<?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 - check</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/check</link><description>Newsvine - check</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:19:30 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:27:00 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Outrageous Fees To Access Your Wages? That's What Happened To Her</title>
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How do you get paid? By check? Direct deposit? Cash (under the table &ndash; shhhhh)? These are all legitimate ways to be paid for your work nowadays. Heck, direct deposit has been our method of choice for the past 20 years. But have you ever been paid by debit card?
That&rsqu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/18/19017842-outrageous-fees-to-access-your-wages-thats-what-happened-to-her</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/18/19017842-outrageous-fees-to-access-your-wages-thats-what-happened-to-her</guid><category>business</category><category>mcdonalds</category><category>dallas</category><category>franchise</category><category>deposit</category><category>check</category><category>cash</category><category>debit-card</category><category>chase-bank</category><category>ill-gotten-gains</category><category>natalie-gunshannon</category><category>accessing-wages</category><category>fees-charged</category><category>mike-cefalo</category><category>pennsykvania</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:08:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah5AF73C86-72E4-B5B8-10CA-CEAD149155E5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah5AF73C86-72E4-B5B8-10CA-CEAD149155E5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The gun owner's license: my solution to the gun control quandary</title>
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Gun control is easily one of the most contentious subjects in&nbsp;American politics, and has been for quite some time.&nbsp; If you've been on the Vine long enough to know who I am, then chances are you already know that I strongly favor sensible regulation; I've always maintai&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Rock]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matt Rock]]></source><link>http://matt-rock.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/19/17828876-the-gun-owners-license-my-solution-to-the-gun-control-quandary</link><guid>http://matt-rock.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/19/17828876-the-gun-owners-license-my-solution-to-the-gun-control-quandary</guid><category>2</category><category>politics</category><category>law</category><category>assault</category><category>2nd</category><category>owner</category><category>gun</category><category>check</category><category>legislation</category><category>second</category><category>weapon</category><category>regulation</category><category>license</category><category>control</category><category>ownership</category><category>pistol</category><category>nd</category><category>firearm</category><category>background</category><category>amendment</category><category>rifle</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:13:21 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=matt-rockA9EC5167-4657-77FD-01D9-EA2C0BB99757.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="118" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=matt-rockA9EC5167-4657-77FD-01D9-EA2C0BB99757.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="45" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=matt-rock11E02337-EFA6-053F-6378-50E19C7A3C83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=matt-rock11E02337-EFA6-053F-6378-50E19C7A3C83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Politics...You're Doing it Wrong</title>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As the dust settles from yesterdays eyebrow-raising failure&nbsp;of the Senate to pass what is admittedly a widely supported gun control measure, I've noticed the same groups and media sources&nbsp;who have been pushing gun control for the past 5 months &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel The Mensch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Daniel The Mensch]]></source><link>http://danielthemensch.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17810826-politicsyoure-doing-it-wrong</link><guid>http://danielthemensch.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17810826-politicsyoure-doing-it-wrong</guid><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>vote</category><category>gun</category><category>weapons</category><category>check</category><category>ban</category><category>republican</category><category>control</category><category>democrat</category><category>nra</category><category>fail</category><category>background</category><category>assualt</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:28:05 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=danielthemensch547E346E-252D-0351-2E6D-08FD454443B5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=danielthemensch547E346E-252D-0351-2E6D-08FD454443B5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I have some ideas!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gun control sponsor says NRA scorecard killed bill </title>
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The Democratic sponsor of the defeated gun-control plan says it would have passed easily, if not for the National Rifle Association.
