<?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 - king</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/king</link><description>Newsvine - king</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:17:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:56:01 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Paul... A god?</title>
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Paul on the Island of Malta
Once we were safe on shore, we learned that we were on the island of Malta.&nbsp;2The people of the island were very kind to us. It was cold and rainy, so they built a fire on the shore to welcome us.
As Paul gathered an armful of sticks and was layin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[elatrice]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[elatrice]]></source><link>http://elatrice.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320103-paul-a-god</link><guid>http://elatrice.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320103-paul-a-god</guid><category>europe</category><category>human</category><category>religion</category><category>disease</category><category>news</category><category>god</category><category>king</category><category>bible</category><category>jesus</category><category>malta</category><category>paul</category><category>lord</category><category>snakes</category><category>luke</category><category>physician</category><category>universal-law</category><category>the-almighty</category><category>vipor</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:02:06 +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=elatrice48AAD4A9-7E64-CD55-16CF-62C251AE3ED7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="216" width="233" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=elatrice48AAD4A9-7E64-CD55-16CF-62C251AE3ED7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="112" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Consider this: Though in cases with nonprey, such as humans, they may give a dry bite (not inject any venom). Only 0.2% (1 out of 500) venomous snake bites result in death.Abscess formation is a common complication found in patients bitten by Viperidae snakes. Abscesses are not contagious, but the bacteria that cause them can spread from person to person and can cause other types of infections&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=elatriceC5B279C2-1A96-15E5-26D4-1505C573C703.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="194" width="258" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=elatriceC5B279C2-1A96-15E5-26D4-1505C573C703.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;the capital city of Malta, La Valleta is the safest place in Europe,The capital city of Malta, La Valleta is the safest place in Europe, &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=elatriceE34F3FA1-AC44-A165-6237-29C2594C4CC9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="54" width="80" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=elatriceE34F3FA1-AC44-A165-6237-29C2594C4CC9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="80" height="54" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP&amp;#8217;s Big Benghazi &amp;#8216;Bombshell&amp;#8217; Turns Out To Be Another Big Dud | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[The "stupid" party makes sure everyone knows how stupid they are!
Tuesday  began as a good day for Senator Lindsey Graham. He was excited about  hearings on Benghazi, hoping that three &ldquo;whistleblowers&rdquo; would come up  with the information he and his GOP buddies need t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18148755-gops-big-benghazi-bombshell-turns-out-to-be-another-big-dud-addicting-info</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18148755-gops-big-benghazi-bombshell-turns-out-to-be-another-big-dud-addicting-info</guid><category>force</category><category>graham</category><category>clinton</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>commander</category><category>news</category><category>king</category><category>fox</category><category>darrell</category><category>jason</category><category>hillary</category><category>trey</category><category>cummings</category><category>insanity</category><category>hearings</category><category>elizabeth</category><category>lindsey</category><category>issa</category><category>gowdy</category><category>benghazi</category><category>elijah</category><category>chaffetz</category><category>in-extremis</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 15:34:03 +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=don-overton66B9F214-DF19-5F1B-8463-E166F31F9A65.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="276" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton66B9F214-DF19-5F1B-8463-E166F31F9A65.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Demagoguery Supplemented by a Touch of Cruelty </title>
<description><![CDATA[
In the Great Sequestration Debate, here&rsquo;s what we know: (a) The president has paternity of an idea he now characterizes as a brutal and senseless assault on America. (b) The president and his then-chief of staff, Jack Lew, misled the public about their role in giving birt&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18054435-obama-demagoguery-supplemented-by-a-touch-of-cruelty</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18054435-obama-demagoguery-supplemented-by-a-touch-of-cruelty</guid><category>dictator</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>king</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>senate-democrats</category><category>judiciary-committee</category><category>messiah</category><category>andrew-johnson</category><category>demagogue</category><category>annointed-one</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 May 2013 15:54:21 +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=cornhusker4palinEE5FE0B7-3018-25DA-32F3-8107F324914F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="73" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinEE5FE0B7-3018-25DA-32F3-8107F324914F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="22" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In Six Short Months, President Obama Has Lost His Mojo </title>
<description><![CDATA[
And where Barack Obama, already naturally inclined to believe his own loftiness, graciously accepted the kingly crown and proceeded to ride his re-election success to a crushing victory over the GOP at the fiscal cliff, leaving a humiliated John Boehner &amp; Co. with nothing b&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18027857-in-six-short-months-president-obama-has-lost-his-mojo</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18027857-in-six-short-months-president-obama-has-lost-his-mojo</guid><category>naked</category><category>politics</category><category>king</category><category>obama</category><category>mojo</category><category>emperor</category><category>no-clothes</category><category>sequester</category><category>rule-over-us</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 04:55:55 +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=cornhusker4palin50AFE360-2637-C357-397D-C0F723E5EC32.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="175" width="170" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin50AFE360-2637-C357-397D-C0F723E5EC32.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="124" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Budweiser introducing bowtie-shaped can </title>
