<?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 - big-brother</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/big-brother</link><description>Newsvine - big-brother</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:49:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:06:25 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Pro, con arguments on proposed NY sugary drink ban</title>
<description><![CDATA[Medical professionals who favor a proposed ban on large-sized sugary drinks likened soda companies to Big Tobacco at a public hearing Tuesday, saying the plan would protect the public, while opponents accused the city of playing Big Brother and wondered what tasty but unhealthy foods might be targeted next.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samantha Gross]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Samantha Gross]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12906070-pro-con-arguments-on-proposed-ny-sugary-drink-ban</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12906070-pro-con-arguments-on-proposed-ny-sugary-drink-ban</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>drinks</category><category>new-yorkers</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>big-brother</category><category>big-tobacco</category><category>sugary-drinks</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:53:00 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4cc516aa-6a8e-45bd-92bd-5719379670fc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4cc516aa-6a8e-45bd-92bd-5719379670fc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This photo from  Thursday, May 31, 2012, shows a display of various size cups and sugar cubes at a news conference at New York's City Hall. The city Board of Health is scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday, July 24, 2012 on the proposal to ban the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces at city restaurants, movie theaters and other eateries. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, 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=82f230ab-0414-4ce3-8dc8-5d7dda115186.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82f230ab-0414-4ce3-8dc8-5d7dda115186.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Farley listens to testimony during a New York City Board of Health public hearing on the proposal to limit the size of sugary drinks Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in New York. New York faced the next step in a bitter battle over large sugarydrinks Tuesday, with the soft drink and restaurant industries protesting the mayor's proposed ban and the public lining up to have its say. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&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=a130ce12-bff1-4c1a-b860-45585aa8ebd0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a130ce12-bff1-4c1a-b860-45585aa8ebd0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Walter Willett, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, speaks during a New York City Board of Health public hearing on the proposal to limit the size of sugary drinks Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in New York. New York faced the next step in a bitter battle over large sugarydrinks Tuesday, with the soft drink and restaurant industries protesting the mayor's proposed ban and the public lining up to have its say. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&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=fa2784cd-0cf5-4bd5-be1b-dc15fb422b8b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa2784cd-0cf5-4bd5-be1b-dc15fb422b8b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;City Councilman Daniel Halloran III speaks during a New York City Board of Health public hearing on the proposal to limit the size of sugary drinks Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in New York. New York faced the next step in a bitter battle over large sugary drinks Tuesday, with the soft drink and restaurant industries protesting the mayor's proposed ban and the public lining up to have its say. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&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=c5e80f9c-ec5a-4239-90af-70324cb89b65.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c5e80f9c-ec5a-4239-90af-70324cb89b65.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Laurie Tansman, a nutritionist at Mount Sinai Medical Center, speaks during a New York City Board of Health public hearing on the proposal to limit the size of sugary drinks Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in New York. New York faced the next step in a bitter battle over large sugary drinks Tuesday, with the soft drink and restaurant industries protesting the mayor's proposed ban and the public lining up to have its say. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&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=484afb1b-0aff-4b8d-9002-0511d3fbe17d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=484afb1b-0aff-4b8d-9002-0511d3fbe17d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nutritionist Lisa R. Young speaks during a New York City Board of Health public hearing on the proposal to limit the size of sugary drinks Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in New York. New York faced the next step in a bitter battle over large sugary drinks Tuesday, with the soft drink and restaurant industries protesting the mayor's proposed ban and the public lining up to have its say. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Drones at home raise fear of surveillance society</title>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of drones patrolling U.S. skies?