<?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 - hudson</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/hudson</link><description>Newsvine - hudson</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 18:43:49 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 10:04:58 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Kate Hudson talks career paths with teen girls</title>
<description><![CDATA[Actress-producer Kate Hudson says the pressure of stepping out of the shadow of her movie star mom Goldie Hawn was discouraging and daunting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacy A. Anderson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stacy A. Anderson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17571081-kate-hudson-talks-career-paths-with-teen-girls</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17571081-kate-hudson-talks-career-paths-with-teen-girls</guid><category>us</category><category>hudson</category><category>politics</category><category>kate-hudson</category><category>goldie-hawn</category><category>mentoring</category><category>actress-producer-kate-hudson</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:07:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb9d8985-7e36-4b53-8481-e9245c9c595a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="365" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb9d8985-7e36-4b53-8481-e9245c9c595a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2012 file photo, actress Kate Hudson poses for photographers as she arrives for the news conference in Venice, Italy. Hudson says the pressure of stepping out of the shadow of her movie star mom Goldie Hawn was discouraging and daunting. She advised girls to take a chance on their own talent and take risks as they choose a career path. Hudson spoke at the ANNpower Leadership Forum, a week-long program that unites teens from across the country with women leaders in business, entertainment and nonprofit groups. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hudson Valley Drunk Driving Lawyer </title>
<description><![CDATA[Poughkeepsie, New York, DWI lawyer. Call 845-206-4501 today for a free in-office consultation with Glenn R. Bruno, Esq.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Magee8io]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Magee8io]]></source><link>http://magee8io.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17342695-hudson-valley-drunk-driving-lawyer</link><guid>http://magee8io.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17342695-hudson-valley-drunk-driving-lawyer</guid><category>business</category><category>drunk</category><category>hudson</category><category>driving</category><category>lawyer</category><category>valley</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:43:28 +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>Get Comfy…It's The Pete Post | songs for my daughter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Couldn't have said it better myself.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/14/13852915-get-comfyits-the-pete-post-songs-for-my-daughter</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/14/13852915-get-comfyits-the-pete-post-songs-for-my-daughter</guid><category>music</category><category>hudson</category><category>banjo</category><category>sail</category><category>clearwater</category><category>folk</category><category>pete-seeger</category><category>toshi</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:01:17 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Bryndis30092BC7-C882-FD15-556E-7E7BC918B60E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="196" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Bryndis30092BC7-C882-FD15-556E-7E7BC918B60E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="118" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kate Hudson has a full fashion life, including PJs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite having a closet that most women would envy, Kate Hudson likes staying in her PJs for as long as she can into the day.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samantha Critchell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Samantha Critchell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12946449-kate-hudson-has-a-full-fashion-life-including-pjs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12946449-kate-hudson-has-a-full-fashion-life-including-pjs</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>fashion</category><category>hudson</category><category>kate-hudson</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:37:59 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a318e29c-5c45-448d-9333-6d69199a8d02.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a318e29c-5c45-448d-9333-6d69199a8d02.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An undated image released by Ann Taylor shows actress Kate Hudson. The clothing company announced that Hudson will be the face of their fall 2012 campaign. (AP Photo/Ann Taylor)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99ccace3-25ed-4588-9238-14b30b95e1e0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="376" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99ccace3-25ed-4588-9238-14b30b95e1e0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An undated advertising image released by Ann Taylor shows actress Kate Hudson. The clothing company announced that Hudson will be the face of their fall 2012 campaign. (AP Photo/Ann Taylor)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New trial denied in Hudson family killings</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Illinois judge has denied a new trial for the man convicted of killing Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/24/12929214-new-trial-denied-in-hudson-family-killings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/24/12929214-new-trial-denied-in-hudson-family-killings</guid><category>us</category><category>trial</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:36:06 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52135a17-9c00-455c-be9b-c38739254234.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52135a17-9c00-455c-be9b-c38739254234.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 11, 2012 photo, singer Jennifer Hudson is seen on stage during her performance at the Taste of Chicago. On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, William Balfour, the man convicted in the slayings of Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew, is scheduled to be in court in Chicago where his attorneys are expected to ask the judge to grant Balfour a new trial. If that request is denied, Judge Charles Burns could immediately sentence Balfour.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0bc9dfd-0f44-4c78-adec-5d3b01f7079a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0bc9dfd-0f44-4c78-adec-5d3b01f7079a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour, the man convicted in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, Balfour is scheduled to be in court in Chicago where his attorneys are expected to ask the judge to grant Balfour a new trial. If that request is denied, Judge Charles Burns could immediately sentence Balfour. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department , File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Life sentence in Jennifer Hudson family slayings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Struggling to contain his anger, a Chicago judge on Tuesday sentenced Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law to life in prison for killing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors say was a fit of jealous rage.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Babwin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Babwin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/24/12919461-life-sentence-in-jennifer-hudson-family-slayings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/24/12919461-life-sentence-in-jennifer-hudson-family-slayings</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>academy-award-winning</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><category>oscar-winner-jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:02:19 +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=52135a17-9c00-455c-be9b-c38739254234.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52135a17-9c00-455c-be9b-c38739254234.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 11, 2012 photo, singer Jennifer Hudson is seen on stage during her performance at the Taste of Chicago. On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, William Balfour, the man convicted in the slayings of Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew, is scheduled to be in court in Chicago where his attorneys are expected to ask the judge to grant Balfour a new trial. If that request is denied, Judge Charles Burns could immediately sentence Balfour.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0bc9dfd-0f44-4c78-adec-5d3b01f7079a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0bc9dfd-0f44-4c78-adec-5d3b01f7079a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour, the man convicted in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, Balfour is scheduled to be in court in Chicago where his attorneys are expected to ask the judge to grant Balfour a new trial. If that request is denied, Judge Charles Burns could immediately sentence Balfour. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department , File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5fe722b6-8aed-4030-960a-34a3b12ac020.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5fe722b6-8aed-4030-960a-34a3b12ac020.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this courtroom sketch, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, left, sits with her sister, Julia Hudson, at court in Chicago, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, where William Balfour, the man convicted in the October 2008 shooting deaths of Hudson's 57-year-old mother Darnell Donerson, her 29-year-old brother Jason Hudson and her 7-year-old nephew Julian King, was sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b76b3bef-f1cd-4d46-8f7c-42c0cc5356f7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b76b3bef-f1cd-4d46-8f7c-42c0cc5356f7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of Jennifer Hudson leave the criminal courts building after a Cook County judge convicted William Balfour to three life sentences plus 120 years for the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Grammy and Oscar award winner Jennifer Hudson, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in Chicago.  The sentencing came after Circuit Judge Charles Burns denied a request from Balfour for a new trial. Balfour faced a mandatory life sentence. Illinois does not have the death penalty. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff75e917-5e55-47cf-b482-8ac881b398f5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff75e917-5e55-47cf-b482-8ac881b398f5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gregory King, father of Julian King, Jennifer Hudsons 7-year-old nephew, leaves the criminal courts building after a Cook County judge convicted William Balfour to three life sentences plus 120 years for the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Grammy and Oscar award winner Hudson, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in Chicago.  The sentencing came after Circuit Judge Charles Burns denied a request from Balfour for a new trial. Balfour faced a mandatory life sentence. Illinois does not have the death penalty. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a1dd7030-7326-473a-b8ea-f224f51df0ce.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a1dd7030-7326-473a-b8ea-f224f51df0ce.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this courtroom sketch, William Balfour, second from right, is flanked by attorney Amy Thompson, right, and another defense team member, as they watch lead prosecutor James McKay speak before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Charles Burns at Balfour's sentencing in Chicago, Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Balfour, convicted in the October 2008 shooting deaths of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew, was sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>McCann, Hudson lead Braves over Phillies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tim Hudson's bothersome left ankle forced two visits from the trainer in one inning.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Gelston]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dan Gelston]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/06/12607158-mccann-hudson-lead-braves-over-phillies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/06/12607158-mccann-hudson-lead-braves-over-phillies</guid><category>mlb</category><category>braves</category><category>sports</category><category>hudson</category><category>tough</category><category>tim-hudson</category><category>hangs</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Jul 2012 03:10:43 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f0f0bc1-9c3f-4d76-ab91-6153c281ac33.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="328" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f0f0bc1-9c3f-4d76-ab91-6153c281ac33.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="187" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Philadelphia Phillies' Antonio Bastardo, right, stretches after walking home Atlanta Braves' Matt Diaz in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 6, 2012, in Philadelphia. Atlanta won 5-0. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02726fb7-005a-479a-a040-1138568ead1c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02726fb7-005a-479a-a040-1138568ead1c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Atlanta Braves' Brian McCann, right, celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a grand slam in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, July 6, 2012, in Philadelphia. Atlanta won 5-0. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4551eda2-9b69-475a-8703-1cd8bd3dfaa2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="212" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4551eda2-9b69-475a-8703-1cd8bd3dfaa2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="64" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Atlanta Braves' Brian McCann follows through on a grand slam off of Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Antonio Bastardo in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 6, 2012, in Philadelphia. Atlanta won 5-0. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=95521ca4-ec23-4f36-8626-2e95929de9ae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=95521ca4-ec23-4f36-8626-2e95929de9ae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Atlanta Braves' Brian McCann swings on a grand slam off of Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Antonio Bastardo in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 6, 2012, in Philadelphia. Atlanta won 5-0. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=46818a5e-16d5-485f-8f95-3b1898357111.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=46818a5e-16d5-485f-8f95-3b1898357111.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Tim Hudson, left, and catcher Brian McCann celebrate after a ground out by Philadelphia Phillies' Mike Fontenot to end the seventh inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 6, 2012, in Philadelphia. Atlanta won 5-0. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New trial requested in Hudson family killings</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge in Chicago says he'll decide next month on the request for a new trial for the man convicted of killing three members of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's family.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/08/12126999-new-trial-requested-in-hudson-family-killings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/08/12126999-new-trial-requested-in-hudson-family-killings</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 18:45:23 +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>Jury: Hudson stardom no factor in murders verdict</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jurors shrugged off Jennifer Hudson's star status and insisted it played no role in their decision to convict her former brother-in-law for slaying the Oscar winner's mother, brother and nephew &#8212; a verdict that means the 31-year-old Chicago man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11600174-jury-hudson-stardom-no-factor-in-murders-verdict</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11600174-jury-hudson-stardom-no-factor-in-murders-verdict</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><category>oscar-winner-jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 17:04:36 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2beb808f-fce1-4c55-8135-b7066a8336fc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="488" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2beb808f-fce1-4c55-8135-b7066a8336fc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour, who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, attorneys for Balfour are expected to put on a brief defense after the prosecution rests its weeklong case. Closing arguments are expected Wednesday.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd4c991e-112b-4714-86a0-eb792e10fc7a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="359" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd4c991e-112b-4714-86a0-eb792e10fc7a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson speaks in Chicago.  On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, attorneys for William Balfour, who is on trial in Chicago and charged in the 2008 murders of the Hudson's mother, brother and nephew, are expected to put on a brief defense after the prosecution rests its weeklong case. Closing arguments are expected Wednesday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc83e44d-46a4-4af3-aae2-a8bc8d8a9eb0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc83e44d-46a4-4af3-aae2-a8bc8d8a9eb0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2012 file photo, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson attends a book signing in New York. On Wednesday, May 9, 2012, closing arguments are taking place at the Chicago murder trial for William Balfour, Hudson's ex-brother-in-law who is accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew in October 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d9700bf-e300-4b51-8e94-ea85c3c90801.