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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18238370-still-most-popular-new-poll-asks-public-how-gop-spin-on-benghazi-affects-their-opinion-of-hillary-clinton-addicting-info</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18238370-still-most-popular-new-poll-asks-public-how-gop-spin-on-benghazi-affects-their-opinion-of-hillary-clinton-addicting-info</guid><category>new</category><category>iran</category><category>rove</category><category>poll</category><category>clinton</category><category>politics</category><category>armstrong</category><category>super</category><category>american</category><category>george</category><category>watergate</category><category>scandal</category><category>lance</category><category>gates</category><category>numbers</category><category>more</category><category>impeachment</category><category>darrell</category><category>karl</category><category>public</category><category>pac</category><category>policy</category><category>robert</category><category>crossroads</category><category>high</category><category>hillary</category><category>teapot</category><category>dome</category><category>hearings</category><category>polling</category><category>rep</category><category>issa</category><category>read</category><category>wills</category><category>contra</category><category>benghazi</category><category>http-www-addictinginfo-org-2013-05-13-is-gop-benghazi-spin-hurting-hillary-clintons-chances-in-2016-</category><category>http-www-addictinginfo-org-2013-05-13-is-gop-benghazi-spin-hurting-hillary-clintons-chances-in-2016</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:04:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton6ADAA337-1DD9-34DC-651A-BD0D6FAD710E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton6ADAA337-1DD9-34DC-651A-BD0D6FAD710E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="54" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lance Armstrong sells his Austin estate</title>
<description><![CDATA[Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has sold his Austin estate to an oil-and-gas rights agent.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17695670-lance-armstrong-sells-his-austin-estate</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17695670-lance-armstrong-sells-his-austin-estate</guid><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>estate</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>sold</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:55:40 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ef2ad51-b459-45e4-be42-92fc99f56977.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="464" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ef2ad51-b459-45e4-be42-92fc99f56977.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="139" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, cyclist Lance Armstrong prepares to take part in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race in Snowmass Village, Colo.  U.S. Masters Swimming Executive Director Rob Butcher said Thursday, April 4, 2013, that Armstrong will not swim three distance events in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas this weekend after swimming's international federation body raised objections. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e21ecf-9cd1-4594-8850-b7a68d4ebe7d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e21ecf-9cd1-4594-8850-b7a68d4ebe7d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong considers a question from a reporter after his second-place finish in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the base of Aspen Mountain in Aspen, Colo. U.S. Masters Swimming Executive Director Rob Butcher said Thursday, April 4, 2013, that Armstrong will not swim three distance events in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas this weekend after swimming's international federation body raised objections.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Armstrong asks court to dismiss SCA lawsuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong has asked a Texas court to dismiss a lawsuit by a Dallas promotions company seeking repayment of more than $12 million in bonuses paid for winning the Tour de France.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17632119-armstrong-asks-court-to-dismiss-sca-lawsuit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17632119-armstrong-asks-court-to-dismiss-sca-lawsuit</guid><category>doping</category><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Apr 2013 19:40:11 +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=0ef2ad51-b459-45e4-be42-92fc99f56977.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="464" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ef2ad51-b459-45e4-be42-92fc99f56977.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="139" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, cyclist Lance Armstrong prepares to take part in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race in Snowmass Village, Colo.  U.S. Masters Swimming Executive Director Rob Butcher said Thursday, April 4, 2013, that Armstrong will not swim three distance events in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas this weekend after swimming's international federation body raised objections. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e21ecf-9cd1-4594-8850-b7a68d4ebe7d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e21ecf-9cd1-4594-8850-b7a68d4ebe7d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong considers a question from a reporter after his second-place finish in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the base of Aspen Mountain in Aspen, Colo. U.S. Masters Swimming Executive Director Rob Butcher said Thursday, April 4, 2013, that Armstrong will not swim three distance events in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas this weekend after swimming's international federation body raised objections.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lance Armstrong drops out of swimming event</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong's doping past got him kicked out of the pool.