<?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-pacific</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/union-pacific</link><description>Newsvine - union-pacific</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 21:25:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:47:07 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Antitrust lawsuit against railroads dismissed</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accused Union Pacific and BNSF Railways of price fixing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margery A. Beck]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Margery A. Beck]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17148923-antitrust-lawsuit-against-railroads-dismissed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17148923-antitrust-lawsuit-against-railroads-dismissed</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>antitrust</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>railroad</category><category>bnsf-railways</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 18:54:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NTSB: Train missed signals before Oklahoma crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of two freight trains that collided in the Oklahoma Panhandle last summer, killing three workers and causing an inferno that nearly welded the locomotives together, sped past three signals warning it to slow down or stop, federal investigators said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Juozapavicius]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Justin Juozapavicius]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17104328-ntsb-train-missed-signals-before-oklahoma-crash</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17104328-ntsb-train-missed-signals-before-oklahoma-crash</guid><category>us</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>us-news</category><category>ntsb</category><category>trains</category><category>collide</category><category>oklahoma-panhandle</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:21:50 +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>Union Pacific: Others responsible for fatal crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[If lawsuits stemming from last year's train collision that killed four veterans on a parade float in Texas make it to trial, jurors should be able to consider whether actions by parade organizers and the hosting city contributed to the crash, a Union Pacific spokeswoman said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Danny Robbins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Danny Robbins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17091840-union-pacific-others-responsible-for-fatal-crash</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17091840-union-pacific-others-responsible-for-fatal-crash</guid><category>us</category><category>collision</category><category>parade</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans</category><category>train-collision</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:32:48 +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>Union Pacific railroad's 4Q profit rises 7 percent</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific managed to overcome weak coal demand and sluggish agricultural shipments by raising rates at the railroad in the fourth quarter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16677875-union-pacific-railroads-4q-profit-rises-7-percent</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16677875-union-pacific-railroads-4q-profit-rises-7-percent</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>union-pacific</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:38:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0116872c-b195-4bb1-869e-856fc56bbfef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0116872c-b195-4bb1-869e-856fc56bbfef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, April 22, 2008, file photo, a Union Pacific train travels through Council Bluffs, Iowa.  Union Pacific's fourth-quarter profit chugged ahead 7 percent in 2012 because the railroad raised shipping rates and collected more fuel surcharges. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Union Pacific adjusting crossing where vets died</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific is adjusting the timing of the West Texas railroad crossing signal where a collision last month killed four military veterans riding in a parade, a company spokeswoman said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Danny Robbins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Danny Robbins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16069489-union-pacific-adjusting-crossing-where-vets-died</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16069489-union-pacific-adjusting-crossing-where-vets-died</guid><category>us</category><category>crash</category><category>train</category><category>parade</category><category>west-texas</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:06:55 +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>LUBBOCK, Texas -  Veterans sue railroad over fatal crash in Texas - SC military news - TheState.com</title>
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Two Army veterans and their wives on Wednesday sued the railroad company whose train hit a truck carrying veterans and their spouses during a parade in Texas.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Baron von Steuben]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Baron von Steuben]]></source><link>http://baronvonsteuben.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15540406-lubbock-texas-veterans-sue-railroad-over-fatal-crash-in-texas-sc-military-news-thestatecom</link><guid>http://baronvonsteuben.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15540406-lubbock-texas-veterans-sue-railroad-over-fatal-crash-in-texas-sc-military-news-thestatecom</guid><category>associated-press</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>union-pacific-railroad</category><category>us-news</category><category>texas-department</category><category>will-i</category><category>richard-sanchez</category><category>raquel-espinoza-williams</category><category>dale-andrew-hayden</category><category>smith-industries</category><category>todd-king</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:51:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Army veteran drove float in Texas parade crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[The driver of a parade float filled with wounded veterans and their spouses that was struck by a freight train in West Texas is an Army veteran himself who is "in shock" over the accident that killed four people, an attorney said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Betsy Blaney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Betsy Blaney]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15198270-army-veteran-drove-float-in-texas-parade-crash</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15198270-army-veteran-drove-float-in-texas-parade-crash</guid><category>us</category><category>crash</category><category>train</category><category>parade</category><category>west-texas</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans</category><category>train-crash</category><category>sudip-bose</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:23:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04bdaa07-6b1b-4872-8fb1-87530b4220b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04bdaa07-6b1b-4872-8fb1-87530b4220b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Midland police, fire and sheriffs respond to an accident where a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. &quot;Show of Support&quot; president and founder Terry Johnson tells the Midland Reporter-Telegram that there are &quot;multiple, multiple&quot; injuries and organizers still are trying to account for everyone. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, Tim Fischer)&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=eeebaf05-d59f-4d86-9581-5a4cdec3eadc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eeebaf05-d59f-4d86-9581-5a4cdec3eadc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bystanders react as emergency personnel work the scene where a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. &quot;Show of Support&quot; president and founder Terry Johnson says there are &quot;multiple injuries&quot; after a Union Pacific train slammed into the trailer, killing at least four people and injuring 17 others. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=c863fdf8-3437-4f27-9fbe-5f9044b37f48.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c863fdf8-3437-4f27-9fbe-5f9044b37f48.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Parade participants and pubic safety officials huddle after a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Authorities say four people are dead and 17 others are injured after a Union Pacific train slammed into the parade float.  (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=ac29798f-9c0b-4c7a-a7e4-1fe968b70cff.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ac29798f-9c0b-4c7a-a7e4-1fe968b70cff.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A parade participants reacts after a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Authorities say four people are dead and 17 others are injured after a Union Pacific train slammed into the parade float. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=d5f5cadc-7f8c-49ec-a85f-9a94ae3f2d91.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5f5cadc-7f8c-49ec-a85f-9a94ae3f2d91.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Parade participants react after a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. &quot;Show of Support&quot; president and founder Terry Johnson says there are &quot;multiple injuries&quot; after a Union Pacific train slammed into the trailer, killing at least four people and injuring 17 others. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=5cdc3542-db08-4ffb-aad1-2e5c1ae346d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5cdc3542-db08-4ffb-aad1-2e5c1ae346d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A flatbed truck carries wounded veterans and their families during a parade before it was struck by a train Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in Midland, Texas. &quot;Show of Support&quot; president and founder Terry Johnson says there are &quot;multiple injuries&quot; after a Union Pacific train slammed into the trailer, killing at least four people and injuring 17 others. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=b5221785-91cc-4cee-9391-747b3bbd78e6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="323" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b5221785-91cc-4cee-9391-747b3bbd78e6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;&quot;Show of Support&quot; president and founder Terry Johnson talks on the phone following a fatal accident where a semi trailer carrying veterans in the Hunt for Heroes parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Johnson tells the Midland Reporter-Telegram that there are &quot;multiple, multiple&quot; injuries and organizers still are trying to account for everyone. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, Tim Fischer)&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=7aa64dab-e0c9-4415-b9ee-41b98fbc916d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7aa64dab-e0c9-4415-b9ee-41b98fbc916d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Parade participants and pubic safety officials huddle after a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. &quot;Show of Support&quot; president and founder Terry Johnson says there are &quot;multiple injuries&quot; after a Union Pacific train slammed into the trailer, killing at least four people and injuring 17 others. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=a320c5c7-49c0-4376-8425-d4fecaf18be1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a320c5c7-49c0-4376-8425-d4fecaf18be1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Midland police, fire and sheriffs respond to an accident where a trailer carrying veterans in a parade was struck by a train crossing in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. &quot;Show of Support&quot; president and founder Terry Johnson tells the Midland Reporter-Telegram that a Union Pacific train slammed into the trailer that was on its way to a wounded veterans event, resulting in multiple injuries. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, Tim Fischer)&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=56e3ff10-707f-4b57-9fe0-43ea120ef926.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56e3ff10-707f-4b57-9fe0-43ea120ef926.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Midland police, fire and sheriffs respond to an accident where a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. &quot;Show of Support&quot; president and founder Terry Johnson tells the Midland Reporter-Telegram that there are &quot;multiple, multiple&quot; injuries and organizers still are trying to account for everyone. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=c65c34ad-f79f-4752-8b61-c0439af35636.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c65c34ad-f79f-4752-8b61-c0439af35636.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rob Fields holds up the blood type of his wife, Laura, outside the packed United Blood Services in Midland after a parade float carrying wounded veterans and their families was struck by a train Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, killing four and injuring 17, in Midland, Texas. Fields and his wife Laura traveled more than 30 miles from Lenorah, Texas after hearing on the television news that the United Blood Services was specifically in need of 0- type blood. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=d84abe9e-def7-464b-99e0-2ac4fbb0745e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d84abe9e-def7-464b-99e0-2ac4fbb0745e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;May locates town where a train slammed into a parade float carrying veterans&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=43c6e03d-4e1f-4990-930c-dfac40849b3f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43c6e03d-4e1f-4990-930c-dfac40849b3f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Volunteers at the United Blood Services line up to give blood after a parade float carrying wounded veterans and their families was struck by a train Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, killing four and injuring 17, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=be1c3f5b-4937-4ff5-a250-687ec2298564.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be1c3f5b-4937-4ff5-a250-687ec2298564.