<?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 - committee</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/committee</link><description>Newsvine - committee</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:39:57 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:14:23 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>IndyCar committee to review competition issues</title>
<description><![CDATA[IndyCar is forming an advisory committee that will allow industry representatives to discuss competition and technical issues facing the series.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17286654-indycar-committee-to-review-competition-issues</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17286654-indycar-committee-to-review-competition-issues</guid><category>sports</category><category>committee</category><category>blog</category><category>indycar</category><category>competition-committee</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:39:06 +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></item><item><title>Dell committee defends $24.4B sale as best choice</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Dell Inc. committee that negotiated the slumping PC maker's $24.4 billion buyout is standing behind the deal despite the misgivings of major shareholders who believe the price is too low.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Liedtke]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Liedtke]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17210418-dell-committee-defends-244b-sale-as-best-choice</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17210418-dell-committee-defends-244b-sale-as-best-choice</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>committee</category><category>dell</category><category>ceo-michael-dell</category><category>special-committee</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 16:37:06 +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></item><item><title>Illinois Senate panel approves gay marriage</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gay marriage has cleared a first hurdle to becoming law in Illinois after approval in a state Senate committee.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16331288-illinois-senate-panel-approves-gay-marriage</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16331288-illinois-senate-panel-approves-gay-marriage</guid><category>us</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>marriage</category><category>illinois</category><category>committee</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 23:31:45 +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></item><item><title>Official: Warren likely headed to Banking Panel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Massachusetts Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren to join the Banking Committee.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Peoples]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Peoples]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15674932-official-warren-likely-headed-to-banking-panel</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15674932-official-warren-likely-headed-to-banking-panel</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>committee</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>warren</category><category>elizabeth-warren</category><category>banking-committee</category><category>massachusetts-sen-elect</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 17:44:27 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b42e42f9-aa1d-4d5f-8157-fd1e3f43a7fc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b42e42f9-aa1d-4d5f-8157-fd1e3f43a7fc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, file photo, U.S. Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, faces reporters as Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick, right, looks on during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Boston.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Massachusetts Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren to join the Banking Committee. A Senate Democratic official confirmed Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, that Warren's appointment was likely, but cautioned nothing was final until the Democratic caucus approves the move. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement has been made.(AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Krajicek part of new ATP competition committee</title>
<description><![CDATA[Richard Krajicek, the 1996 Wimbledon champion, is one of six members of the ATP's new competition committee, which will recommend possible changes to men's professional tennis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/24/13459709-krajicek-part-of-new-atp-competition-committee</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/24/13459709-krajicek-part-of-new-atp-competition-committee</guid><category>sports</category><category>tennis</category><category>atp</category><category>committee</category><category>competition-committee</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:48:52 +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>Reputed white supremacist wins Pa. county GOP seat</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/07/12108384-reputed-white-supremacist-wins-pa-county-gop-seat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/07/12108384-reputed-white-supremacist-wins-pa-county-gop-seat</guid><category>gop</category><category>committee</category><category>supremacist</category><category>luzerne</category><category>reputed</category><category>oust</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>gop-committee</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2012 18:57:28 +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/120607-steve-smith-1053a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="313" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120607-steve-smith-1053a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="94" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Leaders of the GOP Committee of Luzerne County, Pa., are trying to figure out whether they can oust a reputed white supremacist who was elected to the committee.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former Pa. skinhead wins GOP post with single vote</title>
