<?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 - update</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/update</link><description>Newsvine - update</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:04:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:02 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>McCain: &amp;#039;Why the hell&amp;#039; do iPhone apps need updating? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
After questioning Apple CEO Tim Cook in a congressional hearing Tuesday, Sen. John McCain ran out of time and didn't get to ask one pressing question on his mind.
"What I really wanted to ask is why the hell I have to keep updating the apps on my iPhone all the time and why yo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18407611-mccain-why-the-hell-do-iphone-apps-need-updating</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18407611-mccain-why-the-hell-do-iphone-apps-need-updating</guid><category>tim</category><category>politics</category><category>apple</category><category>question</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>update</category><category>apps</category><category>iphone</category><category>twitter</category><category>why-the-hell</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:05:27 +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=leafydebater1D49A27E-CB10-75F0-2A7C-F21B998E5918.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater1D49A27E-CB10-75F0-2A7C-F21B998E5918.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>Microsoft planning Xbox dashboard UI and tile changes in preparation for next-gen console</title>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is preparing to  update its Xbox 360 with another dashboard update. Sources familiar with  Microsoft's Xbox plans have revealed to The Verge that the  dashboard update will enter into a public beta in late June or early  July, with changes and updates in preparation for&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18357578-microsoft-planning-xbox-dashboard-ui-and-tile-changes-in-preparation-for-next-gen-console</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18357578-microsoft-planning-xbox-dashboard-ui-and-tile-changes-in-preparation-for-next-gen-console</guid><category>technology</category><category>microsoft</category><category>xbox</category><category>update</category><category>dashboard</category><category>tile</category><category>dashboard-update</category><category>dashboard-ui</category><category>publc-beta</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:20:43 +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=potato6000A841826E-02C6-54A0-A91C-94B5F0506954.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000A841826E-02C6-54A0-A91C-94B5F0506954.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Microsoft Windows 8 update will be free when it comes later this year</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;A planned Windows 8 update to address  complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be  made available for free this year, the company said Tuesday.
Microsoft also announced a name for the update: Windows 8.1.
Not charging extra for Windows 8.1 is c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18288572-microsoft-windows-8-update-will-be-free-when-it-comes-later-this-year</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18288572-microsoft-windows-8-update-will-be-free-when-it-comes-later-this-year</guid><category>technology</category><category>free</category><category>microsoft</category><category>update</category><category>windows-8</category><category>windows-8-1</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 06:23:49 +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=potato60006FB61160-D364-6A49-B3FC-5B082CB81006.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60006FB61160-D364-6A49-B3FC-5B082CB81006.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>Boston officials: Check your cellphones</title>
<description><![CDATA[Natalie DiBlasio hosts USA NOW for April 17, 2013, with updates on the  Boston Marathon bombing and officials asking the public to help in their  investigation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17795579-boston-officials-check-your-cellphones</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17795579-boston-officials-check-your-cellphones</guid><category>update</category><category>us-news</category><category>cellphones</category><category>boston-marathon-bombing</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:46:31 +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=potato6000E6D65C5F-5691-8778-B68A-DA281E6117F1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000E6D65C5F-5691-8778-B68A-DA281E6117F1.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>Drought eases in farm belt but not over yet</title>
<description><![CDATA[With the farm belt's soil recharged by melted snow and spring rains, farmers are anxious to start working the fields and planting seed for the 2013 crop season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Pitt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Pitt]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17721298-drought-eases-in-farm-belt-but-not-over-yet</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17721298-drought-eases-in-farm-belt-but-not-over-yet</guid><category>us</category><category>drought</category><category>update</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:50:32 +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=37f1a067-3cee-4031-a833-e6a2e51aa3cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37f1a067-3cee-4031-a833-e6a2e51aa3cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 16, 2012 file photo a dry field of corn is seen near Fremont, Neb. The latest drought monitor released Thursday, April 11, 2013 shows a  cool, rainy spring is easing dry conditions in parts of the nations farm belt that saw the worst of last years drought. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rain overview and Oklahoma drought update</title>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to April, one of the rainiest months of the year in Tulsa. It  isn't *the* rainiest month, that distinction goes to May. It's not even  second (June) or third (September), but our fourth month of the year is  also Tulsa's fourth-rainiest historically.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600900-rain-overview-and-oklahoma-drought-update</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600900-rain-overview-and-oklahoma-drought-update</guid><category>rain</category><category>environment</category><category>update</category><category>overview</category><category>rainfall</category><category>dought</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:57:50 +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=potato6000A074880D-179A-75E9-74CD-114F0B73DC4D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000A074880D-179A-75E9-74CD-114F0B73DC4D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FEMA officials prep for sticker shock</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal officials are encouraging homeowners in flood-prone communities to consider elevating their homes and increasing their deductibles to cut down on the sticker shock from rising flood insurance premiums.