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Lowy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Joan Lowy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12292508-drones-at-home-raise-fear-of-surveillance-society</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12292508-drones-at-home-raise-fear-of-surveillance-society</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>backlash</category><category>big-brother</category><category>drone</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:36:24 +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=277ce4f8-2fe1-4730-b80b-4fee52d84cbf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=277ce4f8-2fe1-4730-b80b-4fee52d84cbf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This September 2011 file photo provided by Vanguard Defense Industries, shows a ShadowHawk drone with Montgomery County, Texas SWAT team members. The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. The worries began mostly on the political margins, but there are signs that ordinary people are starting to fret that unmanned aircraft could soon be circling overhead.  (AP Photo/Lance Bertolino, Vanguard Defense Industries)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ai Weiwei sets up live webcams at his home</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11004550-ai-weiwei-sets-up-live-webcams-at-his-home</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11004550-ai-weiwei-sets-up-live-webcams-at-his-home</guid><category>life</category><category>bbc</category><category>artist</category><category>big-brother</category><category>webcams</category><category>unscripted</category><category>ai-weiwei</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>weiwei</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:53:24 +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/Photo/_new/120403-ai-weiwei-china-hmed-1245p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120403-ai-weiwei-china-hmed-1245p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chinese artist Ai Weiwei turned his life into an unscripted version of Big Brother when he set up four live webcams at his home, BBC reported.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Few hiring managers are Facebook snooping</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10883845-few-hiring-managers-are-facebook-snooping</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10883845-few-hiring-managers-are-facebook-snooping</guid><category>holmes</category><category>hiring</category><category>cyber</category><category>big-brother</category><category>snooping</category><category>sherlock-holmes</category><category>sherlock</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:25:57 +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></item><item><title>Love ‘Hunger Games’? Here are 5 more dystopian reads</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hungry for more? We too were sad when we came to the last page of the "Hunger Games" trilogy, so we started routing about for more action-packed dystopian reads. (And frankly, we just like saying “dystopian;” it makes us sound way smarter than we actually are.) What follows are five alternative reads that offer an alternative view of the future. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Worick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Worick]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10796982-love-hunger-games-here-are-5-more-dystopian-reads</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10796982-love-hunger-games-here-are-5-more-dystopian-reads</guid><category>business</category><category>books</category><category>games</category><category>politics</category><category>hunger</category><category>big-brother</category><category>novel</category><category>stephen-king</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>hunger-games</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:22:46 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/TODAY/Sections/Today Books/BOOKS 2012/3 March 2012/200px-Hunger_games.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/TODAY/Sections/Today Books/BOOKS 2012/3 March 2012/200px-Hunger_games.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="80" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Carrier IQ spawns cellphone privacy bill</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/31/10281004-carrier-iq-spawns-cellphone-privacy-bill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/31/10281004-carrier-iq-spawns-cellphone-privacy-bill</guid><category>software</category><category>carrier</category><category>subscribers</category><category>big-brother</category><category>cellphones</category><category>installations</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>carrier-iq</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:02:12 +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>Brazil: Police probe allegations of rape on TV</title>
<description><![CDATA[Brazilian police are investigating allegations of sexual assault aired on the country's Big Brother reality TV show, a spokeswoman for Rio's police department said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny Barchfield]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jenny Barchfield]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/17/10174872-brazil-police-probe-allegations-of-rape-on-tv</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/17/10174872-brazil-police-probe-allegations-of-rape-on-tv</guid><category>brazil</category><category>expulsion</category><category>world-news</category><category>big-brother</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:39:55 +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>High court troubled by warrantless GPS tracking</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court invoked visions of an all-seeing Big Brother and satellites watching us from above. Then things got personal Tuesday when the justices were told police could slap GPS devices on their cars and track their movements, without asking a judge for advance approval.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Sherman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Sherman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/08/8693802-high-court-troubled-by-warrantless-gps-tracking</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/08/8693802-high-court-troubled-by-warrantless-gps-tracking</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>court</category><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>tracking</category><category>gps</category><category>big-brother</category><category>gps-tracking</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:02:34 +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>'Big Brother' jury selects 13th season champion</title>
