<?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 - aid</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/aid</link><description>Newsvine - aid</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:59:18 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:38:30 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Daily Kos: House ready to make draconian cuts to food stamps in Farm Bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed a Farm Bill that cuts food and nutrition programs by $4.1 billion over the next decade, $400 million annually. That's  bad, and unnecessary, particularly in light of the CBO's new report of shrinking deficits. But the Senate cut&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281324-daily-kos-house-ready-to-make-draconian-cuts-to-food-stamps-in-farmbill</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281324-daily-kos-house-ready-to-make-draconian-cuts-to-food-stamps-in-farmbill</guid><category>farm</category><category>food</category><category>aid</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>bill</category><category>recommended</category><category>snap</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:59:11 +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=don-overtonA8C0C5DF-94FC-B54A-958B-FAE8FC2C14D9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="197" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonA8C0C5DF-94FC-B54A-958B-FAE8FC2C14D9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Department of Education removes &amp;#8216;mother,&amp;#8217; &amp;#8216;father&amp;#8217; from student aid forms</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On Oct. 30, 2008, as supporters in the background cheered enthusiastically, then-Sen. Barack Obama, confident in the outcome of the upcoming election, infamously said at a campaign rally held at the University of Missouri:
&ldquo;We are 5 days away from fundamentally transform&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18211380-department-of-education-removes-mother-father-from-student-aid-forms</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18211380-department-of-education-removes-mother-father-from-student-aid-forms</guid><category>aid</category><category>student</category><category>politics</category><category>father</category><category>mother</category><category>obama</category><category>department</category><category>parent</category><category>remove</category><category>form</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 16:40:56 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater9F9ABB53-B473-1795-D853-95A956450741.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater9F9ABB53-B473-1795-D853-95A956450741.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Christie: Obama &amp;#039;kept every promise&amp;#039; on storm aid</title>
<description><![CDATA[
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that President Barack Obama "has kept every promise he's made" about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy.
Hours later, Obama's housing secretary approved New Jersey's plans to spend $1.83 billion in federal money to help t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17972972-christie-obama-kept-every-promise-on-storm-aid</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17972972-christie-obama-kept-every-promise-on-storm-aid</guid><category>governor</category><category>aid</category><category>storm</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>sandy</category><category>chris-christie</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:48:31 +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></item><item><title>Samurai sword-wielding Mormon  bishop comes to aid of woman being attacked | Fox News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Very Cool Bishop! And honorable weapon for a most worthy hero.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17885482-samurai-sword-wielding-mormon-bishop-comes-to-aid-of-woman-being-attacked-fox-news</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17885482-samurai-sword-wielding-mormon-bishop-comes-to-aid-of-woman-being-attacked-fox-news</guid><category>of</category><category>mormon</category><category>aid</category><category>bishop</category><category>attacked</category><category>to</category><category>woman</category><category>more</category><category>comes</category><category>us-news</category><category>read</category><category>samurai</category><category>being</category><category>sword-wielding</category><category>http-www-foxnews-com-us-2013-04-23-samurai-sword-wielding-mormon-bishop-comes-to-aid-woman-being-att</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:35:19 +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=dochollidayeCC3EB8B0-8940-D807-F170-083F6021176B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeCC3EB8B0-8940-D807-F170-083F6021176B.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>First Aid To Father and Mother in Lombard</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lombard resident homeowner Gardenia C. Hung helped her Father Roberto Hung, victim of a traumatic brain injury at home which caused permanent disability, left him bedridden, unable to walk, and Mother who suffered from a stroke, with first aid medical assistance when they both be&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></source><link>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618463-first-aid-to-father-and-mother-in-lombard</link><guid>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618463-first-aid-to-father-and-mother-in-lombard</guid><category>in</category><category>aid</category><category>first</category><category>health</category><category>to</category><category>and</category><category>father</category><category>mother</category><category>lombard</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 18:21:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvPUbN0ymAc" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AvPUbN0ymAc/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Lombard resident homeowner Gardenia C. Hung helped her Father Roberto Hung, victim of a traumatic brain injury at home which caused permanent disability, left him bedridden, unable to walk, and Mother who suffered from a stroke, with first aid medical assistance when they both became injured at 502 South Westmore-Meyers Road and Washington Boulevard in York Township, DuPage County, Illinois 60148-3028 in the United States of America.