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d9700bf-e300-4b51-8e94-ea85c3c90801.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Amy Thompson, defense attorney for William Balfour arrives at  Cook County Criminal Court, Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in Chicago as closing arguments are set to begin in Balfour's murder trial. Balfour, is charged in the 2008 murder of Oscar and Grammy winning performer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f083adc9-e443-42b8-8c2f-682248b4e683.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f083adc9-e443-42b8-8c2f-682248b4e683.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of Jennifer Hudson arrive at Cook County Criminal Court, Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in Chicago as closing arguments begin in the murder trial of William Balfour. Balfour, is charged in the 2008 murder of Oscar and Grammy winning performer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=787018fb-2d40-4a68-bc52-0e2dec4bc79a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="389" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=787018fb-2d40-4a68-bc52-0e2dec4bc79a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;James McKay, lead prosecutor in the William Balfour murder trial arrives at  Cook County Criminal Court, Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in Chicago as closing arguments are set to begin. Balfour, is charged in the 2008 murder of Oscar and Grammy winning performer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28b34a70-a4a4-4c67-9e6f-917d2995bcee.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="381" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28b34a70-a4a4-4c67-9e6f-917d2995bcee.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michelle Davis Balfour, the mother of William Balfour arrives at Cook County Criminal Court, Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in Chicago as closing arguments begin in her son's murder trial. Balfour, is charged in the 2008 murder of Oscar and Grammy winning performer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76ea5cd7-11e1-4d23-bc5d-da248e898f3e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76ea5cd7-11e1-4d23-bc5d-da248e898f3e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Amy Thompson, second from right, defense attorney for William Balfour, and her team return from hearing a question from the jury during deliberations at Cook County Criminal Court, Friday, May 11, 2012, in Chicago. Balfour, is charged in the 2008 murder of Oscar and Grammy winning performer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e850479c-5924-4e81-a04e-ac304f745b86.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="475" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e850479c-5924-4e81-a04e-ac304f745b86.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="143" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;James McKay, lead prosecutor in the William Balfour murder trial, returns from hearing a question from the jury during deliberations at Cook County Criminal Court, Friday, May 11, 2012, in Chicago. Balfour, is charged in the 2008 murder of Oscar and Grammy winning performer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=af413062-2ffb-4b41-95e6-f443ef607ce6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="488" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=af413062-2ffb-4b41-95e6-f443ef607ce6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided April 6, 2012 by the Cook County Sheriff's Department, shows William Balfour who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson. A Chicago jury has convicted Hudson's former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband. The jury convicted 31-year-old William Balfour on three-counts of first degree murder on Friday, May 11, 2012, after three days of deliberations. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=63364f65-c1cb-4cbf-b81a-a0e060496af5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=63364f65-c1cb-4cbf-b81a-a0e060496af5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided April 6, 2012 by the Cook County Sheriff's Department, shows William Balfour who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson. A Chicago jury has convicted Hudson's former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband. The jury convicted 31-year-old William Balfour on three-counts of first degree murder on Friday, May 11, 2012, after three days of deliberations. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=781ec3b9-7a52-4bd4-a281-0022701e7a27.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=781ec3b9-7a52-4bd4-a281-0022701e7a27.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this courtroom sketch, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, center, along with her fiance David Otunga, and sister Julia Hudson react in court in Chicago, Friday, May 11, 2012, after a jury convicted William Balfour for the October 2008 killings of her mother, brother and nephew. Balfour faces a mandatory life prison sentence. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9a180df3-02bc-4a17-a9a5-f8b73b5acfc0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9a180df3-02bc-4a17-a9a5-f8b73b5acfc0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2012 file photo, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson attends a book signing in New York. A Chicago jury has convicted Hudson's former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband. The jury convicted 31-year-old William Balfour on three-counts of first degree murder on Friday, May 11, 2012, after three days of deliberations. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a75aff2d-e98c-4c78-9e3a-976c8595df40.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a75aff2d-e98c-4c78-9e3a-976c8595df40.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Amy Thompson, defense attorney for William Balfour, speaks with the media Friday, May 11, 2012, in Chicago after Balfour was convicted of murdering the mother, brother and nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson. Balfour faces a mandatory life prison sentence. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ee34435-0489-41cb-8cca-db78afbbcfaf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ee34435-0489-41cb-8cca-db78afbbcfaf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;James McKay, right, prosecutor in the William Balfour murder trial, leaves court Friday, May 11, 2012, in Chicago after Balfour was convicted of murdering the mother, brother and nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson. Balfour faces a mandatory life prison sentence. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65927e06-f3bf-4cd1-8618-0a9dbd2ae99b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65927e06-f3bf-4cd1-8618-0a9dbd2ae99b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michelle Davis-Balfour, center, mother of William Balfour, speaks, hides her face Friday, May 11, 2012, in Chicago after Balfour was convicted of murdering the mother, brother and nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson. Balfour faces a mandatory life prison sentence. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ringing prompts phone ban at Hudson-related trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cellphones ringing during testimony at the trial of the man accused of killing relatives of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson so piqued a judge that he withdrew permission Wednesday for journalists to bring them into court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11505159-ringing-prompts-phone-ban-at-hudson-related-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11505159-ringing-prompts-phone-ban-at-hudson-related-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>journalists</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 18:06:38 +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>Court accommodations for Hudson at murder trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Chicago courthouse where the trial of the man accused of killing Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew is taking place has made certain accommodations for the actress and singer. Some say they violate a principle of equal treatment. Others say they're justified on security grounds. Among the accommodations:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11481472-court-accommodations-for-hudson-at-murder-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11481472-court-accommodations-for-hudson-at-murder-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>glance</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 07:12:30 +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>Court denies Hudson is getting star treatment</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Hudson arrives each day at the trial of the man accused of killing three of her close family members with her personal bodyguards in tow. She uses a secret entrance to elude photographers, eats in private and waits for proceedings to start in normally off-limits judge's chambers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11473085-court-denies-hudson-is-getting-star-treatment</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11473085-court-denies-hudson-is-getting-star-treatment</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:50:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8bc98f5a-2d5b-4bb6-b624-ccfec0e2b63b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8bc98f5a-2d5b-4bb6-b624-ccfec0e2b63b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This courtroom sketch shows Julia Hudson testifying during the first day of William Balfour's murder trial at the Cook County Criminal Court in Chicago, Monday, April 23, 2012. Balfour is charged in the 2008 murder of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42ee0ea4-e5d3-495b-b60f-4407c92cf004.