<?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/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Colorado Springs/Pueblo</title><link>http://coloradosprings-pueblo.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Colorado Springs/Pueblo</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:10:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:08:49 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Commentary: Bioweapons could catch US cities off guard</title><description><![CDATA[COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - If America's less-than-rapid response to the H1N1 pandemic is an indicator of how the U.S. public health system would react in the event of a bioweapon attack, we are in deep, deep yogurt, folks. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Louisiana1976]]></dc:creator><link>http://louisiana1976.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/29/3563473-commentary-bioweapons-could-catch-us-cities-off-guard</link><guid>http://louisiana1976.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/29/3563473-commentary-bioweapons-could-catch-us-cities-off-guard</guid><category>us-news</category><category>bioweapons</category><category>h1n1-epidemic</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:10:41 +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></item><item><title>Cord Blood Reverses Cerebral Palsy in Colorado Girl - Incredible Health - FOXNews.com</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bonnie-1034943]]></dc:creator><link>http://bonnie-blood.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3493159-cord-blood-reverses-cerebral-palsy-in-colorado-girl-incredible-health-foxnewscom</link><guid>http://bonnie-blood.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3493159-cord-blood-reverses-cerebral-palsy-in-colorado-girl-incredible-health-foxnewscom</guid><category>us-news</category><category>cord-blood-reverses-cerebral-palsy-in-colorado-gir</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:09:06 +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></item><item><title>Soldier shot himself to avoid deployment, cops say </title><description><![CDATA[A Fort Carson soldier due to be deployed to Afghanistan allegedly shot himself in the shoulder to avoid deployment Wednesday night, Colorado Springs police say.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cuzzenbud]]></dc:creator><link>http://cuzzenbud.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3440024-soldier-shot-himself-to-avoid-deployment-cops-say-</link><guid>http://cuzzenbud.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3440024-soldier-shot-himself-to-avoid-deployment-cops-say-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>soldier</category><category>shot</category><category>deployment</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>fort-carson</category><category>shoulder</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:15:25 +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>Wife, 88, walks 10,000 miles to honor spouse</title><description><![CDATA[COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - An 88-year-old woman in Colorado Springs who walks laps around a nursing home in memory of her deceased husband has hit a major milestone: 10,000 miles. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Par4TheCourse]]></dc:creator><link>http://par4thecourse.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/28/3434960-wife-88-walks-10000-miles-to-honor-spouse</link><guid>http://par4thecourse.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/28/3434960-wife-88-walks-10000-miles-to-honor-spouse</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>walk</category><category>in-honor</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:57:37 +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>Is It Safe To Do Cardio Every Day?</title><description><![CDATA[I know this isn't the typical topic for my seeds but I found it interesting because I have asked this myself numerous times and received as many different answers as the people I asked. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ZebedeeWalker]]></dc:creator><link>http://ZebedeeWalker.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3406048-is-it-safe-to-do-cardio-every-day</link><guid>http://ZebedeeWalker.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3406048-is-it-safe-to-do-cardio-every-day</guid><category>health</category><category>exercize</category><category>cardio</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:39:43 +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></item><item><title>Is the Stimulus Spending Working?</title><description><![CDATA[With the economy showing some slight signs of life, liberal pundits are crowing that the Obama administration's stimulus package is working.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chuck101]]></dc:creator><link>http://cyoung101.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3361967-is-the-stimulus-spending-working</link><guid>http://cyoung101.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3361967-is-the-stimulus-spending-working</guid><category>politics</category><category>stimulus</category><category>spending</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 15:17:23 +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>AF Major Guilty of Indecent Acts</title><description><![CDATA[He's an Air Force Major and he has already plead guilty to indecent acts with an underage girl.  What difference does it make if there is penetration?  Fry him for what he did.  She will be traumatized for life because of what he's done.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SSG, US Army, Retired]]></dc:creator><link>http://ssg--us-army--retired.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/04/3225261-af-major-guilty-of-indecent-acts</link><guid>http://ssg--us-army--retired.