<?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 - rome</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/rome</link><description>Newsvine - rome</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:07:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:51:25 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>O'Malley, the `cappuccino priest,' a hit in Rome</title>
<description><![CDATA[The archbishop of Boston, dressed more often in the humble brown robe of his religious order than a cardinal's regalia, has emerged as an unlikely star amid the drama unfolding in Rome.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Zoll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rachel Zoll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17285959-omalley-the-cappuccino-priest-a-hit-in-rome</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17285959-omalley-the-cappuccino-priest-a-hit-in-rome</guid><category>vatican</category><category>american</category><category>rome</category><category>world-news</category><category>in-rome</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:03:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=649ad8ae-ac84-41d4-9432-dfd7062918e3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=649ad8ae-ac84-41d4-9432-dfd7062918e3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley, of the US, attends a Mass for the election of a new pope celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: There's no front-runner, no indication how long voting will last and no sense that a single man has what it takes to fix the many problems. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&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=4c7d9209-44ef-4013-a3ab-f3aa17b79350.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="228" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c7d9209-44ef-4013-a3ab-f3aa17b79350.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image made from video provided by Vatican CTV television, US Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley, right, takes an oath of secrecy inside the Sistine Chapel, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, before the start of the conclave to elect the 266th Roman Catholic Church pope. Behind O'Malley are Cardinals Stanislaw Dziwisz, of Poland, Carlo Caffara, of Italy, Sean Baptist Brady, of Ireland, and Lluis Martinez Sistach, of Spain. (AP Photo/CTV via APTV)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Larry Clark film wins top prize at Rome fest</title>
<description><![CDATA[A film by "Kids" director Larry Clark set in a small Texan town and to be released online only has taken the top award at Rome's film festival.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15244534-larry-clark-film-wins-top-prize-at-rome-fest</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15244534-larry-clark-film-wins-top-prize-at-rome-fest</guid><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>festival</category><category>rome</category><category>film-festival</category><category>world-news</category><category>larry-clark</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:24:42 +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>Roman holiday: UK boy, 11, flies without passport</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 11-year-old boy didn't have a passport, didn't have a ticket, didn't have a boarding pass, and got all the way from England to Italy on his own.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Barr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Robert Barr]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12942843-roman-holiday-uk-boy-11-flies-without-passport</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12942843-roman-holiday-uk-boy-11-flies-without-passport</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>rome</category><category>world-news</category><category>to-rome</category><category>ticketless</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:24:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The real star of Woody Allen's new movie is Rome</title>
<description><![CDATA[Woody Allen's newest movie "To Rome with Love" casts big names like Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Judy Davis and Allen himself. But there is one exceptional star: the Eternal City.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paola Barisani]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paola Barisani]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/27/12438401-the-real-star-of-woody-allens-new-movie-is-rome</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/27/12438401-the-real-star-of-woody-allens-new-movie-is-rome</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>with</category><category>rome</category><category>love</category><category>woody-allen</category><category>eternal-city</category><category>judy-davis</category><category>to-rome-with-love</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:24:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57e67122-b32c-4880-a5e9-b254edc162ea.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57e67122-b32c-4880-a5e9-b254edc162ea.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture taken Saturday, June 23, 2012 an unidentified man sits in a bar as a woman walks down the steps of the Garbatella district in Rome. Woody Allens latest cinematographic effort &quot;To Rome with Love&quot; casts big names like Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Judy Davis and Allen himself,  but there is one exceptional star: the Eternal City. Woody Allens Rome is beautiful, clean and sunny, a city shining in pristine beauty. Allen omits Romes current societal problems, degradation and economic stagnation to show the city in all its charm. To show his affection for the city, Allen tries to bring his postcard portrayal to life by going beyond the touristic and most famous locations, to capture the unconventional and popular atmosphere of neighborhoods like Sant'Angelo, Garbatella and Rione Monti. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&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=d7d1e6c5-e94a-4e82-9059-b6dac1aaf3a9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="184" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7d1e6c5-e94a-4e82-9059-b6dac1aaf3a9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;,In this picture taken Saturday, June 23, 2012 an Italian national flag hangs between two buildings in the Garbatella district in Rome. Woody Allens latest cinematographic effort &quot;To Rome with Love&quot; casts big names like Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Judy Davis and Allen himself,  but there is one exceptional star: the Eternal City. Woody Allens Rome is beautiful, clean and sunny, a city shining in pristine beauty. Allen omits Romes current societal problems, degradation and economic stagnation to show the city in all its charm. To show his affection for the city, Allen tries to bring his postcard portrayal to life by going beyond the touristic and most famous locations, to capture the unconventional and popular atmosphere of neighborhoods like Sant'Angelo, Garbatella and Rione Monti. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&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=f99d2702-0c49-4c78-b0aa-27fe1a61f78d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f99d2702-0c49-4c78-b0aa-27fe1a61f78d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;,In this picture taken Saturday, June 23, 2012 people crowd the main square of Rione Monti district in Rome. Woody Allens latest cinematographic effort &quot;To Rome with Love&quot; casts big names like Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Judy Davis and Allen himself,  but there is one exceptional star: the Eternal City. Woody Allens Rome is beautiful, clean and sunny, a city shining in pristine beauty. Allen omits Romes current societal problems, degradation and economic stagnation to show the city in all its charm. To show his affection for the city, Allen tries to bring his postcard portrayal to life by going beyond the touristic and most famous locations, to capture the unconventional and popular atmosphere of neighborhoods like Sant'Angelo, Garbatella and Rione Monti. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Review: Allen's 'Rome' delivers lackluster love</title>
<description><![CDATA[Woody Allen's "To Rome with Love" began with better titles. Yet despite the exquisite locations of the filmmaker's first story of love, Italian style, this bland ensemble romance deserves the generic name rather than the clever working titles it started with.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Germain]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Germain]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12301126-review-allens-rome-delivers-lackluster-love</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12301126-review-allens-rome-delivers-lackluster-love</guid><category>us</category><category>film</category><category>with</category><category>review</category><category>rome</category><category>love</category><category>woody-allen</category><category>us-news</category><category>to-rome-with-love</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:04:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35f81a12-0ded-45cf-8de9-8d149fa496ab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35f81a12-0ded-45cf-8de9-8d149fa496ab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This film image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Ellen Page as Monica, left, and Jesse Eisenberg as Jack in a scene from &quot;To Rome With Love.&quot;  (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Philippe Antonello)&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=e2839794-985e-4994-abfc-309a1a66e31f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e2839794-985e-4994-abfc-309a1a66e31f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This film image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows, from left, Alessandro Tiberi as Antonio, Roberto Della Casa as Uncle Paolo and Penélope Cruz as Anna in a scene from &quot;To Rome With Love.&quot;  (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Philippe Antonello)&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=0143e453-2dcc-4068-a1e6-dd66a4ca087d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0143e453-2dcc-4068-a1e6-dd66a4ca087d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This film image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows, Alec Baldwin as John, left, and Jesse Eisenberg as Jack in a scene from &quot;To Rome With Love.&quot;  (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Philippe Antonello)&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=404491a7-6b29-4de2-8d91-d82be1e51b29.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=404491a7-6b29-4de2-8d91-d82be1e51b29.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This film image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Alec Baldwin as John in a scene from &quot;To Rome With Love.&quot;  (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Philippe Antonello)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mark Zuckerberg: Culturally astute or Ugly American?</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11957724-mark-zuckerberg-culturally-astute-or-ugly-american</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11957724-mark-zuckerberg-culturally-astute-or-ugly-american</guid><category>rome</category><category>mark-zuckerberg</category><category>tongues</category><category>wagging</category><category>priscilla</category><category>facebooks</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>stiffing</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 16:54:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120530-zuckerberg-chan-italy-vmed-9a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="281" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120530-zuckerberg-chan-italy-vmed-9a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="85" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tongues are wagging about stories of Mark Zuckerberg stiffing the wait staff after dining with his new bride, Priscilla Chan, at restaurants in Rome. So, did Facebook’s founder, worth an estimated $20 billion, make a cultural faux pas?&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Salvage plan for Costa Concordia unveiled in Rome</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11757965-salvage-plan-for-costa-concordia-unveiled-in-rome</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11757965-salvage-plan-for-costa-concordia-unveiled-in-rome</guid><category>today</category><category>rome</category><category>wreck</category><category>submerged</category><category>aground</category><category>concordia</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>giglio</category><category>altxathe</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:53:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/Travel Section/____Edit/120518-ConcordiaSalvage.