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="488" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42ee0ea4-e5d3-495b-b60f-4407c92cf004.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour, who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. The judge hearing Balfour's murder case agreed Monday, April 30, 2012 to release the 911 recording of Julia Hudson, Jennifer Hudson's sister, at the request of several media outlets. On the tape, Julia Hudson begs a dispatcher for help after finding her mother shot dead inside the family's home on Chicago's South Side. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df8817b6-6742-453a-a5ea-5f0f88ebb0f1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="381" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df8817b6-6742-453a-a5ea-5f0f88ebb0f1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2008 file photo, Julia Hudson, sister of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, speaks at a news conference in Chicago. The judge hearing the murder case of William Balfour, charged in the 2008 killing of Julia's mother, brother and 7-year-old son, agreed Monday, April 30, 2012, to release the 911 recording of Julia Hudson at the request of several media outlets. On the tape, she begs a dispatcher for help after finding her mother shot dead inside the family's home on Chicago's South Side. (AP Photo/David Banks, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d12f0184-87d9-4b83-8b97-d129aa7497d5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d12f0184-87d9-4b83-8b97-d129aa7497d5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2012 file photo, Jennifer Hudson poses at The Pan African Film &amp; Arts Festival's opening night premiere of Screen Gems' &quot;Think Like a Man&quot; in Los Angeles. As Hudson watches the trial of the man accused of killing her family, she is playing the dual role of celebrity and crime victim. Some of the accommodations the court is making for her are because she's a star, but others, advocates say, are courtesies routinely extended to family members who have lived through tragedy. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=12cd0c68-bcf8-4444-ba28-bc30a0d2baf4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="359" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=12cd0c68-bcf8-4444-ba28-bc30a0d2baf4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson speaks in Chicago. Hudson is playing multiple roles at Chicagos Criminal Courts Building, that of celebrity and victim, as well as witness, as she attends the trial of William Balfour, accused in the killings of her three family members. Some accommodations are courtesies routinely extended to non-stars, but some, court spokesmen concede, are on account of her stardom. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3b5853e0-553a-474d-b846-9b2e57cc97f0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3b5853e0-553a-474d-b846-9b2e57cc97f0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This April 16, 2012 file photo shows the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago where the murder trial of William Balfour, accused in the killings of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's three family members is being tried. The actress and singer is playing multiple roles at Chicagos Criminal Courts Building &amp;#8212; celebrity and victim, as well as witness. Some accommodations are courtesies routinely extended to non-stars, but some, court spokesmen concede, are on account of her stardom. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Expert: Having Hudson testify 1st was shrewd</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former federal prosecutor says it was shrewd of prosecutors to call Jennifer Hudson as their first witness in the trial of the man accused of killing her family.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11357001-expert-having-hudson-testify-1st-was-shrewd</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11357001-expert-having-hudson-testify-1st-was-shrewd</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>expert</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:47:11 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a419e2d8-fa6f-4580-98ab-35a3aa41af2d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a419e2d8-fa6f-4580-98ab-35a3aa41af2d.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In a Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, Oscar and Grammy winning performer Jennifer Hudson answers questions from a reporter as she celebrates the release of her memoir, &quot;I Got This,&quot; at a book signing in Chicago. On Monday, April 23, 2012, opening statements begin in Chicago for William Balfour, charged in the killings of Hudson's mother, brother and nephew in 2008. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, 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/400/3c61f70d-6e21-4f0e-9216-fc4f26276ddf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3c61f70d-6e21-4f0e-9216-fc4f26276ddf.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this courtroom sketch, Willam Balfour, second from right, listens as Assistant State's Attorney Veryl Gambino gives opening statements before Cook County Judge Charles Burns at Balfour's murder trial, Monday, April 23, 2012, in Chicago. Balfour is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the October 2008 killings of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. Seated next to Balfour is defense attorney Edward Kozoboski.  (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hudson's sister testifies at murder trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[The sister of Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson has told jurors about discovering her slain mother's body in 2008.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11356549-hudsons-sister-testifies-at-murder-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11356549-hudsons-sister-testifies-at-murder-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>sister</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><category>oscar-winner-jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:16:30 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9c8950b6-3c5d-479e-bebb-47ebf70053c6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9c8950b6-3c5d-479e-bebb-47ebf70053c6.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided April 6, 2012 by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. On Monday, April 23, 2012, opening statements begin in Balfour's trial. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hudson arrives at Chicago trial over family deaths</title>
<description><![CDATA[A court official says Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson has arrived at a Chicago courthouse for the start of the trial of a man accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11353259-hudson-arrives-at-chicago-trial-over-family-deaths</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11353259-hudson-arrives-at-chicago-trial-over-family-deaths</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>arrival</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><category>oscar-winner-jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:14:42 +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/400/550fcbc2-56ea-4bb0-aceb-36563fa70cd9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="488" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/550fcbc2-56ea-4bb0-aceb-36563fa70cd9.jpg" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided April 6, 2012 by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. On Monday, April 23, 2012, opening statements begin in Balfour's trial. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, 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/400/48026096-95aa-4a82-9bf3-296fe6b81249.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/48026096-95aa-4a82-9bf3-296fe6b81249.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In a Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, Oscar and Grammy winning performer Jennifer Hudson answers questions from a reporter as she celebrates the release of her memoir, &quot;I Got This,&quot; at a book signing in Chicago. On Monday, April 23, 2012, opening statements begin in Chicago for William Balfour, charged in the killings of Hudson's mother, brother and nephew in 2008. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Day 4 of testimony at Hudson family murders trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors at the Chicago trial of the man accused of killing Jennifer Hudson's family head into their fourth day presenting evidence with no indication they're close to wrapping up their case.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11346171-day-4-of-testimony-at-hudson-family-murders-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11346171-day-4-of-testimony-at-hudson-family-murders-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><category>oscar-winner-jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:53:30 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4bea8967-1b1a-4e6a-89b5-547bb36a0b97.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4bea8967-1b1a-4e6a-89b5-547bb36a0b97.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This April 17, 2012, photo shows the former home of Jennifer Hudson and her family, boarded up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.  About the only difference between it and thousands of boarded-up buildings in Chicagos most notorious neighborhood is that Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson grew up here &amp;#8212; and her mother, brother and nephew died here, allegedly shot and killed by Hudsons brother-in-law, a known gang member. When the trial of William Balfour begins Monday, April 23 for the 2008 killings, it will be an all-too-familiar story of death and violence in Englewood on the citys South Side. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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/f6534314-f96c-49ad-98a3-99569ca58f7a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f6534314-f96c-49ad-98a3-99569ca58f7a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This April 17, 2012, photo shows the former home of Jennifer Hudson and her family boarded up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.  About the only difference between it and thousands of boarded-up buildings in Chicagos most notorious neighborhood is that Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson grew up here &amp;#8212; and her mother, brother and nephew died here, allegedly shot and killed by Hudsons brother-in-law, a known gang member. When the trial of William Balfour begins Monday, April 23 for the 2008 killings, it will be an all-too-familiar story of death and violence in Englewood on the citys South Side. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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/400/550fcbc2-56ea-4bb0-aceb-36563fa70cd9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="488" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/550fcbc2-56ea-4bb0-aceb-36563fa70cd9.jpg" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided April 6, 2012 by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. On Monday, April 23, 2012, opening statements begin in Balfour's trial. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, 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/400/48026096-95aa-4a82-9bf3-296fe6b81249.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/48026096-95aa-4a82-9bf3-296fe6b81249.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In a Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, Oscar and Grammy winning performer Jennifer Hudson answers questions from a reporter as she celebrates the release of her memoir, &quot;I Got This,&quot; at a book signing in Chicago. On Monday, April 23, 2012, opening statements begin in Chicago for William Balfour, charged in the killings of Hudson's mother, brother and nephew in 2008. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, 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/ec86eca2-a567-4503-9eb2-521f0c9fa657.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ec86eca2-a567-4503-9eb2-521f0c9fa657.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -  In an Oct. 28, 2008 file photo, a makeshift memorial for three family members of actress and singer Jennifer Hudson is seen outside Darnell Donerson's home in Chicago. Hudson's mother and brother Jason Hudson were found murdered in the house. A nephew, Julian King, was found shot to death in an SUV on the city's West Side. On Monday, April 23, 2012, opening statements begin in Chicago for William Balfour, charged in the killings. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, 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/400/52cebf46-732e-449b-9986-16159ef5b3ce.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/52cebf46-732e-449b-9986-16159ef5b3ce.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In an Oct. 28, 2008 file photo, Jeffery Wilder passes a makeshift memorial outside the Chicago home of Darnell Donerson, who along with her son, Jason Hudson, were found shot to death inside the home on Friday, Oct. 24. On Monday, Donerson's grandson, Julian King, was found shot to death in an SUV on the city's West Side. Donerson is the mother of singer and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. On Monday, April 23, 2012, opening statements begin in the trial of William Balfour, charged in the murder of Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogas, 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/400/9c8950b6-3c5d-479e-bebb-47ebf70053c6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9c8950b6-3c5d-479e-bebb-47ebf70053c6.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided April 6, 2012 by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. On Monday, April 23, 2012, opening statements begin in Balfour's trial. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, 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/a419e2d8-fa6f-4580-98ab-35a3aa41af2d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a419e2d8-fa6f-4580-98ab-35a3aa41af2d.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In a Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, Oscar and Grammy winning performer Jennifer Hudson answers questions from a reporter as she celebrates the release of her memoir, &quot;I Got This,&quot; at a book signing in Chicago. On Monday, April 23, 2012, opening statements begin in Chicago for William Balfour, charged in the killings of Hudson's mother, brother and nephew in 2008. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, 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/400/3c61f70d-6e21-4f0e-9216-fc4f26276ddf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3c61f70d-6e21-4f0e-9216-fc4f26276ddf.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this courtroom sketch, Willam Balfour, second from right, listens as Assistant State's Attorney Veryl Gambino gives opening statements before Cook County Judge Charles Burns at Balfour's murder trial, Monday, April 23, 2012, in Chicago. Balfour is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the October 2008 killings of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. Seated next to Balfour is defense attorney Edward Kozoboski.  (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)&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/400/3fb4b64d-e8ed-4dfa-9bbd-17ae82c9b172.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="331" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3fb4b64d-e8ed-4dfa-9bbd-17ae82c9b172.jpg" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Family members of William Balfour leave the courthouse for lunch during the first day of his murder trial at the Cook County Criminal Court in Chicago, Monday, April 23, 2012. Balfour is charged in the 2008 murder of Oscar winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b61bfd75-651b-4204-8403-9ddd2a0b985a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b61bfd75-651b-4204-8403-9ddd2a0b985a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this courtroom sketch, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson testifies Monday, April 23, 2012, in Chicago at the murder trial of William Balfour, charged in the October 2008 killings of her mother, brother and nephew. Looking on is Cook County Judge Charles Burns. Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson broke down in tears Monday while testifying at the trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in a jealous rage four years ago. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=752f8c8a-3816-4ee1-b417-f3d65ec00edf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=752f8c8a-3816-4ee1-b417-f3d65ec00edf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This courtroom sketch shows Jennifer Hudson right, and her fiance David Otunga looking on in the courtroom during the first day of William Balfour's murder trial at the Cook County Criminal Court in Chicago, Monday, April 23, 2012. Balfour is charged in the 2008 murder of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03b16b17-890d-4e43-a400-6ab2db16583f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03b16b17-890d-4e43-a400-6ab2db16583f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lead prosecutor James McKay walks to court at the Cook County Criminal Court on the first day of the murder trial of William Balfour, in Chicago, Monday, April 23, 2012. Balfour is charged in the 2008 murder of Oscar winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7cb8fb6-b8e6-4e56-a8ac-7615baa89bab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="333" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7cb8fb6-b8e6-4e56-a8ac-7615baa89bab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;William Balfour's defense attorney Amy Thompson, along with his defense team, walks to court at the Cook County Criminal Court on the first day of the trial of Balfour,  in Chicago, Monday, April 23, 2012. Balfour is charged in the 2008 murder of Oscar winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21b66d37-cde9-41dc-b545-3bda5106893c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21b66d37-cde9-41dc-b545-3bda5106893c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Documents pertaining to the William Balfour murder trial at the Cook County Criminal Court are wheeled into court on the first day of the trial in Chicago Monday, April 23, 2012. Balfour is charged in the 2008 murder of Oscar winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8bc98f5a-2d5b-4bb6-b624-ccfec0e2b63b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8bc98f5a-2d5b-4bb6-b624-ccfec0e2b63b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This courtroom sketch shows Julia Hudson testifying during the first day of William Balfour's murder trial at the Cook County Criminal Court in Chicago, Monday, April 23, 2012. Balfour is charged in the 2008 murder of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=876dc561-b13e-470f-a37b-e32fe447acc8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=876dc561-b13e-470f-a37b-e32fe447acc8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;William Balfour's defense team arrives at the Cook County Courthouse on the first day of the murder trial of Balfour, in Chicago, Monday, April 23, 2012. Balfour is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the Oct. 24, 2008, slayings Oscar winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d7c17d5-e1f5-47c8-be8f-0f6bd4442f40.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d7c17d5-e1f5-47c8-be8f-0f6bd4442f40.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Amy Thompson, a defense attorney for William Balfour, heads back to court in Chicago, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, following a lunch break on the second day of Balfour's trial. Balfour is charged in the October 2008 murders of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d87a42cd-41fe-4c0d-9f9a-1ad65ccd01b8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d87a42cd-41fe-4c0d-9f9a-1ad65ccd01b8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Amy Thompson, a defense attorney for William Balfour, heads back to court in Chicago, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, following a lunch break on the second day of Balfour's trial. Balfour is charged in the October 2008 murders of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aadac8a9-0968-40ed-adbf-0ea311afb399.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="392" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aadac8a9-0968-40ed-adbf-0ea311afb399.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lonnie Simpson, half-brother of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, leaves the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago after testifying on the second day of the trial of William Balfour, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Balfour is charged in the October 2008 murders of Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5728b271-20d8-485c-b193-4571997fcdb1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5728b271-20d8-485c-b193-4571997fcdb1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lonnie Simpson, half-brother of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, leaves the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago after testifying on the second day of the trial of William Balfour, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Balfour is charged in the October 2008 murders of Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a120482f-4bce-45cc-b776-04b2fea15e7c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="444" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a120482f-4bce-45cc-b776-04b2fea15e7c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided Oct. 24, 2008, by the Chicago Police Department shows 7-year-old Julian King, the nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, who was found killed in October 2008. On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, testimony focused on the abduction and murder of the youngest victim during the third day in the Chicago murder trial of William Balfour, charged with King's death as well as the deaths of Hudson's mother and brother. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hudson trial showcases violent Chicago 'hood</title>
<description><![CDATA[The house is like many others nearby. Blinded by boards over windows after witnessing the worst kind of violence, the white two-story house, its paint chipped and its front steps crumbling, sits vacant behind a rusty iron fence that separates an overgrown yard from the cracked sidewalk.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Babwin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Babwin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11337268-hudson-trial-showcases-violent-chicago-hood</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11337268-hudson-trial-showcases-violent-chicago-hood</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>neighborhood</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:36:34 +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/400/4bea8967-1b1a-4e6a-89b5-547bb36a0b97.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4bea8967-1b1a-4e6a-89b5-547bb36a0b97.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This April 17, 2012, photo shows the former home of Jennifer Hudson and her family, boarded up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.  About the only difference between it and thousands of boarded-up buildings in Chicagos most notorious neighborhood is that Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson grew up here &amp;#8212; and her mother, brother and nephew died here, allegedly shot and killed by Hudsons brother-in-law, a known gang member. When the trial of William Balfour begins Monday, April 23 for the 2008 killings, it will be an all-too-familiar story of death and violence in Englewood on the citys South Side. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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/f6534314-f96c-49ad-98a3-99569ca58f7a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f6534314-f96c-49ad-98a3-99569ca58f7a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This April 17, 2012, photo shows the former home of Jennifer Hudson and her family boarded up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.  About the only difference between it and thousands of boarded-up buildings in Chicagos most notorious neighborhood is that Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson grew up here &amp;#8212; and her mother, brother and nephew died here, allegedly shot and killed by Hudsons brother-in-law, a known gang member. When the trial of William Balfour begins Monday, April 23 for the 2008 killings, it will be an all-too-familiar story of death and violence in Englewood on the citys South Side. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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/400/7714d96c-6440-4bdf-b610-83207a2e8725.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7714d96c-6440-4bdf-b610-83207a2e8725.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This April 17, 2012, photo shows the former home of Jennifer Hudson and her family boarded up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.  About the only difference between it and thousands of boarded-up buildings in Chicagos most notorious neighborhood is that Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson grew up here &amp;#8212; and her mother, brother and nephew died here, allegedly shot and killed by Hudsons brother-in-law, a known gang member. When the trial of William Balfour begins Monday, April 23 for the 2008 killings, it will be an all-too-familiar story of death and violence in Englewood on the citys South Side. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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/e7cdc78b-f334-4a7f-9b12-31e506c3566a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e7cdc78b-f334-4a7f-9b12-31e506c3566a.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 17, 2012, photo, Homer Wright poses for a photo in his bar in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Wright was arrested after he shot a man allegedly trying to break into his home, with authorities later dropping the charges. Wright says he needs a gun to protect himself and his tavern in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. When the trial of William Balfour begins Monday, April 23 for the 2008 killings of three of singer and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's family it will be an all-too-familiar story of death and violence in Englewood on the citys South Side. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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/400/14cf5040-7d30-4566-9792-b98ac9de0e69.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/14cf5040-7d30-4566-9792-b98ac9de0e69.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 17, 2012, photo, Antie Moore stands in front of the former home of Jennifer Hudson and her family in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Moore, a longtime Englewood resident, says crime is rampant in the community and that since the slayings of Hudson's family members, vandals have broken into the Hudson house at least twice to steal construction material. Opening statements begin in the murder trial of William Balfour on Monday, April 23. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hudson, Refaeli not happy with airport screenings</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11269500-hudson-refaeli-not-happy-with-airport-screenings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11269500-hudson-refaeli-not-happy-with-airport-screenings</guid><category>security</category><category>hudson</category><category>jennifer</category><category>drama</category><category>hassle</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><category>refaeli</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>encountered</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:47:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120418-hudson-rafaeli.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120418-hudson-rafaeli.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Flying is a hassle, even when you're a celebrity.  Just ask Jennifer Hudson and Bar Refaeli, who both encountered some drama as they passed through airport security this week.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Independent report disputes NJ gov's tunnel fears</title>
<description><![CDATA[Projected cost overruns for a massive rail tunnel project were below what Gov. Chris Christie used as justification for scrapping the project, according to an independent congressional report released Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Porter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Porter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11117980-independent-report-disputes-nj-govs-tunnel-fears</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11117980-independent-report-disputes-nj-govs-tunnel-fears</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>hudson</category><category>tunnel</category><category>us-news</category><category>hudson-river</category><category>trans</category><category>chris-christie</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:18:27 +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>Chicago jury chosen in Hudson family murder trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jury selection wrapped up Tuesday for the Chicago trial of the man accused of killing the mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew of actress and singer Jennifer Hudson.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/08/11084931-chicago-jury-chosen-in-hudson-family-murder-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/08/11084931-chicago-jury-chosen-in-hudson-family-murder-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>il</category><category>vera-wang</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:15:47 +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/400/1ce73e9f-ef73-4d74-bdd6-022c6931ab3a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1ce73e9f-ef73-4d74-bdd6-022c6931ab3a.jpg" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2012 file photo, Jennifer Hudson performs &quot;I Will Always Love You&quot; during the In Memoriam portion of the 54th annual Grammy Awards  in Los Angeles. More accustomed to walking a red carpet in Vera Wang ballgowns, performing at the Grammy Awards or autographing her new book about weight-loss, the Oscar-winning actress and singer's next public appearance won't be glamorous. The starlet will be under a whole different spotlight in April 2012 in Chicago when she is expected to attend the triple murder trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, 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/400/7932bfc3-42b5-4787-9e5e-317236d08c2c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7932bfc3-42b5-4787-9e5e-317236d08c2c.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 2, 2011 file photo, Jennifer Hudson arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala in New York. More accustomed to walking a red carpet in Vera Wang ballgowns, performing at the Grammy Awards or autographing her new book about weight-loss, the Oscar-winning actress and singer's next public appearance won't be glamorous. The starlet will be under a whole different spotlight in April 2012 in Chicago when she is expected to attend the triple murder trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photos/Peter Kramer, 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/f445c50d-bfcb-46cb-85c4-441075231b1d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f445c50d-bfcb-46cb-85c4-441075231b1d.jpg" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2007 file photo, Jennifer Hudson reacts  backstage after winning best supporting actress for her work in &quot;Dreamgirls&quot; during the 79th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. More accustomed to walking a red carpet in Vera Wang ballgowns, performing at the Grammy Awards or autographing her new book about weight-loss, the Oscar-winning actress and singer's next public appearance won't be glamorous. The starlet will be under a whole different spotlight in April 2012 in Chicago when she is expected to attend the triple murder trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, 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/d9baf492-9271-4fc6-8b18-47dfe4b558d8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d9baf492-9271-4fc6-8b18-47dfe4b558d8.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2012 file photo, Jennifer Hudson performs &quot;I Will Always Love You&quot; during the In Memoriam portion of the 54th annual Grammy Awards  in Los Angeles. More accustomed to walking a red carpet in Vera Wang ballgowns, performing at the Grammy Awards or autographing her new book about weight-loss, the Oscar-winning actress and singer's next public appearance won't be glamorous. The starlet will be under a whole different spotlight in April 2012 in Chicago when she is expected to attend the triple murder trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, 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/400/3319aea9-14d0-4944-8f1f-ebcc97d11a8b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="474" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3319aea9-14d0-4944-8f1f-ebcc97d11a8b.jpg" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, singer and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson speaks in Chicago. On Monday, April 9, 2012, a judge will question potential jurors as jury selection begins in earnest at the Chicago trial of William Balfour, the man accused of murdering Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in 2008. Testimony begins April 23. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, 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/bafc5c14-13bb-4257-acd3-00283132721d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="488" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bafc5c14-13bb-4257-acd3-00283132721d.jpg" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided April 6, 2012 by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. On Monday, April 9, 2012, A judge will question potential jurors as jury selection begins in earnest in Balfour's Chicago trial. Testimony begins April 23. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Potential jurors in Hudson case asked about singer</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Hudson takes center stage in a questionnaire that potential jurors are being asked to fill out to determine if they will be allowed to decide whether or not a man is guilty in the slayings of the singer's mother, brother and nephew.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Babwin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Babwin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/05/11039448-potential-jurors-in-hudson-case-asked-about-singer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/05/11039448-potential-jurors-in-hudson-case-asked-about-singer</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Apr 2012 18:12:37 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/da420d58-fea7-4e8c-9c7a-298e4e0d7125.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="397" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/da420d58-fea7-4e8c-9c7a-298e4e0d7125.jpg" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer Jennifer Hudson attends the Revlon Concert for the Rainforest Fund dinner and auction at The Pierre Hotel on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)&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/f7be5f05-0d99-4020-ad0b-7ef68efb5897.