<description><![CDATA[
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Anheuser-Busch is introducing a new, bowtie-shaped beer can that mirrors its iconic Budweiser logo.The St. Louis-based subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV said Wednesday that the new cans will be available in a special 8-pack nationwide beginning May 6.The ca&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17795241-budweiser-introducing-bowtie-shaped-can</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17795241-budweiser-introducing-bowtie-shaped-can</guid><category>business</category><category>new</category><category>can</category><category>beer</category><category>king</category><category>budweiser</category><category>drink</category><category>logo</category><category>cool</category><category>shape</category><category>bowtie</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:13:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater0396E841-2C2F-72C3-D312-B37673955FE1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater0396E841-2C2F-72C3-D312-B37673955FE1.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>Daily Kos: There are heroes, and then there are people who make things worse</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's a bit early to hand out the award for Worst American, in the wake  of yet another act of mass murder on the national stage, but I would be  surprised if anyone manages to beat professional conspiracy peddler and  continued actual cable news guest Alex Jones. His contribution&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17782937-daily-kos-there-are-heroes-and-then-there-are-people-who-make-things-worse</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17782937-daily-kos-there-are-heroes-and-then-there-are-people-who-make-things-worse</guid><category>jones</category><category>politics</category><category>marathon</category><category>boston</category><category>alex</category><category>bombing</category><category>king</category><category>steve</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>conservative</category><category>theories</category><category>stockman</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:32:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton8AC73C00-6F31-D0F3-F7CE-93E8D4A90FE6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton8AC73C00-6F31-D0F3-F7CE-93E8D4A90FE6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MLK's Niece: Blacks Must Find Common Ground on Divisive Issues</title>
<description><![CDATA[
If he were alive today, Martin Luther King would work hard to stop the divisiveness between black conservatives and black Democrats and blistering attacks on prominent African-Americans like Dr. Ben Carson, the niece of the late civil rights leader says.&ldquo;My uncle would ju&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17773531-mlks-niece-blacks-must-find-common-ground-on-divisive-issues</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17773531-mlks-niece-blacks-must-find-common-ground-on-divisive-issues</guid><category>politics</category><category>king</category><category>african-americans</category><category>common-ground</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:50:40 +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=cornhusker4palin98770493-BD26-F8B8-DD78-F956C09D0ABC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin98770493-BD26-F8B8-DD78-F956C09D0ABC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A Day Of Terror In Boston</title>
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&ldquo;If anything good can come out of such a horrible event as today, maybe it will be a wake-up call that we have enemies that are out to destroy us. They never let up and in many ways they are more treacherous than they were before September 11th because they&rsquo;ve metas&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17769567-a-day-of-terror-in-boston</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17769567-a-day-of-terror-in-boston</guid><category>bombs</category><category>terror</category><category>marathon</category><category>boston</category><category>king</category><category>us-news</category><category>oreilly</category><category>fox-nation</category><category>americas-talking</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:44:19 +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=cornhusker4palin699103BF-998A-F89A-DBA8-016F9D9774F7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="155" width="276" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin699103BF-998A-F89A-DBA8-016F9D9774F7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fray guitarist receives encouragement from U2</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fray guitarist Joe King recently found out how supportive U2 can be when he sent his new single to the band.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Carucci]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Carucci]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17720817-fray-guitarist-receives-encouragement-from-u2</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17720817-fray-guitarist-receives-encouragement-from-u2</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>music</category><category>king</category><category>joe-king</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:56:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4e78c12b-fb69-416b-b636-3e9345c25483.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4e78c12b-fb69-416b-b636-3e9345c25483.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This April 4, 2013 photo shows guitarist Joe King from the band, The Fray, in New York. After listening to Need a Girl By Friday, King said that U2 frontman Bono told him in an email:  I need a song like this every Friday. It's just encouraging to get that kind of response from people you respect and look up to, King said. His relationship with the band started a few years ago when The Fray opened up for U2 during their last tour. (AP Photo/John Carucci)&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=0124975f-ccc9-4f77-8ad9-f2246bdf903d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0124975f-ccc9-4f77-8ad9-f2246bdf903d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Aug. 13, 2012 file photo shows members of The Fray, from left, Joe King, from left, Ben Wysocki, Isaac Slade and Dave Welsh on NBC's &quot;Today&quot; show in New York. After listening to Need a Girl By Friday, King said that U2 frontman Bono told him in an email:  I need a song like this every Friday. It's just encouraging to get that kind of response from people you respect and look up to, King said. His relationship with the band started a few years ago when The Fray opened up for U2 during their last tou (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Yearns To Have The Absolute Power Of A King</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;Rather than celebrate our country's unique heritage of limited government, the president complains that he's constrained by the Founders. Here's a man hungry for raw power.
