<?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 - ship</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/ship</link><description>Newsvine - ship</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 19:22:47 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:52:47 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Navy to spend $37B on 'marginally useful' ship- MSN Money</title>
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Let's set the stage. You and your significant other decide to devote a weekend to repainting the family room. It's not an easy task, because the room is large with high ceilings, expensive flooring and a lot of heavy furniture. Not only are you going to paint it, but it's going&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18128429-navy-to-spend-37b-on-marginally-useful-ship-msn-money</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18128429-navy-to-spend-37b-on-marginally-useful-ship-msn-money</guid><category>congress</category><category>navy</category><category>money</category><category>ship</category><category>us-news</category><category>light</category><category>useful</category><category>wasteful</category><category>idea</category><category>spend</category><category>manned</category><category>marginally</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 19:21:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater49C294A3-8A26-99A7-5420-784F16223A8E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater49C294A3-8A26-99A7-5420-784F16223A8E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Did You Ship Your Pants?</title>
<description><![CDATA[I laughed so hard I nearly shipped my pants!  I might actually go to shop there now.
Hope you enjoy this brief respite from all the "Getting Smarter Here" that is Newsvine.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Freewill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Freewill]]></source><link>http://freewillrules.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17802793-did-you-ship-your-pants</link><guid>http://freewillrules.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17802793-did-you-ship-your-pants</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>shipping</category><category>ship</category><category>video</category><category>pants</category><category>funny</category><category>online-shopping</category><category>funny-commercials</category><category>k-mart</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:40:39 +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 medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I03UmJbK0lA" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/I03UmJbK0lA/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Want to ship your pants too? Can't find what you're looking for in store, a sales associate can find it on Kmart.com and ship it to you for free! #ShipMyPants http://kmrt.us/17rhp8t</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Coast Guard talks to migrants picked up by cruises</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Coast Guard is interviewing migrant rafters rescued by two cruise ships off the Florida Keys.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17727220-coast-guard-talks-to-migrants-picked-up-by-cruises</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17727220-coast-guard-talks-to-migrants-picked-up-by-cruises</guid><category>us</category><category>rescue</category><category>ship</category><category>florida-keys</category><category>cruise-ship</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:50:19 +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></item><item><title>Carnival says it will pay US for disabled ships</title>
<description><![CDATA[Carnival Corp. said Monday it will repay the U.S. government an unspecified amount for the costs to taxpayers of responses to disabling accidents on its Triumph and Splendor cruise ships, both of which left thousands of passengers stranded at sea for days.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Curt Anderson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Curt Anderson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17724816-carnival-says-it-will-pay-us-for-disabled-ships</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17724816-carnival-says-it-will-pay-us-for-disabled-ships</guid><category>us</category><category>disabled</category><category>ship</category><category>cruise-ship</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:07:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Norway wants to build world's first tunnel for ships | NDTV.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Why move the mountain when you can float through it? &nbsp;Norway plans to bore a tunnel for ships through a mountain between fjiords]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[blinkin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[blinkin]]></source><link>http://jg2090.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17724006-norway-wants-to-build-worlds-first-tunnel-for-ships-ndtvcom</link><guid>http://jg2090.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17724006-norway-wants-to-build-worlds-first-tunnel-for-ships-ndtvcom</guid><category>business</category><category>boat</category><category>tunnel</category><category>ship</category><category>transportation</category><category>oslo-norways</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:23:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jg2090756F6552-1171-11AA-8353-C6562FA44210.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="295" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jg2090756F6552-1171-11AA-8353-C6562FA44210.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Concordia ship owner seeks victim status in wreck</title>
