<?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 - pay</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/pay</link><description>Newsvine - pay</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:36:16 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:12:46 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Nissan to increase pay at Tenn. and Miss. plants</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. will raise pay for its employees in Mississippi and Tennessee.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Amy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeff Amy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17706462-nissan-to-increase-pay-at-tenn-and-miss-plants</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17706462-nissan-to-increase-pay-at-tenn-and-miss-plants</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>nissan</category><category>pay-raise</category><category>raise</category><category>pay</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:33:13 +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>Chevron CEO gets $3.5 million cash bonus for 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chevron Corp. says Chairman and CEO John Watson will get a $3.5 million cash bonus for the oil company's big profit in 2012.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17574465-chevron-ceo-gets-35-million-cash-bonus-for-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17574465-chevron-ceo-gets-35-million-cash-bonus-for-2012</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>chevron</category><category>ceo</category><category>pay</category><category>ceo-john-watson</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 00:15:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Samoa airline introduces pay-by-weight pricing</title>
<description><![CDATA[A tiny Samoa airline is giving passengers a big reason to lose weight: tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kilogram.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fili Sagapolutele]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fili Sagapolutele]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17574034-samoa-airline-introduces-pay-by-weight-pricing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17574034-samoa-airline-introduces-pay-by-weight-pricing</guid><category>us</category><category>flights</category><category>weight</category><category>pay</category><category>world-news</category><category>by-weight</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 23:11:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sears sets Edward Lampert's salary as CEO at $1</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sears Holding Corp. has signed a contract with Edward Lampert to keep him on as CEO of the company at a salary of $1 per year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402939-sears-sets-edward-lamperts-salary-as-ceo-at-1</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402939-sears-sets-edward-lamperts-salary-as-ceo-at-1</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>edward-lampert</category><category>pay</category><category>lampert</category><category>sears-holding</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:05:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Report: EU to propose controls on bosses' pay</title>
<description><![CDATA[A top European Union official says he plans to propose that company shareholders across the continent be given the power to set managers' pay &#8212; an approach similar to an initiative recently approved by voters in non-EU Switzerland.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17256592-report-eu-to-propose-controls-on-bosses-pay</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17256592-report-eu-to-propose-controls-on-bosses-pay</guid><category>business</category><category>europe</category><category>european-union</category><category>pay</category><category>managers'-pay</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:21:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Renault CEO: Let shareholders vote on exec pay</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just days after Swiss voters struck a blow against corporate greed, Renault's CEO Carlos Ghosn gave his support to the idea of giving shareholders more power over pay packages.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17208804-renault-ceo-let-shareholders-vote-on-exec-pay</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17208804-renault-ceo-let-shareholders-vote-on-exec-pay</guid><category>eu</category><category>pay</category><category>world-news</category><category>geneva-motor-show</category><category>renault-ceo-carlos-ghosn</category><category>bosses'-pay</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:25:00 +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>Flacco wins money game, but what of him as player?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Joe Flacco's impeccable timing earned him the richest contract for a quarterback in NFL history. That doesn't mean he's the game's best QB.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Wilner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Barry Wilner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17170157-flacco-wins-money-game-but-what-of-him-as-player</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17170157-flacco-wins-money-game-but-what-of-him-as-player</guid><category>nfl</category><category>pay</category><category>us-news</category><category>qb</category><category>joe-flacco</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Mar 2013 21:31:54 +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=bc721918-a0af-4601-a040-b96715b00499.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc721918-a0af-4601-a040-b96715b00499.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game in New Orleans. The Ravens will have to pay at least $14.896 million for Flacco to be their quarterback in 2013. The NFL set the franchise tag at that figure Friday, March 1, 2013, and if the Ravens can't reach agreement on a long-term deal with Flacco before free agency begins March 12, they could tag him. