<?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 - use</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/use</link><description>Newsvine - use</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:16:55 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:13:33 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Suit accuses EPA of ignoring harmful pesticides</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge is considering whether to dismiss a sweeping lawsuit claiming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allowed hundreds of pesticides to be used despite evidence of harmful effects on more than 200 endangered and threatened species.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Dearen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jason Dearen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327225-suit-accuses-epa-of-ignoring-harmful-pesticides</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327225-suit-accuses-epa-of-ignoring-harmful-pesticides</guid><category>us</category><category>epa</category><category>use</category><category>environmental-protection-agency</category><category>us-news</category><category>pesticide-use</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:30:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AP IMPACT: Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, an Associated Press investigation shows.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David B. Caruso]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David B. Caruso]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16269763-ap-impact-big-pharma-cashes-in-on-hgh-abuse</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16269763-ap-impact-big-pharma-cashes-in-on-hgh-abuse</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>use</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>growing</category><category>hgh</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:45:52 +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>AP IMPACT: Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, an Associated Press investigation shows.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David B. Caruso]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David B. Caruso]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16059001-ap-impact-big-pharma-cashes-in-on-hgh-abuse</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16059001-ap-impact-big-pharma-cashes-in-on-hgh-abuse</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>use</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>growing</category><category>hgh</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:32:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=201099b2-5974-4d2a-81a4-dcd6f920e676.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=201099b2-5974-4d2a-81a4-dcd6f920e676.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dr. Mark Molitch of Northwestern University, who helped write medical standards meant to limit HGH treatment to legitimate patients, holds an injector pen that contains approximately a weeks worth of doses for a patient in need of the drug at his clinic Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Chicago. An Associated Press investigation shows that a federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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=d12f80da-0044-44be-8497-532ea178ad2f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d12f80da-0044-44be-8497-532ea178ad2f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dr. Mark Molitch of Northwestern University, who helped write medical standards meant to limit HGH treatment to legitimate patients, holds an injector pen that contains approximately a weeks worth of doses for a patient in need of the drug at his clinic Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Chicago. An Associated Press investigation shows that a federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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=ef0b7336-8e37-4c21-afc8-ff567e1aed7d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef0b7336-8e37-4c21-afc8-ff567e1aed7d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo shows an injector pen that contains approximately a weeks worth of HGH doses for a patient in need of the drug at the clinic of Dr. Mark Molitch of Northwestern University, who helped write medical standards meant to limit HGH treatment to patients in need of the drug Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Chicago. An Associated Press investigation shows that a federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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=80c13116-e4bb-49f8-b9a4-9582a42182a7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80c13116-e4bb-49f8-b9a4-9582a42182a7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image made available by Atria Books shows the cover of Dr. Jeffry Life's 2011 book &quot;The Life Plan.&quot; Life used testosterone and human growth hormone in his own bodybuilding regimen. (AP Photo/Atria Books, Terry Goodlad)&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=7b2a5222-6558-4b37-a41d-a2c72d859141.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b2a5222-6558-4b37-a41d-a2c72d859141.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, June 28, 2011 photo, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration stand outside the Treasure Coast Pharmacy in Jensen Beach after a raid. shortly before it opened Tuesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation. DEA, the Florida Department of Health, Florida State Troopers, Martin County Sheriff's deputies and Boca Raton and Margate police participated in the investigation. (AP Photo/TCPalm.com, Alex Boerner) MANDATORY CREDIT: TCPALM.COM, ALEX BOERNER&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Teens' views on dangers of pot fall to 20-year low</title>
<description><![CDATA[Teenagers' perception of the dangers of marijuana has fallen to the lowest level in more than 20 years, a new study says, prompting federal researchers to warn that already high use of the drug could increase as more states move to legalize it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hope Yen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hope Yen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16018508-teens-views-on-dangers-of-pot-fall-to-20-year-low</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16018508-teens-views-on-dangers-of-pot-fall-to-20-year-low</guid><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>health</category><category>use</category><category>teen</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:09:16 +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></item><item><title>US: More work needed to stop youth tobacco use</title>
<description><![CDATA[More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. Surgeon General's office said in a report released Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Felberbaum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Felberbaum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10606484-us-more-work-needed-to-stop-youth-tobacco-use</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10606484-us-more-work-needed-to-stop-youth-tobacco-use</guid><category>youth</category><category>health</category><category>use</category><category>us-news</category><category>surgeon-general</category><category>us-tobacco</category><category>tobacco-use</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2012 05:02:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9e8a5fcd-a852-405c-bf26-7e86c94a4a62.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="345" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9e8a5fcd-a852-405c-bf26-7e86c94a4a62.jpg" width="120" height="104" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - An ashtray full of cigarette butts is shown in Omaha, Neb., in this March 28, 2007 file photo. More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products to deter youth, the U.S. Surgeon General's office said in a report released Thursday March 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Survey: Teen pot use rises, alcohol use declines</title>