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17519826-fema-officials-prep-for-sticker-shock</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17519826-fema-officials-prep-for-sticker-shock</guid><category>us</category><category>insurance</category><category>politics</category><category>update</category><category>flood-insurance</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:47:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Xbox Music updated with volume control, cloud sync options, and performance improvements | The Verge</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of a significant Windows 8 Mail app update,  Microsoft's Xbox team is releasing a new version of Xbox Music. The  update brings performance improvements on the RT side, making it a lot  more usable on devices like the Surface RT. Speed aside, Microsoft has  also &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17474037-xbox-music-updated-with-volume-control-cloud-sync-options-and-performance-improvements-the-verge</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17474037-xbox-music-updated-with-volume-control-cloud-sync-options-and-performance-improvements-the-verge</guid><category>technology</category><category>microsoft</category><category>xbox</category><category>update</category><category>microsoft-xbox</category><category>xbox-music</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:49:03 +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=potato60005BAE56EF-2757-5ADC-402C-C3E587355AA1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60005BAE56EF-2757-5ADC-402C-C3E587355AA1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Updated: Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[Home&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;News&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Politics and Government
Updated: Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill

Thu, 03/07/2013 - 10:05am&nbsp;|&nbsp;The Associated Press]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17225184-updated-senate-committee-approves-gun-trafficking-bill</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17225184-updated-senate-committee-approves-gun-trafficking-bill</guid><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>committee</category><category>gun</category><category>trafficking</category><category>update</category><category>bill</category><category>ban</category><category>pass</category><category>newtown</category><category>restrict</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 17:14:21 +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>Oracle issues emergency Java update to patch vulnerabilities</title>
<description><![CDATA[In response to discovering that hackers were actively exploiting two  vulnerabilities in Java running in Web browsers, Oracle has released an  emergency patch that it says should deal with the problem.
"These  vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication,  &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17196835-oracle-issues-emergency-java-update-to-patch-vulnerabilities</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17196835-oracle-issues-emergency-java-update-to-patch-vulnerabilities</guid><category>technology</category><category>update</category><category>oracle</category><category>patch</category><category>java</category><category>exploit</category><category>emergency-update</category><category>emergency-patch</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:42:57 +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=potato6000DCBA82AA-8B50-991F-F408-BBED15DE6FC1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="157" width="220" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000DCBA82AA-8B50-991F-F408-BBED15DE6FC1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Microsoft preps monster security update for next week</title>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft today said it will issue 12 security  updates next week, including two for Internet Explorer (IE), that will  patch a near-record 57 vulnerabilities in the browser, Windows, Office  and the enterprise-critical Exchange Server email software.
"These  are some serious nu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16890746-microsoft-preps-monster-security-update-for-next-week</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16890746-microsoft-preps-monster-security-update-for-next-week</guid><category>technology</category><category>office</category><category>microsoft</category><category>update</category><category>patch</category><category>internet-explorer</category><category>microsoft-office</category><category>ie</category><category>bugs</category><category>windows</category><category>vulnerabilities</category><category>security-update</category><category>exchange-server</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 02:23:20 +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=potato6000575BCEEC-7FCF-CDB1-85B8-3498EBFB5311.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="120" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000575BCEEC-7FCF-CDB1-85B8-3498EBFB5311.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Adobe issues emergency Flash update for attacks on Windows, Mac users</title>
<description><![CDATA[Adobe Systems has released a patch for two Flash player  vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited online to  surreptitiously install malware, one in attacks that target users of  Apple's Macintosh platform.
While Flash versions for OS X and Windows are the only ones rep&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16890369-adobe-issues-emergency-flash-update-for-attacks-on-windows-mac-users</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16890369-adobe-issues-emergency-flash-update-for-attacks-on-windows-mac-users</guid><category>flash</category><category>google</category><category>technology</category><category>microsoft</category><category>apple</category><category>update</category><category>microsoft-office</category><category>osx</category><category>adobe</category><category>adobe-systems</category><category>os-x</category><category>macintosh</category><category>vulnerabilities</category><category>malware</category><category>operating-systems</category><category>android</category><category>linu</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 01:41:48 +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=potato600053F29AEC-0D4D-6646-CAFE-98436D58E71E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato600053F29AEC-0D4D-6646-CAFE-98436D58E71E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Users Fiddle While Java Burns</title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite Oracle Java being ranked among the highest risk  vulnerabilities, a startling 72% of Java users are not bothering to  update their software to the latest and safest versions.