<description><![CDATA[A northeastern Pennsylvania man with longstanding ties to white supremacist groups entered a polling place on primary election day and wrote in his name for a low-level position with the local Republican Party committee.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Rubinkam]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Rubinkam]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12071155-former-pa-skinhead-wins-gop-post-with-single-vote</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12071155-former-pa-skinhead-wins-gop-post-with-single-vote</guid><category>us</category><category>gop</category><category>committee</category><category>republican-party</category><category>us-news</category><category>white-supremacist</category><category>gop-committee</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 18:58:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kentucky, Syracuse have edge for top NCAA seeds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Even the chairman of the tight-lipped NCAA selection committee can't deny this simple fact: Heading into this week's conference tournaments, there's Kentucky and Syracuse, and then everybody else.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie Pells]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eddie Pells]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10601417-kentucky-syracuse-have-edge-for-top-ncaa-seeds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10601417-kentucky-syracuse-have-edge-for-top-ncaa-seeds</guid><category>sports</category><category>committee</category><category>college-basketball</category><category>selection-committee</category><category>ncaa-selection-committee</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2012 17:09:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Committee of advisers may help Kim Jong Un</title>
<description><![CDATA[A South Korean lawmaker says intelligence officials are predicting a committee will handle key affairs until the twenty-something son of late leader Kim Jong Il formally becomes leader.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/20/9604427-committee-of-advisers-may-help-kim-jong-un</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/20/9604427-committee-of-advisers-may-help-kim-jong-un</guid><category>committee</category><category>south-korean</category><category>kim-jong-il</category><category>leadership</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:34:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mara selected to head NFL Management Council</title>
<description><![CDATA[New York Giants owner John Mara was appointed chairman of the NFL Management Council, the league's most powerful committee.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/20/8418475-mara-selected-to-head-nfl-management-council</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/20/8418475-mara-selected-to-head-nfl-management-council</guid><category>nfl</category><category>sports</category><category>changes</category><category>committee</category><category>new-york-giants</category><category>john-mara</category><category>management-council</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:58:09 +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>Latest picks for debt panel spark some pessimism</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republicans named a mix of partisans and pragmatists on Wednesday to the new congressional committee charged with striking a debt-cutting compromise. While members of both parties expressed urgency over controlling surging budget shortfalls, others were pessimistic that the bipartisan panel would overcome deep political divides.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/10/7332657-latest-picks-for-debt-panel-spark-some-pessimism</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/10/7332657-latest-picks-for-debt-panel-spark-some-pessimism</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>super</category><category>committee</category><category>debt</category><category>texas-republican</category><category>jeb-hensarling</category><category>house-speaker-john-boehner</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:32:33 +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/400/8da77904-bb2c-4fdb-bf58-f9cf1d9eb1f4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8da77904-bb2c-4fdb-bf58-f9cf1d9eb1f4.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 14, 2011 file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, right, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Portman has been name to the powerful new committee that will try to come up with a bipartisan plan this fall to reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $1 trillion. (AP Photo, 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/b6097ffa-3bcd-4145-8f67-b50f2de166cb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="491" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b6097ffa-3bcd-4145-8f67-b50f2de166cb.jpg" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 18, 2010 file photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Camp has been name to the powerful new committee that will try to come up with a bipartisan plan this fall to reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $1 trillion. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, 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/400/8682add2-5a39-4d51-820a-8f388310d010.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8682add2-5a39-4d51-820a-8f388310d010.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 13, 2011 file photo, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hensarling has been named co-chair of the powerful new committee that will try to come up with a bipartisan plan this fall to reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $1 trillion. (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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e1ee2fbf-1c04-42af-8cbe-24b54b052d71.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e1ee2fbf-1c04-42af-8cbe-24b54b052d71.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2011 file photo, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Camp has been name to the powerful new committee that will try to come up with a bipartisan plan this fall to reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $1 trillion. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, 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/400/63e9f6e6-438a-491f-8388-fb76d472144f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/63e9f6e6-438a-491f-8388-fb76d472144f.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 26, 2011 file photo, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kyl has been name to the powerful new committee that will try to come up with a bipartisan plan this fall to reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $1 trillion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, 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/f4691b31-9cd8-49a2-87bd-db8560318401.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="327" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f4691b31-9cd8-49a2-87bd-db8560318401.jpg" width="120" height="188" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. speaks in Washington. Toomey has been name to the powerful new committee that will try to come up with a bipartisan plan this fall to reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $1 trillion. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dem official: Murray to be debt panel co-chair</title>
