<?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 - old-west</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/old-west</link><description>Newsvine - old-west</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 2 Mar 2013 18:14:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:06:26 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>No-kill wolf ban spurs nonlethal options</title>
<description><![CDATA[As long as wolves have been making their comeback, biologists and ranchers have had a decidedly Old West option for dealing with those that develop a taste for beef: Shoot to kill. But for the past year, Oregon has been a "wolf-safe" zone, with ranchers turning to more modern, nonlethal ways to protect livestock.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Barnard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeff Barnard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17160307-no-kill-wolf-ban-spurs-nonlethal-options</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17160307-no-kill-wolf-ban-spurs-nonlethal-options</guid><category>us</category><category>state</category><category>safe</category><category>us-news</category><category>old-west</category><category>wolf-safe</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Mar 2013 18:11:19 +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=90c2bdf6-1c2f-4341-bdae-442f5b9b12d9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90c2bdf6-1c2f-4341-bdae-442f5b9b12d9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this August 2012 file photo provided by Wolves of the Rockies, the Lamar Canyon wolf pack moves on a hillside in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. As the progeny of wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone and central Idaho in 1995 and 1996 spread across the West, an accidental experiment has developed. A temporary court order has made Oregon a wolf-safe zone, where wildlife agents are barred from killing wolves that attack livestock. Over the past year, the numbers of wolves has risen to 46 in Oregon, but livestock attacks have remained static. In neighboring Idaho, the number livestock attacks rose dramatically as the numbers of wolves killed by hunters and wildlife agents also increased. (AP Photo/Wolves of the Rockies, 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=5f8e8f91-fe7e-46cc-a59b-f1d2c549c020.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5f8e8f91-fe7e-46cc-a59b-f1d2c549c020.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Sept. 1, 2009 file photo provided by Robert Millage shows his rifle with a wolf he shot on the first day of wolf hunting season along the Lochsa River in Northern Idaho. A temporary court order in Oregon has barred wildlife authorities from killing wolves that attack livestock for the past year. While Oregon has seen wolf attacks on livestock remain static while wolf numbers has risen to 46, Idaho last year saw the numbers of livestock attacks rise dramatically as hunters and wildlife agents killed 422 wolves. Wolf advocates hope tha ccidental experiment will lead other states to reconsider lethal controls as wolves spread through the West. (AP Photo/Robert Millage)&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=7adcd995-435e-4c38-92b1-9584bd5fdf8d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7adcd995-435e-4c38-92b1-9584bd5fdf8d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Feb. 13, 2010 file photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shows wolf coordinator Russ Morgan with a female wolf pup just fitted with a radio collar in northeastern Oregon. For the past year, Oregon has been a wolf-safe zone, where a temporary court order bars wildlife officials from killing wolves that kill livestock. While wolf numbers has risen to 46, the number of livestock kills has not. Wolf advocates hope the Oregon experiment can spread elsewhere, especially Idaho, where rising numbers of wolves killed last year was accompanied by a spike in livestock attacks. (AP Photo/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Calif. school named after bandido ignites debate</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scaffolding climbs the walls of the new elementary school in Salinas, an agricultural city celebrated as John Steinbeck's birthplace but plagued by gang violence.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gosia Wozniacka]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gosia Wozniacka]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16285189-calif-school-named-after-bandido-ignites-debate</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16285189-calif-school-named-after-bandido-ignites-debate</guid><category>us</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>bandit</category><category>old-west</category><category>john-steinbeck</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jan 2013 18:15:57 +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></item><item><title>Impoverished SD Indian tribe debates development</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Oglala Sioux Tribe occupies a seemingly prime piece of South Dakota &#8212; a vast, scenic reservation that stands near a crossroads for tourists visiting Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, the historic Old West town of Deadwood and other popular sites.