<?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 - timeline</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/timeline</link><description>Newsvine - timeline</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 17:04:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 19:18:21 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Milestones in the life of Margaret Thatcher</title>
<description><![CDATA[Milestones in the life and career of Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17654145-milestones-in-the-life-of-margaret-thatcher</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17654145-milestones-in-the-life-of-margaret-thatcher</guid><category>eu</category><category>obit</category><category>britain</category><category>timeline</category><category>thatcher</category><category>margaret-thatcher</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 00:47:29 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1d9f949d-cc4f-41b2-9633-b64cb190f4cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1d9f949d-cc4f-41b2-9633-b64cb190f4cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 23, 1982 file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher gestures with her pen as she answers a reporters question during a news conference at the United Nations. Ex-spokesman Tim Bell says that Thatcher has died. She was 87. Bell said the woman known to friends and foes as &quot;the Iron Lady&quot; passed away Monday morning, April 8, 2013. (AP Photo/File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Timeline of the whereabouts of suspected strangler</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities have pieced together a 24-page timeline that tracks accused killer Samuel Little's activity across the country since his birth. Little stands charged in the slayings of three Los Angeles women in the 1980s, and investigators in other states are now scouring cold case files and running DNA tests to determine whether Little may be a suspect in other crimes. A timeline of his whereabouts, according to police and public records:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tami Abdollah]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tami Abdollah]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17642419-timeline-of-the-whereabouts-of-suspected-strangler</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17642419-timeline-of-the-whereabouts-of-suspected-strangler</guid><category>us</category><category>suspect</category><category>timeline</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>serial</category><category>us-news</category><category>strangling</category><category>samuel-little</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Apr 2013 18:12:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A timeline of the Rutgers basketball scandal</title>
<description><![CDATA[A timeline of key events in a scandal that led to the firing of Rutgers men's basketball coach Mike Rice and the resignation of Athletic Director Tim Pernetti.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17619991-a-timeline-of-the-rutgers-basketball-scandal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17619991-a-timeline-of-the-rutgers-basketball-scandal</guid><category>us</category><category>timeline</category><category>us-news</category><category>rutgers</category><category>tim-pernetti</category><category>mike-rice</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 20:54:31 +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=18f517b0-36c9-4f00-ba3b-f4ffb9a22bd2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18f517b0-36c9-4f00-ba3b-f4ffb9a22bd2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2012 file photo, Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti, center, poses with Rutgers President Robert Barchi, right, and Big Ten Conference Commissioner Jim Delany during a news conference in Piscataway, N.J., after they announced that Rutgers will join the Big Ten. A person familiar with the decision says Pernetti is out as Rutgers athletic director. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement has not been made yet. The school will hold a press conference on campus at 1 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2013. Pernetti dismissed basketball coach Mike Rice Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs. The scandal has now cost Pernetti his job some five months after he didn't fire Rice when the video first became available. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, 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=5cf20e6f-a230-4c80-b320-053cb8d463a8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5cf20e6f-a230-4c80-b320-053cb8d463a8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti answers a question in Piscataway, N.J. Pernetti has resigned as Rutgers athletic director, Friday, April 5, 2013, two days after the basketball coach he hired was dismissed for abusive behavior during practices &amp;#8212; actions that prompted nationwide outrage once a video went public. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, 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=b086f0f5-5560-4405-abf3-ff225cd699bc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b086f0f5-5560-4405-abf3-ff225cd699bc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Eric Murdock listens during a news conference in East Hanover, N.J., Friday, April 5, 2013. Murdock, a former Rutgers empoyee who made public the video that led to the basketball coach's dismissal and athletic director's resignation, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the university. Murdock filed the lawsuit Friday in state court, claiming the university violated the state's employee protection act and his contract. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Timeline of decisions on morning-after pill</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has ruled that there should be no age restrictions on the sale of the morning-after pill. A timeline of decisions on the emergency contraception now sold as Plan B One-Step.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617399-timeline-of-decisions-on-morning-after-pill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617399-timeline-of-decisions-on-morning-after-pill</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>pill</category><category>after</category><category>timeline</category><category>morning-after-pill</category><category>plan-b-one-step</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:19:58 +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>Key moments in Hewlett-Packard's recent history</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Co. says board chairman Ray Lane is stepping down. The move comes two weeks after a near ousting by shareholders at the company's annual meeting. Here's a timeline of some key events in HP's history since it acquired the PC business.