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia says there would have been 70 votes for the plan to expand background checks for gun buyers. But the NRA sa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17810533-gun-control-sponsor-says-nra-scorecard-killed-bill</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17810533-gun-control-sponsor-says-nra-scorecard-killed-bill</guid><category>people</category><category>politics</category><category>gun</category><category>senator</category><category>check</category><category>bill</category><category>control</category><category>scorecard</category><category>nra</category><category>background</category><category>kill-congress</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:14:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterF52D450B-9A07-1060-F56B-663AB753B7D5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterF52D450B-9A07-1060-F56B-663AB753B7D5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Schumer laughs out loud on Senate floor at Cruz&amp;#8217; gun registry conspiracy theory </title>
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During a Wednesday debate on the Senate floor, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) could be heard laughing out loud after Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) claimed that expanded gun background checks was part of a &ldquo;push for a federal registry.&rdquo;
After Cruz said that he objected to a &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17810498-schumer-laughs-out-loud-on-senate-floor-at-cruz-gun-registry-conspiracy-theory</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17810498-schumer-laughs-out-loud-on-senate-floor-at-cruz-gun-registry-conspiracy-theory</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>gun</category><category>senator</category><category>check</category><category>bill</category><category>registry</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>theory</category><category>background</category><category>laugh</category><category>ted-cruz</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:11:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterB44A23B4-BFE1-63A3-FBCA-EF58E488E544.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterB44A23B4-BFE1-63A3-FBCA-EF58E488E544.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Checks Sent To Victims Of Foreclosure Fraud Are Bouncing | ThinkProgress</title>
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Could federal regulators and their cast of private contractors possibly do a worse job of getting relief to families who were wronged during the foreclosure crisis?
First, private contractors botched their initial review of banks&rsquo; foreclosure files. Then, the Office of t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17798007-checks-sent-to-victims-of-foreclosure-fraud-are-bouncing-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17798007-checks-sent-to-victims-of-foreclosure-fraud-are-bouncing-thinkprogress</guid><category>economy</category><category>wall-street</category><category>settlement</category><category>mortgage</category><category>wells-fargo</category><category>check</category><category>us-news</category><category>bounce</category><category>borrowers</category><category>forclosure</category><category>office-of-the-comptroller-of-the-currency</category><category>general-accountability-office</category><category>rust-consulting</category><category>huntington-national-bank</category><category>mortgage-servicers</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:05:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Bryndis5270DD19-AD69-BF8F-7AC5-B0060A9C6208.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="266" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Bryndis5270DD19-AD69-BF8F-7AC5-B0060A9C6208.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Republican senator: Filibustering gun debate encourages debate</title>
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Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah on Wednesday defended his threat to filibuster the debate on any gun control bill.
Lee has&nbsp;joined twelve other Republicans&nbsp;who vowed to prevent the Senate from bringing up gun control bills for consideration. But several Republicans h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17693872-republican-senator-filibustering-gun-debate-encourages-debate</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17693872-republican-senator-filibustering-gun-debate-encourages-debate</guid><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>debate</category><category>politics</category><category>gun</category><category>check</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>control</category><category>filibuster</category><category>conservative</category><category>background</category><category>encourage</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:55:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater4FA60405-5CF4-03A9-97AF-9636830F159D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater4FA60405-5CF4-03A9-97AF-9636830F159D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FACT CHECK: A tired old gun stat still in service</title>
<description><![CDATA[Even in its heyday, the statistic wasn't the kind you could count on.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17291889-fact-check-a-tired-old-gun-stat-still-in-service</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17291889-fact-check-a-tired-old-gun-stat-still-in-service</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>check</category><category>fact</category><category>gun-control</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:07:45 +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=b29c236a-75d1-46e5-90cc-c91ef71c947c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="344" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b29c236a-75d1-46e5-90cc-c91ef71c947c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="104" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2013 file photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. A divided Senate Judiciary Committee approved a Democratic bill Tuesday expanding required federal background checks to nearly all gun purchases, giving President Barack Obama an early victory on curbing gun violence in a fight that still faces difficult odds. The vote was 10-8, with all Democrats supporting the measure and every Republican opposing it.