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Midland police, fire and sheriffs respond to an accident where a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Authorities say four people are dead and 17 others are injured after a Union Pacific train slammed into the parade float. . (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, Tim Fischer)&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=89ce0652-9255-47bd-806b-fd1774b3443f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=89ce0652-9255-47bd-806b-fd1774b3443f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Parade participants and public safety officials huddle after a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Authorities say four people are dead and 17 others are injured after a Union Pacific train slammed into the parade float.  (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=c9d27d16-2853-444d-bb9d-1651ae32762a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c9d27d16-2853-444d-bb9d-1651ae32762a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Midland police, fire and sheriffs respond to an accident where a trailer carrying veterans in a parade was struck by a train crossing in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. &quot;Show of Support&quot; president and founder Terry Johnson tells the Midland Reporter-Telegram that a Union Pacific train slammed into the trailer that was on its way to a wounded veterans event, resulting in multiple injuries. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, Tim Fischer)&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=998abe91-6127-4b9a-97e6-e8810dedbba8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="268" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=998abe91-6127-4b9a-97e6-e8810dedbba8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="229" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated family photo provided the Show of Support, Hunt for Heroes committee shows Sgt. Maj. Gary Stouffer, 37, one of four veterans killed when a parade float he was riding on was struck by a freight train at a crossing Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Family photo courtesy Show Of Support)&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=75e43c69-b00c-46da-9e1f-250ee11e94a2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75e43c69-b00c-46da-9e1f-250ee11e94a2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated family photo provided the Show of Support, Hunt for Heroes committee shows Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Boivin, 47, one of four veterans killed when a parade float he was riding on was struck by a freight train at a crossing Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Family photo courtesy of Show Of Support)&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=9bd2ef63-b03d-4af2-a482-78118c030e1d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="415" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9bd2ef63-b03d-4af2-a482-78118c030e1d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="124" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated family photo provided the Show of Support, Hunt for Heroes committee shows Army Sgt. Joshua Michael, 34, one of four veterans killed when a parade float he was riding on was struck by a freight train at a crossing Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Family photo courtesy of Show Of Support)&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=1c1a4094-10a6-4a87-b20d-ed5bae6a97a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="329" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1c1a4094-10a6-4a87-b20d-ed5bae6a97a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="187" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated family photo provided the Show of Support, Hunt for Heroes committee shows Sgt. Maj. William Lubbers, 43, one of four veterans killed when a parade float he was riding on was struck by a freight train at a crossing Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Family photo courtesy of Show Of Support)&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=f4b117ea-c39d-4b7b-bdcb-230c9239f7e8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4b117ea-c39d-4b7b-bdcb-230c9239f7e8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combination of undated family photos provided by the Show of Support, Hunt for Heroes committee show, from left: Sgt. Maj. Gary Stouffer, 37; Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Boivin, 47; Army Sgt. Joshua Michael, 34, and Sgt. Maj. William Lubbers, 43, four veterans killed when a parade float they were riding on was struck by a freight train at a crossing Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Courtesy Show Of Support)&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=d8800a7a-5f21-4e12-a53f-9e00236948d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8800a7a-5f21-4e12-a53f-9e00236948d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Patriot Guard Riders comfort each other Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, in Midland, Texas, as they gather for a prayer service to pray for all those involved in the veterans parade train accident Thursday, where four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, Tim Fischer)&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=6e3e1ff0-b40d-4fc5-b6d2-a890040a3885.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e3e1ff0-b40d-4fc5-b6d2-a890040a3885.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A flag is left at the scene of an accident where four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet last Thursday in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012.   Federal investigators were trying to determine whether the two-float parade had been given enough warning to clear the tracks.  (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)&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=29a6b33a-2e62-4fce-878e-edcb77a0aece.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=29a6b33a-2e62-4fce-878e-edcb77a0aece.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A flag flies at the scene of an accident where four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet last Thursday in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012.   Federal investigators were trying to determine whether the two-float parade had been given enough warning to clear the tracks.  (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)&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=93e38cdb-a9b5-4c21-8309-2c65f61d7aad.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93e38cdb-a9b5-4c21-8309-2c65f61d7aad.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Railroad investigators work the scene of an accident where four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet last Thursday in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012.   Federal investigators were trying to determine whether the two-float parade had been given enough warning to clear the tracks.  (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)&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=fd266278-74c1-4ee0-be7c-67292a5ca5f1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd266278-74c1-4ee0-be7c-67292a5ca5f1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Railroad investigators work the scene of an accident where four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet last Thursday in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012.   Federal investigators were trying to determine whether the two-float parade had been given enough warning to clear the tracks.  (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)&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=4bc90fea-ead7-475c-bb54-142d39d3d936.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4bc90fea-ead7-475c-bb54-142d39d3d936.