<?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 - blame</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/blame</link><description>Newsvine - blame</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:08:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:34:37 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>T. rex not a stand-up guy? Test your dino skills</title>
<description><![CDATA[Here's a test of your dinosaur knowledge: Did Tyrannosaurus rex stand upright, with its tail on the ground?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malcolm Ritter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Malcolm Ritter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17057756-t-rex-not-a-stand-up-guy-test-your-dino-skills</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17057756-t-rex-not-a-stand-up-guy-test-your-dino-skills</guid><category>us</category><category>science</category><category>barney</category><category>sci</category><category>blame</category><category>did-tyrannosaurus</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:59:06 +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=375826c8-d13a-4d85-ac19-903de7238209.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=375826c8-d13a-4d85-ac19-903de7238209.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of 2011 and 2003 file photos shows Barney the Dinosaur, left, in Chicago and a Tyrannosaurus Rex model outside the Museum of Science in Boston. Did T. rex stand upright, with its tail on the ground? No. But a lot of young people seem to think so, a study suggests. The authors concluded they soaked up the wrong idea from toys, games and other pop culture items. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Bizuayehu Tesfaye)&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=7bba8d4d-a43b-430d-a42e-9dad2ec4a257.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bba8d4d-a43b-430d-a42e-9dad2ec4a257.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Friday, May 25, 2012 file photo, children stand near a life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur model as it moves and growls in an interactive display at Field Station Dinosaurs in Secaucus, N.J. Scientists used to think T. rex stood tall, but they abandoned that idea decades ago. Now, the ferocious dinosaur is depicted in a bird-like posture, tail in the air and head pitched forward of its two massive legs. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)&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=d88e1578-9cba-402a-8e59-ea69f13c5365.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="396" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d88e1578-9cba-402a-8e59-ea69f13c5365.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the Paleontological Research Institution/Cornell University shows drawings of Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs made by pre-college students in 2008. When researchers asked college students and children to draw the animal, most gave it an upright posture instead. Why? They'd soaked up the wrong idea from toys and other pop culture items, the researchers conclude. (AP Photo/Paleontological Research Institution/Cornell University)&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=3464763e-c4e5-43f1-a011-51ad1c5fd40b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3464763e-c4e5-43f1-a011-51ad1c5fd40b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 15, 2002 file photo, a 14-meter (46-foot) long, 4-meter (13-foot) high life-size model of a Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur is transported through the streets of Frankfurt to the Senckenberg Museum. When the authors of a study examined depictions of the animal, they found that popular dinosaur books have generally gotten the posture right since 1990. But they also found that an upright posture has remained popular in pop culture items like toys, games, cookie cutters, clothing, comics and movies. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Don't blame Darwin for theater shootings</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/21/12881183-dont-blame-darwin-for-theater-shootings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/21/12881183-dont-blame-darwin-for-theater-shootings</guid><category>religion</category><category>science</category><category>blame</category><category>metaphysical</category><category>godless</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>boyle's</category><category>alan-boyles</category><category>quotdark</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:18:06 +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/boyleE600CB8C-12A3-9F39-4E92-CB2D0493B343.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/boyleE600CB8C-12A3-9F39-4E92-CB2D0493B343.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Is godless evolution to blame for the &quot;Dark Knight&quot; shootings? Is religion to blame? The killings have sparked arguments of metaphysical proportions.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Unhappy public not sure who to blame for high gas</title>
<description><![CDATA[Families canceling vacations. Fishermen watching their profits burn up along with their boats' gasoline. Drivers buying only a few gallons of gas at a time because they can't afford to fill the tank.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Rogers]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Rogers]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/22/10805206-unhappy-public-not-sure-who-to-blame-for-high-gas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/22/10805206-unhappy-public-not-sure-who-to-blame-for-high-gas</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>prices</category><category>game</category><category>gas</category><category>gas-prices</category><category>us-news</category><category>blame</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:59:56 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c78aeb13-6a1e-4e68-b273-2bade78706be.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c78aeb13-6a1e-4e68-b273-2bade78706be.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rosahn Buchanan fills her tank with gas at a station in Arcadia, Calif., Tuesday, March 20,  2012. From all corners of the country, Americans are poorer and angrier these days, thanks to the record fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)&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/400/89a677c1-c9c8-4f54-9253-b6954eb20482.