<description><![CDATA[The owner of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia asked a court on Monday to consider it a victim of the disaster, saying it too wants to seek damages for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paolo Santalucia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paolo Santalucia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685633-concordia-ship-owner-seeks-victim-status-in-wreck</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685633-concordia-ship-owner-seeks-victim-status-in-wreck</guid><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>ship</category><category>world-news</category><category>aground</category><category>costa-concordia</category><category>costa-crociere-spa</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:39:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c5a76d2-6ba4-40d5-8161-c22383d21ade.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c5a76d2-6ba4-40d5-8161-c22383d21ade.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012 file photo provided by the Guardia di Finanza (border Police), the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. A judge in Tuscany fined Italian cruise line Costa Crociere SpA 1 million euros ($1.3 million) Wednesday, April 10, 2013 for the shipwreck that killed 32 people. (AP Photo/Guardia di Finanza, 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=58e42fc8-debb-45e7-a575-6d86e1448f6a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58e42fc8-debb-45e7-a575-6d86e1448f6a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Francesco Pepe, lawyer of Capt. Francesco Schettino, talks to the media prior to the preliminary, closed-door hearing for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people, in Grosseto, Italy, Monday, April 15, 2013. An Italian court is mulling whether to hand down indictments against the captain and some crew of the Costa Concordia cruise ship for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people. Prosecutors want Capt. Francesco Schettino to stand trial for alleged manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning the ship before all passengers had been evacuated. They want four other crew members and a Costa manager to face charges of having botched the emergency Schettino attended the preliminary, closed-door hearing Monday in the Tuscan city of Grosseto; the timing of a decision was unknown. (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=049fed0e-5b49-4c85-a52c-4210edad3ca7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=049fed0e-5b49-4c85-a52c-4210edad3ca7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Capt. Francesco Schettino arrives to attend a preliminary, closed-door hearing for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people, in Grosseto, Italy, Monday, April 15, 2013. An Italian court is mulling whether to hand down indictments against the captain and some crew of the Costa Concordia cruise ship for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people. Prosecutors want Capt. Francesco Schettino to stand trial for alleged manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning the ship before all passengers had been evacuated. They want four other crew members and a Costa manager to face charges of having botched the emergency Schettino attended the preliminary, closed-door hearing Monday in the Tuscan city of Grosseto; the timing of a decision was unknown. (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=692f3192-6c47-4476-a28a-3475d94a8cb0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=692f3192-6c47-4476-a28a-3475d94a8cb0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Prosecutors Stefano Pizza, left, and Maria Navarro, right, arrive for the preliminary, closed-door hearing for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people, in Grosseto, Italy, Monday, April 15, 2013. An Italian court is mulling whether to hand down indictments against the captain and some crew of the Costa Concordia cruise ship for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people. Prosecutors want Capt. Francesco Schettino to stand trial for alleged manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning the ship before all passengers had been evacuated. They want four other crew members and a Costa manager to face charges of having botched the emergency Schettino attended the preliminary, closed-door hearing Monday in the Tuscan city of Grosseto; the timing of a decision was unknown. (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=5c021cab-0e3d-47f7-8029-6287d3ef6dc5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5c021cab-0e3d-47f7-8029-6287d3ef6dc5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Prosecutor Stefano Pizza, center, arrives for the preliminary, closed-door hearing for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people, in Grosseto, Italy, Monday, April 15, 2013. An Italian court is mulling whether to hand down indictments against the captain and some crew of the Costa Concordia cruise ship for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people. Prosecutors want Capt. Francesco Schettino to stand trial for alleged manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning the ship before all passengers had been evacuated. They want four other crew members and a Costa manager to face charges of having botched the emergency Schettino attended the preliminary, closed-door hearing Monday in the Tuscan city of Grosseto; the timing of a decision was unknown. (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=57fe7c3c-c7de-4845-af1d-df8488ec2d25.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57fe7c3c-c7de-4845-af1d-df8488ec2d25.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chief prosecutor Francesco Verusio arrives for the preliminary, closed-door hearing for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people, in Grosseto, Italy, Monday, April 15, 2013. An Italian court is mulling whether to hand down indictments against the captain and some crew of the Costa Concordia cruise ship for the 2012 grounding off Tuscany that killed 32 people. Prosecutors want Capt. Francesco Schettino to stand trial for alleged manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning the ship before all passengers had been evacuated. They want four other crew members and a Costa manager to face charges of having botched the emergency Schettino attended the preliminary, closed-door hearing Monday in the Tuscan city of Grosseto; the timing of a decision was unknown. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Indian agency files murder case against 2 Italians</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Indian investigative agency has filed a murder case against two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen last year, news reports said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17616360-indian-agency-files-murder-case-against-2-italians</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17616360-indian-agency-files-murder-case-against-2-italians</guid><category>india</category><category>ship</category><category>firing</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 14:24:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US Navy relieves 4 from grounded minesweeper</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four officers of a U.S. Navy minesweeper that ran aground on coral reef in the Philippines are being relieved of their duties.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17591567-us-navy-relieves-4-from-grounded-minesweeper</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17591567-us-navy-relieves-4-from-grounded-minesweeper</guid><category>us</category><category>philippines</category><category>ship</category><category>us-news</category><category>aground</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 02:41:26 +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>Search off for missing Ala. shipyard worker</title>
<description><![CDATA[Divers and Coast Guard rescuers called off a search Thursday for a shipyard worker who was thrown into the water in strong winds that were also blowing when a hobbled cruise ship tore away from its moorings.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa Nelson-Gabriel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Melissa Nelson-Gabriel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17588446-search-off-for-missing-ala-shipyard-worker</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17588446-search-off-for-missing-ala-shipyard-worker</guid><category>us</category><category>disabled</category><category>cruise</category><category>ship</category><category>carnival-cruise-lines</category><category>cruise-ship</category><category>us-news</category><category>carnival-cruise</category><category>disabled-cruise-ship</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 20:08:45 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0486efed-5e8e-49a0-9587-e6a13a2deee1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0486efed-5e8e-49a0-9587-e6a13a2deee1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013 file photo the cruise ship Carnival Triumph is towed into Mobile Bay near Dauphin Island, Ala. The Triumph, which has been docked in Alabama since an engine room fire left it disabled for days in the Gulf of Mexico, broke away from its mooring in a Mobile, Ala. shipyard on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The U.S. Coast Guard tweeted Wednesday afternoon that high winds were likely to blame. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, 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=b4fefebd-2996-431f-9fb0-f8f4db20b7e9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="310" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4fefebd-2996-431f-9fb0-f8f4db20b7e9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="198" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Locates cruise ship in Mobile, Alabama&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=fd2e0127-4c5d-4e73-86c1-9828d74e6f3d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd2e0127-4c5d-4e73-86c1-9828d74e6f3d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tug boats maneuver around the Carnival cruise ship Triumph as she rests against a dock on the east side of the Mobile River after becoming dislodged from its mooring at BAE Shipyard during high winds Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Mobile, Ala. Triumph was disabled Feb. 10 by an engine fire that stranded thousands of passengers onboard for days in the Gulf. It was towed into port in Mobile. (AP Photo/AL.com, Bill Starling)  MAGS OUT&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=2f34bb47-f6bc-4f21-8cd8-f10a347d0849.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f34bb47-f6bc-4f21-8cd8-f10a347d0849.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Carnival cruise ship Triumph is damaged after the being dislodged from its mooring at BAE shipyard during high winds Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Mobile, Ala. Triumph was disabled Feb. 10 by an engine fire that stranded thousands of passengers onboard for days in the Gulf. It was towed into port in Mobile. (AP Photo/AL.com, Bill Starling)  MAGS OUT&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=1f5a015d-03ec-4b95-bc7c-eaddcc202506.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f5a015d-03ec-4b95-bc7c-eaddcc202506.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tug boats maneuver around the Carnival cruise ship Triumph as she rests against a dock on the east side of the Mobile River after becoming dislodged from its mooring at BAE Shipyard during high winds Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Mobile, Ala. Triumph was disabled Feb. 10 by an engine fire that stranded thousands of passengers onboard for days in the Gulf. It was towed into port in Mobile. (AP Photo/AL.com, Bill Starling)  MAGS OUT&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=8e8177de-166f-454e-92f6-686448c97195.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e8177de-166f-454e-92f6-686448c97195.