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristi Eaton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kristi Eaton]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13072002-impoverished-sd-indian-tribe-debates-development</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13072002-impoverished-sd-indian-tribe-debates-development</guid><category>us</category><category>tourism</category><category>us-news</category><category>old-west</category><category>reservation</category><category>oglala-sioux-tribe</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:37:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a50799e-691d-49b4-8665-2f88d657048f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a50799e-691d-49b4-8665-2f88d657048f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a Friday, July 20, 2012, photo, from the left; Tricia Bear Eagle, Helen Red Feather, Rudell Bear Shirt and Edward Jealous Of Him, all of Wounded Knee, S.D., wait for tourists near the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at a self-made visitors center. A generation after many other American Indians sought to harness their history for profit, the Oglala Sioux Tribe is still debating how much culture they are willing to share with tourists. (AP Photo/Kristi Eaton)&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=2a445f93-ca5c-4658-8cbb-a47d7d30520a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a445f93-ca5c-4658-8cbb-a47d7d30520a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this May 13, 2012, photo people visit the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre in Wounded Knee, S.D. The site, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which is home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is where more than 250 Lakota men, women and children were killed by the 7th Cavalry in 1890. Some tribal members believe the area should be developed into a tourist attraction with a museum. Others, however, are adamantly opposed to development at the site, saying it would be disrespectful since its a mass gravesite. (AP Photo/Kristi Eaton)&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=56d41c97-c87d-4680-a1be-bad81b9d3674.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56d41c97-c87d-4680-a1be-bad81b9d3674.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This May 13, 2012, photo shows a gravesite at the Wounded Knee Cemetery in Wounded Knee, S.D. The site, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which is home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is where more than 250 Lakota men, women and children were killed by the 7th Cavalry in 1890. Some tribal members believe the area should be developed into a tourist attraction with a museum. Others, however, are adamantly opposed to development at the site, saying it would be disrespectful since its a mass gravesite. (AP Photo/Kristi Eaton)&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=d459ba21-fa38-45e9-af73-09fc5dca14c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d459ba21-fa38-45e9-af73-09fc5dca14c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This May 13, 2012, photo shows the Wounded Knee Cemetery in Wounded Knee, S.D. The site, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which is home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is where more than 250 Lakota men, women and children were killed by the 7th Cavalry in 1890. Some tribal members believe the area should be developed into a tourist attraction with a museum. Others, however, are adamantly opposed to development at the site, saying it would be disrespectful since its a mass gravesite. (AP Photo/Kristi Eaton)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Deadwood balances rough image with modern gambling</title>
<description><![CDATA[The store signs of this Old West village are drawn with a typeface reminiscent of "Wanted: Dead or Alive" posters. The streets are paved with bricks that evoke the dusty 1800s.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amber Hunt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amber Hunt]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10795514-deadwood-balances-rough-image-with-modern-gambling</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10795514-deadwood-balances-rough-image-with-modern-gambling</guid><category>us</category><category>dilemma</category><category>us-news</category><category>old-west</category><category>deadwood</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:07:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d532f8c3-c386-4ef2-a37b-98910bbe7263.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d532f8c3-c386-4ef2-a37b-98910bbe7263.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Feb. 21, 2012 photo shows the Midnight Star Gaming Emporium, owned by actor Kevin Costner, in Deadwood, S.D. Deadwood was a dying community with no preservation budget before gambling was re-legalized in 1989. Since then, the city's gambling revenues have steadily climbed. Now the town is confronting another challenge: How to keep its rough-and-tumble aesthetics while still offering the comfort, convenience and profitability of a 21st century gambling spot that draws 2 million tourists each year. (AP Photo/Amber Hunt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/03e361d1-39e0-4c0f-be65-760c117d2aa8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/03e361d1-39e0-4c0f-be65-760c117d2aa8.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 21, 2012, photo, a trolley drives through downtown Deadwood, S.D. Deadwood was a dying community with no preservation budget before gambling was re-legalized in 1989. Since then, the city's gambling revenues have steadily climbed. Now the town is confronting another challenge: How to keep its rough-and-tumble aesthetics while still offering the comfort, convenience and profitability of a 21st century gambling spot that draws 2 million tourists each year. (AP Photo/Amber Hunt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/499f7ddb-7788-4129-94b7-f33a7b11328d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/499f7ddb-7788-4129-94b7-f33a7b11328d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Feb. 21, 2012 photo shows the sign outside Deadwood, S.D. welcoming visitors to the historic town. Deadwood was a dying community with no preservation budget before gambling was re-legalized in 1989. Since then, the city's gambling revenues have steadily climbed. Now the town is confronting another challenge: How to keep its rough-and-tumble aesthetics while still offering the comfort, convenience and profitability of a 21st century gambling spot that draws 2 million tourists each year. (AP Photo/Amber Hunt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/50714e66-8833-432b-b10a-7ba7386a2e7c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/50714e66-8833-432b-b10a-7ba7386a2e7c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Feb. 21, 2012 photo shows the Midnight Star Gaming Emporium, owned by actor Kevin Costner, in Deadwood, S.D. Deadwood was a dying community with no preservation budget before gambling was re-legalized in 1989. Since then, the city's gambling revenues have steadily climbed. Now the town is confronting another challenge: How to keep its rough-and-tumble aesthetics while still offering the comfort, convenience and profitability of a 21st century gambling spot that draws 2 million tourists each year. (AP Photo/Amber Hunt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/33da801d-3ca1-4d53-a7cf-a6538aa98d99.