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="397" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f7be5f05-0d99-4020-ad0b-7ef68efb5897.jpg" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;La cantante Jennifer Hudson asiste la gala de Revlon a favor de Rainforest Fund en el Hotel Pierre de Nueva York en una fotografía de archivo del 3 de abril de 2012. La selección del jurado para el juicio contra el hombre acusado de los homicidios cometidos en 2008 de la madre de Hudson, su hermano y un sobrino de 7 años comenzó el jueves 5 de abril de 2012. (Foto AP/Evan Agostini)&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/400/22abab14-70da-4586-a743-37f0b707c997.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="397" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/22abab14-70da-4586-a743-37f0b707c997.jpg" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;La cantante Jennifer Hudson asiste la gala de Revlon a favor de Rainforest Fund en el Hotel Pierre de Nueva York en una fotografía de archivo del 3 de abril de 2012. Continúa la selección del jurado para el juicio contra el hombre acusado de los homicidios cometidos en 2008 de la madre de Hudson, su hermano y un sobrino de 7 años,. (Foto AP/Evan Agostini)&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/c80327ce-d2ba-4333-88c2-3f957e147926.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="488" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c80327ce-d2ba-4333-88c2-3f957e147926.jpg" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided April 6, 2012 by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. Hudson takes center stage in a questionnaire that potential jurors are being asked to fill out to determine if they will be allowed to decide whether or not Balfour is guilty in the slayings. Nine of the 66 questions released to The Associated Press and other media outlets Friday, April 6, 2012 dealt with Hudson's career in movies, television and as an author. Jury selection begins Monday, April 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chase Bank Occupiers: Not Guilty. &quot;A Huge Victory&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[March 15th, 2012, the "Chase 5" of Occupy Seattle have been proven "Not Guilty" for the allegations of criminal trespass after engaging in a sit-in at a local Chase bank branch. The bank management had locked the doors, trapping the protesters inside while they called 911 to repo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[parlevrai]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[parlevrai]]></source><link>http://democratietotale.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10715453-chase-bank-occupiers-not-guilty-a-huge-victory</link><guid>http://democratietotale.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10715453-chase-bank-occupiers-not-guilty-a-huge-victory</guid><category>washington</category><category>national</category><category>5</category><category>bank</category><category>chase</category><category>hudson</category><category>american</category><category>ceo</category><category>civil</category><category>lawyers</category><category>michael</category><category>price</category><category>seattle</category><category>march</category><category>union</category><category>king</category><category>2012</category><category>stevens</category><category>wright</category><category>guild</category><category>us-news</category><category>simmons</category><category>morgan</category><category>aclu</category><category>david</category><category>county</category><category>sarah</category><category>hancock</category><category>braden</category><category>liberties</category><category>jp</category><category>danielle</category><category>15</category><category>liam</category><category>occupy</category><category>nlg</category><category>svodbodny</category><category>williams-eynon</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:09:10 +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=democratietotaleBFB7C843-F2C9-9AF7-25E7-D418033C9BDC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=democratietotaleBFB7C843-F2C9-9AF7-25E7-D418033C9BDC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Prosecutor: Many threats before Hudson killings</title>
<description><![CDATA[The man accused of killing Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew had threatened to kill members of the family at least two dozen times before the October 2008 slayings, a prosecutor said during a Friday hearing in Chicago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Babwin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Babwin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/09/10626503-prosecutor-many-threats-before-hudson-killings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/09/10626503-prosecutor-many-threats-before-hudson-killings</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2012 22:46:18 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/83beab9b-2028-45df-a20e-b32ec972f25e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="368" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/83beab9b-2028-45df-a20e-b32ec972f25e.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -  This Dec. 3, 2008 file booking photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour. Balfour, accused of killing the mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson on Chicago's South Side in 2008, is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing Friday, March 9, 2012. Jennifer Hudson is on the witness list for the upcoming Chicago trial of Balfour, according to court documents. But prosecutors haven't yet disclosed whether Hudson will actually testify at the April 9 trial of Balfour, who was the estranged husband of Hudson's sister, Julia.   (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hudson on witness list for upcoming murder trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is on the witness list for the upcoming Chicago trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in 2008, according to court documents.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10527835-hudson-on-witness-list-for-upcoming-murder-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10527835-hudson-on-witness-list-for-upcoming-murder-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>slayings</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:11:36 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/676d40a1-bef9-4003-9fe4-2e21632391ad.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="474" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/676d40a1-bef9-4003-9fe4-2e21632391ad.jpg" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson speaks in Chicago. Hudson is on the witness list for the upcoming trial of William Balfour, who is accused of killing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in Chicago in 2008. Prosecutors haven't yet disclosed whether Hudson will actually testify at Balfour's trial, which is slated to begin April 9. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, 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/400/898941d5-0eba-4b09-954c-fc1eec220165.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="367" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/898941d5-0eba-4b09-954c-fc1eec220165.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -  This Dec. 3, 2008 file booking photo released by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour. Balfour, accused of killing the mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson on Chicago's South Side in 2008, is scheduled to stand trial April 9, 2012. Hudson is on the witness list for the upcoming trial, but prosecutors haven't yet disclosed whether Hudson will actually testify at Balfour's trial. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jennifer Hudson, tattoo artist? Could've happened</title>
<description><![CDATA[If the whole singing and acting thing ever falls apart for Jennifer Hudson, you might find her working at a tattoo parlor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Quarles]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Quarles]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/11/10384138-jennifer-hudson-tattoo-artist-couldve-happened</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/11/10384138-jennifer-hudson-tattoo-artist-couldve-happened</guid><category>us</category><category>music</category><category>hudson</category><category>us-news</category><category>grammywatch</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:12:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/96ca23ab-1cb7-4af6-b924-fe0ab61c6108.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="438" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/96ca23ab-1cb7-4af6-b924-fe0ab61c6108.jpg" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 photo, singer Jennifer Hudson poses at The Pan African Film &amp; Arts Festival's opening night premiere of Screen Gems' &quot;Think Like a Man&quot; in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>