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/04/3225261-af-major-guilty-of-indecent-acts</guid><category>rape</category><category>usaf</category><category>indecent-acts-with-a-child</category><category>ucmj</category><category>barry-nixon</category><category>air-force-academy</category><category>court-martial</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:30:26 +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>More Layoffs at Focus on the Family</title><description><![CDATA[Focus on the Family announced a reorganization Wednesday that will eliminate 75 jobs — an 8 percent reduction in a workforce that already has been cut twice since September 2008.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/03/3222285-more-layoffs-at-focus-on-the-family</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/03/3222285-more-layoffs-at-focus-on-the-family</guid><category>us-news</category><category>focus-on-the-family</category><category>religious-right</category><category>hate-group</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:46:09 +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>Illegals crackdown sought</title><description><![CDATA[Following this month's bust of 14,500 marijuana plants that allegedly were in part being grown by Mexican migrant workers, a Colorado Springs senator is calling on Gov.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></dc:creator><link>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/31/3212035-illegals-crackdown-sought</link><guid>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/31/3212035-illegals-crackdown-sought</guid><category>us-news</category><category>illegal-aliens</category><category>illegal-immigrants</category><category>ins</category><category>ice</category><category>border-patrol</category><category>crime</category><category>colorado-springs</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:26:15 +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></item><item><title>Liquor Store Enforces No-Purse Policy</title><description><![CDATA[Leave your purse in the car, or you won't get service at  Colorado's Liquor Outlet.  Backpacks are also not allowed.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Holly-348328]]></dc:creator><link>http://h-kuehn.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/14/3153397-liquor-store-enforces-no-purse-policy</link><guid>http://h-kuehn.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/14/3153397-liquor-store-enforces-no-purse-policy</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>liquor</category><category>purses</category><category>backpacks</category><category>shoplifting</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:42:35 +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>Report: Home from Iraq, some troops 'kept killing'</title><description><![CDATA[A series of articles in the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gazette investigating an Army unit whose members have been accused of at least 10 murders in the past several years highlights the risks of prolonged warfare.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JeniferD]]></dc:creator><link>http://shock-treatment65.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/27/3076550-report-home-from-iraq-some-troops-kept-killing</link><guid>http://shock-treatment65.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/27/3076550-report-home-from-iraq-some-troops-kept-killing</guid><category>health</category><category>fort-carson</category><category>u-s-army</category><category>prolonged-warfare</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:10:09 +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>Juvenile Arrested in Slaying of Sex Assault Suspect</title><description><![CDATA[Jon Hazard, 43, was found dead near the picnic pavillion in Palmer Park on June 1st.  He was shot multiple times.  A juvenile has been arrested for his murder.  Hazard was set to go on trial on several charges involving sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl, now 15.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Holly-348328]]></dc:creator><link>http://h-kuehn.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/15/3027909-juvenile-arrested-in-slaying-of-sex-assault-suspect</link><guid>http://h-kuehn.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/15/3027909-juvenile-arrested-in-slaying-of-sex-assault-suspect</guid><category>us-news</category><category>child-molestation</category><category>murder</category><category>juvenile</category><category>vigilante</category><category>colorado-springs</category><category>john-hazard</category><category>sexual-assault</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:57:14 +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>States Face Budget Problems</title><description><![CDATA[      If you look around your city or town, you could see city, or state works @ the coffe shop.  I am sure that most of them work hard.  In Denver, the major could not get city workers to cut there wages.  He then furloughed them one day out of the week.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[twocspirt2]]></dc:creator><link>http://twocspirt2.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/11/3018380-states-face-budget-problems</link><guid>http://twocspirt2.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/11/3018380-states-face-budget-problems</guid><category>business</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:09:48 +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>Focus on the Family employees say 'hallelujah' to new dress code</title><description><![CDATA[Focus on the Family has a new look - or at least its employees do.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/19/2947899-focus-on-the-family-employees-say-hallelujah-to-new-dress-code</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/19/2947899-focus-on-the-family-employees-say-hallelujah-to-new-dress-code</guid><category>us-news</category><category>focus-on-the-family</category><category>dress-code</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:04:13 +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>Pilot lesson No. 1: Check gas before taking off</title><description><![CDATA[A retired air force colonel with decades of experience as a flight instructor gave one of his students a hands-on lesson in a key principle of flying: Don't run out of gas. 