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A railroad investigator talks on the phone at the scene of an accident where four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet last Thursday in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012.   Federal investigators were trying to determine whether the two-float parade had been given enough warning to clear the tracks.  (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)&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=3cef345d-e9ad-4a68-a5f3-6bee0a59a148.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3cef345d-e9ad-4a68-a5f3-6bee0a59a148.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People gather in Centennial Plaza in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 for a candlelight vigil held in honor of four veterans who were killed when a freight train hit a parade float Thursday. (AP Photo/Midland Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=a74fb485-cfbb-4f01-8ed8-130460bda63f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="354" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a74fb485-cfbb-4f01-8ed8-130460bda63f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People gather in Centennial Plaza in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 for a candlelight vigil held in honor of four veterans who were killed when a freight train hit a parade float Thursday. (AP Photo/Midland Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=ebacfedf-cb92-42a0-8433-c570f9b46f8c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ebacfedf-cb92-42a0-8433-c570f9b46f8c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Peoplenders gather in Centennial Plaza in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 for a candlelight vigil held in honor of four veterans who were killed when a freight train hit a parade float Thursday. (AP Photo/Midland Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=54e732fb-4a96-44f2-a443-f6462d567e0f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=54e732fb-4a96-44f2-a443-f6462d567e0f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;About 200 people attend a candlelight vigil held at Centennial Plaza in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 in honor of the people involved in an accident where a Union Pacific train struck a float carrying military veterans on Thursday Nov. 15, 2012. Four veterans were killed, including one from the San Antonio area. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Edward A. Ornelas)&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=9f2f4fd5-ef2b-430c-a5d7-b3d2c91a97d7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f2f4fd5-ef2b-430c-a5d7-b3d2c91a97d7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People gather in Centennial Plaza in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 for a candlelight vigil held in honor of four veterans who were killed when a freight train hit a parade float Thursday. (AP Photo/Midland Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)&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=f7ce4d4b-b6b1-4d57-87d3-ffc9004f9bab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7ce4d4b-b6b1-4d57-87d3-ffc9004f9bab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Railroad investigators work the scene of an accident where four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet last Thursday in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012.   Federal investigators were trying to determine whether the two-float parade had been given enough warning to clear the tracks.  (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)&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=cc7cd62b-4727-4d5a-b72c-8ce986fe28f2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc7cd62b-4727-4d5a-b72c-8ce986fe28f2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2012 file photo authorities respond to an accident involving a trailer carrying wounded veterans that was struck by a train during a parade in Midland, Texas. 50-year-old Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was driving the parade float that investigators say edged across a railroad crossing in Texas despite warning signals of a fast approaching train, the man's attorney said Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Four veterans and sixteen people were injured in the resulting collision. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, Tim Fischer, 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=324c1aa7-69cc-496b-8d32-0c494888c15d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=324c1aa7-69cc-496b-8d32-0c494888c15d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2012 file photo, a flatbed truck carries wounded veterans and their families during a parade before it was struck by a train in Midland, Texas. A 50-year-old Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was driving the parade float that investigators say edged across a railroad crossing in Texas despite warning signals of a fast approaching train, the man's attorney said Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Four veterans and sixteen people were injured in the resulting collision. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin, 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=a89d78da-a6eb-4b21-9e73-cfa39f628971.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a89d78da-a6eb-4b21-9e73-cfa39f628971.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2012 file photo, Mark Thomas and his son Samuel deposit flowers at the site where a trailer that was carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train, in Midland, Texas. A 50-year-old Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was driving the parade float that investigators say edged across a railroad crossing in Texas despite warning signals of a fast approaching train, the man's attorney said Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Four veterans and sixteen people were injured in the resulting collision. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca, 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=dcaa8dca-b525-4d3c-b77c-0c841ed249fb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dcaa8dca-b525-4d3c-b77c-0c841ed249fb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This file combination of undated family photos provided by the Show of Support, Hunt for Heroes committee shows, from left: Sgt. Maj. Gary Stouffer, 37; Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Boivin, 47; Army Sgt. Joshua Michael, 34, and Sgt. Maj. William Lubbers, 43, four veterans killed when a parade float they were riding on was struck by a freight train at a crossing  Nov. 15, 2012, in Midland, Texas. A 50-year-old Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was driving the parade float that investigators say edged across a railroad crossing in Texas despite warning signals of a fast approaching train, the man's attorney said Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Four veterans and sixteen people were injured in the resulting collision. (AP Photo/Courtesy Show Of Support, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Union Pacific 3Q profit up 15 pct. on price hikes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific said Thursday that its third-quarter profit climbed 15 percent because price increases and more automotive and chemical shipments helped the railroad offset a 12 percent drop in coal shipments.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14533477-union-pacific-3q-profit-up-15-pct-on-price-hikes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14533477-union-pacific-3q-profit-up-15-pct-on-price-hikes</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>union-pacific</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:31:47 +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=7b8cf3d7-d68c-4f5f-9e1f-4c0f22cf1322.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b8cf3d7-d68c-4f5f-9e1f-4c0f22cf1322.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo from Aug. 8, 2012, a Union Pacific train travels in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Union Pacific said Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, that its third-quarter profit climbed 15 percent because price increases and more automotive and chemical shipments helped the railroad offset a 12 percent drop in coal shipments. The railroad reported $1 billion in net income, or $2.19 per share. That's up from $904 million, or $1.85 per share, a year ago. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Texas-Mexico Border Welcomes First Rail Line in More Than a Century </title>
