<?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 - rockefeller-center</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/rockefeller-center</link><description>Newsvine - rockefeller-center</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:26:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 01:00:14 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Tuxes, gowns, glitter and of course 'Revelations'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Over at Rockefeller Center they were lighting the Christmas tree, and a few blocks away at New York City Center, another much-cherished holiday tradition was taking place: the launch of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's annual season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jocelyn Noveck]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jocelyn Noveck]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15549237-tuxes-gowns-glitter-and-of-course-revelations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15549237-tuxes-gowns-glitter-and-of-course-revelations</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>review</category><category>dance</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>ailey</category><category>alvin-ailey</category><category>alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:25:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d34f4f69-a34e-40d5-9023-2bb362e62e29.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d34f4f69-a34e-40d5-9023-2bb362e62e29.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 photo provided by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater shows Matthew Rushing, left, and Renee Robinson performing in Alvin Aileys Revelations at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theaters fall gala at the New York City Center, in New York. (AP Photo/Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Christopher Duggan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NJ spruce lights up as Rockefeller Center tree</title>
<description><![CDATA[An 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy was transformed into a beacon of shimmering glory Wednesday when New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others turned its lights on at Rockefeller Center.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deepti Hajela]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Deepti Hajela]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15502141-nj-spruce-lights-up-as-rockefeller-center-tree</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15502141-nj-spruce-lights-up-as-rockefeller-center-tree</guid><category>us</category><category>rockefeller</category><category>us-news</category><category>lighting</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>rockefeller-center-christmas</category><category>new-york-city-mayor-michael-bloomberg</category><category>tree-lighting</category><category>superstorm-sandy</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:33:18 +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=782a7388-4785-4ade-882c-4010957db2a5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="377" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=782a7388-4785-4ade-882c-4010957db2a5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 file photo, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is suspended by a crane in preparation to be raised at Rockefeller Center, in New York.  The 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy will be lit Wednesday night, Nov. 28, 2012 at in an event scheduled to include performances from Rod Stewart, Cee Lo Green, Mariah Carey and Tony Bennett, and appearances from Billy Crystal and Bette Midler. (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=2624e7f6-b559-4c20-b056-b441a0ac8450.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="385" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2624e7f6-b559-4c20-b056-b441a0ac8450.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This June 2, 2012 file photo shows American singer Mariah Carey performing during a concert in Monaco. An 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy will be lit Wednesday night, Nov. 28, 2012 at Rockefeller Center in an event scheduled to include performances from Carey and Tony Bennett, Rod Stewart, Cee Lo Green, and appearances from Billy Crystal and Bette Midler. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, 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=75302d76-063a-4159-b14d-917191ee94d0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75302d76-063a-4159-b14d-917191ee94d0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 file photo, Cee Lo Green performs at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting, in New York. An 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy will be lit Wednesday night, Nov. 28, 2012 at Rockefeller Center in an event scheduled to include performances from Rod Stewart, Cee Lo Green, Mariah Carey and Tony Bennett, and appearances from Billy Crystal and Bette Midler. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, 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=33db4ea5-461d-4cc9-84f1-c2161758f7a2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=33db4ea5-461d-4cc9-84f1-c2161758f7a2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer CeeLo Green performs in a sleigh with the Muppets before the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=c46081b3-313c-44e1-9068-35f8d9262b90.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c46081b3-313c-44e1-9068-35f8d9262b90.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=40c0bd2b-a3a9-4ea8-aa8a-ca28b2088ef4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40c0bd2b-a3a9-4ea8-aa8a-ca28b2088ef4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Angels decorations frame the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree after it was lit during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=475bcd65-e795-4581-b703-9ef8a9bd9908.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="496" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=475bcd65-e795-4581-b703-9ef8a9bd9908.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Angels in lights frame the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree as seen from the Channel Gardens after the tree was lit during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=e558c353-8dc4-4dc5-a18b-03465a2a6144.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e558c353-8dc4-4dc5-a18b-03465a2a6144.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=629fd2da-08eb-4dac-a352-b1450aeb30fe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="347" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=629fd2da-08eb-4dac-a352-b1450aeb30fe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes perform before the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=4143d24d-63d5-4826-9256-873fb1d63c5b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4143d24d-63d5-4826-9256-873fb1d63c5b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rod Stewart performs at the 80th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&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=10eb51e8-b2bc-4b38-8e1c-5049aa31704a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=10eb51e8-b2bc-4b38-8e1c-5049aa31704a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CeeLo Green performs with the Muppets at the 80th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&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=4cbe5faf-3cd3-41b0-8765-55962bcc13ae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4cbe5faf-3cd3-41b0-8765-55962bcc13ae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CeeLo Green performs at the 80th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&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=6015306e-8bfe-45ee-aa4a-090d71b99d56.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6015306e-8bfe-45ee-aa4a-090d71b99d56.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CeeLo Green performs with the Muppets at the 80th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&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=9cc110ef-a651-43cf-8497-158428a1590a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9cc110ef-a651-43cf-8497-158428a1590a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rod Stewart performs at the 80th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&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=d940c28b-e889-4a23-9825-09d9ef1ddb20.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="324" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d940c28b-e889-4a23-9825-09d9ef1ddb20.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer CeeLo Green performs in a sleigh with the Muppets before the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=5ec121d2-ebb4-4053-9a3a-ab2dc5b0cdf4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ec121d2-ebb4-4053-9a3a-ab2dc5b0cdf4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Crowds gather as the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=6a20cfe8-02c1-48fd-80ba-5eb0bdb42173.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="483" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a20cfe8-02c1-48fd-80ba-5eb0bdb42173.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer-songwriter Rod Stewart performs before the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=5799773c-1a70-48ab-8b19-e965160f16c4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5799773c-1a70-48ab-8b19-e965160f16c4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=48612cb2-a5b6-48d7-9bf6-8df08af71709.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="347" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48612cb2-a5b6-48d7-9bf6-8df08af71709.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes perform before the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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=2ff3029c-395c-4bad-8610-596fbc87d20d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2ff3029c-395c-4bad-8610-596fbc87d20d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rod Stewart performs at the 80th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&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=c15aaeb6-abde-4f37-a48c-0c2942165ff8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c15aaeb6-abde-4f37-a48c-0c2942165ff8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CeeLo Green performs with the Muppets at the 80th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rockefeller Center Christmas tree survived Sandy</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Christmas tree that will dominate New York's Rockefeller Center survived the winds of Superstorm Sandy that left a path of destruction in a New Jersey town and even its donor without electricity for weeks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15135418-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-survived-sandy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15135418-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-survived-sandy</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>us-news</category><category>tree</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>superstorm-sandy</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:49:09 +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>NYC's Rainbow Room gets landmark status</title>