Just so that we won't be accused of taking his comments out of context, here they are:
"The gover&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17682788-obama-yearns-to-have-the-absolute-power-of-a-king</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17682788-obama-yearns-to-have-the-absolute-power-of-a-king</guid><category>dictator</category><category>politics</category><category>king</category><category>obama</category><category>messiah</category><category>imperial-presidency</category><category>absolute-power</category><category>monarch</category><category>like-god</category><category>annointed-one</category><category>lord-barry</category><category>king-obama</category><category>all-hail-the-messiah</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:42:44 +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=cornhusker4palinC066D6C2-A169-C2CB-CF30-BB359A4A1179.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="171" width="309" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinC066D6C2-A169-C2CB-CF30-BB359A4A1179.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Georgia high school students organize first integrated prom</title>
<description><![CDATA[
MACON, GA (WGXA/CNN/WALB) &ndash; Students at Wilcox County High School in south Georgia share classrooms and sports fields, but they don't share the same dances. Some students are aiming to change that.
"We're embarrassed, it's embarrassing, yeah it's kind of embarrassing," s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17605265-georgia-high-school-students-organize-first-integrated-prom</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17605265-georgia-high-school-students-organize-first-integrated-prom</guid><category>white</category><category>georgia</category><category>student</category><category>school</category><category>queen</category><category>prom</category><category>king</category><category>black</category><category>us-news</category><category>high</category><category>support</category><category>2013</category><category>integrated</category><category>racially</category><category>not-satire</category><category>oppose</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:18:20 +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=leafydebaterE166BD59-FCAC-7C94-E845-7C588144D2FD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterE166BD59-FCAC-7C94-E845-7C588144D2FD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AP PHOTOS: King assassination 45 years later</title>
<description><![CDATA[The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis 45 years ago on April 4, 1968, triggered spasms of both grief and violence.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17603461-ap-photos-king-assassination-45-years-later</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17603461-ap-photos-king-assassination-45-years-later</guid><category>us</category><category>anniversary</category><category>king</category><category>photo</category><category>us-news</category><category>gallery</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 20:10:55 +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=6166a8ac-9589-41c0-afed-08ef935ec31d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6166a8ac-9589-41c0-afed-08ef935ec31d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 3, 1968 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his last public appearance at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998.  (AP Photo/Charles Kelly, 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=9951cccf-ce0e-4064-a1c7-257abd09c89a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9951cccf-ce0e-4064-a1c7-257abd09c89a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Memphis detectives climb on a rail outside the room of Dr. Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Motel, Memphis, on April 4, 1968, searching for clues.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet.  James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998. (AP Photo)&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=4b78fe2c-6d15-46c3-a466-c997ea501db9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4b78fe2c-6d15-46c3-a466-c997ea501db9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - A news reporter stands in the room rented by the assassin who shot Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in Memphis, Tenn., April 5, 1968.   The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998.  (AP Photo)&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=a7885285-6781-49a6-b31d-62a9377865d5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="398" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7885285-6781-49a6-b31d-62a9377865d5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This 1954 Chicago police photo shows a man identified as James Earl Ray, 40.  Martin Luther King Jr. was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998. (AP Photo)&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=62cbdab2-08d0-4878-b6e4-d36bf866161e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62cbdab2-08d0-4878-b6e4-d36bf866161e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Coretta Scott King, center, widow of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is comforted in the doorway of an airliner in Memphis, Tenn., April 5, 1968, as her husband's body is brought up the ramp.   The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998.  (AP Photo)&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=5971c5db-6002-493d-ba3b-f764824f4542.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5971c5db-6002-493d-ba3b-f764824f4542.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Smouldering ruins remain where a building stood on 7th Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C., April 6, 1968.  Numerous fires accompanied the second night of turmoil in the nation's capital following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Memphis, Tenn., April 4.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998.(AP Photo)&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=db8167e8-665e-4861-a1f9-a97bf8bf3783.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db8167e8-665e-4861-a1f9-a97bf8bf3783.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Ethel Kennedy shakes hands with Martin Luther King III after she and her husband Robert F. Kennedy, center, visited his mother Coretta Scott King at her Atlanta home, April 8, 1968. Another of the slain civil rights leaders sons, Dexter, is at left.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998. (AP Photo)&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=28a352d2-0048-475e-9f74-943fd1645ae3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28a352d2-0048-475e-9f74-943fd1645ae3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Mourners waiting to view the body of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. line up outside the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta just after dawn April 9, 1968. Many had dept a night-long vigil.