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, 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=8a2c5046-7ab6-4d2f-b5bd-a0daf9372a5a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a2c5046-7ab6-4d2f-b5bd-a0daf9372a5a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2013, file photo, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is lifted into the air by teammates after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game in New Orleans. A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that Flacco has agreed on a new contract with the Ravens. The person spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday, March 1, 2013, because the agreement has not officially been announced. Terms of the deal were not immediately available.(AP Photo/Bill Haber, 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=eabf063f-20de-43c2-a61b-78dc9e474b6e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eabf063f-20de-43c2-a61b-78dc9e474b6e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2013, file phot, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) looks to throw a pass during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game against the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans. A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that Flacco has agreed on a new contract with the Ravens. The person spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday, March 1, 2013, because the agreement has not officially been announced. Terms of the deal were not immediately available. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FIle)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Swiss voters approve tough limits on bosses' pay</title>
<description><![CDATA[Swiss voters voiced their anger at perceived corporate greed Sunday by approving a plan to boost shareholders' say on executive pay.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Jordans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Jordans]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17157098-swiss-voters-approve-tough-limits-on-bosses-pay</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17157098-swiss-voters-approve-tough-limits-on-bosses-pay</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>pay</category><category>world-news</category><category>bosses'</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Mar 2013 10:23:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=989a7400-48b1-4d18-8c35-a43d6b7ccc6b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="242" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=989a7400-48b1-4d18-8c35-a43d6b7ccc6b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This May 11, 2010 file photo shows the outside view of Transocean's office in Steinhausen, Switzerland. Foreign executives who moved their company headquarters to Switzerland to get better tax deals for their firms may find themselves paying the price for it this weekend. A plan to crack down on excessive corporate pay packages is predicted to pass at the ballot box Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Frank Jordans, 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=5122c6a9-cbb2-4a25-a037-4ad6558c8d6e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="374" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5122c6a9-cbb2-4a25-a037-4ad6558c8d6e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 12, 2007 file photo Edward Breen, chairman and CEO of Tyco International Ltd., is interviewed at the New York Stock Exchange. Foreign executives who moved their company headquarters to Switzerland to get better tax deals for their firms may find themselves paying the price for it this weekend. A plan to crack down on excessive corporate pay packages is predicted to pass at the ballot box Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, 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=f77746dc-ae2f-4c4e-9e08-7413117d38c1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f77746dc-ae2f-4c4e-9e08-7413117d38c1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 15, 2010 file photo a member of the press takes photographs of a company logo at the headquarters of the offshore drilling company Transocean in Steinhausen, Switzerland. Foreign executives who moved their company headquarters to Switzerland to get better tax deals for their firms may find themselves paying the price for it this weekend. A plan to crack down on excessive corporate pay packages is predicted to pass at the ballot box Sunday. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sigi Tischler, 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=e9413a77-e3da-4e26-8521-66c9961bed23.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="232" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e9413a77-e3da-4e26-8521-66c9961bed23.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Initiator of the &quot;Rip-off Initiative&quot; Thomas Minder reacts as he follows the results of a vote at a hotel in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Sunday, March 3, 2013. The &quot;Rip-off Initiative&quot; is designed to prevent bosses from receiving huge bonuses even when their companies do badly. Exit polls show Swiss voters have approved a measure to boost shareholders' say on executive pay. If Sunday's exit polls prove correct, parliament will have to draft a law giving shareholders the right to hold a binding vote on all compensation for company executives and directors. The law will also ban signing and leaving bonuses for senior managers and push greater corporate transparency. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Officials debate high pay at bailed-out firms</title>