<description><![CDATA[New York City's iconic Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center has been designated a landmark.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14507527-nycs-rainbow-room-gets-landmark-status</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14507527-nycs-rainbow-room-gets-landmark-status</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>landmark</category><category>us-news</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>rainbow-room</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:59:59 +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>Where have 'Today' show viewers gone?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Susan Wurtzel owns a "Today" show T-shirt and a mug. When the stay-at-home mom and her family visited New York from their home in Germantown, Md., they joined the crowd of fans outside the NBC morning show's Rockefeller Center studio.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14364661-where-have-today-show-viewers-gone</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14364661-where-have-today-show-viewers-gone</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>new-york</category><category>today</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>viewers</category><category>susan-wurtzel</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:55:03 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ae58ed57-0ac1-4919-96b0-8130bb0b7242.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ae58ed57-0ac1-4919-96b0-8130bb0b7242.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Sept. 25, 2012 photo shows &quot;Today&quot; show co-hosts, from left,  Natalie Morales, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker and Matt Lauer during a broadcast in New York.   (AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pa. spruce shines in NYC's Rockefeller Center</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael Bloomberg helped light the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on Wednesday night, putting a spotlight on a small-town spruce from Pennsylvania and ringing in the holiday season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristian Salazar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cristian Salazar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9115014-pa-spruce-shines-in-nycs-rockefeller-center</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9115014-pa-spruce-shines-in-nycs-rockefeller-center</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>mayor-michael-bloomberg</category><category>us-news</category><category>tree</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>rockefeller-center-christmas</category><category>new-york-city-mayor-michael-bloomberg</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:10:15 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ddfb39f8-06f0-483e-8b7c-8dee0cfbafbb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ddfb39f8-06f0-483e-8b7c-8dee0cfbafbb.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 74-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit by 30,000 energy efficient LED lights in the 79th annual lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&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/400/82ab7e7c-ec15-4d97-904a-e67e1feb930b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/82ab7e7c-ec15-4d97-904a-e67e1feb930b.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 74-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit by 30,000 energy efficient LED lights in the 79th annual lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&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/400/5d05e2db-48d6-490d-b7ad-d69cf62613ae.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5d05e2db-48d6-490d-b7ad-d69cf62613ae.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit by energy efficient LED lights in the 79th annual lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 in New York.  (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&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/400/7b00f263-96e0-42dc-951b-f44cf7a2a835.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7b00f263-96e0-42dc-951b-f44cf7a2a835.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 74-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is shown after it was lit using 30,000 energy efficient LED lights in the 79th annual lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 in New York.  (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&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/400/9add1278-84e1-4840-9948-139a14f5f583.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9add1278-84e1-4840-9948-139a14f5f583.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 74-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit using 30,000 energy efficient LED lights in the 79th annual lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 in New York.  (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&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/400/9b14bc66-fa3a-4766-bdfe-d868a5cc1b58.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="366" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9b14bc66-fa3a-4766-bdfe-d868a5cc1b58.jpg" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 74-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit using 30,000 energy efficient LED lights in the 79th annual lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 in New York.  (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&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/400/23ffa4a0-9559-490f-a712-e8da1c679d56.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/23ffa4a0-9559-490f-a712-e8da1c679d56.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 74-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit using 30,000 energy efficient LED lights in the 79th annual lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 in New York.  (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Big Pennsylvania Christmas tree is hoisted in NYC</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 74-foot Norway spruce from Pennsylvania has been hoisted into place at Rockefeller Center in New York City for its starring role in a big Christmas tradition.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/09/8719681-big-pennsylvania-christmas-tree-is-hoisted-in-nyc</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/09/8719681-big-pennsylvania-christmas-tree-is-hoisted-in-nyc</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>tree</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Nov 2011 17:46:29 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c711b21a-173a-40e4-9f05-c75f315ad8c5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c711b21a-173a-40e4-9f05-c75f315ad8c5.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Rockefeller Center, the 2011 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was cut down this morning in Mifflinville, Pa. Wednesday, November 9, 2011. It is a 74-foot-high Norway Spruce from the yard of the Keller family. (Mark Stehle/AP Images for Rockefeller Center)&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/d983dd6c-46c0-4349-bff8-58ecfe0eb6f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d983dd6c-46c0-4349-bff8-58ecfe0eb6f1.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Rockefeller Center, the 2011 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was cut down this morning in Mifflinville, Pa. Wednesday, November 9, 2011. It is a 74-foot-high Norway Spruce from the yard of the Keller family. (Mark Stehle/AP Images for Rockefeller Center)&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/400/386b55a3-aa7a-405f-a066-c06d7d53847d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="346" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/386b55a3-aa7a-405f-a066-c06d7d53847d.jpg" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Rockefeller Center, the 2011 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was cut down this morning in Mifflinville, Pa. Wednesday, November 9, 2011. It is a 74-foot-high Norway Spruce from the yard of the Keller family. (Mark Stehle/AP Images for Rockefeller Center)&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/400/5d8d2aaf-5000-47e8-aea6-8484aed6cc67.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="360" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5d8d2aaf-5000-47e8-aea6-8484aed6cc67.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Rockefeller Center, from left to right, Mitch Crawford, Nancy Keller, Emma Crawford, 8, Debra Keller, Keri Crawford, and Olivia Crawford, 11, pose in front of the 2011 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree before it was cut down this morning in Mifflinville, Pa. Wednesday, November 9, 2011. It is a 74-foot-high Norway Spruce from the yard of the Keller family. (Mark Stehle/AP Images for Rockefeller Center)&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/e0d5ab8e-117f-4cce-9e94-a264bcbe4845.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e0d5ab8e-117f-4cce-9e94-a264bcbe4845.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Rockefeller Center, the 2011 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was cut down this morning in Mifflinville, Pa. Wednesday, November 9, 2011. It is a 74-foot-high Norway Spruce from the yard of the Keller family. (Mark Stehle/AP Images for Rockefeller Center)&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/400/24e4c44f-f73a-4b84-8d3f-7a7a0a4990a0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/24e4c44f-f73a-4b84-8d3f-7a7a0a4990a0.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Rockefeller Center, the 2011 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was cut down this morning in Mifflinville, Pa. Wednesday, November 9, 2011. It is a 74-foot-high Norway Spruce from the yard of the Keller family. (Mark Stehle/AP Images for Rockefeller Center)&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/400/9919f425-c98d-429c-a17b-0950efda78ab.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9919f425-c98d-429c-a17b-0950efda78ab.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers guide the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in position, in New York,  Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The 74-foot Norway Spruce, from Mifflinville, Pa. is approximately 75 years old and is scheduled to be illuminated Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&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/400/68a18578-e93b-4d3d-96da-18a09ecd5639.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/68a18578-e93b-4d3d-96da-18a09ecd5639.