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17603889-key-moments-in-hewlett-packards-recent-history</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17603889-key-moments-in-hewlett-packards-recent-history</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>timeline</category><category>chairman</category><category>h-p</category><category>ray-lane</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 20:58:30 +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>Timeline of recent events in North Korean tensions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent events in the escalation of nuclear tensions on the Korean Peninsula:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17586369-timeline-of-recent-events-in-north-korean-tensions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17586369-timeline-of-recent-events-in-north-korean-tensions</guid><category>nkorea</category><category>timeline</category><category>tensions</category><category>korean-peninsula</category><category>us-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 16:08:55 +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=3b5abab8-a7fe-481e-a67a-4396718aa73f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3b5abab8-a7fe-481e-a67a-4396718aa73f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this 1996 file photo, released from Yonhap, Feb. 7, 2003, North Korea's spent nuclear fuel rods kept in a cooling pond are seen at the nuclear facilities in Nyongbyon, also known as Yongbyon, North Korea. The North's plutonium reactor began operations in 1986 but was shut down as part of international nuclear disarmament talks in 2007 that have since stalled. North Korea vowed Tuesday, April 2, 2013, to restart a nuclear reactor that can make one bomb's worth of plutonium a year, escalating tensions already raised by near daily warlike threats against the United States and South Korea. (AP Photo/Yonhap, File) KOREA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Timeline: A month of provocations from North Korea</title>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea has delivered a drumbeat of war threats and ominous announcements since March 7, when the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions against it for conducting a nuclear test in February. Here are the most significant:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17579037-timeline-a-month-of-provocations-from-north-korea</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17579037-timeline-a-month-of-provocations-from-north-korea</guid><category>nkorea</category><category>timeline</category><category>north-korea</category><category>united-nations-security-council</category><category>us-news</category><category>as</category><category>threats</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 06:45:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3b5abab8-a7fe-481e-a67a-4396718aa73f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3b5abab8-a7fe-481e-a67a-4396718aa73f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this 1996 file photo, released from Yonhap, Feb. 7, 2003, North Korea's spent nuclear fuel rods kept in a cooling pond are seen at the nuclear facilities in Nyongbyon, also known as Yongbyon, North Korea. The North's plutonium reactor began operations in 1986 but was shut down as part of international nuclear disarmament talks in 2007 that have since stalled. North Korea vowed Tuesday, April 2, 2013, to restart a nuclear reactor that can make one bomb's worth of plutonium a year, escalating tensions already raised by near daily warlike threats against the United States and South Korea. (AP Photo/Yonhap, File) KOREA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A look at RIM's much-delayed BlackBerry 10</title>
<description><![CDATA[Research In Motion Ltd. offered a glimpse Thursday at how its new BlackBerry 10 phones have been selling in Canada and abroad. Details on the U.S. are not expected for another three months.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17502205-a-look-at-rims-much-delayed-blackberry-10</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17502205-a-look-at-rims-much-delayed-blackberry-10</guid><category>technology</category><category>earns</category><category>ceo</category><category>timeline</category><category>blackberry</category><category>software</category><category>research-in-motion</category><category>tec</category><category>cn</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:42:12 +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></item><item><title>A look at BlackBerry maker Research in Motion</title>
<description><![CDATA[Research In Motion Ltd. said Thursday that it sold more BlackBerry 10 phones than analysts were expecting and returned to profitability in the most recent quarter. RIM is counting on the new system to help with a turnaround. Here's a look at recent developments as the company struggles to regain market share lost to Apple's iPhone and devices running Google's Android operating software.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17501981-a-look-at-blackberry-maker-research-in-motion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17501981-a-look-at-blackberry-maker-research-in-motion</guid><category>technology</category><category>earns</category><category>timeline</category><category>company</category><category>research-in-motion</category><category>cn</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:23:04 +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>Key events in the history of the Buick brand</title>
<description><![CDATA[General Motors Co.'s Buick brand unveiled updated versions of the LaCrosse and Regal sedans Tuesday ahead of the New York Auto Show. Here are some key dates in the history of Buick.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475314-key-events-in-the-history-of-the-buick-brand</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475314-key-events-in-the-history-of-the-buick-brand</guid><category>us</category><category>timeline</category><category>us-news</category><category>buick</category><category>transforming</category><category>motors-co</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:55:51 +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=f65e49db-5faa-4baa-88cf-ea31a3af5158.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="157" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f65e49db-5faa-4baa-88cf-ea31a3af5158.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="47" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this 1958 file photo provided by the Buick Motor Division of General Motors Co., triplet girls look at a 1959 Buick LeSabre, with its airplane-inspired design elements like tail fins and a wraparound windshield. Buick, once a dominant brand, has long lagged with younger car buyers. General Motors Co. will make another attempt to get Buick to appeal to younger buyers with freshened up versions of its Regal midsize sports sedan and the LaCrosse large luxury car. GM unveiled the pair Tuesday, March 26, 2013 ahead of the New York auto show. (AP Photo/General Motors, 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=5fae4562-a70d-4c2f-91a6-6c628577dff7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5fae4562-a70d-4c2f-91a6-6c628577dff7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided by the General Motors Co. shows a 2004 Buick Century. Buick, once a dominant brand, has long lagged with younger car buyers. General Motors Co. will make another attempt to get Buick to appeal to younger buyers with freshened up versions of its Regal midsize sports sedan and the LaCrosse large luxury car. GM unveiled the pair Tuesday, March 26, 2013 ahead of the New York auto show. (AP Photo/General Motors Co., 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=6165e564-741c-49db-ae70-3fd4f82b4181.