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/30/2880745-pilot-lesson-no-1-check-gas-before-taking-off</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/30/2880745-pilot-lesson-no-1-check-gas-before-taking-off</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>pilot</category><category>plane-runs-out-of-gas</category><category>lesson-one</category><category>flight-trainer</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 20:21:40 +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>Pilot Lesson 1: You might check your fuel gauge.</title><description><![CDATA[A retired Air Force colonel with decades of experience as a flight instructor gave one of his students a hands-on lesson in a key principle of flying: Don't run out of gas.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SteveHouse]]></dc:creator><link>http://stevehouse.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/29/2879012-pilot-lesson-1-you-might-check-your-fuel-gauge</link><guid>http://stevehouse.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/29/2879012-pilot-lesson-1-you-might-check-your-fuel-gauge</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>flying</category><category>pilot</category><category>gasoline</category><category>fuel</category><category>look-out-falling-plane</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 03:05:45 +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></item><item><title>James Dobson's Political Surrender: Focus on the Family Founder Inconsolable Over Loss of Religious Freedom of Bigotry </title><description><![CDATA[Two articles:

James Dobson Inconsolable Over Loss of Religious Freedom of Bigotry]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/15/2821384-james-dobsons-political-surrender-focus-on-the-family-founder-inconsolable-over-loss-of-religious-freedom-of-bigotry-</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/15/2821384-james-dobsons-political-surrender-focus-on-the-family-founder-inconsolable-over-loss-of-religious-freedom-of-bigotry-</guid><category>politics</category><category>congress</category><category>crime</category><category>homosexual</category><category>james-dobson</category><category>jesus-christ</category><category>senate</category><category>hate-crimes-prevention-act</category><category>homophobia</category><category>religious-right</category><category>extreme-right-wing</category><category>hate</category><category>focus-on-the-family</category><category>evangelical</category><category>evangilist</category><category>evangelism</category><category>hate-monger</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 15:36:49 +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>High School Assignemnt: Plot Terror Attack</title><description><![CDATA[PUEBLO, Colo. -- A ninth grade history project at a high school in Pueblo was supposed to teach students about terrorism, but instead it outraged parents.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/11/2802614-high-school-assignemnt-plot-terror-attack</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/11/2802614-high-school-assignemnt-plot-terror-attack</guid><category>education</category><category>high-school</category><category>terrorism</category><category>extermist</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 11:19:57 +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></item><item><title>Baptist Church and Colorado Springs School Dist 11 at Odds </title><description><![CDATA[The Gazette Telegraph in Colorado Springs, CO has come to the front lines again concerning the freedom of parents to choose a church for the children.

