<?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 - dole</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/dole</link><description>Newsvine - dole</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 18:11:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:22:14 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>A frail Dole returns to Senate to push for treaty</title>
<description><![CDATA[Frail and in a wheelchair, former Sen. Bob Dole was a startling presence on the Senate floor as lawmakers voted on a treaty on disabilities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15674479-a-frail-dole-returns-to-senate-to-push-for-treaty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15674479-a-frail-dole-returns-to-senate-to-push-for-treaty</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>treaty</category><category>dole</category><category>bob-dole</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 17:18:05 +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=a2c806fb-7aeb-432b-b231-e13d103ae6b1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a2c806fb-7aeb-432b-b231-e13d103ae6b1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This handout video image provided by CSPAN2 shows former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, right, wheeled into the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012, by his wife Elizabeth Dole. Frail and in a wheelchair, Dole was a startling presence on the Senate floor as lawmakers voted on a treaty on disabilities. The 89-year-old Republican was in the well of the Senate on the GOP side of the chamber, his wife Elizabeth nearby. Dole recently had been hospitalized but came to the Senate to push for the treaty.  (AP Photo/CSPAN2) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ex-Sen. Dole hospitalized for routine procedure</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas has checked himself into Walter Reed Army Medical Center for what his spokeswoman described as a routine procedure.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15491694-ex-sen-dole-hospitalized-for-routine-procedure</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15491694-ex-sen-dole-hospitalized-for-routine-procedure</guid><category>us</category><category>hospitalized</category><category>politics</category><category>dole</category><category>walter-reed-army-medical-center</category><category>bob-dole</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:40:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0cf5295-b471-4cfa-90ff-bbbc37ba4168.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0cf5295-b471-4cfa-90ff-bbbc37ba4168.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 21, 2012, file photo, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole looks to the stage during an event honoring Dole and Howard Baker at Mellon Auditorium in Washington. Dole has checked himself into Walter Reed Army Medical Center for what his spokesman said on Monday, Nov. 27, 2012, was a routine procedure. Dole spokeswoman Marion Watkins says the 89-year-old Dole is &quot;doing very well&quot; and is expected to leave the hospital Wednesday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Admin insanity at Dortmund Jobcenters?  Blow-out of tax payers' money as incentive for accepting job </title>
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Dortmund, NRW. Local recipients on the "dole", meaning so-called Hartz-IV benefits (due to long-term unemployment &gt; 12 months or welfare), might get 200 euros ($260) extra if they started doing any job. On official leaflets, the Dortmund 'Jobcenter' even offers 280.50 euros "&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15379267-admin-insanity-at-dortmund-jobcenters-blow-out-of-tax-payers-money-as-incentive-for-accepting-job</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15379267-admin-insanity-at-dortmund-jobcenters-blow-out-of-tax-payers-money-as-incentive-for-accepting-job</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>labor</category><category>unemployment</category><category>dole</category><category>world-news</category><category>dortmund</category><category>nrw</category><category>hartz-iv</category><category>federal-agency</category><category>lump-sum-premium</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:23:32 +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=josh-rosenrothC43D0CFC-4139-2DE3-3818-8086FF3EE9F0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="115" width="118" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenrothC43D0CFC-4139-2DE3-3818-8086FF3EE9F0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="118" height="115" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Sore Losers Club Welcomes New Members Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan</title>
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Sometimes, losing national candidates actually manage to enhance their reputations in defeat. The most famous example of this is probably Bob Dole, who growled his way through the 1996 campaign but then turned in a&nbsp;&nbsp;winning performance&nbsp;&nbsp;on David Letterman&rs&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15215932-the-sore-losers-club-welcomes-new-members-mitt-romney-and-paul-ryan</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15215932-the-sore-losers-club-welcomes-new-members-mitt-romney-and-paul-ryan</guid><category>politics</category><category>gore</category><category>mccain</category><category>dole</category><category>ryan</category><category>romney</category><category>benghazi</category><category>sore-losers</category><category>susan-rice</category><category>2012-election</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:12:29 +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=euterpe-16414996EFE42EA-669E-9B35-945B-43EB1ACB4E86.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414996EFE42EA-669E-9B35-945B-43EB1ACB4E86.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Itochu to buy Dole businesses for $1.7 billion</title>
<description><![CDATA[Japanese trading company Itochu Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy Dole Food Co.'s worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh produce businesses for $1.7 billion.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13932219-itochu-to-buy-dole-businesses-for-17-billion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13932219-itochu-to-buy-dole-businesses-for-17-billion</guid><category>business</category><category>japan</category><category>dole</category><category>as</category><category>dole-food-co</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:02:11 +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>Dole in talks to sell packaged food, Asia cos.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dole Foods said Wednesday that it's in "advanced negotiations" to sell its packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses to Japanese trading company Itochu Corp.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13832328-dole-in-talks-to-sell-packaged-food-asia-cos</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13832328-dole-in-talks-to-sell-packaged-food-asia-cos</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>dole</category><category>itochu</category><category>dole-foods</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:15:38 +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>Bagged lettuce or bulk? Experts offer food safety advice - Vitals</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13657752-bagged-lettuce-or-bulk-experts-offer-food-safety-advice-vitals</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13657752-bagged-lettuce-or-bulk-experts-offer-food-safety-advice-vitals</guid><category>health</category><category>dole</category><category>food-safety</category><category>health-news</category><category>bagged-lettuce</category><category>fresh-express</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2012 14:05:42 +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=cantstandthesound2E7731B2-0415-0DBC-B467-A7643D7F1BD4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound2E7731B2-0415-0DBC-B467-A7643D7F1BD4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>LA judge dismisses workers' lawsuit against Dole</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by nearly 3,000 Filipino workers claiming injury from pesticide exposure while worked for Dole Food Co.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/09/13208598-la-judge-dismisses-workers-lawsuit-against-dole</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/09/13208598-la-judge-dismisses-workers-lawsuit-against-dole</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>dole</category><category>us-news</category><category>los-angeles-superior-court</category><category>dole-food</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:46:40 +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></item><item><title>A tea party battle cry</title>
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This isn&rsquo;t 1859. It&rsquo;s 1775.