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/33da801d-3ca1-4d53-a7cf-a6538aa98d99.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 21, 2012 photo, Kevin Kuchenbecker, Deadwood, S.D.s historic preservation officer, works in his office. Deadwood was a dying community with no preservation budget before gambling was re-legalized in 1989. Since then, the city's gambling revenues have steadily climbed. Now the town is confronting another challenge: How to keep its rough-and-tumble aesthetics while still offering the comfort, convenience and profitability of a 21st century gambling spot that draws 2 million tourists each year. (AP Photo/Amber Hunt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gun show re-enactor faces up to 20 years in prison</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Old West gun battle re-enactor in South Dakota who wounded three onlookers when he fired live rounds instead of blanks faces up to 20 years in prison after a plea deal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10194258-gun-show-re-enactor-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10194258-gun-show-re-enactor-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison</guid><category>us</category><category>show</category><category>shootings</category><category>us-news</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>old-west</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:36:37 +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></item><item><title>Records: S. Dakota re-enactor admits hiding guns</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Old West gunbattle re-enactor in South Dakota who wounded three spectators by firing real bullets instead of blanks has admitted hiding two handguns and ammunition after the incident, according to court documents.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristi Eaton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kristi Eaton]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/10/10100163-records-s-dakota-re-enactor-admits-hiding-guns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/10/10100163-records-s-dakota-re-enactor-admits-hiding-guns</guid><category>us</category><category>show</category><category>shootings</category><category>us-news</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>old-west</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:07:41 +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>'Billy the Kid' PBS film explores Hispanic link</title>
<description><![CDATA[His mythical exploits and jail escapes made this son of Irish immigrants one of the nation's most famous Old West outlaws. Yet fewer know that the man widely known as Billy the Kid was a central figure in a violent, Irish-English land war in New Mexico, and was beloved by Mexican-American ranchers who felt discriminated against by racist white bankers and land thieves.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Contreras]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Russell Contreras]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/09/9335829-billy-the-kid-pbs-film-explores-hispanic-link</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/09/9335829-billy-the-kid-pbs-film-explores-hispanic-link</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>documentary</category><category>kid</category><category>old-west</category><category>billy-the-kid</category><category>the-kid</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:15:01 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/444f9563-b319-4dd2-944b-92ba73a20396.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="230" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/444f9563-b319-4dd2-944b-92ba73a20396.jpg" width="120" height="267" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file ferrotype picture provided by the Lincoln County, N.M., Heritage Trust Archive is believed to depict William Bonney, also known as Billy the Kid, circa 1880. His mythical exploits and jail escapes made this son of Irish immigrants one of the nations most famous Old West outlaws. Yet fewer know that the man widely known as Billy the Kid was a central figure in a violent, Irish-English land war in New Mexico, and was beloved by Mexican-American ranchers who felt discriminated against by racist white bankers and land thieves.    (AP Photo/Lincoln County Heritage Trust Archive, File) NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rare find discovered amid town's Old West kitsch</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Gypsy sat for decades in a restaurant amid the Old West kitsch that fills this former gold rush town, her unblinking gaze greeting the tourists who shuffled in from the creaking wooden sidewalk outside.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Volz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matt Volz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/29/7508741-rare-find-discovered-amid-towns-old-west-kitsch</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/29/7508741-rare-find-discovered-amid-towns-old-west-kitsch</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>old-west</category><category>copperfield</category><category>david-copperfield</category><category>virginia-city</category><category>the-gypsy</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:20:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0d937890-8636-49f5-a89b-cfc333e1ed9e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0d937890-8636-49f5-a89b-cfc333e1ed9e.