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers guide the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in position, in New York,  Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The 74-foot Norway Spruce, from Mifflinville, Pa. is approximately 75 years old and is scheduled to be illuminated Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&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/de57161e-1ede-410f-9a1c-2acfb15188b8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/de57161e-1ede-410f-9a1c-2acfb15188b8.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers guide the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in position, in New York,  Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The 74-foot Norway Spruce, from Mifflinville, Pa. is approximately 75 years old and is scheduled to be illuminated Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&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/d450cf36-695a-43c2-beb9-e18366c4e557.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="477" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d450cf36-695a-43c2-beb9-e18366c4e557.jpg" width="120" height="143" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers position the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, in New York,  Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The 74-foot Norway Spruce, from Mifflinville, Pa. is approximately 75 years old and is scheduled to be illuminated Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&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/abf7d67a-f49d-477f-ba65-3aa400b82382.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/abf7d67a-f49d-477f-ba65-3aa400b82382.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nancy Keller, 79, from Mifflinville, Pa., takes her turn to drive the spike in the bottom of the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, in New York, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The 74-foot Norway Spruce, from her property, is approximately 75 years old and is scheduled to be illuminated Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&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/b551c142-a69c-4c5c-a0b5-31ee89259362.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b551c142-a69c-4c5c-a0b5-31ee89259362.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg takes his turn to drive the spike in the bottom of the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, in New York, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The 74-foot Norway Spruce, from Mifflinville, Pa., is approximately 75 years old and is scheduled to be illuminated Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fashion's Night Out, Year 3: Global shopping party</title>
<description><![CDATA[Justin Bieber met fans in a purple leather jacket at Dolce & Gabbana in New York, Michael Kors launched his new Rockefeller Center store with a Rockettes kick line, a Ferris wheel went up over Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and crowds of fashionistas spilled into the streets of Paris Thursday as Fashion's Night Out entered its third year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samantha Critchell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Samantha Critchell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/08/7674215-fashions-night-out-year-3-global-shopping-party</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/08/7674215-fashions-night-out-year-3-global-shopping-party</guid><category>out</category><category>night</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>beverly-hills</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>fea</category><category>night-out</category><category>rodeo-drive</category><category>michael-kors</category><category>fashion-night-out</category><category>justin-bieber</category><category>avenue-montaigne</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2011 19:24:02 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0013dcfc-84b1-458e-9f60-3edd5901e8a5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0013dcfc-84b1-458e-9f60-3edd5901e8a5.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People are seen in the Montaigne avenue in Paris as fashionistas turned out en masse for the City of Light's edition of Fashion's Night Out, Paris, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&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/400/5cd140e5-6ed5-4aa1-ab9d-77fa22a49b4c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5cd140e5-6ed5-4aa1-ab9d-77fa22a49b4c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People are seen in front of fashion shop Versace in Paris as fashionistas turned out en masse for the City of Light's edition of Fashion's Night Out, Paris, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&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/400/3cc5bef1-f29f-4e6b-a175-26af358435e0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3cc5bef1-f29f-4e6b-a175-26af358435e0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People are seen in the Montaigne avenue in Paris as fashionistas turned out en masse for the City of Light's edition of Fashion's Night Out, Paris, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&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/400/8fb468a3-df54-46ce-b0e4-89cec3d686bc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8fb468a3-df54-46ce-b0e4-89cec3d686bc.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People are seen in the Montaigne avenue in Paris as fashionistas turned out en masse for the City of Light's edition of Fashion's Night Out, Paris, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&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/cedd74ad-6caa-4f1f-a985-48f66b59db45.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cedd74ad-6caa-4f1f-a985-48f66b59db45.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People are seen in the Montaigne avenue in Paris as fashionistas turned out en masse for the City of Light's edition of Fashion's Night Out, Paris, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&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/400/5e62736f-77d8-4f34-956e-f265db535ebf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5e62736f-77d8-4f34-956e-f265db535ebf.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man wears a jacket with lapel pins in the Montaigne avenue in Paris as fashionistas turned out en masse for the City of Light's edition of Fashion's Night Out, Paris, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. 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(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&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/400/78679559-908d-4199-bd29-0ef5a33ae4c9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/78679559-908d-4199-bd29-0ef5a33ae4c9.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People are seen in the Montaigne avenue in Paris as fashionistas turned out en masse for the City of Light's edition of Fashion's Night Out, Paris, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&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/cc36f82c-bc7b-4144-84ef-97961367432b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="349" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cc36f82c-bc7b-4144-84ef-97961367432b.jpg" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer Justin Bieber, left, and and Scooter Braun attend the Fashion Night Out Dolce &amp; Gabbana at the Dolce &amp; Gabbana store on Madison &amp; 69th street on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Donald Traill)&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/400/017ac192-59a0-48a5-b144-5c1cb2548983.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/017ac192-59a0-48a5-b144-5c1cb2548983.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer Justin Bieber attends the Fashion Night Out Dolce &amp; Gabbana at the Dolce &amp; Gabbana store on Madison &amp; 69th street on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Donald Traill)&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/400/111069c4-7274-457f-92a9-fa3042ae4d5e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="378" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/111069c4-7274-457f-92a9-fa3042ae4d5e.jpg" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actress Gwyneth Paltrow arrives for Vogue's Fashion's Night Out Party, in London, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo / Yui Mok, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO 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/400/651feaef-53b0-453a-b07c-f291269ad330.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="270" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/651feaef-53b0-453a-b07c-f291269ad330.jpg" width="120" height="228" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Peaches Geldof at the Vivienne Westwood store for Vogue's Fashion's Night Out Party, on Conduit Street, central London, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo / Yui Mok, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO 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/400/6164bf15-a46c-4f0e-98ac-c92ac7dbff6c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6164bf15-a46c-4f0e-98ac-c92ac7dbff6c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People are seen in the Montaigne avenue in Paris as fashionistas turned out en masse for the City of Light's edition of Fashion's Night Out, Paris, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&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/dc4ada71-95b3-479e-8023-c0af8ad9f9d4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dc4ada71-95b3-479e-8023-c0af8ad9f9d4.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;COMMERCIAL IMAGE -  In this photo taken by AP Images for Barbie, Carrie Knific scans a QR code as a part of the Barbie Loves FNO Ultimate Fashion Hunt in the hopes of winning a life-size version of the designer outfit featured on Barbie at the alice + olivia boutique near Bryant Park during Fashions Night Out, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, in New York.  For more information visit www.BarbieLovesFNO.com.  (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Barbie)&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/bc3ef7ff-6cf2-4d96-bcc4-00f65a75ba7b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bc3ef7ff-6cf2-4d96-bcc4-00f65a75ba7b.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Designer Michael Kors, second from left, poses with The Rockettes after their performance outside the new Michael Kors Rockefeller Center Lifestyle flagship store as they celebrate Fashion's Night Out Thursday Sept. 8, 2011 in New York.   (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)&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/400/035ab5af-541d-49f7-bb8a-bebb17a3ba73.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/035ab5af-541d-49f7-bb8a-bebb17a3ba73.