<?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 - union</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/union</link><description>Newsvine - union</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:40:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 07:27:49 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Union topples Boston College in NCAA tournament</title>
<description><![CDATA[Josh Jooris scored two goals, and Troy Grosenick made 29 saves to help Union beat defending national champion Boston College 5-1 on Saturday night in the NCAA East Regional semifinals.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17534793-union-topples-boston-college-in-ncaa-tournament</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17534793-union-topples-boston-college-in-ncaa-tournament</guid><category>sports</category><category>boston-college</category><category>ncaa</category><category>union</category><category>hkc</category><category>ncaa-east-regional</category><category>troy-grosenick</category><category>josh-jooris</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:02:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Auto workers union membership up slightly in 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[The United Auto Workers union says its membership rose slightly last year as the U.S. manufacturing sector continued its recovery.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17506852-auto-workers-union-membership-up-slightly-in-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17506852-auto-workers-union-membership-up-slightly-in-2012</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>auto</category><category>union</category><category>united-auto-workers</category><category>membership</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:11:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>EU makes important step toward banking union</title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Union on Tuesday cleared a major legal hurdle toward establishing a full banking union to stabilize its financial system, just as investor confidence was hit hard by a controversial seizure of a part of all bank deposits in Cyprus.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juergen Baetz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Juergen Baetz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17372213-eu-makes-important-step-toward-banking-union</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17372213-eu-makes-important-step-toward-banking-union</guid><category>europe</category><category>union</category><category>european-union</category><category>world-news</category><category>banking-union</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:47:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AT&amp;T reaches agreement with union</title>
<description><![CDATA[AT&T Mobility has reached a tentative agreement with a union representing more than 20,000 employees across the country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17240427-att-reaches-agreement-with-union</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17240427-att-reaches-agreement-with-union</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>union</category><category>att-mobility</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 22:41:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pastor sentenced in Vt. lesbian custody case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Mennonite pastor who helped a still-missing woman and her daughter flee the country &#8212; and a custody fight with the woman's former lesbian partner &#8212; joined his supporters in song Monday after being told his 27-month prison sentenced could be put on hold while he appeals his conviction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilson Ring]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Wilson Ring]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17175584-pastor-sentenced-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17175584-pastor-sentenced-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case</guid><category>us</category><category>custody</category><category>civil</category><category>dispute</category><category>union</category><category>us-news</category><category>civil-union</category><category>virginia-mennonite</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 07:41:31 +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=44c191b5-6f9c-4851-ae94-764eca4b037e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="337" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44c191b5-6f9c-4851-ae94-764eca4b037e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE-In this Aug. 7, 2012 file photo, Kenneth Miller is seen in Burlington, Vt.  Miller is due to be sentenced on his conviction of helping a woman and her daughter flee the United States rather than share custody of the girl with her former lesbian partner. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mexican union leader to stand trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge on Monday ordered Mexico's most powerful union leader to stand trial on charges of embezzling 2 billion pesos (about $160 million) from the teachers' union she led for almost a quarter-century.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Stevenson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Stevenson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17107322-mexican-union-leader-to-stand-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17107322-mexican-union-leader-to-stand-trial</guid><category>mexico</category><category>leader</category><category>union</category><category>san-diego</category><category>mexico-city</category><category>world-news</category><category>neiman-marcus</category><category>lt</category><category>enrique-pena-nieto</category><category>elba-esther-gordillo</category><category>nieman-marcus</category><category>union-leader</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:53:04 +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=28d3433f-7fe7-487c-ac60-4428a10c90fd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28d3433f-7fe7-487c-ac60-4428a10c90fd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Flanked by Mexican Senate Deputy Chairman Francisco Arroyo Vieira, left, and Mexican Senate President Ernesto Cordero, right, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, center, shows off the signed document enacting education reform, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. The law which was approved by Congress in December, calls for creation of a professional system for hiring, evaluating and promoting teachers without the &quot;discretionary criteria&quot; currently used in a system where teaching positions are often bought or inherited. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)&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=2eae8d95-5b13-4a11-910a-8d62d4c2ab04.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2eae8d95-5b13-4a11-910a-8d62d4c2ab04.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Friday July 14, 2006 file photo, teachers' union head Elba Esther Gordillo gestures as she arrives to attend a meeting with education workers a day after being expelled from Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party in Mexico City. Gordillo, the head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union, was arrested at an airport outside Mexico City on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, for alleged embezzlement, with federal officials accusing her using union funds to pay for plastic surgery, buy a private plane and even pay her bill at Neiman Marcus. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, 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=37aff4a2-a007-4c15-8f79-d6c6e73be0af.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37aff4a2-a007-4c15-8f79-d6c6e73be0af.