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This July 28, 2011, photo shows an antique Gypsy fortune teller machine, that sat for decades in this Virginia City, Mont., restaurant and has received a multimillion dollar offers from curators including magician David Copperfield. Collectors say the 100-year-old machine that speaks your fortune may be the last of its kind. (AP Photo/Michael Albans)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ce34fc8d-e8ff-47fe-af70-b07639288956.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ce34fc8d-e8ff-47fe-af70-b07639288956.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 28, 2011 photo, Janna Norby, curator of collections for the Montana Heritage Commission, stands near an antique Gypsy fortune teller machine, that sat for decades in this Virginia City, Mont., restaurant and has received a multimillion dollar offers from curators including magician David Copperfield. Collectors say the 100-year-old machine that speaks your fortune may be the last of its kind. (AP Photo/Michael Albans)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a8fe0810-e55d-44d6-9cb6-9eddad7d1084.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a8fe0810-e55d-44d6-9cb6-9eddad7d1084.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 28, 2011 photo, children stand in front of an antique Gypsy fortune teller machine, that sat for decades in a Virginia City, Mont., restaurant and has received multimillion dollar offers from curators including magician David Copperfield. Collectors say the 100-year-old machine that speaks your fortune may be the last of its kind. (AP Photo/Michael Albans)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/73b8d7f6-5527-43c0-a888-058a55efe364.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/73b8d7f6-5527-43c0-a888-058a55efe364.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 28, 2011 photo, a visitor sits outside the Gypsy Museum which houses an antique Gypsy fortune teller machine, in Virginia City, Mont., and has received multimillion dollar offers from curators including magician David Copperfield. Collectors say the 100-year-old machine that speaks your fortune may be the last of its kind. (AP Photo/Michael Albans)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Old text, new wrinkles: Did Butch Cassidy survive?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Did Butch Cassidy, the notorious Old West outlaw who most historians believe perished in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia, actually survive that battle and live to old age, peacefully and anonymously, in Washington state? And did he pen an autobiography detailing his exploits while cleverly casting the book as biography under another name?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/15/7375870-old-text-new-wrinkles-did-butch-cassidy-survive</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/15/7375870-old-text-new-wrinkles-did-butch-cassidy-survive</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>old-west</category><category>did</category><category>butch-cassidy</category><category>survive</category><category>butch</category><category>did-butch</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:31:19 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7885d04e-44ee-4529-8933-0ff1836033b3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="503" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7885d04e-44ee-4529-8933-0ff1836033b3.jpg" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo of William T. Phillips was taken from the Larry Pointer Collection, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo. A collector of rare books and documents says he has obtained a manuscript containing new evidence that Butch Cassidy wasn't killed in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia but returned to the U.S. and lived on in Washington State for almost three decades. The original handwritten manuscript of &quot;Bandit Invincible: The Story of Butch Cassidy&quot; dates to 1934 and is twice as long as an obscure book of the same title by William T. Phillips, who died in Spokane in 1937. (AP Photo/Laramie Daily Boomerang, Andrew Carpenean)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3e091d07-5f70-44f4-8cb1-fd8f41066813.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3e091d07-5f70-44f4-8cb1-fd8f41066813.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This image provided by the Nevada Historical Society shows the famous group portrait taken in Fort Worth, Texas shortly after Butch Cassidy and his gang robbed the Einnemucca, Nev., bank in 1900. They sent the photo to the bank with a thank you note. Shown are Bill Carver, top left, the Sundance Kid, bottom left, and Butch Cassidy, bottom right. The other two members of the gang are not identified. A collector of rare books and documents has obtained a manuscript with new evidence that Butch Cassidy wasnt killed in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia but returned to the U.S. and lived on in Washington State for almost three decades. (AP Photo/Nevada Historical Society, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>SD gun show reenactor who wounded 3 enters plea</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Old West gun battle re-enactor in South Dakota who fired live rounds instead of blanks during a show and wounded three onlookers has pleaded not guilty in federal court to illegally possessing a firearm.