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michael Kors, left, shares a moment with Cymphani Hargrave, 8, second from right, and her mother Felicia Hargrave, right, as he autographs a bag at the new Michael Kors Rockefeller Center Lifestyle flagship store during Fashion's Night Out Thursday Sept. 8, 2011 in New York.   (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)&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/400/654659fa-d24f-4c94-9d2c-e06237c307e0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/654659fa-d24f-4c94-9d2c-e06237c307e0.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sarah Namini, seated from left, Christina Mejia, and Kerrie Lopez spend time at the new Michael Kors Rockefeller Center Lifestyle flagship store during Fashion's Night Out, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, in New York.   (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)&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/400/6759b6db-95c9-4e57-bc52-ad78c5fde9ab.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6759b6db-95c9-4e57-bc52-ad78c5fde9ab.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yelena Goldenberg, right, and her husband Igor Goldenberg, second from right, look at boots as they shop at the new Michael Kors Rockefeller Center Lifestyle flagship store during Fashion's Night Out, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011, in New York.   (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)&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/400/2fab2f90-b0d7-4457-91c9-3476a7d4c2c2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2fab2f90-b0d7-4457-91c9-3476a7d4c2c2.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Designer Michael Kors, center, stands with The Rockettes after their performance outside the new Michael Kors Rockefeller Center Lifestyle flagship store as they celebrate Fashion's Night Out Thursday Sept. 8, 2011 in New York.   (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)&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/400/2d67a901-e39a-4ad3-ab9f-8774ba418659.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2d67a901-e39a-4ad3-ab9f-8774ba418659.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michael Kors, left, talks with Cymphani Hargrave, 8, second from right, and her mother Felicia Hargrave, right, as he autographs a bag at the new Michael Kors Rockefeller Center Lifestyle flagship store during  Fashion's Night Out, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)&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/400/76af613f-60f5-430e-9ec7-76c466973874.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="323" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/76af613f-60f5-430e-9ec7-76c466973874.jpg" width="120" height="190" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer Justin Bieber attends the Fashion Night Out Dolce &amp; Gabbana at the Dolce &amp; Gabbana store on Madison &amp; 69th street on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Donald Traill)&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/400/02130a3c-8ee8-428d-b1f3-40ca0446f33b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/02130a3c-8ee8-428d-b1f3-40ca0446f33b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erin Layden, of Old Bridge, N.J., center, looks on as Michael Kors autographs her bag at the new Michael Kors Rockefeller Center Lifestyle flagship store during  Fashion's Night Out, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, in New York.   (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)&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/400/02fa1f40-7f4e-4417-ada1-b57ce46ec112.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/02fa1f40-7f4e-4417-ada1-b57ce46ec112.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Model Erin Wasson attends the Fashion Night Out Bloomingdale's at the Bloomingdale's store on  59th street on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Donald Traill)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Man threatened to jump off Rockefeller Center deck</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police in New York City say a tourist is undergoing psychiatric evaluation after threatening to jump from a 70-story observation deck at Rockefeller Center.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7344404-man-threatened-to-jump-off-rockefeller-center-deck</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7344404-man-threatened-to-jump-off-rockefeller-center-deck</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>tourist</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>observation-deck</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:13:22 +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>NYC's Rockefeller Center lit as thousands watch</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of people gathered in Rockefeller Center on Tuesday night to watch the lighting of the country's most famous Christmas tree, just days after a terror scare at a tree lighting in Oregon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristian Salazar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cristian Salazar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/30/5550821-nycs-rockefeller-center-lit-as-thousands-watch</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/30/5550821-nycs-rockefeller-center-lit-as-thousands-watch</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>mayor-michael-bloomberg</category><category>us-news</category><category>tree</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>rockefeller-center-christmas</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:01 +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/ec480514-4f17-4b30-8778-7c36992bbc4e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="362" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ec480514-4f17-4b30-8778-7c36992bbc4e.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers dismantle the scaffolding surrounding the 2010 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, in New York Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. The tree is scheduled to be lit during ceremonies Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&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/400/9ded55a0-8e0f-45f9-a4a3-393a003903e1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9ded55a0-8e0f-45f9-a4a3-393a003903e1.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People walk pass the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. The annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on Tuesday night is a highlight of a season of wonderment for sightseers and exasperation for anyone trying to get to work. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&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/400/3b9a6efb-24bb-4615-a49b-3ce3fd0ea913.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3b9a6efb-24bb-4615-a49b-3ce3fd0ea913.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People photograph the Radio City Rockettes' rehearsal on the ice rink below the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. The annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on Tuesday night is a highlight of a season of wonderment for sightseers and exasperation for anyone trying to get to work. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&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/400/36fc2661-2128-4a4e-999a-ec89ba568d18.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/36fc2661-2128-4a4e-999a-ec89ba568d18.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit during the 78th annual lighting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)&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/cdbedae0-0579-44e2-a710-634425118971.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cdbedae0-0579-44e2-a710-634425118971.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Christmas tree,  a 12-ton, 74-foot Norway spruce covered in 30,000 energy efficient LED lights, is lit in Rockefeller Center in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&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/adcf073a-7265-4909-a858-c004ed801268.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="242" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/adcf073a-7265-4909-a858-c004ed801268.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit during the 78th annual lighting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 30 , 2010 in New York. 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(AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)&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/400/8fdea6b9-3469-470a-b36b-1b8aa98b46dc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8fdea6b9-3469-470a-b36b-1b8aa98b46dc.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Angels in the Channel Gardens are lighted as light is reflected off Saks Fifth Avenue store  across Fifth Avenue  during the Rockefeller Center Christmas  78th annual lighting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 30 , 2010 in New York. 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(AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&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/db1425d7-0a70-41a8-b7f0-fff4fefd71b1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/db1425d7-0a70-41a8-b7f0-fff4fefd71b1.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Christmas tree, a 12-ton, 74-foot Norway spruce covered in 30,000 energy efficient LED lights, is lit in Rockefeller Center in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&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/ecb55815-1eae-462f-9a96-b43a25d6e1e1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ecb55815-1eae-462f-9a96-b43a25d6e1e1.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Christmas tree,  a 12-ton, 74-foot Norway spruce covered with 30,000 energy-efficient lights , is lit in Rockefeller Center in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)&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/400/3e0b12ea-498d-4c73-bc83-868cd92e681a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3e0b12ea-498d-4c73-bc83-868cd92e681a.jpg" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People make photographs of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree during the 78th annual lighting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 30 , 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)&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/ca146358-5181-4c12-9ef0-3a4db2d2817d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ca146358-5181-4c12-9ef0-3a4db2d2817d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit during the 78th annual lighting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)&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/faad828f-140c-47c6-9881-ecb12d55d268.