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		<title>Cougars prep for big test against UTEP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In last year’s matchup against UTEP, the Cougars were coming off two momentous wins against Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. They had ascended to a No. 12 national ranking and were looking to get into the top 10 for the first time since 1990. The Miners dashed those hopes with a 58-41 win in El [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/09/cougars-prep-for-big-test-against-utep/</link>
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		<title>Job market remains dire issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama put a new meaning to Labor Day when he held a speech tackling the unemployment issue. Obama stood in front of labor unions on Sept. 6 in Wisconsin, and touched on the fall of the working man and the dissipating middle class. After pulling troops out of Iraq and modifying health care [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/08/job-market-remains-dire-issue/</link>
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		<title>Sometimes we just get actors to play president</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many movies call for someone to act like they’re the president, and unfortunately Obama doesn’t answer most Hollywood agent’s phone calls, so the job ends up going to some well-dressed A-list celebrity. Most of the time they do a decent enough job — it’s not that hard, you just have to sit in a suit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/08/sometimes-we-just-get-actors-to-play-president/</link>
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		<title>Linebacker McGraw aims to take Cougars to new territory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a defensive team captain, middle linebacker Marcus McGraw exemplifies what it takes to be the leader of the UH defense. McGraw led the team in 2009 with 156 tackles and 75 solo stops, averaging 11.1 tackles per game, good for fifth in the nation. Lingering performances in the final two games of the 2009 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/08/linebacker-mcgraw-aims-to-take-cougars-to-new-territory/</link>
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		<title>Cougars maul Bobcats before sellout home crowd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cougars&#8217; 40-point walloping over Texas State came as little surprise to fans, but few were expecting a sellout and record crowd. 32,119 people managed to squeeze into Robertson Stadium, breaking the record of 31,818 set during last season’s game versus Texas Tech. Head coach Kevin Sumlin said he was grateful for the overwhelming support [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/07/cougars-maul-bobcats-before-sellout-home-crowd/</link>
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		<title>UH library digitizes rare book from colonial India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Digital Library at UH recently made a rare book available online to students, scholars and others interested in viewing photographs of India at the beginning of the 20th century. The book, known simply as “India Illustrated,” is one of only three copies known to exist. “There are only two other copies of this book [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/07/uh-library-digitizes-rare-book-from-colonial-india/</link>
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		<title>‘The American’ shows its stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When looking at the poster for “The American,” one could possibly think it has a &#8217;60s-ish type of presentation. The bold orange background has the etchings of a woman’s face, along with a black-and-white image of a sprinting James Bond-looking George Clooney with the iconic 007 special issue PPK – and finally, the bold words: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/07/the-american-shows-its-stuff/</link>
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		<title>Cougars steamroll Texas State 68-28 in season opener</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In front of a record crowd of 32,119 fans at Robertson Stadium, the Cougars scored at will and sealed the win before halftime, rolling past Texas State 68-28 in Saturday&#8217;s season opener. The Cougars went full throttle in the first half which led them to rest their starters in the second. Already leading by 41 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/04/cougars-steamroll-texas-state-68-28-in-season-opener/</link>
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		<title>Wilson ends run as chairman of Board of Regents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of Welcome Wilson Sr.&#8217;s term as chair of the UH System Board of Regents, the position of system chancellor and UH president was vacant. His first task was to find the person who would fill the position. “My first objective was to hire a world-class president, which we got. It was an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/03/wilson-ends-run-as-chairman-of-board-of-regents/</link>
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		<title>Local musicians recall experiences in the industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim Qualls and Richie Caldwell are tired of music scenes being segmented into genres and are determined to change the way artists collaborate with one another on a local level. “It’s tough,” Qualls said about being a musician in Houston. He attributes a lot of the hardship to how spread out and segmented our city [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/03/local-musicians-recall-experiences-in-the-industry/</link>
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