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/12/7355488-sd-gun-show-reenactor-who-wounded-3-enters-plea</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/12/7355488-sd-gun-show-reenactor-who-wounded-3-enters-plea</guid><category>us</category><category>show</category><category>shootings</category><category>us-news</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>old-west</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:36:51 +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></item><item><title>Old West re-enactor faces federal weapons charge</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Old West gun battle re-enactor who injured three South Dakota tourists when live ammunition was fired instead of blanks faces a federal weapons charge because he should not have been carrying a gun since he's a convicted felon, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dirk Lammers]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dirk Lammers]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/27/7181383-old-west-re-enactor-faces-federal-weapons-charge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/27/7181383-old-west-re-enactor-faces-federal-weapons-charge</guid><category>us</category><category>show</category><category>shootings</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>old-west</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:09:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Authorities: Old West Re-enactor had felony record</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities say a mock Old West gun battle participant in South Dakota who wounded three tourists by firing live ammunition instead of blanks has served more than five years in Minnesota prisons on multiple felony convictions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/12/7068754-authorities-old-west-re-enactor-had-felony-record</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/12/7068754-authorities-old-west-re-enactor-had-felony-record</guid><category>us</category><category>show</category><category>shootings</category><category>us-news</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>old-west</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:49:05 +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>Western ranchers fight push to give up brands</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ranchers have long used brands to keep track of their cattle and deter rustlers, but many now fear branding will become just another relic of the Old West as federal regulators look for new ways to track meat from hoof to plate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shannon Dininny]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Shannon Dininny]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6989358-western-ranchers-fight-push-to-give-up-brands</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6989358-western-ranchers-fight-push-to-give-up-brands</guid><category>us</category><category>farm</category><category>food</category><category>brands</category><category>cattle</category><category>us-news</category><category>old-west</category><category>cattle-brands</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jul 2011 07:37:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/63714128-d19c-4b6e-ab9c-0e07fb8220e9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/63714128-d19c-4b6e-ab9c-0e07fb8220e9.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Craig and Mary K. Vejraska pose at their cattle ranch June 17, 2011, in Omak, Wash. They support the use of cattle brands in a new animal identification program. (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/53fc20e7-d39c-4994-a88b-139c74063a03.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/53fc20e7-d39c-4994-a88b-139c74063a03.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Circle-V brand can be seen at Craig Vejraska's cattle ranch in Omak, Wash. on June 17, 2011. Vejraska supports the use of cattle brands in a new animal identification program.  (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/03b7e274-0c33-4a32-9807-5e2427f3ae29.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/03b7e274-0c33-4a32-9807-5e2427f3ae29.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cattle rancher Craig Vejraska shows off one of his brands at his ranch in Omak, Wash. on June 17, 2011. Vejraska supports the use of cattle brands in a new animal identification program. (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/efcd36c9-0a83-40e4-bc2e-a3740e3cb50d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/efcd36c9-0a83-40e4-bc2e-a3740e3cb50d.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cattle roam on forested tribal land northeast of Omak, Wash. on June 17, 2011. Craig Vejraska owns the cattle and supports the use of brands in a new animal identification program. (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Authorities: Live bullets fired at Old West show</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the participants in a mock Old West gun battle in South Dakota fired live ammunition instead of using blanks, wounding three tourists, authorities announced Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chet Brokaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chet Brokaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/24/6936536-authorities-live-bullets-fired-at-old-west-show</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/24/6936536-authorities-live-bullets-fired-at-old-west-show</guid><category>us</category><category>show</category><category>shootings</category><category>us-news</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>old-west</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:37:10 +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>Woman sure she was hit by bullet at Old West show</title>
