<?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 - mystery</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/mystery</link><description>Newsvine - mystery</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:17:47 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 02:06:16 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>China's Xi Jinping: The curious case of the taxi ride</title>
<description><![CDATA[Clearly, Xi Jinping was doing something nefarious.&nbsp; Just what was he up to?&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[etva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[etva]]></source><link>http://etva.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17861209-chinas-xi-jinping-the-curious-case-of-the-taxi-ride</link><guid>http://etva.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17861209-chinas-xi-jinping-the-curious-case-of-the-taxi-ride</guid><category>china</category><category>mystery</category><category>world-news</category><category>xi-jinping-taxi-ride</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:52:30 +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=etvaAB8E0FBF-8C43-B11B-119E-6DCB7531C5A5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=etvaAB8E0FBF-8C43-B11B-119E-6DCB7531C5A5.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>Honor student vanishes: New Jersey mystery leaves family and friends on edge </title>
<description><![CDATA[A mystery spanning the entire length of New Jersey and north into  Manhattan has a local family on edge, and two communities bracing for  the worst. &nbsp;They&rsquo;re connected to a promising college honor student who  went missing.
Paige Aiello&rsquo;s car was found Thursday &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767555-honor-student-vanishes-new-jersey-mystery-leaves-family-and-friends-on-edge</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767555-honor-student-vanishes-new-jersey-mystery-leaves-family-and-friends-on-edge</guid><category>mystery</category><category>missing</category><category>us-news</category><category>paige-aiello</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:51:25 +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=potato60002CFF42EC-CCD1-0979-0DE8-39EAD5D8F23A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="219" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60002CFF42EC-CCD1-0979-0DE8-39EAD5D8F23A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mysterious device gives thieves keyless entry to vehicles &quot; A Puzzle for Viners&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Auto theft experts from the Long Beach Police Department are stumped by the crimes and have consulted international law enforcement agencies and car manufacturers in an effort to identify the devices used by the thieves. Thus far, experts are unsure of the technology used.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17693378-mysterious-device-gives-thieves-keyless-entry-to-vehicles-a-puzzle-for-viners</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17693378-mysterious-device-gives-thieves-keyless-entry-to-vehicles-a-puzzle-for-viners</guid><category>auto</category><category>mystery</category><category>police</category><category>california</category><category>odd-news</category><category>crime</category><category>cars</category><category>long-beach</category><category>utah</category><category>car-thefts</category><category>stolen-cars</category><category>hand-held-devices</category><category>key-locks</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:49:19 +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=TheWiseWizard3B31A731-4C39-2FC3-B244-324ECC2703C6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="173" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard3B31A731-4C39-2FC3-B244-324ECC2703C6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="52" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Charades are over for Rockefeller Impostor</title>
<description><![CDATA[In his world of pretense, the little man in spectacles became many fabulous people from royalty to a Rockefeller until his charades finally ended with a conviction under his true name &#8212; Christian Gerhartsreiter &#8212; a German immigrant guilty of a cold case murder.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17693052-charades-are-over-for-rockefeller-impostor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17693052-charades-are-over-for-rockefeller-impostor</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>rockefeller</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:17:10 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca3503d2-74bc-4f50-95fd-959dc479b2b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca3503d2-74bc-4f50-95fd-959dc479b2b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A photo of swimming pool area being unearthed 1994 and finding the remains of John Sohus in the backyard of a home on Loraine Road in San Marino is shown during final arguments by prosecutor Habib Balian in the murder trial of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 9, 2013.  Gerhartsreiter  has pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter was a guest cottage tenant at the home of Sohus' mother, where the couple lived. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pool )  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Both sides rest in Rockefeller impostor's LA trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[The defense and prosecution rested their cases in the murder trial of a notorious Rockefeller impostor Wednesday after his ex-wife called him a consistent liar and "an unpleasant human being."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589327-both-sides-rest-in-rockefeller-impostors-la-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589327-both-sides-rest-in-rockefeller-impostors-la-trial</guid><category>mystery</category><category>rockefeller</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 21:52:10 +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>Rockefeller impostor convicted of 1985 murder</title>