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589233-lance-armstrong-drops-out-of-swimming-event</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589233-lance-armstrong-drops-out-of-swimming-event</guid><category>sports</category><category>armstrong</category><category>swimming</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><category>swm</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 21:39:48 +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=e51394ac-736c-406d-b5d1-e43cc2f6f69b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e51394ac-736c-406d-b5d1-e43cc2f6f69b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong competes in the swimming portion of the Rev3 Half Full Triathalon in Ellicott City, Md. U.S. Masters Swimming Executive Director Rob Butcher said Thursday, April 4, 2013, that Armstrong will not swim three distance events in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas this weekend after swimming's international federation body raised objections.  (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ef2ad51-b459-45e4-be42-92fc99f56977.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="464" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ef2ad51-b459-45e4-be42-92fc99f56977.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="139" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, cyclist Lance Armstrong prepares to take part in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race in Snowmass Village, Colo.  U.S. Masters Swimming Executive Director Rob Butcher said Thursday, April 4, 2013, that Armstrong will not swim three distance events in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas this weekend after swimming's international federation body raised objections. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e21ecf-9cd1-4594-8850-b7a68d4ebe7d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e21ecf-9cd1-4594-8850-b7a68d4ebe7d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong considers a question from a reporter after his second-place finish in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the base of Aspen Mountain in Aspen, Colo. U.S. Masters Swimming Executive Director Rob Butcher said Thursday, April 4, 2013, that Armstrong will not swim three distance events in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas this weekend after swimming's international federation body raised objections.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Relics from astronaut's boyhood Ohio home for sale</title>
<description><![CDATA[A toy airplane that belonged to the first man to walk on the moon is going up for sale.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557305-relics-from-astronauts-boyhood-ohio-home-for-sale</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557305-relics-from-astronauts-boyhood-ohio-home-for-sale</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>armstrong</category><category>neil-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:03:26 +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>Lance Armstrong could lose Legion of Honor medal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong faces the prospect of losing his Legion of Honor medal after French officials said they will open an inquiry following his admission that he doped during his Tour de France wins.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerome Pugmire]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerome Pugmire]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17181869-lance-armstrong-could-lose-legion-of-honor-medal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17181869-lance-armstrong-could-lose-legion-of-honor-medal</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>cyc</category><category>legion-of-honor</category><category>bcz</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 18:03:40 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f91c60e5-1821-4a99-b0ce-11aa5ee983b7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="380" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f91c60e5-1821-4a99-b0ce-11aa5ee983b7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="114" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE  In this Oct. 19, 2012, file photo provided by Livestrong, Lance Armstrong speaks in Austin, Texas, at the 15th anniversary celebration of Livestrong. &quot;The mission is bigger than me. It's bigger than any individual,&quot; Armstrong told the gathering at the cancer-fighting charity he founded. As a society how do we explain conflicted feelings about Armstrong?  Well after the famed cancer-beating cyclist admitted lying about doping, he remains a hero to many cancer survivors, a villain to many athletes, and a puzzle to many others. In such realms, our good-and-evil notions have blurred and become more subtle. But how can the nation bring that sensibility to politics, where the stakes arguably higher? (AP Photo/Livestrong, Elizabeth Kreutz, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Livestrong exec: Armstrong wasn't asked to leave</title>
<description><![CDATA[An executive vice president of a cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong says the cyclist wasn't formally asked to resign after admitting the use of performance-enhancing drugs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17135317-livestrong-exec-armstrong-wasnt-asked-to-leave</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17135317-livestrong-exec-armstrong-wasnt-asked-to-leave</guid><category>us</category><category>armstrong</category><category>post</category><category>decision</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><category>livestrong</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:53:07 +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>Livestrong Foundation charts post-Armstrong course</title>
<description><![CDATA[Leaders of the cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong struck a determined, sometimes defiant tone on Thursday as they declared the organization will persevere in the wake of the cyclist's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17131983-livestrong-foundation-charts-post-armstrong-course</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17131983-livestrong-foundation-charts-post-armstrong-course</guid><category>us</category><category>armstrong</category><category>post</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><category>livestrong</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:58:02 +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=4d843b10-d4d0-48ab-b9a7-a59ddff53b66.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4d843b10-d4d0-48ab-b9a7-a59ddff53b66.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 127, 2012 file photo, Livestrong Foundation CEO and president Doug Ulman discusses the future of the organization in Austin, Texas. On Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 in Chicago, Ulman is scheduled to deliver what the organization describes as a &quot;major &quot;State of the Foundation&quot; speech. He says the organization founded by Lance Armstrong will persevere in the wake of the cyclist's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01713ea1-248f-45c7-a0dd-7da9350a6454.