<description><![CDATA[The "Big Brother" results aren't giving Rachel Reilly reason to pout.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derrik J. Lang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Derrik J. Lang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/14/7768178-big-brother-jury-selects-13th-season-champion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/14/7768178-big-brother-jury-selects-13th-season-champion</guid><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>us-news</category><category>big-brother</category><category>13</category><category>rachel-reilly</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:04:20 +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/400/11988b5a-122c-4460-89bb-c2bca85d584d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/11988b5a-122c-4460-89bb-c2bca85d584d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this publicity image released by CBS shows the cast of &quot;Big Brother 13&quot; in Los Angeles. The series finale of the voyeuristic reality TV show is on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011 on CBS. (AP Photo/CBS, Cliff Lipson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Africa's 'Big Brother' again sees Nigerian winner</title>
<description><![CDATA[Amid a 24-hour tabloid stream of sniping and titillation, the brash reality television starlet from Nigeria with her endearing personality, entertaining tantrums and provocative bustline captured the hearts of "Big Brother Amplified" viewers across the African continent.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yinka Ibukun]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Yinka Ibukun]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/06/7635617-africas-big-brother-again-sees-nigerian-winner</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/06/7635617-africas-big-brother-again-sees-nigerian-winner</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>nigeria</category><category>big-brother</category><category>dominance</category><category>af</category><category>brother-amplified"</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Sep 2011 21:42:18 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7adb9453-99d9-46c0-a604-21234c2e43f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7adb9453-99d9-46c0-a604-21234c2e43f1.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Sept 1, 2011 photo,  Karen Igho and winner of Big Brother Amplified poses during a photo shoot in Lagos, Nigeria. Amidst a 24-hour tabloid news stream, the brash 27-year old reality television starlet Igho from Nigeria, with her endearing personality, entertaining tantrums and provocative bust line captured the hearts of ``Big Brother Amplified'' viewers across the African continent.  The former bikini and lingerie model, Igho spent some 91-days in the &quot;Big Brother Amplified&quot; house with 25 other housemates from 14 different countries,  to win the reality TV prize. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)&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/400/63ba2276-3535-4a84-9371-3ab716a46be5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="293" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/63ba2276-3535-4a84-9371-3ab716a46be5.jpg" width="120" height="210" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Sept 1, 2011 photo,  Karen Igho and winner of Big Brother Amplified poses during a photo shoot in Lagos, Nigeria. Amidst a 24-hour tabloid news stream, the brash 27-year old reality television starlet Igho from Nigeria, with her endearing personality, entertaining tantrums and provocative bust line captured the hearts of ``Big Brother Amplified'' viewers across the African continent.  The former bikini and lingerie model, Igho spent 91-days in the &quot;Big Brother Amplified&quot; house with 25 other housemates from 14 different countries,  to win the reality TV prize. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)&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/e0ec1acc-d56c-4681-b9cd-838389948622.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e0ec1acc-d56c-4681-b9cd-838389948622.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Sept 1, 2011 photo,  Karen Igho and winner of Big Brother Amplified poses during a photo shoot in Lagos, Nigeria. Amid a 24-hour tabloid news stream, the brash 27-year old reality television starlet Igho from Nigeria, with her endearing personality, entertaining tantrums and provocative bust line captured the hearts of ``Big Brother Amplified'' viewers across the African continent.  The former bikini and lingerie model, Igho spent 91-days in the &quot;Big Brother Amplified&quot; house with 25 other housemates from 14 different countries,  to win the reality TV prize.  (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dutch game show highlights asylum seekers' plight</title>
<description><![CDATA[The nation that brought the television world "Big Brother" and a hoax game show with a donor kidney prize has now pitted five young rejected asylum seekers against one another to compete for euro4,000 ($5,700) for when they are kicked out of the country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/01/7570846-dutch-game-show-highlights-asylum-seekers-plight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/01/7570846-dutch-game-show-highlights-asylum-seekers-plight</guid><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>show</category><category>world-news</category><category>big-brother</category><category>game-show</category><category>asylum</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2011 00:45:26 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3372cd7c-f45d-4430-bd35-45b3b7d03d84.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3372cd7c-f45d-4430-bd35-45b3b7d03d84.