<description><![CDATA[A notorious Rockefeller impostor was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death of a man whose bones were found buried beneath the backyard of a suburban home.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17588659-rockefeller-impostor-convicted-of-1985-murder</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17588659-rockefeller-impostor-convicted-of-1985-murder</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>rockefeller</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 20:34:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d7bc79d-d9e6-4759-bb1c-0b665fad53ef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="313" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d7bc79d-d9e6-4759-bb1c-0b665fad53ef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter listens during final arguments at his trial at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Monday, April 8, 2013. Closing arguments have begun in the Los Angeles trial of Gerhartsreiter, a notorious Rockefeller impostor charged with murdering a man in 1985. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&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=e697e0d2-b105-407d-b2fb-78657c6ea362.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e697e0d2-b105-407d-b2fb-78657c6ea362.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Prosecutor Habib Balian holds the wallet of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter during final arguments in Gerhartsreiter's trial at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Monday, April 8, 2013. Closing arguments have begun in the Los Angeles trial of Gerhartsreiter, a notorious Rockefeller impostor charged with murdering a man in 1985.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&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=4ad257dd-c0b5-4ece-acea-ca4645c93251.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ad257dd-c0b5-4ece-acea-ca4645c93251.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defense attorney Jeffrey Denner gives his final arguments to the jurors in the trial of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Monday, April 8, 2013. Gerhartsreiter is accused of killing John Sohus in 1985, the year Sohus and his wife disappeared. (AP Photo/The Pasadena Star-News, Walt Mancini, Pool)&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=f064221c-c903-4229-b236-9077784a4496.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="439" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f064221c-c903-4229-b236-9077784a4496.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="132" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, listens to his attorney Bradford Bailey during final arguments at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Monday, April 8, 2013.  Gerhartsreiter is accused of killing John Sohus in 1985, the year Sohus and his wife disappeared. (AP Photo/The Pasadena Star-News, Walt Mancini, Pool)&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=f7184d67-95c7-40e7-a876-752ede5c8086.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="361" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7184d67-95c7-40e7-a876-752ede5c8086.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Prosecutor Habib Balian makes his final arguments in the murder trial of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Gerhartsreiter  has pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter was a guest cottage tenant at the home of Sohus' mother, where the couple lived. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune,Walter Mancini, Pool )  &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=91b0248e-4357-4940-84ef-f81295c13d3c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="272" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=91b0248e-4357-4940-84ef-f81295c13d3c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="226" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christian Gerhartsreiter listens to final arguments by prosecutor Habib Balian during his trial at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Gerhartsreiter  has pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter was a guest cottage tenant at the home of Sohus' mother, where the couple lived. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune,Walter Mancini, Pool )  &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=ca3503d2-74bc-4f50-95fd-959dc479b2b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca3503d2-74bc-4f50-95fd-959dc479b2b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A photo of swimming pool area being unearthed 1994 and finding the remains of John Sohus in the backyard of a home on Loraine Road in San Marino is shown during final arguments by prosecutor Habib Balian in the murder trial of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 9, 2013.  Gerhartsreiter  has pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter was a guest cottage tenant at the home of Sohus' mother, where the couple lived. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pool )  &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=46e740f7-c266-44b0-9914-aa3b8928f112.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="425" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=46e740f7-c266-44b0-9914-aa3b8928f112.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="127" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christian Gerhartsreiter listens to final arguments by prosecutor Habib Balian during his trial at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Gerhartsreiter  has pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter was a guest cottage tenant at the home of Sohus' mother, where the couple lived. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune,Walter Mancini, Pool )  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FBI comes clean on top X-File: 'We never investigated' Hottel UFO memo - Cosmic Log</title>
<description><![CDATA[Even if there is life on other planets what would they possibly want with us?