The Family of Mr. Roberto Hung, J.D. are all Lombard resident homeowners, Illinois Victims of High Crimes in York Township, DuPage County, Illinois 60148-3028, United States of America.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The problem with Children's Aid Societies | Full Comment | National Post</title>
<description><![CDATA[... ... The corruption within the Children's Aid Society is no secret to anyone in Canada, including the media.&nbsp;
Just what is the reason why the authorities do not put a stop to this corruption that forces so many children and parents to suicide after they end up penniless &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Capricorn-527280]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Capricorn-527280]]></source><link>http://beets4u.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17325794-the-problem-with-childrens-aid-societies-full-comment-national-post</link><guid>http://beets4u.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17325794-the-problem-with-childrens-aid-societies-full-comment-national-post</guid><category>aid</category><category>politics</category><category>society</category><category>childrens</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:42:13 +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>John Kerry releases $250m in US aid  to Egypt as reward for political reforms </title>
<description><![CDATA[
US Secretary of State&nbsp;John Kerry&nbsp;on Sunday rewarded&nbsp;Egypt&nbsp;for president Mohammed Morsi's pledges of political and economic reforms by releasing $250m in American aid to support the country's "future as a democracy".
Yet Kerry also served notice that the&nbs&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17171828-john-kerry-releases-250m-in-us-aid-to-egypt-as-reward-for-political-reforms</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17171828-john-kerry-releases-250m-in-us-aid-to-egypt-as-reward-for-political-reforms</guid><category>egypt</category><category>middle-east</category><category>muslim</category><category>aid</category><category>money</category><category>reform</category><category>political</category><category>brotherhood</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>islam</category><category>release</category><category>arab-spring</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 02:08:58 +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=leafydebater39D74581-38CD-441C-0DA8-AF54088BC1E6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater39D74581-38CD-441C-0DA8-AF54088BC1E6.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>Lawmakers in storm-battered N.J. dreading cuts to Sandy aid</title>
<description><![CDATA[
WASHINGTON &mdash; As the nation inched closer to massive federal spending cuts set to take effect Friday, New Jersey lawmakers lamented that the cuts will eliminate about $2.9 billion in aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy.
The money is part of $60.2 billion in storm aid that&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17148124-lawmakers-in-storm-battered-nj-dreading-cuts-to-sandy-aid</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17148124-lawmakers-in-storm-battered-nj-dreading-cuts-to-sandy-aid</guid><category>governor</category><category>hurricane</category><category>washington</category><category>congress</category><category>new-york</category><category>aid</category><category>cuts</category><category>politics</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>army-corps</category><category>politician</category><category>sandy</category><category>sequester</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:12:22 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater93360F31-72D8-3D74-E4BB-BD1DAFA97C6A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater93360F31-72D8-3D74-E4BB-BD1DAFA97C6A.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>U.S. Sending Aid To Syria Rebels: Sources Confirm White House Pledge For Medical, Food Supplies</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;The United States is expected to provide medical supplies and food aid to Syrian fighters, a policy shift to directly help those opposing President Bashar al-Assad's forces on the ground, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.The sources, who spoke on conditi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17123422-us-sending-aid-to-syria-rebels-sources-confirm-white-house-pledge-for-medical-food-supplies</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17123422-us-sending-aid-to-syria-rebels-sources-confirm-white-house-pledge-for-medical-food-supplies</guid><category>aid</category><category>world-news</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>syria-rebels</category><category>sec-of-state-john-kerry</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:02:26 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2775408D8-9787-2C8E-EEA9-14E70120B423.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2775408D8-9787-2C8E-EEA9-14E70120B423.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Quit Bitching about the New Newsvine and Help</title>
<description><![CDATA[
This article is intended to give a place to help improve the New Newsvine.&nbsp; Here is your change to put down specific aids that would help Newsvine easier to use and improve it.&nbsp; Be very specific and if you want put down the reason.
