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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17972657-beach-week-impacts-oceanfront-business</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17972657-beach-week-impacts-oceanfront-business</guid><category>va</category><category>local-news</category><category>portsmouth</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:09:40 +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>Friends remember plane crash victims</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17865929-friends-remember-plane-crash-victims</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17865929-friends-remember-plane-crash-victims</guid><category>va</category><category>local-news</category><category>portsmouth</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:41:51 +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>Truck crashes into Ocean View motel</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17863782-truck-crashes-into-ocean-view-motel</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17863782-truck-crashes-into-ocean-view-motel</guid><category>va</category><category>local-news</category><category>portsmouth</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:14:58 +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></item><item><title>Whistle-blowers allege wrongdoing at VA center</title>
<description><![CDATA[Employees at a Veterans Administration hospital in Mississippi have reported a range of "serious wrongdoing," including improperly sterilized instruments and missed diagnoses of fatal illnesses, an independent federal investigative agency said in a letter to the White House.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Burns]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Robert Burns]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17364183-whistle-blowers-allege-wrongdoing-at-va-center</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17364183-whistle-blowers-allege-wrongdoing-at-va-center</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>hospital</category><category>va</category><category>allegations</category><category>veterans-administration</category><category>va-hospital</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:39:18 +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>Researcher says officials covered up vets' health data</title>
<description><![CDATA[Department of Veterans Affairs officials purposely manipulate or hide  data that would support the claims of veterans from Iraq and  Afghanistan to prevent paying costly benefits, a former VA researcher  told a House subcommittee Wednesday.
"If the studies produce  results that &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17337455-researcher-says-officials-covered-up-vets-health-data</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17337455-researcher-says-officials-covered-up-vets-health-data</guid><category>study</category><category>health</category><category>wars</category><category>va</category><category>veterans-affairs</category><category>veterans</category><category>data</category><category>coverup</category><category>department-of-veterans-affairs</category><category>cover-up</category><category>hide</category><category>health-issues</category><category>manipulate</category><category>toxic-exposure</category><category>environmental-exposures</category><category>health-consequances</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:09:36 +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=potato60004D30E0BC-7F85-CF55-AE40-D8EEFF00E995.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60004D30E0BC-7F85-CF55-AE40-D8EEFF00E995.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>Veterans Affairs bureaucrats shuffle paper as dying Marine grows weaker | WashingtonExaminer.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Marine veteran dying of cancer is stuck in limbo as the Department of Veterans Affairs mulls his claim for disability benefits, even though his condition is recognized by law as connected to his service.
Juan Santiago, 61, has a terminal cancer known as multiple myeloma.
Cong&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17304331-veterans-affairs-bureaucrats-shuffle-paper-as-dying-marine-grows-weaker-washingtonexaminercom</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17304331-veterans-affairs-bureaucrats-shuffle-paper-as-dying-marine-grows-weaker-washingtonexaminercom</guid><category>cancer</category><category>politics</category><category>va</category><category>delays</category><category>disability</category><category>bureaurcrats</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:42:20 +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=cg68docDF667AFD-315E-AD62-B818-13A310E8BBB0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="550" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docDF667AFD-315E-AD62-B818-13A310E8BBB0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lawmakers question progress on disability claims</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Veterans Affairs Department is hoping the installation of a new computer system will eliminate the growing backlog of disability claims, but when officials showed the new program off to congressional staff last week, it didn't work. That example as well as the ever-growing number of backlogged claims led lawmakers to question the VA Wednesday about whether it can realistically meet its 2015 target of ending the backlog entirely.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17299797-lawmakers-question-progress-on-disability-claims</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17299797-lawmakers-question-progress-on-disability-claims</guid><category>us</category><category>payments</category><category>politics</category><category>va</category><category>veterans-affairs-department</category><category>disability</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:28:38 +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>New VA clinics, expansions left in limbo</title>