<description><![CDATA[Carrol Knutson says a hospital opinion and the hole in her leg are all the proof she needs to determine how she was injured last week while watching a mock Old West gunfight in South Dakota that was supposed to use blanks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chet Brokaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chet Brokaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/23/6927260-woman-sure-she-was-hit-by-bullet-at-old-west-show</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/23/6927260-woman-sure-she-was-hit-by-bullet-at-old-west-show</guid><category>us</category><category>show</category><category>shooting</category><category>west</category><category>us-news</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>old-west</category><category>carrol-knutson</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:45:10 +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>Tourists injured during Old West shootout show</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Old West shootout staged as part of a charity fundraiser may have come a little too close to the real thing when three tourists were injured.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/18/6887361-tourists-injured-during-old-west-shootout-show</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/18/6887361-tourists-injured-during-old-west-shootout-show</guid><category>us</category><category>shootout</category><category>us-news</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>old-west</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:03:05 +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>NM governor: No pardon for outlaw Billy the Kid</title>
<description><![CDATA[The rehabilitation of Billy the Kid lies dead in the dust.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sue Major Holmes]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sue Major Holmes]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/28/5725263-nm-governor-no-pardon-for-outlaw-billy-the-kid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/28/5725263-nm-governor-no-pardon-for-outlaw-billy-the-kid</guid><category>us</category><category>bill-richardson</category><category>new-mexico</category><category>us-news</category><category>pardon</category><category>old-west</category><category>billy-the-kid</category><category>the-kid</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:55 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5646be44-9ffa-4a6f-b0e7-8556397d6e77.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="230" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5646be44-9ffa-4a6f-b0e7-8556397d6e77.jpg" width="120" height="267" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file ferrotype picture provided by the Lincoln County, N.M., Heritage Trust Archive is believed to depict William Bonney, also known as Billy the Kid, circa 1880.  Billy the Kid, the Old West outlaw who killed at least three lawmen and tried to cut a deal from jail with territorial authorities, won't be pardoned, Gov. Bill Richardson said Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, nearly 130 years after the gunslinger's death. The prospect of a pardon for the notorious frontier figure drew international attention to New Mexico, centering on whether Billy the Kid had been promised a pardon from New Mexico's territorial governor in return for testimony in killings he had witnessed. (AP Photo/Lincoln County Heritage Trust Archive, File) NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Garrett descendant objects to pardoning the Kid</title>
<description><![CDATA[Descendants of Old West lawman Pat Garrett and New Mexico Territorial Gov. Lew Wallace are outraged over the possibility that Gov. Bill Richardson will pardon Billy the Kid.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sue Major Holmes]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sue Major Holmes]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/16/5664460-garrett-descendant-objects-to-pardoning-the-kid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/16/5664460-garrett-descendant-objects-to-pardoning-the-kid</guid><category>bill-richardson</category><category>us-news</category><category>pardon</category><category>old-west</category><category>nm</category><category>billy-the-kid</category><category>the-kid</category><category>pat-garrett</category><category>lew-wallace</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:01:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lawman's descendant objects to pardoning the Kid</title>
<description><![CDATA[Descendants of Old West lawman Pat Garrett and New Mexico Territorial Gov. Lew Wallace are outraged that Gov. Bill Richardson is considering a pardon for Billy the Kid, saying Wallace never offered a pardon, and a petition seeking one is tainted because it comes from a lawyer with ties to Richardson.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sue Major Holmes]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sue Major Holmes]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/16/5664133-lawmans-descendant-objects-to-pardoning-the-kid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/16/5664133-lawmans-descendant-objects-to-pardoning-the-kid</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>bill-richardson</category><category>kid</category><category>us-news</category><category>pardon</category><category>old-west</category><category>billy-the-kid</category><category>the-kid</category><category>pat-garrett</category><category>lew-wallace</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:32:03 +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>NM gov meets with lawman Pat Garrett's descendants</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 130 years after Pat Garrett tracked down and killed Billy the Kid, the legendary lawman's descendants are lobbying against a postumous pardon for the Wild West outlaw.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Massey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Barry Massey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4783406-nm-gov-meets-with-lawman-pat-garretts-descendants</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4783406-nm-gov-meets-with-lawman-pat-garretts-descendants</guid><category>us</category><category>bill-richardson</category><category>new-mexico</category><category>kid</category><category>us-news</category><category>pardon</category><category>old-west</category><category>wild-west</category><category>billy-the-kid</category><category>the-kid</category><category>pat-garrett</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:30:19 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bff4d4f8-380e-4a93-9cc5-45201465232f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bff4d4f8-380e-4a93-9cc5-45201465232f.