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998.(AP Photo)&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=38bd13b5-c032-4b1a-853a-eb8d97d2fd6d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38bd13b5-c032-4b1a-853a-eb8d97d2fd6d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - A brace of plow mules draws the farm wagon bearing the casket of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., along the funeral procession route in Atlanta, Ga., April 9, 1968.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998. (AP Photo)&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=a7174671-163e-445b-89a5-825e6d18a644.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7174671-163e-445b-89a5-825e6d18a644.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Vice President Hubert Humphrey speaks to Mrs.Coretta  King Jr, before funeral services for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in Atlanta on April 9, 1968. At left is Dr. Kings brother, the Rev. A. D. King, at center is Mrs. Kings younger daughter, Bernice, 5.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998. (AP Photo)&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=71406d03-042e-4e0f-865f-a0118b7db9de.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="337" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=71406d03-042e-4e0f-865f-a0118b7db9de.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Coretta Scott King is shown with her daughter, Bernice, during the funeral of her husband, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga.,  April 9, 1968.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998. (AP Photo)&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=67d23bc8-b9d7-41ab-aa7e-751e7bce29ea.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67d23bc8-b9d7-41ab-aa7e-751e7bce29ea.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Coretta Scott King, and her four children view the body of her husband, slain civil rights activist leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in Atlanta, Ga., on April 7, 1968.  The children are, from left, Yolanda, 12, Bernice, 5, Martin III, 11, and Dexter 7.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998. (AP Photo)&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=ad462de3-0b86-4ccd-b151-c457b127d9f1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="328" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad462de3-0b86-4ccd-b151-c457b127d9f1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="187" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Coretta Scott King attends the funeral of her husband, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga.,  April 9, 1968.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998.(AP Photo)&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=8b46b972-67cd-4487-af29-b1f7af8493b1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b46b972-67cd-4487-af29-b1f7af8493b1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This April 3, 1968 file photo shows Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. walking across the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.  The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998.  ( AP Photo/stf )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Memphis march honors slain civil rights leader MLK</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of union members and their supporters marched in Memphis on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder, calling for a new commitment to the human rights causes he died for.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian Sainz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adrian Sainz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17602756-memphis-march-honors-slain-civil-rights-leader-mlk</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17602756-memphis-march-honors-slain-civil-rights-leader-mlk</guid><category>us</category><category>anniversary</category><category>king</category><category>martin-luther-king-jr</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 18:56:42 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76e725e6-c29c-4607-940b-bb0994df054a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76e725e6-c29c-4607-940b-bb0994df054a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Firefighters take part in a march to the National Civil Rights Museum on Thursday, April 4, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Labor groups marched to call for better conditions on the 45th anniversary of the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was assassinated April 4, 1968, while he was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)&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=b0a36e91-b4b8-4c84-b4b5-4ab06564442b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b0a36e91-b4b8-4c84-b4b5-4ab06564442b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man carries a sign modeled after the signs used by striking sanitation workers in 1968 as he takes part in a march to the National Civil Rights Museum on Thursday, April 4, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Labor groups marched to call for better conditions on the 45th anniversary of the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was assassinated April 4, 1968, while he was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)&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=719e2676-ff3b-437a-bf99-3aedd0e08b4b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=719e2676-ff3b-437a-bf99-3aedd0e08b4b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Martin Luther King III, left, and Lee Saunders, right, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees,  take part in a march to the National Civil Rights Museum on Thursday, April 4, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Labor groups marched to call for better conditions on the 45th anniversary of the killing of King's father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who as assassinated April 4, 1968, while he was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)&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=6076bdfa-eafc-4b5b-894d-7a9676c423c7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6076bdfa-eafc-4b5b-894d-7a9676c423c7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Firefighters take part in a march to the National Civil Rights Museum on Thursday, April 4, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Labor groups marched to call for better conditions on the 45th anniversary of the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was assassinated April 4, 1968, while he was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)&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=e3d2a8a9-f899-400a-9f9e-3b1e9cc67aa4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="457" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3d2a8a9-f899-400a-9f9e-3b1e9cc67aa4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="137" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Martin Luther King III takes part in a march to the National Civil Rights Museum on Thursday, April 4, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Labor groups marched to call for better conditions on the 45th anniversary of the killing of King's father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who as assassinated April 4, 1968, while he was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Decades after MLK death, Memphis jobs in spotlight</title>