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="473" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/89a677c1-c9c8-4f54-9253-b6954eb20482.jpg" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Prices for self-serve and mid-grade are well over $4.00 per gallon, and exceed $5.00 for premium at a Shell station in the Wilshire district of Los Angeles Wednesday, March 21, 2012. From all corners of the country, people report being poorer and angrier these days, thanks to the record-high price of fuel that has been gripping the nation. The steady rise in gas prices, which now top $4 a gallon in several states, has become one of the hottest issues in the country just as the nation heads into both its peak driving season and a presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&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/adfe1128-a381-4d75-9c8e-71f8eeab92da.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/adfe1128-a381-4d75-9c8e-71f8eeab92da.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gasoline prices of more than $4 are seen at a gas station on the south end of The Strip, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Las Vegas. From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&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/400/9f435a30-6dfc-4d31-b53a-32dceb601b6a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9f435a30-6dfc-4d31-b53a-32dceb601b6a.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gasoline prices hovering around $4 are seen at a gas station on the south end of The Strip, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Las Vegas. From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&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/bb771127-700a-4a65-89c2-4fc3bbf33c50.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bb771127-700a-4a65-89c2-4fc3bbf33c50.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;David Bell gases-up at a station in Arcadia, Calif.  Tuesday, March 20,  2012. From all corners of the country, Americans are poorer and angrier these days, thanks to the record fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer.(AP Photo/Nick Ut) AP Photo/Nick Ut)&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/faf3fa47-f864-4759-9776-08d63844734a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="358" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/faf3fa47-f864-4759-9776-08d63844734a.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gasoline prices hovering around $4 are seen at a gas station on the south end of The Strip, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Las Vegas. From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&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/400/1ebcf3b5-bcb3-42b1-a086-ecc1a0e27650.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1ebcf3b5-bcb3-42b1-a086-ecc1a0e27650.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, March 20, 2012 photo,  third generation lobsterman Craig Rogers  fuels up his lobster boat at Mackeral Cove in Bailey Island, Maine. Rogers, of Harpswell, said high fuel prices are the biggest concern of lobstermen today.(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)&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/faf50b20-d1dd-4688-a6cd-2019641ddcbf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/faf50b20-d1dd-4688-a6cd-2019641ddcbf.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, March 20, 2012 photo, third generation lobsterman Craig Rogers fuels up his lobster boat at Mackeral Cove in Bailey Island, Maine.  Rogers, of Harpswell, said high fuel prices are the biggest concern of lobstermen today.(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)&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/400/2965ebd0-f750-4f7f-a82e-79df14a8e08a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="359" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2965ebd0-f750-4f7f-a82e-79df14a8e08a.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, March 20, 2012 photo, the shadow of lobsterman Craig Rogers in seen as he fuels up his lobster boat at Mackeral Cove in Bailey Island, Maine. Rogers, of Harpswell, said high fuel prices are the biggest concern of lobstermen today.(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)&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/400/7327be36-968f-434e-9acf-3c2476abf072.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7327be36-968f-434e-9acf-3c2476abf072.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a Tuesday, March 20, 2012 photo, W.M. Lewis talks about the rising cost of gasoline as he stands in a gas station, in Anchorage, Alaska, where regular unleaded cost as much as nearly $4.25 a gallon. The Anchorage contractor says the steep price has cut down on long commutes. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)&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/400/8a47baea-1b84-4687-a8ba-e8cc58c6db02.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8a47baea-1b84-4687-a8ba-e8cc58c6db02.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rosalyn Buchanan fills her tank with gas at a station in Arcadia, Calif., Tuesday, March 20,  2012. From all corners of the country, Americans are poorer and angrier these days, thanks to the record fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)&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/f140fbea-2c64-4f38-8627-13a3510e6dfe.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f140fbea-2c64-4f38-8627-13a3510e6dfe.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rosalyn Buchanan fills her tank with gas at a station in Arcadia, Calif., Tuesday, March 20,  2012. From all corners of the country, Americans are poorer and angrier these days, thanks to the record fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How much crazier can Black Friday get?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pepper-sprayed customers, smash-and-grab looters and bloody scenes in the shopping aisles. How did Black Friday devolve into this?