<?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 - recess</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/recess</link><description>Newsvine - recess</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 21:27:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:53:13 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Court hears challenge to Obama recess appointments</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republicans and business groups told a federal appeals court Wednesday that President Barack Obama violated the Constitution earlier this year when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies in his administration.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Hananel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sam Hananel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15544823-court-hears-challenge-to-obama-recess-appointments</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15544823-court-hears-challenge-to-obama-recess-appointments</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>appointments</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>recess</category><category>recess-appointments</category><category>national-labor-relations-board</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:53:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Democrats say House should return to work</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Democrats lingering behind in Washington as fellow lawmakers campaign for re-election are demanding that Congress return immediately to confront a potential financial crisis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14139967-democrats-say-house-should-return-to-work</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14139967-democrats-say-house-should-return-to-work</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>recess</category><category>two-democrats</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:22:58 +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>12-year-old inspires his family to lose weight</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11732056-12-year-old-inspires-his-family-to-lose-weight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11732056-12-year-old-inspires-his-family-to-lose-weight</guid><category>marshall</category><category>shirts</category><category>recess</category><category>tired</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>ten-year-old</category><category>marshall-reid</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:18:23 +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><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/120514/tdy_curry_weight_120514.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/120514/tdy_curry_weight_120514.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ten-year-old Marshall Reid was tired of being bulled about his weight. He was tired of not being able to keep up with the other kids at recess and of having to constantly pull his shirts down to keep his stomach covered.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>School playground 'rape tag' sparks alarm</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10303347-school-playground-rape-tag-sparks-alarm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10303347-school-playground-rape-tag-sparks-alarm</guid><category>rape</category><category>recess</category><category>tag</category><category>administrators</category><category>variation</category><category>eyebrows</category><category>alarmed</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>seldom</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:35:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Justice Dept says recent recess appointments legal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department is defending the legality of President Barack Obama's recent recess appointment of a national consumer watchdog and other officials from criticism by Republicans.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/12/10138638-justice-dept-says-recent-recess-appointments-legal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/12/10138638-justice-dept-says-recent-recess-appointments-legal</guid><category>politics</category><category>justice</category><category>appointments</category><category>justice-department</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>recess</category><category>recess-appointments</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:09:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>House to stay in session pending debt limit deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[House Republican leaders say they are cancelling a mid-July week off as the deadline approaches for the White House and Congress to reach an agreement on extending the debt limit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/08/7041891-house-to-stay-in-session-pending-debt-limit-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/08/7041891-house-to-stay-in-session-pending-debt-limit-deal</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>house-republican</category><category>recess</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:57:25 +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></item><item><title>Vacationing Obama makes 4 recess appointments</title>
<description><![CDATA[Once again bypassing a gridlocked Senate, President Barack Obama acted Thursday to install three agency officials and a diplomat whose nominations had stalled amid election-year squabbling.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark S. Smith]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark S. Smith]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/19/4932750-vacationing-obama-makes-4-recess-appointments</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/19/4932750-vacationing-obama-makes-4-recess-appointments</guid><category>us</category><category>appointments</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>recess</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:31:23 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2009c485-e8c7-4fdb-bf33-86690836c380.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="387" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2009c485-e8c7-4fdb-bf33-86690836c380.jpg" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama waves to the crowd as he exits Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Station in Buzzards Bay, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, on his way to Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Curran: Steelers are Super because of Big Ben</title>
<description><![CDATA[ - There always seems to be a “yeah, but” when discussing Ben Roethlisberger. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom E. Curran]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom E. Curran]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/19/2328082-curran-steelers-are-super-because-of-big-ben</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/19/2328082-curran-steelers-are-super-because-of-big-ben</guid><category>business</category><category>nfl</category><category>super-bowl</category><category>roethlisberger</category><category>pryce</category><category>recess</category><category>yeah</category><category>hes</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>super-bowl-xliii</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:54:19 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/getty/gyi0056526719.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="267" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/getty/gyi0056526719.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="80" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;PITTSBURGH - JANUARY 18:  Ben Roethlisberger #7 of the Pittsburgh Steelers addresses the fans as he celebrates their 23-14 win against the Baltimore Ravens during the AFC Championship game on January 18, 2009 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Saying goodbye is hard for lawmakers</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the Senate, Democrats are refusing to adjourn for the August recess. Over in the House, Republicans are refusing to leave.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Abrams]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Abrams]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/05/1722657-saying-goodbye-is-hard-for-lawmakers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/05/1722657-saying-goodbye-is-hard-for-lawmakers</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>recess</category><category>fractured</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:17:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>