<?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>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:27:23 +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>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>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>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>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>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><item><title>Calif. judge orders Dole to pay filmmaker $200,000</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge has ordered Dole Food Co. to pay nearly $200,000 to a Swedish filmmaker who battled the company in a free speech case involving a documentary about claims that Dole harmed workers at Nicaraguan banana plantations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/02/5568081-calif-judge-orders-dole-to-pay-filmmaker-200000</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/02/5568081-calif-judge-orders-dole-to-pay-filmmaker-200000</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>workers</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>dole</category><category>banana-workers</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Dec 2010 19:24:06 +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>Suit linking Dole to Colombia militias dismissed</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit that accused Dole Food Co. of making payments to illegal far-right Colombian militias that killed thousands of people in banana-growing regions, the company said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/17/5129487-suit-linking-dole-to-colombia-militias-dismissed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/17/5129487-suit-linking-dole-to-colombia-militias-dismissed</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>colombia</category><category>paramilitaries</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>dole</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:56:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Clarification: Dole-Banana Workers story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a July 8 story about a lawsuit against Dole Foods, The Associated Press reported that Jason Glaser testified about providing a photo of an investigator used on a flyer distributed at anti-Dole rallies in Nicaragua. The story said the photo was distributed with a message suggesting the investigator, who worked for Dole, should be beaten. The story should have specified that the flyer did not carry such language. However, threats against the investigator were made verbally at the rallies where the flyer was handed out, according to other testimony.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4685797-clarification-dole-banana-workers-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4685797-clarification-dole-banana-workers-story</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>workers</category><category>associated-press</category><category>dole</category><category>us-news</category><category>banana</category><category>banana-workers</category><category>dole-banana</category><category>jason-glaser</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:20:27 +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>Both sides allege fraud in Dole pesticide case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lawyers for Dole Foods and six Nicaraguan plaintiffs suing the company accused each side of fraud Monday in heated closing arguments as a judge ponders whether to dismiss a $2.3 million award to the purported banana workers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/07/4634141-both-sides-allege-fraud-in-dole-pesticide-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/07/4634141-both-sides-allege-fraud-in-dole-pesticide-case</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>workers</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>dole</category><category>us-news</category><category>banana</category><category>banana-workers</category><category>dole-banana</category><category>dole-foods</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jul 2010 01:35:30 +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 urges swift end of case to protect witnesses</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lawyers for Dole Foods urged a judge Thursday to quickly conclude hearings in a case involving purported banana workers in Nicaragua to protect those who blew the whistle on an alleged multimillion dollar fraud.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/07/4476719-dole-urges-swift-end-of-case-to-protect-witnesses</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/07/4476719-dole-urges-swift-end-of-case-to-protect-witnesses</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>workers</category><category>dole</category><category>banana</category><category>banana-workers</category><category>dole-foods</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jun 2010 23:57:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nicaraguan workers deny conspiracy against Dole</title>
<description><![CDATA[Several banana workers denied Friday they were part of a conspiracy to defraud Dole Foods Co. by falsely claiming in a damage lawsuit to have worked on a banana plantation and been made sterile by pesticides.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcos Aleman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marcos Aleman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/14/4286499-nicaraguan-workers-deny-conspiracy-against-dole</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/14/4286499-nicaraguan-workers-deny-conspiracy-against-dole</guid><category>nicaragua</category><category>workers</category><category>dole</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><category>banana-workers</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:53:37 +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></item><item><title>Lawyer witness calls Dole conspiracy claim `bunk'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Texas lawyer testifying against Dole Food Co. denied Tuesday that he was one of a group that allegedly conspired with a Nicaraguan judge to commit a massive fraud against the firm.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/10/4264699-lawyer-witness-calls-dole-conspiracy-claim-bunk</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/10/4264699-lawyer-witness-calls-dole-conspiracy-claim-bunk</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>workers</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>dole</category><category>us-news</category><category>banana-workers</category><category>dole-banana</category><category>dole-foods</category><category>six-nicaraguan</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:17:46 +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><item><title>Bob Dole hospitalized, undergoing therapy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a bout with pneumonia, his spokesman said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/22/3936936-bob-dole-hospitalized-undergoing-therapy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/22/3936936-bob-dole-hospitalized-undergoing-therapy</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>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:49:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dole Food 3Q loss widens to $54 million</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dole Food Co. said Thursday its third-quarter loss widened as the loss of two businesses cut into the fruit and vegetable producer's revenue compared with a year ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3521274-dole-food-3q-loss-widens-to-54-million</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3521274-dole-food-3q-loss-widens-to-54-million</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>dole</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:35:17 +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>Judge can't enforce $97M judgment against Dole</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Florida judge has said a $97 million judgment against U.S. food giant Dole and Dow Chemical Co. cannot be enforced because the Nicaraguan court that issued it neither had jurisdiction nor met international legal standards.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Kay]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Kay]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3406902-judge-cant-enforce-97m-judgment-against-dole</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3406902-judge-cant-enforce-97m-judgment-against-dole</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>workers</category><category>dole</category><category>banana</category><category>banana-workers</category><category>dole-banana</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:49:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>