<description><![CDATA[Decades after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death here, some of the striking sanitation workers who marched with him are again fighting for their jobs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian Sainz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adrian Sainz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17580908-decades-after-mlk-death-memphis-jobs-in-spotlight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17580908-decades-after-mlk-death-memphis-jobs-in-spotlight</guid><category>us</category><category>assassination</category><category>workers</category><category>king</category><category>us-news</category><category>sanitation-workers</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 09:02:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=835c2013-2cdd-45c4-9eb4-11e6aad1c9c1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=835c2013-2cdd-45c4-9eb4-11e6aad1c9c1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -In this March 28, 1968 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, lead a march on behalf of striking Memphis, Tenn., sanitation workers. Forty-five years after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed supporting a historic sanitation workers strike in Memphis, the citys garbage and trash collectors are fighting to hold on to jobs that some city leaders want to hand over to a private company. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Sam Melhorn, 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=3b68239c-4160-440f-b67a-110671709ca1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3b68239c-4160-440f-b67a-110671709ca1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alvin Turner, the Rev. Leslie Moore, Elmore Nickleberry and Baxter Leach, from left, pose for a photo at the headquarters of Local 1733 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Memphis, Tenn. The men participated in a sanitation workers strike in 1968 that drew the support of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated in Memphis on April 4 of that year. The poster includes the strike's rallying cry, &quot;I am a man.&quot; (AP Photos/Adrian Sainz)&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=36dfb654-cc02-46e1-8c2e-10163b9f1184.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36dfb654-cc02-46e1-8c2e-10163b9f1184.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -In this March 29, 1968 file photo, striking Memphis sanitation workers march past Tennessee National Guard troops with fixed bayonets during a 20-block march to City Hall, one day after a similar march erupted in violence, leaving one person dead and several injured. Forty-five years after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed supporting a historic sanitation workers strike in Memphis, the citys garbage and trash collectors are fighting to hold on to jobs that some city leaders want to hand over to a private company. (AP Photo/Charlie Kelly, 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=05647b0d-58d2-4978-82ce-50f9d0669311.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05647b0d-58d2-4978-82ce-50f9d0669311.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -In this Friday afternoon, March 29, 1968 file photo, striking Memphis sanitation workers, gathering for a new march clean the sidewalks and gutters near their meeting hall using placards printed for Thursday's march as scoops for debris in Memphis, Tenn. Forty-five years after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed supporting a historic sanitation workers strike in Memphis, the citys garbage and trash collectors are fighting to hold on to jobs that some city leaders want to hand over to a private company. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell, 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=20825bd9-5636-4a4e-ae33-00809e21b915.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=20825bd9-5636-4a4e-ae33-00809e21b915.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -In this March 29, 1968 file photo, Striking sanitation workers and their supporters are flanked by bayonet-wielding National Guard troops and armored vehicles during a march on City Hall in Memphis, Tenn., one day after a similar march erupted in violence, leaving one person dead and several injured. Forty-five years after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed supporting a historic sanitation workers strike in Memphis, the citys garbage and trash collectors are fighting to hold on to jobs that some city leaders want to hand over to a private company. (AP Photo/Charlie Kelly, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>King estate: Memorial group can't use MLK's name</title>
<description><![CDATA[The family of Martin Luther King Jr. has refused to allow the organization that led the effort to build his monument on the National Mall to continue using his name.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17491782-king-estate-memorial-group-cant-use-mlks-name</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17491782-king-estate-memorial-group-cant-use-mlks-name</guid><category>us</category><category>king</category><category>national-mall</category><category>us-news</category><category>foundation</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:34:12 +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></item><item><title>Stephen King, wife pledge $3M to Maine library</title>