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="313" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/Travel Section/____Edit/120518-ConcordiaSalvage.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The plan to remove the massive wreck of Costa Concordia, which lies half submerged off the Italian island of Giglio after capsizing in January, was revealed today in Rome. At least 30 people died after the ship ran aground.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sports personality Jim Rome takes game to CBS</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jim Rome is still burning, it's just that the passion has moved to a different place.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Skretta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dave Skretta]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10986757-sports-personality-jim-rome-takes-game-to-cbs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10986757-sports-personality-jim-rome-takes-game-to-cbs</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>rome</category><category>cbs</category><category>jim-rome</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:24:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dozens of homes damaged in Georgia tornado</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/23/10488444-dozens-of-homes-damaged-in-georgia-tornado</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/23/10488444-dozens-of-homes-damaged-in-georgia-tornado</guid><category>media</category><category>rome</category><category>tornado</category><category>damaging</category><category>knocking</category><category>citing</category><category>touched</category><category>forcing</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:34:44 +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>Rome's 2020 Olympic bid scrapped by Premier Monti</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rome dropped its bid for the 2020 Olympics on Tuesday after Premier Mario Monti said the Italian government would not provide financial backing for an estimated $12.5-billion project at a time of economic crisis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor Simpson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Victor Simpson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10406246-romes-2020-olympic-bid-scrapped-by-premier-monti</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10406246-romes-2020-olympic-bid-scrapped-by-premier-monti</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>rome</category><category>world-news</category><category>bid</category><category>2020</category><category>premier-mario-monti</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:47:28 +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/f27f826f-3d31-48b0-8005-5a8f153867dd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f27f826f-3d31-48b0-8005-5a8f153867dd.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, tours the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during his visit to New York on Friday, February 10, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)&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/400/306ebae6-1c40-45c9-ae04-d9a21fa61707.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/306ebae6-1c40-45c9-ae04-d9a21fa61707.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Italian Premier Mario Monti gestures during a cabinet meeting in Rome Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Premier Monti has scrapped Rome's bid for the 2020 Olympics, saying the government can't supply the required financial backing at a time of financial crisis. Premier Mario Monti announced after a Cabinet meeting Tuesday that it would be an irresponsible use of taxpayer money to fund the Olympic project. Costs for hosting the Olympics in Rome are estimated at $12.5 billion. The decision came a day before the deadline for formal submission of bid files to the International Olympic Committee. The IOC requires government financial guarantees. Rome was the first of six cities to submit a bid for the 2020 Games. The others are Baku, Azerbaijan; Doha, Qatar; Istanbul; Madrid; and Tokyo. The IOC will select the host city in 2013. (AP Photo/Roberto Monaldo, LaPresse) ITALY OUT&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/400/78346f86-b2be-4724-8683-7936cd522504.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/78346f86-b2be-4724-8683-7936cd522504.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Italian Premier Mario Monti gestures during a cabinet meeting in Rome Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Premier Monti has scrapped Rome's bid for the 2020 Olympics, saying the government can't supply the required financial backing at a time of financial crisis. Premier Mario Monti announced after a Cabinet meeting Tuesday that it would be an irresponsible use of taxpayer money to fund the Olympic project. Costs for hosting the Olympics in Rome are estimated at $12.5 billion. The decision came a day before the deadline for formal submission of bid files to the International Olympic Committee. The IOC requires government financial guarantees. Rome was the first of six cities to submit a bid for the 2020 Games. The others are Baku, Azerbaijan; Doha, Qatar; Istanbul; Madrid; and Tokyo. The IOC will select the host city in 2013. (AP Photo/Roberto Monaldo, LaPresse) ITALY OUT&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/df480fac-9c77-43f8-a08b-a27beb0db30d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/df480fac-9c77-43f8-a08b-a27beb0db30d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A marble statue representing a discus thrower is seen in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.  