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      <title>The secret to upward mobility: Friends</title>
      <description>Who your friends are may be the key to your economic success story. In a groundbreaking study by Harvard researchers, find out why cross-class friendships may be the key ingredient to the American Dream.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:40:19 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>States Push For Prison Sentence Overhaul; Prosecutors Push Back</title>
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