<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday he's naming Sen. Patty Murray to co-chair a powerful "super committee" charged with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit cuts this fall.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/09/7323001-dem-official-murray-to-be-debt-panel-co-chair</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/09/7323001-dem-official-murray-to-be-debt-panel-co-chair</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>committee</category><category>debt</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>patty-murray</category><category>super-committee</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Aug 2011 22:01:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e0d6808f-dc51-42f2-820d-efa6d68b73b8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e0d6808f-dc51-42f2-820d-efa6d68b73b8.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 29, 2011 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The struggle to head off a national debt default played out on two tracks, as do most big things in the capital. One was for show. The other was for real. The two tracks finally came together, in the knick of time, on Tuesday, when the Senate granted final passage to legislation raising the debt ceiling, trimming spending and punting the most painful decisions on deficits down the road. President Barack Obama's pen sealed the deal.  (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, 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/400/1690836d-091b-4ad9-a5f8-b923ff1db0d5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1690836d-091b-4ad9-a5f8-b923ff1db0d5.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 27, 2011, file photo, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.,  speaks as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid listens at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, he's naming to co-chair a powerful &quot;super committee&quot; charged with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit cuts this fall. Murray will be joined by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Max Baucus, D-Mont., on the panel, which was established last week by hard-fought legislation to increase the national debt. (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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bd487756-4ed0-4146-84de-93e2fe493055.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="490" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bd487756-4ed0-4146-84de-93e2fe493055.jpg" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 10, 2011, file photo, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., talks to reporters outside the Blair House in Washington. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, he's naming Sen. Patty Murray to co-chair a powerful &quot;super committee&quot; charged with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit cuts this fall. Murray will be joined by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Baucus on the panel, which was established last week by hard-fought legislation to increase the national debt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&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/a4e7a80f-9619-4bd6-9b63-ae5283125236.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a4e7a80f-9619-4bd6-9b63-ae5283125236.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 16, 2011, file photo, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, he's naming Sen. Patty Murray to co-chair a powerful &quot;super committee&quot; charged with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit cuts this fall. Murray will be joined by Kerry and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., on the panel, which was established last week by hard-fought legislation to increase the national debt. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dem official:  Murray to be debt panel co-chair</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Democratic official says that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will name Sen. Patty Murray to co-chair a powerful "super committee" charged with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit cuts this fall.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/09/7322627-dem-official-murray-to-be-debt-panel-co-chair</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/09/7322627-dem-official-murray-to-be-debt-panel-co-chair</guid><category>politics</category><category>committee</category><category>debt</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>patty-murray</category><category>super-committee</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:29:28 +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>E-Trade forms committee on shareholder requests</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &#8212; E-Trade Financial Corp. said Monday its board formed a special committee of independent directors to review its broad strategies in response to a request from its largest shareholder.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/08/7309953-e-trade-forms-committee-on-shareholder-requests</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/08/7309953-e-trade-forms-committee-on-shareholder-requests</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>trade</category><category>committee</category><category>e-trade</category><category>special-committee</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:28:00 +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>2012 campaigns and the downgrade effect</title>
<description><![CDATA[The downgrading of U.S. government bonds by Standard & Poor’s has become a campaign-shaping event for President Barack Obama and whoever his Republican adversary turns out to be. In fact, it's ensured that the 2012 election will be fought on the battlefield of debt and unemployment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/08/7309619-2012-campaigns-and-the-downgrade-effect</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/08/7309619-2012-campaigns-and-the-downgrade-effect</guid><category>white-house</category><category>health</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>committee</category><category>social-security</category><category>debt</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:17:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Many questions linger over debt and deficit accord</title>
<description><![CDATA[After weeks of political brinkmanship in Washington, President Obama Tuesday signed into law the debt ceiling and deficit reduction deal he brokered with Congressional leaders.  