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6165e564-741c-49db-ae70-3fd4f82b4181.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this undated file photo provided by General Motors Co., the 2005 Buick LaCrosse CXS is shown. Buick, once a dominant brand, has long lagged with younger car buyers. General Motors Co. will make another attempt to get Buick to appeal to younger buyers with freshened up versions of its Regal midsize sports sedan and the LaCrosse large luxury car. GM unveiled the pair Tuesday, March 26, 2013 ahead of the New York auto show. (AP Photo/Buick/General Motors Co., Wieck, 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=ca96d4e3-2919-4faf-bc3f-cdce2d3e1c43.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca96d4e3-2919-4faf-bc3f-cdce2d3e1c43.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Jan. 10, 2012 file photo shows the 2013 Buick Encore as it debuts at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Buick, once a dominant brand, has long lagged with younger car buyers. The Encore small SUV is just starting to hit showrooms. General Motors Co. will make another attempt to get Buick to appeal to younger buyers with freshened up versions of its Regal midsize sports sedan and the LaCrosse large luxury car, which were unveiled Tuesday, March 26, 2013 ahead of the New York auto show. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, 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=e36cccf4-e37a-4e47-95f9-56f3c734c7e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e36cccf4-e37a-4e47-95f9-56f3c734c7e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This photo provided by General Motors Co., shows the 2014 Buick LaCrosse 3.6L V6. GM is taking the latest step on its seemingly quixotic quest to revive the Buick brand in the U.S., rolling out refurbished versions of the midsize Regal and the larger LaCrosse Tuesday, March 26, 2013, ahead of the New York Auto Show. (AP Photo/General Motors Co., 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=62c5c2da-457f-4bd1-a733-cd7af5617a2e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62c5c2da-457f-4bd1-a733-cd7af5617a2e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The 2014 Buick Regal GS, is displayed during its introduction prior to the New York International Auto Show, in New York,  Tuesday, March 26, 2013. General Motors Co. will make another attempt to get Buick to appeal to younger buyers with freshened up versions of the Regal midsize sports sedan and the LaCrosse large luxury car. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The humble beginnings of the cash register</title>
<description><![CDATA[Imagine a store without a cash register and no other accurate ways to quickly tally up daily sales. That was the case for all retail establishments before the 1880s.  Most store owners were left in the dark about whether they were making a profit or loss &#8212; and many suffered since it was easy for sales clerks to steal from the cash drawer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rzt-ad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rzt-ad]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17415283-the-humble-beginnings-of-the-cash-register</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17415283-the-humble-beginnings-of-the-cash-register</guid><category>us</category><category>timeline</category><category>register</category><category>us-news</category><category>cash-register</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:14:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65b3dd7e-5b23-4fe2-8058-e8d6e7ccd29a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="506" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65b3dd7e-5b23-4fe2-8058-e8d6e7ccd29a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, photo, a sales staff member at Barney's New York uses an iPod Touch to help a customer make a purchase, in New York. Stores across the country are ditching the old-fashioned, clunky cash registers and instead having salespeople &amp;#8212; and shoppers themselves &amp;#8212; checkout on smartphones and tablet computers. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&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=11f4eff7-377a-4a17-ae99-63a80f587af7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=11f4eff7-377a-4a17-ae99-63a80f587af7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, photo, a sales staff member at Barney's New York uses an iPod Touch to help a customer make a purchase, in New York. Stores across the country are ditching the old-fashioned, clunky cash registers and instead having salespeople &amp;#8212; and shoppers themselves &amp;#8212; checkout on smartphones and tablet computers. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&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=c951b486-99cc-407a-aa27-64621a42f159.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="378" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c951b486-99cc-407a-aa27-64621a42f159.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, photo, a sales staff member at Barney's New York uses an iPod Touch to help a customer make a purchase, in New York. Stores across the country are ditching the old-fashioned, clunky cash registers and instead having salespeople &amp;#8212; and shoppers themselves &amp;#8212; checkout on smartphones and tablet computers. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fiery seas, sacred war: NKorea's blustery history</title>
<description><![CDATA[South Korea will burn like a "sea of fire." Seoul's "rat-like" president will be struck with a "bolt of lightning." The country's media companies will be blown up in missile strikes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foster Klug]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Foster Klug]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17234738-fiery-seas-sacred-war-nkoreas-blustery-history</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17234738-fiery-seas-sacred-war-nkoreas-blustery-history</guid><category>nkorea</category><category>timeline</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>threats</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 10:37:13 +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=f2b72add-b63b-496b-857a-eadabc398102.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2b72add-b63b-496b-857a-eadabc398102.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;North Koreans attend a rally to support a statement given on Tuesday by a spokesman for the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War as well as boasting of the North's ownership of &quot;lighter and smaller nukes&quot; and its ability to execute &quot;surgical strikes&quot;  meant to unify the divided Korean Peninsula, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday, March 7, 2013. North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test. The billboard in background depicts a large bayonet pointing at U.S. army soldiers with writing reading &quot;If you dare invade, only death will be waiting for you!