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by Desmet on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, shows quiz master Waldemar Torenstra, center. The nation that brought the television world Big Brother and a hoax game show with a donor kidney as prize has now pitted five young rejected asylum seekers against one another in a Dutch trivia quiz for a euro 4,000 prize to take with them when they are sent back to their home country. The one-off show &quot;Weg Van Nederland&quot; (Out Of the Netherlands) shone a satirical light on the plight of young asylum seekers slated for expulsion by Dutch immigration authorities despite having spent most of their childhoods here. A Kurd whose family fled Armenia 11 years ago, won the show by correctly answering questions like, &quot;Who was the first king of the Netherlands?&quot; and artistically carving a map of the Netherlands out of a slab of cheese.( AP Photo/Desmet/Paul Weijenberg)  MANDATORY CREDIT&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/400/591fc42f-6b06-477d-a74d-ab536a7eff79.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="229" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/591fc42f-6b06-477d-a74d-ab536a7eff79.jpg" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by Desmet on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, shows Armenian contestant identified as Gulistan, top left,  and Sabina from Chechnya wearing a yellow shirt. The nation that brought the television world Big Brother and a hoax game show with a donor kidney as prize has now pitted five young rejected asylum seekers against one another in a Dutch trivia quiz for a euro 4,000 prize to take with them when they are sent back to their home country. The one-off show &quot;Weg Van Nederland&quot; (Out Of the Netherlands) shone a satirical light on the plight of young asylum seekers slated for expulsion by Dutch immigration authorities despite having spent most of their childhoods here. Gulistan. a Kurd whose family fled Armenia 11 years ago, won the show by correctly answering questions like, &quot;Who was the first king of the Netherlands?&quot; and artistically carving a map of the Netherlands out of a slab of cheese.( AP Photo/Desmet/Paul Weijenberg)  MANDATORY CREDIT&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/400/6821bb0b-864f-474b-993b-d5096ed30f99.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6821bb0b-864f-474b-993b-d5096ed30f99.jpg" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by Desmet on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, shows quiz master Waldemar Torenstra, second right, during his show. The nation that brought the television world Big Brother and a hoax game show with a donor kidney as prize has now pitted five young rejected asylum seekers against one another in a Dutch trivia quiz for a euro 4,000 prize to take with them when they are sent back to their home country. The one-off show &quot;Weg Van Nederland&quot; (Out Of the Netherlands) shone a satirical light on the plight of young asylum seekers slated for expulsion by Dutch immigration authorities despite having spent most of their childhoods here. A Kurd whose family fled Armenia 11 years ago, won the show by correctly answering questions like, &quot;Who was the first king of the Netherlands?&quot; and artistically carving a map of the Netherlands out of a slab of cheese.( AP Photo/Desmet/Paul Weijenberg)  MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Richard `Evel Dick' Donato leaves `Big Brother'</title>
<description><![CDATA["Big Brother" contestant Richard Donato has cut short his return to the CBS reality series.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/08/7045189-richard-evel-dick-donato-leaves-big-brother</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/08/7045189-richard-evel-dick-donato-leaves-big-brother</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>big-brother</category><category>richard-donato</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Jul 2011 00:41:31 +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/e7ee90d0-f73d-4198-93b2-590574a20642.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="368" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e7ee90d0-f73d-4198-93b2-590574a20642.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this publicity image released by CBS, Evel Dick Donato, a cast member of &quot;Big Brother 13&quot; is shown in Los Angeles.  A new season of the voyeuristic reality TV series premieres on CBS. CBS announced that Donato was leaving the show. His departure will be addressed on the episode to be broadcast on Wednesday, July 13. (AP Photo/CBS, Cliff Lipson)&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/400/764370d0-04e8-49b0-9ad8-e6c44174358d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/764370d0-04e8-49b0-9ad8-e6c44174358d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CORRECTS PREMIERE DATE TO THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2011 - In this publicity image released by CBS shows the cast of &quot;Big Brother 13&quot; in Los Angeles. A new season of the voyeuristic reality TV series premieres Thursday, July 7, on CBS. (AP Photo/CBS, Cliff Lipson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Inside the first night of 'Big Brother 13'</title>
<description><![CDATA["Big Brother" viewers watched as eight new contestants &#8212; or houseguests, as they're more commonly called on CBS' voyeuristic reality series &#8212; converged with three pairs of veteran players on Thursday night's 13th season premiere.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derrik J. Lang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Derrik J. Lang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/08/7040115-inside-the-first-night-of-big-brother-13</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/08/7040115-inside-the-first-night-of-big-brother-13</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>big-brother</category><category>inside</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jul 2011 09:35:11 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9c7af21f-9bc4-4617-8d75-7e63e6c260dc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9c7af21f-9bc4-4617-8d75-7e63e6c260dc.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this publicity image released by CBS, the cast of &quot;Big Brother 13&quot; is shown in Los Angeles.  A new season of the voyeuristic reality TV series premieres Friday, July 8, on CBS. (AP Photo/CBS, Cliff Lipson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Big Brother 9' champ gets 4 years in drug case</title>