Italy's premier has scrapped Rome's bid for the 2020 Olympics, saying the government can't supply the required financial backing at a time of financial crisis. Premier Mario Monti announced after a Cabinet meeting Tuesday that it would be an irresponsible use of taxpayer money to fund the Olympic project. Costs for hosting the Olympics in Rome are estimated at $12.5 billion. The decision came a day before the deadline for formal submission of bid files to the International Olympic Committee. The IOC requires government financial guarantees. Rome was the first of six cities to submit a bid for the 2020 Games. The others are Baku, Azerbaijan; Doha, Qatar; Istanbul; Madrid; and Tokyo. The IOC will select the host city in 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Travel photo of the day: Autumn day at the Old Mill</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10312383-travel-photo-of-the-day-autumn-day-at-the-old-mill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10312383-travel-photo-of-the-day-autumn-day-at-the-old-mill</guid><category>college</category><category>mill</category><category>rome</category><category>berry</category><category>clegg</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>old-mill</category><category>randy-clegg</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 20:53:32 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120103-ias-berrycollege-tease.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120103-ias-berrycollege-tease.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Randy Clegg shared this photo of the Old Mill at Berry College, a small university near Rome, Ga.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>PhotoBlog: Stilettos in the snow... only in Rome!</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10311390-photoblog-stilettos-in-the-snow-only-in-rome</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10311390-photoblog-stilettos-in-the-snow-only-in-rome</guid><category>snow</category><category>rare</category><category>rome</category><category>covers</category><category>snowfall</category><category>landmarks</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>clearall</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:30:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120203-italy-snow-nj-tease.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120203-italy-snow-nj-tease.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A rare snowfall covers Rome and its landmarks in snow&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Italy: Financial crisis an issue for 2020 Rome bid</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Italian government is warning the financial crisis could be a stumbling block in Rome's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances D'Emilio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frances D'Emilio]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/12/10141349-italy-financial-crisis-an-issue-for-2020-rome-bid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/12/10141349-italy-financial-crisis-an-issue-for-2020-rome-bid</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>rome</category><category>summer-olympics</category><category>bid</category><category>2020</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:05:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>More police in Rome after grisly slaying</title>
<description><![CDATA[More police are being deployed in Rome after robbers shot and killed a man and his 8-month-old child outside their home.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9982047-more-police-in-rome-after-grisly-slaying</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9982047-more-police-in-rome-after-grisly-slaying</guid><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>rome</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 20:32:22 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/478d761f-0ab9-45b8-a5f6-a1c20c1398c7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/478d761f-0ab9-45b8-a5f6-a1c20c1398c7.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chinese immigrants pray after placing candles and flowers where the night before a Chinese immigrant and his baby, shown in the pictures at right, were killed as he tried to resist during a robbery, in Rome Thursday night, Jan. 5, 2012. The slaying by robbers of a father and his baby as he held her in his arms in Rome outside their home has triggered more police for the Italian capital. Police say robbers demanded a Chinese immigrant give them the cash receipts of the family's business Wednesday night, knifed and wounded the baby's mother and fired shots when the father resisted. News reports say a bullet pierced the 8-month-old girl's skull, then struck the father's heart. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)&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/f4fe0c21-425d-4924-b92e-a2217892ade3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f4fe0c21-425d-4924-b92e-a2217892ade3.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The body of a Chinese immigrant is covered with a blanket after he was killed as he tried to resist during a robbery in Rome Wednesday night, Jan. 4, 2012. The slaying by robbers of a father and his baby as he held her in his arms in Rome outside their home has triggered more police for the Italian capital. Police say robbers demanded a Chinese immigrant give them the cash receipts of the family's business Wednesday night, knifed and wounded the baby's mother and fired shots when the father resisted. News reports say a bullet pierced the 8-month-old girl's skull, then struck the father's heart. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rampling: old age can be 'extraordinary'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Charlotte Rampling, who plays a dying, elderly woman in a new film, says the rewards of growing old as an actress are "extraordinary."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/30/8549339-rampling-old-age-can-be-extraordinary</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/30/8549339-rampling-old-age-can-be-extraordinary</guid><category>eu</category><category>festival</category><category>rome</category><category>film-festival</category><category>world-news</category><category>rampling</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:25:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e3cec410-1319-4940-87b6-5dfc5519c4e6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e3cec410-1319-4940-87b6-5dfc5519c4e6.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;British actress Charlotte Rampling poses during a photocall to present the movie &quot;The eye of the storm&quot; at the 6th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&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/e486310c-ad1d-4f2a-9282-455d1f0cff4e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e486310c-ad1d-4f2a-9282-455d1f0cff4e.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;British actress Charlotte Rampling poses during a photocall to present the movie &quot;The eye of the storm&quot; at the 6th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&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/400/394a9afb-a815-4ddc-a441-4fe269fc9821.