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    <bigarticle id="10213">
      <title><![CDATA[Monster trucks, and other kid interests that come out of nowhere]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1266526904" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[2/18/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[I've been cramming lately on the subject of monster truck rallies. This has some similarities to the last thing I crammed for -- it was a Contracts Law class in 1995, I think -- in that both involve rapid consumption of facts I previously had no interest in. Studying is a little easier this time around, though, because the monster trucks have really cool names. El Toro Loco, Towasaurus Wrex ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="10212">
      <title><![CDATA[Monster (truck) mash returns to arena]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1266526681" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[2/18/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[It is time again for 10,000 pound trucks racing, crushing, and jumping over more than 14 side-by-side cars. From Friday, Feb. 19 through Sunday, Feb. 21, Monster Jam will return to Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Twp. Monster trucks scheduled to perform include Grave Digger, El Toro Loco, Bad Habit, American Guardian, Black Stallion and Iron Warrior.Michael Vaters, creator and driver of Black Stallion, will be one of the drivers ...]]></text>
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    <article id="10211">
      <title><![CDATA[Monster trucks a crowd-pleaser for all ages]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1266526588" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[2/18/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[On Friday night, mounds of dirt will cover the floor of Mellon Arena in preparation for the macho stunts of massive monster trucks, with tires that are taller than many people. The Monster Jam features freestyle and racing competitions among drivers of the colossal monster trucks, which weigh about 10,000 pounds and stand about 12 feet tall, with 66-inch-high tires. The trucks -- built for short, high-powered bursts of speed ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9850">
      <title><![CDATA[Monster Jam's new safety measures inadequate]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1264094662" delta="6 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/21/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[ACOMA, Wash.  Monster Jam is back at the Tacoma Dome with new safety guidelines in place following a tragic incident that left a young boy dead. But according to a man who got seriously hurt during the incident, the new restrictions don't fix a thing. Six-year-old Sebastian Hizey was killed when pieces of a truck's drive shaft shattered and flew into the stands during a show last year.An Edgewood ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9849">
      <title><![CDATA[Monster Jam is a monster job]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1264094580" delta="6 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/21/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Get your earplugs ready. Monster Jam rumbles into the Colonial Life Arena this weekend, bringing gigantic trucks and spectacular crashes Friday and Saturday. We caught up with Cam McQueen, a 31-year-old Canadian driver who maneuvers the Nitro Circus monster truck.Did you grow up thinking you wanted to be a monster truck driver?"Absolutely. That was what I wanted to do. I used to race motorcycles, ATVs and Tough Trucks. I started ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9453">
      <title><![CDATA[Monster truck drivers love to thrill crowd]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1262624350" delta="9 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/4/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam driver John Zimmer views fans as the makers of his dream. As a youth, he went to venues in the state of New York and set his heart on driving the big trucks more than two decades ago. Now at age 32 the Vermont resident helps thrill crowds sometimes numbering up to 60,000 in Houston and Montreal, he said. And he feels he owes ticket ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9452">
      <title><![CDATA[SW Fla. kicks off the year with monster truck destruction in Estero]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1262624196" delta="9 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/4/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[In the wake of the holidays, the vehicles competing in the Winter Nationals Monster Trucks Motorsport Spectacular New Year's Bash Saturday at Germain Arena were a far cry from Santa's tiny reindeer. Instead of Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, the monster trucks were named Prowler, Pouncer, Reptoid, Predator and Razin Kane. And loud? Yeah, just a little. As the massive $250,000 trucks pulled wheelies and crushed cars, their 1,500-horsepower ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9044">
      <title><![CDATA[2 hurt at monster truck show at Tacoma Dome]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1260383051" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/9/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Two people an adult and child were hurt by flying debris during a monster truck show at the Tacoma Dome Friday night, a Tacoma Fire Department spokesman said. Few details were available initially. Jolene Davis, department spokesman, referred to “some sort of an accident,” but she did not know specific details. She said the two people were transported to area hospitals, but she did not know the nature of their ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9043">
      <title><![CDATA[The Legend of Grave Digger: Monster Truck's Black and Green Wrecking Machine]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1260382699" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/9/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Every motorsport has that one iconic vehicle the fans instantly recognize.  In NASCAR, there's the black No. 3 of Dale Earnhardt. Drag racing has the Castrol funny car of John Force. Formula 1 has the bright red Ferrari of Michael Schumacher. In the world of monster trucks, everyone unquestionably recognizes one vehicle: a black 1950 Chevrolet Panel Truck that bears green flames across the hood, red headlights that look ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9042">
      <title><![CDATA[Chocolate Covered Bacon On A Stick Monster Truck Rally America Hell Yes!!]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1260382387" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/9/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[This picture. This goddamn picture. It's glorious. Sure, it encompasses just about everything that's wrong with America, but to hell with all that. You have to give the creators of this image some props for not holding back their belligerent patriotism.We can only image it was created by two men  one, the thinker and dreamer; the other, the balls-to-the-wall doer. After struggling for hours, trying to come up with ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7162">
      <title><![CDATA[Crushing good time for trucks]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1256006558" delta="20 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/19/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[MIGHTY beasts roared into the cool night on Saturday, as the 2009 Monster Truck Tour of Destruction stormed the Bundaberg Showgrounds.“It was great, I had Outback Thunda and I beat the American,” group organiser for the Australian Monster Truck Association Clive Featherby said.“I destroyed Outback Thunda in the process, tore the complete back end out off it, but it was worth it - the crowd went wild.”Mr Featherby said the ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7012">
      <title><![CDATA[Roar of monster trucks attracts hundreds to Gospel crusades in Interlachen]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Monster Truck Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1253815171" delta="23 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/24/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Hundreds of residents of Putnam County attended the West Putnam Crusade Sept. 10-12, where the crowd heard presentations of the Gospel amid the roar of monster truck engines at Interlachen High School football stadium. Pastors of churches in the sponsoring St. Johns River Baptist Association agreed evangelism was the objective of the event, and the monster trucks served to draw people in with no strings attached, according to event director ...]]></text>
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