<description><![CDATA[Business experts and local officials say the project should make the growing trade between Texas and Mexico easier and allow the Laredo Customs District to remain the country's No. 1 inland port.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ConservativeSkeptic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ConservativeSkeptic]]></source><link>http://conservativeskeptic.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14517183-texas-mexico-border-welcomes-first-rail-line-in-more-than-a-century</link><guid>http://conservativeskeptic.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14517183-texas-mexico-border-welcomes-first-rail-line-in-more-than-a-century</guid><category>business</category><category>texas</category><category>mexico</category><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>border</category><category>united-states</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>free-trade</category><category>nafta</category><category>rio-grande</category><category>laredo</category><category>southern-us</category><category>cameron-county</category><category>laredo-customs-district</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:08:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=conservativeskepticFAF2CF12-3A78-8FB0-AA1D-3D3D5B5F8650.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=conservativeskepticFAF2CF12-3A78-8FB0-AA1D-3D3D5B5F8650.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Higher prices lift Union Pacific 2Q profit 28 pct</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific said Thursday that its second-quarter net income surged 28 percent, as the nation's largest railroad collected higher prices and fuel surcharges and handled slightly more cargo. Its shares rose 3.5 percent after hitting an all-time high earlier.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/19/12834356-higher-prices-lift-union-pacific-2q-profit-28-pct</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/19/12834356-higher-prices-lift-union-pacific-2q-profit-28-pct</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>union-pacific</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:46:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8885ef7-f644-4de9-a5e0-aadfab28062e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8885ef7-f644-4de9-a5e0-aadfab28062e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- This Thursday, July 12, 2012, file photo,  shows a Union Pacific Railroad restored passenger train in Eugene, Ore.  Union Pacific said Thursday, July 19, 2012, that its second-quarter net income surged 28 percent, as the nation's largest railroad collected higher prices and fuel surcharges and handled slightly more cargo. Its shares rose 3 percent by midday. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Kevin Clark, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Train derails, bridge collapses near Northbrook-Glenview border - Chicago Tribune</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A freight train hauling coal derailed on Union Pacific tracks near Willow Road and Shermer Avenue this afternoon by the Northbrook-Glenview border.Witnesses said the bridge overpass over Shermer Avenue collapsed in the accident.Union Pacific Spokesman Mark Davis said the train &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mstanley2265]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mstanley2265]]></source><link>http://mstanley2265.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/05/12578194-train-derails-bridge-collapses-near-northbrook-glenview-border-chicago-tribune</link><guid>http://mstanley2265.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/05/12578194-train-derails-bridge-collapses-near-northbrook-glenview-border-chicago-tribune</guid><category>travel</category><category>derailment</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>overpass-bridge-collapse</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2012 13:07:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mstanley2265C47366D3-90C1-8F5D-959A-3C345734F8D5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mstanley2265C47366D3-90C1-8F5D-959A-3C345734F8D5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chicago-area couple killed by train derailment</title>
<description><![CDATA[A successful lawyer and his wife who planned to celebrate the Fourth of July with dinner, watching a movie or perhaps visiting a botanical garden were killed when a suburban Chicago railroad bridge collapsed, sending train cars and tons of coal crashing onto their car on the road below, attorneys for the victims' family said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12565198-chicago-area-couple-killed-by-train-derailment</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12565198-chicago-area-couple-killed-by-train-derailment</guid><category>us</category><category>train</category><category>derailment</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>us-news</category><category>train-derailment</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Jul 2012 20:34:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=78b86356-e66a-4fa1-b499-eca74a3172e6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=78b86356-e66a-4fa1-b499-eca74a3172e6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated family photo via the Fisher &amp; LaMonica law firm in Chicago, shows Burton Lindner, 69, right, and Zorine Lindner, 70 of Glenview, Ill. A law firm representing relatives of the Burtons has identified them as the victims of a Wednesday, July 4, 2012, freight train derailment north of Chicago. The derailment threw 31 rail cars hauling coal off the tracks. Nearly all of them piled up on a rail bridge, causing it to collapse over a road between the suburbs of Glenview and Northbrook. (AP Photo/Family photo via the Fisher &amp; LaMonica law firm)&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=6b7ac081-3340-4923-a1c3-2829f292b9f3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6b7ac081-3340-4923-a1c3-2829f292b9f3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emergency vehicles are shown at the scene in Northbrook, Ill., Friday, July 6, 2012, where a train derailment Wednesday caused the collapse of a bridge, killing two people in a car traveling under the bridge. Burton and Zorine Lindner, of Glenview, were driving under the railroad bridge when the train derailed. Twenty-eight rail cars hauling coal piled up on the bridge, causing it to collapse over a road between the suburbs of Glenview and Northbrook. A huge mound of twisted train cars and coal filled the gap where the bridge had been. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)&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=b6490431-7e90-4eed-93d6-14a634e9864d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6490431-7e90-4eed-93d6-14a634e9864d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Attorneys Erron Fisher, left, and Michael LaMonica pause during a news conference on Friday, July 6, 2012, in Northbrook, Ill. The attorneys represent the sons of Burton and Zorine Lindner, of Glenview, Ill., who were killed Wednesday, July 4, 2012, during a freight train derailment. The couple were driving under a railroad bridge when the train derailed. Twenty-eight rail cars hauling coal piled up on the bridge, causing it to collapse over a road between the suburbs of Glenview and Northbrook. A huge mound of twisted train cars and coal filled the gap where the bridge had been. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)&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=ab10ce98-faa7-4a37-b64c-27a115333db7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="231" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ab10ce98-faa7-4a37-b64c-27a115333db7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emergency vehicles are shown at the scene in Northbrook, Ill., Friday, July 6, 2012, where a train derailment Wednesday caused the collapse of a bridge, killing two people in a car traveling under the bridge. Burton and Zorine Lindner, of Glenview, were driving under the railroad bridge when the train derailed. Twenty-eight rail cars hauling coal piled up on the bridge, causing it to collapse over a road between the suburbs of Glenview and Northbrook. A huge mound of twisted train cars and coal filled the gap where the bridge had been. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Experts speculate human error in Okla. train crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[Experts speculated Tuesday that a fiery head-on collision of two trains in the Oklahoma Panhandle was likely the result of human error, though federal investigators are still piecing together evidence and haven't determined a cause.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Miller]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ken Miller]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/24/12385054-experts-speculate-human-error-in-okla-train-crash</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/24/12385054-experts-speculate-human-error-in-okla-train-crash</guid><category>us</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>train</category><category>collision</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>federal-railroad-administration</category><category>us-news</category><category>oklahoma-panhandle</category><category>train-collision</category><category>three-union-pacific-railroad</category><category>three-union-pacific</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:31:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe947712-ae4d-4d5b-9eb9-7149e62c5618.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe947712-ae4d-4d5b-9eb9-7149e62c5618.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Smoke rises from two cargo trains that collided two miles east of Goodwell, Okla. on Sunday, June 24, 2012. A total of four people were on the trains, and one was reportedly killed in the accident. (AP Photo/The Guymon Daily Herald, Trudy Hart)&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=6a1201df-77c6-4f6e-9698-2e3d8819225f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="354" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a1201df-77c6-4f6e-9698-2e3d8819225f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;National Transportation Safety Board member Mark Rosekind speaks during a news conference Monday, June 25, 2012, at the Texas County Activity Center in Guymon, Okla. Rosekind said the investigation into Sunday's train collision between two freight trains outside Goodwell, Okla., is in its early stages. (AP photo/The Guymon Daily Herald, Shawn Yorks)&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=f16f9adb-261f-4018-9c83-e5e5194bed65.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="227" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f16f9adb-261f-4018-9c83-e5e5194bed65.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Train wreckage still smolders on Monday, June 25, 2012, near Goodwell, Okla. Two Union Pacific trains collided on Sunday, June 24, 2012, killing two crew members and a conductor. (AP Photo/The Guymon Daily Herald, Shawn Yorks)&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=3bfb780c-a4f4-4f37-a9f1-b90ae44ac2a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bfb780c-a4f4-4f37-a9f1-b90ae44ac2a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A van that was part of the cargo being hauled by a Union Pacific train is is seen in the wreckage on Monday, June 25, 2012, near Goodwell, Okla. Two Union Pacific locomotives collided Sunday, June 24, 2012, two miles outside Goodwell, Okla., killing two crew members and a conductor. (AP Photo/The Guymon Daily Herald, Trudy Hart)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Union Pacific railroad's 1Q profit up 35 percent</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific's first-quarter profit soared 35 percent as the railroad increased prices and collected more fuel surcharge fees.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11284435-union-pacific-railroads-1q-profit-up-35-percent</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11284435-union-pacific-railroads-1q-profit-up-35-percent</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>union-pacific</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:35:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/25619ae6-3503-4833-a3ad-602cf6f8e46a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/25619ae6-3503-4833-a3ad-602cf6f8e46a.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Jan. 4, 2012, file photo shows a Union Pacific train as it goes through a tunnel along the Columbia Gorge near Bridal Veil, Ore. Union Pacific Corporation on Thursday, April 19 reported 2012 first quarter net income of $863 million, or $1.79 per diluted share, compared to $639 million, or $1.29 per diluted share, in the first quarter 2011. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/274530fc-ccc0-4621-9877-1526b0ee206d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/274530fc-ccc0-4621-9877-1526b0ee206d.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Jan. 4, 2012, file photo shows a Union Pacific train as it goes through a tunnel along the Columbia Gorge near Bridal Veil, Ore. Union Pacific Corporation on Thursday, April 19 reported 2012 first quarter net income of $863 million, or $1.79 per diluted share, compared to $639 million, or $1.29 per diluted share, in the first quarter 2011. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>EXCLUSIVE: Shareholders Call On Companies To Disclose ALEC Ties | ThinkProgress</title>