<description><![CDATA[The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" appealed to a judge for leniency Friday, saying he wanted "a chance to get out and find out who I really am," before he was sentenced to four years in federal prison on drug trafficking and tax charges.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Contreras]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Russell Contreras]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/18/5870982-big-brother-9-champ-gets-4-years-in-drug-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/18/5870982-big-brother-9-champ-gets-4-years-in-drug-case</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>drugs</category><category>us-news</category><category>big-brother</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:23:44 +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>Zimbabwe president drawn into Big Brother vote row</title>
<description><![CDATA[A group of President Robert Mugabe's loyalists say voting was not "free and fair" in the "Big Brother Africa" TV reality show.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/19/5315074-zimbabwe-president-drawn-into-big-brother-vote-row</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/19/5315074-zimbabwe-president-drawn-into-big-brother-vote-row</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>big-brother</category><category>af</category><category>big-brother-africa-tv</category><category>brother-africa"</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:26:50 +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>'Big Brother' champ admits guilt in tax, drug case</title>
<description><![CDATA[The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" pleaded guilty Monday to a drug charge and for failing to file a tax return for the year he won the show's $500,000 prize.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Denise Lavoie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Denise Lavoie]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/04/5226595-big-brother-champ-admits-guilt-in-tax-drug-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/04/5226595-big-brother-champ-admits-guilt-in-tax-drug-case</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>drugs</category><category>big-brother</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Oct 2010 14:27:09 +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></item><item><title>South Africa's Big Brother boots punching resident</title>
<description><![CDATA[A South Africa-based satellite channel on Friday evicted a participant from its "Big Brother" reality show after receiving complaints from viewers and rights groups when he struck a female housemate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Naki]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Naki]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5126629-south-africas-big-brother-boots-punching-resident</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5126629-south-africas-big-brother-boots-punching-resident</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>safrica</category><category>world-news</category><category>big-brother</category><category>af</category><category>south-africa-based</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:54:35 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/83505a13-b81b-4614-a45a-e34db0d25816.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/83505a13-b81b-4614-a45a-e34db0d25816.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this framegrab from the Big Brother reality show shows an altercation between Uganda's Hannington Kuteesa, right, and South Africa's Lerato Sengadi, left,  this week. The South African pay channel says it will evict Kuteesa for assaulting female fellow star Sengadi on air. (AP Photo/M-net's Big Brother)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NY town votes to stop Google Earth pool searches</title>
<description><![CDATA[Big Brother's not watching anymore. At least not the pool.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5072225-ny-town-votes-to-stop-google-earth-pool-searches</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5072225-ny-town-votes-to-stop-google-earth-pool-searches</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>google-earth</category><category>big-brother</category><category>pools</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 23:55:58 +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>'Big Brother' saboteur revealed, then evicted</title>
<description><![CDATA[It wasn't a happy hour for Annie Whittington on "Big Brother."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derrik J. Lang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Derrik J. Lang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4686575-big-brother-saboteur-revealed-then-evicted</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4686575-big-brother-saboteur-revealed-then-evicted</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>12</category><category>big-brother</category><category>annie-whittington</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:00:56 +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>'Big Brother 9' winner to change plea in drug case</title>