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01713ea1-248f-45c7-a0dd-7da9350a6454.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2012 file photo, Livestrong Foundation CEO and president Doug Ulman discusses the future of the organization in Austin, Texas. On Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 in Chicago, Ulman is scheduled to deliver what the organization describes as a &quot;major &quot;State of the Foundation&quot; speech. He says the organization founded by Lance Armstrong will persevere in the wake of the cyclist's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9bc80744-c212-4ffa-afb0-2d8c027fc688.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="508" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9bc80744-c212-4ffa-afb0-2d8c027fc688.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2012 file photo, Livestrong Foundation CEO and president Doug Ulman discusses the future of the organization in Austin, Texas. On Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 in Chicago, Ulman is scheduled to deliver what the organization describes as a &quot;major &quot;State of the Foundation&quot; speech. He says the organization founded by Lance Armstrong will persevere in the wake of the cyclist's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94588e76-4130-450e-afe5-69fb67318fde.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="193" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94588e76-4130-450e-afe5-69fb67318fde.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="58" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Livestrong Foundation's executive vice president Andy Miller speaks at its annual meeting Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Chicago. Leaders of the cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong said at the first such gathering since Armstrong was engulfed in scandal that the organization will persevere in the wake of the cyclist's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d167c328-d919-4b22-b1ba-f26374495d04.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d167c328-d919-4b22-b1ba-f26374495d04.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Livestrong Foundation's executive vice president Andy Miller speaks at its annual meeting Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Chicago. Leaders of the cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong said at the first such gathering since Armstrong was engulfed in scandal that the organization will persevere in the wake of the cyclist's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d761b8fc-9871-4d56-84e2-f59d030c7675.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d761b8fc-9871-4d56-84e2-f59d030c7675.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Livestrong Foundation's executive vice president Andy Miller speaks at its annual meeting Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Chicago. Leaders of the cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong said at the first such gathering since Armstrong was engulfed in scandal that the organization will persevere in the wake of the cyclist's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e9eaa37-6e5e-46ed-99eb-fbc56ef34652.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e9eaa37-6e5e-46ed-99eb-fbc56ef34652.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Livestrong Foundation's executive vice president Andy Miller speaks at its annual meeting Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Chicago. Leaders of the cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong said at the first such gathering since Armstrong was engulfed in scandal that the organization will persevere in the wake of the cyclist's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=22fa808e-3154-4536-8ada-329ba3322dd6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=22fa808e-3154-4536-8ada-329ba3322dd6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Attendees to Livestrong Foundation's annual meeting cheer as its executive vice president Andy Miller speaks Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Chicago. Leaders of the cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong said at the first such gathering since Armstrong was engulfed in scandal that the organization will persevere in the wake of the cyclist's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=059aca55-498f-4ac6-90e3-bf5457e75852.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=059aca55-498f-4ac6-90e3-bf5457e75852.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2009 file photo, Lance Armstrong speaks at the opening session of the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland. The president of a cancer charity founded by Armstrong insists that the organization will persevere in the wake of the cyclist's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs.  (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US joins fraud lawsuit against Lance Armstrong</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department joined a lawsuit Friday against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his longtime sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17058247-us-joins-fraud-lawsuit-against-lance-armstrong</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17058247-us-joins-fraud-lawsuit-against-lance-armstrong</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>armstrong</category><category>justice</category><category>justice-department</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>postal-service</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:07:11 +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=915f1bba-5ff3-4442-a089-4ab7f59deb53.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=915f1bba-5ff3-4442-a089-4ab7f59deb53.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 25, 2004 file photo, U.S. Postal Service cycling team leader and 2004 Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, and teammate George Hincapie, right, ride the victory lap on Champs Elysees boulevard in Paris, France. Lawyers for Armstrong say the Justice Department has joined a lawsuit against the cyclist. The lawsuit alleges the former Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs for over a decade and defrauded his long-time sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.  (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ede106c-72fd-4eda-b7e3-86dfb411fc63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="497" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ede106c-72fd-4eda-b7e3-86dfb411fc63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 14, 2003 file photo, U.S. Postal Service leader Lance Armstrong puts on the overall leader's yellow jersey after the 6th stage of the 55th Criterium du Dauphine Libere cycling race between Challes Les Eaux and Briancon, French Alps. Lawyers for Armstrong say the Justice Department has joined a lawsuit against the cyclist. The lawsuit alleges the former Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs for over a decade and defrauded his long-time sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.  (AP Photo/Patrick Gardin, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>USADA lobbied DOJ to join lawsuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency lobbied Attorney General Eric Holder for the Justice Department to join a whistle-blower lawsuit against Lance Armstrong on the same day the cyclist confessed in an interview to performance-enhancing drug use.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17030291-usada-lobbied-doj-to-join-lawsuit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17030291-usada-lobbied-doj-to-join-lawsuit</guid><category>sports</category><category>doping</category><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>justice-department</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><category>floyd-landis</category><category>anti-doping-agency</category><category>eric-holder</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:14:15 +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=b22189e8-74ec-41b1-b6ed-66660358e600.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b22189e8-74ec-41b1-b6ed-66660358e600.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 28, 2006 file photo, Lance Armstrong testifies during a U.S. Senate field hearing on cancer research and funding in Iowa City, Iowa. Armstrong is facing a Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013  deadline to decide whether he will meet with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency officials and talk with them under oath about what he knows about performance-enhancing drug use in cycling. The agency has said Armstrong's cooperation in its cleanup effort is the only path open to Armstrong if his lifetime ban from sports it to be reduced.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f385a81f-ca53-44e9-acf2-33973e741b45.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f385a81f-ca53-44e9-acf2-33973e741b45.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 5, 2009 file photo, Lance Armstrong speaks during a press conference following a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, in Rome. Armstrong is facing a Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013  deadline to decide whether he will meet with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency officials and talk with them under oath about what he knows about performance-enhancing drug use in cycling. The agency has said Armstrong's cooperation in its cleanup effort is the only path open to Armstrong if his lifetime ban from sports it to be reduced. (AP Photo/Sandro Pace, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Armstrong  sued for $12 million bonus</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Dallas promotions company sued Lance Armstrong on Thursday, demanding he repay $12 million in bonuses and fees it paid him for winning the Tour de France.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16874134-armstrong-sued-for-12-million-bonus</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16874134-armstrong-sued-for-12-million-bonus</guid><category>sports</category><category>doping</category><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><category>anti-doping-agency</category><category>sca</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 23:48:46 +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=fc38b5b9-9cdd-4955-9168-3ce69b7a9925.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc38b5b9-9cdd-4955-9168-3ce69b7a9925.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., Lance Armstrong listens as he is interviewed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. Armstrong on Wednesday, Feb. 6, was given more time to think about whether he wants to cooperate with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Separately, he learned that he's about to be sued. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Armstrong meeting with USADA appears unlikely</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong's lawyers say the cyclist will talk more about drug use in the sport, just likely not to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that led the effort to strip him of his Tour de France titles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16703200-armstrong-meeting-with-usada-appears-unlikely</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16703200-armstrong-meeting-with-usada-appears-unlikely</guid><category>doping</category><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><category>anti-doping-agency</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:21:27 +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>Cycling agrees to amnesty for doping confessions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cyclists will be offered a chance to confess to past doping offenses without fear of retribution in an attempt to uncover the full scale of the Lance Armstrong scandal and drug use in the sport.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Harris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rob Harris]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16698420-cycling-agrees-to-amnesty-for-doping-confessions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16698420-cycling-agrees-to-amnesty-for-doping-confessions</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>panel</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>uci</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:33:31 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=752f87f2-094c-49c8-a5ab-aeeb565c7bc0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=752f87f2-094c-49c8-a5ab-aeeb565c7bc0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 file photo of Pat McQuaid, President of the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI, as he informs about the position of the UCI regarding the decision from USADA in the case of Lance Armstrong, during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland.  