<description><![CDATA[Government officials argued Tuesday over whether pay is still too high for top executives at bailed-out companies like AIG, General Motors and Ally Financial.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Rexrode]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christina Rexrode]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17104048-officials-debate-high-pay-at-bailed-out-firms</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17104048-officials-debate-high-pay-at-bailed-out-firms</guid><category>us</category><category>hearing</category><category>pay</category><category>us-news</category><category>executive-pay</category><category>ally-financial</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:46:02 +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>Goodell paid more than $29 million by NFL in 2011</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nice job, Roger Goodell. Here's your pay: $29.49 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Rosenblatt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Rosenblatt]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16977594-goodell-paid-more-than-29-million-by-nfl-in-2011</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16977594-goodell-paid-more-than-29-million-by-nfl-in-2011</guid><category>business</category><category>nfl</category><category>pay</category><category>us-news</category><category>commissioner-roger-goodell</category><category>goodell-pay</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:27:07 +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=6392d2aa-643b-4b06-896f-1c18a169ba74.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6392d2aa-643b-4b06-896f-1c18a169ba74.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell smiles during a news conference after the NFL owners meeting in Irving, Texas. Roger Goodell was paid $29.49 million by NFL owners in 2011, nearly triple his compensation from the previous year. Goodell earned $11.6 million in 2010. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AMR CEO Horton in line for $20 million severance</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tom Horton won't get to lead the new American Airlines after it merges with US Airways, but he'll get a going-away prize of nearly $20 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Koenig]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Koenig]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975125-amr-ceo-horton-in-line-for-20-million-severance</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975125-amr-ceo-horton-in-line-for-20-million-severance</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>amr</category><category>american-airlines</category><category>ceo</category><category>pay</category><category>tom-horton</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:17:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa76cf4a-5026-4e21-9204-d002db6126b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa76cf4a-5026-4e21-9204-d002db6126b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - American Airlines CEO Tom Horton, right, and  U.S. Airways CEO Doug Parker, left, visit with employees after a news conference at DFW International Airport in a Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 file photo, in Grapevine, Texas. The two airlines will merge forming the world's largest airlines. Horton won't get to lead the new American Airlines after it merges with US Airways, but he'll get a going-away prize of nearly $20 million. American's parent company, AMR Corp., disclosed the CEO's severance package in a regulatory filing. Horton will get $9.94 million in cash and an equal amount in stock in the new company after the merger.  (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Gov't allowed high pay at bailed-out firms</title>
<description><![CDATA[A government report Monday criticized the U.S. Treasury Department for approving "excessive" salaries and raises at firms that received taxpayer-funded bailouts during the financial crisis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16740360-report-govt-allowed-high-pay-at-bailed-out-firms</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16740360-report-govt-allowed-high-pay-at-bailed-out-firms</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>federal</category><category>treasury-department</category><category>pay</category><category>bailout</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:02:14 +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>'No budget, no pay' advances despite reservations</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an earlier era, a move like the one engineered by House GOP leaders to pass a "no budget, no pay" measure probably would have been stopped in its tracks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/27/16720697-no-budget-no-pay-advances-despite-reservations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/27/16720697-no-budget-no-pay-advances-despite-reservations</guid><category>us</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>pay</category><category>house-gop</category><category>house-republicans'</category><category>no-budget-no-pay</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:34:10 +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=65f85b70-43a1-4527-a57f-bdf3a296e6fe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65f85b70-43a1-4527-a57f-bdf3a296e6fe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP leadership speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting on avoiding a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Joining Boehner, from left, are Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the Republican Conference, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. House Republicans have said that they will not agree to a long-term debt ceiling increase unless the Senate works with them to pass a budget deal and have also threatened to withhold Congresss paychecks if either chamber fails to adopt a budget by April 15.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&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=2a5ff12c-20a8-44e8-a733-e6e9d86e2a7c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="382" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a5ff12c-20a8-44e8-a733-e6e9d86e2a7c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart shows federal debt versus borrowing limits since&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=e5873396-031a-454a-a0ac-e75f2a92dcd3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5873396-031a-454a-a0ac-e75f2a92dcd3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., speaks during a news conference  on Capitol Hill in Washington,  Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, to discuss the debt limit. The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first-time default for at least four months, defusing a looming crisis setting up a springtime debate over taxes, spending and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&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=2bd61a27-83d1-4ace-a06d-0848748b6e84.