<description><![CDATA[The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" plans to change a not-guilty plea he made last year in a drug case, according to a court filing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Denise Lavoie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Denise Lavoie]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/15/4512785-big-brother-9-winner-to-change-plea-in-drug-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/15/4512785-big-brother-9-winner-to-change-plea-in-drug-case</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>drugs</category><category>big-brother</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:42:58 +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>'Big Brother 9' contestant facing drug charge</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former contestant on the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a federal drug charge.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Denise Lavoie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Denise Lavoie]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/28/4217213-big-brother-9-contestant-facing-drug-charge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/28/4217213-big-brother-9-contestant-facing-drug-charge</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>drugs</category><category>big-brother</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:36:57 +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></item><item><title>Guitarist for Janis Joplin's Big Brother band dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[James Gurley, the innovative guitarist who helped shape psychedelic rock's multilayered, sometimes thundering sounds as a member of Big Brother and the Holding Company, the band that propelled Janis Joplin to fame, has died of a heart attack. He was 69.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Rogers]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Rogers]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/24/3673875-guitarist-for-janis-joplins-big-brother-band-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/24/3673875-guitarist-for-janis-joplins-big-brother-band-dies</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>big-brother</category><category>janis-joplin</category><category>gurley</category><category>james-gurley</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:29:36 +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>'Big Brother 9' winner released to drug treatment</title>
<description><![CDATA[The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9," who's accused of attempting to sell drugs, has been released for inpatient substance abuse treatment after posting bail.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/17/3647619-big-brother-9-winner-released-to-drug-treatment</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/17/3647619-big-brother-9-winner-released-to-drug-treatment</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>big-brother</category><category>oxycodone</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:33:48 +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></item><item><title>'Big Brother 9' winner ordered to drug center</title>
<description><![CDATA[The winner of the CBS reality television show "Big Brother 9" was ordered on Tuesday to undergo substance abuse counseling at a Massachusetts treatment center before being released on bail on drug charges.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/01/3573374-big-brother-9-winner-ordered-to-drug-center</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/01/3573374-big-brother-9-winner-ordered-to-drug-center</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>big-brother</category><category>oxycodone</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:53:26 +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>Utah player takes in younger brother</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shaky Smithson feels as if he's been switching positions since he arrived at Utah.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Alden]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doug Alden]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/27/3552925-utah-player-takes-in-younger-brother</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/27/3552925-utah-player-takes-in-younger-brother</guid><category>college-football</category><category>sports</category><category>brother</category><category>top-25</category><category>shaky</category><category>big-brother</category><category>shaky-smithson</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:46:42 +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/b096a497-1ae7-4382-91cb-615d2b22f527.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b096a497-1ae7-4382-91cb-615d2b22f527.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, photo, Utah football player Shaky Smithson, left, watches as his younger brother, Anthony, 15, digs through a box of recruitment letters at Smithson's apartment in Salt Lake City. Smithson, 22, has taken legal guardianship of his younger brother in hopes of sparing him the difficulties of growing up on one of Baltimore's toughest neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Doug Alden)&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/400/20acad4b-24d1-4b6e-aecd-7b39124c4a08.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/20acad4b-24d1-4b6e-aecd-7b39124c4a08.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, photo, Utah football player Shaky Smithson, left, sits with his younger brother, Anthony, 15, at Smithson's apartment in Salt Lake City. Smithson, 22, has taken legal guardianship of his younger brother in hopes of sparing him the difficulties of growing up in one of Baltimore's toughest neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Doug Alden)&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/f0e10302-e7f3-4497-ae2d-9f2dad5f8753.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f0e10302-e7f3-4497-ae2d-9f2dad5f8753.jpg" width="120" height="192" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, photo, Utah football player Shaky Smithson, left, poses with his younger brother, Anthony, 15, at Smithson's apartment in Salt Lake City. Smithson, 22, has taken legal guardianship of his younger brother in hopes of sparing him the difficulties of growing up in one of Baltimore's toughest neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Doug Alden)&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/400/72aafeb3-0816-41f4-871f-a07b7f75b12b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/72aafeb3-0816-41f4-871f-a07b7f75b12b.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Utah's Shaky Smithson (1) reaches to score against San Diego State linebacker Jonathan Soto (56) during the second quarter an NCAA college football game at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, in Salt Lake City.   (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>