<description><![CDATA[More teens are turning to pot and see it as less of a risk at the same time alcohol use among the same age group has dipped to historic lows, according to an annual national survey of drug use released Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Martin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tim Martin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/14/9441761-survey-teen-pot-use-rises-alcohol-use-declines</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/14/9441761-survey-teen-pot-use-rises-alcohol-use-declines</guid><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>health</category><category>use</category><category>teen</category><category>drug-use</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:02:14 +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>Navy to kick out 28 sailors for illegal drug use</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Navy announced Monday that it plans to kick out 28 sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan for using a synthetic drug called Spice that mimics marijuana.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/21/8933489-navy-to-kick-out-28-sailors-for-illegal-drug-use</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/21/8933489-navy-to-kick-out-28-sailors-for-illegal-drug-use</guid><category>us</category><category>navy</category><category>use</category><category>us-news</category><category>uss-ronald-reagan</category><category>drug-use</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:39:01 +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>64 Navy sailors to be kicked out for drug use</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sixty-four sailors from the San Diego-based U.S. Third Fleet will be kicked out of the Navy for drug use, mostly involving a synthetic drug that mimics marijuana, military officials said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Watson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Julie Watson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/20/8416592-64-navy-sailors-to-be-kicked-out-for-drug-use</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/20/8416592-64-navy-sailors-to-be-kicked-out-for-drug-use</guid><category>us</category><category>navy</category><category>use</category><category>us-news</category><category>drug-use</category><category>third-fleet</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:12:23 +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>Correction: Teen Condom Use story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an Oct. 12 story about teen condom use, The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of a Guttmacher Institute senior research associate. Her name is Laura Lindberg, not Linda Lindberg.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8287444-correction-teen-condom-use-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8287444-correction-teen-condom-use-story</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>use</category><category>associated-press</category><category>med</category><category>teen</category><category>condom-use</category><category>guttmacher-institute</category><category>teen-condom-use</category><category>linda-lindberg</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:01:23 +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/b58b29d3-13c9-408e-8af0-657317aeb463.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="262" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b58b29d3-13c9-408e-8af0-657317aeb463.jpg" width="120" height="235" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart shows percentage of teen boys who use condoms the first time they have sex.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gov't survey: Illicit pot smoking on the rise</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new government survey says more Americans are smoking marijuana, but other notorious illegal drugs have fallen off.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/08/7669223-govt-survey-illicit-pot-smoking-on-the-rise</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/08/7669223-govt-survey-illicit-pot-smoking-on-the-rise</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>use</category><category>illegal-drug</category><category>drug-use</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2011 13:39:31 +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>A third of teens who drink, take drugs are addicted</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly half of all U.S. high school students currently smoke, drink or use other drugs, and a third of users meets the medical criteria for addiction, according to a report out Wednesday. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rita Rubin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rita Rubin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/29/6973450-a-third-of-teens-who-drink-take-drugs-are-addicted</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/29/6973450-a-third-of-teens-who-drink-take-drugs-are-addicted</guid><category>health</category><category>use</category><category>foster</category><category>teen</category><category>addiction</category><category>casa</category><category>substance</category><category>addictions</category><category>substances</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:42:55 +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>Study: Web users worry about snooping businesses</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's not Big Brother, but "big business" that Internet users are more worried about.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Ortutay]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Barbara Ortutay]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/03/6775981-study-web-users-worry-about-snooping-businesses</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/03/6775981-study-web-users-worry-about-snooping-businesses</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>use</category><category>survey</category><category>internet-use</category><category>tec</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 04:03:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How the AP-Univision poll was conducted</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press-Univision poll of Hispanic adults was conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago from March 11-June 3. It is based on a nationally representative random sample of 1,521 Hispanic adults. Data were gathered via mail, the Internet and telephone. The majority of interviews were completed via mail (82 percent); 15 percent were completed by via telephone and four percent via the Internet.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/10/4854922-how-the-ap-univision-poll-was-conducted</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/10/4854922-how-the-ap-univision-poll-was-conducted</guid><category>media</category><category>us</category><category>poll</category><category>politics</category><category>religion</category><category>method</category><category>hispanics</category><category>use</category><category>national-opinion-research-center</category><category>ap-univision</category><category>associated-press-univision</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:06:57 +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>Estimate: Global cell subscriptions pass 5 billion</title>
<description><![CDATA[The number of wireless service subscriptions worldwide passed 5 billion this week, according to an estimate by LM Ericsson AB, the Swedish maker of wireless equipment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/09/4646013-estimate-global-cell-subscriptions-pass-5-billion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/09/4646013-estimate-global-cell-subscriptions-pass-5-billion</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>global</category><category>phone</category><category>use</category><category>tec</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:19:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Study: Third of Americans use library computers</title>
<description><![CDATA[A third of Americans 14 and older &#8212; about 77 million people &#8212; use public library computers to look for jobs, connect with friends, do their homework and improve their lives, according to a new study released Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Gordon Blankinship]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Donna Gordon Blankinship]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/25/4065953-study-third-of-americans-use-library-computers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/25/4065953-study-third-of-americans-use-library-computers</guid><category>technology</category><category>use</category><category>computer</category><category>us-news</category><category>computer-use</category><category>us-library-computer</category><category>library-computer</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:01:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NYC prosecutor blasts 'how-to' drug pamphlet</title>