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Hawley ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Hawley ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/26/9039356-how-much-crazier-can-black-friday-get</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/26/9039356-how-much-crazier-can-black-friday-get</guid><category>us</category><category>friday</category><category>what</category><category>1st</category><category>2nd</category><category>3rd</category><category>4th</category><category>us-news</category><category>blame</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><category>black-friday</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:45:57 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/545d9c5c-b1ac-4c0a-be37-1e414773875a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/545d9c5c-b1ac-4c0a-be37-1e414773875a.jpg" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office, shows Jerald Allen Newman, 54, after his arrest Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, at a Walmart store in Buckeye, Ariz. Buckeye police are coming under fire for a video posted online Friday that shows Newman on the floor of the store with a bloody face after police took him to the ground. Police say he was resisting arrest but his wife and witnesses say he was just trying to protect his grandson during a chaotic rush for discounted video games. (AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriff's Office)&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/edde2b5c-2548-4e3c-bd5f-263c3c4e7af7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="315" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/edde2b5c-2548-4e3c-bd5f-263c3c4e7af7.jpg" width="120" height="195" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Black Friday shopper takes a rest with purchases at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Miss., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Vickie D. King) NO SALES&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/ad36fdab-f5f0-468b-a8d4-77e6f87669cb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ad36fdab-f5f0-468b-a8d4-77e6f87669cb.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A consumer rests herself and her bags in Herald Square during the busiest shopping day of the year, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in New York. Some of the nation's major chain stores opened late Thursday, competing for holiday shoppers on the notoriously busy Black Friday to kick off a period that is crucial for the retail industry. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&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/400/6147529b-0814-4e52-b6fb-580f56e31d7b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6147529b-0814-4e52-b6fb-580f56e31d7b.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, photo, shoppers stop to look at a display while shopping at Dadeland Mall, in Miami. As reports of shopping-related violence rolled in this week from Los Angeles to New York, experts say a volatile mix of desperate retailers and cutthroat marketing has hyped the traditional post-Thanksgiving holiday sales to increasingly frenzied levels. (AP Photo/ Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chavez's new message for opponents: 'Let me work!'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez seems to have everything a president could want: power to legislate by executive decree, a bonanza of oil earnings and political allies who dominate nearly all major public institutions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Toothaker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christopher Toothaker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6723488-chavezs-new-message-for-opponents-let-me-work</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6723488-chavezs-new-message-for-opponents-let-me-work</guid><category>venezuela</category><category>game</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>world-news</category><category>blame</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:16:05 +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/abd9b164-5ea3-47e3-9e6e-8ec8a14e7861.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="389" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/abd9b164-5ea3-47e3-9e6e-8ec8a14e7861.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez greets supporters after his radio and television show Hello President at a balcony of Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 22, 2011. Chavez appeared in public for the first time since injuring himself while jogging two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)&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/400/9793e0d6-4912-4577-8d17-efb4e5894920.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9793e0d6-4912-4577-8d17-efb4e5894920.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo taken May 10, 2011, a  Billboard with a message that reads in Spanish &quot;Let him work!&quot;, referring to Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, is seen at the 23 de Enero shantytown in Caracas, Venezuela. That single phrase by Chavez &quot;Let me work!&quot; has defined the intensifying finger-pointing in Venezuelan politics as the socialist leader prepares for an opposition challenge in next year's presidential vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Father gets criticized for NY mother killing kids</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jean Pierre didn't kill his kids. It was their mother, not their father, who took the three little children with her in a suicide plunge into the Hudson River this month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Fitzgerald]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Fitzgerald]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/27/6540706-father-gets-criticized-for-ny-mother-killing-kids</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/27/6540706-father-gets-criticized-for-ny-mother-killing-kids</guid><category>us</category><category>deaths</category><category>new-york</category><category>river</category><category>us-news</category><category>blame</category><category>hudson-river</category><category>jean-pierre</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:00:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3350efd1-34a7-46b4-8018-33e6e3bb103a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="319" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3350efd1-34a7-46b4-8018-33e6e3bb103a.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jean Pierre, the father of the three children who died when their mother drove their car into the Hudson River, and Datrice Armstrong, the mother of LaShanda Armstrong,  both center, are escorted from the Alphonso E. Brown Funeral Home in Spring Valley, N.Y. after a service on Monday, April 25, 2011. LaShanda Armstrong, 25, loaded her four children into a minivan on April 12 after an argument with the father of the three youngest. She drove down a boat ramp in Newburgh into the river. The oldest child, 10-year-old La'Shaun Armstrong, crawled out a window and survived. (AP Photo/The Poughkeepsie Journal, Lee Ferris)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Blame game: BP, Gulf spill partners sue each other</title>