A government is a reflection of its people. At the founding, Americans saw freedom as a birthright. To protect that freedom, they designed an accountable government tethered by negative rights and constrained by competing powers. For the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12560267-a-tea-party-battle-cry</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12560267-a-tea-party-battle-cry</guid><category>america</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>vision</category><category>dole</category><category>freedom</category><category>independence</category><category>tea-party</category><category>obaamacare</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Jul 2012 12:11:59 +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>Listeria fears trigger recall of 2,598 cases of salad</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/01/12510839-listeria-fears-trigger-recall-of-2598-cases-of-salad</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/01/12510839-listeria-fears-trigger-recall-of-2598-cases-of-salad</guid><category>food</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>dole</category><category>salads</category><category>listeria</category><category>bagged</category><category>dole-fresh-vegetables</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Jul 2012 19:54:37 +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/120701-salad-vlg-1p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="358" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120701-salad-vlg-1p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="108" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dole Fresh Vegetables has recalled 2,598 cases of bagged salads due to a possible risk from listeria, the Food and Drug Administration announced Sunday. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dole shares jump on possible spin-off</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dole Food Company Inc.'s shares gained heavy trading Friday after the fruit and vegetable company said it is considering its strategic alternatives, including a possible spin-off of parts of its business.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11540294-dole-shares-jump-on-possible-spin-off</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11540294-dole-shares-jump-on-possible-spin-off</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>foods</category><category>dole</category><category>mover</category><category>dole-food-company-inc</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 16:47:41 +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>Dole recalls bagged salads for salmonella risk</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dole Food Co.'s fresh vegetables division is recalling 756 cases of bagged salad, because they could be contaminated with salmonella.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11212059-dole-recalls-bagged-salads-for-salmonella-risk</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11212059-dole-recalls-bagged-salads-for-salmonella-risk</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>recall</category><category>dole</category><category>us-news</category><category>dole-food-co</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:42:11 +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>A Very Sick Country ~~~ Not Only Ill Health But The Politics Of The Wholesale Transfer Of Wealth Upwards</title>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been more than century since the welfare state &ndash; a system in which the national government assumes responsibility, as an agent of the national will, for guaranteeing certain benefits and protections to its citizenry &ndash; was invented, and, unlike every other d&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10985344-a-very-sick-country-not-only-ill-health-but-the-politics-of-the-wholesale-transfer-of-wealth-upwards</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10985344-a-very-sick-country-not-only-ill-health-but-the-politics-of-the-wholesale-transfer-of-wealth-upwards</guid><category>scotus</category><category>congress</category><category>who</category><category>politics</category><category>democracy</category><category>dole</category><category>romney</category><category>parliament</category><category>ss</category><category>bush-v-gore</category><category>obamacare</category><category>otto-von-bismarck</category><category>koch-bros</category><category>heritage-found</category><category>ninety-nine</category><category>t-par-t</category><category>cit-united</category><category>top-one</category><category>cons-progs</category><category>industrialized-nats</category><category>medicare-aid</category><category>bill-o-rightes</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:10:13 +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=jade-log7B3B3B32-4309-7E83-79E3-7E13FABA71E1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="206" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log7B3B3B32-4309-7E83-79E3-7E13FABA71E1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pharmacies deter teens from Plan B, study shows</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10867312-pharmacies-deter-teens-from-plan-b-study-shows</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10867312-pharmacies-deter-teens-from-plan-b-study-shows</guid><category>border</category><category>morning-after</category><category>img</category><category>dole</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>alignleft</category><category>-year-olds</category><category>clearall</category><category>stylemargin</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:47:49 +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/120323-planB-hsml-oom-5p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120323-planB-hsml-oom-5p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Even though it’s legal for 17-year-olds to get the so-called morning-after pill, a new study shows that pharmacy employees often dole out the wrong information, telling the teens they’re not allowed to have the drug.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dole, Baker practiced lost art of compromise</title>