&quot; (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) &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=a0b207ef-9e85-498d-aa16-0975a9591eb5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0b207ef-9e85-498d-aa16-0975a9591eb5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;North Koreans attend a rally in support of a statement given on Tuesday by a spokesman for the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War as well as boasting of the North's ownership of &quot;lighter and smaller nukes&quot; and its ability to execute &quot;surgical strikes&quot;  meant to unify the divided Korean Peninsula, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday, March 7, 2013. North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) &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=1de322c3-09bc-4d55-ba25-a4a63750919c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="331" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1de322c3-09bc-4d55-ba25-a4a63750919c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Soldiers of Kim Il Sung Military University perform military training on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea's military is vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War, straining already frayed ties between Washington and Pyongyang as the United Nations moves to impose punishing sanctions over the North's recent nuclear test. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)&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=e48db263-5742-4781-b33e-828044682f1c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e48db263-5742-4781-b33e-828044682f1c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 7, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 8, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, uses binoculars to look at the South's territory from an observation post at the military unit on Jangjae islet, located in the southernmost part of the southwestern sector of North Korea's border with South Korea.  Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyangs drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their propaganda maestros ammunition to whip up anti-U.S. sentiment and direct attention away from government failures.   (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Key dates in the history of Toyota Motor Corp.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Key dates in the history of Toyota Motor Corp.:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17218741-key-dates-in-the-history-of-toyota-motor-corp</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17218741-key-dates-in-the-history-of-toyota-motor-corp</guid><category>japan</category><category>toyota</category><category>timeline</category><category>toyota-motor-corp</category><category>us-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 07:21:08 +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></item><item><title>AP Photos: A look at key moments in Dow history</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Dow Jones industrial average often makes headlines. But let's not forget everything else that happened as the Dow has twisted and turned &#8212; from The Muppets suing Mickey Mouse to John McCain meeting Joe the Plumber.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Rexrode]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christina Rexrode]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17198510-ap-photos-a-look-at-key-moments-in-dow-history</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17198510-ap-photos-a-look-at-key-moments-in-dow-history</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>dow</category><category>timeline</category><category>record</category><category>dow-jones</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>us-news</category><category>mickey-mouse</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 22:12:04 +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=084a565d-98b1-459d-9779-c3f96bc5dd7e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=084a565d-98b1-459d-9779-c3f96bc5dd7e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- This combination of undated Associated Press file photos, shows from left, Charles Dow, Wall Street Journal editor, and Edward Jones, who co-founded the Dow Jones Company, and right, Mrs. Jefferson Davis. The Dow Jones industrial average debuted on May 26, 1896, with 12 companies, including American Tobacco, Distilling &amp; Cattle Feeding and General Electric. On the same day, the Confederate Literary Association in Richmond, Va., had a reception with Mrs. Jefferson Davis. (AP Photo/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=55495401-75a5-488e-a8ab-ccf103d7aea9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=55495401-75a5-488e-a8ab-ccf103d7aea9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows from left, crowds panicking in Manhattan's financial district on Oct. 24, 1929,  in New York, and right, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen on Oct. 28, 1929. On Monday, Oct. 28, 1929, the Dow lost nearly 13 percent, starting the Great Depression. On the same day, the International Society for the Exploration of the Arctic Regions by Means of Aircraft announced plans for a spring exploration to be led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. (AP Photo/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=81916a7b-496a-43ac-88d4-3f2ca03edac7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81916a7b-496a-43ac-88d4-3f2ca03edac7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, the financial district during a two-day bank holiday on March 4, 1933, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt about to deliver a fireside chat to the American people on March 12, 1933. On March 15, 1933, the Dow had its biggest percent gain. The stock market had been closed after President Franklin D. Roosevelt temporarily shut down the banks and the government passed an emergency act where the Federal Reserve essentially agreed to insure banks deposits. (AP Photo/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=9d97355a-6a4b-4dc5-ac5d-480e5091a9ce.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d97355a-6a4b-4dc5-ac5d-480e5091a9ce.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow Jones Industrial Average marched to an all-time intra-day high on Nov. 10, 1972, in New York, and right, President Nixon and his wife waving on Nov. 7, 1972, in Washington. On Nov. 14, 1972, the Dow closed for the first time above 1,000 points. The week before, President Richard Nixon won re-election by a landslide, beating George McGovern in 49 states. (AP Photo/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=73fcb091-6b64-49ec-8082-7d10c11ceb1a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73fcb091-6b64-49ec-8082-7d10c11ceb1a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, John P. Duffy, left, specialist at Spear, Leeds &amp; Kellogg, giving a &quot;V&quot; for victory sign on the New York Stock Exchange on  Jan. 8, 1987, after the Dow Jones topped 2,000, and Whitney Houston, right, posing with her Grammy at the annual Grammy Awards presentation in New York City, on March 3, 1988. Houston had been nominated for the award the day the Dow Jones first topped 2,000. (AP Photo/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=10163976-9967-47ca-9b22-7461a7a6312f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=10163976-9967-47ca-9b22-7461a7a6312f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows left, headlines from around the country on Oct. 20, 1987, and right Donald Trump in Atlantic City in December 1987. The Dow plunged nearly 23 percent, on Monday, Oct. 19, 1987. Donald Trump reportedly said the next day that he had pulled out of the stock market completely in the previous weeks. (AP Photo/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=4590a42f-effd-447a-86e4-acefb7d69f2d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4590a42f-effd-447a-86e4-acefb7d69f2d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows left, traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on April 17, 1991 and right, Kurdish women demonstrating outside the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City, on Wednesday, April 10, 1991. The Dow first closed above 3,000 on April 17, 1991, after worries over Iraqs invasion of Kuwait, higher oil prices and a recession, had pushed them down the previous fall. (AP Photo/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=2dc55970-ac10-432e-813b-d36de2567799.