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Carnival cruise ship Triumph rests against a dock on the east side of the Mobile River after becoming dislodged from its mooring at BAE Shipyard during high winds Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Mobile, Ala. Triumph was disabled Feb. 10 by an engine fire that stranded thousands of passengers onboard for days in the Gulf. It was towed into port in Mobile. (AP Photo/AL.com, Bill Starling)  MAGS OUT&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=3eeeae0f-c5fd-4791-9e4a-7db24dcabab8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3eeeae0f-c5fd-4791-9e4a-7db24dcabab8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tug boats maneuver around the Carnival cruise ship Triumph as it rests against a dock on the east side of the Mobile River after becoming dislodged from its mooring at BAE Shipyard during high winds Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Mobile, Ala. Triumph was disabled Feb. 10 by an engine fire that stranded thousands of passengers onboard for days in the Gulf. It was towed into port in Mobile. (AP Photo/AL.com, Bill Starling)  MAGS OUT&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=7a7e1607-e6d7-41ce-a098-3066a931069b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a7e1607-e6d7-41ce-a098-3066a931069b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tug boats maneuver around the Carnival cruise ship Triumph as it rests against a dock on the east side of the Mobile River after becoming dislodged from its mooring at BAE Shipyard during high winds Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Mobile, Ala. Triumph was disabled Feb. 10 by an engine fire that stranded thousands of passengers onboard for days in the Gulf. It was towed into port in Mobile. (AP Photo/AL.com, Bill Starling)  MAGS OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Indian court ends travel ban on Italian envoy</title>
<description><![CDATA[India's Supreme Court on Tuesday withdrew an order barring the Italian ambassador from leaving India after the return of two Italian marines charged with killing two Indian fishermen, news reports said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17564758-indian-court-ends-travel-ban-on-italian-envoy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17564758-indian-court-ends-travel-ban-on-italian-envoy</guid><category>italy</category><category>india</category><category>ship</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>firing</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>india-supreme-court</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 08:27:18 +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></item><item><title>Doomed US Navy ship removed from Philippine reef</title>
<description><![CDATA[Workers in the southwestern Philippines have removed the last major part of a U.S. Navy minesweeper from a protected coral reef where it ran aground in January, and the damage will be assessed to determine the fine Washington will pay, officials said Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17537710-doomed-us-navy-ship-removed-from-philippine-reef</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17537710-doomed-us-navy-ship-removed-from-philippine-reef</guid><category>us</category><category>philippines</category><category>ship</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>aground</category><category>unesco-world-heritage</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:17:06 +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=9e24c237-ca5c-4ec5-bf81-4e89db62f36a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e24c237-ca5c-4ec5-bf81-4e89db62f36a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 29, 2013 photo released by the Philippine Coast Guard, workers prepare for lifting of a part of the dismantled hull of the USS Guardian on the Tubbataha Reef, a World Heritage Site in southwest of the Philippines. Workers in the southwestern Philippines have removed the last major part of a U.S. Navy minesweeper from a protected coral reef where it ran aground in January, and the damage will be assessed to determine the fine Washington will pay, officials said Sunday, March 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Philippine Coast Guard, File) NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FBI: Woman died of heart disease on cruise ship</title>
<description><![CDATA[An autopsy shows that a Virginia woman found dead aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship died of natural causes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17489821-fbi-woman-died-of-heart-disease-on-cruise-ship</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17489821-fbi-woman-died-of-heart-disease-on-cruise-ship</guid><category>us</category><category>death</category><category>ship</category><category>royal-caribbean</category><category>cruise-ship</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:28:18 +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></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Historic ship short on funds and time</title>
<description><![CDATA[The SS United States is sending out what may be its final distress call.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joann Loviglio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Joann Loviglio]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17450039-apnewsbreak-historic-ship-short-on-funds-and-time</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17450039-apnewsbreak-historic-ship-short-on-funds-and-time</guid><category>us</category><category>historic</category><category>cruise</category><category>ship</category><category>us-news</category><category>sos</category><category>ss-united-states</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:44:34 +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=0831de0d-005f-4275-b2ce-1e8ed80671e7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0831de0d-005f-4275-b2ce-1e8ed80671e7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 1, 2010 file photo show is the SS United States in Philadelphia. Money and time are running out for the historic ocean liner, which carried princes and presidents across the Atlantic in the 1950s and 1960s but has spent decades patiently awaiting a savior at its berth on the Philadelphia waterfront. The nonprofit conservancy working to secure a home and purpose for the 990-foot-long ship said it could be sold for scrap in the spring of 2013 unless they can raise $500,000 immediately.