<?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 - yacht</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/yacht</link><description>Newsvine - yacht</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:46:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:08:25 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Tunisia recovers yacht of ex-dictator's nephew</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tunisia has received from Italy a yacht worth more than half a million dollars that once belonged to the nephew of its deposed dictator.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765020-tunisia-recovers-yacht-of-ex-dictators-nephew</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765020-tunisia-recovers-yacht-of-ex-dictators-nephew</guid><category>dictator</category><category>tunisia</category><category>world-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:43:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Former presidential  yacht subject of court fight</title>
<description><![CDATA[The owners of the former presidential yacht Sequoia are asking a Delaware judge to prevent a lender from seizing it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Randall Chase]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Randall Chase]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16842586-former-presidential-yacht-subject-of-court-fight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16842586-former-presidential-yacht-subject-of-court-fight</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>presidential-yacht</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 00:07:22 +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>Steve Jobs' £80m yacht impounded over unpaid bill - Telegraph</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jobs, who died last year, never got to use the yacht &ndash; called Venus &ndash; but had commissioned the French designer to work on the vessel, which cost more than &pound;80m to build.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[manzil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[manzil]]></source><link>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16067654-steve-jobs-80m-yacht-impounded-over-unpaid-bill-telegraph</link><guid>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16067654-steve-jobs-80m-yacht-impounded-over-unpaid-bill-telegraph</guid><category>technology</category><category>yacht</category><category>steve-jobs</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:19:19 +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=manzil9881DE8A-689C-F6AE-09A3-3FE58879141E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzil9881DE8A-689C-F6AE-09A3-3FE58879141E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Steve Jobs' yacht caught up in payment spat</title>
<description><![CDATA[The sleek, white superyacht Apple founder Steve Jobs commissioned before his death cannot leave the Netherlands just yet due to a payment dispute]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16065551-steve-jobs-yacht-caught-up-in-payment-spat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16065551-steve-jobs-yacht-caught-up-in-payment-spat</guid><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>jobs</category><category>steve</category><category>world-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>steve-jobs</category><category>steve-job</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:02:23 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8ce958c-7bc6-4df9-a61f-094370f5627a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8ce958c-7bc6-4df9-a61f-094370f5627a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, a yacht is docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands. The sleek, white superyacht Apple founder Steve Jobs commissioned before his death cannot leave the Netherlands just yet due to a payment dispute. Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad reported Friday Dec. 21, 2012 that Starck hired a debt collection agency and got a summary legal order to keep the boat from leaving. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Carbon War Room Convenes in Berlin Over Efficient Shipping</title>
<description><![CDATA[- Carbon War Room Global fuel prices are rising inexorably, while extraterritorialbodies are putting forth new and stricter environmental legislation year after year. These forces are driving significant growth in [...]]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></source><link>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15394812-the-carbon-war-room-convenes-in-berlin-over-efficient-shipping</link><guid>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15394812-the-carbon-war-room-convenes-in-berlin-over-efficient-shipping</guid><category>boat</category><category>hurricane</category><category>accident</category><category>gas</category><category>cruise</category><category>gulf</category><category>safety</category><category>crew</category><category>agency</category><category>somali</category><category>ferry</category><category>squad</category><category>cargo</category><category>york</category><category>yacht</category><category>shipbuilding</category><category>yachting</category><category>workforce</category><category>filipino</category><category>riding</category><category>hamburg</category><category>dp</category><category>catamaran</category><category>shipyard</category><category>crewing</category><category>shipyards</category><category>gastech</category><category>britoil</category><category>crrewing</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:12:49 +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></item><item><title>BP Appoints Lamar McKay CEO Upstream</title>
