<?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 - hamptons</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/hamptons</link><description>Newsvine - hamptons</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:47:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:37:23 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>NY charity finds shelter for homeless in Hamptons</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's not so easy to spot the homeless in the Hamptons in the summer, when celebrity A-listers fly in by helicopter and Wall Street whizzes drive out in their Jaguars and Lexuses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16182486-ny-charity-finds-shelter-for-homeless-in-hamptons</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16182486-ny-charity-finds-shelter-for-homeless-in-hamptons</guid><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>homeless</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><category>the-hamptons</category><category>homeless-in-the-hamptons</category><category>in-the-hamptons</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:24:15 +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=ea1bb8f9-33f8-40d9-ae5d-4c6a5021c67e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea1bb8f9-33f8-40d9-ae5d-4c6a5021c67e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Oct. 11, 2012 photo, Tracey Lutz, left, executive director of the Maureen's Haven homeless outreach program, and Joann Piche, chairwoman of the board of directors, stand outside the Long Island charity's headquarters in Riverhead, N.Y. In one of the richest communities on the tony end of Long Island, a group of churches work together to provide shelter for 50-60 homeless people each night. While many have jobs, they can't afford a place to stay and don't want to leave the area where they were born and bred. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Voice of the 1%</title>
<description><![CDATA[Since Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury is a daily cartoon strip, not a news column, it doesn't seem quite right to simply seed it like an article. But Doonesbury often has the most penetrating and revealing commentary about current events around. Trudeau does it with simple, unadorned q&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Porter Rockwell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Porter Rockwell]]></source><link>http://porterrockwell.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12739431-the-voice-of-the-1</link><guid>http://porterrockwell.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12739431-the-voice-of-the-1</guid><category>1</category><category>politics</category><category>romney</category><category>doonesbury</category><category>koch</category><category>hamptons</category><category>trudeau</category><category>superrich</category><category>commentid-doonesbury</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:17:31 +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>Wealthy Donors arrive at Hamptons fundraisers with advice for Mitt Romney</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The line of Range Rovers, BMWs, Porsche roadsters and one gleaming cherry red Ferrari began queuing outside of Revlon Chairman Ronald Perelman's estate off Montauk Highway long before  Romney arrived, as campaign aides and staffers in white polo shirts  emblazoned with the logo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/11/12673386-wealthy-donors-arrive-at-hamptons-fundraisers-with-advice-for-mitt-romney</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/11/12673386-wealthy-donors-arrive-at-hamptons-fundraisers-with-advice-for-mitt-romney</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>rich</category><category>elitism</category><category>fund-raiser</category><category>hamptons</category><category>common-man</category><category>faux-news</category><category>election-2012</category><category>ows</category><category>one-percent</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:06:24 +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=krishna1098F2B7211-0BE3-F03E-6FCE-0808DFE767D5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="105" width="187" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=krishna1098F2B7211-0BE3-F03E-6FCE-0808DFE767D5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mitt in the Hamptons: Let Them Eat Road Kill!</title>
<description><![CDATA[
This past weekend in the Hamptons, the gluttonous orgy of Romney campaign fundraising among America's Marie Antoinette crowd was so brazenly contemptuous of non-millionaires that the only thing missing was a raffle prize for an offshore bank account in the Cayman Islands.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[feliznavidad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[feliznavidad]]></source><link>http://feliznavidad.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12668781-mitt-in-the-hamptons-let-them-eat-road-kill</link><guid>http://feliznavidad.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12668781-mitt-in-the-hamptons-let-them-eat-road-kill</guid><category>1</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>hamptons</category><category>tgop</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:29:49 +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=feliznavidad4D110C58-53DF-C352-7138-3BDC95EEC786.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=feliznavidad4D110C58-53DF-C352-7138-3BDC95EEC786.