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		<title>Alabama Insurance Agent Enjoys New Acting Career</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stan Houston has felt the power of Kenny Powers. Houston, an Enterprise insurance agent based in Dothan, Ala., filmed a scene in July for an upcoming episode of the HBO comedy series “Eastbound and Down.” The show stars Danny McBride &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama Panel Passes Texting While Driving Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Alabama House committee has approved a bill that would ban sending or reading text messages while driving. The bill by Republican Rep. Jim McClendon of Springville passed the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday. It would &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Insurance Commissioner: &#8216;This Is Year for PIP Reform&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roughly half way through Florida&#8217;s legislative session, state Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty expressed optimism that state lawmakers would find a way to substantial reform the state&#8217;s no-fault auto insurance law. Speaking on an invitation by the Put the Brakes on &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Florida&#8217;s Agency Harbor Acquires Fidelity Insurance Associates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harbor Insurance Agency as part of its plan to expand its market has purchased Fidelity Insurance Association. Both agencies are located in Naples, Fl., and service the surrounding areas of Bonita Springs, Marco Island, Fort Myers, and other areas which &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia Lawmakers Urged to Hold Mine Operators Accountable</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Virginia must hold coal operators accountable for any negligence or misconduct to prevent another Upper Big Branch, the worst U.S. coal mine disaster in four decades, the state&#8217;s special investigator of that deadly 2010 explosion told lawmakers this week. &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia&#8217;s Warm, Dry Weather Could Bring Busy Wildfire Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With forecasters predicting an early spring in southeast Georgia, forestry officials are gearing up for what could be an early start to a fire season they fear could be a repeat of 2011. Three large fires torched nearly 340,000 acres &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. Governor Issues Flood Disaster in Jackson County</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has declared an agriculture flood disaster in Jackson County stemming from heavy rains in late November. The declaration, made on Tuesday, means the state Department of Agriculture can apply for federal assistance for losses to the &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Mississippi College Appeals Workplace Retaliation Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has scheduled arguments on Hinds Community College&#8217;s appeal of a workplace retaliation case. In 2010, the school was ordered to pay a former professor $345,020 after a federal jury found she had been the victim of &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky Says It&#8217;s Better Prepared to Handle Disaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been three years since an ice storm paralyzed the western Kentucky region and emergency service coordinators say they&#8217;re better prepared in the event of another major disaster. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokesman Keith Todd told The Paducah Sun that a &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Want Fries With That Insurance Policy? Restaurants on Fidelity National&#8217;s Menu</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A title insurance and mortgage services company that already owns a stake in the Bakers Square restaurant chain is buying the restaurant operator O&#8217;Charley&#8217;s Inc., the companies announced. Fidelity National Financial Inc., based in Jacksonville, Fla., already has an investment &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina Continues Auto Regulation Debate As Rates Stay Same for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Auto insurers in North Carolina are once again divided over the prospect of changing how the state sets insurance rates with some insurers advocating for rate deregulation while others are supporting the status quo. The debate comes as state Insurance &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia Firm Develops &#8216;Guardian Angel&#8217; for Miners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A West Virginia company is working on a piece of equipment designed to keep miners safer. Trinity Resources, headquartered in Putnam County, demonstrated its a mobile mine safety chamber this week at the West Virginia Mining Symposium in Charleston. The &#8230;]]></description>
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