<?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 - alcoholics-anonymous</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/alcoholics-anonymous</link><description>Newsvine - alcoholics-anonymous</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:10:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:01:20 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Review: Comic loser in 'This Too Shall Suck' wins</title>
<description><![CDATA[If you ever wanted to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a bar, make room on your calendar any Thursday evening and go see the very funny one-man show "This Too Shall Suck."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Farrar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Farrar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16743369-review-comic-loser-in-this-too-shall-suck-wins</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16743369-review-comic-loser-in-this-too-shall-suck-wins</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>theater</category><category>review</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>this-too-shall-suck</category><category>too-shall-suck"</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 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/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ec7cd05-9c9b-452b-bdbd-78dd973c9ee0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ec7cd05-9c9b-452b-bdbd-78dd973c9ee0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated theater image provided by O&amp;M Co. shows Matt Graham performing in his one-man show, &quot;This Too Shall Suck&quot; at The Huron Club at Soho Playhouse in New York. (AP Photo/O&amp;M Co., Jennilyn Merten)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Man gets DUI after driving on AA co-founder's lawn</title>
<description><![CDATA[Vermont State Police say a man faces a drunken driving charge after driving onto the lawn of a historic home once owned by the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16188333-man-gets-dui-after-driving-on-aa-co-founders-lawn</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16188333-man-gets-dui-after-driving-on-aa-co-founders-lawn</guid><category>us</category><category>dui</category><category>odd-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>aa</category><category>birthplace</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>vermont-state-police</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:20:40 +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></item><item><title>SEC:Broker used AA friend for insider trading tips</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal regulators on Tuesday charged a Philadelphia investment broker and four others with illegally profiting on insider information that the broker learned from a friend he met at Alcoholics Anonymous.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10672051-secbroker-used-aa-friend-for-insider-trading-tips</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10672051-secbroker-used-aa-friend-for-insider-trading-tips</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>exchange-commission</category><category>trading</category><category>insider-trading</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:49:36 +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></item><item><title>Kentucky man accused in killing of AA sponsor</title>
<description><![CDATA[A northern Kentucky man is accused of beating his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor to death with a baseball bat.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/28/8013073-kentucky-man-accused-in-killing-of-aa-sponsor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/28/8013073-kentucky-man-accused-in-killing-of-aa-sponsor</guid><category>us</category><category>killed</category><category>sponsor</category><category>us-news</category><category>aa</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:44:19 +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></item><item><title>Sheen demands raise for 'Men'</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an interview with NBC’s Jeff Rossen that aired on TODAY Monday morning, Charlie Sheen, the combative star of long-running hit “Two and a Half Men,” demanded a raise from approximately $2 million to $3 million per episode to come back to the set of the show. CBS and Warner Bros. Television have currently halted production for the show’s ninth season in the wake of Sheen’s very public rants against “Men” creator Chuck Lorre and Alcoholics Anonymous.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seamus McGraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Seamus McGraw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/28/6151366-sheen-demands-raise-for-men</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/28/6151366-sheen-demands-raise-for-men</guid><category>people</category><category>today</category><category>television</category><category>sheen</category><category>chuck-lorre</category><category>half-men"</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>half-men�</category><category>lorre</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>sheens</category><category>jeff-rossen</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous<p><p>�i�m</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:03:09 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/110228/tdy_rossen_sheen1b_110228.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/110228/tdy_rossen_sheen1b_110228.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;TODAY&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cybill Shepherd's son enters pretrial program</title>
<description><![CDATA[The son of actress Cybill Shepherd has entered a pretrial program in Pennsylvania requiring his attendance at 24 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the hopes of clearing his record of theft charges.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/04/4463965-cybill-shepherds-son-enters-pretrial-program</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/04/4463965-cybill-shepherds-son-enters-pretrial-program</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>son</category><category>shepherd</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>cybill-shepherd</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 19:32:53 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/23a3417a-441e-4f15-8112-2f55a0eda57c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/23a3417a-441e-4f15-8112-2f55a0eda57c.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows 22-year-old Cyrus Shepherd-Oppenheim who was arrested in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Shepherd-Oppenheim has entered a pretrial program in Pennsylvania requiring his attendance at 24 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the hopes of clearing his record of theft charges. Shepherd-Oppenheim of Sebastopol, Calif., was admitted into the program Friday, June 4, 2010, by Philadelphia Municipal Judge Georganne Daher. The arrangement was part of an agreement with prosecutors. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mexico border city groups call for UN peacekeepers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Stevenson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Stevenson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3463266-mexico-border-city-groups-call-for-un-peacekeepers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3463266-mexico-border-city-groups-call-for-un-peacekeepers</guid><category>mexico</category><category>drug</category><category>war</category><category>united-nations</category><category>world-news</category><category>drug-war</category><category>ciudad-juarez</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:36:23 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8308307a-21a6-40c1-baa8-e46bc50fc43d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8308307a-21a6-40c1-baa8-e46bc50fc43d.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officials investigate a truck involved in a shootout which killed city police chief Arturo Esparza in Garcia, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2009. Gunmen assassinated an army general recently named police chief of Garcia in the latest attack against a military official appointed to take over municipal police forces, which President Felipe Calderon has acknowledged are plagued with corruption. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ac8b4d4e-373b-43c2-a9f6-659e5ec1a54a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ac8b4d4e-373b-43c2-a9f6-659e5ec1a54a.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officials investigate a crime scene, near an unidentified body, after a shootout in Garcia, on the outskirts of Monterrey, in northern Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2009. Garcia's police chief Arturo Esparza was murdered in the incident, among others, after gunmen opened fire, in what is considered to be the latest attack against a military official appointed to take over municipal police forces, which President Felipe Calderon has acknowledged are plagued with corruption. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Alaska mom sentenced for letting son, 7, drive</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Alaska woman who let her 7-year-old son drive while she was passed out drunk in the passenger seat has been sentenced to 20 days in jail. District Court Judge Raymond Funk also sentenced 37-year-old Karen Koch to three years of be on probation and six months of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/06/3125774-alaska-mom-sentenced-for-letting-son-7-drive</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/06/3125774-alaska-mom-sentenced-for-letting-son-7-drive</guid><category>us</category><category>old</category><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>driver</category><category>us-news</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>7-year-old</category><category>raymond-funk</category><category>karen-koch</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:17:32 +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></item><item><title>50 years-plus for Calif. man who shot AA sponsor</title>
<description><![CDATA[A California man has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for shooting to death his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor at a meeting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/07/2085401-50-years-plus-for-calif-man-who-shot-aa-sponsor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/07/2085401-50-years-plus-for-calif-man-who-shot-aa-sponsor</guid><category>killer</category><category>us-news</category><category>aa</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:06:12 +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></item><item><title>Coast Guard Slow to Learn of Pilot's DUI</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard didn't know for nine months about a DUI conviction against the pilot of the freighter that caused a giant oil spill in the San Francisco Bay last fall.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Werner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Erica Werner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/04/1411301-coast-guard-slow-to-learn-of-pilots-dui</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/04/1411301-coast-guard-slow-to-learn-of-pilots-dui</guid><category>politics</category><category>spill</category><category>bay</category><category>san-francisco-bay</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>house-speaker-nancy-pelosi</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 2008 21:11:16 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bf53810d-693c-4319-9dc6-fbd2653df2c3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="349" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bf53810d-693c-4319-9dc6-fbd2653df2c3.jpg" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Capt. John Cota is shown outside the Federal Building in San Francisco, Friday, April 4, 2008. Cota, the pilot of the freighter that spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, will invoke his right not to testify at a federal investigative hearing, his attorneys say in a letter that directs blame toward the Coast Guard and the ship's master for the incident. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f244c26a-e140-46dc-ab14-f09128812c22.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="337" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f244c26a-e140-46dc-ab14-f09128812c22.jpg" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Capt. John Cota, left, leaves the Federal Building in San Francisco, Friday, April 4, 2008. Cota, the pilot of the freighter that spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, will invoke his right not to testify at a federal investigative hearing, his attorneys say in a letter that directs blame toward the Coast Guard and the ship's master for the incident. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1587bf11-f689-4a07-a3a4-d4ddbcc22f08.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1587bf11-f689-4a07-a3a4-d4ddbcc22f08.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The damaged Cosco Busan is seen in Oakland, Calif., in this  Nov. 10, 2007, file photo. The pilot of the freighter that caused a huge oil spill in the San Francisco Bay was confused about where he was headed and immediately regretted setting off that foggy morning, according to transcripts released Tuesday, April 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/70779928-7edc-49c5-8816-9ea1f6d8a4e6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/70779928-7edc-49c5-8816-9ea1f6d8a4e6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The damaged Cosco Busan is seen in Oakland, Calif., in this  Nov. 10, 2007, file photo. The pilot of the container ship that spilled 53,000 gallons of fuel oil into the San Francisco Bay attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and took prescription drugs for depression and to help him sleep, federal investigators say in newly released documents made public in NTSB hearings in April 2008. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kirsten Storms Pleads No Contest to DUI</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kirsten Storms was ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after pleading no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of drunken driving.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/07/1080680-kirsten-storms-pleads-no-contest-to-dui</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/07/1080680-kirsten-storms-pleads-no-contest-to-dui</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>storms</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>kirsten-storms</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:12:54 +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></item><item><title>Parole for Man Jailed After Rape Apology</title>