<description><![CDATA[A veterans' health clinic in Brick, N.J. is in such disrepair that when the snow gets heavy, patients have to go elsewhere for fear the roof might collapse. Another in San Antonio has extensive mildew and mold problems that could prove a health hazard for employees and patients in the coming years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17104222-new-va-clinics-expansions-left-in-limbo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17104222-new-va-clinics-expansions-left-in-limbo</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>va</category><category>san-antonio</category><category>veterans-affairs</category><category>clinics</category><category>outpatient-clinics</category><category>va-outpatient</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:08:24 +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=13e54a15-ede6-4946-be6b-b6049709f78f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13e54a15-ede6-4946-be6b-b6049709f78f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 21, 2011 file photo Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs has cited examples as it sought approval from Congress last year for a dozen new or expanded health clinics around the country. In Lake Charles, La., in Boustany's district, it's not the condition of a clinic but the lack of one. It's estimated that 6,000 veterans would enroll in VA health care if the community were to get a new clinic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Court nixes Va. appeal in case of low IQ inmate</title>
<description><![CDATA[Virginia cannot reinstate the death sentence of a convicted killer who claims he is too mentally disabled to be executed, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17087665-court-nixes-va-appeal-in-case-of-low-iq-inmate</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17087665-court-nixes-va-appeal-in-case-of-low-iq-inmate</guid><category>us</category><category>death</category><category>appeal</category><category>court</category><category>politics</category><category>va</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>row</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:15:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2 USS Monitor sailors to be interred at Arlington</title>
<description><![CDATA[Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says the remains of two unknown Union sailors recovered from the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery on March 8.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Szkotak]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Szkotak]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16941026-2-uss-monitor-sailors-to-be-interred-at-arlington</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16941026-2-uss-monitor-sailors-to-be-interred-at-arlington</guid><category>remains</category><category>va</category><category>civil-war</category><category>us-news</category><category>monitor</category><category>arlington-national-cemetery</category><category>uss-monitor</category><category>ray-mabus</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:21:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>VA adds 1,000 mental health professionals to staff</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Veterans Affairs Department said Monday it has added more than 1,000 mental health professionals and 200 support staff over the past eight months to meet the needs of returning veterans, but still has more to do to meet the requirements of an executive order issued by President Barack Obama.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16928370-va-adds-1000-mental-health-professionals-to-staff</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16928370-va-adds-1000-mental-health-professionals-to-staff</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>va</category><category>hiring</category><category>veterans-affairs-department</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>veterans-affairs</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:12:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Maine woman inspires federal bill to help military sexual assault victims get VA benefits - U.S.  - Stripes</title>
<description><![CDATA[We have heard of stories about women in the military being raped by individuals they trust. This is horrible.
Now there is a woman in Main who was such a victim and she is trying to inspire a federal bill that will enable military sexual assault victims to get VA benefits. They &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16921171-maine-woman-inspires-federal-bill-to-help-military-sexual-assault-victims-get-va-benefits-us-stripes</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16921171-maine-woman-inspires-federal-bill-to-help-military-sexual-assault-victims-get-va-benefits-us-stripes</guid><category>military</category><category>to</category><category>woman</category><category>victims</category><category>va</category><category>assault</category><category>help</category><category>federal</category><category>maine</category><category>benefits</category><category>bill</category><category>us-news</category><category>get</category><category>sexual</category><category>inspires</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:35:04 +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=dochollidaye9C29EF79-3C0B-3C9D-4CA3-4DEE921E2A72.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="60" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye9C29EF79-3C0B-3C9D-4CA3-4DEE921E2A72.jpg&amp;width=120" width="60" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hagel in Combat</title>
<description><![CDATA[If, before an exam, you gave a student the questions and plenty of time to research and memorize the answers, you couldn't be faulted&nbsp;if you failed him when he performed inadequately. In Chuck Hagel's case, he may still pass, but it will be a close thing, and he won't become&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16804898-hagel-in-combat</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16804898-hagel-in-combat</guid><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>war</category><category>surge</category><category>va</category><category>veteran</category><category>nebraska</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>vietnam</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>us-news</category><category>richard-nixon</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>sanctions</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>secretary-of-state</category><category>jewish-lobby</category><category>petraeus</category><category>shinseki</category><category>swift-boats</category><category>mcchrystal</category><category>withsrawal</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:24:44 +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>Number of veterans who die waiting for benefits claims skyrockets - The Bay Citizen</title>
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After seven months of delay, the Department of Veterans Affairs finally approved World War II veteran James Alderson&rsquo;s pension benefits last week.