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2dc55970-ac10-432e-813b-d36de2567799.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press File photos, show from left, Sanford I. Weill, of Travelers, and John S. Reed of Citicorp shaking hands in New York, Monday, April 6, 1998, and right, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky in Philadelphia, also on Monday, April 6, 1998. On April 6, 1998, the Dow first closed above 9,000, after Citicorp announced combining with insurer Travelers Group, igniting the megabank era now blamed in part for the financial crisis. On the same day, Monica Lewinsky's lawyer said special prosecutor Kenneth Starr should wrap up his investigation of President Bill Clinton and &quot;get a life&quot;. (AP Photo/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=9d6263f8-85d2-4318-89d2-952c6423570d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d6263f8-85d2-4318-89d2-952c6423570d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -This combination of Associated Press file photos, shows, left, traders celebrating on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the Dow closed above 10,000 points for the first time on March 29, 1999, while right, Rwandan voters line-up behind their chosen candidate, Theoneste Ruhama, in Gisenyi, Rwanda. On March 29, 1999, the Dow closed for the first time above 10,000 and Rwanda held it first free elections since the 1994 genocide. (AP Photo/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=a7a2f149-ced7-46ab-a150-8291fb24e12e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7a2f149-ced7-46ab-a150-8291fb24e12e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows Trader Joey Caputo, left, wiping his face near the closing bell, Monday, Sept. 17, 2001, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, and right, six days earlier, the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsing after a terrorist attack in New York. The Dow fell more than 7 percent on Sept. 17, 2001, the first day of trading after the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/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=118a083e-d559-475b-bcdf-2a34ca8c5462.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=118a083e-d559-475b-bcdf-2a34ca8c5462.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this combination of Associated Press file photos, traders, left,  give each other a high five on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the closing bell, Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 in New York, and right, Actor George Clooney and then-girlfriend Sarah Larson, arrive at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York, on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. The Dow hit its pre-financial crisis high, on Oct. 9, 2007, which is also its highest close of all time until March 5, 2013. On the same day, a New Jersey hospital suspended workers for prying into the medical records of George Clooney, who was treated for a motorcycle accident.(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=84570ad3-11d5-494e-8bfe-19354dc7c3da.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84570ad3-11d5-494e-8bfe-19354dc7c3da.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, Patrick Kenny a Specialist of Lehman Brothers working his post on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, and right, the Lehman Brothers headquarters Monday, Sept. 15, 2008 in New York. After  Lehman Brothers collapsed, on Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, the Dow fell more than 4 percent. (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=2542664f-fb08-4e61-b2b3-020297b6c844.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2542664f-fb08-4e61-b2b3-020297b6c844.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, Trader Joe Acquafredda working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on Monday Oct. 13, 2008, and right, supporters of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., dressed as Joe the Plumber, in Roanoke, Va., Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. The day before, the Dow experienced its biggest percent gain since the 1930s, up more than 11 percent on Oct. 13, 2008, then-Republican presidential candidate John McCain encountered Joe The Plumber.  (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=693d9588-34b2-4a08-804d-45e79751c345.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=693d9588-34b2-4a08-804d-45e79751c345.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press File photos shows, left, a trader covering his face while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 9, 2009, in New York, and right, a 1997 soft cover edition of the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone. On the same day the Dow fell to its lowest point of the Great Recession on March 9, 2009, a first-printing copy of the first Harry Potter book sold for more than $19,000. (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=8d4d4a4e-2509-4bb3-9abe-51ae1c9b4aac.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d4d4a4e-2509-4bb3-9abe-51ae1c9b4aac.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, trader Steven Rickard in the S&amp;P 500 futures pit at the CME Group in Chicago near the close of trading, Thursday, May 6, 2010, and right, an undated handout photo of the &quot;Femme au Grand Chapeau, Buste,&quot; by Pablo Picasso. The day before the &quot;flash crash&quot; technical glitch sent stocks nearly 1,000 points down, Thursday, May 6, 2010, Picasso's painting &quot;Woman with the Large Hat, Bust&quot; sold for $9.3 million at Sotheby's. (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=6abb2916-036a-447d-b36d-e201b74babff.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6abb2916-036a-447d-b36d-e201b74babff.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press File photos, shows, right, trader Andrew Stavros after the close of trading on Aug. 8, 2011 in Chicago, and left, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber arriving at the 39th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011 in Los Angeles. The evening before the Standard &amp; Poor's ratings agency marked down its grade on U.S. debt causing the Dow to lose more than 5 percent,  Selena Gomez and then-boyfriend Justin Bieber toped the news at the Teen Choice Awards. (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=d6ab8651-6f6b-429d-a54f-a4e4dce33ae1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6ab8651-6f6b-429d-a54f-a4e4dce33ae1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of Associated Press file photos, shows, from left, stock trader Michael Capolino at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in New York, and cardinals Francis George, Donald Wuerl and Daniel Di Nardo arriving for a meeting, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Helped by stimulus money from the Federal Reserve, hope that the housing market might be turning a corner, and investors willingness to disregard a potential government shutdown in Washington, the dow hit its highest close ever on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NY Gov. Cuomo's comments on fracking over time</title>