The FBI says it never followed up on the most popular file in its online reading room &mdash; a one-page UFO memo that passes along a second- or third-hand report about flying saucers  and alien passen&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17491970-fbi-comes-clean-on-top-x-file-we-never-investigated-hottel-ufo-memo-cosmic-log</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17491970-fbi-comes-clean-on-top-x-file-we-never-investigated-hottel-ufo-memo-cosmic-log</guid><category>air-force</category><category>mystery</category><category>new-mexico</category><category>washington-university</category><category>us-news</category><category>ufos</category><category>fbi-headquarters</category><category>in-december</category><category>edgar-hoover</category><category>washington-field-office</category><category>the-fbi-says-it-never-followed-up-on-the-most-popular-file-in-its-online-reading-room-a-one-page-ufo</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:01:53 +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=dochollidaye335FC8C9-5141-6A01-C7F9-2D36CD067A26.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye335FC8C9-5141-6A01-C7F9-2D36CD067A26.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Both sides rest in Rockefeller impostor's LA trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[The defense and prosecution have rested in the Los Angeles murder trial of a notorious Rockefeller impostor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17489583-both-sides-rest-in-rockefeller-impostors-la-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17489583-both-sides-rest-in-rockefeller-impostors-la-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>rockefeller</category><category>southern-california</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><category>clark-rockefeller</category><category>mihoko-manabe</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:54:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UK church exhumes grave rumored to house a king</title>
<description><![CDATA[A diocese in southern England says it has exhumed a grave over fears that a set of bones could be stolen amid speculation that the remains are those of King Alfred the Great.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17488625-uk-church-exhumes-grave-rumored-to-house-a-king</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17488625-uk-church-exhumes-grave-rumored-to-house-a-king</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>mystery</category><category>bones</category><category>world-news</category><category>king-alfred</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:08:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FBI &amp;mdash; UFOs and the Guy Hottel Memo</title>
<description><![CDATA[UFOs or No?The Guy Hottel Memo
&nbsp;
03/24/13
It&rsquo;s the most popular file in the FBI Vault&mdash;our  high-tech electronic reading room housing various Bureau records  released under the Freedom of Information Act. Over the past two years,  this file has been viewed near&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17461352-fbi-mdash-ufos-and-the-guy-hottel-memo</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17461352-fbi-mdash-ufos-and-the-guy-hottel-memo</guid><category>history</category><category>air-force</category><category>mystery</category><category>new-mexico</category><category>washington-university</category><category>ufos</category><category>fbi-headquarters</category><category>in-december</category><category>edgar-hoover</category><category>washington-field-office</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:01:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye9D21AABD-3E8D-E02A-9DAF-614BDF18B7C2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="64" width="64" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye9D21AABD-3E8D-E02A-9DAF-614BDF18B7C2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="64" height="64" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>School rings bought in Vietnam remain mysteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[They could have been lost forever, long-forgotten mementoes from home perhaps worn on a finger or carried in a pocket for good luck.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janet Cappiello]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Janet Cappiello]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402885-school-rings-bought-in-vietnam-remain-mysteries</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402885-school-rings-bought-in-vietnam-remain-mysteries</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>us-news</category><category>rings</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:59:48 +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>A look at some major art thefts in recent years</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities announced this week that they believe they know who stole 13 pieces of artwork worth as much as $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. A look at some of the biggest and most brazen art thefts in recent times:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375292-a-look-at-some-major-art-thefts-in-recent-years</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375292-a-look-at-some-major-art-thefts-in-recent-years</guid><category>us</category><category>art</category><category>mystery</category><category>glance</category><category>heist</category><category>us-news</category><category>isabella-stewart-gardner-museum</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:23:45 +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>Experts: Chances of recovering Boston art good</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now that authorities believe they know who stole $500 million worth of art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the largest art heist in U.S. history, what are the chances they'll actually recover the stolen works by Rembrandt, Vermeer and Manet after 23 years?