It is not a place to bitch about News&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16986835-quit-bitching-about-the-new-newsvine-and-help</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16986835-quit-bitching-about-the-new-newsvine-and-help</guid><category>aid</category><category>help</category><category>not-news</category><category>specifics</category><category>new-newsvine</category><category>no-bitching</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:30:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonF52A96EE-8CDC-6110-723C-ACB00DBCA299.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonF52A96EE-8CDC-6110-723C-ACB00DBCA299.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>Remember Obama's tax hikes on the rich to pay debt? He's already spent every penny </title>
<description><![CDATA[
It's a good thing our federal government is going on a strict spending diet to curb its out-of-control borrowing. Otherwise, the latest piece of spending legislation passed Monday worth more than $50 billion might have been substantial.
Good grief! Remember -- how can any of u&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16842580-remember-obamas-tax-hikes-on-the-rich-to-pay-debt-hes-already-spent-every-penny</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16842580-remember-obamas-tax-hikes-on-the-rich-to-pay-debt-hes-already-spent-every-penny</guid><category>senate</category><category>aid</category><category>politics</category><category>debt</category><category>revenue</category><category>republican-house</category><category>immigration-reform</category><category>national-debt</category><category>federal-government</category><category>fair-share</category><category>wealthiest</category><category>filibusters</category><category>new-taxes</category><category>big-spender</category><category>hurricane-sandy</category><category>tax-hikes-on-the-rich</category><category>spending-legislation</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 00:07:25 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome29D3C41B-C6C7-CF8C-97D1-FE07855B64B6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome29D3C41B-C6C7-CF8C-97D1-FE07855B64B6.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>  IPS - Malawi's President Faces a Crisis of Confidence | Inter Press Service</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is a good article about the President of Malawi, a woman who has taken a pay cut, and sacrificed many things to better the lives of her countrymen. What is she getting in return? Resistance to change, as usual, when a woman tries to do something worthwhile.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JSB in Chi-Town]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JSB in Chi-Town]]></source><link>http://chitownperspectives.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16776042-ips-malawis-president-faces-a-crisis-of-confidence-inter-press-service</link><guid>http://chitownperspectives.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16776042-ips-malawis-president-faces-a-crisis-of-confidence-inter-press-service</guid><category>aid</category><category>africa</category><category>development-aid</category><category>population</category><category>world-news</category><category>headlines</category><category>featured</category><category>civil-society</category><category>economy-trade</category><category>editors-choice</category><category>global-governance</category><category>financial-crisis</category><category>regional-categories</category><category>trade-investment</category><category>active-citizens</category><category>eye-on-the-ifis</category><category>poverty-mdgs</category><category>terraviva-europe</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:48:40 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chitownperspectives43A030DE-003F-836C-5AF8-8BB90ECC4382.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chitownperspectives43A030DE-003F-836C-5AF8-8BB90ECC4382.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>Red Cross Prepares For Violence in Europe</title>
<description><![CDATA[The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a global aid  charity famous for its work in natural disasters and war zones around  the world, is refocussing its resources to prepare for increasing  violence across Europe.