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This May 12, 2003 file photo shows Elba Esther Gordillo, then secretary general of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) speaks at a news conference with foreign correspondents in Mexico City. Gordillo, the head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union, was arrested at an airport outside Mexico City on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, for alleged embezzlement, with federal officials accusing her using union funds to pay for plastic surgery, buy a private plane and even pay her bill at Neiman Marcus. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, 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=fb7d7a03-ebfd-43fe-bd16-85e496ab6e06.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb7d7a03-ebfd-43fe-bd16-85e496ab6e06.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Journalists look at TV screens showing the head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union Elba Esther Gordillo behind bars as she appears for a hearing at a federal prison in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Gordillo was charged with embezzling 2 billion pesos (about $160 million) from union funds and was arrested Tuesday afternoon as she returned from San Diego for a meeting of leaders of the 1.5 million-member National Union of Education Workers she has led for nearly a quarter-century. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)&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=a990749d-cdf7-4120-84a9-628411a9cbe7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a990749d-cdf7-4120-84a9-628411a9cbe7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Mexico's federal court system, the head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union, Elba Esther Gordillo, stands behind bars as she appears for a hearing at a federal prison in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Mexico's most powerful woman was formally charged with a massive embezzlement scheme on Wednesday, standing grim-faced behind bars live on national television in what many called a clear message that the new government is asserting its authority. (AP Photo/Juzgado Sexto de Distrito en Procesos Penales Federales)&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=3778e355-f6a1-4658-8baf-13663689dd6f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="369" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3778e355-f6a1-4658-8baf-13663689dd6f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Mexico's federal court system, the head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union, Elba Esther Gordillo, stands behind bars as she appears for a hearing at a federal prison in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Gordillo was charged with embezzling 2 billion pesos (about $160 million) from union funds, as well as organized crime. The judge in the case said a decision about whether the evidence is sufficient to merit a trial would be taken in three to six days. (AP Photo/Juzgado Sexto de Distrito en Procesos Penales Federales)&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=5a8c373f-56c0-4bea-b5ae-7ea0c103c5a3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5a8c373f-56c0-4bea-b5ae-7ea0c103c5a3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police stand guard outside the prison where the head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union, Elba Esther Gordillo, is being held in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Mexico's most powerful woman was formally charged with a massive embezzlement scheme on Wednesday, standing grim-faced behind bars live on national television in what many called a clear message that the new government is asserting its authority. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)&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=afb5ea24-d5cb-406b-b133-618b3bb46640.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=afb5ea24-d5cb-406b-b133-618b3bb46640.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A boat and jet ski sit tied to a private dock behind the home, right, owned by the family of Mexican union leader Elba Esther Gordillo in Coronado, Califonia, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Gordillo was arrested and accused Tuesday in Mexico of embezzling $160 million in union funds to pay for everything from California homes and plastic surgery procedures to her Neiman Marcus bill. The arrest of Mexico's most powerful union leader echoes the hardball tactics of Mexico's once-imperial presidency while pushing forward an education reform that President Enrique Pena Nieto has made a centerpiece of his new administration. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&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=0f32c38d-c8ea-4fec-a81b-ce4c5b21f92c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f32c38d-c8ea-4fec-a81b-ce4c5b21f92c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A stone figure sits in front of the home owned by the family of Mexican union leader Elba Esther Gordillo in Coronado, California, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Gordillo was arrested and accused Tuesday in Mexico of embezzling $160 million in union funds to pay for everything from California homes and plastic surgery procedures to her Neiman Marcus bill. Gordillo, known for flashing her Hermes handbags and heels, stood behind bars Wednesday in a grim prison in eastern Mexico City as a judge read off charges of embezzlement and organized crime.  (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&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=4b209545-159b-4e06-a653-d49d2a4874f9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="186" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4b209545-159b-4e06-a653-d49d2a4874f9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A boat and jet ski sit tied to a private dock behind a home owned by the family of Mexican union leader Elba Esther Gordillo in Coronado, California, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013.  Gordillo was arrested and accused Tuesday in Mexico of embezzling $160 million in union funds to pay for everything from California homes and plastic surgery procedures to her Neiman Marcus bill.  Gordillo, known for flashing her Hermes handbags and heels, stood behind bars Wednesday in a grim prison in eastern Mexico City as a judge read off charges of embezzlement and organized crime.  (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&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=02b4c0b6-99be-414f-944d-e5f3ae654fb1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02b4c0b6-99be-414f-944d-e5f3ae654fb1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The waterfront side of a home owned by the family of Mexican union leader Elba Esther Gordillo stands in Coronado, California, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Gordillo was arrested and accused Tuesday in Mexico of embezzling $160 million in union funds to pay for everything from California homes and plastic surgery procedures to her Neiman Marcus bill. The arrest of Mexico's most powerful union leader echoes the hardball tactics of Mexico's once-imperial presidency while pushing forward an education reform that President Enrique Pena Nieto has made a centerpiece of his new administration. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&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=5ce003fe-05cb-49df-92ca-41acc5c04c7e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="387" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ce003fe-05cb-49df-92ca-41acc5c04c7e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Mexico's federal court system, the head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union, Elba Esther Gordillo, stands behind bars as she appears for a hearing at a federal prison in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Gordillo was charged with embezzling 2 billion pesos (about $160 million) from union funds and was arrested Tuesday afternoon as she returned from San Diego for a meeting of leaders of the 1.5 million-member National Union of Education Workers she has led for nearly a quarter-century.  (AP Photo/Juzgado Sexto de Distrito en Procesos Penales Federales)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AT&amp;T, union reach tentative agreement on benefits</title>
