<?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 - questionable</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/questionable</link><description>Newsvine - questionable</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:16:16 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:02:15 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>$10 million loan from Duke Energy to the DNC suddenly becomes a gift</title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the Democrat National Committee's pledge to not accept corporate donations, a $10 million loan from the regional utility provider Duke Power has been forgiven.&nbsp; Duke Power CEO Jim Rogers who was also a lead fundraiser for the Democrat Convention that was held in Char&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dBergeron]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dBergeron]]></source><link>http://dbergeron.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17148152-10-million-loan-from-duke-energy-to-the-dnc-suddenly-becomes-a-gift</link><guid>http://dbergeron.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17148152-10-million-loan-from-duke-energy-to-the-dnc-suddenly-becomes-a-gift</guid><category>fraud</category><category>corruption</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>questionable</category><category>us-news</category><category>democrat</category><category>duke-power</category><category>shady</category><category>special-interest</category><category>democrat-national-convention</category><category>corporate-contribution</category><category>10-million-loan</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:16:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbergeron14685514-56F6-7F01-138E-9EE684831D0C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbergeron14685514-56F6-7F01-138E-9EE684831D0C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>French Court Upholds Scientology Fraud Conviction</title>
<description><![CDATA[
PARIS - A French appeals court on Thursday upheld the Church of Scientology's 2009 fraud conviction on charges it pressured members into paying large sums for questionable remedies.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10302642-french-court-upholds-scientology-fraud-conviction</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10302642-french-court-upholds-scientology-fraud-conviction</guid><category>fraud</category><category>court</category><category>religion</category><category>remedies</category><category>questionable</category><category>conviction</category><category>french</category><category>scientology</category><category>con</category><category>church-of-scientology</category><category>reimbursment</category><category>upholds</category><category>plaintiffs</category><category>purification-packages</category><category>not-allowed-leave</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:13:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046726034E24-752E-83EB-F3B0-042EA43D4DC7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="67" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046726034E24-752E-83EB-F3B0-042EA43D4DC7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="67" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A Step Backward On Civil Rights </title>
<description><![CDATA[Just as the Florida Legislature is advised that ex-felons should get more help re-entering society to reduce recidivism and prison populations, Attorney General Pam Bondi wants to make it harder for felons to get their civil rights restored. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/01/6164786-a-step-backward-on-civil-rights</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/01/6164786-a-step-backward-on-civil-rights</guid><category>governor</category><category>state</category><category>florida</category><category>democrats</category><category>return</category><category>politics</category><category>rights</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>waste</category><category>republicans</category><category>attorney-general</category><category>prison</category><category>benefits</category><category>former</category><category>backward</category><category>questionable</category><category>offenders</category><category>society</category><category>racial</category><category>citizenship</category><category>process</category><category>legislature</category><category>resources</category><category>african-american</category><category>felons</category><category>reforms</category><category>reduce</category><category>recidivism</category><category>ex-felons</category><category>repeal</category><category>charlie-crist</category><category>non-violent</category><category>harder</category><category>restored</category><category>public-safety</category><category>populations</category><category>advised</category><category>more-help</category><category>make-it</category><category>re-entering</category><category>pam-bondi</category><category>long-process</category><category>winning-back</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Mar 2011 01:39:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Twenty police respond to man playing with crossbow in his backyard, seize house - Los Angeles LA County Libertarian | Examiner.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[A scuffle outside a Lincoln, Nebraska mobile home turned into a demand to search inside the home after the homeowner was arrested for allegedly assaulting police. Gary Grana was initially accused of shooting a bow and arrow inside city limits after a neighbor called police.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LordFluffy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LordFluffy]]></source><link>http://lordfluffy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/27/5720795-twenty-police-respond-to-man-playing-with-crossbow-in-his-backyard-seize-house-los-angeles-la-county-libertarian-examinercom</link><guid>http://lordfluffy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/27/5720795-twenty-police-respond-to-man-playing-with-crossbow-in-his-backyard-seize-house-los-angeles-la-county-libertarian-examinercom</guid><category>state</category><category>arrest</category><category>police</category><category>nebraska</category><category>lincoln</category><category>illegal</category><category>questionable</category><category>us-news</category><category>crossbow</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:58:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>IMF's Economic Growth Projections for Latin America and Caribbean Appear Questionable</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some of the IMF's economic growth projections for Latin America and Caribbean countries through 2014 appear questionable, according to a new issue brief from the Center for Economic and Policy Research.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[djd]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[djd]]></source><link>http://djd.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/30/2757476-imfs-economic-growth-projections-for-latin-america-and-caribbean-appear-questionable</link><guid>http://djd.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/30/2757476-imfs-economic-growth-projections-for-latin-america-and-caribbean-appear-questionable</guid><category>business</category><category>imf</category><category>questionable</category><category>hidden-agenda</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:02:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Social-site scrutiny</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yelp.com prides itself on being a site where people can write reviews about pretty much anything and connect with similarly critical peers. Yet as the site grows, some of the businesses scrutinized on Yelp are turning the tables and griping about the company itself.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[B-Rizzle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[B-Rizzle]]></source><link>http://bluejackett24.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/29/2616746-social-site-scrutiny</link><guid>http://bluejackett24.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/29/2616746-social-site-scrutiny</guid><category>technology</category><category>questionable</category><category>yelp</category><category>transparency</category><category>transparent</category><category>scrutiny</category><category>social-site</category><category>social-site-scrutiny</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:30:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nordstrom yanks questionable t-shirt</title>