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&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=b32bb6f9-a6ee-4b68-a613-a641da7c9673.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b32bb6f9-a6ee-4b68-a613-a641da7c9673.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 6, 2013 file photo, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, left, listens to her husband Mark Kelly, right, during a return to the supermarket where she was wounded in a rampage two years ago in Tucson, Ariz. Kelly went to a Tucson gun store a week ago to buy a .45-caliber handgun and a military-style rifle the day before the appearance. It didn't take long for the purchase to draw criticism from gun-rights supporters. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, 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=87c3a1ea-ee6d-460d-a10b-c9c44b83f916.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="177" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87c3a1ea-ee6d-460d-a10b-c9c44b83f916.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="53" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This March 3, 2013, file photo shows handguns displayed in Sandy, Utah. Some of the numbers being hurled around in the gun control debate passed their freshness date eons ago. Perhaps none is more prominent than the claim that 40 percent of gun sales take place without background checks. The statistic is ubiquitous these days and cited as gospel by a variety of public figures and gun-control advocates, President Barack Obama among them, but it is 20 years old and was not much more than an educated guess at the time.  (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, 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=2df88ded-00b2-4e35-86c7-26bea8318f42.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2df88ded-00b2-4e35-86c7-26bea8318f42.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE  In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, talks with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa on Capitol Hill in Washington. A divided Senate Judiciary Committee approved a Democratic bill Tuesday expanding required federal background checks to nearly all gun purchases, giving President Barack Obama an early victory on curbing gun violence in a fight that still faces difficult odds. The vote was 10-8, with all Democrats supporting the measure and every Republican opposing it. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate Negotiators Not Close to Deal on Gun Background Checks, Coburn Says </title>
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Four senators working on legislation to expand background checks for firearm purchases are not anywhere near an agreement, Sen&nbsp;Tom Coburn&nbsp;said Sunday.
&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think we&rsquo;re that close to a deal, and there absolutely will not be record-keeping on legi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17077950-senate-negotiators-not-close-to-deal-on-gun-background-checks-coburn-says</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17077950-senate-negotiators-not-close-to-deal-on-gun-background-checks-coburn-says</guid><category>washington</category><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>white-house</category><category>shooting</category><category>politics</category><category>crime</category><category>deal</category><category>gun</category><category>check</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>criminal</category><category>bipartisan</category><category>background</category><category>newtown</category><category>sandy-hook</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:59:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FACT CHECK: Overreaching in State of Union speech</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama did some cherry-picking Tuesday night in defense of his record on jobs and laid out a conditional path to citizenship for illegal immigrants that may be less onerous than he made it sound.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942508-fact-check-overreaching-in-state-of-union-speech</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942508-fact-check-overreaching-in-state-of-union-speech</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>check</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fact</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:25:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=886f59b8-b91a-4b3c-9967-d1fc2ec998ed.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="433" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=886f59b8-b91a-4b3c-9967-d1fc2ec998ed.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="130" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&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=87528d26-ae10-409b-a7cc-f9c628f49ed8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87528d26-ae10-409b-a7cc-f9c628f49ed8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Diplomat: Check was for Iranian company's work</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran's ambassador to Venezuela said Tuesday that a check worth about $70 million, found by German authorities in the luggage of Iran's former central bank chief, was going to be used by an Iranian company for its expenses while building public housing in Venezuela.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16842711-diplomat-check-was-for-iranian-companys-work</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16842711-diplomat-check-was-for-iranian-companys-work</guid><category>venezuela</category><category>iran</category><category>bust</category><category>check</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 00:23:26 +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>Report: German check bust man is ex-Iran bank head</title>
<description><![CDATA[The German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reports that a man caught last month trying to enter Germany with a check worth about $70 million was Iran's former central bank chief.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16821913-report-german-check-bust-man-is-ex-iran-bank-head</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16821913-report-german-check-bust-man-is-ex-iran-bank-head</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>iran</category><category>bust</category><category>check</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Feb 2013 23:09:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FACT CHECK: Gun-control claims miss target</title>