The ICRC has even gone as far as to talk about the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16322879-red-cross-prepares-for-violence-in-europe</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16322879-red-cross-prepares-for-violence-in-europe</guid><category>eu</category><category>europe</category><category>red-cross</category><category>violence</category><category>aid</category><category>charity</category><category>debt</category><category>world-news</category><category>debt-crisis</category><category>arab-spring</category><category>soverign-debt-economy</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 12:56:42 +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=the-contrarian1B1A604C-7842-7F82-6425-D2C882B3DD66.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian1B1A604C-7842-7F82-6425-D2C882B3DD66.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>NJ, NY Govs Slam House GOP For No-Vote On Sandy Relief</title>
<description><![CDATA[The governors of New York and New Jersey came down hard on the Republican-controlled House Wednesday, saying it was &ldquo;inexcusable&rdquo; that Congress failed to act on disaster aid and that those hurt by Hurricane Sandy&nbsp;&ldquo;can no longer afford to wait while politici&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[newbroom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[newbroom]]></source><link>http://newbroom.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16307045-nj-ny-govs-slam-house-gop-for-no-vote-on-sandy-relief</link><guid>http://newbroom.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16307045-nj-ny-govs-slam-house-gop-for-no-vote-on-sandy-relief</guid><category>congress</category><category>aid</category><category>health</category><category>gop</category><category>disaster</category><category>government</category><category>hurricane-relief</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 21:38:23 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=newbroom421A9CCE-BE82-60DC-A2F9-9CBE075FBF13.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="56" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=newbroom421A9CCE-BE82-60DC-A2F9-9CBE075FBF13.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="56" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill - CBS News</title>
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The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/29/16234508-senate-approves-604-billion-sandy-aid-bill-cbs-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/29/16234508-senate-approves-604-billion-sandy-aid-bill-cbs-news</guid><category>senate</category><category>for</category><category>aid</category><category>bill</category><category>billion</category><category>sandy</category><category>approves</category><category>60-4</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:16:58 +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=tzia625A0444FD-7838-6C46-398D-7E52186963DB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia625A0444FD-7838-6C46-398D-7E52186963DB.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>Sandy Aid Package Another Excuse for Pork </title>
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In the midst of the fiscal cliff negotiations, the Obama administration has provided us with a perfect example of why we&rsquo;re in this situation in the first place. The president has put together a $60 billion emergency aid package for superstorm Sandy victims, which needs t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15935752-sandy-aid-package-another-excuse-for-pork</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15935752-sandy-aid-package-another-excuse-for-pork</guid><category>congress</category><category>aid</category><category>politics</category><category>spending</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>approval</category><category>pork</category><category>aid-package</category><category>emergency-funding</category><category>hurricane-sandy</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:39:32 +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>Police Release Video of School Bus Aid Abusing Autistic Child</title>
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) -- The Broward Sheriff's Office has released incriminating video that allegedly shows a school bus aid torturing an autistic boy who was unable to defend himself.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15086457-police-release-video-of-school-bus-aid-abusing-autistic-child</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15086457-police-release-video-of-school-bus-aid-abusing-autistic-child</guid><category>aid</category><category>arrested</category><category>child</category><category>education</category><category>man</category><category>bus</category><category>school</category><category>assault</category><category>released</category><category>crime</category><category>video</category><category>torture</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>choking</category><category>autistic</category><category>aggravated</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:10:08 +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>What to do if a Baby chokes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Would you know what to do if you baby swallowed something and began to choke? Here is a handy guide.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[yasminS-D]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[yasminS-D]]></source><link>http://yasmind.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15026676-what-to-do-if-a-baby-chokes</link><guid>http://yasmind.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15026676-what-to-do-if-a-baby-chokes</guid><category>aid</category><category>first</category><category>baby</category><category>chocking</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 19:20:57 +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>School Learns Beloved Teacher's Aide Helped Kill a Child Before Getting the Job | The Stir</title>
<description><![CDATA[convicted of murdering a kid in 1965, this bitch is scary]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thebevysuperstitious]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thebevysuperstitious]]></source><link>http://drinkandcabaret.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15001986-school-learns-beloved-teachers-aide-helped-kill-a-child-before-getting-the-job-the-stir</link><guid>http://drinkandcabaret.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15001986-school-learns-beloved-teachers-aide-helped-kill-a-child-before-getting-the-job-the-stir</guid><category>iowa</category><category>aid</category><category>odd-news</category><category>teachers</category><category>check</category><category>pace</category><category>background</category><category>paula</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 22:34:26 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drinkandcabaretD3CE3673-58A1-B738-102A-40E29198C193.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drinkandcabaretD3CE3673-58A1-B738-102A-40E29198C193.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Leadership: Romney Uses Campaign Bus to Deliver Hurricane Relief </title>