<description><![CDATA[AT&T is announcing a tentative agreement on wages, pensions and other benefits for more than 20,000 of its unionized workers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17068440-att-union-reach-tentative-agreement-on-benefits</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17068440-att-union-reach-tentative-agreement-on-benefits</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>union</category><category>att</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:30:05 +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>Tens of thousands protest Belgian austerity</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of workers are demonstrating close to European Union headquarters in Brussels to protest against austerity measures that have hurt income and to demand labor-boosting initiatives.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17042699-tens-of-thousands-protest-belgian-austerity</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17042699-tens-of-thousands-protest-belgian-austerity</guid><category>eu</category><category>belgium</category><category>protest</category><category>union</category><category>european-union</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:35:35 +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></item><item><title>UN chief to attend Congo peace signing</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sent out invitations to a signing ceremony later this month for the large-scale peace agreement aimed at ending the fighting in Congo, the United Nations said Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16988451-un-chief-to-attend-congo-peace-signing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16988451-un-chief-to-attend-congo-peace-signing</guid><category>un</category><category>africa</category><category>congo</category><category>union</category><category>united-nations</category><category>world-news</category><category>africa-union</category><category>secretary-general-ban-ki-moon</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:53:49 +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>Hunter voted out as head of NBA players' union</title>
<description><![CDATA[Billy Hunter was ousted from his job as executive director of the union in a unanimous vote by NBA players who said Saturday they will "no longer be divided, misled, misinformed."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Mahoney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Mahoney]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953735-hunter-voted-out-as-head-of-nba-players-union</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953735-hunter-voted-out-as-head-of-nba-players-union</guid><category>nba</category><category>sports</category><category>union</category><category>hunter</category><category>billy-hunter</category><category>union-hunter</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:35:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e499d25e-3fac-4b84-b010-e4f2af8ad90e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e499d25e-3fac-4b84-b010-e4f2af8ad90e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 30, 2011, file photo, NBA Players Union chief Billy Hunter speaks to reporters after a meeting with the NBA in New York. Hunter has been unanimously voted out as executive director of the NBA players' association, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nielsen: 33.5 million watch State of the Union</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 33.5 million people who saw President Barack Obama's fifth State of the Union made it the smallest audience for the annual speech since Bill Clinton's last address in 2000.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953595-nielsen-335-million-watch-state-of-the-union</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953595-nielsen-335-million-watch-state-of-the-union</guid><category>us</category><category>ratings</category><category>union</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:14:55 +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></item><item><title>Obama asks supporters for 'big push' for proposals</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is telling supporters he can't get the proposals outlined in his State of the Union address without their help.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16942838-obama-asks-supporters-for-big-push-for-proposals</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16942838-obama-asks-supporters-for-big-push-for-proposals</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>supporters</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:03:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>What they're saying about State of the Union</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some reaction from members of Congress to the President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942741-what-theyre-saying-about-state-of-the-union</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942741-what-theyre-saying-about-state-of-the-union</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>reaction</category><category>us-news</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:53:12 +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>Text of Sen. Marco Rubio's GOP response to Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[The text of the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery by Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, and provided by the press office of the speaker of the House:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942560-text-of-sen-marco-rubios-gop-response-to-obama</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942560-text-of-sen-marco-rubios-gop-response-to-obama</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>text</category><category>gop</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>response</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:31:13 +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>FACT CHECK: Overreaching in State of Union speech</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama did some cherry-picking Tuesday night in defense of his record on jobs and laid out a conditional path to citizenship for illegal immigrants that may be less onerous than he made it sound.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Woodward ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942508-fact-check-overreaching-in-state-of-union-speech</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942508-fact-check-overreaching-in-state-of-union-speech</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>check</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fact</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:25:47 +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=886f59b8-b91a-4b3c-9967-d1fc2ec998ed.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="433" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=886f59b8-b91a-4b3c-9967-d1fc2ec998ed.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="130" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&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=87528d26-ae10-409b-a7cc-f9c628f49ed8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87528d26-ae10-409b-a7cc-f9c628f49ed8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Signs of unity in a divided Congress</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night produced fleeting moments of bipartisanship in a divided Congress.