<description><![CDATA[After being hammered for a year over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP is going on the offensive with multibillion-dollar lawsuits seeking to shift at least part of the blame to those who owned the ill-fated rig or designed a failed safety device or supplied cement that didn't hold.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Curt Anderson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Curt Anderson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/21/6509328-blame-game-bp-gulf-spill-partners-sue-each-other</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/21/6509328-blame-game-bp-gulf-spill-partners-sue-each-other</guid><category>us</category><category>game</category><category>oil-spill</category><category>spill</category><category>us-news</category><category>blame</category><category>gulf-oil-spill</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:09:21 +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/ba3d5e2d-4d5f-4d36-aa65-ef0f28aadf1a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ba3d5e2d-4d5f-4d36-aa65-ef0f28aadf1a.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the blazing remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. An April 20, 2010 explosion at the offshore platform killed 11 men, and the subsequent leak released an estimated 172 million gallons of petroleum into the gulf. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, File)&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/400/253245cf-7e05-42fa-b508-47a510ceb889.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/253245cf-7e05-42fa-b508-47a510ceb889.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Wednesday, April 21, 2010 file photo shows oil in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as a large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. An April 20, 2010 explosion at the offshore platform killed 11 men, and the subsequent leak released an estimated 172 million gallons of petroleum into the gulf. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Blame game enough to end Zenyatta's streak</title>
<description><![CDATA[Garrett Gomez thought he had it. Probably. Maybe.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Graves]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Will Graves]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/06/5421555-blame-game-enough-to-end-zenyattas-streak</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/06/5421555-blame-game-enough-to-end-zenyattas-streak</guid><category>sports</category><category>horse-racing</category><category>garrett-gomez</category><category>blame</category><category>triumph</category><category>jockey-garrett-gomez</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Nov 2010 01:02:41 +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/400/06959ac4-bbdb-4ca0-a341-57f831911257.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/06959ac4-bbdb-4ca0-a341-57f831911257.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Garrett Gomez reacts after riding Blame to victory during the Classic race at the Breeder's Cup horse races at Churchill Downs Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)&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/400/9387d767-8df8-48ad-9303-5151277907c6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="389" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9387d767-8df8-48ad-9303-5151277907c6.jpg" width="120" height="117" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by Churchill Downs shows Garrett Gomez riding Blame, rear, beating Mike Smith riding Zenyatta (8) during the Classic race at the Breeder's Cup horse races at Churchill Downs Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Churchill Downs)   &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/400/12b1092c-5565-4e1c-ae83-61ac64dbbbb1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="355" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/12b1092c-5565-4e1c-ae83-61ac64dbbbb1.jpg" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Garrett Gomez, right, rides Blame to victory during the Classic race at the Breeder's Cup horse races at Churchill Downs Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, in Louisville, Ky. Mike Smith riding  Zenyatta finished second. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>SC's Bauer: Lazy people cause illegal immigration</title>
<description><![CDATA[South Carolina's lieutenant governor said Friday that lazy residents who don't want to take jobs harvesting the state's crops are the root of its problems with illegal immigration.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Davenport]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Davenport]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/23/4198422-scs-bauer-lazy-people-cause-illegal-immigration</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/23/4198422-scs-bauer-lazy-people-cause-illegal-immigration</guid><category>us</category><category>immigration</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>us-news</category><category>blame</category><category>gov</category><category>lt-gov</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:58:56 +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>Readers respond to Obama’s State of the Union</title>
