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	<title>Allina News &#187; Virginia Piper Cancer Institute</title>
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		<title>Turning Point: Young breast cancer survivors connect, thrive through Abbott Northwestern Hospital buddy system</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/05/14/turning-point-young-breast-cancer-survivors-connect-thrive-through-abbott-northwestern-hospital-buddy-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, May 13, 2012] Emily Bothun, a professional photographer from Dawson, Minn., was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2010. She was 23. Krista Mondahl, a college student from Waseca, was diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2011. She was 24. The women &#8212; who live three hours apart &#8212; connected through the buddy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A mother with cancer chronicles her daughter&#8217;s fatal disease</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/02/29/a-mother-with-cancer-chronicles-her-daughters-fatal-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Feb. 26, 2012] Almost two years ago, Roseville Area High School student Claire Frick went to the emergency room with unusual bruises. She was diagnosed with a rare and deadly childhood cancer: Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. To make matters worse, Claire&#8217;s mother, Jane Frick, was diagnosed with breast cancer in October. Both Claire and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telling the Simple Truth About Cancer</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/12/09/telling-the-simple-truth-about-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Hospitals and Health Networks, Nov., 2011]  Marcia Carlson, a social worker at the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, has written a book that gives helpful advice when talking to kids about family members who have cancer.  Read the article.]]></description>
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		<title>Planting a tree, in memory, at Unity Hospital</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/28/planting-a-tree-in-memory-at-unity-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Sun Focus, Nov. 23, 2011]  A special tree planting ceremony at Unity Hospital honors a cancer patient who was an inspiration to friends, family and other women she met at a support group through the hospital.  Read the article.]]></description>
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		<title>New Ulm Cancer Center opens doors, begins treatment</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/23/6159/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch, November 23, 2011] New Ulm Medical Center (NUMC) opened the doors to their new Cancer Center recently, allowing patients their first opportunity to begin treatment at the new facility. Besides the updated facility, the new center is also bringing an expanded partnership with the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute. Read more at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest column: Ask the Doc &#8211; Lighten your holiday load of calories</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/11/guest-column-ask-the-doc-lighten-your-holiday-load-of-calories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Sun Focus, Nov. 9, 2011]    While your diet can cause illness, it can also be part of an optimal health plan to treat that illness. The fact is that food is medicine. When we look at food as medicine, we can view the Thanksgiving meal as a prescription for good health.  Read the article  by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Warn Of Reconstructive Post-Breast Cancer Surgery</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/11/women-warn-of-reconstructive-post-breast-cancer-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[WCCO-TV, November 9, 2011] Breast cancer is a devastating diagnosis that comes with a long list of big decisions. Some women often opt for reconstruction surgery. But some blame one popular procedure for making matters even worse. A TRAM Flap procedure is similar to a tummy tuck, transferring tissue from the abdomen to the chest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MN Man Gets Breast Cancer, Learns Men Are Not Immune</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/08/mn-man-gets-breast-cancer-learns-men-are-not-immune/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/08/mn-man-gets-breast-cancer-learns-men-are-not-immune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[WCCO-TV, November 5, 2011] One in every 100,000 breast cancer patients is a man. It’s very rare, but it’s something many men don’t talk about or even ask their doctors about. Bill Riegert is just glad his wife’s persistence made him ask his doctor about it.  Surgeon John O&#8217;Leary, MD, of Piper Breast Center at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer Patients Could Benefit From Greater Use Of Rehabilitation</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/10/13/cancer-patients-could-benefit-from-greater-use-of-rehabilitation/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2011/10/13/cancer-patients-could-benefit-from-greater-use-of-rehabilitation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Kaiser Health News and the Washington Post, October 10, 2011] Last spring, at a seminar for survivors of head and neck cancer in Minneapolis, Mary Harder looked around the room with some dismay. &#8220;There were several people who had exactly the same cancer as me, but their lives were much different because they hadn&#8217;t had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 conditions linked to miscarriage