Parents should all have the American free choice to choose the church for their family.  And I suppose they really do.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mjbergherm]]></dc:creator><link>http://mjbergherm.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/02/2766230-baptist-church-and-colorado-springs-school-dist-11-at-odds-</link><guid>http://mjbergherm.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/02/2766230-baptist-church-and-colorado-springs-school-dist-11-at-odds-</guid><category>education</category><category>baptist</category><category>church</category><category>and</category><category>children</category><category>on</category><category>school</category><category>property</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 May 2009 18:11:40 +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>Nichols filing lawsuit over poor prison food--it makes me &quot;sin against God&quot;</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jim-434885]]></dc:creator><link>http://jimatl1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/24/2727821-nichols-filing-lawsuit-over-poor-prison-food-it-makes-me-sin-against-god</link><guid>http://jimatl1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/24/2727821-nichols-filing-lawsuit-over-poor-prison-food-it-makes-me-sin-against-god</guid><category>us-news</category><category>oklahoma-city-bombing</category><category>nichols</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:15:41 +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></item><item><title>Dozens 'lie down' at Capitol for Columbine event on Yahoo! News</title><description><![CDATA[although this is a tragic event, i don't think gun laws have to become more strict.  if anything...they need to become more relaxed.  everybody who is for stricter laws obviously don't own or at the very least shoot guns.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeffro]]></dc:creator><link>http://hotwheels71.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/20/2709250-dozens-lie-down-at-capitol-for-columbine-event-on-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://hotwheels71.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/20/2709250-dozens-lie-down-at-capitol-for-columbine-event-on-yahoo-news</guid><category>us-news</category><category>columbine</category><category>colorado</category><category>shooting</category><category>gun</category><category>law</category><category>killing</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:58:34 +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>Sullenberger To Be Honored At Air Force Academy / Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Southern Colorado, Breaking News, News, Weather, School Closings, Traffic from KKTV 11 News</title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Airways pilot who heroically landed a charter plane in the Hudson River in January, saving the lives of 150 people on board, will return to his alma mater, the Air Force Academy, Wednesday and Thursday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[oregonmildep]]></dc:creator><link>http://oregonmildep.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/15/2687358-sullenberger-to-be-honored-at-air-force-academy-colorado-springs-pueblo-southern-colorado-breaking-news-news-weather-school-closings-traffic-from-kktv-11-news</link><guid>http://oregonmildep.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/15/2687358-sullenberger-to-be-honored-at-air-force-academy-colorado-springs-pueblo-southern-colorado-breaking-news-news-weather-school-closings-traffic-from-kktv-11-news</guid><category>us-news</category><category>sullenberger</category><category>us-airways</category><category>crash</category><category>hudson-river</category><category>new-york</category><category>air-force-academy</category><category>colorado</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:58:33 +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>Nightclub: &quot;Girls Gone Wild&quot; nudity a 1st Amendment right, liquor, girls, gone</title><description><![CDATA[A popular Colorado Springs nightclub that was punished by the city's liquor board with a 10-day suspension of its liquor license after several women exposed their breasts during a rowdy "Girls Gone Wild" filming is appealing the decision.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[politicalwhiz]]></dc:creator><link>http://politicalwhiz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/31/2623249-nightclub-girls-gone-wild-nudity-a-1st-amendment-right-liquor-girls-gone</link><guid>http://politicalwhiz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/31/2623249-nightclub-girls-gone-wild-nudity-a-1st-amendment-right-liquor-girls-gone</guid><category>politics</category><category>girls-gone-wild</category><category>1st-amendment-rights</category><category>nightclub-liquor-liscense-suspended</category><category>colorado-springs-liquor-board</category><category>girls-gone-wild-filming</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:13:56 +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>Lamborn opposes changing combat rule designed to help vets with PTSD</title><description><![CDATA[Veterans groups fighting to update the definition of combat to ease hurdles for service personnel to tap into health care benefits found an unlikely opponent in U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TezInDenver]]></dc:creator><link>http://tezindenver.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/25/2602368-lamborn-opposes-changing-combat-rule-designed-to-help-vets-with-ptsd</link><guid>http://tezindenver.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/25/2602368-lamborn-opposes-changing-combat-rule-designed-to-help-vets-with-ptsd</guid><category>us-news</category><category>colorado</category><category>veterans</category><category>doug-lamborn</category><category>military</category><category>colorado-springs</category><category>fort-carson</category><category>ptsd</category><category>post-traumatic-stress-disorder</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:48:08 +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></item><item><title>U.S. seeks expanded power to seize firms</title><description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is considering asking Congress to give the Treasury secretary powers to initiate the seizure of non-bank financial companies whose collapse would threaten the economy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com business]]></dc:creator><link>http://business.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/24/2589374-us-seeks-expanded-power-to-seize-firms</link><guid>http://business.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/24/2589374-us-seeks-expanded-power-to-seize-firms</guid><category>washington-post</category><category>business</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:22:37 +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>