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  <title type="text">Frank Pastore's Townhall.com Column </title>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2012/11/08/washington_is_on_the_path_to_athens">
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    <title type="text">Washington Is On The Path to Athens</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; So, what do you think happened last night?  What does it mean for Christianity, for Israel, the Middle East and the world at large? For the United States of America, for your family, your kids and for your grandkids? </summary>
    <published>2012-11-08T08:54:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
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      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <content type="html">So, what do you think happened last night?  What does it mean for
Christianity, for Israel, the Middle East and the world at large? For...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2009/03/26/harvard_research_proves_the_pope_and_god_right">
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    <title type="text">Harvard Research Proves the Pope (and God) Right</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; I guess activists can’t help throwing condoms—either at those who oppose their policy, or at populations dying of AIDS in Africa and around the world.</summary>
    <published>2009-03-26T21:00:59-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
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      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2009/03/26/harvard_research_proves_the_pope_and_god_right" />
    <content type="html">When the pope visited Africa back in mid-March, a firestorm erupted when the media reported he had said “condoms spread AIDS.”  Although the pope...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2009/03/12/how_to_silence_talk_radio_tax_the_industry_to_death">
    <id>468d9961-d021-4558-8a14-e69de7136d34</id>
    <title type="text">How to Silence Talk Radio: Tax the Industry to Death</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Democrats’ frontal assault on talk radio has failed, as planned. They knew the Fairness Doctrine—their attempt to balance the radio airwaves with federally-subsidized progressive talk, i.e. “censorship”—would fail because there aren’t yet enough Americans willing to surrender more of the First Amendment. Emphasis on the “yet”—but they’re working on it.</summary>
    <published>2009-03-12T11:05:50-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2009/03/12/how_to_silence_talk_radio_tax_the_industry_to_death" />
    <content type="html">The Democrats’ frontal assault on talk radio has failed, as planned. They knew the Fairness Doctrine—their attempt to balance the radio airwaves...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2009/02/12/the_stimulus_bill_a_nation_of_nadya_sulemans">
    <id>bcb0e622-9894-4dd9-8fe7-5d251af46f4c</id>
    <title type="text">The Stimulus Bill: A Nation of Nadya Sulemans?</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Nadya Suleman, the mother of the octuplets, is being resoundingly criticized all over the country for basically having children she can’t afford.</summary>
    <published>2009-02-12T10:48:15-05:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2009/02/12/the_stimulus_bill_a_nation_of_nadya_sulemans" />
    <content type="html">Nadya Suleman, the mother of the octuplets, is being resoundingly criticized all over the country for basically having children she can’t afford....</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2009/01/29/welcome_to_the_brave_new_world">
    <id>62dad4c2-cf8d-494e-bbc1-b00e7c5e4cf2</id>
    <title type="text">Welcome to the Brave New World</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Socialist governments ration healthcare when demand exceeds supply—when there’s simply not enough money or medical resources available to provide health care services to all of the people all of the time.</summary>
    <published>2009-01-29T13:56:39-05:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2009/01/29/welcome_to_the_brave_new_world" />
    <content type="html">Socialist governments ration healthcare when demand exceeds supply—when there’s simply not enough money or medical resources available to provide...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/12/04/jack_black,_jesus,_and_prop_8">
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    <title type="text">Jack Black, Jesus, and Prop 8</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; This week, the creative minds behind “Hairspray,” composer Marc Shaiman and director Adam Shankman, opened their “Prop 8: The Musical” with an all-star studded cast that includes Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris and John C. Reilly at Sacramento Community College.</summary>
    <published>2008-12-04T13:39:55-05:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/12/04/jack_black,_jesus,_and_prop_8" />
    <content type="html">This week, the creative minds behind “Hairspray,” composer Marc Shaiman and director Adam Shankman, opened their “Prop 8: The Musical” with an...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/10/30/the_christian_case_against_barack_obama">
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    <title type="text">The Christian Case Against Barack Obama</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Barack Obama portrays himself as a religious man. He says he's a believing Christian, and he's campaigned heavily for the votes of American Christians.</summary>
    <published>2008-10-30T11:25:23-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/10/30/the_christian_case_against_barack_obama" />
    <content type="html">Barack Obama portrays himself as a religious man. He says he's a believing Christian, and he's campaigned heavily for the votes of American...</content>
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    <title type="text">Obama, ACORN, and Contempt for Election Law</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Frank Pastore from KKLA in Los Angeles interviews Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund.</summary>
    <published>2008-10-14T12:35:12-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/10/14/obama,_acorn,_and_contempt_for_election_law" />
    <content type="html">Frank Pastore from KKLA in Los Angeles interviews Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund.