drug</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/10/07/12-conditions-linked-to-miscarriage-drug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[KMSP Fox 9, Oct. 6, 2011] A drug that millions of pregnant women took decades ago to prevent miscarriage and complications has put their daughters at higher risk for breast cancer and other health problems that are showing up now, a new federal study finds. Shari Baldinger, a genetic counselor at Allina&#8217;s Virginia Piper Cancer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coordinating cancer care at Allina&#8217;s Piper Breast Center — the personal touch</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/10/07/coordinating-cancer-care-at-allinas-piper-breast-center-%e2%80%94-the-personal-touch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[KARE, Oct. 5, 2011] A new care coordinator position created at Allina&#8217;s Piper Breast Center is offering a consistent advocate for patients facing breast cancer. The care coordinator role was created in April of 2010 in hopes of providing more continuity to patients moving through treatment for breast cancer. KARE11 found out what a difference it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrative health care offered at Unity Hospital</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/08/12/integrative-health-care-is-offered-at-unity-hospital-campus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Anoka County Union Aug. 11, 2011} The Penny George Institute for Health and Healing at Allina’s Unity Hospital campus now offers a holistic approach to health care on an outpatient basis. But you don’t have to be a patient to benefit from its healing services. Services are open to the public. Read the article.]]></description>
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		<title>Allina&#8217;s Virginia Piper Cancer Institute leader says colon cancer rates decreasing</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/07/27/allinas-virginia-piper-cancer-institute-leader-says-colon-cancer-rates-decreasing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[KARE-TV, July 27, 2011] Minnesota&#8217;s colon cancer rates have been decreasing about two percent over the past 10 years, says Tim Sielaff, MD, president of Allina&#8217;s Virginia Piper Cancer Institute. However, each year, 2,500 Minnesotans receive the diagnosis, and 750 to 800 people die from it. Recently, Dr. Sielaff talked about colon cancer, screening and treatment on KARE-TV&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allina part of new NIH cancer genetics project</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/07/12/allina-part-of-new-nih-cancer-genetics-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Minnesota Public Radio, June 29, 2011] Minnesota cancer patients are part of a national study to understand how cancer occurs. Genetic testing will shed light on the role of family history and cancer. Oncologist Thomas Amatruda, MD, of Allina&#8217;s Virginia Piper Cancer Institute and Minnesota Oncology, talks about a tissue banking program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public invited to meet the artist at Unity Hospital’s Art of Healing exhibit</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/07/07/public-invited-to-meet-the-artist-at-unity-hospital%e2%80%99s-art-of-healing-exhibit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Sun Newspapers, July 7, 2011] The public is invited to the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute – Unity Hospital for an artist reception on July 15, 2011. The reception will feature paintings by local artist Peggy Thompson (who paints under the name of Margaret Carroll). Read the article here. .]]></description>
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		<title>Abbott Northwestern Hospital offers smokers a lifesaving deal: discounted CT scans</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/06/30/abbott-northwestern-hospital-offers-smokers-a-lifesaving-deal-discounted-ct-scans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, June 30, 2011] Abbott Northwestern Hospital wants smokers to kick the habit while encouraging a new one: annual CT scans. The Minneapolis hospital said Wednesday that it is offering low-dose CT lung screening to current or former smokers ages 50 to 74 who have a significant history of smoking. The announcement was timed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents Capture Daughter’s Experience with Brain Cancer</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/03/03/parents-capture-daughter%e2%80%99s-experience-with-brain-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[WCCO-TV, March 2, 2011] For two well-known Minneapolis Star Tribune photographers, a picture is worth so much more than a thousand words. Liz Flores and David Joles, of Minneapolis, say it’s the only way to measure their love for their daughter during a time they found themselves in their toughest assignment yet. Their daughter, Gracie Joles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurse navigator brings helping hand to cancer patients</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/01/10/nurse-navigator-brings-helping-hand-to-cancer-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Abbott Northwestern Hospital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[West Central Tribune, January 10, 2011] Sometimes the patient is just looking for a quick word of reassurance. But at least a couple of times a day, the door of Mari Damhof’s office at the Willmar Regional Cancer Center is closed because someone needs to cry. Damhof is the nurse navigator at the Willmar Regional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospital Rolls Forward with Cancer