<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Top News</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Top News</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:39:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>If only Russell Brand could use his cleverness for more than humiliation </title>
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Russell Brand's appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe show was a car crash all right, but you could see the collision coming a long way off. Put a quick, egotistical comedian into the glossy shambles of a breakfast show, and this is what you get. Brand looks to have come off much t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056306-if-only-russell-brand-could-use-his-cleverness-for-more-than-humiliation</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056306-if-only-russell-brand-could-use-his-cleverness-for-more-than-humiliation</guid><category>environment</category><category>pop-culture</category><category>humiliation</category><category>russell-brand</category><category>mika-brzezinski</category><category>bradley-manning</category><category>msnbc-morning-joe</category><category>uk-news-channel</category><category>sarah-ditum</category><category>edward-snowden</category><category>brian-schactman</category><category>willy-brand</category><category>egotistical-comedian</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:31:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahCB593FCD-ED17-8817-7B01-5879DC238D0F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="84" width="140" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahCB593FCD-ED17-8817-7B01-5879DC238D0F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>We need more women speaking on public platforms </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Last week I was watching a highly articulate female economist at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh expound on development issues in Africa when the person in the neighbouring seat nudged me. "What do you think of her outfit?"
I'd already clocked the fact that the economist&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056196-we-need-more-women-speaking-on-public-platforms</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056196-we-need-more-women-speaking-on-public-platforms</guid><category>journalist</category><category>society</category><category>world-news</category><category>edinburgh</category><category>public-speakers</category><category>female-role-models</category><category>tedglobal</category><category>uk-news-channel</category><category>kirsty-lang</category><category>more-women-on-public-platforms</category><category>female-economist</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:20:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahE18E4F48-1FE6-C733-85FE-9642B565F1ED.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahE18E4F48-1FE6-C733-85FE-9642B565F1ED.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Exodus International Shuts Down: Christian Ministry Apologizes To LGBT Community And Halts Operations</title>
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Exodus International, a large Christian ministry that claimed to offer a "cure" for homosexuality,&nbsp;plans to shut down.
In a press release posted on the ministry's website Wednesday night, the board of directors announced the decision to close after nearly four decades.
&&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055991-exodus-international-shuts-down-christian-ministry-apologizes-to-lgbt-community-and-halts-operations</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055991-exodus-international-shuts-down-christian-ministry-apologizes-to-lgbt-community-and-halts-operations</guid><category>religion</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:17:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123646C24D6F8-99F0-F26D-A436-E4DAF62FE016.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123646C24D6F8-99F0-F26D-A436-E4DAF62FE016.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tom Walters: Journalism; Occupation of the Privileged?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
With journalism becoming increasingly dependent on unpaid work experience, are we forcing out talented writers who just can't afford it?
As the UK economy continues to stagnate and wilt under the pressure of a population that demands an increase in living standards, has our ab&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056125-tom-walters-journalism-occupation-of-the-privileged</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056125-tom-walters-journalism-occupation-of-the-privileged</guid><category>media</category><category>london</category><category>journalism</category><category>banking</category><category>marketing</category><category>society</category><category>world-news</category><category>equality</category><category>living-standards</category><category>the-guardian</category><category>gap-between-rich-and-poor</category><category>tom-walters</category><category>uk-news-channel</category><category>independent-school-education</category><category>occupation-of-the-privileged</category><category>unpaid-work-experience</category><category>talented-writers</category><category>un-economy</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:15:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah7CE1C54E-CE9C-5401-E70B-E88108A9C693.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah7CE1C54E-CE9C-5401-E70B-E88108A9C693.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Valerie Plame rolls her eyes at Dick Cheney calling Snowden a &quot;traitor&quot; (VIDEO)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former CIA agent Valerie Plame said Wednesday that she views NSA leaker Edward Snowden as neither a hero nor a traitor, but that Americans should be grateful that he brought the conversation about liberty and security to the national forefront.
