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commissioner OKs Citizens Property rate hikes</title><description><![CDATA[More than 15,000 mobile home owners insured by state-backed Citizens Property insurance Corp. will see an 11 percent increase on their insurance policies in 2010.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brent Kallestad, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526848-fla-commissioner-oks-citizens-property-rate-hikes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526848-fla-commissioner-oks-citizens-property-rate-hikes</guid><category>us</category><category>citizens-rates</category><category>rates</category><category>florida</category><category>citizens-property</category><category>business</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:09:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Guests for the Sunday TV news 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Thursday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526807-huntington-bancshares-to-buy-3389m-in-notes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526807-huntington-bancshares-to-buy-3389m-in-notes</guid><category>us</category><category>huntington-bancshares</category><category>notes</category><category>business</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Northug the man to beat as Olympic season starts</title><description><![CDATA[Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mattias Karen, AP Sports 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