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="371" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/394a9afb-a815-4ddc-a441-4fe269fc9821.jpg" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;British actress Charlotte Rampling poses during a photocall to present the movie &quot;The eye of the storm&quot; at the 6th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New 'Twilight' film screens at Rome festival</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jackson Rathbone, a star of the "Twilight" movies, likened the wildly popular series about love between a human and a vampire to the story of Romeo and Juliet, as the next-to-last film in the saga was screened Sunday at Rome's film festival.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eugenio Montesano]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eugenio Montesano]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/30/8548541-new-twilight-film-screens-at-rome-festival</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/30/8548541-new-twilight-film-screens-at-rome-festival</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>festival</category><category>rome</category><category>film-festival</category><category>world-news</category><category>twilight</category><category>rome-film-festival</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:01:29 +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/400/5d98bf6a-3f48-494b-8315-3db113390205.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="354" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5d98bf6a-3f48-494b-8315-3db113390205.jpg" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. actor Jackson Rathbone poses during a photocall to present the movie &quot;The Twilight saga: Breaking Dawn Part I&quot; at the 6th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&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/400/56550957-98a2-4765-812f-f7ade1d80422.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="337" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/56550957-98a2-4765-812f-f7ade1d80422.jpg" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. actress Nikki Reed poses during a photocall to present the movie &quot;The Twilight saga: Breaking Dawn Part I&quot; at the 6th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Film on Myanmar activist opens festival</title>
<description><![CDATA[A biopic about Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday opened Rome's film festival, whose organizers quoted the Nobel Peace Prize winner as calling truth and justice bastions against brutality.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trisha Thomas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Trisha Thomas]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/27/8510317-film-on-myanmar-activist-opens-festival</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/27/8510317-film-on-myanmar-activist-opens-festival</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>rome</category><category>film-festival</category><category>nobel-peace-prize</category><category>suu-kyi</category><category>aung-san-suu-kyi</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:14:45 +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/d57d1b73-2f4e-4d70-a063-8b5f5e34ea95.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="307" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d57d1b73-2f4e-4d70-a063-8b5f5e34ea95.jpg" width="120" height="200" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actors Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis arrive for the screening of the movie The Lady at the opening of the 6th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)&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/400/36bc73f6-2150-4182-a235-bcbc444daa21.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="327" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/36bc73f6-2150-4182-a235-bcbc444daa21.jpg" width="120" height="188" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh, poses next to her husband French Formula One manager Jean Todt  on the red carpet of the movie &quot;The Lady&quot; at the 6th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)&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/400/5af49021-ab73-45b3-aaa6-f4a0e2b04e56.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5af49021-ab73-45b3-aaa6-f4a0e2b04e56.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actress Michelle Yeoh and actor David Thewlis pose during a photo call for their film &quot;The Lady&quot; at the 6th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011.  (AP Photo/Virginia Farneti, Lapresse) ITALY OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Canucks' Rome disagrees with ban for hit on Horton</title>
<description><![CDATA[Vancouver defenseman Aaron Rome wouldn't change much about the hit on Boston's Nathan Horton that got him suspended for the rest of the Stanley Cup finals.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Beacham]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Beacham]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/12/6842787-canucks-rome-disagrees-with-ban-for-hit-on-horton</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/12/6842787-canucks-rome-disagrees-with-ban-for-hit-on-horton</guid><category>nhl</category><category>sports</category><category>canucks</category><category>rome</category><category>stanley-cup</category><category>nathan-horton</category><category>aaron-rome</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:46:12 +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/400/066f6690-723e-4bb0-a477-045135805f23.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="193" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/066f6690-723e-4bb0-a477-045135805f23.jpg" width="120" height="58" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, June 6, 2011, photo, Vancouver Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome (29) skates by as medical personnel tend to Boston Bruins right wing Nathan Horton,  after Rome put a late hit on Horton in the first period during Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals in Boston. Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli said Tuesday that Horton will miss the rest of the Stanley Cup finals with a severe concussion sustained on the play. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&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/400/9fcb6bd5-8508-422f-8a97-478e2a7bc9ce.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="381" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9fcb6bd5-8508-422f-8a97-478e2a7bc9ce.jpg" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Boston Bruins standout defenseman Bobby Orr, left, waves a banner bearing the name and number of current Bruins right wing Nathan Horton before Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals against the Vancouver Canucks, Wednesday, June 8, 2011, in Boston. Horton suffered a concussion from a hit by Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome during the first period of Game 3 on Monday night. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AP Interview: Rome 2020 bid leader moving quickly</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rome is quickly moving forward with its candidacy for the 2020 Olympics, with bid leader Mario Pescante planning to submit a motion in parliament to secure political support for the $57 million campaign.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Dampf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Dampf]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6471782-ap-interview-rome-2020-bid-leader-moving-quickly</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6471782-ap-interview-rome-2020-bid-leader-moving-quickly</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>rome</category><category>bid</category><category>2020-bid</category><category>mario-pescante</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:43:09 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/61559c34-5b8c-49a5-8ee0-778be9f39a39.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="383" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/61559c34-5b8c-49a5-8ee0-778be9f39a39.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Monday Feb. 6, 2006 file photo, Italian government supervisor Mario Pescante speaks at a press conference in Turin Italy. Rome is quickly moving forward with its candidacy for the 2020 Olympics, with bid leader Mario Pescante telling The Associated Press he's already planning to put forth a motion in parliament to secure political support. Pescante says that as soon as fellow IOC member Franco Carraro's economic viability commission provides a positive report, he will present the motion in parliament, hopefully by June. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New route opened in Roman Forum</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tourists will finally be able to walk in the House of the Vestal Virgins in the ancient Roman Forum.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/27/5935430-new-route-opened-in-roman-forum</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/27/5935430-new-route-opened-in-roman-forum</guid><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>rome</category><category>ancient</category><category>roman-forum</category><category>world-news</category><category>vestal-virgins</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:48:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rome gaining confidence for 2020 Olympics bid</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rome is confident about its bid for the 2020 Summer Games following Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Petrucci's recent meeting with IOC president Jacques Rogge.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Dampf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Dampf]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/23/5904257-rome-gaining-confidence-for-2020-olympics-bid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/23/5904257-rome-gaining-confidence-for-2020-olympics-bid</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>rome</category><category>jacques-rogge</category><category>bid</category><category>2020</category><category>summer-games</category><category>italian-olympic-committee</category><category>giovanni-petrucci</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:12:20 +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>Stretch! Man’s elastic mouth measures 17 cm wide</title>
<description><![CDATA[Get ready for something truly jaw-dropping. No, seriously.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura T. Coffey111]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Laura T. Coffey111]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/29/5373135-stretch-mans-elastic-mouth-measures-17-cm-wide</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/29/5373135-stretch-mans-elastic-mouth-measures-17-cm-wide</guid><category>world</category><category>rome</category><category>mouth</category><category>guinness</category><category>world-records</category><category>domingo</category><category>guinness-world-record</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>today-people</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:36:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/_archive/Today Show/_2010/Entertainment/ss-1000916-worlds-records/ss-101028-guinness-elastic-mouth.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/_archive/Today Show/_2010/Entertainment/ss-1000916-worlds-records/ss-101028-guinness-elastic-mouth.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Francisco Domingo Joaquim - Widest Mouth&lt;br /&gt;
Guinness World Records 2010&lt;br /&gt;
Photo Credit: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records&lt;br /&gt;
Location: Rome, Italy&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Last Night' opens Rome film fest amid protest</title>
