BullPit here is the code beginning at line 131 in my default.aspx page

<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text='<%# truncate(CStr(Eval("description"))) %>' />

<a href='<%# "News_View.aspx?Articleid=" &Cstr( Eval("ID"))%>'>read more &raquo;</a>

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