<description><![CDATA[Msnbc.com readers had mixed reactions Wednesday to President Obama's first State of the Union address, blaming everyone from Congress to the president for a ‘deficit of trust’ about how Washington works. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/27/3819243-readers-respond-to-obamas-state-of-the-union</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/27/3819243-readers-respond-to-obamas-state-of-the-union</guid><category>business</category><category>white-house</category><category>our</category><category>americans</category><category>union</category><category>obama</category><category>blame</category><category>main-street</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>bi-partisanship</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:57:59 +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>Dems cast blame at each other over Senate campaign</title>
<description><![CDATA[The buck stops ... Well, it was hard to tell just where the buck stopped Tuesday when it came to the Democratic party's loss of the Massachusetts Senate seat that had been held by Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/19/3780000-dems-cast-blame-at-each-other-over-senate-campaign</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/19/3780000-dems-cast-blame-at-each-other-over-senate-campaign</guid><category>us</category><category>senate</category><category>game</category><category>politics</category><category>blame</category><category>massachusetts</category><category>massachusetts-senate</category><category>scott-brown</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:11:40 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0a8be29e-2d0f-4ae9-ab6d-2f9ac23a352d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0a8be29e-2d0f-4ae9-ab6d-2f9ac23a352d.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, second from left, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., greets supporters on the street with her husband Thomas O'Connor, Jr., left, at a campaign stop in front of the Boston Public Library, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/400/87b8d7da-6192-42d2-9750-5d91b2c34f76.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/87b8d7da-6192-42d2-9750-5d91b2c34f76.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, center, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., speaks with members of the media during a campaign stop in front of the Boston Public Library, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Johnson says he blamed Hornish a little too much</title>
<description><![CDATA[Upon further review, Jimmie Johnson believes he probably blamed Sam Hornish Jr. a little too much for their costly accident last week at Texas Motor Speedway.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Baum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bob Baum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3499309-johnson-says-he-blamed-hornish-a-little-too-much</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3499309-johnson-says-he-blamed-hornish-a-little-too-much</guid><category>sports</category><category>auto-racing</category><category>nascar</category><category>johnson</category><category>jimmie-johnson</category><category>texas-motor-speedway</category><category>blame</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:57:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9848512e-ec3f-484c-9bb8-682920132de6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9848512e-ec3f-484c-9bb8-682920132de6.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Crew members repair Jimmie Johnson's car after Johnson wrecked in the opening laps of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer)&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/400/1621323d-7308-4554-b6ce-ace15bc1c6a1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1621323d-7308-4554-b6ce-ace15bc1c6a1.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Driver Jimmie Johnson (48) spins out on lap three of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race after he was hit by Sam Hornish Jr. (77) at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes)&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/400/1aad8fcf-831a-4ee5-8b3f-dfe18c261bca.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1aad8fcf-831a-4ee5-8b3f-dfe18c261bca.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Driver Jimmie Johnson waits in his car during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 auto race at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.  (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dolphins' Sparano takes blame for key decision</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tony Sparano could point to plenty of potential culprits for his lousy night's sleep: the blown 21-point lead, the fourth-quarter meltdown, penalties, turnovers, missed tackles and Ted Ginn Jr.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wine]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steven Wine]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3427489-dolphins-sparano-takes-blame-for-key-decision</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3427489-dolphins-sparano-takes-blame-for-key-decision</guid><category>nfl</category><category>sports</category><category>dolphins</category><category>blame</category><category>tony-sparano</category><category>ted-ginn-jr</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Al-Qaida emerges as main suspect in Iraq bombings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Al-Qaida in Iraq is the most likely suspect behind massive truck bombings targeting major government institutions in Baghdad.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamza Hendawi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hamza Hendawi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/20/3174463-al-qaida-emerges-as-main-suspect-in-iraq-bombings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/20/3174463-al-qaida-emerges-as-main-suspect-in-iraq-bombings</guid><category>iraq</category><category>who</category><category>world-news</category><category>blame</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:16:55 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/af3d6f13-eb50-443a-b87e-3062df235223.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/af3d6f13-eb50-443a-b87e-3062df235223.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Smoke billows  near  the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, left,  after a massive bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. A series of explosions struck the Iraqi capital Wednesday, targeting primarily government and commercial buildings, killing dozens of people and wounding many more  Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) &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/400/210dec17-afca-400e-bcf1-9ce3018b348c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/210dec17-afca-400e-bcf1-9ce3018b348c.