"I don't think [Snowden's] a hero,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gedde]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gedde]]></source><link>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056110-valerie-plame-rolls-her-eyes-at-dick-cheney-calling-snowden-a-traitor-video</link><guid>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056110-valerie-plame-rolls-her-eyes-at-dick-cheney-calling-snowden-a-traitor-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>cia</category><category>dick-cheney</category><category>valerie-plame</category><category>joe-wilson</category><category>scooter-libby</category><category>niger</category><category>yellow-cake</category><category>exposing-a-cia-agent</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:14:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geddeA97C2112-6BDE-88F1-0257-9BE03F5AC20D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="672" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geddeA97C2112-6BDE-88F1-0257-9BE03F5AC20D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="202" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>From compliments to cuddles, the keys to women's confidence: List shows top 20 feel-good factors </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Women spend more than &pound;13,000 in a lifetime on beauty products to feel better about themselves, according to researchers.
But the same study found that the best confidence boosters are the ones without such a hefty price tag.
A compliment from a friend or partner topped&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056035-from-compliments-to-cuddles-the-keys-to-womens-confidence-list-shows-top-20-feel-good-factors</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056035-from-compliments-to-cuddles-the-keys-to-womens-confidence-list-shows-top-20-feel-good-factors</guid><category>women</category><category>relationships</category><category>home-garden</category><category>beauty-products</category><category>compliments</category><category>feel-good-factor</category><category>good-nights-sleep</category><category>confidence-boosters</category><category>perfect-hair</category><category>looking-good-in-photograph</category><category>silky-smooth-legs</category><category>being-told-i-love-you</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:09:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahFC2F0FAB-447E-955C-39C9-1EA5AF8B6C1B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahFC2F0FAB-447E-955C-39C9-1EA5AF8B6C1B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tea Party love is fickle... Rubio is now a RINO</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Erin Konkel traveled from Houston, Texas, to go to a daylong tea party rally on immigration reform Wednesday in front of the Capitol, where she held up a handmade sign for more than an hour. "RUBIO&nbsp;CONSERVATIVE&nbsp;RINO," it read, or Republican In Name Only.
She used&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gedde]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gedde]]></source><link>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056034-tea-party-love-is-fickle-rubio-is-now-a-rino</link><guid>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19056034-tea-party-love-is-fickle-rubio-is-now-a-rino</guid><category>immigration</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>pandering</category><category>tea-party</category><category>two-faces</category><category>dream-act</category><category>marco-rubio</category><category>playing-both-sides</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:09:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gedde6964A5F5-F4BB-BCE3-8009-7B012947A3C7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gedde6964A5F5-F4BB-BCE3-8009-7B012947A3C7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Atheist Seeking U.S. Citizenship, Told To Join Church Or Be Denied</title>
<description><![CDATA[Margaret Doughty, an atheist and permanent U.S. resident for more than 30 years, was told by immigration authorities this month that she has until Friday to officially join a church that forbids violence or her application for naturalized citizenship will be rejected.
Doughty re&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gedde]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gedde]]></source><link>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055924-atheist-seeking-us-citizenship-told-to-join-church-or-be-denied</link><guid>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055924-atheist-seeking-us-citizenship-told-to-join-church-or-be-denied</guid><category>politics</category><category>atheism</category><category>theocracy</category><category>separation-of-church-and-state</category><category>immigration-services</category><category>conscientious-objector</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:03:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gedde5963516A-165E-6F5A-AF32-2E62FE3CAE4A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="600" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gedde5963516A-165E-6F5A-AF32-2E62FE3CAE4A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jesus Christ Files Lawsuit Against GOP For Slander </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Jesus Christ filed a lawsuit today in the New York Supreme Court against the Republican National Committee for what he is calling &ldquo;egregious misrepresentation of his statements and image.&rdquo;
One of the attorneys representing Christ had this to say:
&ldquo;For years &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055824-jesus-christ-files-lawsuit-against-gop-for-slander</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055824-jesus-christ-files-lawsuit-against-gop-for-slander</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>jesus-christ</category><category>satire</category><category>slander</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:59:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123648DBA9E82-ECE4-92B4-98ED-AC174FECC819.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="212" width="284" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123648DBA9E82-ECE4-92B4-98ED-AC174FECC819.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Black Virginia Lt. Gov. Candidate Says Social Programs Hurt 'Black Family' More Than Slavery</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Virginia GOP's nominee for lieutenant governor, E.W. Jackson, gave a speech Wednesday in which he claimed government social programs have done more harm to the "black family" than slavery. Jackson explained that "programs that began in the sixties" hurt the African-American c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gedde]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gedde]]></source><link>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055679-black-virginia-lt-gov-candidate-says-social-programs-hurt-black-family-more-than-slavery</link><guid>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055679-black-virginia-lt-gov-candidate-says-social-programs-hurt-black-family-more-than-slavery</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>crazy</category><category>extremism</category><category>uncle-tom</category><category>tea-party</category><category>tokenism</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:52:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Minuteman Founder Arrested On Suspicion Of Child Molestation</title>
<description><![CDATA[A one-time border activist was arrested Wednesday by Phoenix police and accused of sexual conduct involving three girls younger than 10 years old, police said.