<description><![CDATA[The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) faces a run on its membership as&nbsp;Kraft,&nbsp;Pepsi,&nbsp;Coca-Cola,&nbsp;Intuit, theGates Foundation&nbsp;and, as of yesterday,&nbsp;McDonald&rsquo;s&nbsp;broke ties with the conservative organization. While some companies are&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/11/11144876-exclusive-shareholders-call-on-companies-to-disclose-alec-ties-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/11/11144876-exclusive-shareholders-call-on-companies-to-disclose-alec-ties-thinkprogress</guid><category>politics</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>public-records</category><category>voter-id</category><category>privacy-policies</category><category>senate-office</category><category>tp-justice</category><category>tp-justice-next</category><category>tags-alec</category><category>trayvon-martin8217-s</category><category>and-ups</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:28:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-8002AB06F33-3D97-B177-1054-BE6B47997F88.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="336" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-8002AB06F33-3D97-B177-1054-BE6B47997F88.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="202" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UP CEO pay up 11 percent after solid 2011 results</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific Corp.'s acting CEO earned less than one-third of the $13.3 million the railroad's top executive received last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10875074-up-ceo-pay-up-11-percent-after-solid-2011-results</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10875074-up-ceo-pay-up-11-percent-after-solid-2011-results</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>executive</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>union-pacific-corp</category><category>compensation</category><category>ne</category><category>executive-compensation</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:32:32 +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>UP promotes top executives after CEO medical leave</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific is promoting several executives as the railroad deals with its CEO's medical leave and the retirement of its top lawyer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10702191-up-promotes-top-executives-after-ceo-medical-leave</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10702191-up-promotes-top-executives-after-ceo-medical-leave</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>personnel</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:35:47 +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></item><item><title>Union Pacific CEO to take medical leave</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific said Friday that chief executive Jim Young will take a medical leave of absence to be treated for pancreatic cancer.  He will remain chairman of the railroad's board while on leave.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10561193-union-pacific-ceo-to-take-medical-leave</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10561193-union-pacific-ceo-to-take-medical-leave</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>ceo</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>jim-young</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:29:32 +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>Old Pictures of Promontory Point Transcontinental RR Golden Spike Re-Enactment Restored</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Sometime in the early 1970s, we spent a family vacation driving west  to visit relatives in California. Along the way we stopped to witness  the re-enactment of the May, 1869 "Joining of the Rails" ceremony.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></source><link>http://minnieapolis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/04/10319269-old-pictures-of-promontory-point-transcontinental-rr-golden-spike-re-enactment-restored</link><guid>http://minnieapolis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/04/10319269-old-pictures-of-promontory-point-transcontinental-rr-golden-spike-re-enactment-restored</guid><category>restoration</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>photography</category><category>railroad</category><category>arts</category><category>utah</category><category>ceremony</category><category>photo-editing</category><category>golden-spike</category><category>central-pacific</category><category>promontory-summit</category><category>historic-site</category><category>photoscape</category><category>old-pictures</category><category>newsvine-photographers</category><category>transcontinental-railroad</category><category>faded-pictures</category><category>photo-enhancing</category><category>promontory-point</category><category>driving-the-last-spike</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 21:29:16 +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=MinnieApolis45893545-6D52-CE2E-4885-613D25B8EBC1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolis45893545-6D52-CE2E-4885-613D25B8EBC1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;My final step on this image was to hand-darken the hills and middle background. I think this is as good as it can get without resorting to darkroom wizardry. &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=MinnieApolis7ACDE12C-7926-938A-BE61-41429869A9F4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolis7ACDE12C-7926-938A-BE61-41429869A9F4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Some color-enhancement seemed in order. &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=MinnieApolis180702D2-408A-461B-FE7C-71B23FD0ABB7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolis180702D2-408A-461B-FE7C-71B23FD0ABB7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I started by clicking on Sharpen, then Backlight and Deepen. &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=MinnieApolisEB7B129A-E8E2-3CEB-01FC-5DE1949FEA80.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolisEB7B129A-E8E2-3CEB-01FC-5DE1949FEA80.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The original is badly washed out and has lost some detail. &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=MinnieApolis538CEF5B-4170-030B-6EDA-E6E0755DA747.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="214" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolis538CEF5B-4170-030B-6EDA-E6E0755DA747.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="64" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The final version of the re-enactment photo shows the Watercolor treatment, which I think arrives at a very pleasing image. &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=MinnieApolisD8EA9EB9-6EDD-A87B-DE4E-ACA9E88077B9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="214" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolisD8EA9EB9-6EDD-A87B-DE4E-ACA9E88077B9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="64" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you prefer a Sepia effect, to make it look like an antique postcard?&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=MinnieApolis2F426693-5247-F14D-5361-28DFAEF02E18.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="214" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolis2F426693-5247-F14D-5361-28DFAEF02E18.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="64" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I decided to try a few Pictorial Effects with this image. This one is called Color Engraving. &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=MinnieApolis710333A5-DA74-088F-A3C1-7C7403A01A64.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="214" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolis710333A5-DA74-088F-A3C1-7C7403A01A64.