<description><![CDATA[Department store chain Nordstrom removed a shirt from its shelves that shows a skeleton holding a small child.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica S.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Erica S.]]></source><link>http://kissmeimabbw.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/19/2128825-nordstrom-yanks-questionable-t-shirt</link><guid>http://kissmeimabbw.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/19/2128825-nordstrom-yanks-questionable-t-shirt</guid><category>child</category><category>brands</category><category>retail</category><category>consumer</category><category>removed</category><category>skeleton</category><category>chain</category><category>jewish</category><category>mistakes</category><category>religious</category><category>questionable</category><category>catholic</category><category>bad</category><category>mistake</category><category>t-shirt</category><category>shirts</category><category>us-news</category><category>consumers</category><category>choice</category><category>jesus</category><category>christian</category><category>nordstrom</category><category>virgin-mary</category><category>shirt</category><category>clothing</category><category>customer</category><category>customers</category><category>clothes</category><category>brand</category><category>african-american</category><category>judy</category><category>department-store</category><category>swastika</category><category>demonic</category><category>carbo</category><category>affliction</category><category>sacrilegious</category><category>devout</category><category>bad-choice</category><category>small-child</category><category>affliction-brand</category><category>judy-carbo</category><category>virgin-mary-with-jesus</category><category>devout-catholic</category><category>desecrating</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:03:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Long Beach Man Sentenced 26 yrs for Murder after Stove fell from his Truck</title>
<description><![CDATA[Long Beach Man Sentenced to 26 yrs for Murder when A Stolen Stove Fell from his Truck]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/12/1659571-long-beach-man-sentenced-26-yrs-for-murder-after-stove-fell-from-his-truck</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/12/1659571-long-beach-man-sentenced-26-yrs-for-murder-after-stove-fell-from-his-truck</guid><category>accident</category><category>crash</category><category>court</category><category>police</category><category>justice</category><category>california</category><category>law</category><category>odd-news</category><category>murder</category><category>government</category><category>court-system</category><category>law-enforcement</category><category>deputy</category><category>los-angeles-county</category><category>crashed</category><category>questionable</category><category>attorney</category><category>long-beach</category><category>wilkins</category><category>conviction</category><category>highway</category><category>jury</category><category>freeway</category><category>injustice</category><category>manslaughter</category><category>corona</category><category>car-crash</category><category>riverside</category><category>anaheim</category><category>stove</category><category>judicial-system</category><category>criminal-law</category><category>oven</category><category>91</category><category>defense-attorney</category><category>first-degree-murder</category><category>fair-sentencing</category><category>26-years</category><category>judicial-reform</category><category>cole-allen-wilkins</category><category>david-piquette</category><category>freeway-death</category><category>joseph-vodnoy</category><category>cement-truck</category><category>sentencing-reform</category><category>l-a-county</category><category>sheriffs-deputy</category><category>piquette</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:20:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fdigits2F1659708.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="260" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fdigits2F1659708.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cole Allen Wilkins, 32, was convicted for murder when a stolen stove fell from his truck.&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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fdigits2F1659712.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fdigits2F1659712.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;David Piquette, 34, who was on his way to work, swerved to avoid the stove but crashed into a cement truck. He died as a result.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the Houston-based company that has provided food, housing and other services to American &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Common-Sense]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Common-Sense]]></source><link>http://emailiwontcheck.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/17/1584296-army-overseer-tells-of-ouster-over-kbr-stir</link><guid>http://emailiwontcheck.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/17/1584296-army-overseer-tells-of-ouster-over-kbr-stir</guid><category>army</category><category>corruption</category><category>charges</category><category>questionable</category><category>oversight</category><category>us-news</category><category>kbr</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:59:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Schoolchildren Get 'Trivia Questions' About 9/11 Attack</title>
<description><![CDATA[Taken from article.
An activity book for children about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks being distributed to schools with funding from Keyspan, North Fork Bank, and the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges contains pages of "trivia questions" and math problems about the att&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Ballew]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rob Ballew]]></source><link>http://ballew74.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/09/318114-schoolchildren-get-trivia-questions-about-911-attack</link><guid>http://ballew74.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/09/318114-schoolchildren-get-trivia-questions-about-911-attack</guid><category>questionable</category><category>us-news</category><category>kerrigan</category><category>9-11</category><category>fun</category><category>scool-children</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:30:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>