But it was not a cause for celebration or relief for Alderson, whose life&rsquo;s work was the farm supply store he founded &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16778767-number-of-veterans-who-die-waiting-for-benefits-claims-skyrockets-the-bay-citizen</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16778767-number-of-veterans-who-die-waiting-for-benefits-claims-skyrockets-the-bay-citizen</guid><category>death</category><category>suicide</category><category>disabled</category><category>injured</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>va</category><category>soldiers</category><category>benefits</category><category>survivors</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans</category><category>disability</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:51:20 +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=BryndisEADE628D-8ACE-E250-A82C-D6FD1FD1229A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BryndisEADE628D-8ACE-E250-A82C-D6FD1FD1229A.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>GOP senators will oppose Va electoral change</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Republican-backed bill to convert Virginia's winner-take-all method of apportioning presidential electors to one that awards electors one-by-one by congressional districts is likely doomed for the year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Lewis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bob Lewis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16699309-gop-senators-will-oppose-va-electoral-change</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16699309-gop-senators-will-oppose-va-electoral-change</guid><category>politics</category><category>va</category><category>reshuffle</category><category>electoral</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:05:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Etty Allen, mother of former Va governor, dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Henriette "Etty" Allen, matriarch of a famed American football family and mother to former Virginia Gov. George F. Allen, has died. She was 90.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Lewis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bob Lewis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16397090-etty-allen-mother-of-former-va-governor-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16397090-etty-allen-mother-of-former-va-governor-dies</guid><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>va</category><category>allen</category><category>washington-redskins</category><category>us-news</category><category>etty-allen</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 19:00:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Quilts of Valor help heal Wounds of War </title>
<description><![CDATA[80 Quilts to Afghan each week for injured Marines and Army soldiers indicates that heavy combat against Taliban continues even with 10 months of negotiations to bring them into everyday Afghan politics.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bestquest]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bestquest]]></source><link>http://bestquest.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15866386-quilts-of-valor-help-heal-wounds-of-war</link><guid>http://bestquest.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15866386-quilts-of-valor-help-heal-wounds-of-war</guid><category>army</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>cia</category><category>pentagon</category><category>defense</category><category>military</category><category>marines</category><category>va</category><category>casualties</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans</category><category>purple-heart</category><category>karzi</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:22:12 +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=bestquest760B987F-9C99-EB37-CCCC-2244D3F1397B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="169" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bestquest760B987F-9C99-EB37-CCCC-2244D3F1397B.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>Agreement Boosts Access for American Indian Vets</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki says the VA is committed to expanding access to Native veterans &ldquo;with the full range of VA programs, as earned by their service to our nation."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[PonGoad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PonGoad]]></source><link>http://pongoad.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15759411-agreement-boosts-access-for-american-indian-vets</link><guid>http://pongoad.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15759411-agreement-boosts-access-for-american-indian-vets</guid><category>wars</category><category>military</category><category>va</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans-affairs</category><category>veterans</category><category>na</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 22:43:05 +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>House panel promises more aggressive VA oversight</title>
<description><![CDATA[The House Veterans' Affairs Committee warned the VA Wednesday to expect much more aggressive oversight in the coming months as lawmakers review the department's conference and travel spending.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15516946-house-panel-promises-more-aggressive-va-oversight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15516946-house-panel-promises-more-aggressive-va-oversight</guid><category>us</category><category>conference</category><category>politics</category><category>va</category><category>spending</category><category>veterans-affairs</category><category>house-committee</category><category>affairs-committee</category><category>house-veterans'</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:34:43 +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></item><item><title>Divorce Attorney Fredericksburg VA</title>
<description><![CDATA[Call the Law Offices of Anthony C. Williams &amp; Associates, PC in Fredericksburg, Virginia for child custody and visitation matters at 540-318-7269.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Avery8n4]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Avery8n4]]></source><link>http://avery8n4.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15296351-divorce-attorney-fredericksburg-va</link><guid>http://avery8n4.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15296351-divorce-attorney-fredericksburg-va</guid><category>business</category><category>divorce</category><category>va</category><category>attorney</category><category>fredericksburg</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:56:54 +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>Small Va. college reports post-election unrest</title>
<description><![CDATA[Officials say about 40 students at a small all-men's college in Virginia shouted racial slurs, threw bottles and set off fireworks outside the Minority Student Union within hours after President Barack Obama's re-election.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Szkotak]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Szkotak]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15025282-small-va-college-reports-post-election-unrest</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15025282-small-va-college-reports-post-election-unrest</guid><category>us</category><category>college</category><category>election</category><category>va</category><category>unrest</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>minority-student-union</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 17:53:14 +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>     AstraZeneca, PTSD, the VA And A Buried Seroquel Study</title>
<description><![CDATA[For those hangers-on still claiming that the Psycho/Pharma industry has any shreds of credibility, ethics, morals, or sense of decency...Here's a classic example of war profiteering to open your eyes.