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7229281-many-questions-linger-over-debt-and-deficit-accord</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7229281-many-questions-linger-over-debt-and-deficit-accord</guid><category>tax</category><category>cuts</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>committee</category><category>debt</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>deficits</category><category>trillion</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2011 18:14:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Panel sees no evidence of wrongdoing at Dow Jones</title>
<description><![CDATA[The independent committee charged with monitoring editorial integrity at The Wall Street Journal said Saturday it is not aware of any wrongdoing at the Journal or its parent company, Dow Jones & Co.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Shore]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sandy Shore]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/16/7096650-panel-sees-no-evidence-of-wrongdoing-at-dow-jones</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/16/7096650-panel-sees-no-evidence-of-wrongdoing-at-dow-jones</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>wall-street-journal</category><category>committee</category><category>murdoch</category><category>dow-jones</category><category>wsj</category><category>editorial-integrity</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:25:28 +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/400/6e71b21e-7ce0-4eb0-985b-02d2223a0f08.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6e71b21e-7ce0-4eb0-985b-02d2223a0f08.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007 file picture, Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp, addresses a crowded Wall Street Journal newsroom in New York as Murdoch's $5 billion-plus bid for Dow Jones &amp; Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, cleared its final hurdle; Les Hinton, left, became CEO of Dow Jones &amp; Co., Inc., and Robert Thompson, second left, is the new publisher of Dow Jones &amp; Co. and The Wall Street Journal. The independent committee charged with monitoring editorial integrity at The Wall Street Journal said Saturday, July 16, 2011 it is not aware of any wrongdoing at the Journal or its parent company, Dow Jones &amp; Co. Dow Jones is owned by News Corp., which is mired in a phone-hacking scandal involving its British newspapers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dems form campaign to defend health care overhaul</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democrats looking to defend President Barack Obama's massive health care overhaul are announcing an effort to highlight what they say are the benefits of the law and to lobby Congress to defend it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6468151-dems-form-campaign-to-defend-health-care-overhaul</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6468151-dems-form-campaign-to-defend-health-care-overhaul</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>care</category><category>political</category><category>committee</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:01:27 +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>Man tracked by hate group uninvited to Ariz. panel</title>
<description><![CDATA[The chairman of a civilian border watch group described by a watchdog organization as a "vitriolic Mexican-basher" who courts white supremacists said Thursday that he was uninvited to speak to an Arizona Senate committee on border security.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Lee Myers]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amanda Lee Myers]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/16/6283998-man-tracked-by-hate-group-uninvited-to-ariz-panel</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/16/6283998-man-tracked-by-hate-group-uninvited-to-ariz-panel</guid><category>us</category><category>border</category><category>committee</category><category>us-news</category><category>speaker</category><category>arizona-senate</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:40:39 +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>68-team field gives NCAA committee new challenges</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gene Smith never expected selection weekend to be this tough.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Marot]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Marot]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/13/6263482-68-team-field-gives-ncaa-committee-new-challenges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/13/6263482-68-team-field-gives-ncaa-committee-new-challenges</guid><category>sports</category><category>committee</category><category>ncaa</category><category>college-basketball</category><category>tournament</category><category>ncaa-tournament</category><category>gene-smith</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:02:44 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7837e124-25da-46f0-ae6e-0150c80161c7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7837e124-25da-46f0-ae6e-0150c80161c7.jpg" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gene Smith, chairman of the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection committee, fields questions from the media during a conference call in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)&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/400/3b7e8748-fda6-4962-9887-4e46558ede91.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3b7e8748-fda6-4962-9887-4e46558ede91.jpg" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gene Smith, chairman of the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection committee, fields questions from the media during a conference call in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)&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/400/04c401cf-7801-4c6a-8854-e6196ece5db5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="360" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/04c401cf-7801-4c6a-8854-e6196ece5db5.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gene Smith, chairman of the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection committee, fields questions from the media during a conference call in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mailbag: Purdue, Notre Dame heating up at right time</title>