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="379" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/faad828f-140c-47c6-9881-ecb12d55d268.jpg" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit during the 78th annual lighting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 30 , 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Big Christmas tree hoisted in NYC</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 74-foot Norway spruce is getting ready for its close-up in New York's Rockefeller Center.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/12/5455632-big-christmas-tree-hoisted-in-nyc</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/12/5455632-big-christmas-tree-hoisted-in-nyc</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>us-news</category><category>tree</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>rockefeller-center-tree</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:55:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fbf4aff9-b6b4-4d3a-8e61-0ee26b611c5a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fbf4aff9-b6b4-4d3a-8e61-0ee26b611c5a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Tishman Speyer, workers cut down a 74-foot tall Norway Spruce which will become the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree for the 2010-2011 season, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Mahopac, N.Y.  The 12-ton tree is on the property of New York City firefighter Peter Acton and his wife Stephanie. (AP Photo/Tishman Speyer, Diane Bondareff) NO SALES&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/400/5582f44f-7ef0-4d83-97d3-20d22f37a2f6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5582f44f-7ef0-4d83-97d3-20d22f37a2f6.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Tishman Speyer, workers cut down a 74-foot tall Norway Spruce which will become the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree for the 2010-2011 season, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Mahopac, N.Y.  The 12-ton tree is on the property of New York City firefighter Peter Acton and his wife Stephanie. (AP Photo/Tishman Speyer, Diane Bondareff) NO SALES&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/400/6e54fd8c-e710-4273-a926-fed053d5e40a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="323" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6e54fd8c-e710-4273-a926-fed053d5e40a.jpg" width="120" height="190" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Tishman Speyer, workers cut down a 74-foot tall Norway Spruce which will become the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree for the 2010-2011 season, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Mahopac, N.Y.  The 12-ton tree is on the property of New York City firefighter Peter Acton and his wife Stephanie. (AP Photo/Tishman Speyer, Diane Bondareff) NO SALES&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/400/7d7cd0d7-5ccc-4b38-91a6-2b60472881ed.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7d7cd0d7-5ccc-4b38-91a6-2b60472881ed.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Tishman Speyer, workers cut down a 74-foot tall Norway Spruce which will become the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree for the 2010-2011 season, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Mahopac, N.Y.  The 12-ton tree is on the property of New York City firefighter Peter Acton and his wife Stephanie. (AP Photo/Tishman Speyer, Diane Bondareff) NO SALES&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/400/1dc88ade-b848-4eb1-9052-eb3ca002e79c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="346" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1dc88ade-b848-4eb1-9052-eb3ca002e79c.jpg" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Tishman Speyer, New York City firefighter Peter Acton and his wife Stephanie stand with their children Seamus, 11, and Fiona, 7, near their 74-foot tall Norway Spruce which will become the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree for the 2010-2011 season, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Mahopac, N.Y. (AP Photo/Tishman Speyer, Diane Bondareff) NO SALES&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/bc56bbfc-b85a-4516-b273-c11e137cee37.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bc56bbfc-b85a-4516-b273-c11e137cee37.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Tishman Speyer, New York City firefighter Peter Acton and his wife Stephanie stand with their children Seamus, 11, and Fiona, 7, near their 74-foot tall Norway Spruce which will become the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree for the 2010-2011 season, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Mahopac, N.Y. (AP Photo/Tishman Speyer, Diane Bondareff) NO SALES&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/400/9a42ad5f-7d61-4b16-9a50-ff3339ab65a4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="337" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9a42ad5f-7d61-4b16-9a50-ff3339ab65a4.jpg" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Tishman Speyer, New York City firefighter Peter Acton and his wife Stephanie stand with their children Seamus, 11, and Fiona, 7, near their 74-foot tall Norway Spruce which will become the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree for the 2010-2011 season, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Mahopac, N.Y. (AP Photo/Tishman Speyer, Diane Bondareff) NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>James Franco's 'SNL' doc plays at Tribeca Fest</title>
<description><![CDATA[It was "Saturday Night Live" on a Sunday afternoon, as James Franco's "SNL" documentary screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Coyle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jake Coyle]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/02/4233976-james-francos-snl-doc-plays-at-tribeca-fest</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/02/4233976-james-francos-snl-doc-plays-at-tribeca-fest</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>film</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>snl</category><category>night-live"</category><category>doc</category><category>james-franco</category><category>tribeca-film-festival</category><category>snl-doc</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 May 2010 23:54:44 +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>NYC tree lighting ushers in tourist season</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael Bloomberg has lit the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, ushering in tourist season in one of New York's busiest holiday shopping districts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/02/3578481-nyc-tree-lighting-ushers-in-tourist-season</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/02/3578481-nyc-tree-lighting-ushers-in-tourist-season</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>center</category><category>mayor-michael-bloomberg</category><category>us-news</category><category>tree</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>rockefeller-center-christmas</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:39:29 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/95de1b7c-013b-4b6d-bb19-87488e16a95a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/95de1b7c-013b-4b6d-bb19-87488e16a95a.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree stands lit in front of the General Electric building in New York's Rockefeller Plaza during the 77th annual tree lighting ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009  in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)&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/400/33e7977d-6dfb-4125-b762-7412f8d869ad.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/33e7977d-6dfb-4125-b762-7412f8d869ad.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit during the 77th annual lighting ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in New York.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)&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/400/354a1516-4b47-486e-ad42-5b59e726ea68.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/354a1516-4b47-486e-ad42-5b59e726ea68.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit during the 77th annual lighting ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)&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/400/356f6690-8ece-4328-923d-382e812f329d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/356f6690-8ece-4328-923d-382e812f329d.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit during the 77th annual lighting ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)&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/400/7ec91298-5524-455e-8e14-a2bd3fb184b9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="317" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7ec91298-5524-455e-8e14-a2bd3fb184b9.jpg" width="120" height="194" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree stands lit in front of the General Electric building in New York's Rockefeller Plaza during the 77th annual tree lighting ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)&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/d14036f3-fd4b-415d-af8c-5bf09b1646b4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d14036f3-fd4b-415d-af8c-5bf09b1646b4.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Aretha Franklin performs in New York's Rockefeller Plaza during the 77th annual tree lighting ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009  in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)&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/ad7c9c1d-f89a-4854-a905-d17553f0a23e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ad7c9c1d-f89a-4854-a905-d17553f0a23e.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree stands lit in front of the General Electric building in New York's Rockefeller Plaza during the 77th annual tree lighting ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009  in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)&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/400/5b081cec-328a-4e02-b123-f01e931bfaff.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5b081cec-328a-4e02-b123-f01e931bfaff.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree stands lit in front of the General Electric building in New York's Rockefeller Plaza during the 77th annual tree lighting ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009  in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rudolph's the man for TV audience</title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to holiday TV traditions, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has it all over the Grinch, a Rockefeller Center tree lighting and half-naked women selling lingerie.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/02/3578073-rudolphs-the-man-for-tv-audience</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/02/3578073-rudolphs-the-man-for-tv-audience</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>nielsens</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>donny-osmond</category><category>red-nosed-reindeer"</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:06:53 +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/e2c8f7b9-83f8-4ba6-97ad-fe3d56c35e58.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="202" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e2c8f7b9-83f8-4ba6-97ad-fe3d56c35e58.jpg" width="120" height="304" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic shows the top 10 weekly television shows&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Christmas tree goes up in NY's Rockefeller Center</title>