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Women grieve for their relative, killed in a bombing, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. A string of blasts killed at least 100 people in Baghdad on Wednesday. More than 500 people also were wounded when nearly simultaneous truck bombs struck Iraq's Foreign and Finance ministries on Wednesday &amp;#8212; the deadliest day of coordinated bombings in more than a year.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)&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/400/52fc5dcf-bde2-4b64-95d2-23ac9dd27711.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="508" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/52fc5dcf-bde2-4b64-95d2-23ac9dd27711.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at a crater caused by Wednesday's massive bomb attack in front of the Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. A series of deadly explosions targeting government and commercial buildings struck Baghdad Wednesday, killing scores and wounding hundreds more, Iraqi police and medical officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) &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/400/93d6e209-dbaf-45a0-9345-e0e1b88e24b4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/93d6e209-dbaf-45a0-9345-e0e1b88e24b4.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Baghdad municipality workers remove destroyed cars in front of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, center, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. Nearly simultaneous truck bombs struck Iraq's Foreign and Finance ministries on Wednesday, killing scores people and injuring many more, Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) &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/e9336415-2fd4-445a-a364-dd258952c980.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e9336415-2fd4-445a-a364-dd258952c980.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fire fighters respond as smoke billows over the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, center, after a massive bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. A series of explosions struck the Iraqi capital Wednesday, targeting primarily government and commercial buildings, killing more than a dozen people and wounding more than 100 others, Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kuwaitis trade blame for stalemate ahead of vote</title>
<description><![CDATA[Days before electing their second parliament in a year, Kuwaitis are trading blame about how their tiny, oil-rich country has reached a political stalemate that has virtually frozen development during tough economic times.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diana Elias]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diana Elias]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/14/2815154-kuwaitis-trade-blame-for-stalemate-ahead-of-vote</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/14/2815154-kuwaitis-trade-blame-for-stalemate-ahead-of-vote</guid><category>game</category><category>kuwait</category><category>world-news</category><category>blame</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 05:37:18 +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/f412b580-868d-475a-a787-ccaa3ba504cd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f412b580-868d-475a-a787-ccaa3ba504cd.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture taken Monday, May 4, 2009  Kuwaiti men participate in a parliamentary election rally in Sabah Al Nasser area, Kuwait. Days before electing their second parliament in a year, Kuwaitis are trading blame about how their tiny oil-rich country has reached a political stalemate that has virtually frozen development during tough economic times.(AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)&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/400/6a7aef74-eb93-460f-aa3b-bed6668f4e08.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="374" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6a7aef74-eb93-460f-aa3b-bed6668f4e08.jpg" width="120" height="113" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I n this image made  on Monday, May 11, 2009 Kuwaiti parliamentary candidate Thekra Al Rasheedi talks to supporters during an election rally in Jahra, north of Kuwait City. Days before electing their second parliament in a year, Kuwaitis are trading blame about how their tiny oil-rich country has reached a political stalemate that has virtually frozen development during tough economic times.(AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)&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/f7b6ea6a-a705-4bc3-b284-df9580315bf6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f7b6ea6a-a705-4bc3-b284-df9580315bf6.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture taken Tuesday, May 5, 2009 a Kuwaiti female audience participate in a parliamentary rally in Nuzha area, Kuwait . Days before electing their second parliament in a year, Kuwaitis are trading blame about how their tiny oil-rich country has reached a political stalemate that has virtually frozen development during tough economic times. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama says some in G-20 fault US for economic woes</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama says some fellow G-20 leaders blamed the United States for the global economic crisis and that he acknowledged the role played by some U.S. banks and investment houses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/02/2632410-obama-says-some-in-g-20-fault-us-for-economic-woes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/02/2632410-obama-says-some-in-g-20-fault-us-for-economic-woes</guid><category>eu</category><category>us</category><category>united-states</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>blame</category><category>newser</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:51:09 +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>Obama focuses on fix, not blame</title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to fixing blame for the global financial crisis, President Barack Obama says the United States "certainly has some accounting to do."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/01/2625491-obama-focuses-on-fix-not-blame</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/01/2625491-obama-focuses-on-fix-not-blame</guid><category>eu</category><category>united-states</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>blame</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:42:14 +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></item><item><title>Criticism mounts among gays over Calif. ban</title>