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, 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=f0d4ae2a-6227-4dd2-9bb6-c71f66692fc9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f0d4ae2a-6227-4dd2-9bb6-c71f66692fc9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 3, 1952 file photo, the SS United States glides down the Hudson River as it begins its first voyage to Europe from New York in view of the Midtown Manhattan skyline including the  Empire State building on the center right.   Money and time are running out for the historic ocean liner, which carried princes and presidents across the Atlantic in the 1950s and 1960s but has spent decades patiently awaiting a savior at its berth on the Philadelphia waterfront. The nonprofit conservancy working to secure a home and purpose for the 990-foot-long ship said it could be sold for scrap in the spring of 2013 unless they can raise $500,000 immediately. (AP photo/Jack Harris, 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=b48d4ce7-8990-4107-8b7e-d7db9cec31a6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b48d4ce7-8990-4107-8b7e-d7db9cec31a6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this  Feb. 1, 2011 file photo show is the SS United States in Philadelphia. Money and time are running out for the historic ocean liner, which carried princes and presidents across the Atlantic in the 1950s and 1960s but has spent decades patiently awaiting a savior at its berth on the Philadelphia waterfront. The nonprofit conservancy working to secure a home and purpose for the 990-foot-long ship said it could be sold for scrap in the spring of 2013 unless they can raise $500,000 immediately.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, 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=1dcf7370-3d53-47e8-83da-351ec7d793e0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1dcf7370-3d53-47e8-83da-351ec7d793e0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this  Feb. 1, 2011 file photo show is an enclosed walkway on the once-glamorous cruise the SS United States in Philadelphia. Money and time are running out for the historic ocean liner, which carried princes and presidents across the Atlantic in the 1950s and 1960s but has spent decades patiently awaiting a savior at its berth on the Philadelphia waterfront. The nonprofit conservancy working to secure a home and purpose for the 990-foot-long ship said it could be sold for scrap in the spring of 2013 unless they can raise $500,000 immediately.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, 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=4d18cf02-aefd-4c03-bacb-edf49dc044cb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4d18cf02-aefd-4c03-bacb-edf49dc044cb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE In this July 1, 2010 file photo show is the SS United States in Philadelphia. Money and time are running out for the historic ocean liner, which carried princes and presidents across the Atlantic in the 1950s and 1960s but has spent decades patiently awaiting a savior at its berth on the Philadelphia waterfront. The nonprofit conservancy working to secure a home and purpose for the 990-foot-long ship said it could be sold for scrap in the spring of 2013 unless they can raise $500,000 immediately.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>2 Italian marines return to India to face trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Italian marines returned to India on Friday to face trial in the killing of a pair of Indian fishermen, ending a diplomatic rift that had soured ties between the two countries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ravi Nessman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ravi Nessman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17411810-2-italian-marines-return-to-india-to-face-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17411810-2-italian-marines-return-to-india-to-face-trial</guid><category>italy</category><category>india</category><category>ship</category><category>new-delhi</category><category>firing</category><category>world-news</category><category>two-italian</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:36:30 +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>2 shipping firms admit to illegal ocean dumping</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two international shipping firms pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction and other charges in connection with what the U.S. Attorney's Office characterized as a pattern of falsifying records to hide the illegal dumping of engine sludge and oil-contaminated waste into the ocean.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Porter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Porter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17404919-2-shipping-firms-admit-to-illegal-ocean-dumping</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17404919-2-shipping-firms-admit-to-illegal-ocean-dumping</guid><category>us</category><category>pollution</category><category>charges</category><category>ship</category><category>us-news</category><category>attorney-office</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:43:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ship sinks off China, killing at least 11 crew</title>
<description><![CDATA[A container ship has sunk off the east coast of China, killing at least 11 crew members and leaving two missing. One man has been rescued by helicopter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17364849-ship-sinks-off-china-killing-at-least-11-crew</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17364849-ship-sinks-off-china-killing-at-least-11-crew</guid><category>china</category><category>sinking</category><category>ship</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:45:44 +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>Troubled Carnival ship arrives back in Tampa</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Carnival cruise ship that experienced technical issues with its propulsion system and canceled one stop has arrived as scheduled in Tampa, Fla.