The results of a new study from Kaspersky Lab,  which surveyed 11 million Windows users during t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16854418-users-fiddle-while-java-burns</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16854418-users-fiddle-while-java-burns</guid><category>technology</category><category>update</category><category>oracle</category><category>java</category><category>users</category><category>jave</category><category>oracle-java</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 17:09:58 +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=potato60008CD581C3-610E-2768-C088-2C55BB71A432.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60008CD581C3-610E-2768-C088-2C55BB71A432.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Demi Lovato on crutches after fall at home, tweets pictures</title>
<description><![CDATA[Demi Lovato has shared photographs of her crutches after a fall at her home.The X Factor USA judge took to her Twitter page after the tumble to update her fans on the injury.
Read more: ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16843242-demi-lovato-on-crutches-after-fall-at-home-tweets-pictures</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16843242-demi-lovato-on-crutches-after-fall-at-home-tweets-pictures</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>injury</category><category>update</category><category>fall</category><category>pictures</category><category>demi-lovato</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 01:30:26 +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=potato600048C3D4F8-D38A-C5DC-B4A1-A39557934416.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="120" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato600048C3D4F8-D38A-C5DC-B4A1-A39557934416.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Atlanta School Shooting Update: Armed officer working at middle school disarmed suspect, says chief - Crimesider - CBS News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Atlanta's police chief says an armed officer working at a city middle  school where a student was shot was able to disarm the suspect, also a  student, moments after the shooting.
Authorities say a  14-year-old boy was shot in the back of the neck Thursday at Price  Middle Schoo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16795971-atlanta-school-shooting-update-armed-officer-working-at-middle-school-disarmed-suspect-says-chief-crimesider-cbs-news</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16795971-atlanta-school-shooting-update-armed-officer-working-at-middle-school-disarmed-suspect-says-chief-crimesider-cbs-news</guid><category>crime</category><category>update</category><category>us-news</category><category>school-shooting</category><category>price-middle-school</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:54:38 +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=potato6000C957E7B9-713B-F357-4455-854D64EE1D86.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000C957E7B9-713B-F357-4455-854D64EE1D86.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Apple updates iPhone, iPad software</title>
<description><![CDATA[Apple has released a software update for iPhones and iPads that speeds up data downloads on some major overseas telecom networks and a handful of small U.S. carriers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16740326-apple-updates-iphone-ipad-software</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16740326-apple-updates-iphone-ipad-software</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>apple</category><category>update</category><category>software-update</category><category>tec</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:58:52 +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>Guns In America: how rights of the few, became woes of the many</title>
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To say something is as "American as apple pie" is to identify it as significant to our collective and historical consciousness; &nbsp;certainly it would not be an exaggeration to say that guns are as American as "apple pie".
Recent events however have compelled our country to ad&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amir Carr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amir Carr]]></source><link>http://amircarr2000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16291042-guns-in-america-how-rights-of-the-few-became-woes-of-the-many</link><guid>http://amircarr2000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16291042-guns-in-america-how-rights-of-the-few-became-woes-of-the-many</guid><category>democrats</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>update</category><category>us-news</category><category>second-amendment</category><category>wmd</category><category>gun-violence</category><category>gun-rights</category><category>nra</category><category>school-shootings</category><category>mass-shootings</category><category>whats-new</category><category>newport-connecticut</category><category>gun-proliferation</category><category>newport-c</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:17:43 +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=amircarr200089D816A6-3FE7-9342-67A9-91BB84973605.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="186" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr200089D816A6-3FE7-9342-67A9-91BB84973605.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr2000800544DF-4762-EF4F-49B1-50980A122DC6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr2000800544DF-4762-EF4F-49B1-50980A122DC6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Protesters demonstrate in front of state capitols across the US.&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=amircarr2000C758FD1F-E60E-DBE9-4DCB-C6F5E2E0AF0A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr2000C758FD1F-E60E-DBE9-4DCB-C6F5E2E0AF0A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Guns have been regulated by federal, state and local governments since the inception of the Constitution. &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=amircarr20009A998A30-CE6C-C2C6-026D-D87B5BD7C423.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr20009A998A30-CE6C-C2C6-026D-D87B5BD7C423.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Protesters in Hartford Conn., promote &quot;Guns Across America&quot;&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=amircarr200007FBE594-6D69-67A9-49FF-D0DC5D460C79.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr200007FBE594-6D69-67A9-49FF-D0DC5D460C79.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description 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type="plain">&lt;p&gt;&quot;Hi I'm your neighbor!