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Denise Lavoie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Denise Lavoie]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17359468-experts-chances-of-recovering-boston-art-good</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17359468-experts-chances-of-recovering-boston-art-good</guid><category>us</category><category>art</category><category>mystery</category><category>heist</category><category>us-news</category><category>art-heist</category><category>isabella-stewart-gardner-museum</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:53:33 +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=5fe11e97-5ab8-471f-810d-d6e854d22a6d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5fe11e97-5ab8-471f-810d-d6e854d22a6d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Thursday, March 11, 2010 file photo, empty frames from which thieves took &quot;Storm on the Sea of Galilee,&quot; left background, by Rembrandt and &quot;The Concert,&quot; right foreground, by Vermeer, remain on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The paintings are among 13 works stolen by burglars from the museum in the early hours of March 18, 1990. The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole the art. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states.  (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, 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=70c96876-8683-43e0-9df5-417fad59ebc3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=70c96876-8683-43e0-9df5-417fad59ebc3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 21, 1990 file photo, a security guard stands outside the Dutch Room of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, where robbers stole more than a dozen works of art by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, Manet and others, in an early morning robbery March 18, 1990. The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole the art. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states.  (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=9e284dcf-f3ac-471a-8c99-5b0d4fcbea77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e284dcf-f3ac-471a-8c99-5b0d4fcbea77.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Thursday, March 11, 2010 file photo, a plaque marks the empty frame from which thieves cut Rembrandt's &quot;The Storm on the Sea of Galilee,&quot; which remains on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It is one of 13 works stolen by burglars from the museum in the early hours of March 18, 1990.The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole the art. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states.  (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, 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=c524e376-c6db-4bf9-a4ab-5521a7301d13.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c524e376-c6db-4bf9-a4ab-5521a7301d13.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photograph released by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum shows the painting &quot;Chez Tortoni,&quot; by Manet, one of more than a dozen works of art stolen in the early hours of March 18, 1990. The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes they know the identities of the  thieves, belonging to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states. (AP Photo/Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, File)  NO SALES&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=e156cd8e-caff-4450-99a5-53f69182ded7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e156cd8e-caff-4450-99a5-53f69182ded7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photograph released by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum shows the painting &quot;The Storm on the Sea of Galilee,&quot; by Rembrandt, one of more than a dozen works of art stolen by burglars in the early hours of March 18, 1990. The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole the art. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states.  (AP Photo/Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, File)  NO SALES&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=7b5a6acb-84a1-4e7a-83a5-1a1c5319f59f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="474" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b5a6acb-84a1-4e7a-83a5-1a1c5319f59f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photograph released by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum shows the etching &quot;Self-Portrait,&quot; by Rembrandt, one of more than a dozen works of art stolen by burglars in the early hours of March 18, 1990.The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole the art. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states.  (AP Photo/Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, File)   NO SALES&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=9fd44876-76bf-4dbe-a469-4ae9331bca4e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="486" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9fd44876-76bf-4dbe-a469-4ae9331bca4e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, March 18, 2013 copy photo of a poster provided by the FBI, a likeness of the stolen Rembrandt painting The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is seen at FBI headquarters in Boston. The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/FBI)&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=35529f55-5df3-40bf-93f6-1008a4e43edd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="500" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35529f55-5df3-40bf-93f6-1008a4e43edd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, March 18, 2013 copy photo of a poster provided by the FBI, a likeness of the stolen Vermeer painting The Concert is seen at FBI headquarters in Boston. The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/FBI)&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=124b11df-1e2a-44b6-bd6e-c89b3c0a9184.