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17346467-troubled-carnival-ship-arrives-back-in-tampa</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17346467-troubled-carnival-ship-arrives-back-in-tampa</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>troubled</category><category>ship</category><category>cruise-ship</category><category>us-news</category><category>arrival</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:28:12 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=958f2082-dbb9-4366-9d59-d7f4e8f84225.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=958f2082-dbb9-4366-9d59-d7f4e8f84225.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2002 file photo, the Carnival Legend, a 2,100-passenger, 960-foot-long cruise ship, arrives at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Carnival Cruise Lines says, Sunday, March 17, 2013, that the Carnival Legend, which experienced technical issues with its propulsion system and canceled one stop, has arrived as scheduled in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Carnival Cruise Lines, Andy Newman, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Carnival flying stranded cruise passengers home</title>
<description><![CDATA[Passengers from the cruise ship Carnival Dream headed to the airport Thursday instead of sailing home after an on-board generator problem halted their trip in the latest maintenance headache for the world's largest cruise line.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Fitzpatrick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Judy Fitzpatrick]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17309904-carnival-flying-stranded-cruise-passengers-home</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17309904-carnival-flying-stranded-cruise-passengers-home</guid><category>us</category><category>cruise</category><category>problems</category><category>ship</category><category>carnival-cruise-lines</category><category>cruise-ship</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>carnival-dream</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:36:27 +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>Obama: Keystone XL pipeline not major jobs creator </title>
<description><![CDATA[
WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Jobs numbers and other benefits touted by supporters of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are probably exaggerated, President&nbsp;Barack Obama&nbsp;told&nbsp;House Republicans&nbsp;on Wednesday, according to lawmakers who attended the closed-door meeting.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17302820-obama-keystone-xl-pipeline-not-major-jobs-creator</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17302820-obama-keystone-xl-pipeline-not-major-jobs-creator</guid><category>oil</category><category>jobs</category><category>pipeline</category><category>politics</category><category>construction</category><category>ship</category><category>obama</category><category>creator</category><category>keystone-xl</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:15:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>India extends ban on departure of Italian envoy</title>
<description><![CDATA[India's Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its order barring the Italian ambassador from leaving the country and rejected his explanation of his country's refusal to return two Italian marines charged with killing two Indian fishermen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17277941-india-extends-ban-on-departure-of-italian-envoy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17277941-india-extends-ban-on-departure-of-italian-envoy</guid><category>italy</category><category>india</category><category>ship</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>firing</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>india-supreme-court</category><category>press-trust</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:56:13 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=384b7162-6be0-4c16-bd38-40d85fc6f622.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="442" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=384b7162-6be0-4c16-bd38-40d85fc6f622.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Dec. 20, 2012 file photo shows Italian marines Salvatore Girone, left, and Massimiliano Latorre, arriving at the office of Kochi's Police Commissioner, in Kochi, India. Two Italian marines facing murder charges in India won't be returned there for trial, the Italian Foreign Ministry said Monday, March 11, 2013. The sailors, who were part of an anti-piracy military security team, are accused of fatally shooting two Indian fishermen aboard a cargo ship whom they believed were pirates. (AP Photo)&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=de3f8dfc-fba3-48b3-831e-87493ab84dd0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=de3f8dfc-fba3-48b3-831e-87493ab84dd0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, March 12, 2013, photograph, Italian Ambassador to India Daniele Mancini, left, arrives at Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, India. India said Tuesday that an Italian decision not to return two marines accused of killing a pair of Indian fishermen last year was unacceptable. The government allowed the marines to return to Italy in February to vote in national elections and to celebrate Easter with their families. Italy announced Monday it would not send the marines back to India to face trial as had been expected. (AP Photo) INDIA OUT&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=1f08d8d2-3fdd-4e61-acc5-0b9f18aaa02e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f08d8d2-3fdd-4e61-acc5-0b9f18aaa02e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Feb. 23, 2013 photo made available Wednesday, March 13, 2013 shows Italian outgoing Premier Mario Monti, second from right, shaking hands with Italian marine Massimiliano Latorre, flanked by outgoing Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola, left, and Italian marine Salvatore Girone, right, upon their arrival from India at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, in Fiumicino. India's prime minister demanded Wednesday that Italy return two marines accused of killing a pair of fishermen last year or face unspecified consequences, deepening a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. The Indian government allowed the marines to return home in February to vote in national elections and to celebrate Easter with a promise from the Italian ambassador that they would return to stand trial. Italy announced Monday it would not send them back. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)&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=0334217a-b51b-439c-8587-2d3848498d28.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0334217a-b51b-439c-8587-2d3848498d28.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Feb. 23, 2013 photo made available Wednesday, March 13, 2013 shows Italian marines Massimiliano Latorre, center left, followed by Salvatore Girone, second from right, upon their arrival from India at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, in Fiumicino. India's prime minister demanded Wednesday that Italy return two marines accused of killing a pair of fishermen last year or face unspecified consequences, deepening a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. The Indian government allowed the marines to return home in February to vote in national elections and to celebrate Easter with a promise from the Italian ambassador that they would return to stand trial. Italy announced Monday it would not send them back. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>2 Italian soldiers won't return to India for trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Italian marines facing murder charges in India won't be returned there for trial, the Italian Foreign Ministry said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17270995-2-italian-soldiers-wont-return-to-india-for-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17270995-2-italian-soldiers-wont-return-to-india-for-trial</guid><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>india</category><category>ship</category><category>firing</category><category>world-news</category><category>italian-foreign-ministry</category><category>two-italian</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:09:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>100-plus fall ill while on Caribbean cruise</title>
<description><![CDATA[A cruise ship has returned to South Florida after concluding a Caribbean voyage that saw more than a hundred people develop a gastrointestinal illness on board.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17240041-100-plus-fall-ill-while-on-caribbean-cruise</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17240041-100-plus-fall-ill-while-on-caribbean-cruise</guid><category>us</category><category>illness</category><category>ship</category><category>south-florida</category><category>cruise-ship</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 21:40:50 +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></item><item><title>Italy plans to move wrecked ship to nearby port</title>
<description><![CDATA[Italy's caretaker government has authorized authorities to move the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship to the nearest port, Piombino in Tuscany, to be disassembled.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17238277-italy-plans-to-move-wrecked-ship-to-nearby-port</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17238277-italy-plans-to-move-wrecked-ship-to-nearby-port</guid><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>ship</category><category>world-news</category><category>aground</category><category>costa-concordia</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:39:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Congress' new reaction to sequester cuts: &quot;Wait, we thought you were joking!&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: As the reality began to set in under the first few days of the automatic budget cuts (commonly referred to as the "sequester"), many members of congress are beginning to realize that the cuts were not in fact a part of a joke played by the White House and leaders of b&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17169489-congress-new-reaction-to-sequester-cuts-wait-we-thought-you-were-joking</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17169489-congress-new-reaction-to-sequester-cuts-wait-we-thought-you-were-joking</guid><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>iowa</category><category>navy</category><category>debate</category><category>budget</category><category>medicare</category><category>defense</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>hoax</category><category>ship</category><category>medicaid</category><category>hill</category><category>capitol</category><category>obama</category><category>joke</category><category>satire</category><category>prank</category><category>boehner</category><category>aide</category><category>accomplish</category><category>sequester</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Mar 2013 19:58:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>John McCain Predicts 'Real Backlash' Over Sequester</title>
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) said Thursday evening in an interview that even though the sequester has gone into effect he will continue to work to reverse it.
My goal is to try to get it stopped. It really doesn't kick in hard for a little while, and I continue to try to get em t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17150472-john-mccain-predicts-real-backlash-over-sequester</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17150472-john-mccain-predicts-real-backlash-over-sequester</guid><category>politics</category><category>ship</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>volunteer-military</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>military-industrial-complex</category><category>president-obama</category><category>house-republicans-u-s-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 22:38:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2CCC070F4-2CCB-3CA3-BDBA-EC0739B36EF2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2CCC070F4-2CCB-3CA3-BDBA-EC0739B36EF2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>