Christopher Allen Simcox, 52, who founded the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps in 2005, was booked into a Maricopa County &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gedde]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gedde]]></source><link>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055572-minuteman-founder-arrested-on-suspicion-of-child-molestation</link><guid>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055572-minuteman-founder-arrested-on-suspicion-of-child-molestation</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>tea-party</category><category>immigration</category><category>arizona</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>dream-act</category><category>pedophile</category><category>minutemen</category><category>false-patriot</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:52:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Black in America? You&amp;#039;re Nearly 4x As Likely to Be Arrested For Marijuana Possession</title>
<description><![CDATA[
DeMarcus Sanders is a 26-year-old single father living in Waterloo, Iowa with his 8-year-old son, Daivion. A few years ago, DeMarcus was managing to hold down a janitorial job while taking classes for college credit and raising his son. But then &mdash; in a story repeated thou&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055549-black-in-america-youre-nearly-4x-as-likely-to-be-arrested-for-marijuana-possession</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055549-black-in-america-youre-nearly-4x-as-likely-to-be-arrested-for-marijuana-possession</guid><category>drugs</category><category>race</category><category>politics</category><category>racism</category><category>american-civil-liberties-unions</category><category>demarcus-sanders</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:42:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236440601740-5823-61E0-135D-D48DF774F5B0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="345" width="345" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236440601740-5823-61E0-135D-D48DF774F5B0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stop Taking Orwell's Name in Vain </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Anyone who's read the commentary surrounding the news of the NSA's PRISM program knows that George Orwell remains ubiquitous decades after his death. TV pundits, editorial writers, and the average Twitter user can all agree: The government's domestic spying is "Orwellian," an e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055442-stop-taking-orwells-name-in-vain</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055442-stop-taking-orwells-name-in-vain</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>national-security-agency</category><category>big-brother</category><category>forbes</category><category>figure-of-speech</category><category>prism</category><category>metaphor</category><category>simile</category><category>george-orwell</category><category>animal-farm</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><category>tv-pundits</category><category>twitter-user</category><category>editorial-writers</category><category>politics-and-the-english-language</category><category>edward-snowden</category><category>crusade-against-cliches</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:41:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah37748182-8C66-8080-96BA-6D1B07EB46A0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="110" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah37748182-8C66-8080-96BA-6D1B07EB46A0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="110" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  'Spanking for Jesus' movement lets God-fearing husbands feel good about punishing their wives </title>
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What happens when you combine&nbsp;Fifty Shades of Grey&nbsp;with fundamentalist Christianity? &ldquo;Spanking for Jesus&rdquo; &mdash; or a movement known as Christian Domestic Discipline. The alternative lifestyle fell into the media spotlight on Wednesday thanks to&nbsp;The &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055293-spanking-for-jesus-movement-lets-god-fearing-husbands-feel-good-about-punishing-their-wives</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055293-spanking-for-jesus-movement-lets-god-fearing-husbands-feel-good-about-punishing-their-wives</guid><category>religion</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:35:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236416FF69A9-DAA0-ED5B-9567-B94AAA1CF534.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236416FF69A9-DAA0-ED5B-9567-B94AAA1CF534.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>I Went From Selling Drugs to Studying Them -- And Found That Most of What We Assume About Drugs Is Wrong </title>
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The paradox of education is precisely this&mdash;that as one begins to become conscious, one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
&mdash;James Baldwin
The straight glass pipe filled with ethereal white smoke. It was thick enough to see that it could be&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055341-i-went-from-selling-drugs-to-studying-them-and-found-that-most-of-what-we-assume-about-drugs-is-wrong</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055341-i-went-from-selling-drugs-to-studying-them-and-found-that-most-of-what-we-assume-about-drugs-is-wrong</guid><category>health</category><category>marijuana</category><category>miami</category><category>choices</category><category>experiment</category><category>crack-cocaine</category><category>placebo</category><category>apple-mac</category><category>crackhead</category><category>white-smoke</category><category>james-baldwin</category><category>alternative-reinforcer</category><category>dr-carl-hart</category><category>effects-of-drug-on-behaviour-and-physiology</category><category>paradox-of-education</category><category>street-bookseller</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:30:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah56EC389D-63B4-BAB6-6AB7-2C291A651FAC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="604" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah56EC389D-63B4-BAB6-6AB7-2C291A651FAC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>And