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=124b11df-1e2a-44b6-bd6e-c89b3c0a9184.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Anthony Amore, chief of security at the Gardner Museum, center, stands next to a poster that shows an image of a Vermeer painting and lists a reward, right, while facing reporters during a news conference at FBI headquarters in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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=bd2ff87e-7346-4563-846c-712ed6367505.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bd2ff87e-7346-4563-846c-712ed6367505.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent Geoff Kelly, center, looks in the direction of a poster that shows a Vermeer painting and lists a reward, right, after taking questions from reporters during a news conference at FBI headquarters in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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=77add38a-3d39-40b1-aef0-ad306f8f5788.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=77add38a-3d39-40b1-aef0-ad306f8f5788.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauriers, right, stands next to a poster that shows a Rembrandt painting and a reward while facing reporters during a news conference at FBI headquarters in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. DesLauriers says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England and the mid-Atlantic states. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Testimony begins in fake Rockefeller trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[Testimony in the murder trial of a notorious Rockefeller impostor opened Tuesday with a witness telling how his excavation for a pool turned creepy when he discovered a human skull and a bag of bones.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17339368-testimony-begins-in-fake-rockefeller-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17339368-testimony-begins-in-fake-rockefeller-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>rockefeller</category><category>los-angeles-county</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><category>chris-chichester</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:48:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d67bd80d-3b10-4c34-ab9a-6b283acbe194.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d67bd80d-3b10-4c34-ab9a-6b283acbe194.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who calls himself Clark Rockefeller, enters court for his kidnapping trial in Boston. To his neighbors in an upscale Pasadena suburb, Gerhartsreiter was the man from nowhere, a newcomer who joined the church, ingratiated himself to elderly residents and called himself Chris Chichester. But he seemed to have no past and when he suddenly vanished it left everyone puzzled. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, Pool, 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=22f27644-bca0-4a07-9e1e-804cf4399284.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=22f27644-bca0-4a07-9e1e-804cf4399284.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who calls himself Clark Rockefeller, enters court for his kidnapping trial in Boston. Seven women and five men were selected to as the jury to begin hearing the case Monday March 18, 2013 of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter (GAYR'-hahrtz-ry-tur). He was known for 20 years as Clark Rockefeller. He says he is not guilty of the cold case killing of John Sohus. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, Pool, 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=00ebbce3-7265-4b70-b682-04b2f65d8316.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=00ebbce3-7265-4b70-b682-04b2f65d8316.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, center, with his attorney Bradford Bailey, left arrives for opening statements in his trial, in Los Angeles Criminal Court Building Monday, March 18, 2013. A prosecutor told jurors Monday he will prove a cold-case murder allegation against the German immigrant who spent years moving through U.S. society under a series of aliases, most notoriously posing as a member of the fabled Rockefeller family. He has pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter, using an alias, was a guest cottage tenant at the home of Sohus' mother, where the couple lived.(AP Photo/Nick Ut )&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=2727b7cf-f4f8-4273-8594-ba2acc899d8e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2727b7cf-f4f8-4273-8594-ba2acc899d8e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, listens during opening statements in his trial, in Los Angeles Criminal Court on Monday, March 18, 2013. A prosecutor told jurors Monday he will prove a cold-case murder allegation against the German immigrant who spent years moving through U.S. society under a series of aliases, most notoriously posing as a member of the fabled Rockefeller family. He has pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter, using an alias was a guest cottage tenant at the home of Sohus' mother, where the couple lived. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )&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=ba77864a-49ab-4134-979d-adf2d5ae0c1d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba77864a-49ab-4134-979d-adf2d5ae0c1d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, left, with his attorney, Jeffrey Denner, right, during the opening statements in his trial, in Los Angeles Criminal Court Building Monday, March 18, 2013. A prosecutor told jurors Monday he will prove a cold-case murder allegation against the German immigrant who spent years moving through U.S. society under a series of aliases, most notoriously posing as a member of the fabled Rockefeller family. He has pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter, using an alias was a guest cottage tenant at the home of Sohus' mother, where the couple lived.(AP Photo/Nick Ut )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Papal conclave goes to heart of Catholic mystery</title>