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jarvis Patrick Garrett, grandson of frontier lawman Pat Garrett, speaks Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Pat Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw. (AP Photo/Sergio Salvador)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d770bd6a-7c78-458b-bff2-2901f201dee9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="367" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d770bd6a-7c78-458b-bff2-2901f201dee9.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Susannah Floyd Garrett, left, and her brother Jarvis Patrick Garrett, grandchildren of frontier lawman Pat Garrett, pose for photos Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Pat Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw. (AP Photo/Sergio Salvador)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cd0a34db-8961-42f2-aaec-1c68ec126156.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="338" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cd0a34db-8961-42f2-aaec-1c68ec126156.jpg" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Susan Floyd Garrett, left, granddaughter of Old West lawman Pat Garrett listens during a historic walking tour of Billy the Kid-related sites in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Thursday July 29, 2010. Descendants of Pat Garrett want Gov. Bill Richardson to bury the past and drop any consideration of a pardon for gunslinger Billy the Kid.(AP Photo/Barry Massey)                          &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bf041e35-c1da-456c-8ea6-bd9b4c4aba16.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bf041e35-c1da-456c-8ea6-bd9b4c4aba16.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Susan Floyd Garrett, left, granddaughter of Old West lawman Pat Garrett and Hilary Tunstall-Behrens, whose relative, John Henry Tunstall, once employed Billy the Kid, listen during a historic walking tour of Billy the Kid-related sites in Santa Fe, N.M., Thursday July 29, 2010. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Pat Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw. (AP Photo/Barry Massey)                         &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5386d41b-b9d8-41f2-9ea8-43ca6d0628a5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="230" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5386d41b-b9d8-41f2-9ea8-43ca6d0628a5.jpg" width="120" height="267" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated ferrotype picture provided by the Lincoln County, N.M., Heritage Trust Archive is believed to depict William Bonney, also known as Billy the Kid, circa 1880.  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw.  Three of the late lawman's grandchildren sent a letter to Richardson this week that asked him not to pardon the outlaw, saying such an act would represent an &quot;inexcusable defamation&quot; of Garrett.  (AP Photo/Lincoln County Heritage Trust Archive)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e45c7df4-eded-4a08-8d31-b7817fdb5803.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e45c7df4-eded-4a08-8d31-b7817fdb5803.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jarvis Patrick Garrett, left, and his sister Susannah Garrett, descendants of frontier lawman Pat Garrett, answer questions outside the State Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, after meeting with Gov. Bill Richardson about their opposition to the idea of posthumously pardoning outlaw Billy the Kid. After the meeting, the Garretts said Richardson told them he hasn't made a decision about a pardon. (AP Photo/Barry Massey) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c4d0cbb2-4bdd-4958-902d-56a521a9fcea.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="393" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c4d0cbb2-4bdd-4958-902d-56a521a9fcea.jpg" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Susannah Garrett, left, and her brother Jarvis Patrick Garrett, descendants of frontier lawman Pat Garrett, look at a petition opposing the idea of posthumously pardoning outlaw Billy the Kid after meeting with Gov. Bill Richardson in Santa Fe, N.M., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. After the meeting, the Garretts said Richardson told them he hasn't made a decision about a pardon. (AP Photo/Barry Massey) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Arizona may shut down two-thirds of state parks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Arizona is on the verge of permanently closing more than half of its state parks to ease its budget woes &#8212; the most drastic such proposal in the nation and one that could mean shutting down some iconic Old West locations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan J. Cooper]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jonathan J. Cooper]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/14/3758830-arizona-may-shut-down-two-thirds-of-state-parks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/14/3758830-arizona-may-shut-down-two-thirds-of-state-parks</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>park</category><category>us-news</category><category>old-west</category><category>closures</category><category>state-park</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:04:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d69ec59d-416c-415b-b71c-49c983987fec.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d69ec59d-416c-415b-b71c-49c983987fec.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 22, 1996 file photo, visitors to the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park in Yuma, Ariz., walk through the prison's main cell block. Arizona's legislators cut parks and other expenses last year as they tried to fill a nearly 30 percent difference between revenues and expenditures in an approximately $10.7 billion 2009-2010 budget. With the Yuma area's other state park on the latest closure list, Charles Flynn, executive director of Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, hopes to make a deal that would keep the Yuma Territorial Prison open. (AP Photo/James Blair, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Modern cattle rustlers update Wild West ways</title>