<description><![CDATA[BP PLC(PB.LN) Friday said it has appointedLamar McKayas head of oil and gas production and development and he will take up the position Jan. 1, 2013. The move frees up [...]]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></source><link>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15394757-bp-appoints-lamar-mckay-ceo-upstream</link><guid>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15394757-bp-appoints-lamar-mckay-ceo-upstream</guid><category>boat</category><category>hurricane</category><category>accident</category><category>gas</category><category>cruise</category><category>gulf</category><category>safety</category><category>crew</category><category>agency</category><category>somali</category><category>ferry</category><category>squad</category><category>cargo</category><category>york</category><category>yacht</category><category>shipbuilding</category><category>yachting</category><category>workforce</category><category>filipino</category><category>riding</category><category>hamburg</category><category>dp</category><category>catamaran</category><category>shipyard</category><category>crewing</category><category>shipyards</category><category>gastech</category><category>britoil</category><category>crrewing</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:07:54 +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>Maersk's Plan is &quot;More Sensational than Substantial&quot;, NOL is Prime Pick for Market Recovery</title>
<description><![CDATA[0727 GMT 21 November [Dow Jones] STOCK CALL:A.P. Moller-Maersk&#8216;s plan to move away from the shipping segment to focus investment in other businesses, such as oil, drilling rigs and ports, [...]]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></source><link>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15394677-maersks-plan-is-more-sensational-than-substantial-nol-is-prime-pick-for-market-recovery</link><guid>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15394677-maersks-plan-is-more-sensational-than-substantial-nol-is-prime-pick-for-market-recovery</guid><category>boat</category><category>hurricane</category><category>accident</category><category>gas</category><category>cruise</category><category>gulf</category><category>safety</category><category>crew</category><category>agency</category><category>somali</category><category>ferry</category><category>squad</category><category>cargo</category><category>york</category><category>yacht</category><category>shipbuilding</category><category>yachting</category><category>workforce</category><category>filipino</category><category>riding</category><category>hamburg</category><category>dp</category><category>catamaran</category><category>shipyard</category><category>crewing</category><category>shipyards</category><category>gastech</category><category>britoil</category><category>crrewing</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:01:11 +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>Hyundai Mipo and Lloyd's Register Deliver Super Efficient MR Tanker</title>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier in November, Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) delivered a highly innovative vessel named the King Gregory, a Lloyd&#8217;s Register-classed, 52,000-dwt tanker, to Consolidated Marine Management (CMM), the shipping branch of the [...]]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></source><link>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15385348-hyundai-mipo-and-lloyds-register-deliver-super-efficient-mr-tanker</link><guid>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15385348-hyundai-mipo-and-lloyds-register-deliver-super-efficient-mr-tanker</guid><category>boat</category><category>hurricane</category><category>accident</category><category>gas</category><category>cruise</category><category>gulf</category><category>safety</category><category>crew</category><category>agency</category><category>somali</category><category>ferry</category><category>squad</category><category>cargo</category><category>york</category><category>yacht</category><category>shipbuilding</category><category>yachting</category><category>workforce</category><category>filipino</category><category>riding</category><category>hamburg</category><category>dp</category><category>catamaran</category><category>shipyard</category><category>crewing</category><category>shipyards</category><category>gastech</category><category>britoil</category><category>crrewing</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:39:17 +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>Bolidt Flooring is Selected for NCL's Norwegian Breakaway</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bolidt announced today that well-known creative forces at Tillberg Design and SMC Design have selected the company to supply flooring for Norwegian Cruise Line's (Norwegian) newest ship, Norwegian Breakaway. Many of the ship's [...]]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></source><link>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15385285-bolidt-flooring-is-selected-for-ncls-norwegian-breakaway</link><guid>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15385285-bolidt-flooring-is-selected-for-ncls-norwegian-breakaway</guid><category>boat</category><category>hurricane</category><category>accident</category><category>gas</category><category>cruise</category><category>gulf</category><category>safety</category><category>crew</category><category>agency</category><category>somali</category><category>ferry</category><category>squad</category><category>cargo</category><category>york</category><category>yacht</category><category>shipbuilding</category><category>yachting</category><category>workforce</category><category>filipino</category><category>riding</category><category>hamburg</category><category>dp</category><category>catamaran</category><category>shipyard</category><category>crewing</category><category>shipyards</category><category>gastech</category><category>britoil</category><category>crrewing</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:34:48 +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></item><item><title>Nexus Energy Says Australia's Crux Field May Support FLNG Facility</title>