Center</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/11/18/hospital-rolls-forward-with-cancer-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Faribault Daily News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Faribault Daily News, Nov. 17, 2010] Storming ahead amid hospital budget concerns, the new District One Hospital cancer center project is officially under way, slated for completion by early March. The new cancer center in Faribault, Minnesota, is a partnership between District One and Allina Hospitals &#38; Clinics. It will be modeled after Allina’s Virginia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expanded Piper Breast Center® at the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute &#8211; Abbott Northwestern opens in new location</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/11/03/expanded-piper-breast-center%c2%ae-at-the-virginia-piper-cancer-institute-abbott-northwestern-opens-in-new-location/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Abbott Northwestern Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allina Newsroom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Piper Cancer Institute]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Allina Newsroom, November 3, 2010] Piper Breast Center at the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute – Abbott Northwestern has relocated to Suite 402 in the Piper Building, 913 E. 26th St. in Minneapolis. Piper Breast Center is the first in Minnesota to be accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers and is also a designated Breast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Piper Cancer Institute Comes to Fridley</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/10/18/virginia-piper-cancer-institute-comes-to-fridley/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2010/10/18/virginia-piper-cancer-institute-comes-to-fridley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allinanews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unity Hospital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[CTN, Oct. 15, 2010] A new medical building nearing completion on the Unity Hospital campus in Fridley, Minn. is nearing completion. Among other services, it will house the north metro&#8217;s first Virginia Piper Cancer Institute® for Allina. Watch the story below (advance video slider to just past halfway).]]></description>
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		<title>Allina&#8217;s award winning cancer care in the north metro</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/05/26/award-winning-cancer-care-in-the-north-metro/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2010/05/26/award-winning-cancer-care-in-the-north-metro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Allina System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercy Hospital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[North Metro TV, May 26, 2010] Mercy and Unity Hospitals recently received national recognition for their cancer programs. The program at Unity will be receiving a high boost in 2010 with the construction of a $14 million new Cancer Center. Dr. John Stoltenberg, who is serving as Unity&#8217;s interim president, says that at Unity, doctors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-embryonic stem cell treatments currently available</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/03/10/post-embryonic-stem-cell-treatments-currently-available/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2010/03/10/post-embryonic-stem-cell-treatments-currently-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Abbott Northwestern Hospital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Minnesota Christian Chronicle, Mar. 10, 2010] Within two months of taking office last year, President Barack Obama lifted the ban on federal funding of new lines of embryonic stem cell research. It was a policy put in place in 2001 by former President George W. Bush. While the debate about the ethics of destroying an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riverwood and CRMC announce partnership with prestigious cancer center</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/12/29/riverwood-and-crmc-announce-partnership-with-prestigious-cancer-center/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2009/12/29/riverwood-and-crmc-announce-partnership-with-prestigious-cancer-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Allina System]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Northland Press, Dec. 29, 2009] Riverwood Healthcare Center and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC) are pleased to announce their plans to provide cancer care services in affiliation with the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute(tm) (VPCI). VPCI is the comprehensive cancer care program of Allina Hospitals &#38; Clinics based in Minneapolis and is strategically aligned with Minnesota [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus helps finance Fridley Medical Center</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/12/27/stimulus-helps-finance-fridley-medical-center/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2009/12/27/stimulus-helps-finance-fridley-medical-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Star Tribune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unity Hospital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Dec. 27, 2009] A groundbreaking type of funding is giving a boost to the new Fridley Medical Center, where construction began this month. Under $17 million in new bonding authority it received through the federal stimulus package, Anoka County will in effect transfer some of its bonding, or borrowing, power to the companies [...]]]></description>
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