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2bd61a27-83d1-4ace-a06d-0848748b6e84.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP leadership speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting on avoiding a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington. Joining Boehner, from left, are Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the Republican Conference, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. House Republicans have said that they will not agree to a long-term debt ceiling increase unless the Senate works with them to pass a budget deal and have also threatened to withhold Congresss paychecks if either chamber fails to adopt a budget by April 15. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, 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=ec730ea4-01e9-4464-9b3d-4008294bee30.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec730ea4-01e9-4464-9b3d-4008294bee30.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, center, and the House GOP leadership leave a news conference after meeting on a strategy to avoid a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. With Boehner, from left, are House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the Republican Conference, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo. House Republicans have said that they will not agree to a long-term debt ceiling increase unless the Senate works with them to pass a budget deal and have also threatened to withhold Congresss paychecks if either chamber fails to adopt a budget by April 15. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>House to vote to continue federal pay freeze</title>
<description><![CDATA[The House next week will take up legislation to overturn an order from President Barack Obama giving federal workers a 0.5 percent pay raise, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Abrams]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Abrams]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16548208-house-to-vote-to-continue-federal-pay-freeze</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16548208-house-to-vote-to-continue-federal-pay-freeze</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>federal</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>pay</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:08:04 +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>Kenya president rejects lavish pay for legislators</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kenya's President has vetoed legislation in which members of parliament gave themselves a hefty send-off package in a late-evening vote on the last day of session before national elections.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16448281-kenya-president-rejects-lavish-pay-for-legislators</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16448281-kenya-president-rejects-lavish-pay-for-legislators</guid><category>kenya</category><category>legislator</category><category>pay</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:29:41 +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>Deal restores severance pay for military gays</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dozens of gay and lesbian former military service members who were discharged due to their homosexuality will receive the rest of their severance pay under a settlement approved Monday by a federal court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16400053-deal-restores-severance-pay-for-military-gays</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16400053-deal-restores-severance-pay-for-military-gays</guid><category>us</category><category>military</category><category>gays</category><category>pay</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 00:22:10 +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>'Fiscal cliff' deal to block pay hike for Congress</title>
<description><![CDATA[Legislation to prevent the government from going over the so-called fiscal cliff will also block a $900 automatic pay hike for members of Congress.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16275545-fiscal-cliff-deal-to-block-pay-hike-for-congress</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16275545-fiscal-cliff-deal-to-block-pay-hike-for-congress</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>pay</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jan 2013 04:18:05 +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>Federal judges sue to win promised pay increases</title>
<description><![CDATA[With the nation teetering on an economic "fiscal cliff," federal judges may soon force Congress to dedicate possibly millions of dollars to what some of those same judges must consider a worthy cause: their own salaries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesse J. Holland]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jesse J. Holland]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15900534-federal-judges-sue-to-win-promised-pay-increases</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15900534-federal-judges-sue-to-win-promised-pay-increases</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>federal</category><category>pay</category><category>judges'</category><category>federal-judges'</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:58:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49c5a030-5b98-40e9-b251-2ae5c4f1b891.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="373" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49c5a030-5b98-40e9-b251-2ae5c4f1b891.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated handout photo provided by Judge Royal T. Furgeson Jr. show Judge Furgeson of Texas. With the nation teetering on a fiscal cliff, Congress may be on the verge of being forced by federal judges to dedicate perhaps millions of dollars to what some of those same judges must consider a worthy cause: their own salaries. Furgeson is one of the judges seeking class action status, called that a binding commitment made by the legislative branch for the judicial branch to receive the same yearly COLAs awarded to all other federal employees, to keep us even with inflation. (AP Photo/Judge Furgeson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Mgrs. at Fannie, Freddie earned $200K</title>