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="64" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;After Deepening and Sharpening, I decided to Crop some of the excess foreground out of the image. &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=MinnieApolisF34F8050-85E8-8513-B782-AAD65F241128.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolisF34F8050-85E8-8513-B782-AAD65F241128.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The first step was to Sharpen and then Deepen, and see what I had to work with then. &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=MinnieApolis63CA24CF-B676-17B4-7016-1B49EC150663.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolis63CA24CF-B676-17B4-7016-1B49EC150663.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;It doesn't seem so bad on the blowup, but most areas are faded, and definition is lost on the original photo. I wondered how much could be restored using this new software I had. Taking a deep breath, I opened up the Editor function.&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=MinnieApolis016CD640-D720-A95C-5195-7BF51C62450F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="83" width="310" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolis016CD640-D720-A95C-5195-7BF51C62450F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="33" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Union Pacific announced $1 B investment in Neb.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific plans to invest $1 billion in railroad projects in Nebraska over the next several years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/20/10201098-union-pacific-announced-1-b-investment-in-neb</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/20/10201098-union-pacific-announced-1-b-investment-in-neb</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>nebraska</category><category>investment</category><category>union-pacific</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:30:46 +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></item><item><title>Union Pacific 4Q profit up 24 pct on higher prices</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit jumped 24 percent as the nation's largest freight railroad operator increased prices and hauled more cargo.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Funk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10189198-union-pacific-4q-profit-up-24-pct-on-higher-prices</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10189198-union-pacific-4q-profit-up-24-pct-on-higher-prices</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>union-pacific-corp</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:36:17 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b8fb6104-ac4d-4e65-b17f-515d6195b969.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b8fb6104-ac4d-4e65-b17f-515d6195b969.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Jan. 4, 2012 photo, shows a Union Pacific train as it goes through a tunnel along the Columbia Gorge near Bridal Veil, Ore. Union Pacific said Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, its fourth-quarter profit jumped 24 percent as the nation's largest freight railroad increased prices and hauled more cargo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8f1b54d8-6ca8-4d3a-9ffe-9cbf83feb13c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8f1b54d8-6ca8-4d3a-9ffe-9cbf83feb13c.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Jan. 4, 2012, photo shows a Union Pacific train as it goes through a tunnel along the Columbia Gorge near Bridal Veil, Ore. Union Pacific said Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, its fourth-quarter profit jumped 24 percent as the nation's largest freight railroad increased prices and hauled more cargo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/553d4db4-7dd7-4ff7-b72b-36e7651c8723.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="178" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/553d4db4-7dd7-4ff7-b72b-36e7651c8723.jpg" width="120" height="54" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Jan. 4, 2012 photo shows a Union Pacific train as it goes through a tunnel along the Columbia Gorge, near Corbett, Ore. Union Pacific said Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, its fourth-quarter profit jumped 24 percent as the nation's largest freight railroad increased prices and hauled more cargo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Judge in Neb. rules for railroad in drug dispute</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. border officials exceeded their authority when they imposed multimillion-dollar fines against Union Pacific Corp. for failing to discover illegal drugs in railcars that crossed into the country from Mexico, a federal judge ruled Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Schulte]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Grant Schulte]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/19/9566158-judge-in-neb-rules-for-railroad-in-drug-dispute</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/19/9566158-judge-in-neb-rules-for-railroad-in-drug-dispute</guid><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>war</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>union-pacific</category><category>us-news</category><category>trains</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:12:31 +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>Union Pacific spent $1.26 million on 3Q lobbying</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific Corp. spent $1.26 million during the third quarter to influence proposed railroad regulations and pollution restrictions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/14/9446034-union-pacific-spent-126-million-on-3q-lobbying</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/14/9446034-union-pacific-spent-126-million-on-3q-lobbying</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>nebraska</category><category>lobbying</category><category>union-pacific</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:32:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A look at Union Pacific's 3Q shipments</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific Corp. reported a 16 percent increase in third-quarter earnings on Thursday, as higher prices made up for sluggish volume growth and high fuel prices.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/20/8414894-a-look-at-union-pacifics-3q-shipments</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/20/8414894-a-look-at-union-pacifics-3q-shipments</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>glance</category><category>union-pacific</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:07:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Union Pacific 3Q profit rises on higher prices</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union Pacific Corp. on Thursday reported that its third-quarter earnings rose 16 percent, as the railroad charged higher prices to offset slower growth in shipments and higher fuel costs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samantha Bomkamp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Samantha Bomkamp]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/19/8412398-union-pacific-3q-profit-rises-on-higher-prices</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/19/8412398-union-pacific-3q-profit-rises-on-higher-prices</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>union-pacific</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:50:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>