&quot;&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=amircarr20006ADAA990-0E2F-9A3A-9AC9-AFD53FF1F301.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="173" width="291" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr20006ADAA990-0E2F-9A3A-9AC9-AFD53FF1F301.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr2000C2089BDA-0B50-F669-4CC4-FAC328628229.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="316" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr2000C2089BDA-0B50-F669-4CC4-FAC328628229.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Waco, Tx. massacre is an example of what happens when people refuse to hand over their guns.&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=amircarr2000F24668FD-7A4A-AB8D-3FEC-DEA2D524F5DC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr2000F24668FD-7A4A-AB8D-3FEC-DEA2D524F5DC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;How America lost her freedoms.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content 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<description><![CDATA[Royal Ahold NV, the Dutch owner of supermarket chains Stop & Shop and Giant, said U.S. sales rose 4.3 percent to $6.1 billion ((EURO)4.6 billion) in the fourth quarter from the same period the year before, with its performance boosted by its stores remaining mostly open during Hurricane Sandy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16558742-ahold-reports-sales-rise-43-percent-in-us</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16558742-ahold-reports-sales-rise-43-percent-in-us</guid><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>update</category><category>trading</category><category>world-news</category><category>ahold</category><category>hurricane-sandy</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:02:25 +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> Abney Associates Hong Kong Financial News Update  Hong Kong Leads World, Region in Economic Freedom, 2013 Index Shows</title>
<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG, JAN. 10, 2013&mdash;The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world&rsquo;s freest economy&mdash;and its most repressed. For the 19th consecutive year,&nbsp;Hong Kong&nbsp;maintained its top position, while&nbsp;North Korealanguishes at the bottom, according to the 2013&n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[kareimisterwood]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[kareimisterwood]]></source><link>http://kareimisterwood.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16543493-abney-associates-hong-kong-financial-news-update-hong-kong-leads-world-region-in-economic-freedom-2013-index-shows</link><guid>http://kareimisterwood.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16543493-abney-associates-hong-kong-financial-news-update-hong-kong-leads-world-region-in-economic-freedom-2013-index-shows</guid><category>business</category><category>financial</category><category>news</category><category>hong</category><category>kong</category><category>update</category><category>associates</category><category>abney</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:14:13 +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>Tariq Drabu Affair and Media Department Update  </title>
<description><![CDATA[I am writing to report on the latest progress of the Tariq Drabu affair and media department. I am very pleased with the work that the Tariq Drabu affair and media department has done to date.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[TariqDrabu]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TariqDrabu]]></source><link>http://tariqdrabu.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15921164-tariq-drabu-affair-and-media-department-update</link><guid>http://tariqdrabu.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15921164-tariq-drabu-affair-and-media-department-update</guid><category>media</category><category>health</category><category>and</category><category>update</category><category>department</category><category>affair</category><category>tariq</category><category>drabu</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:17:47 +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>UPDATE:: Infant Shaken by Father Dies at Children's Hospital </title>
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa.&nbsp; &mdash; A baby who police said was shaken by her father died at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15237885-update-infant-shaken-by-father-dies-at-childrens-hospital</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15237885-update-infant-shaken-by-father-dies-at-childrens-hospital</guid><category>severe</category><category>arrested</category><category>return</category><category>baby</category><category>father</category><category>man</category><category>hospital</category><category>injury</category><category>crime</category><category>brain</category><category>mother</category><category>update</category><category>frustration</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>us-news</category><category>died</category><category>biological</category><category>childrens</category><category>discovered</category><category>critical-condition</category><category>shook</category><category>denies</category><category>causing</category><category>2-month-old</category><category>commentid-us-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:27:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046740C26DBC-3781-443B-B786-BBD5BEF9414C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046740C26DBC-3781-443B-B786-BBD5BEF9414C.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>UPDATE: Puppeteer Arrested for Child Porn &amp; Conspiracy to Kidnap, Kill &amp; Eat a Child Rejects Plea Deal </title>
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LARGO, Florida -- The Largo puppeteer who was arrested on child porn charges and conspiring to kidnap a child has rejected a plea deal that could have given him as little as six years in prison.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15018094-update-puppeteer-arrested-for-child-porn-conspiracy-to-kidnap-kill-eat-a-child-rejects-plea-deal</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15018094-update-puppeteer-arrested-for-child-porn-conspiracy-to-kidnap-kill-eat-a-child-rejects-plea-deal</guid><category>arrested</category><category>child</category><category>trial</category><category>kidnap</category><category>victims</category><category>man</category><category>odd-news</category><category>murder</category><category>crime</category><category>update</category><category>child-porn</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>child-sex-abuse</category><category>eat</category><category>sex-crimes</category><category>plea-deal</category><category>puppeteer</category><category>rejects</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 10:54:18 +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=maddad04674F5F972F-728A-8B6A-7C8D-EA6EE0733076.