<description><![CDATA[New York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is almost ready for the holidays.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/11/3489393-christmas-tree-goes-up-in-nys-rockefeller-center</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/11/3489393-christmas-tree-goes-up-in-nys-rockefeller-center</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>center</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>tree</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>rockefeller-center-christmas</category><category>rockefeller-center-tree</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:51:57 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fe360a16-a99f-459b-bcc9-d7bc4d04b955.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fe360a16-a99f-459b-bcc9-d7bc4d04b955.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released  by Rubenstein Communications, a 76 foot tall Norway spruce tree, which was chosen as the 2009 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, is lifted to a trailer in Easton, Conn. Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Rubenstein Communications, Martyna Borkowski).&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/400/2c4a4811-d84a-432a-8b97-be708908b36f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2c4a4811-d84a-432a-8b97-be708908b36f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers and pedestrians watch as the  Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is raised in the air in New York, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.   The over 10 tons, 76 foot tall tree will be lit for the holidays on Dec. 2, 2009.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&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/b6a8ebbe-5c36-4f45-8ed9-5e662c0de532.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="325" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b6a8ebbe-5c36-4f45-8ed9-5e662c0de532.jpg" width="120" height="189" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is raised into position in New York, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.  The 76 foot tall tree will be lit for the holidays on Dec. 2, 2009.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&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/400/0e601b9b-1b1e-4482-bc4a-615407819232.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0e601b9b-1b1e-4482-bc4a-615407819232.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is raised into position in New York, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.  The over 10 tons, 76 foot tall tree will be lit for the holidays on Dec. 2, 2009.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&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/400/9b74e4f8-762e-4fd9-a155-27d8745d7f06.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="306" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9b74e4f8-762e-4fd9-a155-27d8745d7f06.jpg" width="120" height="201" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is raised into position in New York, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.  The over 10 tons, 76 foot tall tree will be lit for the holidays on Dec. 2, 2009.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&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/400/0b8a4a97-18f4-48a9-8b91-21a41b13a1ac.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0b8a4a97-18f4-48a9-8b91-21a41b13a1ac.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A worker prepares the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree to be raised into position in New York, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.  The over 10 tons, 76 foot tall tree will be lit for the holidays on Dec. 2, 2009.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Olympians celebrate 100 days until Vancouver</title>
<description><![CDATA[A very confident adolescent boy stopped skating around the Rockefeller Center rink to ask Gretchen Bleiler something.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Cohen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rachel Cohen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/04/3461935-olympians-celebrate-100-days-until-vancouver</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/04/3461935-olympians-celebrate-100-days-until-vancouver</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>vancouver</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>gretchen-bleiler</category><category>countdown</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:34:21 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ff321aa9-30d2-4556-81eb-b9f046e069f4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ff321aa9-30d2-4556-81eb-b9f046e069f4.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gretchen Bleiler, right, a 2010 Olympic snowboarding hopeful, talks to Olympic short track speedskating hopeful J.R. Celski during the United States Olympic Committee's &quot;100 Days to Vancouver&quot; event at Rockefeller Center Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 in New York.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) &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/400/5d79f758-0cc8-4eb4-83a9-b75c2920765a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5d79f758-0cc8-4eb4-83a9-b75c2920765a.jpg" width="120" height="199" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A crowd watches as Jeret &quot;Speedy&quot; Peterson, a 2010 Olympic freestyle skiing hopeful, performs an aerial trick high over Rockefeller Center during the United States Olympic Committee's &quot;100 Days to Vancouver&quot; event Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in New York.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) &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/400/8deb0468-6073-455a-bf4c-452f528c9ff5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8deb0468-6073-455a-bf4c-452f528c9ff5.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lowell Bailey, left, and Tim Burke, both 2010 Olympic biathlon hopefuls, laugh together during the United States Olympic Committee's &quot;100 Days to Vancouver&quot; event at Rockefeller Center on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in New York.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Big US towers going cheap in distressed market</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 40-story skyscraper sits on a prime corner in the country's wealthiest commercial market, steps from the Museum of Modern Art and a few blocks from Rockefeller Center and Central Park.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Westfeldt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amy Westfeldt]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/20/2843019-big-us-towers-going-cheap-in-distressed-market</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/20/2843019-big-us-towers-going-cheap-in-distressed-market</guid><category>us</category><category>sale</category><category>for-sale</category><category>central-park</category><category>us-news</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>modern-art</category><category>skyscrapers</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:42:29 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/61585ade-225f-40a0-93e5-bca83dbe12e9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/61585ade-225f-40a0-93e5-bca83dbe12e9.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;417 Fifth Ave., an office building that Moinian and Goldman Sachs' Whitehall group bought two years ago, is shown Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in New York.  The building is one address in &quot;serious jeopardy&quot; of foreclosure, says Dan Fasulo, a managing director at Real Capital Analytics. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&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/f5380c53-77c8-4259-8abc-e7959e4ad89d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f5380c53-77c8-4259-8abc-e7959e4ad89d.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The building 475 Fifth Ave., left, is shown Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in New York.  The 23-story Moinian Group skyscraper across from the New York Public Library, which sold for $160 million two years ago, is one address in &quot;serious jeopardy&quot; of foreclosure, says Dan Fasulo, a managing director at Real Capital Analytics. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&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/cf76be4e-1b93-453e-ac2d-4bf1c7d5bb80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="239" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cf76be4e-1b93-453e-ac2d-4bf1c7d5bb80.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The site of the Robert DeNiro-backed Nobu luxury hotel-condo project at 45 Broad St., right, is shown Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in New York's financial district. Construction has been put on hold indefinitely after losing funding and the site is facing foreclosure. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&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/400/7642c41e-80e4-4e26-92dd-3689d083f7af.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7642c41e-80e4-4e26-92dd-3689d083f7af.jpg" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The site of the Robert DeNiro-backed Nobu luxury hotel-condo project at 45 Broad St., right, is shown Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in New York's financial district. Construction has been put on hold indefinitely after losing funding and the site is facing foreclosure. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&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/400/3ade7488-3b04-4f76-8a17-5cce54579cb6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3ade7488-3b04-4f76-8a17-5cce54579cb6.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, also known as The Financial Times building, is shown in New York. The 40-story skyscraper, which sold for close to $500 million three years ago and sits on a prime corner in the country's wealthiest commercial market, recently sold for $100,000 to a Canadian pension fund unit. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&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/400/9b4fd46e-6755-4b21-8952-5fd1ae2f5c43.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="354" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9b4fd46e-6755-4b21-8952-5fd1ae2f5c43.jpg" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, also known as The Financial Times building, is shown in New York. The 40-story skyscraper, which sold for close to $500 million three years ago and sits on a prime corner in the country's wealthiest commercial market, recently sold for $100,000 to a Canadian pension fund unit. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&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/db639b05-9031-48ab-bc1d-be617dfbfc41.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/db639b05-9031-48ab-bc1d-be617dfbfc41.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2005 file photo, sunlight reflects off the John Hancock Tower onto a statue outside the Boston Public Library in Boston.  The John Hancock Tower &amp;#8212; Boston's tallest skyscraper &amp;#8212; sold at auction on March 31, 2009 for just over $20 million. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, 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/400/55650eea-a795-4b0f-ac37-a560ee5f791a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/55650eea-a795-4b0f-ac37-a560ee5f791a.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2007 file photo, midtown Manhattan is shown in this aerial view of New York. Loan defaults in the worst commercial real estate market in decades have created tens of billions worth of distressed properties across the nation, sometimes forcing cut-rate auctions of landmark skyscrapers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&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/a048f53a-4c65-4ad1-9a55-ab37656eee13.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a048f53a-4c65-4ad1-9a55-ab37656eee13.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken March 22, 2009, an aerial view of New York is shown.  Loan defaults in the worst commercial real estate market in decades have created tens of billions worth of distressed properties across the nation, sometimes forcing cut-rate auctions of landmark skyscrapers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&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/b546455a-a8f7-4399-b4a0-7bcc9986291e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b546455a-a8f7-4399-b4a0-7bcc9986291e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 13, 2006 file photo, the John Hancock Tower, right, is seen as Elena Milechin, left, of Worcester, Mass., and her son Dimitri Jaros take in a view of Boston from the Prudential building's Skywalk observatory. The John Hancock Tower &amp;#8212; Boston's tallest skyscraper &amp;#8212; sold at auction on March 31, 2009 for just over $20 million. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rainbow Room lease ends as owners cite unpaid rent</title>
<description><![CDATA[The owners of the New York City building that houses the ritzy Rainbow Room announced Friday that it had ended the club's lease because of unpaid back rent.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Westfeldt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amy Westfeldt]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/03/2270579-rainbow-room-lease-ends-as-owners-cite-unpaid-rent</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/03/2270579-rainbow-room-lease-ends-as-owners-cite-unpaid-rent</guid><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>meltdown</category><category>rainbow-room</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Jan 2009 18:55:19 +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/c873a3b3-435d-4ea7-a93c-c92691550a35.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c873a3b3-435d-4ea7-a93c-c92691550a35.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Dec. 17, 1998 file photo, guests at New York's Rainbow Room dance on the revolving floor of the restaurant and nightclub just before it was temporarily closed and remodeled. WNBC-TV reported Friday, Jan. 3, 3008, that the current economic state and a lease dispute with the building landlord, Tishman Speyer, is causing the owners to shutter the Italian-themed Rainbow Grill restaurant temporarily, while keeping the establishment's bar, banquet space and dinner-dancing going. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, 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/400/2c6750e1-573f-49de-a749-a32a2ecd5e08.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2c6750e1-573f-49de-a749-a32a2ecd5e08.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE **In this Dec. 17, 1998 file photo, guests at New York's Rainbow Room dance on the revolving floor of the restaurant and nightclub just before it was temporarily closed and remodeled. WNBC-TV reported Friday, Jan. 3, 2009, that the current economic state and a lease dispute with the building landlord, Tishman Speyer, is causing the owners to shutter the Italian-themed Rainbow Grill restaurant temporarily, while keeping the establishment's bar, banquet space and dinner-dancing going. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Crystal star for Rockefeller Center Christmas tree</title>
<description><![CDATA[New York City's most famous Christmas tree is so good it got a star.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/13/2109014-crystal-star-for-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/13/2109014-crystal-star-for-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree</guid><category>new-york</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>center</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>tree</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:39:43 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f9ec7a24-0323-4b1f-9305-435892d489b8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f9ec7a24-0323-4b1f-9305-435892d489b8.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bill Varanyak, 74, holds a photograph of his mother, Mary Varanyak as he stands Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in Hamilton, N.J., near the 72-foot Norway spruce that was grown by his mother. The tree, being cut down to be trucked to New York, will be on display as the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Bill says his late mother always said it would one day be on display at Rockefeller Center. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)&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/400/3ced8416-eba8-4906-91ce-43007d6807f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3ced8416-eba8-4906-91ce-43007d6807f1.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People watch and take photographs Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in Hamilton, N.J., as a 72-foot-tall Norway spruce is cut down to be trucked to New York as the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)&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/fbf06e35-9551-4d08-ae77-15be99166d1b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fbf06e35-9551-4d08-ae77-15be99166d1b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers maneuver a 72-foot Norway spruce as they load it onto a truck Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in Hamilton, N.J. The tree will be shipped to New York and displayed as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)&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/f265de19-159b-4086-ae9b-55672a682817.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f265de19-159b-4086-ae9b-55672a682817.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 72-foot tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, center, is raised into place at Rockefeller Plaza in New York, Friday Nov. 14, 2008.  (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)&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/400/4e822452-6934-4660-b1cb-7f90d9f56c34.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4e822452-6934-4660-b1cb-7f90d9f56c34.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 72-foot tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is viewed through a statue after the tree, cut in New Jersey, was raised into place at Rockefeller Plaza in New York, Friday Nov. 14, 2008.  (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)&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/f8a12e24-5811-404b-8ec4-f82bfc166d7c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f8a12e24-5811-404b-8ec4-f82bfc166d7c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 72-foot tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is reflected in a revolving door as it is raised into place at Rockefeller Plaza in New York, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008.  (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)&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/cf765bf2-c3ea-452c-aaa8-ba3c4c67ccc4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cf765bf2-c3ea-452c-aaa8-ba3c4c67ccc4.jpg" width="120" height="192" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Seventy-four year old twins Bob, left, and Bill Varanyak answer a question as they stand together near their 72-foot Norway spruce Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in Hamilton, N.J. The tree, being cut down to be trucked to New York as the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, was grown by the twins' mother. Bill He says his late mother always said it would one day be on display at Rockefeller Center. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)&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/400/93226264-cdf0-4a42-bac0-4d26148d054d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/93226264-cdf0-4a42-bac0-4d26148d054d.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A worker admired his work after  securing a guy-wire to the top of the 72-foot tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, still surrounded by scaffolding that allowed the placement of a Swarovski crystal star atop the famous tree in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.  The 550-pound star is almost 10 feet in diameter and is decorated with 25,000 crystals. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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/400/2eb3e94c-6398-4979-b5de-8d401c626f80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2eb3e94c-6398-4979-b5de-8d401c626f80.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A worker waits for his colleagues after secureing a guy-wire to the top of the 72-foot tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, still surrounded by scaffolding that allowed the placement of lights and a Swarovski crystal star atop the famous tree in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. The 550-pound star is almost 10 feet in diameter and is decorated with 25,000 crystals. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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/fa80fa65-af61-45bb-a67c-477c902a110d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="356" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fa80fa65-af61-45bb-a67c-477c902a110d.jpg" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A worker walks on a scaffolding surrounding the 72-foot tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree where workers placed a Swarovski crystal star to top off the famous tree in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.  The 550-pound star is almost 10 feet in diameter and is decorated with 25,000 crystals. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&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/400/7d833b3c-7dcc-40f6-bbdc-a15bdcbe9113.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="388" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7d833b3c-7dcc-40f6-bbdc-a15bdcbe9113.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A worker secures a support line to the top of the 72-foot tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, still surrounded by scaffolding that allowed the placement of a Swarovski crystal star atop the famous tree in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. The 550-pound star is almost 10 feet in diameter and is decorated with 25,000 crystals. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Japanese banks hunting again for overseas deals</title>