<description><![CDATA[The marital drama "Last Night," which deals with questions of temptation, betrayal and defining infidelity, opened the Rome Film Festival on Thursday but a red-carpet protest by hundreds of Italian movie-industry workers stole the show.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alessandra Rizzo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alessandra Rizzo]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/28/5366601-last-night-opens-rome-film-fest-amid-protest</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/28/5366601-last-night-opens-rome-film-fest-amid-protest</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>rome</category><category>world-news</category><category>keira-knightley</category><category>fest</category><category>eva-mendes</category><category>rome-film-festival</category><category>film-fest</category><category>rome-film-fest</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:11:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b18823e9-7b31-4a10-8f0a-b79f0ba772a9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b18823e9-7b31-4a10-8f0a-b79f0ba772a9.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;British actress Keira Knightley, left, and American actress Eva Mendes pose for photographer during the photo call of the movie &quot;Last Night&quot; at the International Rome Film Festival, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) &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/ab864d6f-daf5-4241-a43c-83255bdc1d8d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ab864d6f-daf5-4241-a43c-83255bdc1d8d.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;British actress Keira Knightley, left, and Eva Mendes, of the United States, share a smile during a photo call to present the movie &quot;Last Night&quot; during the opening day of the Rome Film Festival at Rome's Auditorium, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&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/400/58e684bc-0762-41e7-947d-8913614340f0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="336" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/58e684bc-0762-41e7-947d-8913614340f0.jpg" width="120" height="183" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Screenwriter Massy Tadjedin poses for a photocall to present the movie &quot;Last Night&quot; during the opening day of the Rome Film Festival at Rome's Auditorium, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&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/c8f7077c-30cf-417b-ad54-f0cf2ee33012.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="377" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c8f7077c-30cf-417b-ad54-f0cf2ee33012.jpg" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. actress Eva Mendes arrives for a photo call to present the movie &quot;Last Night&quot; during the opening day of the Rome Film Festival at Rome's Auditorium, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&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/400/81bd2d60-cf16-487d-bcbe-712e5c13f2c2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/81bd2d60-cf16-487d-bcbe-712e5c13f2c2.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, French actor Guillaume Canet, American actress Eva Mendes, Iranian-American director Massy Tadjedin and British actress Keira Knightley smile during the photo call of the movie &quot;Last Night&quot; at the International Rome Film Festival, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) &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/400/3ad7e55a-54f6-44af-9c76-3cd10b1c2ac4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="338" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3ad7e55a-54f6-44af-9c76-3cd10b1c2ac4.jpg" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. actress Eva Mendes poses for a photo call to present the movie &quot;Last Night&quot; during the opening day of the Rome Film Festival at Rome's Auditorium, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&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/400/26c9e57f-a47b-449d-bb16-6aefcfb55c0b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="342" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/26c9e57f-a47b-449d-bb16-6aefcfb55c0b.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;US actress Eva Mendes poses for photographers during the photo call of the movie &quot;Last Night&quot; at the International Rome Film Festival, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) &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/a266ec1e-56b8-465d-b485-d29d1c30323c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="331" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a266ec1e-56b8-465d-b485-d29d1c30323c.jpg" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;British actress Keira Knightley poses for photographers during the photo call of the movie &quot;Last Night&quot; at the International Rome Film Festival, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) &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/400/2623efc0-2ae7-42eb-8f22-e3cdccdafc07.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="504" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2623efc0-2ae7-42eb-8f22-e3cdccdafc07.jpg" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;US actress Eva Mendes blows a kiss during the photo call of the movie &quot;Last Night&quot; at the International Rome Film Festival, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) &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/400/12b9140a-ef0e-4e2e-bacf-85b707c66e87.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="490" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/12b9140a-ef0e-4e2e-bacf-85b707c66e87.jpg" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;American actress Eva Mendes, left, holds British actress Keira Knightley  during the photo call of the movie &quot;Last Night&quot; at the International Rome Film Festival, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jay Rome carving his own path at Valdosta</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jay Rome is the son of perhaps the biggest name to come out of one of the nation's most prestigious high school programs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/02/5034638-jay-rome-carving-his-own-path-at-valdosta</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/02/5034638-jay-rome-carving-his-own-path-at-valdosta</guid><category>sports</category><category>25</category><category>hs-football</category><category>rome</category><category>south-region-25</category><category>jay-rome</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:14:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8d41a48b-cb28-4b6f-8186-a9153128abc8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="378" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8d41a48b-cb28-4b6f-8186-a9153128abc8.jpg" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a July 28, 2010, photo, Valdosta High School tight end Jay Rome poses for a photo at Valdosta High School in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jason Getz) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rome 1960: When the Olympics went modern</title>