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former NY official admits guilt in Hamptons fraud</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former New York lawmaker convicted of insurance fraud earlier this year has pleaded guilty in a separate multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/29/7198605-former-ny-official-admits-guilt-in-hamptons-fraud</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/29/7198605-former-ny-official-admits-guilt-in-hamptons-fraud</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>fraud</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><category>mortgage-fraud</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:53:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NY ex-lawmaker gets prison in insurance fraud case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former New York lawmaker will spend at least four years in prison following his conviction in a Hamptons insurance fraud case.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/21/6314417-ny-ex-lawmaker-gets-prison-in-insurance-fraud-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/21/6314417-ny-ex-lawmaker-gets-prison-in-insurance-fraud-case</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>fraud</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><category>mortgage-fraud</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:54:39 +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>NY jury convicts ex-lawmaker of larceny, fraud</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former New York lawmaker has been convicted of grand larceny and insurance fraud involving the reconstruction of his Long Island home.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/16/6069670-ny-jury-convicts-ex-lawmaker-of-larceny-fraud</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/16/6069670-ny-jury-convicts-ex-lawmaker-of-larceny-fraud</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>fraud</category><category>mortgage</category><category>long-island</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:36:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lawsuit filed in Hamptons religious symbol fight</title>
<description><![CDATA[A long-simmering controversy over whether Orthodox Jews can place a religious symbol on utility poles in a Hamptons community on eastern Long Island appears headed to court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/14/5841152-lawsuit-filed-in-hamptons-religious-symbol-fight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/14/5841152-lawsuit-filed-in-hamptons-religious-symbol-fight</guid><category>us</category><category>fight</category><category>long-island</category><category>religious</category><category>us-news</category><category>orthodox-jews</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:51:07 +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>Native American tribe reclaims slice of the Hamptons after court victory</title>
<description><![CDATA[From a distance the teardrop-shaped peninsula looks just like any other bit of the famed Hamptons shoreline.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blearc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Blearc]]></source><link>http://blearc.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/11/4654720-native-american-tribe-reclaims-slice-of-the-hamptons-after-court-victory</link><guid>http://blearc.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/11/4654720-native-american-tribe-reclaims-slice-of-the-hamptons-after-court-victory</guid><category>casinos</category><category>long-island</category><category>united-states</category><category>new-yorkers</category><category>us-news</category><category>native-american</category><category>hamptons</category><category>shinnecock-hills</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:03:13 +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></item><item><title>1 dead, 15 hurt in Long Island bus crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police say a collision between a bus and another vehicle on eastern Long Island killed one person and slightly injured 15 others.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/02/3843383-1-dead-15-hurt-in-long-island-bus-crash</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/02/3843383-1-dead-15-hurt-in-long-island-bus-crash</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>crash</category><category>bus</category><category>bus-crash</category><category>long-island</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:51:43 +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>NY audit finds financial woes in East Hampton</title>
<description><![CDATA[A New York state audit of finances in a town filled with millionaires blames fiscal mismanagement for a deficit that required $15 million in bonding to cover budget shortfalls.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/01/3339261-ny-audit-finds-financial-woes-in-east-hampton</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/01/3339261-ny-audit-finds-financial-woes-in-east-hampton</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>deficit</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:41:02 +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>Fans seek to rescue Hamptons' NPR station</title>
<description><![CDATA[Imagine the Hamptons without the ocean.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/21/3296829-fans-seek-to-rescue-hamptons-npr-station</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/21/3296829-fans-seek-to-rescue-hamptons-npr-station</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>radio</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:03:02 +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/400/67718bb0-e780-4ea8-8f1d-c679e6e3e27b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="347" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/67718bb0-e780-4ea8-8f1d-c679e6e3e27b.jpg" width="120" height="104" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michael Mackey, local newscaster for WLIU works in the news studio at the Stonybrook University radio station in Southampton, New York, on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill)&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/e1d85f2a-1e0e-41de-8d0d-e24e95130bfc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="483" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e1d85f2a-1e0e-41de-8d0d-e24e95130bfc.jpg" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wallace A. Smith, director of The Long Island University Public Radio Network, poses in the hall outside the studios at the Stonybrook University radio station in Southampton, New York, on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Celebrities such as Alec Baldwin and Joy Behar are among dozens backing a community effort to buy WLIU-FM from Long Island University. The university sold its Southampton College campus three years ago and now says it can no longer afford to subsidize the station. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill)&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/f1eb14ef-da8e-49ba-bacd-75c450bbe75b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="496" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f1eb14ef-da8e-49ba-bacd-75c450bbe75b.jpg" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Connie Conway, WLIU news director/anchor host of the Evening Report, works in a studio at the Stonybrook University radio station in Southampton, New York, on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Celebrities such as Alec Baldwin and Joy Behar are among dozens backing a community effort to buy WLIU-FM from Long Island University. The university sold its Southampton College campus three years ago and now says it can no longer afford to subsidize the station. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill)&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/400/32c3ae87-9ad7-48f5-a052-572a6da79fd4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="307" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/32c3ae87-9ad7-48f5-a052-572a6da79fd4.jpg" width="120" height="200" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wallace A. Smith, director of The Long Island University Public Radio Network, poses by the stations antenna  outside the studios at the Stonybrook University radio station in Southampton, New York, on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fans seek to rescue Hamptons' NPR station</title>
<description><![CDATA[Artists, entertainers and community activists are rallying to save Long Island's only public radio station.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/21/3296360-fans-seek-to-rescue-hamptons-npr-station</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/21/3296360-fans-seek-to-rescue-hamptons-npr-station</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>ny</category><category>radio</category><category>long-island</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:31:30 +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>Some real estate agents in NY's Hamptons see rally</title>
<description><![CDATA[Few real estate markets got hit harder by the recession than the Hamptons, Long Island's summer playground for the rich and famous.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/21/3177143-some-real-estate-agents-in-nys-hamptons-see-rally</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/21/3177143-some-real-estate-agents-in-nys-hamptons-see-rally</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>real-estate</category><category>estate</category><category>long-island</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:01:32 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d1bad6ca-6b23-41da-b786-3697c586226b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d1bad6ca-6b23-41da-b786-3697c586226b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 15, 2009 file photo, a sand dune is planted with beach grasses to prevent erosion next to an exclusive oceanfront home  in East Hampton, N.Y. Last year's economic collapse was felt especially hard in Long Island's summer playground for the rich and famous.  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, 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/a013f78e-2d1a-4bfc-9b7c-284186524e33.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a013f78e-2d1a-4bfc-9b7c-284186524e33.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 15, 2009 file photo, a new home in East Hampton, N.Y., selling for $39 million, is shown.  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Goldman Sachs Wives Laura Blankfein and Susan Friedman Make Scene On Line In Hamptons </title>
<description><![CDATA[GOLDMAN Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein has warned his employees to avoid high-profile spending, as The Post reported -- but his wife evidently didn't get the memo.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[multifariousone]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[multifariousone]]></source><link>http://multifariousone.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/06/3126839-goldman-sachs-wives-laura-blankfein-and-susan-friedman-make-scene-on-line-in-hamptons</link><guid>http://multifariousone.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/06/3126839-goldman-sachs-wives-laura-blankfein-and-susan-friedman-make-scene-on-line-in-hamptons</guid><category>business</category><category>goldman-sachs</category><category>hamptons</category><category>lloyd-blankfein</category><category>susan-friedman</category><category>richard-friedman</category><category>super-saturday</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:45:56 +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>Ex-budget chief in NY's Hamptons faces charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former budget officer in New York's exclusive Hamptons area pleaded not guilty Thursday to raiding a fund meant to buy land for conservation purposes and using $8 million to instead cover budget shortfalls.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2919241-ex-budget-chief-in-nys-hamptons-faces-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2919241-ex-budget-chief-in-nys-hamptons-faces-charges</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>wall-street</category><category>deficit</category><category>long-island</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:46:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hamptons Homes Drop Most Since Realtors Kept Records  </title>