<description><![CDATA[A government report finds median pay for nearly 2,000 senior managers at government-controlled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exceeded $200,000 last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15820223-report-mgrs-at-fannie-freddie-earned-200k</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15820223-report-mgrs-at-fannie-freddie-earned-200k</guid><category>us</category><category>freddie-mac</category><category>politics</category><category>fannie-mae</category><category>pay</category><category>freddie</category><category>fannie</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:27:51 +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>Private college presidents pay was up slightly</title>
<description><![CDATA[Compensation for private college presidents has continued to drift upward, while the number crossing the $1 million barrier &#8212; a signal of prestige, and a magnet for criticism &#8212; held steady at 36, according to a new survey.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15799686-private-college-presidents-pay-was-up-slightly</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15799686-private-college-presidents-pay-was-up-slightly</guid><category>us</category><category>presidents</category><category>pay</category><category>college-presidents</category><category>us-news</category><category>hfr</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 23:01:15 +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>10 highest-paid college presidents</title>
<description><![CDATA[Top 10 recipients, in total compensation, among private-college leaders in 2010.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15799685-10-highest-paid-college-presidents</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15799685-10-highest-paid-college-presidents</guid><category>us</category><category>colleges</category><category>10</category><category>presidents</category><category>pay</category><category>us-news</category><category>top-10</category><category>hfr</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 23:01:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Superstorm utility crews complain of payroll delay</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mike Valaskatgis slept in his National Grid truck for two nights, and then on a cot two more nights before getting a bed in a hotel room during a 10-day visit to New York last month to help in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15745442-superstorm-utility-crews-complain-of-payroll-delay</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15745442-superstorm-utility-crews-complain-of-payroll-delay</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>rhode-island</category><category>workers'</category><category>pay</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-grid</category><category>superstorm</category><category>superstorm-sandy</category><category>workers'-pay</category><category>mike-valaskatgis</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 07:38:57 +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=5a26aa67-db0c-4421-9410-5460af38dfec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5a26aa67-db0c-4421-9410-5460af38dfec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this Nov. 7, 2012 file photo, a National Grid crew from Fredonia, N.Y. repair power lines on Port Washington Blvd. that were brought down from the effects of Superstorm Sandy, in Port Washington, N.Y. Thousands of utility workers from New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts say many are still waiting to be fully compensated for their efforts to restore power after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, 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=0206dd4e-908d-47d1-961c-fb1880cf2de2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="467" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0206dd4e-908d-47d1-961c-fb1880cf2de2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="140" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this Nov. 7, 2012 file photo, a National Grid crew from Fredonia, N.Y. repair power lines in Port Washington, N.Y., that were damaged during Superstorm Sandy. Thousands of utility workers from New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts say many are still waiting to be fully compensated for their efforts to restore power after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, 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=5cbb0c1a-2fc4-46e9-9e6b-bcd7566161bd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5cbb0c1a-2fc4-46e9-9e6b-bcd7566161bd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2012 file photo, an employee from National Grid works to repair a gas line damaged from Superstorm Sandy on Frederick Court, one of several streets in the neighborhood without power in Bellmore, N.Y. Thousands of utility workers from New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts say many are still waiting to be fully compensated for their efforts to restore power after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, 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=0bd4fabb-1211-475d-b717-668cef97e9c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0bd4fabb-1211-475d-b717-668cef97e9c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this Nov. 7, 2012 file photo, a National Grid crew from Fredonia, N.Y. repair power lines in Port Washington, N.Y., that were damaged during Superstorm Sandy. Thousands of utility workers from New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts say many are still waiting to be fully compensated for their efforts to restore power after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Exxon Mobil to give CEO a raise to $2.7 million</title>