<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time in Congress, compromise between Republicans and Democrats was the norm. And a witty GOP senator named Bob Dole was one of the best practitioners of the art, preferably on a West-facing balcony of the Capitol where he could get sun on his face while lawmaking. He succeeded an affable storyteller and able dealmaker named Howard Baker, who likened running the Senate to herding cats.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10798420-dole-baker-practiced-lost-art-of-compromise</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10798420-dole-baker-practiced-lost-art-of-compromise</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>dole</category><category>baker</category><category>bob-dole</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:34:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6d24915a-124a-4739-83ec-6d6f2e86efc1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="319" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6d24915a-124a-4739-83ec-6d6f2e86efc1.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders  Bob Dole, right, and Howard Baker sit next tot the stage as Vice President Joe Biden, not seen, speaks at &quot;A Century of Service&quot; honoring them at Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/400/1787ea2f-85e7-49a0-bb2f-efe006b86d0c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="435" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1787ea2f-85e7-49a0-bb2f-efe006b86d0c.jpg" width="120" height="130" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with former Senate Majority leader Howard Baker at &quot;A Century of Service&quot; honoring former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Howard Baker at Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/b32b402e-047e-4f11-838a-55f3000855c4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b32b402e-047e-4f11-838a-55f3000855c4.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker looks to the stage during &quot;A Century of Service&quot; honoring former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders  Bob Dole and Howard Baker at Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/400/720ed753-717b-4a7c-b598-3e863d027a27.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="337" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/720ed753-717b-4a7c-b598-3e863d027a27.jpg" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with former Senate Majority leader Howard Baker at &quot;A Century of Service&quot; honoring former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Howard Baker at Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/400/81a464d4-f6d3-4014-88f4-26123773e0d6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/81a464d4-f6d3-4014-88f4-26123773e0d6.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is helped to his seat during &quot;A Century of Service&quot; honoring former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Howard Baker at Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/400/7f754859-ea2c-404f-b31b-daa2952b45a2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7f754859-ea2c-404f-b31b-daa2952b45a2.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden, shakes hands with former U.S. Senate Majority Leader  Bob Dole after speaking at &quot;A Century of Service&quot; honoring former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Howard Baker, behind at left, at Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/fc92ef13-1392-474c-8063-512069f2a063.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fc92ef13-1392-474c-8063-512069f2a063.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden speaks at &quot;A Century of Service&quot; honoring former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Howard Baker at Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dole: Santorum must soon consider dropping out</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former senator Bob Dole says GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is "getting close to the point" where he'll have to decide whether to stay in the race for the nomination or drop out.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10796279-dole-santorum-must-soon-consider-dropping-out</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10796279-dole-santorum-must-soon-consider-dropping-out</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>dole</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>bob-dole</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:15:04 +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/400/68329ced-1bcc-4c6b-8583-a67a610e5cce.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/68329ced-1bcc-4c6b-8583-a67a610e5cce.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at Superior Energy in Harvey, La., Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Santorum tells Spokane: Send a message to the GOP's 'good old boys' ~~~ Booya! I live here</title>
<description><![CDATA["How often has the state of Washington had the ability to reset a presidential race?" he asked in a speech to several hundred supporters at a Pentecostal church in Spokane. "I know you feel like you've been railroaded and bulldozed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10557333-santorum-tells-spokane-send-a-message-to-the-gops-good-old-boys-booya-i-live-here</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10557333-santorum-tells-spokane-send-a-message-to-the-gops-good-old-boys-booya-i-live-here</guid><category>politics</category><category>spokane</category><category>mccain</category><category>dole</category><category>romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>newt</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>bulldozed</category><category>obamcare</category><category>railroaded</category><category>pentacostals</category><category>tough-words</category><category>good-ole-boys</category><category>tough-language</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 04:54:58 +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=jade-log9913A0CA-EE65-900D-E4A3-34D4C79EEEA4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="165" width="306" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log9913A0CA-EE65-900D-E4A3-34D4C79EEEA4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dole &quot;Warns GOP&quot; About Picking Gingrich</title>
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(NewsCore) - Former presidential candidate Bob Dole warned Thursday that if Republicans select Newt Gingrich as their nominee, they should be prepared for a "sweeping victory by Obama in November."