<description><![CDATA[The papal conclave is steeped in mystery &#8212; and the church likes it that way. Elaborate ritual and veils of secrecy, after all, are fundamental to the papal mystique, seen as the glue that binds worshipers in faith.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor L. Simpson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Victor L. Simpson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17295615-papal-conclave-goes-to-heart-of-catholic-mystery</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17295615-papal-conclave-goes-to-heart-of-catholic-mystery</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>mystery</category><category>world-news</category><category>conclave</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:43:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8cd96b52-1668-4897-9639-0b8a49dcc68a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8cd96b52-1668-4897-9639-0b8a49dcc68a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image taken from video provided by CTV, Monsignor Guido Marini, master of liturgical ceremonies, closes the double doors to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the start of the conclave of cardinals to elect the next pope. Marini closed the doors after shouting &quot;Extra omnes,&quot; Latin for &quot;all out,&quot; telling everyone but those taking part in the conclave to leave the frescoed hall. He then locked it. (AP Photo/CTV)&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=79cb6f73-1a5d-43a5-96cc-7f094118ab46.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=79cb6f73-1a5d-43a5-96cc-7f094118ab46.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture released by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Monsignor Guido Marini, Master of Liturgical Ceremonies, closes the double doors to the Sistine Chapel in after shouting &quot;Extra omnes,&quot; Latin for &quot;all out,&quot; telling everyone but those taking part in the conclave to leave the frescoed hall, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Marini then locked the doors. Cardinals from around the globe locked themselves inside the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church, surrounded by Michelangelo's imposing frescos imagining the beginning and the end of the world. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)&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=ef24ed75-48c1-4774-8c8e-fd0704a42005.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef24ed75-48c1-4774-8c8e-fd0704a42005.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning Roman Catholic cardinals have not elected a pope in their second or third rounds of balloting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinals voted twice Wednesday in Michelangelo's famed frescoed chapel after a first vote Tuesday in a conclave to elect a successor to Benedict XVI, who stunned the Catholic world last month by becoming the first pope in 600 years to resign.  (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&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=ee8ae93f-13f2-4aef-b726-31bf781e3f8f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee8ae93f-13f2-4aef-b726-31bf781e3f8f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mountain Butorac waits in St. Peter's Square during the second day of voting by cardinals to elect a new pope at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Their first ballot on Tuesday yielded no winner and a great plume of black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - RSPB Ham Wall &amp;#039;slime&amp;#039; baffles experts</title>
<description><![CDATA[""In records dating back to the 14th Century it's known variously as star jelly, astral jelly or astromyxin," Mr Whitehead said.
"In folklore it is said to be deposited in the wake of meteor showers."
Mr Whitehead added: "It's great that in this day and age that there are still&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eagle Averro]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eagle Averro]]></source><link>http://eagleaverro.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17021790-bbc-news-rspb-ham-wall-slime-baffles-experts</link><guid>http://eagleaverro.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17021790-bbc-news-rspb-ham-wall-slime-baffles-experts</guid><category>mystery</category><category>science</category><category>astrobiology</category><category>biology</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:32:16 +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=EagleAverro2AADD79D-A965-7C57-4E39-57F66B393C85.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=EagleAverro2AADD79D-A965-7C57-4E39-57F66B393C85.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>The Deadly Cook: Assistant chef jailed for slowly poisoning fellow restaurant staff</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 55-year-old Spanish cook is behind bars on suspicion of poisoning the food of at least 21 of his coworkers,  possibly resulting in the death of one. His actions paint a perverse  picture of betrayal, meticulously dosed out in secret over many years.
