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		<title>Evening Sun: Top Stories</title>

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		<description>Whats making headlines in Chenango County</description>

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		<title>Sherburne Lions mark the 4th with Paddleford Park celebration</title>

		<link>http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2008-07-04/4661/Sherburne-Lions-mark-the-4th-with-Paddleford-Park-celebration/</link>

		<description>SHERBURNE  For the past 15 years, the Sherburne Lions Club has been sponsoring an array of activities for the community to enjoy on Independence Day, and with music, games, food and fireworks, this year...</description>

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		<title>Fireworks over the Fairgrounds today</title>

		<link>http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2008-07-04/4659/Fireworks-over-the-Fairgrounds-today/</link>

		<description>Terry Potter from Millennia Entertainment, The Place and the Norwich Career Firefighters have joined forces for an array of exciting activities. Potter said the preparation for today was extensive, but...</description>

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		<title>What America means to me ...</title>

		<link>http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2008-07-04/4658/What-America-means-to-me-/</link>

		<description>Wednesday, Ashley Franklin&apos;s fouryearold class at The Children&apos;s Center spent the morning baking cupcakes and the afternoon singing happy birthday to the country they call home. Many of the children...</description>

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		<title>Volunteer referees desperately needed for 13th Macker</title>

		<link>http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2008-07-03/4656/Volunteer-referees-desperately-needed-for-13th-Macker/</link>

		<description>Less than two weeks away, the threeonthree tournament has roughly 40 Gus Busters signed up. Normally there are anywhere from 80 to 100 by this time, said Mark Abbott, a head Gus Buster for the event...</description>

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		<title>Greene woman named one of country&apos;s most extraordinary</title>

		<link>http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2008-07-03/4654/Greene-woman-named-one-of-countryaposs-most-extraordinary/</link>

		<description>O&apos;Brien is the founder and director of the Magic Paintbrush Project, a nonprofit organization that facilitates therapy through artistic expression for those with special needs and their families. It...</description>

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		<title>State funds for cleaning up Ward 4 TCE contamination drying up  </title>

		<link>http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2008-07-03/4653/State-funds-for-cleaning-up-Ward-4-TCE-contamination-drying-up-/</link>

		<description>NORWICH  State funding intended for an environmental restoration project at the Northeast Classic Car Museum has dried up and industrial development officials are uncertain about funding for a separate...</description>

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		<title>Jewish Center vandals sentenced</title>

		<link>http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2008-07-03/4651/Jewish-Center-vandals-sentenced/</link>

		<description>Chenango County Judge W. Howard Sullivan began by reiterating the seriousness of the crime committed by the three youths. &quot;If these crimes were committed by adults, the sentencing would result in a lengthy...</description>

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		<title>Villages seek exceptions for police officers</title>

		<link>http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2008-07-02/4640/Villages-seek-exceptions-for-police-officers/</link>

		<description>Because of their age, officers Norm L. Shaffer, Jr., 47, and Ronald Martin, 41, are ineligible to be hired fulltime under state civil service law, which prevents villages from having any officer over...</description>

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		<title>Discrepancies in defendant&apos;s statements </title>

		<link>http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2008-07-02/4637/Discrepancies-in-defendantaposs-statements-/</link>

		<description>James Bush, represented by his defense attorneys Thomas Cline and Joseph A. Ermeti, faces up to 12 felony charges in connection with a deadly home invasion in Sherburne last summer. Bush was the driver...</description>

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		<title>State&apos;s legislature: No second judgeship for Chenango</title>

		<link>http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2008-07-02/4636/Stateaposs-legislature-No-second-judgeship-for-Chenango/</link>

		<description>&quot;I honestly, at this point in time, I&apos;m not sure why (it didn&apos;t pass),” he said. Crouch cosponsored the bill with 52nd District Senator Thomas Libous, RBinghamton. Chenango County&apos;s request for a second...</description>

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