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		<title>Fake gambling hits real jackpot in Texas town</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2012/fake-gambling-hits-real-jackpot-in-texas-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by WES FERGUSON Joe Hernandez put down $20 to play the video slots at the new sweepstakes hall in Kyle on Tuesday afternoon. He hit the button on a casino game called Silver Stash, and the reel began to spin. &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2012/fake-gambling-hits-real-jackpot-in-texas-town/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Giant snake in the Sabine River?</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2012/giant-snake-in-sabine-river/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 04:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supposedly this photo was taken on the Sabine River in Newton County. Jacob and I saw a few snakes during our travels, but nothing like this.]]></description>
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		<title>God gave Louie a message</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2012/god-gave-louie-a-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three years ago, during a reunion for survivors of the infamous 1937 New London School explosion, in which 295 children and teachers were killed in the worst school disaster in American history, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert was speaking on stage &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2012/god-gave-louie-a-message/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Before the storm</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2012/evidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last summer, I happened to be one of the disaster tourists who drove through Joplin, Mo., to gawk at the tornado destruction. It&#8217;s a leafy, pretty town. Then we came over a hill, and the emptiness spread before us like &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2012/evidence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How I became the writer and journalist I am today</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2012/how-i-became-the-writer-and-journalist-i-am-today/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2012/how-i-became-the-writer-and-journalist-i-am-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A grad student called the other day to ask about my experience as a narrative journalist. He followed up by email with two more questions. My answers are not all that interesting or insightful, I guess, but why do I &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2012/how-i-became-the-writer-and-journalist-i-am-today/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Clear minds, dead snakes</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2012/clear-minds-full-hearts-dead-snakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a lot of ways, feature writing is a race against forgetting. The details and anecdotes slip away. Context evaporates. I&#8217;m finally sitting down to write a story about a local rattlesnake hunter and reading through my notes from our hunt &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2012/clear-minds-full-hearts-dead-snakes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>United in marriage and chili</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/united-in-marriage-and-chili/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duo are first husband and wife to both win first place at world chili championship in Terlingua Linda Odom will give you her recipe, but you can’t cook her chili. Try anyway, and you’ll need floaters and dumps. It’s OK &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/united-in-marriage-and-chili/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ghost hunters</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/east-texas-paranormal-investigators/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2011/east-texas-paranormal-investigators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a cool, damp night in Longview, paranormal investigator Misty Richardson says she will not fear the spirits she expects to encounter during research of a local burial ground. <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/east-texas-paranormal-investigators/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Constable selling a local legend</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/constable-selling-a-local-legend/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2011/constable-selling-a-local-legend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wesferguson.net/?p=1378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For sale: a 1978 Plymouth Salon. Avocado-green paint. Not appropriate for all drivers – especially no teenagers. “I don’t want to get ’em killed,” says the car’s owner, Hays County Constable James Kohler. Click here to read the story on &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/constable-selling-a-local-legend/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Historic church adapts to serve changing population</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/historic-church-adapts-to-serve-new-population/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2011/historic-church-adapts-to-serve-new-population/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a winter day in 1886, at a farmhouse east of Kyle, 16 German settlers gathered to form a church. The body established by that long-ago meeting, now called Immanuel Baptist, celebrated its 125th anniversary this past Sunday. The church’s &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/historic-church-adapts-to-serve-new-population/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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