The city of Gijon is a lovel&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17018542-the-deadly-cook-assistant-chef-jailed-for-slowly-poisoning-fellow-restaurant-staff</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17018542-the-deadly-cook-assistant-chef-jailed-for-slowly-poisoning-fellow-restaurant-staff</guid><category>spain</category><category>europe</category><category>mystery</category><category>odd-news</category><category>murder</category><category>crime</category><category>poisoning</category><category>asturias</category><category>strange-news</category><category>gijon</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:12:57 +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=carloz6D25A83A-78FC-6F2B-6F5C-46151B6B32A0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="316" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz6D25A83A-78FC-6F2B-6F5C-46151B6B32A0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;El Lavaderu bar and restaurant, Gijon, Spain &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=carloz61DAAC18-6841-A13D-3E3B-9D116604F335.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="316" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz61DAAC18-6841-A13D-3E3B-9D116604F335.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bottles of cider on the bar in El Lavaderu bar and restaurant, Gijon, Spain&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=carloz6EE892E0-3114-EE7E-98B7-0B16C2A2ECBC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="316" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz6EE892E0-3114-EE7E-98B7-0B16C2A2ECBC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Calcium cyanamide is sold under the name Colme in Spain&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Old shipwreck found in sands on remote Ga. island</title>
<description><![CDATA[The odd skeleton of wooden beams barely poked above the sands, exposed just enough by wind and tides for a beachcomber to report the curious find.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Russ Bynum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Russ Bynum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16611415-old-shipwreck-found-in-sands-on-remote-ga-island</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16611415-old-shipwreck-found-in-sands-on-remote-ga-island</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>us-news</category><category>shipwreck</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:48:17 +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>The Mystery of the Mummy of Vieux-Lille: Questions surround discovery of elderly man who lay dead in his home for 15 years.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On Friday October 19, 2012 the skeletal remains of an elderly male were found by authorities in a bed on the second floor of a nearly empty dilapidated townhouse at number 9 Rue Saint-Jacques in the city of Lille, in Northern France.
Among the uncertainties on that day were who &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/05/16255964-the-mystery-of-the-mummy-of-vieux-lille-questions-surround-discovery-of-elderly-man-who-lay-dead-in-his-home-for-15-years</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/05/16255964-the-mystery-of-the-mummy-of-vieux-lille-questions-surround-discovery-of-elderly-man-who-lay-dead-in-his-home-for-15-years</guid><category>france</category><category>spain</category><category>europe</category><category>mystery</category><category>odd-news</category><category>video</category><category>weird-news</category><category>strange-news</category><category>alberto-rodriguez</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 Jan 2013 18:05:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozF39D67BE-B097-7F07-C6E4-48267CF5BD34.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozF39D67BE-B097-7F07-C6E4-48267CF5BD34.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The remains being removed from the house. (Screenshot)&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=carlozC8E3571A-41A4-B5AE-6871-60084659922C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="237" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozC8E3571A-41A4-B5AE-6871-60084659922C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Torn curtains, missing window pane. (Screenshot)&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=carlozB54F7529-5BF9-4C2D-F281-728456DF5D03.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="336" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozB54F7529-5BF9-4C2D-F281-728456DF5D03.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A typical house in Lille? (Screenshot)&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=carloz3BEC0964-549F-AE20-FDD6-5DD40F127CDE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz3BEC0964-549F-AE20-FDD6-5DD40F127CDE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pigeons in the broken third-floor windows. (Screenshot)&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=carlozC68E0075-3354-8C0B-71E8-6D045FBB13E8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="205" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozC68E0075-3354-8C0B-71E8-6D045FBB13E8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Google street view image of 9 Rue Saint-Jacques taken before the discovery. &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=carlozFF9F2048-5E81-A3A0-AC60-0E1D3EC08E61.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="370" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozFF9F2048-5E81-A3A0-AC60-0E1D3EC08E61.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="111" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozE84B6C51-C629-A54A-836A-07EE0C9DDC8A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozE84B6C51-C629-A54A-836A-07EE0C9DDC8A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A view from next door. (Screenshot)&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=carloz6ECDC24F-3EBF-4CCB-5683-9D2CA0FE26B7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="326" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz6ECDC24F-3EBF-4CCB-5683-9D2CA0FE26B7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;(Screenshot)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWAjZRKZ0CI" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EWAjZRKZ0CI/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">The Mystery of the Mummy of Vieux-Lille: Questions surround the discovery of the remains of an elderly man who lay dead in his home for 15 years.