<description><![CDATA[The intensifying gun-control debate has given rise to sloppy claims on both sides.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16775336-fact-check-gun-control-claims-miss-target</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16775336-fact-check-gun-control-claims-miss-target</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>check</category><category>fact</category><category>gun-control</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:30:45 +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=552dd062-95f9-4da6-b5cb-0af8ca440051.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=552dd062-95f9-4da6-b5cb-0af8ca440051.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 25, 2013, photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures during a round table discussion  on gun violence at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va.  The panelists included officials who worked on the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings. Michelle Obama has a new look, both in person and online, and with the president's re-election, she has four more years as first lady, too. The first lady is trying to figure out what comes next for this self-described &quot;mom in chief&quot; who also is a champion of healthier eating, an advocate for military families, a fitness buff and the best-selling author of a book about her White House garden. For certain, she'll press ahead with her well-publicized efforts to reduce childhood obesity and rally the country around its service members. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)&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=934b2ce9-c971-4b90-b82b-50d2acaf498c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=934b2ce9-c971-4b90-b82b-50d2acaf498c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence. Supporters and opponents of stricter gun control measures face off at a hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence in the wake of last month's shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn. that killed 20 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&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=009d0eac-bf7b-43ee-9b56-49c9c87bed3b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=009d0eac-bf7b-43ee-9b56-49c9c87bed3b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Kelly, husband of former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously injured in the mass shooting that killed six people in Tucson, Ariz. two years ago, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence. Supporters and opponents of stricter gun control measures face off at a hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence in the wake of last month's shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn. that killed 20 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&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=0026ccba-b3cf-4b03-90eb-5a5b0f2d0e18.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0026ccba-b3cf-4b03-90eb-5a5b0f2d0e18.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously injured in the mass shooting that killed six people in Tucson, Ariz. two years ago, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, for a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence. She is escorted by her husband, Mark Kelly, right, a retired astronaut, Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., second from left, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&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=c9cb7864-ba90-4cec-8968-47b3eeafca18.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c9cb7864-ba90-4cec-8968-47b3eeafca18.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., points to a chart as he speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, during the committee's hearing. Supporters and opponents of stricter gun control measures face off at a hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence in the wake of last month's shooting rampage in Newtown, Ct., that killed 20 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FACT CHECK: The stretched case against Chuck Hagel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican-leaning groups opposing President Barack Obama's choice of Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department have let loose a barrage of claims about the former GOP senator.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Cassata ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Donna Cassata ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16741039-fact-check-the-stretched-case-against-chuck-hagel</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16741039-fact-check-the-stretched-case-against-chuck-hagel</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>check</category><category>defense-department</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fact</category><category>hagel</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:21:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5f67ec60-4ab4-43f1-8f82-fe020391777a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="379" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5f67ec60-4ab4-43f1-8f82-fe020391777a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="114" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Jan. 7, 2013 file photo shows former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, president Barack Obama's choice for defense secretary, speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington.    (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, 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=279e46e7-db2d-42f8-8616-77da5a368fcc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=279e46e7-db2d-42f8-8616-77da5a368fcc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Jan. 7, 2013 file photo shows former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's choice for defense secretary, speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, 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=f706ea58-b7d1-40bd-a1b0-e94348670127.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="313" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f706ea58-b7d1-40bd-a1b0-e94348670127.