<description><![CDATA[Sculptor Fredi Cohen expected the hand-carved sinks and tubs in her East Hampton, New York, home to stand out in the real estate market and help sell her three- bedroom house for $1.25 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TDR]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TDR]]></source><link>http://tdrose.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/19/2840005-hamptons-homes-drop-most-since-realtors-kept-records</link><guid>http://tdrose.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/19/2840005-hamptons-homes-drop-most-since-realtors-kept-records</guid><category>real-estate</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 03:22:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>DA says NY mortgage fraud had link to S&amp;M club</title>
<description><![CDATA[Five people, including a former county legislator and a woman said to be a dominatrix, are facing charges they participated in a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme involving several dozen Hamptons properties over the past seven years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/26/2604185-da-says-ny-mortgage-fraud-had-link-to-sm-club</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/26/2604185-da-says-ny-mortgage-fraud-had-link-to-sm-club</guid><category>fraud</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><category>mortgage-fraud</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:01:46 +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>Battle of religious symbol roils Hamptons village</title>
<description><![CDATA[They are largely invisible, sometimes as simple as a small, plastic marker affixed to a utility pole. There's one around the White House and one in Manhattan that sprawls from the East River to the Hudson.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/01/1938474-battle-of-religious-symbol-roils-hamptons-village</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/01/1938474-battle-of-religious-symbol-roils-hamptons-village</guid><category>white-house</category><category>fight</category><category>east-river</category><category>religious</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:39:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rich town in the Hamptons is crying poverty</title>
<description><![CDATA[The social calendar is still a whirl of glamorous lawn parties, wine tastings, gallery openings, beach get-togethers and gala benefits in the Hamptons, the summer playground for the millionaire Learjet Set. But down at Town Hall, the local government could use a handout.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/08/1732447-rich-town-in-the-hamptons-is-crying-poverty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/08/1732447-rich-town-in-the-hamptons-is-crying-poverty</guid><category>deficit</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:37:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b02137cf-6691-4316-9dc1-99b6581a1d52.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b02137cf-6691-4316-9dc1-99b6581a1d52.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This May 2007 file photo supplied by Town &amp; Country Real Estate shows a Hamptons' oceanfront property, seen from the air,  which was for rent for $350,000 for the summer season, on Marine Blvd in Amagansett, N.Y. Strolling the sidewalks of nearby East Hampton on a sunny summer afternoon, there would be little hint of the uproar brewing at  Town Hall.  But a downgrade in the town's credit rating by a major Wall Street agency amid a budget deficit that could pass $12 million is stirring calls by some for the ouster of the entire town board, particularly its three-term incumbent supervisor. (AP Photo/Town &amp; Country Real Estate, 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/400/8e49472f-1811-433e-9360-282e395704f3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8e49472f-1811-433e-9360-282e395704f3.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 11, 2001 file photo, people window shop and stroll down a street in East Hampton, New York.  Strolling the sidewalks on a sunny summer afternoon, there would be little hint of the uproar brewing at East Hampton Town Hall.  But a downgrade in the town's credit rating by a major Wall Street agency amid a budget deficit that could pass $12 million is stirring calls by some for the ouster of the entire town board, particularly its three-term incumbent supervisor.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Helicopter noise draws complaints in tony NY summer hotspot</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Brad and Angelina visited the Hamptons last summer to rub elbows with Christie Brinkley, Ellen Barkin and Jimmy Buffett, they arrived by helicopter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/30/1461190-helicopter-noise-draws-complaints-in-tony-ny-summer-hotspot</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/30/1461190-helicopter-noise-draws-complaints-in-tony-ny-summer-hotspot</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us-news</category><category>helicopters</category><category>hamptons</category><category>ellen-barkin</category><category>when-brad</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:32:58 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d0639b81-b988-4576-a495-5628778e201c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="213" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d0639b81-b988-4576-a495-5628778e201c.jpg" width="120" height="64" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The East Hampton Airport in East Hampton, N.Y., shows little sign of activity Thursday, April 24, 2008. But in summer everything changes and the activity on Friday afternoons has been compared to the helicopter scene out of &quot;Apocalypse Now:&quot; a huge influx of Sikorskys and Bells arriving from the city carrying passengers with infinitely disposable incomes. The East Hampton Airport saw a 17.3 percent increase in 2007, or more than 1,000 additional helicopter takeoffs and landings over the previous year. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)&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/e3e12b2b-ca94-44a3-96a1-d39d39e70071.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e3e12b2b-ca94-44a3-96a1-d39d39e70071.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jim Brundige, Airport Manager for East Hampton Airport, talks about helicopter noise at East Hampton Airport in East Hampton, New York, Thursday, April 24, 2008. Speaking of helicopter shuttle services, Brundige said, &quot;the people that purchase these services want their services when they want them,&quot; even if it's the middle of the night. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)&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/400/292f3830-14d2-4ad2-bcd2-0a682f3f488a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/292f3830-14d2-4ad2-bcd2-0a682f3f488a.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A map showing recommended routes for helicopter arrivals in red and departures in green is seen at East Hampton Airport in East Hampton, New York, Thursday, April 24, 2008. Helicpoter noise complaints have gotten so loud that government officials are now stepping in with a plan to alter the flight paths to reduce the chopper clatter in communities, sending the helicopters over water and at higher altitudes. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)&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/bc10ce0f-df6a-42e3-9cda-90bb8bc8e408.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bc10ce0f-df6a-42e3-9cda-90bb8bc8e408.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Peter Wadsworth of the Airport Noise Abatement Advisory Committee, talks about helicopter noise at East Hampton Airport in East Hampton, New York, Thursday, April 24, 2008. Friday afternoons see what some have described as the helicopter scene out of &quot;Apocalypse Now:&quot; a huge influx of Sikorskys and Bells arriving from the city. Outbound traffic builds on Sunday afternoons into Monday mornings, Wadsworth said. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Storm reportedly saved Mick Jagger from Assassination</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to a BBC documentary, "FBI at 100," a storm thwarted a group of Hells Angels from murdering Mick Jagger in the Hamptons. Bay Area bikers who had been hired as security were blamed for the atrocities at a Rolling Stone concert in Altamont in 1969.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christiana]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christiana]]></source><link>http://xiana.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/03/1339895-storm-reportedly-saved-mick-jagger-from-assassination</link><guid>http://xiana.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/03/1339895-storm-reportedly-saved-mick-jagger-from-assassination</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>rolling-stones</category><category>storm</category><category>hells-angels</category><category>mick-jagger</category><category>hamptons</category><category>altamont</category><category>1969</category><category>fbi-at-100</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:59:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New York City Financed Giuliani's Adultery To The Tune of More Than $600,000 -- &quot;Rudy is more likely than not done as a serious candidate.&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Republican YouTube debate hasn't even begun, and it's already obsolete.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/29/1129825-new-york-city-financed-giulianis-adultery-to-the-tune-of-more-than-600000-rudy-is-more-likely-than-not-done-as-a-serious-candidate</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/29/1129825-new-york-city-financed-giulianis-adultery-to-the-tune-of-more-than-600000-rudy-is-more-likely-than-not-done-as-a-serious-candidate</guid><category>nyc</category><category>giuliani</category><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>sex</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>adultery</category><category>rudy-giuliani</category><category>hamptons</category><category>tax-payers</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:57:49 +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>4 Arrested in Hamptons Art Heist</title>
<description><![CDATA[Three men pleaded not guilty Tuesday to stealing paintings worth $500,000 from a Hamptons estate and burning down the mansion &#8212; and artworks worth another $1 million inside &#8212; to cover up the crime.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/10/1014841-4-arrested-in-hamptons-art-heist</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/10/1014841-4-arrested-in-hamptons-art-heist</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>art</category><category>heist</category><category>us-news</category><category>hamptons</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:11:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rich like me</title>
<description><![CDATA[Good recount of the lifestyle that should have been my lot. Parties. Cash. Hamptons houses.

 ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[backroads]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[backroads]]></source><link>http://backroadsbubba.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/01/872180-rich-like-me</link><guid>http://backroadsbubba.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/01/872180-rich-like-me</guid><category>hamptons</category><category>rolling-in-cash</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:45:29 +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>