www.facebook.com/ElMisterioDeLaMomiaDeLille</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Canmore elk struck by mystery paralysis</title>
<description><![CDATA[A mysterious illness has struck two large bull elk in Canmore, leaving their hind legs paralyzed and wildlife officials baffled.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve  never seen it before. This is new. I don&rsquo;t think a disease would hit  that quick. They were fine a week ago,&rdquo; said Fish&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr Kevin Niefer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mr Kevin Niefer]]></source><link>http://kevin-niefer.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16303332-canmore-elk-struck-by-mystery-paralysis</link><guid>http://kevin-niefer.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16303332-canmore-elk-struck-by-mystery-paralysis</guid><category>mystery</category><category>odd-news</category><category>sickness</category><category>elk</category><category>sick</category><category>canmore-elk</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 16:26:11 +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=kevin-niefer19E3EAED-ADF4-0230-4347-79D10F810811.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=kevin-niefer19E3EAED-ADF4-0230-4347-79D10F810811.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>Groups urge probe of $12 million mystery donation</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two election watchdog organizations on Thursday urged the Justice Department and Federal Election Commission to investigate more than $12 million in campaign contributions that were mysteriously funneled through two little-known companies in Tennessee to a prominent tea party group. The origin of the money, the largest anonymous political donations in a campaign year filled with them, remains a secret.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Gillum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jack Gillum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16046289-groups-urge-probe-of-12-million-mystery-donation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16046289-groups-urge-probe-of-12-million-mystery-donation</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>politics</category><category>donor</category><category>justice-department</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:40:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Raiders of the Lost Ark' package mystery solved</title>
<description><![CDATA[First, there was "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Now, there's "Mailers of the Lost Package."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Babwin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Babwin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/16/15947201-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-package-mystery-solved</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/16/15947201-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-package-mystery-solved</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>university</category><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>package</category><category>indiana-jones</category><category>mystery-package</category><category>lost-ark"</category><category>lost-package"</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:41:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Shadowy donor behind record 'super' PAC checks</title>
<description><![CDATA[A lawyer in Tennessee who is mysteriously linked to millions of dollars in campaign contributions steered to congressional candidates doubled his investments in the weeks before Election Day and quietly funneled $6.8 million more to a prominent tea party group, according to new financial statements filed with the government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Gillum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jack Gillum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15754568-shadowy-donor-behind-record-super-pac-checks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15754568-shadowy-donor-behind-record-super-pac-checks</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>politics</category><category>donor</category><category>election-day</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 16:34:08 +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>Man thought linked to huge art heist pleads guilty</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 76-year-old reputed Connecticut mobster pleaded guilty from his wheelchair Wednesday in a weapons and prescription drugs case that revealed the FBI's belief that he has information about the largest art heist in history.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Collins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dave Collins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15142619-man-thought-linked-to-huge-art-heist-pleads-guilty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15142619-man-thought-linked-to-huge-art-heist-pleads-guilty</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>heist</category><category>us-news</category><category>art-heist</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:35:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Blimp Project to Search for Bigfoot</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A Bigfoot researcher is planning to build, equip, and dispatch a remote-controlled blimp to spend months above forests in the Pacific Northwest, California, and Utah in hopes of finally getting good evidence of the giant bipedal mystery animal.
According to a Reuters news stor&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14949082-blimp-project-to-search-for-bigfoot</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14949082-blimp-project-to-search-for-bigfoot</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>usa</category><category>myths</category><category>odd-news</category><category>bigfoot</category><category>united-states</category><category>legends</category><category>folklore</category><category>superstition</category><category>sasquatch</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Nov 2012 21:56:16 +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=carlozBA3D28BC-3B9D-E4D0-84A2-0728D0B092F4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozBA3D28BC-3B9D-E4D0-84A2-0728D0B092F4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>