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with his choice for Defense Secretary, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, after announcing Hagel's nomination in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Do penalties for smokers and the obese make sense?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Faced with the high cost of caring for smokers and overeaters, experts say society must grapple with a blunt question: Instead of trying to penalize them and change their ways, why not just let these health sinners die prematurely from their unhealthy habits?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stobbe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stobbe]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16711948-do-penalties-for-smokers-and-the-obese-make-sense</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16711948-do-penalties-for-smokers-and-the-obese-make-sense</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>costs</category><category>reality</category><category>med</category><category>check</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:03:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bf2c8fab-b9c2-4824-a956-4cc3b82eb02f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bf2c8fab-b9c2-4824-a956-4cc3b82eb02f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007 file photo, a man smokes in Omaha, Neb. Annual health care costs are roughly $96 billion for smokers and $147 billion for the obese, the government says. These costs accompany sometimes heroic attempts to prolong their lives, including surgery, chemotherapy and other measures. But despite these rescue attempts, smokers tend to die 10 years earlier on average, and the obese die five to 12 years prematurely, according to various researchers' estimates. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fla. mom writes check to put cop at kid's elementary school - CBS News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A Florida mother has effectively hired a deputy for her daughter's elementary school because of concerns she had after last month's mass school shooting in Connecticut, CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV reports. The Flagler County Sheriff's Office said Laura Lauria wrote a check fo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16642553-fla-mom-writes-check-to-put-cop-at-kids-elementary-school-cbs-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16642553-fla-mom-writes-check-to-put-cop-at-kids-elementary-school-cbs-news</guid><category>mom</category><category>to</category><category>school</category><category>at</category><category>cop</category><category>check</category><category>put</category><category>elementary</category><category>wirtes</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:08:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62C2A7EF58-4E8B-D3EB-ADF6-205C29C87D76.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62C2A7EF58-4E8B-D3EB-ADF6-205C29C87D76.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fat Girls Receipt Video: Women Dining at Chilly D's Restaurant Called &quot;Fat Girls&quot; on Reciept</title>
<description><![CDATA[
CALIFORNIA - Three women finishing up their meals at a California restaurant got an unwelcome surprise when they read a phrase on their bill intended to describe them: Fat Girls.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15819172-fat-girls-receipt-video-women-dining-at-chilly-ds-restaurant-called-fat-girls-on-reciept</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15819172-fat-girls-receipt-video-women-dining-at-chilly-ds-restaurant-called-fat-girls-on-reciept</guid><category>women</category><category>odd-news</category><category>video</category><category>check</category><category>server</category><category>eating</category><category>restaurant</category><category>upset</category><category>dining</category><category>fat-girls</category><category>indentified</category><category>recieved</category><category>reciept</category><category>chilly-ds</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:22:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad04672A05F6AF-4675-440A-C539-E4A4C4C462D1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad04672A05F6AF-4675-440A-C539-E4A4C4C462D1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tapping citizen-scientists for a novel gut check</title>
<description><![CDATA[The bacterial zoo inside your gut could look very different if you're a vegetarian or an Atkins dieter, a couch potato or an athlete, fat or thin.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15661123-tapping-citizen-scientists-for-a-novel-gut-check</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15661123-tapping-citizen-scientists-for-a-novel-gut-check</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><category>check</category><category>healthbeat</category><category>gut</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 06:58:55 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42b1e6a8-26af-497c-81f0-f2410c83ea53.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42b1e6a8-26af-497c-81f0-f2410c83ea53.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by the University of Colorado shows scientist Rob Knight in his lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he is leading the American Gut Project. The bacterial zoo inside your gut could look very different if you're a vegetarian or an Atkins dieter, a couch potato or an athlete, fat or thin. Now for a fee and a stool sample, the curious can find out just what's living in their intestines and help one of the hottest new fields in science.  (AP Photo/University of Colorado)&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=1fea9ce5-5437-47d8-907d-5841d0a7f03d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1fea9ce5-5437-47d8-907d-5841d0a7f03d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated handout image provided by the Agriculture  Department shows the bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis, which lives in the human gut. The bacterial zoo inside your gut could look very different if you're a vegetarian or an Atkins dieter, a couch potato or an athlete, fat or thin. Now for a fee and a stool sample, the curious can find out just what's living in their intestines and help one of the hottest new fields in science.  (AP Photo/Agriculture Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dividend investors face a tangled year-end tax web</title>