<description><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corp. is raising CEO Rex W. Tillerson's salary 6 percent to $2.72 million on Jan. 1.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15678328-exxon-mobil-to-give-ceo-a-raise-to-27-million</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15678328-exxon-mobil-to-give-ceo-a-raise-to-27-million</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>ceo</category><category>exxon-mobil</category><category>pay</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 21:45:24 +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>High pay a costly legacy of Calif. prison receiver</title>
<description><![CDATA[A doctor at California Medical Facility was paid more than $410,000 last year, while a registered nurse at High Desert State Prison made nearly $236,000 &#8212; more than twice the statewide average in both cases.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Thompson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Thompson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14561948-high-pay-a-costly-legacy-of-calif-prison-receiver</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14561948-high-pay-a-costly-legacy-of-calif-prison-receiver</guid><category>us</category><category>medical</category><category>california</category><category>pay</category><category>prisons</category><category>us-news</category><category>high-desert-state-prison</category><category>california-medical-facility</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:02:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1738da7-79af-47e3-8c2d-82d0f6e0dca7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1738da7-79af-47e3-8c2d-82d0f6e0dca7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2012, Dr. Davis Mathis, visits with an inmate in the hospital unit at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif.  Mathis, a board certified physician,  was the highest paid prison doctor last year, earning a base salary of $239,572 and an additional $169,548 for working overnight shifts, weekends and holidays.  Prison doctors say they are worth the higher pay because they face the constant threat of assault from inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&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=d47e0462-ceb1-47cc-b015-75f136a2d195.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d47e0462-ceb1-47cc-b015-75f136a2d195.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 12,  Dr. David Mathis looks over some papers as he walks through one of the housing units of the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif.  Mathis, a board certified physician, was the highest paid prison doctor last year, earning a base salary of $239,572 and an additional $169,548 for working overnight shifts, weekends and holidays.  Prison doctors say they are worth the higher pay because they face the constant threat of assault from inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&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=57155d2c-2be9-4ca8-b4df-257e4d26abc3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57155d2c-2be9-4ca8-b4df-257e4d26abc3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012,  Dr. David Mathis examines the ear of inmate John Dover at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif.  Mathis, a board certified physician, was the highest paid prison doctor last year, earning a base salary of $239,572 and an additional $169,548 for working overnight shifts, weekends and holidays.  Prison doctors say they are worth the higher pay because they face the constant threat of assault from inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&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=4da5f50b-9300-4f07-bd31-cf40a914246f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="366" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4da5f50b-9300-4f07-bd31-cf40a914246f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In  photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, Dr. David Mathis examines an inmate who was brought into the emergency room for chest pains at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif.  Mathis, a board certified physician, was the highest paid prison doctor last year, earning a base salary of $239,572 and an additional $169,548 for working overnight shifts, weekends and holidays.  Prison doctors say they are worth the higher pay because they face the constant threat of assault from inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&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=5765f8f5-f9be-4319-abc7-dfb3ec293957.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5765f8f5-f9be-4319-abc7-dfb3ec293957.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, Dr. David Mathis gives a cortisone shot to the knee of inmate Edwin Bergman at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. Mathis, a board certified physician, was the highest paid prison doctor in the state last year, earning a base salary of $239,572 and an additional $169,548 for working overnight shifts, weekends and holidays.  Prison doctors say they are worth the higher pay because they face the constant threat of assault from inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&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=27b7b543-eb9a-40f5-9c76-a8cc8debb158.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=27b7b543-eb9a-40f5-9c76-a8cc8debb158.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012,  Dr. David Mathis, center, talks with cancer patient, inmate Luis Duran in the hospice unit at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif.  Mathis, a board certified physician, and is the acting medical director a the prison hospice, was the highest paid prison doctor last year, earning a base salary of $239,572 and an additional $169,548 for working overnight shifts, weekends and holidays.  Prison doctors say they are worth the higher pay because they face the constant threat of assault from inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>CBS chief Moonves gets another signing bonus</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two years after granting CEO Leslie Moonves a bundle of stock options as a bonus for signing a long-term contract, CBS Corp. is giving him another signing bonus worth $22 million after extending his contract through the middle of 2017.]]></description>
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