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<title><![CDATA[Attorney General wins reform, refunds from Peak Fitness]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Peak Fitness will make major changes to benefit members of its health clubs thanks to a comprehensive agreement announced today by Attorney General Roy Cooper.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:57:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[End of excitement gives way to post-holiday blues]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The holiday season came to a halt at 7:30 on Christmas morning. There was no catastrophic event, just the opening of the final present, leaving my living room buried in shreds of wrapping paper that just 45 minutes prior had covered the gifts beneath the tree. "Home and Garden" would have been proud of my Currier and Ives ambience. They just needed to be here at sunrise to see it.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The right tools can help keep your family on track]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/08/right-tools-can-help-keep-your-family-track/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Need help getting your family organized in 2009?]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Needle art, quilting extravaganza planned]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/08/needle-art-quilting-extravaganza-planned/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[If you like quilting, felting or cross-stitching, mark your calendar for the Quilting and Needle Art Extravaganza (QNAE) in Statesville. The show will be held Jan. 9-10  at the Statesville Civic Center, which is located at 300 S.Center St. You can even bring your old quilt to learn how to finish and care for it.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sometimes, being bored can be a good thing]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/08/sometimes-being-bored-can-be-good-thing/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Men, in general, would rather go to the dentist than go shopping with their wife. The reason this is true is related to the difference in philosophies about shopping between the genders. To men, shopping is pure and simple. You need shoes; you go buy a pair — just like the ones you are now wearing, same color. The only reason men go shopping is because the old shoes are falling apart.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What's the Wii know anyway?]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/08/whats-wii-know-anyway/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[My friends have been bitten by the Wii bug, and they convinced me to give it a try the other day.
Six of the grown-ups volunteered to climb on the Wii Fit board in their kids' rec room and find out our "Wii age." ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Simple ways to improve health]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/08/simple-ways-improve-health/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Have you made your 2009 New Year's resolutions? 

Most of us should probably include some health resolutions in the list. With the majority of American adults being overweight or obese and even more than that struggling with weight concerns and disordered eating, you know weight management is a big issue. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pine Ridge Boys in concert]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/07/pine-ridge-boys-concert/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The Pine Ridge Boys, a Southern Gospel group from Mooresville, will perform at Community Baptist Church, located on Langtree Road.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:05:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News from the faith community]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/07/news-faith-community/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Here is a look at what's going on in the Mooresville-area faith community. To add an item, call 704-696-2943.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:55:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Informative workshops planned]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/07/workshops-planned/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Mt. Carmel Young Adults will sponsor an informative workshop on Jan. 10 beginning at 2 p.m. The workshops will be on the campus of CVCC, Alexander location across from Wal-Mart.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:49:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Home, sweet home: Decor gets cozy]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/05/home-sweet-home-decor-gets-cozy/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Jane Austen wrote, "There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." Some of us are natural homebodies, but when both the weather and the economy turn frosty, we're all headed indoors for some reassurance.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:07:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Single parenting study]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/05/single-parenting-study/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A new study for single parents entitled, "Parenting On Your Own" will be held every Sunday beginning Jan. 11 until Feb. 22 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Davidson United Methodist Congregational Care House, 233 S. Main St., Davidson. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:09:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Discovery Place to remain open during renovations]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/05/discovery-place-remain-open-during-renovations/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Discovery Place kicks off its long-awaited, multi-million-dollar renovation this week, and officials said Sunday they won't have to shut down the entire museum next year as they had planned.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:06:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CSI Hunley: Fate of historic sub a cold case file]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/05/csi-hunley-fate-historic-sub-cold-case-file/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It could be one of the nation's oldest cold case files: What happened to eight Confederate sailors aboard the H.L. Hunley after it became the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship?]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:27:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conjoined twins born in Johnson City, Tenn.]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/conjoined_twins_first_born_at_johnson_city_med_center/18353/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A woman from Unicoi County, Tenn. has given birth to conjoined twins, born in Johnson City at Johnson City Medical Center early Sunday morning. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:05:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Civil War era ball planned for Lincoln birthday]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/05/civil-war-era-ball-planned-lincoln-birthday/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum plans to host a period ball to celebrate the president's birthday this February.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:22:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[From spray tans to spas, tweens growing up fast]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/04/spray-tans-spas-tweens-growing-fast/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It used to be a treat when young girls got manis and pedis.

But now girls as young as 9 are getting highlights, facials and spray tans, too, at metro Phoenix salons and spas.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A garden takes on the imprint of its creator]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/03/a-garden-takes-on-the-imprint-of-its-creator/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A few days before Christmas, a friend hunted me down to give me a packet of seeds. It was not a Christmas gift per se -- I knew that it was coming -- but it was welcome. Ann Long had gotten this seed from a dear friend and mentor of mine, Flora Ann Bynum, who passed away a few years ago.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Moving books double-dare kids to splash and twirl]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/02/moving-books-double-dare-kids-splash-and-twirl/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Slide, glide, twirl! Splish, splash, floop!

Rare is the children's book that begs to be read and tossed aside for a good romp — all at the same time. Rarer still are moving pictures built right in that double-dare kids to do just that.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:53:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Your expression can speak volumes]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/02/your-expression-can-speak-volumes/lifestyles/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[One of the great human dilemmas is the reality that others can see us better than we can see ourselves. This makes being married a real challenge. Husbands can see things wives can't see. Wives can see things husbands can't see. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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