<?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 - investigators</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/investigators</link><description>Newsvine - investigators</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:00:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 07:52:11 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Ex-investigators for HP sentenced in fraud case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two former private investigators were each sentenced Thursday to three years of probation for their roles in an infamous Silicon Valley spying scandal in which prosecutors said they used false identities to access the Social Security numbers and other information on Hewlett-Packard board members, employees and journalists.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry Collins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Terry Collins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12696529-ex-investigators-for-hp-sentenced-in-fraud-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12696529-ex-investigators-for-hp-sentenced-in-fraud-case</guid><category>us</category><category>social-security</category><category>hewlett-packard</category><category>us-news</category><category>silicon-valley</category><category>packard</category><category>investigators</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:11:53 +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=a72df8c6-ae69-475f-8e8e-b6bf44dde810.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a72df8c6-ae69-475f-8e8e-b6bf44dde810.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Two former private investigators, Joseph DePante, left, and his son Mathew DePante charged with allegedly using false identities to access the phone records of Hewlett-Packard board members, employees and journalists are scheduled for sentencing in federal court Thursday July 12, 2012. They are due in U.S. District Court in San Jose on Thursday to accept a likely sentence of three years of probation and six months of electronic monitoring as part of a plea deal after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit Social Security fraud in February. (AP Photo/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=226c1606-932c-4392-8dc9-04cabccb50f5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="506" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=226c1606-932c-4392-8dc9-04cabccb50f5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Joesph Depante of Action Research Group testifies at the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Sept. 28, 2006 file photo taken in Washington. Joseph DePante and his son Mathew DePante are charged with allegedly using false identities to access the phone records of Hewlett-Packard board members, employees and journalists are scheduled for sentencing in federal court Thursday July 12, 2012. They are due in U.S. District Court in San Jose on Thursday to accept a likely sentence of three years of probation and six months of electronic monitoring as part of a plea deal after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit Social Security fraud in February. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)&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=4793f51a-eef3-470c-aa32-284241d0f8e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4793f51a-eef3-470c-aa32-284241d0f8e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Matthew DePante, of Florida-based Action Research Group Inc., listens during a hearing in a San Jose, Calif., courtroom, in this Oct. 10, 2006 file photo. Mathew DePante and his father Joseph DePante are charged with allegedly using false identities to access the phone records of Hewlett-Packard board members, employees and journalists are scheduled for sentencing in federal court Thursday July 12, 2012. They are due in U.S. District Court in San Jose on Thursday to accept a likely sentence of three years of probation and six months of electronic monitoring as part of a plea deal after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit Social Security fraud in February.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Paige Birgfeld mystery: Missing woman's body found</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10615175-paige-birgfeld-mystery-missing-womans-body-found</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10615175-paige-birgfeld-mystery-missing-womans-body-found</guid><category>mom</category><category>colorado</category><category>western</category><category>escort</category><category>blunt</category><category>attractive</category><category>investigators</category><category>vanished</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:44:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Report: Safety device disabled on deadly NYC elevator</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/27/10520025-report-safety-device-disabled-on-deadly-nyc-elevator</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/27/10520025-report-safety-device-disabled-on-deadly-nyc-elevator</guid><category>death</category><category>safety</category><category>advertising</category><category>elevator</category><category>manhattan</category><category>mechanism</category><category>investigators</category><category>crushed</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:00:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Blood found in home where toddler vanished</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/28/10264997-blood-found-in-home-where-toddler-vanished</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/28/10264997-blood-found-in-home-where-toddler-vanished</guid><category>blood</category><category>home</category><category>missing</category><category>toddler</category><category>maine</category><category>investigators</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>they've</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:20:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'All-out search' for 'shy' girl gone missing</title>
<description><![CDATA[STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. - Police on Friday went door-to-door in an "all-out search" for a missing 11-year-old girl in a small New Hampshire town near the Canadian border.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/29/7196589-all-out-search-for-shy-girl-gone-missing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/29/7196589-all-out-search-for-shy-girl-gone-missing</guid><category>life</category><category>today</category><category>nightline</category><category>she</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>noyes</category><category>investigators</category><category>cass</category><category>celina</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:46:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>French team arrives in Rwanda to probe 1994 crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[French investigators said Monday they will try to find out who shot down the plane carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi in 1994, sparking the Rwandan genocide that killed more than half a million people.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edmund Kagire]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Edmund Kagire]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/13/5101200-french-team-arrives-in-rwanda-to-probe-1994-crash</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/13/5101200-french-team-arrives-in-rwanda-to-probe-1994-crash</guid><category>france</category><category>rwanda</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>investigators</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:58:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Burglars break into Russian investigators' office</title>
<description><![CDATA[Russia's top crime investigation body says burglars broke into its Moscow offices, tied up a private security guard and opened 25 safes &#8212; but walked away with only a television and a surveillance camera.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/31/5007195-burglars-break-into-russian-investigators-office</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/31/5007195-burglars-break-into-russian-investigators-office</guid><category>eu</category><category>russia</category><category>theft</category><category>world-news</category><category>investigators</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:32:50 +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>Rebuilding Afghanistan will be long, costly effort</title>
