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		<title>A night in camp</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/no-direction-for-longviews-homeless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A night in one of Longview's homeless camps. <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/no-direction-for-longviews-homeless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ballad of Billy Ray</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/the-ballad-of-billy-ray/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 18:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever happened to Billy Ray Johnson? He used to be a familiar face around town: the middle-aged and mentally challenged black man who was always walking the back roads of Linden. On a September night in 2003, he was picked &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/the-ballad-of-billy-ray/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For grandma raising 13, this is &#8216;the worst time&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/the-worst-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yolanda Sanchez Perez, a hardworking grandma, lives with 13 of her grandkids on a muddy piece of land outside of town. The only bathtub on the property is in a worn-down travel trailer in the backyard. The trailer has no &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/the-worst-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;I probably would have died with them&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2009/i-probably-would-have-died-with-them/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2009/i-probably-would-have-died-with-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two sisters-in-law slipped into ponchos on Wednesday morning and waded through the ashes of a small frame home in Kilgore. As they worked toward the back bedroom, Sherry Ritchie and Joanie Cummings filled trash bags with smoke-stained clothes they believed &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2009/i-probably-would-have-died-with-them/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can Longview&#8217;s race &#8220;monster&#8221; be solved?</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2009/can-longviews-race-monster-be-solved/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2009/can-longviews-race-monster-be-solved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In midst of LISD attendance zone debate, race relations still riddle <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2009/can-longviews-race-monster-be-solved/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s commercialize high school sports</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2009/should-the-lobos-cash-in-on-their-winning-ways/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2009/should-the-lobos-cash-in-on-their-winning-ways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pat Collins is a salty old coach, a booster backslapper, a guy whose powers of persuasion can open wallets around town. He wants the best for his kids, and he knows how to get it. For proof, just look at &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2009/should-the-lobos-cash-in-on-their-winning-ways/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;He&#8217;s given hero a different meaning&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2009/hes-given-hero-a-different-meaning/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2009/hes-given-hero-a-different-meaning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAKEPORT — Hundreds of East Texans stood in silent tribute Saturday as a Tatum family grieved over the flag-draped casket of a fallen loved one. Relatives and supporters gathered at the East Texas Regional Airport to meet the body of &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2009/hes-given-hero-a-different-meaning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hit-and-run</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2009/hit-and-run/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2009/hit-and-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nakia Wright was straggling behind the others, so the car hit her first. It flipped her into the air, and when she came down her head cracked the right headlight. It struck Jermaine Washington, 20, next, gashing open his big &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2009/hit-and-run/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Desperate options</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2009/desperate-options/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2009/desperate-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wesferguson.net/newspaper/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No air conditioning, rotting floors, sagging ceilings: This is how some Longview renters live. <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2009/desperate-options/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Pepper death grip</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2009/death-by-dr-pepper/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2009/death-by-dr-pepper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 23:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry Nelson spilled his Dr Pepper on the way home from work one afternoon. He pulled into a parking lot in Gladewater to clean up the mess, but the bottle cap had fallen to the floorboard, rolling just out of &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2009/death-by-dr-pepper/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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