The head of cycling's governing body has been replaced on a key International Olympic Committee panel as he deals with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid said Wednesday he was too busy to attend all the meetings of the Olympic commission evaluating bids for the 2020 Summer lympics.(AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=64086133-b7dc-4fc4-b5b9-69f69c3bb616.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=64086133-b7dc-4fc4-b5b9-69f69c3bb616.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Foto de archivo del 20 de mayo de 2010 en la que el ciclista Lance Armstrong es ayudado tras sufrir una caída en el Tour de California. (AP Foto/Marcio Jose Sanchez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wiggins convinced Armstrong doped in 2009</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bradley Wiggins is convinced Lance Armstrong doped when the American returned to cycling in 2009, claiming he was robbed of being feted on the podium in the Tour de France that year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16694431-wiggins-convinced-armstrong-doped-in-2009</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16694431-wiggins-convinced-armstrong-doped-in-2009</guid><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>world-news</category><category>wiggins</category><category>bradley-wiggins</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:54:22 +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=8e185bf5-48a7-416e-bdf7-c04c72aa595d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e185bf5-48a7-416e-bdf7-c04c72aa595d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sky team - Pro cycling's Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain arrives back at the team's hotel after his training day in Puerto de Alcudia, Mallorca, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Mielniezuk)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2534a52c-cee6-4e4d-9ad7-a8810a5d797c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2534a52c-cee6-4e4d-9ad7-a8810a5d797c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sky team - Pro cycling's Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain arrives back at the team's hotel after his training day in Puerto de Alcudia, Mallorca, Thursday, January 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Mielniezuk)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Reader sue Armstrong over drug-use denial in books</title>
<description><![CDATA[An aide to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was so taken by Lance Armstrong's first memoir of battling back from cancer to win the Tour de France multiple times that he immediately read it "cover to cover" and recommended it to several friends.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16682766-reader-sue-armstrong-over-drug-use-denial-in-books</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16682766-reader-sue-armstrong-over-drug-use-denial-in-books</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>book</category><category>armstrong</category><category>arnold-schwarzenegger</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:25:36 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd3716ba-8c84-4023-8218-84720a6574c9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd3716ba-8c84-4023-8218-84720a6574c9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Luke Armstrong, rear right, tries to touch the winner's trophy held by his father, Lance Armstrong, after Armstrong won his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race, in Paris. During the second part Friday, Jan. 18,  2013, of Oprah Winfrey's interview with Armstrong, Armstrong talked about talking with Luke after his son had defended him concerning doping allegations.  (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>SNL Tackles Te'o and Armstrong  | NBC Chicago</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The crew at "Saturday Night Live" had fun this week at the expense of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, holding no punches to the football player and former American hero.
Earlier in the week Te'o said he was the victim of an online hoax t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16611772-snl-tackles-teo-and-armstrong-nbc-chicago</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16611772-snl-tackles-teo-and-armstrong-nbc-chicago</guid><category>armstrong</category><category>and</category><category>snl</category><category>tackles</category><category>teo</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:35:36 +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=tzia62C970CFF9-5CBC-8553-3E31-18B43F702713.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62C970CFF9-5CBC-8553-3E31-18B43F702713.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>Former USADA chief says Armstrong rep made offer</title>
<description><![CDATA[The former chief of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says a representative of Lance Armstrong's offered the agency a donation in the range of $200,000 to $250,000 in 2004 and the agency immediately rejected it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie Pells]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eddie Pells]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16603758-former-usada-chief-says-armstrong-rep-made-offer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16603758-former-usada-chief-says-armstrong-rep-made-offer</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>offer</category><category>anti-doping-agency</category><category>usada</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:29:01 +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=a3f93613-6ceb-4d58-a47b-855d5eadeb6c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a3f93613-6ceb-4d58-a47b-855d5eadeb6c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The second night of Oprah Winfrey's interview of former cycling star Lance Armstrong is shown on video screens at Pete's Cafe Bar in downtown Los Angeles Friday,  Jan. 18, 2013. Through a marathon mea culpa that spanned two nights on TV, Armstrong spoke almost dispassionately about lying and cheating, about arrogance and bullying, about lost honor, status, achievement and income.(AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Armstrong's enemies find vindication, sadness</title>