AstraZeneca (AZN) buried studies it funded finding that its drug Seroquel, lin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[take2la]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[take2la]]></source><link>http://take2la.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15024942-astrazeneca-ptsd-the-va-and-a-buried-seroquel-study</link><guid>http://take2la.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15024942-astrazeneca-ptsd-the-va-and-a-buried-seroquel-study</guid><category>fraud</category><category>today</category><category>health</category><category>abuse</category><category>corruption</category><category>va</category><category>crime</category><category>mental-health</category><category>pharma</category><category>graft</category><category>psychiatry</category><category>conflict-of-interest</category><category>wpa</category><category>apa</category><category>commentid-health</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 17:29:52 +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=take2la03DB5DFC-3445-933C-37F7-DA57DD4E553D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=take2la03DB5DFC-3445-933C-37F7-DA57DD4E553D.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>Mitt Romney In GOP Debate: Shut Down Federal Disaster Agency, Send Responsibility To The States</title>
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"Absolutely," he said. "Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. Instead of thinking, in &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></source><link>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14764917-mitt-romney-in-gop-debate-shut-down-federal-disaster-agency-send-responsibility-to-the-states</link><guid>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14764917-mitt-romney-in-gop-debate-shut-down-federal-disaster-agency-send-responsibility-to-the-states</guid><category>hurricane</category><category>dc</category><category>fema</category><category>ny</category><category>nc</category><category>va</category><category>gop</category><category>pa</category><category>maryland</category><category>disaster</category><category>nh</category><category>republicans</category><category>storms</category><category>nj</category><category>ma</category><category>us-news</category><category>romney</category><category>fl</category><category>sc</category><category>wv</category><category>rh</category><category>mn</category><category>sandy</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:21:27 +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=fed-up-with-republicans0329353F-7299-B7D5-3F6D-054DF913701E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicans0329353F-7299-B7D5-3F6D-054DF913701E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP lawmakers seek removal of VA's chief of staff</title>
<description><![CDATA[Top Republican lawmakers have called on Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to fire his chief of staff for approving two training conferences that led to $762,000 in questionable spending.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14321827-gop-lawmakers-seek-removal-of-vas-chief-of-staff</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14321827-gop-lawmakers-seek-removal-of-vas-chief-of-staff</guid><category>conferences</category><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>criticism</category><category>va</category><category>gop</category><category>eric-shinseki</category><category>top-republican</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 19:18:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>GOP lawmakers seek removal of VA's chief of staff</title>
<description><![CDATA[Top Republican lawmakers are calling on Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to fire his chief of staff for approving two training conferences that led to $762,000 in questionable spending.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14320798-gop-lawmakers-seek-removal-of-vas-chief-of-staff</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14320798-gop-lawmakers-seek-removal-of-vas-chief-of-staff</guid><category>conferences</category><category>politics</category><category>criticism</category><category>va</category><category>gop</category><category>eric-shinseki</category><category>top-republican</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 18:05:03 +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>