<description><![CDATA[Back in the 1980s, when Japan found itself flush with unprecedented wealth, it splurged on flashy overpriced trophies like Rockefeller Center and the Pebble Beach Golf Links.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tomoko A. Hosaka]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tomoko A. Hosaka]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/24/1903070-japanese-banks-hunting-again-for-overseas-deals</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/24/1903070-japanese-banks-hunting-again-for-overseas-deals</guid><category>business</category><category>japan</category><category>wall-street</category><category>banks</category><category>as</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>as-japan</category><category>pebble-beach-golf-links</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:52:52 +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/400/7d54a4c9-25c0-4dc9-a3be-fffb13972ed5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="333" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7d54a4c9-25c0-4dc9-a3be-fffb13972ed5.jpg" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A signboard of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., is seen in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. Investment bank Morgan Stanley said Monday it signed a letter of intent to sell up to 20 percent of the company to Japan's largest bank. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)&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/400/85d3df78-43d4-4123-b868-2d2ba544b830.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/85d3df78-43d4-4123-b868-2d2ba544b830.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man is reflected on a sign board of  Nomura Securities branch in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection a week ago on Monday, and since then, Lehman has sold its North American banking business to Barclays and its Japanese and Australian units to Nomura Holdings Inc.,  (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NBC's Brian Williams to Host `SNL'</title>
<description><![CDATA[He calls it his "night off," but Brian Williams will spend it on the air as host of this week's "Saturday Night Live."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frazier Moore]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frazier Moore]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/01/1066746-nbcs-brian-williams-to-host-snl</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/01/1066746-nbcs-brian-williams-to-host-snl</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>tv</category><category>williams</category><category>brian-williams</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>snl</category><category>night-live"</category><category>nightly-news"</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:58:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/75f59a4c-a92a-4922-b204-b0f762652897.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/75f59a4c-a92a-4922-b204-b0f762652897.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by NBC shows Amy Poehler,left,  Brian Williams,center, and  Seth Meyers, right,when  Williams made  a surprise cameo at the Weekend Update desk on the season premiere. in this file photo from Sept. 30, 2006. Williams will actuallt host the show Sat. Nov.3, 2007. (AP Photo/NBC Photo,Dana Edelson,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mysterious Natural Gas-Odor Leaves NYC</title>
<description><![CDATA[They bombarded 911 with calls, crowded the sidewalks in front of evacuated buildings and tuned to the news for word of what was happening. The question on the minds of many New Yorkers on Monday morning was: "What's that smell?"]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/08/511062-mysterious-natural-gas-odor-leaves-nyc</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/08/511062-mysterious-natural-gas-odor-leaves-nyc</guid><category>nyc</category><category>gas</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>new-yorkers</category><category>us-news</category><category>greenwich-village</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>odor</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:48:00 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NYAR10201081542.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYAR10201081542.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers who left their offices after smelling a mysterious gas-like odor are seen standing outside of the Time &amp; Life Building in New York, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007. Authorities were investigating the source of a mysterious gas-like odor Monday that stretched across a large part of Manhattan, including Rockefeller Center.   (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)&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/NYPM10101081629.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYPM10101081629.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People stand outside of a building on West 34th Street in New York, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007. The people had chosen either to leave, or not enter, the building due to a gas odor. Authorities were investigating the source of a mysterious gas-like odor that wafted over a large part of  Manhattan from Rockefeller Center through Greenwich Village.    (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)&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/NYAR10401081739.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYAR10401081739.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pedestrians cross Broadway in New York, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007. Authorities were investigating the source of a mysterious gas-like odor Monday that wafted over Manhattan and parts of New Jersey and led to some building evacuations and mass transit disruptions.   (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)&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/NYAR10101081543.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYAR10101081543.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers who left their offices after smelling a mysterious gas-like odor are seen standing outside of the Time &amp; Life Building in New York, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007. Authorities were investigating the source of a mysterious gas-like odor Monday that stretched across a large part of Manhattan, including Rockefeller Center.  (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)&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/NYPM10301081645.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYPM10301081645.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yellow tape blocks the entrance to PATH trains at Herald Square in New York, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007 after the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey temporarily suspended some of its train service as a precaution after a gas-like odor wafted over a large part of Manhattan.     (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Britney Spears Files for Divorce in L.A.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Britney Spears appeared upbeat, if a little off balance, as she took to the ice skating rink Tuesday night at New York's Rockefeller Center just hours after filing for divorce in Los Angeles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Cohen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sandy Cohen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/07/431950-britney-spears-files-for-divorce-in-la</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/07/431950-britney-spears-files-for-divorce-in-la</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>new-york</category><category>divorce</category><category>spears</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>britney-spears</category><category>rockefeller-center</category><category>los-angeles-county-superior-court</category><category>kathy-roberts</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:49:00 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/aa8d1912-6d9f-42d3-856d-8c16fb253f31.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="360" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/aa8d1912-6d9f-42d3-856d-8c16fb253f31.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Britney Spears and her husband Kevin Federline arrive for the Sony BMG Grammy Party in Los Angeles Feb.  8, 2006. Spears filed for divorced Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006 from  Federline, officials said.  (AP Photo/Chris Polk) &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/a4fde468-e523-4a12-8c01-206d0ac9094e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="360" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a4fde468-e523-4a12-8c01-206d0ac9094e.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pop star Britney Spears and her husband Kevin Federline arrive for the Sony BMG Grammy Party in Los Angeles Feb.  8, 2006. Spears filed for divorce Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. The Los Angeles County Superior Court filing cites &quot;irreconcilable differences,&quot; according to a  court spokeswoman . (AP Photo/Chris Polk) &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/400/67d2c03f-a124-4510-8861-4cba688bc6b1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="242" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/67d2c03f-a124-4510-8861-4cba688bc6b1.jpg" width="120" height="254" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Britney Spears, holding her dog Bit Bit, and husband Kevin Federline, walk the red carpet during the 2004 Billboard Music Awards in this Dec. 8, 2004, file photo taken in Las Vegas. Spears filed for divorced from Federline, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006, citing irreconcilable differences, Los Angeles County Superior Court officials said.  (AP Photo/Eric Jamison, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>