<description><![CDATA[We have arrived at the best part of the season. Only 10 more days until Selection Sunday and between now and then automatic bids will be won and bubbles will be busted.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Davis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ken Davis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/04/6185417-mailbag-purdue-notre-dame-heating-up-at-right-time</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/04/6185417-mailbag-purdue-notre-dame-heating-up-at-right-time</guid><category>tigers</category><category>today</category><category>teams</category><category>committee</category><category>ncaa</category><category>wright</category><category>college-basketball</category><category>tournament</category><category>georgetown</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Mar 2011 08:15:16 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/spt-110303-purdue-mailbag.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/spt-110303-purdue-mailbag.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Purdue senior JaJuan Johnson celebrates in the closing minutes of his final home NCAA college basketball game, against Illinois in West Lafayette, Ind., Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Purdue defeated Illinois 75-67. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bowling Green AD will head women's committee</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bowling Green athletic director Greg Christopher will be the new chairman of the NCAA Division I women's basketball committee for the 2011-12 academic year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/01/6162847-bowling-green-ad-will-head-womens-committee</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/01/6162847-bowling-green-ad-will-head-womens-committee</guid><category>sports</category><category>women</category><category>committee</category><category>ncaa</category><category>bowling-green</category><category>womens-college-basketball</category><category>ncaa-division-i</category><category>greg-christopher</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Mar 2011 18:41:41 +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></item><item><title>RNC: $23 million debt as it gears up for 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus took the job with $23 million in debt and cut a third of the staff he inherited from his predecessor, the controversial and gaffe-prone Michael Steele.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/31/5961984-rnc-23-million-debt-as-it-gears-up-for-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/31/5961984-rnc-23-million-debt-as-it-gears-up-for-2012</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>committee</category><category>debt</category><category>republican-national-committee</category><category>republican</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:26:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How Wall St. execs bankrolled GOP victory</title>
<description><![CDATA[A small network of hedge fund executives pumped at least $10 million into Republican campaign committees and allied groups before November’s elections, helping bankroll GOP victories that this week will change the balance of power in Washington, according to a review of campaign records and interviews with industry insiders by  and NBC News. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Stone, Center for Public Integrity, ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Stone, Center for Public Integrity, ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/05/5769551-how-wall-st-execs-bankrolled-gop-victory</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/05/5769551-how-wall-st-execs-bankrolled-gop-victory</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>fund</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>executives</category><category>news</category><category>committee</category><category>garrett</category><category>public-integrity</category><category>hedge</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:54:16 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/msnv-110401-Boehner-10p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="175" width="116" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/msnv-110401-Boehner-10p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="80" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;John A. Boehner, the new House speaker, made his way back to his offices on Tuesday after attending an event with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NFL could study effects of college, pro football</title>
<description><![CDATA[The NFL will consider running a study that would examine whether playing in the league is more likely to result in long-term brain disease than only playing college football.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Fendrich]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Howard Fendrich]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/08/5613790-nfl-could-study-effects-of-college-pro-football</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/08/5613790-nfl-could-study-effects-of-college-pro-football</guid><category>nfl</category><category>sports</category><category>committee</category><category>concussion</category><category>commissioner-roger-goodell</category><category>concussion-committee</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Dec 2010 22:11:13 +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/400/4bc2df73-517d-400f-9638-e73b44462efe.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4bc2df73-517d-400f-9638-e73b44462efe.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2010, file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison (92) hits Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi (11) during the second quarter of a an NFL football game in Pittsburgh.  Harrison was fined $75,000, for his hit against Massaquoi.  The NFL's brain, neck and spine committee meets Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010,  to talk about possible changes to helmets and other equipment. (AP Photo/Don Wright, 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/400/46a86a70-7751-4b0f-9980-3bd20667ec08.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/46a86a70-7751-4b0f-9980-3bd20667ec08.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Oct. 17, 2010, file photo shows Baltimore Ravens tight end Todd Heap, left, taking a hit from New England Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather, right, during an NFL football game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The NFL's brain, neck and spine committee meets Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010,  to talk about possible changes to helmets and other equipment.  (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, 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/dadd417c-a5e3-4b74-8bf2-75e9c0052dac.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="337" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dadd417c-a5e3-4b74-8bf2-75e9c0052dac.jpg" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Oct. 17, 2010, file photo shows Atlanta Falcons corner back Dunta Robinson, right, and Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson, left, helped after a hit during the first half of an NFL football game, in Philadelphia. The NFL's brain, neck and spine committee meets Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010,  to talk about possible changes to helmets and other equipment. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>