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Desert Rattler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Desert Rattler]]></source><link>http://the-desert-rattler.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10244461-dole-warns-gop-about-picking-gingrich</link><guid>http://the-desert-rattler.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10244461-dole-warns-gop-about-picking-gingrich</guid><category>arizona</category><category>iowa</category><category>warning</category><category>gop</category><category>phoenix</category><category>obama</category><category>dole</category><category>us-news</category><category>washington-dc</category><category>top-news</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>national-review</category><category>election-2012</category><category>mitt-ronmey</category><category>gingrinch</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:11:07 +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=the-desert-rattler8C544CC8-CCBC-E06D-4B8C-5265781EA2C1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="164" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-desert-rattler8C544CC8-CCBC-E06D-4B8C-5265781EA2C1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A Good Candidate Is Hard to Find </title>
<description><![CDATA[
THERE are 300 million people in the United States of America. There are millions of political activists, volunteers, organizers and would-be officeholders. There are hundreds of thousands of elected officials.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/22/10210142-a-good-candidate-is-hard-to-find</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/22/10210142-a-good-candidate-is-hard-to-find</guid><category>clinton</category><category>politics</category><category>use</category><category>reagan</category><category>dole</category><category>mondale</category><category>republican-candidates</category><category>dukakis</category><category>organisers</category><category>political-activistsvolunteers</category><category>presidential-mediocrity</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:30:51 +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=mscyprahB61123B6-42D5-B589-F431-4EB406A1977C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB61123B6-42D5-B589-F431-4EB406A1977C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Scott Brown caught in plagiarism flap</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) is being accused of plagiarizing a speech by former Sen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/13/8300991-scott-brown-caught-in-plagiarism-flap</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/13/8300991-scott-brown-caught-in-plagiarism-flap</guid><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>senator</category><category>liberal</category><category>brown</category><category>dole</category><category>republican</category><category>plagiarism</category><category>massachusetts</category><category>conservative</category><category>warren</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:00:29 +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>The GOP's Iowa problem ~~~ How Crazy Can Win</title>
<description><![CDATA[The lead-off contest for its next presidential nomination -- an event that has played a vital role in winnowing GOP fields since 1980 -- will be utterly dominated by voters with ravenous appetites for  attacks on gays, Muslims, President Obama's "otherness" and godless liberalism&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/28/6363647-the-gops-iowa-problem-how-crazy-can-win</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/28/6363647-the-gops-iowa-problem-how-crazy-can-win</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>reagan</category><category>dole</category><category>robertson</category><category>des-moines-iowa</category><category>evangelism</category><category>bigotry</category><category>shariah</category><category>moral-majority</category><category>steve-king</category><category>r-reed</category><category>bachmannn</category><category>h-cain</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:22:17 +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>Why 2011's budget woes don't mirror 1995</title>
<description><![CDATA[Not all budget battles are created equal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/28/6151858-why-2011s-budget-woes-dont-mirror-1995</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/28/6151858-why-2011s-budget-woes-dont-mirror-1995</guid><category>medicare</category><category>clinton</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>shutdown</category><category>gingrich</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>dole</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:57:49 +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/110225-gingrich-clinton-hmed-930a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110225-gingrich-clinton-hmed-930a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 26:  US President Bill Clinton (C) sits between US House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich (L) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R) during a 26 April meeting at the White House in which Clinton pushed for more federal workers to combat terrorism. Earlier today, Clinton attended the funeral of a Secret Service agent who was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. AFP PHOTO  (Photo credit should read LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ex-Sen. Bob Dole out of hospital, feeling 'better'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole has been released from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington for the second time in less than a week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/13/5833618-ex-sen-bob-dole-out-of-hospital-feeling-better</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/13/5833618-ex-sen-bob-dole-out-of-hospital-feeling-better</guid><category>us</category><category>dole</category><category>us-news</category><category>walter-reed-army-medical-center</category><category>bob-dole</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:24:10 +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>Ex-Sen. Bob Dole returns to Army hospital</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole has returned to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/08/5793311-ex-sen-bob-dole-returns-to-army-hospital</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/08/5793311-ex-sen-bob-dole-returns-to-army-hospital</guid><category>us</category><category>released</category><category>dole</category><category>us-news</category><category>walter-reed-army-medical-center</category><category>bob-dole</category><category>dole-institute</category><pubDate>Sat, 8 Jan 2011 20:23:23 +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>Ex-Sen. Bob Dole back at Walter Reed hospital</title>
<description><![CDATA[A spokeswoman for the Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence says former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole has been readmitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/07/5787046-ex-sen-bob-dole-back-at-walter-reed-hospital</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/07/5787046-ex-sen-bob-dole-back-at-walter-reed-hospital</guid><category>us</category><category>hospitalized</category><category>dole</category><category>us-news</category><category>walter-reed-army-medical-center</category><category>bob-dole</category><category>dole-institute</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Jan 2011 23:21:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>