<description><![CDATA[What if one of your key sources of income were taxed at three times the rate you pay now?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Jewell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Jewell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15196514-dividend-investors-face-a-tangled-year-end-tax-web</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15196514-dividend-investors-face-a-tangled-year-end-tax-web</guid><category>business</category><category>of</category><category>mutual</category><category>interest</category><category>up</category><category>check</category><category>dividend</category><category>year-end</category><category>us-of</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:53:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>School Learns Beloved Teacher's Aide Helped Kill a Child Before Getting the Job | The Stir</title>
<description><![CDATA[convicted of murdering a kid in 1965, this bitch is scary]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thebevysuperstitious]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thebevysuperstitious]]></source><link>http://drinkandcabaret.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15001986-school-learns-beloved-teachers-aide-helped-kill-a-child-before-getting-the-job-the-stir</link><guid>http://drinkandcabaret.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15001986-school-learns-beloved-teachers-aide-helped-kill-a-child-before-getting-the-job-the-stir</guid><category>iowa</category><category>aid</category><category>odd-news</category><category>teachers</category><category>check</category><category>pace</category><category>background</category><category>paula</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 22:34:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drinkandcabaretD3CE3673-58A1-B738-102A-40E29198C193.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drinkandcabaretD3CE3673-58A1-B738-102A-40E29198C193.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FACT CHECK: It's a perfect storm of Frankenfacts</title>
<description><![CDATA[And now, to conclude, a few parting misstatements.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14883662-fact-check-its-a-perfect-storm-of-frankenfacts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14883662-fact-check-its-a-perfect-storm-of-frankenfacts</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>check</category><category>fact</category><category>closing-arguments</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 16:48:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3207ef59-a9c4-483f-bd6a-bcfbc5922ebf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3207ef59-a9c4-483f-bd6a-bcfbc5922ebf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures as he speaks at a campaign event at Integrity Windows in Roanoke, Va. And now, to conclude, a few parting misstatements. Come Wednesday, or sometime after if the election result is still in the balance, only one man will be left standing and the loser's inventory of misleading claims, out-of-context assertions and warped-reality advertising will fade into some inglorious corner of history. But we're not quite done with them yet. (AP Photo/David Goldman, 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=f337e6c7-edc1-43eb-8135-f99a58293475.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f337e6c7-edc1-43eb-8135-f99a58293475.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at a campaign event at Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wis. And now, to conclude, a few parting misstatements. Come Wednesday, or sometime after if the election result is still in the balance, only one man will be left standing and the loser's inventory of misleading claims, out-of-context assertions and warped-reality advertising will fade into some inglorious corner of history. But we're not quite done with them yet.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FACT CHECK: Flunking geography, history</title>
<description><![CDATA[Voters didn't always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night before their last super-sized audience of the campaign. A few of their detours into domestic issues were problematic too.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14628051-fact-check-flunking-geography-history</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14628051-fact-check-flunking-geography-history</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>presidential</category><category>check</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fact</category><category>fact-check</category><category>republican-mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:39:44 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1afac0c2-6d73-4d4c-a9dc-fe0dba6614eb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1afac0c2-6d73-4d4c-a9dc-fe0dba6614eb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney flashes a thumbs up to the audience after the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &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=aa040794-e313-4ade-9f7e-3b88db898e49.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa040794-e313-4ade-9f7e-3b88db898e49.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama answer a question during the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Pool-Win McNamee) &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=947c1d1c-9eae-4055-a362-c8981c9b2605.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=947c1d1c-9eae-4055-a362-c8981c9b2605.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican president candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama meet at the end of the last debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FACT CHECK: Be your own fact-checker Tuesday night</title>