<description><![CDATA[First shunned, then vilified by Lance Armstrong, Mike Anderson had to move to the other side of the world to get his life back.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie Pells]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eddie Pells]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16602659-armstrongs-enemies-find-vindication-sadness</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16602659-armstrongs-enemies-find-vindication-sadness</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>mike-anderson</category><category>us-news</category><category>enemies</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:25:14 +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=37c6d861-05b5-4371-98fa-3bc94e680209.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37c6d861-05b5-4371-98fa-3bc94e680209.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 6, 2004, file photo, U.S. Postal Service's Lance Armstrong rides ahead of Team Phonak's Tyler Hamilton,, center, and T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich, of Germany, during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Waterloo, Belgium, and Wasquehal, northern France.  Admitting he cheated was a start. Now, it's all about whether Armstrong is ready to give details, lots of them, to clean up his sport. Hamilton, whose testimony helped lead to Armstrong's downfall, says if Armstrong is willing to provide information to clean up the sport, a reduction in the sanctions would be appropriate. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd3716ba-8c84-4023-8218-84720a6574c9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd3716ba-8c84-4023-8218-84720a6574c9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Luke Armstrong, rear right, tries to touch the winner's trophy held by his father, Lance Armstrong, after Armstrong won his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race, in Paris. During the second part Friday, Jan. 18,  2013, of Oprah Winfrey's interview with Armstrong, Armstrong talked about talking with Luke after his son had defended him concerning doping allegations.  (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Federer, Williams say Armstrong let athletes down</title>
<description><![CDATA[Roger Federer says Lance Armstrong's admission that he took performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career has affected all of sport and the world's athletes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Passa]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dennis Passa]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16594195-federer-williams-say-armstrong-let-athletes-down</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16594195-federer-williams-say-armstrong-let-athletes-down</guid><category>sports</category><category>tennis</category><category>armstrong</category><category>roger-federer</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>serena-williams</category><category>australian-open</category><category>victoria-azarenka</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:25:18 +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=cd3716ba-8c84-4023-8218-84720a6574c9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd3716ba-8c84-4023-8218-84720a6574c9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Luke Armstrong, rear right, tries to touch the winner's trophy held by his father, Lance Armstrong, after Armstrong won his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race, in Paris. During the second part Friday, Jan. 18,  2013, of Oprah Winfrey's interview with Armstrong, Armstrong talked about talking with Luke after his son had defended him concerning doping allegations.  (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e2176b3c-b814-4616-9ca6-50af9924b1f6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="327" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e2176b3c-b814-4616-9ca6-50af9924b1f6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Serena Williams of the US hits a return to Japan's Ayumi Morita during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24582faf-382a-45d1-b1f4-de6012d0e708.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24582faf-382a-45d1-b1f4-de6012d0e708.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Switzerland's Roger Federer reacts after defeating Australia's Bernard Tomic in their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>J.J. Abrams to produce Lance Armstrong biopic</title>
<description><![CDATA[He's already gotten the Oprah treatment. Now Lance Armstrong is headed for the silver screen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christy Lemire]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christy Lemire]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16591321-jj-abrams-to-produce-lance-armstrong-biopic</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16591321-jj-abrams-to-produce-lance-armstrong-biopic</guid><category>us</category><category>film</category><category>movie</category><category>armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><category>now-lance-armstrong</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:10:57 +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=1c031916-b4c0-46a5-8f7b-6183421cc067.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1c031916-b4c0-46a5-8f7b-6183421cc067.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2012 file photo, Lance Armstrong competes in the Rev3 Half Full Triathalon, in Ellicott City, Md. Armstrong joined other cancer survivors in the event which raised funds for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams' production company, Bad Robot, are planning a biopic about the disgraced cyclist, a studio spokesperson said Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7405be64-580d-4a01-9c6a-2c6d6b05e403.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7405be64-580d-4a01-9c6a-2c6d6b05e403.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, Lance Armstrong arrives at the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter held at Sunset Tower, in West Hollywood, Calif.  Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams' production company, Bad Robot, are planning a biopic about the disgraced cyclist, a studio spokesperson said Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Images, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Anti-doping officials say Armstrong must say more</title>