<description><![CDATA[Key statements and moments in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's thinking about the natural gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17160037-ny-gov-cuomos-comments-on-fracking-over-time</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17160037-ny-gov-cuomos-comments-on-fracking-over-time</guid><category>us</category><category>timeline</category><category>drilling</category><category>us-news</category><category>gas-drilling</category><category>andrew-cuomo</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Mar 2013 17:21:28 +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></item><item><title>Timeline of Gulf oil spill and ensuing legal cases</title>
<description><![CDATA[Timeline of the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, government response and ensuing legal cases:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17088979-timeline-of-gulf-oil-spill-and-ensuing-legal-cases</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17088979-timeline-of-gulf-oil-spill-and-ensuing-legal-cases</guid><category>us</category><category>gulf</category><category>timeline</category><category>oil-spill</category><category>spill</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:08:50 +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>Key events involving Yahoo and its performance</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo unveiled a long-awaited makeover of its home page on Wednesday, the latest change under new CEO Marissa Mayer. Here are key events involving Yahoo Inc. and its performance in recent years:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17031327-key-events-involving-yahoo-and-its-performance</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17031327-key-events-involving-yahoo-and-its-performance</guid><category>yahoo</category><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>timeline</category><category>redesigning</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:25:20 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e32ce612-67e9-4336-b673-00478e24bb97.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e32ce612-67e9-4336-b673-00478e24bb97.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image released by NBC shows Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer appearing on NBC News' &quot;Today&quot; show, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in New York to introduce the website's redesign. Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and linger for longer periods of time. The long-awaited makeover of Yahoo.com's home page is the most notable change to the website since the Internet company hired Marissa Mayer as its CEO seven months ago. The new look will start to gradually roll out in the U.S early Wednesday. (AP Photo/NBC Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC NewsWire)&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=771c1ac7-9e41-4847-81ee-d14c2b2bce63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=771c1ac7-9e41-4847-81ee-d14c2b2bce63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image released by NBC shows host Savannah Guthrie, left, with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on NBC News' &quot;Today&quot; show, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in New York as Mayer introduces the website's redesign. Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and linger for longer periods of time. The long-awaited makeover of Yahoo.com's home page is the most notable change to the website since the Internet company hired Marissa Mayer as its CEO seven months ago. The new look will start to gradually roll out in the U.S early Wednesday. (AP Photo/NBC Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC NewsWire)&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=c02bf93e-6fc5-46b1-adee-92729001e369.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c02bf93e-6fc5-46b1-adee-92729001e369.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image released by NBC shows Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on NBC News' &quot;Today&quot; show, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in New York to introduce the website's redesign. Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and linger for longer periods of time. The long-awaited makeover of Yahoo.com's home page is the most notable change to the website since the Internet company hired Marissa Mayer as its CEO seven months ago. The new look will start to gradually roll out in the U.S early Wednesday. (AP Photo/NBC Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC NewsWire)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Key moments in disabled Carnival ship's voyage</title>
<description><![CDATA[A disabled Carnival cruise ship carrying 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members was slowly being towed across the Gulf of Mexico to shore Thursday, four days after an engine-room fire disabled the ship's propulsion system and cut most of the vessel's power.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16965173-key-moments-in-disabled-carnival-ships-voyage</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16965173-key-moments-in-disabled-carnival-ships-voyage</guid><category>us</category><category>disabled</category><category>timeline</category><category>ship</category><category>cruise-ship</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:40:54 +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>Timeline of major events in US Airways history</title>
<description><![CDATA[1939: Richard du Pont, of the DuPont chemical dynasty, founds All American Aviation, providing airmail service in Pennsylvania and the Ohio valley.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Mayerowitz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Scott Mayerowitz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16954432-timeline-of-major-events-in-us-airways-history</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16954432-timeline-of-major-events-in-us-airways-history</guid><category>us-airways</category><category>airways</category><category>timeline</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:22:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24b8fa9a-1101-4ccc-adb7-a4a2d7aaf1d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24b8fa9a-1101-4ccc-adb7-a4a2d7aaf1d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Monday, April 6, 1998 file photo, passengers walk along a US Airways terminal at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. American Airlines and US Airways announced Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, that they're merging in a deal they value at $11 billion, creating the world's biggest airline. The combined carrier will be called American Airlines but run by US Airways CEO Doug Parker. (AP Photo/Eddy Palumbo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A timeline of events in American Airlines' history</title>
