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		<title>Twinkies Are Coming Back in the Greatest News Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Weisholtz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long national nightmare is over. Twinkies are coming back! The iconic cupcake will return to stores this summer after a pair of private equity companies agreed to buy Hostess. Apollo Global Management, LLC and Metropoulos &#38; Co. will purchase the Hostess and Dolly Madison brands for $410 million. Metropoulous &#38; Co. founder and CEO [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The long national nightmare is over.</p>
<p>Twinkies are coming back!</p>
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		<title>Cancel the Benefit Concert &#8212; Twinkies Have Been Saved!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November, the nation went into&#194;&#160;panic&#194;&#160;mood when word spread that Hostess was about to go giant, bloated-with-sugar belly up. There were reports of shoppers hoarding Hostess fare such as&#194;&#160;Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Donettes. Cooler heads predicated that the iconic brands would quickly be bought up, and be back on the shelves faster than you can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In November, the nation went into panic mood when word spread that Hostess was about to go giant, bloated-with-sugar belly up.
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		<title>Hostess Outlet Receives Last Shipment, Stays Open Little Longer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gino Geruntino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whitesboro, NY (WIBX) - Though only a few scattered boxes remain, the Hostess Outlet Store in Whitesboro continues to remain open. The store closed at 4:30 this afternoon, but a small handwritten note on the door encouraged customers to stop in on Thursday to pick from what&#8217;s left. After the baked good manufacturer announced its closure [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whitesboro, NY (WIBX) - Though only a few scattered boxes remain, the Hostess Outlet Store in Whitesboro continues to remain open.
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		<title>Attempts To Broker Deal At Hostess Crumble, Company Officially Closing After 82 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristine Bellino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bakery Confectionery Tobacco and Grain Millers Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Hurt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Drain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irving, TX (WIBX) &#8211; Hostess Brands and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers Union (BCTGM) failed to reach an agreement after being order by a United States Bankruptcy Judge to give it one more try. Through a statement on its website company officials blamed the shutdown on BCTGM, saying it &#8220;&#8230;initiated a nationwide strike [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Irving, TX (WIBX) - <a href="http://hostessbrands.com/Closed.aspx" target="_blank">Hostess Brands</a> and the <a href="http://www.bctgm.org/" target="_blank">Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers Union</a> (BCTGM) failed to reach an agreement after being order by a United States Bankruptcy Judge to give it one more try.</p>
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		<title>There Is a Petition for Obama to Nationalize Twinkies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the US auto industry was in&#194;&#160;jeopardy&#194;&#160;four years ago President Obama stepped in with a bailout package. Now it&#8217;s the American junk food industry that&#8217;s in peril, with Hostess Brands closing up shop and heading for&#194;&#160;liquidation, and some want Obama to take an even more drastic step. Daniel B. of Kansas City has started a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the US auto industry was in jeopardy four years ago President Obama stepped in with a bailout package. Now it's the American junk food industry that's in peril, <a href="http://thefw.com/hostess-shutting-down/">with Hostess Brands closing up shop and heading for liquidation</a>, and some want Obama to take an even more drastic step.</p>
<p>Daniel B. of Kansas City has started a petition for the president to <a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/nationalize-twinkie-industry/cJz0ngJR" target="_blank">"Nationalize the Twinkie industry</a>."
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		<title>Hostess Shutdown Felt Locally At Whitesboro Outlet Store</title>
		<link>http://wibx950.com/hostess-shutdown-felt-locally-at-whitesboro-outlet-store/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gino Geruntino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whitesboro, NY (WIBX) - Hostess&#8217; decision to shut down happened only three days ago, but already the manufacturer&#8217;s closure is having an impact locally. At the Hostess Bakery Outlet store in Whitesboro, customers clamor for the last discounted boxes of Mini Muffins and Fudge Cremes, while loaves of Wonder Bread fly off the shelves. Deana Bartolomie [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whitesboro, NY (WIBX) - Hostess' decision to shut down happened only three days ago, but already the manufacturer's closure is having an impact locally.
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		<title>Utica College Students React To Hostess Closure</title>
		<link>http://wibx950.com/utica-college-students-react-to-hostess-closure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gino Geruntino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Utica, NY (WIBX) - Hostess is filing for bankruptcy and closing its doors for good, following a nationwide bakery strike. But what does that mean for people who have a special place in their hearts for Hostess? Utica College criminal justice student, Ashley Fink, was shocked at the news. &#8220;Well, I&#8217;m a little upset because Twinkies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Utica, NY (WIBX) - <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/video/hostess-filing-bankruptcy-closing-plants-154852170.html" target="_blank">Hostess is filing for bankruptcy</a> and closing its doors for good, following a nationwide bakery strike.
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