<description><![CDATA[They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Dampf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Dampf]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4965274-rome-1960-when-the-olympics-went-modern</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4965274-rome-1960-when-the-olympics-went-modern</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>rome</category><category>remembering</category><category>summer-games</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:18:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/27a9579e-b333-4dc6-a565-ded6cc1309d8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/27a9579e-b333-4dc6-a565-ded6cc1309d8.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 7, 1960 file photo, a general view of the swimming pool that will be used during the 1960 Rome Summer Olympic Games. They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast. They were the first games with a major doping scandal, as Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen collapsed during his race under the influence of Roniacol and died the same day. (AP Photo/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/b86406df-f295-42da-b464-d31931efa894.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b86406df-f295-42da-b464-d31931efa894.jpg" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 10, 1960 file photo, runners in the Olympic marathon pass under the Arch of Constantine shortly after the start of the event in Rome. They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast. They were the first games with a major doping scandal, as Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen collapsed during his race under the influence of Roniacol and died the same day. (AP Photo/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/c7ff359a-eb75-4d8a-878f-f8b0c48c1e13.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="395" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c7ff359a-eb75-4d8a-878f-f8b0c48c1e13.jpg" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 25, 1960 file photo Italian student Giancarlo Peris holds the torch after lighting the Olympic flame in the tall tripod brazier on the perimeter of the Olympic Stadium in Rome at the formal opening of the XVII modern Olympics.They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast. They were the first games with a major doping scandal, as Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen collapsed during his race under the influence of Roniacol and died the same day. (AP Photo/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/bf06db71-ae59-41e1-8e2e-2ea36a5ecf73.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="195" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bf06db71-ae59-41e1-8e2e-2ea36a5ecf73.jpg" width="120" height="315" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 10, 1960 file photo, Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia, running in his bare feet, leads Abdesian Rhadi of Morocco along the Via Appia in Rome in the final of the Olympic marathon. They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast. They were the first games with a major doping scandal, as Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen collapsed during his race under the influence of Roniacol and died the same day. (AP Photo/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/400/03182f64-a52f-4c80-86ba-5e829a3da19f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/03182f64-a52f-4c80-86ba-5e829a3da19f.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 3, 1960, file photo, Cassius Clay, 18-year-old from Louisville, Ky., throws a right at Tony Madigan of Australia, left, during the light heavyweight boxing semi-finals at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Sept. 3, 1960. They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast. They were the first games with a major doping scandal, as Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen collapsed during his race under the influence of Roniacol and died the same day. (AP Photo/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/400/1936b857-dc9b-4261-a134-ec55ad84f9ef.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1936b857-dc9b-4261-a134-ec55ad84f9ef.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 3, 1960 file photo, Italy's Livio Berrutti, right, hits tape to win 200-meter event in Olympics in Rome. In his upset victory, Berruti was clocked in 20.5 seconds. Les Carney, left foreground, of Akron, Ohio was only inches behind Berruti. Others are unidentified. They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast. They were the first games with a major doping scandal, as Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen collapsed during his race under the influence of Roniacol and died the same day. (AP Photo/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/d82c33d0-5dd3-4db6-a2ec-02a388e8eda3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="381" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d82c33d0-5dd3-4db6-a2ec-02a388e8eda3.jpg" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this on Sept. 5, 1960 file photo, track and field runners Dorothy Hyman of Great Brittain, left, Wilma Rudolph of the U.S., center, and J. Heine of West Germany pose after the 200 meter race at the XVI Summer Olympic Games in Rome. They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast. They were the first games with a major doping scandal, as Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen collapsed during his race under the influence of Roniacol and died the same day. (AP Photo/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/e0117da9-6c8c-42f3-a676-8a193eed0dab.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="402" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e0117da9-6c8c-42f3-a676-8a193eed0dab.jpg" width="120" height="121" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 5, 1959 file photo, a general view of the &quot;Sports Palace&quot; near Rome's World Exposition grounds showing the state of construction after little more than six month's work. This building will accommodate about 16,000 spectators, and is destined for the boxing and basketball competitions during the Olympic Summer Games in Rome for 1960. They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast. They were the first games with a major doping scandal, as Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen collapsed during his race under the influence of Roniacol and died the same day. (AP Photo/File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>