<description><![CDATA[A New York City prosecutor says that a city brochure that teaches intravenous drug users how to shoot up safely is wrongheaded because "there is no safe way to inject heroin."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/05/3718613-nyc-prosecutor-blasts-how-to-drug-pamphlet</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/05/3718613-nyc-prosecutor-blasts-how-to-drug-pamphlet</guid><category>us</category><category>nyc</category><category>guide</category><category>use</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>drug-use</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:18:46 +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>Survey shows drop in Nebraska irrigation per acre</title>
<description><![CDATA[A survey taken last year suggests that Nebraska irrigators used less water from wells and off-farm sources than they used five years earlier.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/02/3577076-survey-shows-drop-in-nebraska-irrigation-per-acre</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/02/3577076-survey-shows-drop-in-nebraska-irrigation-per-acre</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>nebraska</category><category>use</category><category>irrigation</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:13:53 +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></item><item><title>Report: US getting better at conserving water</title>
<description><![CDATA[Americans are using less water per person now than they have since the mid-1950s, thanks to water-saving technologies and a nationwide push to safeguard dwindling supplies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Garance Burke]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Garance Burke]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3440459-report-us-getting-better-at-conserving-water</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3440459-report-us-getting-better-at-conserving-water</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>use</category><category>us-news</category><category>water-use</category><category>waning</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:57:32 +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>FDA nixes wider use of rheumatoid arthritis drug</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration has rejected an application to expand the use of rheumatoid arthritis treatment Rituxan for patients with earlier stages of the disease, biotech drug developers Genentech Inc. and Biogen Idec said Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/17/3392745-fda-nixes-wider-use-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-drug</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/17/3392745-fda-nixes-wider-use-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-drug</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>fda</category><category>use</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>biogen-idec</category><category>rituxan</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:52:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cocaine consumption doubles in Mexico in 6 years</title>
<description><![CDATA[The use of cocaine doubled in Mexico over the last six years, partly because the drug became more available in the country, a government report said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/16/3390993-cocaine-consumption-doubles-in-mexico-in-6-years</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/16/3390993-cocaine-consumption-doubles-in-mexico-in-6-years</guid><category>mexico</category><category>drug</category><category>use</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:21:48 +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>Some baby boomers still getting high, report says</title>
<description><![CDATA[Forty years after Woodstock, some baby boomers haven't let go of one part of the 1960s: getting high on illicit drugs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/19/3167002-some-baby-boomers-still-getting-high-report-says</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/19/3167002-some-baby-boomers-still-getting-high-report-says</guid><category>politics</category><category>use</category><category>boomers</category><category>drug-use</category><category>us-drug</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:43:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Drivers asked to test alternative to fuel tax</title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers are looking for 1,500 drivers in six cities, including Albuquerque, to test an on-board computer system that taxes motorists based on miles driven rather than fuel taxes paid at the pump.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Clark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Heather Clark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/08/3009172-drivers-asked-to-test-alternative-to-fuel-tax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/08/3009172-drivers-asked-to-test-alternative-to-fuel-tax</guid><category>us</category><category>study</category><category>use</category><category>us-news</category><category>road-use-study</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 20:48:50 +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>Study finds Net search becoming far more prevalent</title>
<description><![CDATA[The search box is everywhere online these days. It's built into Web browsers. It's incorporated into Web sites of all sorts. And it's a major driver of traffic and revenue for Google Inc. and the like.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anick Jesdanun]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Anick Jesdanun]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/06/1726277-study-finds-net-search-becoming-far-more-prevalent</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/06/1726277-study-finds-net-search-becoming-far-more-prevalent</guid><category>technology</category><category>search</category><category>use</category><category>tec</category><category>techbit</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:09:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NY Gov. Paterson Says He Used Cocaine</title>
<description><![CDATA[New York's new governor, who disclosed last week that he and his wife both committed adultery several years ago, said Monday that he used cocaine in his 20s and smoked marijuana when he was younger.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/24/1387984-ny-gov-paterson-says-he-used-cocaine</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/24/1387984-ny-gov-paterson-says-he-used-cocaine</guid><category>governor</category><category>drug</category><category>new-york</category><category>ny</category><category>use</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:26:48 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NYOL99003250132.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="358" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYOL99003250132.jpg" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Gov. David Paterson discusses marital infidelities as his wife Michelle Paige Paterson looks on during a news conference at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, March 18, 2008.  Paterson said Monday that he used cocaine in his 20s and smoked marijuana when he was younger. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Study: Online Privacy Concerns Increase</title>
<description><![CDATA[Privacy concerns stemming from online shopping rose in 2007, a new study finds, as the loss or theft of credit card information and other personal data soared to unprecedented levels.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anick Jesdanun]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Anick Jesdanun]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/16/1232186-study-online-privacy-concerns-increase</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/16/1232186-study-online-privacy-concerns-increase</guid><category>technology</category><category>use</category><category>internet-use</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:09:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>