<description><![CDATA[Stephen King and his wife have agreed to pay $3 million to overhaul their century-old hometown library in Maine, as long as $6 million is raised from other sources.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17389458-stephen-king-wife-pledge-3m-to-maine-library</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17389458-stephen-king-wife-pledge-3m-to-maine-library</guid><category>us</category><category>king</category><category>library</category><category>us-news</category><category>stephen-king</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:22:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AP INTERVIEW: Jordan's king warns of Syrian unrest</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jordan is struggling under the burden of a half-million refugees from the Syrian civil war &#8212; a conflict that King Abdullah II fears could create a regional base for extremists and terrorists who are already "establishing firm footholds in some areas."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamal Halaby]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jamal Halaby]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17384349-ap-interview-jordans-king-warns-of-syrian-unrest</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17384349-ap-interview-jordans-king-warns-of-syrian-unrest</guid><category>jordan</category><category>king</category><category>king-abdullah-ii</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:45:34 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15597c05-550f-4e65-8234-ec048bd4020c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15597c05-550f-4e65-8234-ec048bd4020c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;King Abdullah II of Jordan poses for the camera after an interview with The Associated Press at the Royal Palace, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday March, 20, 2013. King Abdullah II said in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday that in his view, President Bashar Assad was beyond rehabilitation and it was only a matter of time before his regime collapses. As President Barack Obama began a regional tour, which includes stops in Israel, the West Bank and Jordan, Abdullah says the visit is significant and opens a window of opportunity for restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. (AP Photo/Yousef Allan, Jordanian Royal Palace)&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=221cb8ad-6433-4217-a302-3da402337ca1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=221cb8ad-6433-4217-a302-3da402337ca1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;King Abdullah II of Jordan listens during an interview with The Associated Press at the Royal Palace, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday March, 20, 2013. King Abdullah II said in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday that in his view, President Bashar Assad was beyond rehabilitation and it was only a matter of time before his regime collapses. As President Barack Obama began a regional tour, which includes stops in Israel, the West Bank and Jordan, Abdullah says the visit is significant and opens a window of opportunity for restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. (AP Photo/Yousef Allan, Jordanian Royal Palace)&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=aefae4c4-1ae9-43cf-8b39-92cb32e2abae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aefae4c4-1ae9-43cf-8b39-92cb32e2abae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;King Abdullah II of Jordan listens during an interview with The Associated Press at the Royal Palace, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday March, 20, 2013. King Abdullah II said in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday that in his view, President Bashar Assad was beyond rehabilitation and it was only a matter of time before his regime collapses. As President Barack Obama began a regional tour, which includes stops in Israel, the West Bank and Jordan, Abdullah says the visit is significant and opens a window of opportunity for restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. (AP Photo/Yousef Allan, Jordanian Royal Palace)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Carole King musical eyes Broadway stage</title>
<description><![CDATA[A musical based on the woman behind such pop standards as "It's Too Late," "You've Got a Friend" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" hopes to make it to Broadway.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Kennedy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Kennedy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327000-carole-king-musical-eyes-broadway-stage</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327000-carole-king-musical-eyes-broadway-stage</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>theater</category><category>king</category><category>musical</category><category>too-late"</category><category>make-me-feel-like</category><category>natural-woman"</category><category>carole-king-musical</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:04:01 +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=317f20e7-e70d-437d-964f-4e73657ea9df.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=317f20e7-e70d-437d-964f-4e73657ea9df.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2011 file photo, musician Carole King attends the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting in New York. Producers announced Friday, March 15, 2013 that they plan to take Beautiful: The Carole King Musical to Broadway by spring 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Spain's king leaves hospital after spine operation</title>
<description><![CDATA[King Juan Carlos of Spain has left a hospital six days after successfully undergoing surgery for herniated discs in his lower spine.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17248308-spains-king-leaves-hospital-after-spine-operation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17248308-spains-king-leaves-hospital-after-spine-operation</guid><category>eu</category><category>spain</category><category>king</category><category>king-juan-carlos</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Mar 2013 13:19:51 +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=e2cfefe6-6072-476b-beb0-6b84f7eadf89.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e2cfefe6-6072-476b-beb0-6b84f7eadf89.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The King of Spain, Juan Carlos' image, centre right, is seen as people look around in a bookstore in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 3, 2013. The King of Spain has arrived at a Madrid hospital where he is to undergo surgery for a herniated disc in his lower spine. It will be Juan Carlos' fourth operation in 12 months, and the 12th time he has undergone surgery during his lifetime. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)&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=12309351-a458-477f-81e1-de72a8b28474.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="434" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=12309351-a458-477f-81e1-de72a8b28474.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="130" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this  July 25, 2008 file photo, Spain's King Juan Carlos, right, shakes hands with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at the Marivent Palace in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Manu Mielniezuk, 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=e57590f1-6872-4a1a-a2bb-559703de5a6d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e57590f1-6872-4a1a-a2bb-559703de5a6d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -  Spain's King Juan Carlos in this Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, file photo, leaves after the official opening of the Parliament, in Madrid. The 75-year old King Juan Carlos has left a hospital Saturday March 9, 2013, six days after successfully undergoing surgery for herniated discs in his lower spine, and he thanked waiting journalists and said &quot;I'm very well, my back doesn't hurt or anything,&quot; from the front passenger seat as he was driven home Saturday. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Court: TV anchor can keep MLK papers</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Mississippi television anchorman can keep documents and other materials tied to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., that the civil rights leader's estate sued to obtain, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Holbrook Mohr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Holbrook Mohr]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17240128-court-tv-anchor-can-keep-mlk-papers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17240128-court-tv-anchor-can-keep-mlk-papers</guid><category>us</category><category>king</category><category>martin-luther-king-jr</category><category>papers</category><category>world-news</category><category>martin-luther-king</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 21:53:48 +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>Country singer Claude King dies at 90</title>
<description><![CDATA[Country singer-songwriter Claude King, an original member of the Louisiana Hayride who was best known for the 1962 hit "Wolverton Mountain," has died. He was 90.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey Plaisance]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stacey Plaisance]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226206-country-singer-claude-king-dies-at-90</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226206-country-singer-claude-king-dies-at-90</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>king</category><category>claude-king</category><category>louisiana-hayride</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 19:36:19 +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></item><item><title>Spain's king gets spine surgery</title>
<description><![CDATA[King Juan Carlos of Spain successfully underwent surgery for herniated discs in his lower spine at a Madrid hospital on Sunday, the royal palace said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harold Heckle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Harold Heckle]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17167168-spains-king-gets-spine-surgery</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17167168-spains-king-gets-spine-surgery</guid><category>eu</category><category>spain</category><category>woes</category><category>king</category><category>king-juan-carlos</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Mar 2013 00:18:34 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e2cfefe6-6072-476b-beb0-6b84f7eadf89.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e2cfefe6-6072-476b-beb0-6b84f7eadf89.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The King of Spain, Juan Carlos' image, centre right, is seen as people look around in a bookstore in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 3, 2013. The King of Spain has arrived at a Madrid hospital where he is to undergo surgery for a herniated disc in his lower spine. It will be Juan Carlos' fourth operation in 12 months, and the 12th time he has undergone surgery during his lifetime. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)&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=6b4a374d-50a7-45ff-b392-27a7ead7c6e9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6b4a374d-50a7-45ff-b392-27a7ead7c6e9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man performs for money near an ATM machine in Madrid, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has conceded that the government just failed to reduce its budget deficit in 2012 to the level it promised European authorities. Rajoy said the deficit fell to 6.7 percent of the country's annual gross domestic product from 9 percent in 2011. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)&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=22682376-48dc-4970-9da8-a42b323bd244.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=22682376-48dc-4970-9da8-a42b323bd244.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People look at second hand items for sale at a street market in Madrid, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has conceded that the government just failed to reduce its budget deficit in 2012 to the level it promised European authorities. Rajoy said the deficit fell to 6.7 percent of the country's annual gross domestic product from 9 percent in 2011. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Study: Daisies sprout in King Richard I's heart</title>
<description><![CDATA[King Richard I, the 12th-century warrior whose bravery during the Third Crusade gained him the moniker Lionheart, ended up with a heart full of daisies, as well as myrtle, mint and frankincense.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elaine Ganley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Elaine Ganley]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17132892-study-daisies-sprout-in-king-richard-is-heart</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17132892-study-daisies-sprout-in-king-richard-is-heart</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>king</category><category>heart</category><category>world-news</category><category>third-crusade</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:48:44 +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=9d83c03a-f7d4-478b-8b39-97919c4d3bcf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d83c03a-f7d4-478b-8b39-97919c4d3bcf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Philippe Charlier, a forensic medical examiner, addresses reporters during a news conference held near Versailles, Thursday Feb. 28, 2013. King Richard I, the 12th century warrior whose bravery during the Third Crusade gained him the moniker Lionheart, ended up with a heart full of daisies, as well as myrtle, mint and frankincense. Those were among the findings of a French study, announced Thursday, which analyzed the embalmed heart of the English king more than 810 years after he died. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere) &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=cb820075-d303-43c5-8e66-27f21b49b1d0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cb820075-d303-43c5-8e66-27f21b49b1d0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Philippe Charlier, a forensic medical examiner, shows the remains of King Richard I's heart, as he addresses reporters during a news conference held near Versailles, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. King Richard I, the 12th century warrior whose bravery during the Third Crusade gained him the moniker Lionheart, ended up with a heart full of daisies, as well as myrtle, mint and frankincense. Those were among the findings of a French study, announced Thursday, which analyzed the embalmed heart of the English king more than 810 years after he died. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&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=8aa9db29-fca0-4e7a-a870-89ca3228fb78.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="323" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8aa9db29-fca0-4e7a-a870-89ca3228fb78.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Philippe Charlier, a forensic medical examiner, shows the remains of King Richard I's heart, as he addresses reporters during a news conference held near Versailles, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. King Richard I, the 12th century warrior whose bravery during the Third Crusade gained him the moniker Lionheart, ended up with a heart full of daisies, as well as myrtle, mint and frankincense. Those were among the findings of a French study, announced Thursday, which analyzed the embalmed heart of the English king more than 810 years after he died. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Spanish monarchy's popularity hits new low</title>
<description><![CDATA[When King Juan Carlos appeared at a recent basketball game in front of thousands of subjects, he was greeted by persistent heckling and whistling. It was an unprecedented spectacle in a nearly four-decade reign over which the monarch has basked in the nation's love and respect.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorge Sainz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jorge Sainz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17053306-spanish-monarchys-popularity-hits-new-low</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17053306-spanish-monarchys-popularity-hits-new-low</guid><category>eu</category><category>spain</category><category>woes</category><category>king</category><category>world-news</category><category>when-king-juan-carlos</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:43:35 +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=af0688c9-45ef-4497-b91f-ec61096660e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=af0688c9-45ef-4497-b91f-ec61096660e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 22, 2006 file photo, Spain's King Juan Carlos arrives with his daughter, Princess Cristina, and her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, for the Laureus World Sports Awards in Barcelona, Spain. Urdangarin is accused of having used his position to embezzle several million dollars in public contracts assigned to a nonprofit foundation he set up. The corruption scandal is contributing to the public's diminishing respect for the monarchy. With the 75-year-old king's reputation in decline and several health scares recently, Juan Carlos and the Spanish monarchy are facing one of their biggest crises ever. The last time Juan Carlos appeared in public in front of thousands of people, he was greeted by persistent heckling and whistling never before seen during his reign of nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Jasper Juinen, 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=d938c241-6ae4-4578-8fd2-341bd4418b9e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d938c241-6ae4-4578-8fd2-341bd4418b9e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 11, 2006 file photo, Spanish Princess Christina and her husband Inaki Urdangarin watch the men's tennis final at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris. Urdangarin is accused of having used his position to embezzle several million dollars in public contracts assigned to a nonprofit foundation he set up. The corruption scandal is contributing to the public's diminishing respect for the monarchy. With the 75-year-old king's reputation in decline and several health scares recently, Juan Carlos and the Spanish monarchy are facing one of their biggest crises ever. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, 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=800665a0-79ce-4c96-b1ae-6968dc44630b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="351" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=800665a0-79ce-4c96-b1ae-6968dc44630b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 23, 2010 file photo, Inaki Urdangarin, the son-in-law of Spain's King Juan Carlos, delivers a speech at the CTIA wireless show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Urdangarin, married to the king's second daughter, Princess Cristina, is accused of having used his position to embezzle several million dollars in public contracts assigned to a nonprofit foundation he set up. The corruption scandal is contributing to the public's diminishing respect for the monarchy. With the 75-year-old king's reputation in decline and several health scares recently, Juan Carlos and the Spanish monarchy are facing one of their biggest crises ever. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, 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=3db6ff38-4062-4c00-9473-ae529ea688d2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3db6ff38-4062-4c00-9473-ae529ea688d2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 5, 2005 file photo, Spain's Duke of Palma, Inaki Urdangarin, celebrates the birth of his first daughter in Barcelona, Spain. Urdangarin, married to the king's second daughter, Princess Cristina, is accused of having used his position to embezzle several million dollars in public contracts assigned to a nonprofit foundation he set up. The corruption scandal is contributing to the public's diminishing respect for the monarchy. With the 75-year-old king's reputation in decline and several health scares recently, Juan Carlos and the Spanish monarchy are facing one of their biggest crises ever. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Spain's king to undergo back hernia operation</title>
<description><![CDATA[Spain's royal palace says King Juan Carlos will undergo surgery next month for a lower back disc hernia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17043036-spains-king-to-undergo-back-hernia-operation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17043036-spains-king-to-undergo-back-hernia-operation</guid><category>eu</category><category>spain</category><category>king</category><category>king-juan-carlos</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:14:09 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c7ad1b26-ac07-4241-89ac-390934b1789a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c7ad1b26-ac07-4241-89ac-390934b1789a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 file photo, Spain's King Juan Carlos leaves after the official opening of the Parliament, in Madrid. Spain's royal palace says King Juan Carlos will undergo surgery next month for a lower back disc hernia. It will be the 75-year-old monarch's second operation in recent months. He had hip surgery last November. The palace said the king will undergo the hernia operation in a Madrid hospital on Mar. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>