<description><![CDATA[A man who confessed to raping a woman as he apologized two decades later as part of the Alcoholics Anonymous program is scheduled to be released from jail after serving six months of an 18-month sentence, officials said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Gelineau]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kristen Gelineau]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/08/886175-parole-for-man-jailed-after-rape-apology</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/08/886175-parole-for-man-jailed-after-rape-apology</guid><category>release</category><category>us-news</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>forgive</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2007 02:03:31 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/74c56f96-ef6f-4a4f-813b-507d653637b6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/74c56f96-ef6f-4a4f-813b-507d653637b6.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Liz Seccuro poses in her home office in Greenwich, Conn., Nov. 1, 2006. Seccuro, a  victim of vicious rape in 1984, has gone public with her story, hoping to raise awareness of sexual assault and inspire victims to seek help. William Beebe who pleaded guilty for the assault of Seccuro in 1984 and apologized to her two decades later as part of the Alcoholics Anonymous program is scheduled to be released from jail on parole after serving six months of an 18-month sentence.   Beebe has a projected release date of Sept. 17,  2007. (AP Photo/Mia M. Malafronte)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Va. Man to Be Sentenced for 1984 Attack</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than two decades after he sexually assaulted a fellow student at a fraternity party, a man who later apologized to his victim as part of the 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous program faces sentencing for the crime.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Gelineau]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kristen Gelineau]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/14/614175-va-man-to-be-sentenced-for-1984-attack</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/14/614175-va-man-to-be-sentenced-for-1984-attack</guid><category>sentencing</category><category>us-news</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>forgive</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:17:00 +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></item><item><title>Lohan Says She's Attending AA Meetings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lindsay Lohan says she's been going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for a year, but hasn't talked about it because "it's no one's business." "I just left an AA meeting," the 20-year-old actress tells People magazine in a story posted Tuesday on its Web site.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/12/479072-lohan-says-shes-attending-aa-meetings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/12/479072-lohan-says-shes-attending-aa-meetings</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>lohan</category><category>lindsay-lohan</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:53:00 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NYET14312121749.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="503" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYET14312121749.jpg" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actress Lindsay Lohan smiles at the camera as she watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the Atlanta Hawks in an NBA basketball game, last Friday night, Dec. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles. Lohan says she's been going to Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for a year, but hasn't talked about it because it's &quot;no one's business.&quot;  &quot;I haven't had a drink in seven days. Or anything,&quot;  the 20-year-old actress tells People magazine in a story posted Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2006, on its Web site. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lindsay Lohan Attending AA Meetings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lindsay Lohan has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, her publicist said Friday. "She started attending some, and I think it's a positive thing," Leslie Sloane told The Associated Press. "My biggest fear is who's the big idiot to out which (chapter) she goes to."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin Carlson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Erin Carlson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/01/465361-lindsay-lohan-attending-aa-meetings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/01/465361-lindsay-lohan-attending-aa-meetings</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>lohan</category><category>hot-chicks</category><category>lindsay-lohan</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><category>leslie-sloane</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:51:00 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/04e62142-5844-4275-b5fc-524f0d4737d5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="356" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/04e62142-5844-4275-b5fc-524f0d4737d5.jpg" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actress Lindsay Lohan poses with her mother Dina, right, after they arrived to the premiere one of  her films  in this file  photo from May 9, 2006, in Los Angeles.   In an interview Friday, Dec. 1, 2006, with E! Entertainment Television's Ryan Seacrest, Dina said she thinks that Lindsay attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings is &quot; a positive thing.&quot; .  (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Man Pleads Guilty in '84 College Assault</title>
<description><![CDATA[A man who sexually assaulted a fellow student at a fraternity party in 1984, then apologized to her two decades later as part of the 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous program, pleaded guilty Tuesday and could go to prison.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Gelineau]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kristen Gelineau]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/14/441110-man-pleads-guilty-in-84-college-assault</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/14/441110-man-pleads-guilty-in-84-college-assault</guid><category>virginia</category><category>rape</category><category>us-news</category><category>uva</category><category>alcoholics-anonymous</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:11:00 +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></item></channel></rss>