Now, The Selling of Obamacare | TIME.com</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[manzil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[manzil]]></source><link>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055234-and-now-the-selling-of-obamacare-timecom</link><guid>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055234-and-now-the-selling-of-obamacare-timecom</guid><category>us-news</category><category>health-care-reform</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:24:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzil389F0450-A0D6-9BC8-42D1-318919A509F4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="133" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzil389F0450-A0D6-9BC8-42D1-318919A509F4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>6 Unbelievable Ways the Big Banks Are Scamming You </title>
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It is going on five years since the financial crash and three years since President Obama signed the meager&nbsp;Dodd&ndash;Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the big banks are still scamming and conning and ripping off their customers. What a huge surpri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055232-6-unbelievable-ways-the-big-banks-are-scamming-you</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055232-6-unbelievable-ways-the-big-banks-are-scamming-you</guid><category>business</category><category>minorities</category><category>derivatives</category><category>shareholders</category><category>executives</category><category>subprime-loans</category><category>competitive-advantage</category><category>dodd-frank-wall-street-reform</category><category>abuses-and-frauds</category><category>bank-scams</category><category>cdo-schemes</category><category>comsumer-protection-act</category><category>more-expensive-mortgages</category><category>scamming-and-conning-customers</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:23:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah87E1C2B3-FE9D-83F6-4651-D024DAA5A5F1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah87E1C2B3-FE9D-83F6-4651-D024DAA5A5F1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil War </title>
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In early July, on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, pilgrims will crowd Little Round Top and the High Water Mark of Pickett's Charge. But venture beyond these famous shrines to battlefield valor and you'll find quiet sites like Iverson's Pits, which recall the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055138-150-years-of-misunderstanding-the-civil-war</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055138-150-years-of-misunderstanding-the-civil-war</guid><category>us-news</category><category>heroism</category><category>american-civil-war</category><category>north-carolinians</category><category>gallantry</category><category>battle-of-gettysburg</category><category>picketts-charge</category><category>tony-horwitz</category><category>alfred-iverson</category><category>fitzhugh-brundage</category><category>inglorious-reality</category><category>iverson-pits</category><category>little-round-top</category><category>shallow-trenches</category><category>waving-white-kerchiefs</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:20:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah34332C7C-845D-F149-F425-52AD31E07693.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah34332C7C-845D-F149-F425-52AD31E07693.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bobby Jindal Calls For Republican Party To Destroy Itself In Fight For Ideological Purity -</title>
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The Republican party civil war is continuing, and Governor Bobby Jindal has called for the absolute surrender, not only of the opposing side, but of the party itself on the national stage. In his op-ed, titled &ldquo;GOP needs action, not navel-gazing,&rdquo; he makes the case &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055020-bobby-jindal-calls-for-republican-party-to-destroy-itself-in-fight-for-ideological-purity</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055020-bobby-jindal-calls-for-republican-party-to-destroy-itself-in-fight-for-ideological-purity</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>republican-party</category><category>bobby-jindal</category><category>war-on-women</category><category>money-wasters</category><category>callous-people</category><category>stop-addressing-failure</category><category>gerrymandered-districts</category><category>politics-of-obsession</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:08:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahF138241B-51CF-2532-37B0-F54503BDE5DF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahF138241B-51CF-2532-37B0-F54503BDE5DF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Terror Con: How Keeping Americans Terrified Is Making Corporations Big Bucks</title>