<description><![CDATA[The effort to stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan will be lengthy, complicated and expensive, government watchdogs said Wednesday in a sobering assessment of the challenges facing the Obama administration.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/25/2597579-rebuilding-afghanistan-will-be-long-costly-effort</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/25/2597579-rebuilding-afghanistan-will-be-long-costly-effort</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>politics</category><category>investigators</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:56:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A glance at the Army's Criminal Investigation Command</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Army Criminal Investigation Command, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., has about 1,800 agents and support personnel and is responsible for investigating serious crimes committed against the service or by troops.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/12/1567005-a-glance-at-the-armys-criminal-investigation-command</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/12/1567005-a-glance-at-the-armys-criminal-investigation-command</guid><category>army</category><category>glance</category><category>us-news</category><category>investigators</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:12:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Too many dollars, too few Army investigators</title>
<description><![CDATA[Double-billing. Bribes. Kickbacks. Military contracts are big targets for serious crimes &#8212; and there aren't nearly enough investigators to catch them all.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/12/1567003-too-many-dollars-too-few-army-investigators</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/12/1567003-too-many-dollars-too-few-army-investigators</guid><category>army</category><category>us-news</category><category>investigators</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:11:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/196d90c9-925d-4767-83e4-2eb7907a456f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/196d90c9-925d-4767-83e4-2eb7907a456f.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 9, 2005, photo, bags of rice purchased from the United States are moved by Iraqi workers at the southern Iraq seaport terminal at Um Qasr. The Army's Criminal Investigation Command is pushing for a dramatic increase in the number of special agents who hunt down crooked companies and corrupt officials preying on weaknesses in the military acquisition system. The dependence on contractors in combat zones has created an environment ripe for contract fraud. Deals are made quickly, often with foreign companies, in countries where bribes are a routine of doing business. (AP Photo/Antonio Castaneda)&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/400/3c526105-7e2a-49f8-8962-3caa8a0a2903.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3c526105-7e2a-49f8-8962-3caa8a0a2903.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 7, 2005, file photo, U.S. soldiers line up to order food from a Burger King fast food shop at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq. The Army's Criminal Investigation Command is pushing for a dramatic increase in the number of special agents who hunt down crooked companies and corrupt officials preying on weaknesses in the military acquisition system. The dependence on contractors in combat zones has created an environment ripe for contract fraud. Deals are made quickly, often with foreign companies, in countries where bribes are a routine of doing business. (AP Photo/Chris Tomlinson)&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/400/8bb71d68-84b1-4086-ad6d-b81a3c7036be.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8bb71d68-84b1-4086-ad6d-b81a3c7036be.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 2, 2006, file photo, An employee of a private generator company, which supplies electricity to most Baghdad residents, works on circuit breakers in Baghdad, Iraq. The Army's Criminal Investigation Command is pushing for a dramatic increase in the number of special agents who hunt down crooked companies and corrupt officials preying on weaknesses in the military acquisition system. The dependence on contractors in combat zones has created an environment ripe for contract fraud. Deals are made quickly, often with foreign companies, in countries where bribes are a routine of doing business. (AP Photo Hadi Mizban)&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/e6709248-d780-4457-b20f-55327260bd22.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="386" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e6709248-d780-4457-b20f-55327260bd22.jpg" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 23, 2008, photo, a U.S. Marine watches as a load of water is lifted by a Chinook helicopter the al-Asad Air Base in Iraq.  U.S. Marines' Combat Logistics Battalion 4. The Army's Criminal Investigation Command is pushing for a dramatic increase in the number of special agents who hunt down crooked companies and corrupt officials preying on weaknesses in the military acquisition system. The dependence on contractors in combat zones has created an environment ripe for contract fraud. Deals are made quickly, often with foreign companies, in countries where bribes are a routine of doing business.  (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)&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/400/6cbd2938-341a-4656-8de9-844767303a37.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6cbd2938-341a-4656-8de9-844767303a37.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Sept. 19, 2007, file photo, cranes tower over a construction site in Irbil, north of Baghdad. The Army's Criminal Investigation Command is pushing for a dramatic increase in the number of special agents who hunt down crooked companies and corrupt officials preying on weaknesses in the military acquisition system. The dependence on contractors in combat zones has created an environment ripe for contract fraud. Deals are made quickly, often with foreign companies, in countries where bribes are a routine of doing business. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FTC settles with investigators in HP spy scheme</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday it agreed to $600,000 in settlements and judgments against several private investigators involved in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying case.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dibya Sarkar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dibya Sarkar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/28/1517411-ftc-settles-with-investigators-in-hp-spy-scheme</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/28/1517411-ftc-settles-with-investigators-in-hp-spy-scheme</guid><category>technology</category><category>ftc</category><category>federal-trade-commission</category><category>hp</category><category>investigators</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 21:33:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NYC Ghost Investigators Just a Call Away</title>
<description><![CDATA[Something strange going on in your neighborhood? You may want to give Brooklyn Ghost Investigations a call. For $20 an hour, the group of self-proclaimed paranormal investigators offers to go to your house to help chase away whatever goes bump in the night.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/04/1343496-nyc-ghost-investigators-just-a-call-away</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/04/1343496-nyc-ghost-investigators-just-a-call-away</guid><category>ghost</category><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>investigators</category><category>brooklyn-ghost-investigations</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:56:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US Reducing Investigators in Iraq</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. plans to reduce the number of auditors and investigators at its development agency in Baghdad, The Associated Press has learned.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/29/1335049-us-reducing-investigators-in-iraq</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/29/1335049-us-reducing-investigators-in-iraq</guid><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>usaid</category><category>investigators</category><category>usaid-investigators</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:09:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>