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Cassata ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Donna Cassata ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942410-signs-of-unity-in-a-divided-congress</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942410-signs-of-unity-in-a-divided-congress</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>color</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:13:00 +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=115c03a8-c0a5-4596-91cc-6c6f78cc49ee.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=115c03a8-c0a5-4596-91cc-6c6f78cc49ee.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. sit on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress . (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)&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=0bff1da4-e4ec-44ba-ac4e-bf2a4f1f38b0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0bff1da4-e4ec-44ba-ac4e-bf2a4f1f38b0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Secretary of State John Kerry, right, greets Sen.Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama asks Congress for boost in manufacturing</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is launching three manufacturing hubs and is asking Congress to create 15 more that can create locations with partnerships between the private sector and the federal government to create high-tech jobs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942302-obama-asks-congress-for-boost-in-manufacturing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942302-obama-asks-congress-for-boost-in-manufacturing</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>state</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>manufacturing</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:55:51 +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></item><item><title>Obama to Congress: Act on climate change or I will</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is telling Congress that he will take action to combat climate change if lawmakers don't do it themselves.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942287-obama-to-congress-act-on-climate-change-or-i-will</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942287-obama-to-congress-act-on-climate-change-or-i-will</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>climate-change</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:53:31 +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></item><item><title>Green ribbons honor Connecticut shooting victims</title>
<description><![CDATA[Green ribbons dotting the lapels of Democrats and Republicans attending President Barack Obama's State of the Union address were in honor of the 26 students and educators killed at a Connecticut elementary school in December.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942269-green-ribbons-honor-connecticut-shooting-victims</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942269-green-ribbons-honor-connecticut-shooting-victims</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>state-of</category><category>green-ribbons</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:49:45 +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=5e1a129d-ee7a-45eb-9c10-c79d75a19fbc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5e1a129d-ee7a-45eb-9c10-c79d75a19fbc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)&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=0bff1da4-e4ec-44ba-ac4e-bf2a4f1f38b0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0bff1da4-e4ec-44ba-ac4e-bf2a4f1f38b0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Secretary of State John Kerry, right, greets Sen.Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>California drama cuts into speech coverage</title>
<description><![CDATA[The California standoff involving fugitive Christopher Dorner shortened television's previews of President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday but did not interrupt coverage of the speech.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942235-california-drama-cuts-into-speech-coverage</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942235-california-drama-cuts-into-speech-coverage</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>media</category><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>union</category><category>state-of</category><category>christopher-dorner</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:44:35 +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=4401c84b-9ead-4912-ba0b-bb4b2f7cdbbb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4401c84b-9ead-4912-ba0b-bb4b2f7cdbbb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><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></item><item><title>Obama calls NKorea nuclear test a 'provocation'</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama says North Korea will only achieve the security and prosperity it seeks by meeting its international obligations, not by conducting nuclear tests.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942185-obama-calls-nkorea-nuclear-test-a-provocation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942185-obama-calls-nkorea-nuclear-test-a-provocation</guid><category>us</category><category>nkorea</category><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>north-korea</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:37:04 +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>Text of Obama's State of the Union address</title>
<description><![CDATA[The text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, released by the White House as prepared for delivery:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942141-text-of-obamas-state-of-the-union-address</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942141-text-of-obamas-state-of-the-union-address</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>white-house</category><category>text</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:31:31 +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></item><item><title>Obama says Congress must strengthen cybersecurity</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is telling Congress to pass legislation that will strengthen the government's ability to protect America's computer networks from attacks from foreign countries, hackers and other enemies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942140-obama-says-congress-must-strengthen-cybersecurity</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942140-obama-says-congress-must-strengthen-cybersecurity</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>cybersecurity</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:31:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama announces new panel to examine voting</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is creating a commission directed to help improve voting, a reaction to widespread complaints about lengthy waits, growing photo ID requirements and shortened early voting periods.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942139-obama-announces-new-panel-to-examine-voting</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942139-obama-announces-new-panel-to-examine-voting</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>voting</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:31:11 +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>Obama on immigration: 'Let's get this done'</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is renewing his call for a comprehensive overhaul of the immigration system, telling Congress during his State of the Union address: "Now let's get this done."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942078-obama-on-immigration-lets-get-this-done</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942078-obama-on-immigration-lets-get-this-done</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>immigration</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>state-of</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:23:48 +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></channel></rss>