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For defense contractors, the government officials who write them mega checks, and the hawks in the media who cheer them on, the name of the game is threat inflation. And no one has been better at it than the folks at Booz Allen Hamilton, the inventors of the new boondoggle call&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19054915-the-terror-con-how-keeping-americans-terrified-is-making-corporations-big-bucks</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19054915-the-terror-con-how-keeping-americans-terrified-is-making-corporations-big-bucks</guid><category>us-news</category><category>media</category><category>surveillance</category><category>national-security-agency</category><category>carlyle-group</category><category>edward-snowden</category><category>cyber-warfare</category><category>booz-allen-hamilton</category><category>big-corporation-profits</category><category>information-security-engineer</category><category>keeping-nation-terrified</category><category>pervasive-spying</category><category>substituting-terrorist-for-communist</category><category>terror-con</category><category>threat-inflation</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:02:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah32DC4BC3-51E1-B5BE-1D56-F3030E05D48F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah32DC4BC3-51E1-B5BE-1D56-F3030E05D48F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama SAVED the US Economy - Running Away From that Record Would be Suicidal in 2016</title>
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Sometimes I honestly don't know what goes through people's minds when they say things like this. &nbsp;Democrats win when we effectively communicate the truth to the public, and we can't do that if we're so befuddled we don't even know it ourselves. &nbsp;Well, here's a refresh&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19054821-obama-saved-the-us-economy-running-away-from-that-record-would-be-suicidal-in-2016</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19054821-obama-saved-the-us-economy-running-away-from-that-record-would-be-suicidal-in-2016</guid><category>congress</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>automotive-industry</category><category>president-barack-obama</category><category>saving-americas-economy</category><category>stimulus-and-jobs-package</category><category>investment-in-clean-energy</category><category>world-leaders-in-technology</category><category>callous-republican-obstruction</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:58:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Stratasys to Acquire MakerBot for About $403 Million</title>
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Stratasys Ltd. (SSYS) unveiled plans to buy privately held MakerBot in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at $403 million, a deal that expands Stratasys' position in the three-dimensional printer market.
Stratasys said the merger is poised to drive faster adoption of 3D prin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19053965-stratasys-to-acquire-makerbot-for-about-403-million</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19053965-stratasys-to-acquire-makerbot-for-about-403-million</guid><category>business</category><category>acquisitions</category><category>3d-printing</category><category>makerbot</category><category>stratasys</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:17:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Law Change Allows Pets In NSW Apartments</title>
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Pet-owning apartment and townhouse residents will no longer be faced with choosing between their furry friends and their homes when new strata laws come into effect.
The NSW Fair Trading Minister, Anthony Roberts, confirmed in Parliament this week that default strata bylaws wi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19053532-law-change-allows-pets-in-nsw-apartments</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19053532-law-change-allows-pets-in-nsw-apartments</guid><category>world-news</category><category>real-estate</category><category>australia</category><category>legal</category><category>pets</category><category>au-news</category><category>new-south-wales</category><category>state-government</category><category>strata</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:56:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf74B0E6EA-B3F9-4F86-630C-B032F5630F2E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="214" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf74B0E6EA-B3F9-4F86-630C-B032F5630F2E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Feds say NSA phone records won't help bank robbery suspect</title>
<description><![CDATA[Terrance Brown, accused of bank robbery, made an unusual request of a federal judge to turn over cell phone records that may clear him of some of the robberies.
Mr. Brown's guilt or innocence has yet to be determined.
What makes this case especially interesting, is that it pose&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chamomile Tea]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chamomile Tea]]></source><link>http://chamomiletea.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19053473-feds-say-nsa-phone-records-wont-help-bank-robbery-suspect</link><guid>http://chamomiletea.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19053473-feds-say-nsa-phone-records-wont-help-bank-robbery-suspect</guid><category>federal-judge</category><category>redacted</category><category>cell-phone-records</category><category>south-florida-prosecutor</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:42:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New Zealand burglar hands himself in after finding dead body</title>
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A terrified burglar in New Zealand has handed himself in to police after breaking into a house and stumbling across a dead body.
His screams alerted neighbours in the North Island town of Hamilton, who thought it was a domestic dispute.
Police say the man died hours before th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19053411-new-zealand-burglar-hands-himself-in-after-finding-dead-body</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/20/19053411-new-zealand-burglar-hands-himself-in-after-finding-dead-body</guid><category>death</category><category>police</category><category>new-zealand</category><category>burglary</category><category>crime</category><category>world-news</category><category>nz-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:41:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>