene-simmons-concert-military-tribute-half-a-million-dollars-for-wounded-warriors-care-project-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;d have ever thought this guy would wind up being such a passionate patriot, such a huge supporter of our troops? &#160; One of the most memorable heavy metal/rock band frontmen of one of the greatest metal bands of all times and the star of the A&#038;E reality TV series Family Jewels, Gene Simmons LOVES [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feel-Good Story of the Day: Japan Donates $120,000 in Relief Supplies to Tornado-Ravaged Alabama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 14:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Feel-good story of the day: Despite the horrific devastation and heartbreak Japan is still experiencing, following the monster earthquakes and tsunami that slammed the country and killed tens of thousands of people in March, they are donating to the citizens of tornado-devastated Alabama. Wow &#8212; words escape me. God bless Japan and its citizens. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beautiful Lie: Greg Mortenson&#8217;s Best-Selling &#8220;Three Cups of Tea&#8221; Exposed for Falsehoods (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; With this scandal breaking that many elements in the bestselling memoir Three Cups of Tea by author Greg Mortenson were fabricated or exaggerated, I&#8217;m reminded of other media scandals dealing with lies and cover ups. The Pulitzer Prize was awarded in 1932 to New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty who, it was later discovered, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miracle Dog: Near-Dead Pit Bull Found in NJ Garbage Compactor Wins Hearts with Story of Survival (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A tortured, starved pit bull has defied the odds and cheated death after he was found nearly dead in a New Jersey garbage compactor last month. Named Patrick, the small dog&#8217;s miraculous road to recovery is being followed by thousands on his Facebook page. He continues to thrive. The evil cruelty demonstrated by some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plug Pulled on Madonna&#8217;s School for Girls in Malawi (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Despite their good intentions and millions of dollars later, the board of directors and Madonna have been booted from the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls project. Cost overruns, lavish salaries, and the poor management style of the organization&#8217;s former executive director have been cited. I&#8217;m sorry to hear about this development &#8212; I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Pancake Day&#8230; IHOP Has Free Pancakes Today to Help Children&#8217;s Miracle Network (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 1 is National Pancake Day &#8212; who doesn&#8217;t love fluffy pancakes? &#8212; and IHOP is offering free pancakes in an effort to help raise money for the Children&#8217;s Miracle Network. Frugality meets pancake heaven&#8230; IHOP Offers Free Pancakes for National Pancake Day : MyFoxCHICAGO.com From My Fox Chicago, IHOP Offers Free Pancakes for National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteerism: Michelle Obama Wants Employers to Give People Time Off During Work Hours</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Americans give freely to others more than any other group of citizens of any other nation in the world &#8212; they give their time, talents, financial contributions, even after death with organ donations. But that&#8217;s not enough. FLOTUS Michelle Obama wants employers to give people time off during working hours to give MORE of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Very Best Feel-Good Christmas Story of the Week &#8212; &#8220;Today Show&#8221; Honors Gold Star Family in Texas, Dancing Boy Steals the Show (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[H/t to Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit, who warned that this Christmas news story video will make you laugh AND cry. Yep, you will. Best feel-good Christmas story of the week&#8230; God bless Walmart for its generosity and God bless the Roberts family in Carthage, Texas, who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oprah Winfrey&#8217;s &#8220;Favorite Things 2010&#8243;&#8230; Her Mention of Deal for Kiva, a Loan Organization for Developing Nations, Overwhelms Groupon Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I&#8217;ve dealt with the organization Kiva in the past. They do remarkable work in securing and distributing online loans from everyday folks like me to help people and small groups in developing nations start or upgrade their own little businesses. The interest-free, pay-back rate is nearly 100 percent and all money goes directly to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God Bless Our Troops: Veterans Day Video Tribute</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; God bless our courageous troops, past and present (Godspeed and God bless, Smitty). You have protected our nation from those who wish us harm, and your selfless efforts are deeply appreciated. To our military veterans, a compilation video tribute for you today on Veterans Day. BLESS YOU and THANK YOU. Veterans Day &#8211; Tomb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Meal for Military on Veterans Day: Applebee&#8217;s Thanks Our Active Duty &amp; Veteran Military with Free Entrée on Nov. 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; H/t to The Camp of The Saints via Smash Mouth Politics &#8212; Applebee&#8217;s is offering a free meal to all active duty and vets on November 11, 2010 &#8212; 164 locations are participating. Thumbs up to Applebee&#8217;s for their generosity and for honoring our military heroes. God bless our troops. Free entrée choices for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Devastation: Haiti Being Hammered, Flooded by Hurricane Tomas, Nears Cuba (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki McClure Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Haiti is under attack now by Hurricane Tomas, upgraded from Tropical Storm Tomas. The devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti back in January has left 1 million people homeless in the small nation &#8212; most are still living in tents and most areas are devoid of trees. Without trees to hold back and secure mud [...]]]></description>
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