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		<title>April 13th: Blood and the Tooth Fairy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>April 11th: Dental Hygiene</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>April 9th: Splish, Splash, I Was Taking a Bath</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>April 6th: Is She Missing the Pain Gene?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>April 5th: Rapid Alterations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>April 4th: Quick Delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>March 25: Mommy, Get this Thing off Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>March 20th: Michael Made it Cool</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>March 19th: Doctor knows best</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>March 16: Can’t Miss a Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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