<description><![CDATA[For anti-doping officials, Lance Armstrong's admission of cheating was only a start. Now they want him to give details &#8212; lots of them &#8212; to clean up his sport.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie Pells]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eddie Pells]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16587338-anti-doping-officials-say-armstrong-must-say-more</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16587338-anti-doping-officials-say-armstrong-must-say-more</guid><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>next</category><category>step</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:43:07 +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=c8ad9a2d-6fb5-4acd-8326-088364f92340.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8ad9a2d-6fb5-4acd-8326-088364f92340.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong considers a question from a reporter after his second-place finish in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the base of Aspen Mountain in Aspen, Colo. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France cycling race during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=628ebca3-40f7-4631-a47a-ae7607be1989.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=628ebca3-40f7-4631-a47a-ae7607be1989.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005, file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong signals seven for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race as he pedals during the 21st and final stage of the race between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. Armstrong called his run to seven Tour de France titles &quot;so perfect for so long.&quot; (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=795ec368-d41d-4758-8cd6-125f1c31a2af.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=795ec368-d41d-4758-8cd6-125f1c31a2af.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 19, 2009, file photo, Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line during the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Verbier, Switzerland. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21931fd9-e87e-4881-99f9-e0593103c1af.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21931fd9-e87e-4881-99f9-e0593103c1af.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 29, 2001, file photo, Lance Armstrong stands during ceremonies after winning the Tour de France cycling race following the 20th and final stage in Paris. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc8df0ff-51ec-4a21-908a-5143fd80625b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc8df0ff-51ec-4a21-908a-5143fd80625b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 20, 2005, file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong, left, of Austin, Texas, talks with Tour de France vice director general Christian Prudhomme, of France, before Prudhomme gave the official start for the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Revel, southwestern France. Admitting he cheated was a start. Now, it's all about whether Armstrong is ready to give details, lots of them, to clean up his sport. We're left wanting more. We have to know more about the system,&quot; Prudhomme told the AP. &quot;He couldn't have done it alone. We have to know who in his entourage helped him to do this.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=97761cb7-1a79-4cf0-a645-55b8b6448f08.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="365" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=97761cb7-1a79-4cf0-a645-55b8b6448f08.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2012, file photo, Travis Tygart, the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, speaks during an interview at his office in Colorado Springs, Colo. Admitting he cheated was a start. Now, it's all about whether Armstrong is ready to give details, lots of them, to clean up his sport. Tygart, who will have the biggest say about whether Armstrong can return to competition, called his confession a small step in the right direction. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b2b80ee0-37ad-46eb-9aca-5b4e2286b9a6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b2b80ee0-37ad-46eb-9aca-5b4e2286b9a6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2012, file photo, John Fahey, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, ponders a question during a news conference in Paris, ending the symposium called &quot;The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Fight against Doping: New Partnerships for Clean Sport.&quot;  Admitting he cheated was a start. Now, it's all about whether Armstrong is ready to give details, lots of them, to clean up his sport. &quot;He didn't name names,&quot;  Fahey told The Associated Press in Australia. &quot;He didn't say who supplied him, what officials were involved.&quot; (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37c6d861-05b5-4371-98fa-3bc94e680209.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37c6d861-05b5-4371-98fa-3bc94e680209.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 6, 2004, file photo, U.S. Postal Service's Lance Armstrong rides ahead of Team Phonak's Tyler Hamilton,, center, and T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich, of Germany, during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Waterloo, Belgium, and Wasquehal, northern France.  Admitting he cheated was a start. Now, it's all about whether Armstrong is ready to give details, lots of them, to clean up his sport. Hamilton, whose testimony helped lead to Armstrong's downfall, says if Armstrong is willing to provide information to clean up the sport, a reduction in the sanctions would be appropriate. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Confession may lead to legal woes for Armstrong</title>
<description><![CDATA[By admitting to Oprah Winfrey that he doped during his professional cycling career, Lance Armstrong potentially opened himself up to a stream of litigation that could lighten his wallet for years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16586787-confession-may-lead-to-legal-woes-for-armstrong</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16586787-confession-may-lead-to-legal-woes-for-armstrong</guid><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>woes</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>legal</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:52:47 +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=1ae32205-c0b4-41b5-bc5d-93265d0599b2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="374" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ae32205-c0b4-41b5-bc5d-93265d0599b2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="113" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 5, 2004, file photo, US Postal Service team leader Lance Armstrong sits by the registration bus before the second stage of the 91st Tour de France cycling race between Charleroi and Namur, Belgium. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hamilton: Armstrong must tell everything he knows</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tyler Hamilton recognized what he saw during Lance Armstrong's televised confession to doping.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie Pells]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eddie Pells]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16585219-hamilton-armstrong-must-tell-everything-he-knows</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16585219-hamilton-armstrong-must-tell-everything-he-knows</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>hamilton</category><category>armstrong</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>tyler-hamilton</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:27:09 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a85bf64-77b7-4698-8f87-98d37697bf55.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a85bf64-77b7-4698-8f87-98d37697bf55.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 25, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong looks back on the podium after the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ex-UCI chief feels vindicated; Not so, says WADA</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former world cycling federation president Hein Verbruggen feels vindicated after years of "conspiracy theories" that he helped cover up doping by Lance Armstrong. The World Anti-Doping Agency feels otherwise.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16584417-ex-uci-chief-feels-vindicated-not-so-says-wada</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16584417-ex-uci-chief-feels-vindicated-not-so-says-wada</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>world-anti-doping-agency</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>uci</category><category>hein-verbruggen</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:10:16 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9fed465b-9212-4748-bd2a-c53056a865ab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9fed465b-9212-4748-bd2a-c53056a865ab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 3, 2008 file photo, Hein Verbruggen, coordination commission chairman of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, listens during a news conference in Beijing. International Cycling Union honorary president Hein Verbruggen says there was no conflict of interest when he invested in a brokerage account later linked to Lance Armstrong's team owner. Verbruggen tells The Associated Press it is &quot;cynical&quot; for U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart to suggest the business relationship &quot;stinks to high heaven.&quot; (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=628ebca3-40f7-4631-a47a-ae7607be1989.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=628ebca3-40f7-4631-a47a-ae7607be1989.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005, file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong signals seven for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race as he pedals during the 21st and final stage of the race between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. Armstrong called his run to seven Tour de France titles &quot;so perfect for so long.&quot; (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a85bf64-77b7-4698-8f87-98d37697bf55.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a85bf64-77b7-4698-8f87-98d37697bf55.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 25, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong looks back on the podium after the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=982d37e0-a108-4874-ba07-e24bfe1c3edb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=982d37e0-a108-4874-ba07-e24bfe1c3edb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;En esta foto del 14 de enero de 2013 suministrada por Harpo Studios Inc., el ex ciclista Lance Armstrong, izquierda, conversa con la presentadora de televisión Oprah Winfrey durante una entrevista en Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IOC VP: Armstrong must tell 'whole truth'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong's doping confession to Oprah Winfrey was "too little, too late" and failed to provide any new information that will help clean up the sport he tarnished through years of cheating, the vice president of the IOC said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Wilson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Wilson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16583883-ioc-vp-armstrong-must-tell-whole-truth</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16583883-ioc-vp-armstrong-must-tell-whole-truth</guid><category>sports</category><category>ap</category><category>ioc</category><category>cycling</category><category>armstrong</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>cyc</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:19:35 +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=70c1c55b-a4ec-4733-9623-dc66082b9926.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=70c1c55b-a4ec-4733-9623-dc66082b9926.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Saturday, Sept 30, 2000 file photo Russia's Viacheslav Ekimov, center, winner of the gold medal in the men's individual time trials, celebrates with Germany's silver medal winner Jan Ullrich, left, and U.S bronze medal winner Lance Armstrong at the cycling road course in Sydney, for the Summer Olympic Games. Officials familiar with the decision tell The Associated Press the IOC has stripped Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping. Two officials say the IOC sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night Jan. 16, 2013, asking him to return the medal. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52060c1d-6608-4159-81fe-f65ff89f6304.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52060c1d-6608-4159-81fe-f65ff89f6304.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, file photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., Lance Armstrong listens as he is interviewed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France cycling during the interview that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=982d37e0-a108-4874-ba07-e24bfe1c3edb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=982d37e0-a108-4874-ba07-e24bfe1c3edb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;En esta foto del 14 de enero de 2013 suministrada por Harpo Studios Inc., el ex ciclista Lance Armstrong, izquierda, conversa con la presentadora de televisión Oprah Winfrey durante una entrevista en Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>