<description><![CDATA[There they go again. Or do they?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14459053-fact-check-be-your-own-fact-checker-tuesday-night</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14459053-fact-check-be-your-own-fact-checker-tuesday-night</guid><category>us</category><category>debate</category><category>politics</category><category>guide</category><category>check</category><category>fact-check</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:07:26 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1327ed02-746a-44bd-a8ed-cc282883a964.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1327ed02-746a-44bd-a8ed-cc282883a964.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Hofstra Public Safety officer Ronald Nardo stands guard off the set of Tuesday's presidential debate between Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&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=65970663-8d94-4db6-8672-af9d5cce22ab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65970663-8d94-4db6-8672-af9d5cce22ab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers sets up chairs off the set of Tuesday's presidential debate between Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&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=c90523a5-b88c-4232-9422-eaa76feadaf4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c90523a5-b88c-4232-9422-eaa76feadaf4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama talk after the first presidential debate in Denver. There they go again. Or do they? When President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney debate Tuesday night, the fact-checking media will be watching for the erroneous claims that have popped up repeatedly in the campaign, as well as brand new ones. Here's how you can play fact-check Whac-A-Mole, too. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>PolitiFact | Ryan says stimulus dollars paid for electric cars in Finland and windmills from China</title>
<description><![CDATA[time to take you guys to school.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thebevysuperstitious]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thebevysuperstitious]]></source><link>http://drinkandcabaret.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/12/14397351-politifact-ryan-says-stimulus-dollars-paid-for-electric-cars-in-finland-and-windmills-from-china</link><guid>http://drinkandcabaret.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/12/14397351-politifact-ryan-says-stimulus-dollars-paid-for-electric-cars-in-finland-and-windmills-from-china</guid><category>debate</category><category>in</category><category>politics</category><category>cars</category><category>finland</category><category>check</category><category>biden</category><category>electric</category><category>fact</category><category>lie</category><category>vp</category><category>paul-ryan</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:33:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drinkandcabaretEC3F9A8E-CD89-DA00-8398-CB94A22E1C23.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="194" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drinkandcabaretEC3F9A8E-CD89-DA00-8398-CB94A22E1C23.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FACT CHECK: Stumbles in latest presidential debate</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style presidential debate, the facts took something of a beating Tuesday night.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14377561-fact-check-stumbles-in-latest-presidential-debate</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14377561-fact-check-stumbles-in-latest-presidential-debate</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>presidential</category><category>check</category><category>fact</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>presidential-campaign</category><category>republican-paul-ryan</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:44:03 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4159862f-c17b-4f5d-9d89-6c9dabb42fcd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4159862f-c17b-4f5d-9d89-6c9dabb42fcd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin participate in the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Pool-Rick Wilking) &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=6768e581-06f2-47d2-ba7c-5793786b136b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6768e581-06f2-47d2-ba7c-5793786b136b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, of Wisconsin, right, watches as Vice President Joe Biden, speaks during the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman) &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=dc07ce12-9b4b-42d7-b3bd-aa39752c1300.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc07ce12-9b4b-42d7-b3bd-aa39752c1300.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden, center, and his wife Jill Biden, meet with Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, his wife Janna Ryan, left, and son Charlie Ryan, center, on stage after the vice presidential debate, at Centre College in Danville, Ky., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&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=ee5e41d0-bb1f-45ff-a11d-2c9ac48a3e80.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee5e41d0-bb1f-45ff-a11d-2c9ac48a3e80.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin participate in the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) &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=91075f96-7822-4ddc-b21b-bdf6be29c742.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="335" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=91075f96-7822-4ddc-b21b-bdf6be29c742.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="183" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden answers a question during the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) &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=45659ebc-9451-4d20-a398-822166d15649.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="331" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=45659ebc-9451-4d20-a398-822166d15649.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin answers a question during the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) &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=3df965de-72b3-44c7-ba08-93af3ec05ed8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3df965de-72b3-44c7-ba08-93af3ec05ed8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, listens as President Barack Obama answers a question from a member of the audience during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 Hempstead, N.Y.  (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=9e29c000-9ce6-4308-b46f-27d338fd62ec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e29c000-9ce6-4308-b46f-27d338fd62ec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama listens as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. 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