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		<title>2009 CMA Award Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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The List of Country Music Association Award Winners:


Musical Event of the Year: &#8220;Start A Band &#8220;  Brad Paisley and Keith Urban
Musician of the Year:  Mac McAnally
Music Video of the Year:  &#8220;Love Story&#8220;  Taylor Swift - directed by Trey Fanjoy
Single of the Year:  &#8220;I Run to You&#8221; Lady Antebellum
Song of the Year: &#8220;In Color&#8221; Jamey Johnson
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		<title>Teen Taylor Swift is up against her elders at the CMA Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Mansfield, Special for USA TODAY   See complete article w/ Taylor photo here.



Could a teenager really win country music&#8217;s biggest honor?
That&#8217;s the key question at the Country Music Association Awards Wednesday night (ABC, 8 ET/PT) as Taylor Swift, 19, competes for entertainer of the year against a group of guys twice her age: George [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeseverson.wordpress.com&blog=2600178&post=1650&subd=mikeseverson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fan I Was Before, Again.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got into the music business because I was passionate about artists and music.  I had a heart for it and wanted it to be all around me.  That dream came true and has moved me into places I could have never imagined. Despite the positive aspects of working in the radio and music industries [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeseverson.wordpress.com&blog=2600178&post=1642&subd=mikeseverson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compassion International Sends More Than $1 Million in Aid to Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Responding to Ethiopia’s ongoing famine and the government’s urgent appeal for emergency aid to help 6.2 million people facing starvation, Compassion International is sending $1.4 million to the beleaguered nation.
Since March, Compassion has sent funds to the people of Ethiopia to address the acute issues of food source insecurity; the distribution of more funding is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeseverson.wordpress.com&blog=2600178&post=1635&subd=mikeseverson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Throwback Thursday: Waylon &amp; Hank Jr.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hank Williams Jr and Waylon Jennings on TNN&#8217;s Nashville Now in late 1988. They sing &#8220;Mind Your Own Business&#8221; and &#8220;The Conversation&#8221;.  A very cool sit down and performance.  Songwriter and music business legend Merle Kilgore is also featured.  Don&#8217;t you kind of miss TNN?

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