<description><![CDATA[California's gay-rights movement has been beset by infighting and finger-pointing since the defeat of gay marriage at the ballot box, with some activists questioning the campaign's mild tactics, including the decision not to show same-sex couples in ads.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Leff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lisa Leff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/11/2101609-criticism-mounts-among-gays-over-calif-ban</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/11/2101609-criticism-mounts-among-gays-over-calif-ban</guid><category>game</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>marriage</category><category>us-news</category><category>blame</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:00:41 +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/400/7154e452-e959-44f3-afcd-17ed4d6699dd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7154e452-e959-44f3-afcd-17ed4d6699dd.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of same-sex marriage rally in San Francisco in this Nov. 7, 2008 file photo. California's gay-rights movement has been beset by infighting and finger-pointing since the defeat of gay marriage at the ballot box, with some activists questioning the campaign's mild tactics, including the decision not to show same-sex couples in ads. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)&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/400/0f5ab01a-313d-44a6-8312-dafdf00cdf50.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0f5ab01a-313d-44a6-8312-dafdf00cdf50.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Robin Tyler, center, addresses protesters as Diane Olson looks on in this Nov. 6, 2008 file photo during a &quot;No on Prop 8&quot; march and rally in front of the Mormon Church to protest the church's monetary support of Prop 8 in Los Angeles. California's gay-rights movement has been beset by infighting and finger-pointing since the defeat of gay marriage at the ballot box, with some activists questioning the campaign's mild tactics, including the decision not to show same-sex couples in ads. The movement's leaders &quot;were very timid. They were too soft,&quot; said Robin Tyler, a lesbian comic who created a series of celebrity public service announcements with the slogan &quot;Stop the Hate, No on 8&quot; that were rejected because they were deemed too negative. &quot;We were lightweights on our side.&quot;(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Your Career: Should you admit a mistake?</title>
<description><![CDATA[If the captain of the Titanic had not gone down with the ship, would he have blamed the iceberg for the disaster?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eve Tahmincioglu]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eve Tahmincioglu]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/19/2017750-your-career-should-you-admit-a-mistake</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/19/2017750-your-career-should-you-admit-a-mistake</guid><category>politics</category><category>she</category><category>mistakes</category><category>mistake</category><category>blame</category><category>careers</category><category>says</category><category>fuld</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>admitting</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:17:03 +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/tz-081019-fuld.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo/_new/tz-081019-fuld.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;epa01511770 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lehman Brothers Holdings Richard Fuld Jr.  testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's hearing on 'The Causes and Effects of the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy' on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. USA 06 October 2008. Fuld blamed the bankruptcy of his company on a &quot;lack of confidence&quot; saying that he and other executives did everything they could to protect the failed investment bank.  EPA/SHAWN THEW&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Analysis: Bush holds Washington blame-free</title>
<description><![CDATA[How did it happen, America's grave financial crisis? President Bush offered a bunch of explanations but held Washington completely blameless, painting a picture of a government standing innocently on the sidelines as the economy went off the rails.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terence Hunt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Terence Hunt]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/25/1909446-analysis-bush-holds-washington-blame-free</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/25/1909446-analysis-bush-holds-washington-blame-free</guid><category>washington</category><category>politics</category><category>kashmir</category><category>analysis</category><category>curfew</category><category>don</category><category>world-news</category><category>blame</category><category>indian-kashmir</category><category>lifted</category><category>nightly-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:14:55 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3171ef58-8322-4436-bba8-b0dbdae9e395.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3171ef58-8322-4436-bba8-b0dbdae9e395.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this video image from APTN, President Bush speaks in a prime-time address from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/APTN)&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/400/3e1c8155-858d-4f10-8c31-7ed0c25a2c51.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3e1c8155-858d-4f10-8c31-7ed0c25a2c51.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Bush poses for photographers after delivering a prime-time speech from the White House on the ailing financial markets, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, in Washington.    (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)  &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/400/36460f0a-3b1e-42c5-8de8-35a5b16370e6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/36460f0a-3b1e-42c5-8de8-35a5b16370e6.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this video image from APTN, President Bush speaks in a prime-time address from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/APTN)&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/cf6740da-5f49-4e5e-962a-def447cafb4c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cf6740da-5f49-4e5e-962a-def447cafb4c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Bush poses for photographers after delivering a prime-time speech from the White House on the ailing financial markets, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, in Washington.    (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Analysis: Fed Bearing Brunt of Blame</title>
<description><![CDATA[While Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and some lawmakers want to give the Federal Reserve broader powers to head off financial disasters, the Fed's easy-money policies earlier this decade and years of homeownership incentives dangled by the White House and Congress helped set the stage for today's housing and credit crises.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Raum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Raum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/04/1409805-analysis-fed-bearing-brunt-of-blame</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/04/1409805-analysis-fed-bearing-brunt-of-blame</guid><category>business</category><category>white-house</category><category>game</category><category>housing</category><category>politics</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>blame</category><category>henry-paulson</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 2008 07:31:20 +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/400/02355b26-8f03-475c-ba6c-7457a660369c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/02355b26-8f03-475c-ba6c-7457a660369c.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Christopher Cox, Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance Robert Steel, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York President Timothy Geithner, right, listen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2008, during  the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the government bailout of Bear Stearns.  (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Who's to Blame for Katrina's Aftermath?</title>
<description><![CDATA[In many ways, New Orleans is a huge crime scene, with bodies and victims and fingerprints &#8212; many, many sets of fingerprints. But who did it? Who is responsible for this mess, for a barely functioning city with large swaths still uninhabited &#8212; or uninhabitable &#8212; a year after Hurricane Katrina?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Allen G. Breed]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Allen G. Breed]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/19/332232-whos-to-blame-for-katrinas-aftermath</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/19/332232-whos-to-blame-for-katrinas-aftermath</guid><category>katrina</category><category>new-orleans</category><category>who</category><category>hurricane-katrina</category><category>us-news</category><category>blame</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a1e5de9e-b0b3-4938-a0c6-177d21987165.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a1e5de9e-b0b3-4938-a0c6-177d21987165.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evelyn Turner cries alongside the body of her longtime companion, Xavier Bowie, after he died in New Orleans, in this Aug. 30, 2005 file photo. Bowie and Turner had decided to ride out Hurricane Katrina when they could not find a way to leave the city. Bowie, who had lung cancer, died when he ran out of oxygen. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Are You Fat? Doctors Have Novel Excuses</title>
<description><![CDATA[Why are so many people fat? Scientists have come up with some novel excuses, including air conditioning, lack of sleep, fewer smokers, and more sex among obese people, which can produce chubby kids.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/27/270736-are-you-fat-doctors-have-novel-excuses</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/27/270736-are-you-fat-doctors-have-novel-excuses</guid><category>diet</category><category>health</category><category>obesity</category><category>blame</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:27:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Food Industry a Target in Obesity Fight</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's tempting to blame big food companies for America's big obesity problem. After all, they're the folks who Supersized our fries, family-portioned our potato chips and Big Gulped our sodas. There's also the billions they've spent keeping their products ever on our minds and in our mouths.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J.M. Hirsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[J.M. Hirsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/03/18/138239-food-industry-a-target-in-obesity-fight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/03/18/138239-food-industry-a-target-in-obesity-fight</guid><category>diet</category><category>health</category><category>obesity</category><category>odd-news</category><category>blame</category><category>big-gulped</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:23:40 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NY37203190150.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NY37203190150.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;James Tillotson, a business and food policy professor at Tufts' Friedman School of Nutrition, shows an apple and water as examples of important nutrients Friday, Feb. 24, 2006, in his classroom in Boston. Tillotson, who studies the food industry's role in causing and resolving the obesity epidemic says that most efforts to assign blame fail to account for how overwhelmingly complex an issue obesity is. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>