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The Romney campaign has canceled campaign events, commercials, and fundraising appeals in states that will be impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and is instead using a campaign bus to help deliver supplies to those who will be impacted by what forecasters are predicting may be a "sto&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/29/14769153-leadership-romney-uses-campaign-bus-to-deliver-hurricane-relief</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/29/14769153-leadership-romney-uses-campaign-bus-to-deliver-hurricane-relief</guid><category>aid</category><category>charity</category><category>politics</category><category>relief</category><category>ryan</category><category>romney</category><category>sandy</category><category>deliver-hurricane-relief</category><category>search-romney</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 06:00:20 +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=cornhusker4palin99C07DED-6AFF-1729-44A2-59940C47CD7F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="55" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin99C07DED-6AFF-1729-44A2-59940C47CD7F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="55" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Fiddles . . .  </title>
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The prominence of Russian-made helicopters in Bashar al-Assad&rsquo;s brutal and desperate efforts to hang on to power puts the Syrian war in a new light. It&rsquo;s getting difficult to categorize the conflict simply as a humanitarian crisis or a &ldquo;teacup war&rdquo; of se&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/31/13051362-obama-fiddles</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/31/13051362-obama-fiddles</guid><category>russia</category><category>election</category><category>aid</category><category>crisis</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>war</category><category>syria</category><category>gop</category><category>assistance</category><category>civil-war</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:21:07 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888D7B9C2C9-AA1B-4E72-EC04-C539652F9847.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="87" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888D7B9C2C9-AA1B-4E72-EC04-C539652F9847.jpg&amp;width=120" width="87" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>French aid worker released in Yemen, ICRC says</title>
<description><![CDATA[A French aid worker kidnapped in northern Yemen nearly three months ago  by armed men has been released and is in good health, the International  Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/17/12792053-french-aid-worker-released-in-yemen-icrc-says</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/17/12792053-french-aid-worker-released-in-yemen-icrc-says</guid><category>yemen</category><category>aid</category><category>world-news</category><category>icrc</category><category>aidworkers</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:12:14 +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>With new changes, Obama administration accused of gutting Clinton-era welfare reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Welfare Reform Act into law, emphasizing work rules, time limits on cash assistance and "creating a new beginning for millions of Americans," he wrote in a2006 New York Times op-ed piece.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12731196-with-new-changes-obama-administration-accused-of-gutting-clinton-era-welfare-reform</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12731196-with-new-changes-obama-administration-accused-of-gutting-clinton-era-welfare-reform</guid><category>election</category><category>aid</category><category>job</category><category>politics</category><category>assistance</category><category>work</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>welfare-reform</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:55:37 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88880BC8D791-EFD8-5B68-F7A1-C0ADE33499EB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="306" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88880BC8D791-EFD8-5B68-F7A1-C0ADE33499EB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>HAITI: Humanitarian Aid for Earthquake Victims Used to Build Five Star Hotels</title>
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As part of the country's "Reconstruction", The Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund recently invested $2&nbsp;million in the Royal Oasis Hotel, a deluxe structure to be built&nbsp;in a poverty-stricken&nbsp;metropolitan area&nbsp;"filled with displaced-persons camps housing hundreds of thou&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12564660-haiti-humanitarian-aid-for-earthquake-victims-used-to-build-five-star-hotels</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12564660-haiti-humanitarian-aid-for-earthquake-victims-used-to-build-five-star-hotels</guid><category>haiti</category><category>earthquake</category><category>aid</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>george-h-w-bush</category><category>clinton-bush-haiti-fund</category><category>royal-oasis</category><category>occidental-hotels-resorts</category><category>sciop</category><category>daniel-trenton</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Jul 2012 19:30:53 +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>Japan declined U.S. offer to station nuclear experts in Kan's office</title>
<description><![CDATA[Since then, the U.S. has provided aid including the deployment of a Marine unit specializing in emergency nuclear response.
It also mobilized more than 20,000 personnel and some 160 aircraft for disaster-relief operations. 
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/28/11913066-japan-declined-us-offer-to-station-nuclear-experts-in-kans-office</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/28/11913066-japan-declined-us-offer-to-station-nuclear-experts-in-kans-office</guid><category>japan</category><category>aid</category><category>nuclear</category><category>economics</category><category>us-marines</category><category>us-news</category><category>funding</category><category>us-government</category><category>nuclear-experts</category><category>nuclear-response-team</category><category>refused-help-from-us</category><category>kans-office</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 06:40:04 +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=TheWiseWizard7403D36C-F3FE-8871-CFB3-8887EE1C72BF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard7403D36C-F3FE-8871-CFB3-8887EE1C72BF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>