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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/colorado-the-wests-true-swing-state">        <title>Colorado: The West's true swing state</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/colorado-the-wests-true-swing-state</link>        <description>Colorado voters are almost evenly split between Republicans, Democrats and the nonaffiliated, including the Tea Party -- and a Salazar looks vulnerable. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Scott Tipton</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Betsy Markey</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado Democrats</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Scott McInnis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Doug Aden</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ken Buck</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tom Tancredo</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Cory Gardner</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado Republicans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Hickenlooper</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Salazar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado Tea Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Michael Bennet</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:26:00Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/california-dope-ebay-pollution-and-moonbeams">        <title>California: Dope, eBay, pollution and moonbeams</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/california-dope-ebay-pollution-and-moonbeams</link>        <description>California flashes back to the 1970s with campaigns to legalize marijuana and re-elect Jerry Brown as governor, while other key races are also sizzling hot.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Richard Pombo</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Carly Fiorina</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jerry Brown</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>decriminalizing drugs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Meg Whitman</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Barbara Boxer</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tea Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California Republicans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California Proposition 19</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California Democrats</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:24:25Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/arizona-obamas-curse">        <title>Arizona: Obama's curse?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/arizona-obamas-curse</link>        <description>When Obama plucked Janet Napolitano out of the governor's seat to run Homeland Security, he surrendered Arizona to the ultra-conservatives.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Arizona politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Obama administration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arizona Democrats</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tea Party, Arizona Republicans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jon Hulburd</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ben Quayle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John McCain</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>J.D. Hayworth, Gabrielle Giffords</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Janet Napolitano</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ann Kirkpatrick, Paul Gosar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jan Brewer</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:11:14Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.12/the-ute-paradox">        <title>The Ute Paradox</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.12/the-ute-paradox</link>        <description>The Southern Utes overcame poverty and oppression to become a wealthy and powerful tribe with nationwide energy holdings.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Red Willow Offshore LLC</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Leonard Burch</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Southern Ute Indians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>energy industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Jurrius</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>oil and gas drilling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sam Maynes</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Matthew Box</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Southern Ute corporations</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bakken Oil Formation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>tribal governments</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-07-12T15:11:51Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.12/some-of-the-key-players">        <title>Some of the key players</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.12/some-of-the-key-players</link>        <description>Leonard Burch, Sam Maynes, Bob Zahradnik and John Jurrius have all helped the Southern Utes build their energy empire.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Southern Ute Indians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Jurrius</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bob Zahradnik</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sam Maynes</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Leonard Burch</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-07-12T00:08:09Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.12/the-southern-utes-empire">        <title>The Southern Utes' empire</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.12/the-southern-utes-empire</link>        <description>Maps reveal the amount of land the tribe lost over the years -- and show how huge its current business empire had become.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Southern Ute Indians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Southern Ute history</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Southern Ute energy companies</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Southern Ute real estate holdings</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Southern Ute water and hunting rights</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-07-22T17:09:39Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.11/so-long-paonia">        <title>So long, Paonia</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.11/so-long-paonia</link>        <description>Jonathan Thompson, High Country News's former editor-in-chief, is moving to Germany with his family.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Jonathan Thompson</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Paonia, Colorado</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>High Country News</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-06-15T22:46:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.8/culture-of-the-canyon">        <title>Culture of the Canyon</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.8/culture-of-the-canyon</link>        <description>When the author ventures down the Colorado on a raft, he discovers a world of wonders -- and a little bit of himself. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                <dc:date>2010-05-04T16:19:09Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.7/wilderness-by-committee">        <title>Wilderness by committee</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.7/wilderness-by-committee</link>        <description>Complicated deals are being made over wilderness protection in Colorado and in San Juan County, Utah.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson and Rachel Waldholz</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>ORV access</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Weminuche Wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness legislation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>San Juan County Commission</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hidden Gems proposed wilderness</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-04-30T15:37:47Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/blogs/heard/high-country-..">        <title>High Country ... </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/blogs/heard/high-country-..</link>        <description>Bandits?</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                <dc:date>2010-04-19T16:55:10Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Blog Post</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/blogs/heard/on-the-river">        <title>On the river</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/blogs/heard/on-the-river</link>        <description>A water battle, of the inflatable sort</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                <dc:date>2010-04-15T17:46:26Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Blog Post</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/blogs/heard/the-cyber-gasfield">        <title>The cyber-gasfield</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/blogs/heard/the-cyber-gasfield</link>        <description>"Pump It Up" on this social network!</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                <dc:date>2010-04-14T17:50:34Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Blog Post</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/more-grousing">        <title>More grousing</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/more-grousing</link>        <description>The federal government says sage grouse deserve protection, but delays listing the birds under the Endangered Species Act.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>rare birds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ken Salazar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>greater sage grouse</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>threatened wildlife</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-04-07T19:47:51Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/wheatpastin-the-rez">        <title>Wheatpastin' the Rez</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/wheatpastin-the-rez</link>        <description>Turn up the volume and watch the street artist Jetsonorama at work. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                <dc:date>2010-03-19T16:26:47Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Blog Post</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.5/when-you-carry-your-home-with-you-when-are-you-home">        <title>When you carry your home with you, when are you home?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.5/when-you-carry-your-home-with-you-when-are-you-home</link>        <description>The thousands of RVers who gather in Quartzsite, Ariz., every winter create in an impromptu community that might as well be in a Wal-Mart parking lot.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson  </dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>recreational vehicles</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Quartzsite RV rally</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>motorhome living</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sense of place</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>deserts</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-03-15T16:55:19Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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