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="89" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad04674F5F972F-728A-8B6A-7C8D-EA6EE0733076.jpg&amp;width=120" width="89" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boehner offers congratulations to Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[House Speaker John Boehner says that the decision by voters to keep a Democrat in the White House and Republicans in control of the House means they are looking for political leaders to find common ground.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14985200-boehner-offers-congratulations-to-obama</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14985200-boehner-offers-congratulations-to-obama</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>update</category><category>house-speaker-john-boehner</category><category>225am</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 07:27:59 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a39789e0-5b93-4f13-a406-160038774f19.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a39789e0-5b93-4f13-a406-160038774f19.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Senate candidate former Sen. George Allen, right, greets U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor R-Va., as they campaign at Randolph-Macon college in Ashland, Va., Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012.  (AP Photo/Steve Helber)&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=025b52ec-5b1f-4cae-beb1-cdcefc2ee299.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=025b52ec-5b1f-4cae-beb1-cdcefc2ee299.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles, left, met with supporters, from left, Jeri White, Sharon Damron, Jackie Betts and Betty Gabhart, members of The Women's Network at Fayette County Democratic headquarters in Lexington, Ky., on Monday Nov. 5, 2012.  Chandler is being challenged for Kentucky's 6th District by Republican Andy Barr in Tuesday's election.   (AP Photo/The Lexington Herald-Leader,Pablo Alcala)  &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=ea915981-5a22-4a45-92ff-162201fb6094.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea915981-5a22-4a45-92ff-162201fb6094.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic nominee for the Illinois' 8th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives greets fellow veteran Octavia Mitchell in Elk Grove Village, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Duckworth, an Iraq War Veteran, served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and suffered severe combat wounds, losing both of her legs. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama: Wants to work with GOP</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is sounding a conciliatory tone after his re-election victory, saying he has learned from those who supported him and those who opposed him. And he says he returns to Washington "more determined" and "more inspired."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hammer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Hammer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14984453-obama-wants-to-work-with-gop</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14984453-obama-wants-to-work-with-gop</guid><category>us</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>update</category><category>2am</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 07:03:43 +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=2b820b91-a9af-4c52-9244-a1009f102251.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b820b91-a9af-4c52-9244-a1009f102251.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama speaks at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (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=dd28c691-858b-47d7-aac5-d38e0d19d2d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd28c691-858b-47d7-aac5-d38e0d19d2d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gives his concession speech at his election night rally in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Democrats gain 2 more seats in Northeast</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democrats have picked up a couple more seats from Republicans in the Northeast as Carol Shea-Porter in New Hampshire and Sean Patrick Maloney in New York defeated Republicans serving their first term in office.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14983678-democrats-gain-2-more-seats-in-northeast</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14983678-democrats-gain-2-more-seats-in-northeast</guid><category>new-york</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>update</category><category>carol-shea-porter</category><category>135am</category><category>sean-patrick-maloney</category><category>140am</category><category>222am</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 06:36:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a39789e0-5b93-4f13-a406-160038774f19.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a39789e0-5b93-4f13-a406-160038774f19.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Senate candidate former Sen. George Allen, right, greets U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor R-Va., as they campaign at Randolph-Macon college in Ashland, Va., Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012.  (AP Photo/Steve Helber)&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=025b52ec-5b1f-4cae-beb1-cdcefc2ee299.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=025b52ec-5b1f-4cae-beb1-cdcefc2ee299.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles, left, met with supporters, from left, Jeri White, Sharon Damron, Jackie Betts and Betty Gabhart, members of The Women's Network at Fayette County Democratic headquarters in Lexington, Ky., on Monday Nov. 5, 2012.  Chandler is being challenged for Kentucky's 6th District by Republican Andy Barr in Tuesday's election.   (AP Photo/The Lexington Herald-Leader,Pablo Alcala)  &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=ea915981-5a22-4a45-92ff-162201fb6094.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea915981-5a22-4a45-92ff-162201fb6094.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic nominee for the Illinois' 8th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives greets fellow veteran Octavia Mitchell in Elk Grove Village, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Duckworth, an Iraq War Veteran, served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and suffered severe combat wounds, losing both of her legs. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>