Frank Pastore: ACORN is an acronym that stands for the...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/10/09/obama,_ayers,_and_the_politics_of_intimidation">
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    <title type="text">Obama, Ayers, and the Politics of Intimidation</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Frank Pastore, from KKLA in Los Angeles, recently interviewed Stanley Kurtz, Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.</summary>
    <published>2008-10-09T10:33:29-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/10/09/obama,_ayers,_and_the_politics_of_intimidation" />
    <content type="html">Frank Pastore, from KKLA in Los Angeles, recently interviewed Stanley Kurtz, Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, about his...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/10/07/sarah_palin,_matt_damon,_dinosaurs_and_%E2%80%9Cdivine_deception%E2%80%9D">
    <id>42bb7c48-ef7a-4b8b-a71a-17dd31bddc10</id>
    <title type="text">Sarah Palin, Matt Damon, Dinosaurs and “Divine Deception”</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; On September 10, 2008, a video of actor Matt Damon was released to the press that quickly got posted on YouTube, and has now gotten over two million hits. Here’s what he said.</summary>
    <published>2008-10-07T10:34:21-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/10/07/sarah_palin,_matt_damon,_dinosaurs_and_%E2%80%9Cdivine_deception%E2%80%9D" />
    <content type="html">On September 10, 2008, a video of actor Matt Damon was released to the press that quickly got posted on YouTube, and has now gotten over two...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/09/30/should_christians_argue_politics">
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    <title type="text">Should Christians Argue Politics?</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; For the past several months I’ve heard two recurring themes from critics of my show.</summary>
    <published>2008-09-30T10:13:09-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/09/30/should_christians_argue_politics" />
    <content type="html">For the past several months I’ve heard two recurring themes from critics of my show: “You’re too political and unloving, Christians shouldn’t...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/09/11/oprahs_pleasant_offer_of_deception">
    <id>6c1e4608-b60d-4943-bd36-9e0748a0a9a9</id>
    <title type="text">Oprah's Pleasant Offer of Deception</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Frank Pastore from KKLA in Los Angeles interviews Richard Abanes, author of “A New Earth, an Old Deception: Awakening to the Dangers of Eckhart Tolle’s #1 Bestseller."</summary>
    <published>2008-09-11T11:12:07-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/09/11/oprahs_pleasant_offer_of_deception" />
    <content type="html">Frank Pastore from KKLA in Los Angeles interviews Richard Abanes, author of “A New Earth, an Old Deception: Awakening to the Dangers of Eckhart...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/09/05/obamas_abortion_positon_to_the_left_of_naral">
    <id>c05d5c54-48c9-45b4-9b2b-c4792cdfdd10</id>
    <title type="text">Obama's Abortion Positon: To the Left of NARAL</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; </summary>
    <published>2008-09-05T16:28:26-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/09/05/obamas_abortion_positon_to_the_left_of_naral" />
    <content type="html">Frank Pastore from KKLA in Los Angeles interviews Jill Stanek, the former registered nurse who served at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois....</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/08/06/california_frontline_of_the_marriage_culture_war">
    <id>40e16ff4-2054-4487-ae2a-02245690030b</id>
    <title type="text">California: Frontline of the Marriage Culture War</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Frank Pastore from KKLA in Los Angeles interviews Gary Bauer, president of American Values about the effort to redefine the marriage protection amendment.</summary>
    <published>2008-08-06T10:16:27-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/08/06/california_frontline_of_the_marriage_culture_war" />
    <content type="html">Frank Pastore from KKLA in Los Angeles interviews Gary Bauer, president of American Values about the effort to redefine the marriage protection...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/08/04/are_you_ready_for_carbon_rationing">