<description><![CDATA[1930: American Airways Inc. is incorporated. The name changes to American Airlines Inc. in 1934.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16954002-a-timeline-of-events-in-american-airlines-history</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16954002-a-timeline-of-events-in-american-airlines-history</guid><category>us</category><category>airlines</category><category>american-airlines</category><category>timeline</category><category>us-news</category><category>american-airways</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:18:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8496f9e7-8d49-41f4-8c2a-5b85fdbbea93.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8496f9e7-8d49-41f4-8c2a-5b85fdbbea93.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 22, 1993 file photo, an American Airlines passenger confirms his ticket before his flight out of Miami International Airport, in Miami. American Airlines and US Airways announced Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, that they're merging in a deal they value at $11 billion, creating the world's biggest airline. The combined carrier will be called American Airlines but run by US Airways CEO Doug Parker. (AP Photo/Daniel Portnoy, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Key dates in history of National Broadcasting Co.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Comcast Corp.'s deal to buy the rest of NBCUniversal would end General Electric Co.'s long ties with the broadcast network. Comcast now owns 51 percent, and GE the remaining 49 percent. Comcast expects to get full ownership by the end of March.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16941351-key-dates-in-history-of-national-broadcasting-co</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16941351-key-dates-in-history-of-national-broadcasting-co</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>ge</category><category>timeline</category><category>nbc</category><category>comcast</category><category>comcast-corp</category><category>us-news</category><category>electric-co</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:17:29 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a5d064ce-d0f0-4cd6-8bda-5299afca986c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a5d064ce-d0f0-4cd6-8bda-5299afca986c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, file photo, the NBC logo glows in neon lights among other iconic signs at its headquarters in New York. Comcast said Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, that it's buying General Electric's 49 percent stake in the NBCUniversal joint venture for $16.7 billion several years early, as the company takes advantage of low borrowing costs and what CEO Brian Roberts called a &quot;very attractive price.&quot;  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Key dates in the history of Comcast Corp.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Comcast Corp. announced Tuesday that it plans to buy the rest of NBCUniversal from General Electric Co. years ahead of schedule. Comcast now owns 51 percent, and GE the remaining 49 percent. Comcast expects to get full ownership by the end of March.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16941205-key-dates-in-the-history-of-comcast-corp</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16941205-key-dates-in-the-history-of-comcast-corp</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>ge</category><category>timeline</category><category>comcast</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:53:35 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=95953fa9-f3ca-484c-bb8d-4bcc6de26b12.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=95953fa9-f3ca-484c-bb8d-4bcc6de26b12.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia in July 2010 and right, the entrance to the Universal Studios theme park in Los Angeles, on Dec. 3, 2009. Comcast said on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, that it's buying General Electric's 49 percent stake in NBCUniversal joint venture for $16.7 billion. Comcast Corp. had bought a majority stake in the television and movie company in 2011. It had planned to take a larger stake in it over time. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Key events in manhunt for fugitive ex-LA officer</title>
<description><![CDATA[Key events in the manhunt for Christopher Dorner, the fired Los Angeles police officer suspected of killing three people &#8212; including a police officer in Southern California &#8212; and posting a manifesto on Facebook outlining plans to kill the families of those he says have wronged him. All times are approximate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16940632-key-events-in-manhunt-for-fugitive-ex-la-officer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16940632-key-events-in-manhunt-for-fugitive-ex-la-officer</guid><category>us</category><category>killings</category><category>revenge</category><category>timeline</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><category>lapd</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:24:42 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=585e8495-c038-430f-92b0-7e223360a553.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=585e8495-c038-430f-92b0-7e223360a553.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Irvine, Calif., Mayor Steven Choi, center, talks about the $1,000,000 reward for accused killer and fired Los Angeles police officer, Christopher Dorner as Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, left, and Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck look on during a new conference at the Los Angeles police department in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)&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=a3f3d0c9-eee6-474f-b12a-437f0d375979.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a3f3d0c9-eee6-474f-b12a-437f0d375979.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows suspect Christopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles officer. Seeking leads in a massive manhunt, Los Angeles authorities on Sunday put up a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Christopher Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department)&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=f66a4f48-98be-4dec-957f-e0ae9aeb681d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f66a4f48-98be-4dec-957f-e0ae9aeb681d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;San Bernardino County Sheriff's officers Ken Owens, center, and Bernabe Ortiz search a home for former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner in Big Bear Lake, Calif, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. The hunt for the former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings entered a fourth day in snow-covered mountains Sunday, a day after the police chief ordered a review of the disciplinary case that led to the fugitive's firing and new details emerged of the evidence he left behind. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&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=2f85f0ee-65d2-4d1b-b913-6668ea6e71ea.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f85f0ee-65d2-4d1b-b913-6668ea6e71ea.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles police officers stand alert at the LAPD headquarters in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Police are now investigating more than 1,000 tips from the public in the search for the Christopher Dorner, who is suspected of a deadly revenge plot against the Los Angeles Police Department.  The number of tips has grown from an initial 250 since the city offered a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of Dorner. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)&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=badb8018-8797-4e20-acb1-9a44debb9b0f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=badb8018-8797-4e20-acb1-9a44debb9b0f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image taken from video provided by KABC-TV, the cabin in Big Bear, Calif. where ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner is believed to be barricaded inside is in flames Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/KABC-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT: KABC-TV&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=a398da97-e756-44b5-8f88-eea507188162.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a398da97-e756-44b5-8f88-eea507188162.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith, left, briefs the media about the shootout scene in Big Bear that allegedly involves triple-murder suspect Christopher Jordan Dorner, during a news conference in front of the Police Administration Building in Los Angeles Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&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=b90a5e6e-5f00-4479-a806-2d451881215a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b90a5e6e-5f00-4479-a806-2d451881215a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Redlands Police officer inspects a vehicle near the entrance to the San Bernardino National Forest, Calif. after fugitive ex-Los Angeles cop Christopher Dorner, sought in three killings, is believed to have engaged in a shootout with authorities that wounded two officers in the San Bernardino Mountains near Big Bear Lake, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Sun, Gabriel Luis Acosta) LA TIMES; VENTURA COUNTY STAR; RIVERSIDE PRESSENTERPRISE; THE VICTOR VALLEY DAILY PRESS OUT MANDATORY CREDIT &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>TIMELINE: North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons</title>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea conducted its third nuclear test Tuesday, the latest step in a years-long effort to develop nuclear weapons. Experts believe the country remains far from having a nuclear-armed missile that could threaten the United States, which would require an accurate long-range rocket and a nuclear warhead that could be mounted on it. Here is a look at North Korea's progress so far:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16934740-timeline-north-koreas-pursuit-of-nuclear-weapons</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16934740-timeline-north-koreas-pursuit-of-nuclear-weapons</guid><category>nkorea</category><category>timeline</category><category>north-korea</category><category>us-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:43:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a31fef44-f44f-4e06-b40d-7d5ad26c69e7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a31fef44-f44f-4e06-b40d-7d5ad26c69e7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trees are reflected on a board displaying photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the country's successful long range rocket launch outside North Korean embassy in Beijing Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. North Korea apparently conducted a widely anticipated nuclear test Tuesday, strongly indicated by an &quot;explosion-like&quot; earthquake that monitoring agencies around the globe said appeared to be unnatural. There was no confirmation from Pyongyang that it had conducted a test, which it has been threatening for weeks. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)&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=1fcda1ad-58ae-4d57-9ef6-21be9b632fc5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1fcda1ad-58ae-4d57-9ef6-21be9b632fc5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Women read copies of a delivered extra edition of a Japanese newspaper reporting North Korea's nuclear test, in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. North Korea said it successfully detonated a miniaturized nuclear device at a northeastern test site Tuesday, defying U.N. Security Council orders to shut down atomic activity or face more sanctions and international isolation. The extra carrying a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reads: &quot;North Korea conducted a nuclear test.&quot; (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)&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=83997113-b7a4-48a0-b977-16c6243bda1b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83997113-b7a4-48a0-b977-16c6243bda1b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Women read copies of a delivered extra edition of a Japanese newspaper reporting North Korea's nuclear test, in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. North Korea said it successfully detonated a miniaturized nuclear device at a northeastern test site Tuesday, defying U.N. Security Council orders to shut down atomic activity or face more sanctions and international isolation. The extra carrying a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reads: &quot;North Korea conducted a nuclear test.&quot; (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Key events in the life of Benedict XVI</title>
<description><![CDATA[Benedict XVI says he is stepping down at the end of the month, lacking the strength to fulfill his duties at the head of the Catholic Church. The 85-year-old German becomes the first pontiff to resign in nearly 600 years. Here are some key events in the life of a conservative pontiff who grappled with a global sex abuse scandal that exploded during his leadership:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16927309-key-events-in-the-life-of-benedict-xvi</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16927309-key-events-in-the-life-of-benedict-xvi</guid><category>eu</category><category>timeline</category><category>pope</category><category>us-news</category><category>benedict-xvi</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:40:05 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8bb03da3-2a1d-4ddb-bd5f-1a8151f5060e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="486" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8bb03da3-2a1d-4ddb-bd5f-1a8151f5060e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sunday, Sunday, April 24, 2005 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI waves as he rides on the Popemobile through St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, following his installment Mass. Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, he would resign Feb. 28 because he is simply too old to carry on. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>