<description><![CDATA[(Bloomberg) &#8212; Nexus Energy Ltd., an Australian oil and gas explorer, said further exploration at the Crux field may justify the development of a floating liquefied natural gas project. The [...]]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></source><link>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15385187-nexus-energy-says-australias-crux-field-may-support-flng-facility</link><guid>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15385187-nexus-energy-says-australias-crux-field-may-support-flng-facility</guid><category>boat</category><category>hurricane</category><category>accident</category><category>gas</category><category>cruise</category><category>gulf</category><category>safety</category><category>crew</category><category>agency</category><category>somali</category><category>ferry</category><category>squad</category><category>cargo</category><category>york</category><category>yacht</category><category>shipbuilding</category><category>yachting</category><category>workforce</category><category>filipino</category><category>riding</category><category>hamburg</category><category>dp</category><category>catamaran</category><category>shipyard</category><category>crewing</category><category>shipyards</category><category>gastech</category><category>britoil</category><category>crrewing</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:28:02 +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>Damen Yard to Overhaul Ex-Pirate Radio Ship</title>
<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM-based Oranjewerf Ship Repair appears to be a fast mover. Last Friday,the Damen Shipyards branch acquired the order to overhaul the former radio Veronica ship Norderney (built in 1949, length [...]]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></source><link>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15385076-damen-yard-to-overhaul-ex-pirate-radio-ship</link><guid>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15385076-damen-yard-to-overhaul-ex-pirate-radio-ship</guid><category>boat</category><category>hurricane</category><category>accident</category><category>gas</category><category>cruise</category><category>gulf</category><category>safety</category><category>crew</category><category>agency</category><category>somali</category><category>ferry</category><category>squad</category><category>cargo</category><category>york</category><category>yacht</category><category>shipbuilding</category><category>yachting</category><category>workforce</category><category>filipino</category><category>riding</category><category>hamburg</category><category>dp</category><category>catamaran</category><category>shipyard</category><category>crewing</category><category>shipyards</category><category>gastech</category><category>britoil</category><category>crrewing</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:22:43 +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></item><item><title>Maersk Still Plans to Maintain Top Market Share Within Shipping Biz [INTERVIEW]</title>
<description><![CDATA[Maersk made some comments recently that indicated they may be moving away from the shipping business, however Group CEO Nils Anderson makes it 100% clear in this interview with CNN [...]]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maritime Crewing]]></source><link>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15384965-maersk-still-plans-to-maintain-top-market-share-within-shipping-biz-interview</link><guid>http://nedconcrewing.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15384965-maersk-still-plans-to-maintain-top-market-share-within-shipping-biz-interview</guid><category>boat</category><category>hurricane</category><category>accident</category><category>gas</category><category>cruise</category><category>gulf</category><category>safety</category><category>crew</category><category>agency</category><category>somali</category><category>ferry</category><category>squad</category><category>cargo</category><category>york</category><category>yacht</category><category>shipbuilding</category><category>yachting</category><category>workforce</category><category>filipino</category><category>riding</category><category>hamburg</category><category>dp</category><category>catamaran</category><category>shipyard</category><category>crewing</category><category>shipyards</category><category>gastech</category><category>britoil</category><category>crrewing</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:15:57 +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></item><item><title>Kestrel Stuck at Sea Lands on Yacht for Ride to Land</title>
<description><![CDATA[
"A kestrel stuck 25 miles off the Suffolk coast has saved itself by catching a lift on a yacht."