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    <title type="text">Are You Ready for Carbon Rationing?</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Frank Pastore interviews Cal Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance about rational and irrational policies aimed at helping the poor and the environment.</summary>
    <published>2008-08-04T10:30:58-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/08/04/are_you_ready_for_carbon_rationing" />
    <content type="html">Frank Pastore interviews Cal Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance about rational and irrational policies aimed at helping the poor and the...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/05/29/what_went_wrong_with_the_evangelical_manifesto">
    <id>c1ffc0c6-1922-45df-baf2-1baee19529dd</id>
    <title type="text">What Went Wrong With the Evangelical Manifesto?</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; After the release of the Evangelical Manifesto, Frank Pastore interviewed Manifesto signer and National Religious Broadcasters President Frank Wright.</summary>
    <published>2008-05-29T10:48:32-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/05/29/what_went_wrong_with_the_evangelical_manifesto" />
    <content type="html">After the release of the Evangelical Manifesto, Frank Pastore interviewed Manifesto signer and National Religious Broadcasters President Frank...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/05/28/same-sex_marriage_giant_leap_in_the_wrong_direction">
    <id>76cf23d5-c83b-45de-97a2-a30eb9ceaa97</id>
    <title type="text">Same-Sex Marriage: Giant Leap in the Wrong Direction</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The California Supreme Court has now legalized same-sex marriage, overturning the will of the people.</summary>
    <published>2008-05-28T12:10:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/05/28/same-sex_marriage_giant_leap_in_the_wrong_direction" />
    <content type="html">The California Supreme Court has now legalized same-sex marriage, overturning the will of the people. In 2000, 61 percent of Californians voted...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/05/12/questioning_an_evangelical_manifesto">
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    <title type="text">Questioning "An Evangelical Manifesto"</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; On May 7, the 19-page “An Evangelical Manifesto” was released, along with its 29-page study guide.</summary>
    <published>2008-05-12T19:04:22-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/05/12/questioning_an_evangelical_manifesto" />
    <content type="html">On May 7, the 19-page “An Evangelical Manifesto” was released, along with its 29-page study guide. Many good and wonderful people are among the 77...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/03/31/questions_that_bother_oprah_and_todays_new_age_thinkers">
    <id>f42dc2e6-69d8-4762-bab0-06322a1115b4</id>
    <title type="text">Questions that Bother Oprah and Today's New Age Thinkers</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; A worldview is made up of the answers we give to life’s most fundamental and profound questions. It includes the answers we give to questions of philosophy, religion, ethics and theology.</summary>
    <published>2008-03-31T10:54:02-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/03/31/questions_that_bother_oprah_and_todays_new_age_thinkers" />
    <content type="html">I have a few questions—but they are not about whether Oprah Winfrey, Eckhart Tolle or Marianne Williamson are good, smart and nice people. I’m...</content>
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    <title type="text">I Held the "Big Texan" Steak Record for 21 Years, Until Last Night</title>
    <summary type="html">&lt;a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/'&gt;Frank Pastore Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The Big Texan in Amarillo, Texas, offers a Free 72 oz. Steak—if you can finish it in less than an hour. I’ve done it seven times.</summary>
    <published>2008-03-25T13:56:36-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-24T05:37:06Z</updated>
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      <name>Frank Pastore</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2008/03/25/i_held_the_big_texan_steak_record_for_21_years,_until_last_night" />
    <content type="html">The Big Texan in Amarillo, Texas, offers a Free 72 oz. Steak—if you can finish it in less than an hour. 
I’ve done it seven times.
The meal...</content>
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