<description><![CDATA[Otto Dwaine Hendricks is a character out of the Old West transplanted to the 21st century, to hear the police tell it. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/03/2635892-modern-cattle-rustlers-update-wild-west-ways</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/03/2635892-modern-cattle-rustlers-update-wild-west-ways</guid><category>business</category><category>texas</category><category>farm</category><category>drought</category><category>hendricks</category><category>cattle</category><category>old-west</category><category>beef</category><category>ranchers</category><category>crime--courts</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>otto-dwaine-hendricks</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:56:38 +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><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090402-rustling-hmed-11a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090402-rustling-hmed-11a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The return of cattle rustlers comes as the ranching industry is at a low point, beset by widespread drought, rising feed and equipment prices and falling demand for beef, said Richard Tokach, who runs this family ranch near Mandan, N.D.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mineral rights showdown at Badlands ranch</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Montana man who wants to mine gravel on the Badlands ranch where Theodore Roosevelt once ran his cattle is comparing his dispute with the U.S. Forest Service to an Old West stare-down. He says he won't blink.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James MacPherson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James MacPherson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/03/2499232-mineral-rights-showdown-at-badlands-ranch</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/03/2499232-mineral-rights-showdown-at-badlands-ranch</guid><category>showdown</category><category>forest-service</category><category>us-news</category><category>old-west</category><category>theodore-roosevelt</category><category>badlands</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:48:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>5Top: When are we? Period-set TV shows</title>
<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the first non-Western period TV show, “Happy Days” debuted in 1974. Coming on the heels of the excitement and 1950s nostalgia fueled by “American Graffiti,” which came out a year earlier and also starred Ron Howard, “Happy Days” was chock full of 1950s themes and styles, including the iconic Al’s Diner. Despite Season 5’s infamous “jumping the shark” moment — in which Fonzie jumped on water skis over a shark tank (the phrase is now used to signal the moment when a show surpasses its peak) — “Happy Days” enjoyed another six seasons, although its earlier years are the most memorable. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor Balta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Victor Balta]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/08/2410261-5top-when-are-we-period-set-tv-shows</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/08/2410261-5top-when-are-we-period-set-tv-shows</guid><category>show</category><category>politics</category><category>old-west</category><category>madison-avenue</category><category>new-york-based</category><category>deadwood</category><category>5top</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>kevin-arnold</category><category>wonder-years�<b><br</category><category>despite-season</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:46:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Harris plays jack-of-all-trades on `Appaloosa'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ed Harris took Old West self-sufficiency to heart with his latest film.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Germain]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Germain]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/29/1931552-harris-plays-jack-of-all-trades-on-appaloosa</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/29/1931552-harris-plays-jack-of-all-trades-on-appaloosa</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>film</category><category>harris</category><category>old-west</category><category>ed-harris</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:43:35 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/26b9c4c5-3dce-4957-a7b3-2e85c0a9835f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/26b9c4c5-3dce-4957-a7b3-2e85c0a9835f.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Sept. 4, 2008 file photo, actor Ed Harris poses for a portrait at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto during the International Film Festival. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/65da2896-9e03-4f16-9487-70336cf5201a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/65da2896-9e03-4f16-9487-70336cf5201a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Sept. 4, 2008 file photo, actor Ed Harris poses for a portrait at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto during the International Film Festival. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/35a936ef-b694-4836-b5d9-6d4ec83c8890.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/35a936ef-b694-4836-b5d9-6d4ec83c8890.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Sept. 13, 2008 file photo, director Ed Harris poses during a photocall for the movie &quot;Appaloosa&quot; at the 34th American Film Festival in Deauville, Normandy, France. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>