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jameseg]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jameseg]]></source><link>http://jameseg.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15049724-kestrel-stuck-at-sea-lands-on-yacht-for-ride-to-land</link><guid>http://jameseg.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15049724-kestrel-stuck-at-sea-lands-on-yacht-for-ride-to-land</guid><category>bird</category><category>odd-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>kestrel</category><category>raffe</category><category>max-raffe</category><category>carol-raffe</category><category>far-from-land</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 15:10:14 +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>Report: Inadequate lookout likely in yacht wreck</title>
<description><![CDATA[An independent review concludes there likely was an inadequate lookout aboard a yacht that crashed into an island during a California-to-Mexico race, killing four sailors.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14836136-report-inadequate-lookout-likely-in-yacht-wreck</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14836136-report-inadequate-lookout-likely-in-yacht-wreck</guid><category>us</category><category>deaths</category><category>race</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:16:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Yacht commissioned by Steve Jobs  launched</title>
<description><![CDATA[The sleek, white superyacht glistens under a gray autumnal sky, a posthumous testament to the design aesthetic of Steve Jobs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14808844-yacht-commissioned-by-steve-jobs-launched</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14808844-yacht-commissioned-by-steve-jobs-launched</guid><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>jobs</category><category>world-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>steve-jobs</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:46:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fadd056d-26d4-40ea-b38d-a845bf73d2c8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fadd056d-26d4-40ea-b38d-a845bf73d2c8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A yacht is docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&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=f209b05f-ca1d-44fb-92ac-b8a30633479e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f209b05f-ca1d-44fb-92ac-b8a30633479e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A yacht is docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&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=4fb36f11-8dea-404a-a6d1-937d262574e4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4fb36f11-8dea-404a-a6d1-937d262574e4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers put the finishing touches to a yacht docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&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=e008a788-9c0a-417c-92f1-e9ec3771373a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e008a788-9c0a-417c-92f1-e9ec3771373a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers put the finishing touches to a yacht docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Air Canada helps find troubled yacht off Australia</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Air Canada passenger flight bound for Sydney helped pinpoint the location of a yacht in trouble off the coast of Australia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14490219-air-canada-helps-find-troubled-yacht-off-australia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14490219-air-canada-helps-find-troubled-yacht-off-australia</guid><category>rescue</category><category>world-news</category><category>air-canada</category><category>yacht</category><category>cn</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:58:03 +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><item><title>Calif. father accused of taking 2 kids speaks out</title>
<description><![CDATA[A California man accused of kidnapping his two children and taking them on a stolen yacht for three days said Tuesday that he knew he had "gone crazy" but never endangered them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/07/13732402-calif-father-accused-of-taking-2-kids-speaks-out</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/07/13732402-calif-father-accused-of-taking-2-kids-speaks-out</guid><category>us</category><category>missing</category><category>stolen</category><category>kids</category><category>northern-california</category><category>us-news</category><category>central-california</category><category>yacht</category><category>south-san-francisco</category><category>stolen-yacht</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:42:23 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76793b3a-5684-4dcc-b086-de974e09b38a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="291" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76793b3a-5684-4dcc-b086-de974e09b38a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="211" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the South San Francisco Police Department shows Christopher Maffei who was arrested Sept. 7, 2012, after abducting his children and fleeing on a sailboat in California. (AP Photo/South San Francisco Police Department)&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=5eca7adc-e584-4f49-924d-926dcc43dc83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="485" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5eca7adc-e584-4f49-924d-926dcc43dc83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the South San Francisco Police Department shows Devin Maffei, 2, who was rescued from a sailboat Sept. 7, 2012 after being abducted by their father, Christopher Maffei, in California.(AP Photo/South San Francisco Police Department)&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=017d50ce-e78e-4b64-8d30-a45e49b61753.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="393" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=017d50ce-e78e-4b64-8d30-a45e49b61753.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the South San Francisco Police Department shows Brooklynn Maffei, 3, who was rescued from a sailboat Sept. 7, 2012 after being abducted by their father, Christopher Maffei, in California.(AP Photo/South San Francisco Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US judge gives Somali pirate 12 life sentences - World news - Africa - NBCNews.com</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13266354-us-judge-gives-somali-pirate-12-life-sentences-world-news-africa-nbcnewscom</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13266354-us-judge-gives-somali-pirate-12-life-sentences-world-news-africa-nbcnewscom</guid><category>somalia</category><category>pirates</category><category>world-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>featured</category><category>hijacked</category><category>jail-sentence</category><category>us-ships</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:21:09 +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=cantstandthesound128F6E77-0658-AF99-2E25-1D910D458842.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="178" width="298" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound128F6E77-0658-AF99-2E25-1D910D458842.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></item><item><title>The 9 Most Loathsome Lobbyists in Washington </title>
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Tis the bleak post-Citizens United season in America&mdash;money equals speech, and corporations, super PACs, and an egregiously wealthy minority have the biggest mouths in the land. But the oligarchs&rsquo; work is never done. After the elections are bought, it&rsquo;s back to&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/18/12811451-the-9-most-loathsome-lobbyists-in-washington</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/18/12811451-the-9-most-loathsome-lobbyists-in-washington</guid><category>politics</category><category>government</category><category>caviar</category><category>washington-dc</category><category>yacht</category><category>pacs</category><category>oligarchs</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>billy-tauzin</category><category>john-lovell</category><category>richard-berman</category><category>loathsome-lobbyists</category><category>chris-didd</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:21:32 +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=mscyprah2648F22D-BB5F-D106-2374-98896B2B700C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="67" width="95" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah2648F22D-BB5F-D106-2374-98896B2B700C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="95" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>$3.2 million yacht sinks in Lake Tahoe marina</title>
<description><![CDATA[Witnesses at the Tahoe Keys Marina say they heard screeching, the sound of tearing metal, and a passenger yell "oh, no!" late Sunday night.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Rindels]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michelle Rindels]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12663433-32-million-yacht-sinks-in-lake-tahoe-marina</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12663433-32-million-yacht-sinks-in-lake-tahoe-marina</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>lake-tahoe</category><category>sunken</category><category>tahoe</category><category>tahoe-keys-marina</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:18:30 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd92d77b-ae4f-4a2d-8a58-f42b32a7a05f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd92d77b-ae4f-4a2d-8a58-f42b32a7a05f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Monday, July 9, 2012 photo shows the Sierra Rose, a luxury yacht partially submerged at its Tahoe Keys Marina dock in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Witnesses say the three-story yacht that recently sold for $3.2 million hs sunk in a Lake Tahoe marina. It's not clear what sent the 86-foot Sierra Rose vessel underwater at the Tahoe Keys Marina by Monday morning, although neighbors report hearing the sound of tearing metal Sunday night. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Emerson Marcus)&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=2b558302-b2cc-43a4-9813-f28da1e765c9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b558302-b2cc-43a4-9813-f28da1e765c9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Monday, July 9, 2012 photo shows the Sierra Rose, a luxury yacht partially submerged at its Tahoe Keys Marina dock in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Witnesses say the three-story yacht that recently sold for $3.2 million hs sunk in a Lake Tahoe marina. It's not clear what sent the 86-foot Sierra Rose vessel underwater at the Tahoe Keys Marina by Monday morning, although neighbors report hearing the sound of tearing metal Sunday night. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Emerson Marcus) &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=6cfec4de-1cd0-4186-8c27-78f2bd681c56.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6cfec4de-1cd0-4186-8c27-78f2bd681c56.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Monday, July 9, 2012 photo shows the Sierra Rose, a luxury yacht partially submerged at its Tahoe Keys Marina dock in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Witnesses say the three-story yacht that recently sold for $3.2 million hs sunk in a Lake Tahoe marina. It's not clear what sent the 86-foot Sierra Rose vessel underwater at the Tahoe Keys Marina by Monday morning, although neighbors report hearing the sound of tearing metal Sunday night. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Emerson Marcus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Coast Guard: Similarities in Texas, NJ hoax calls</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard believes there could be a link between a hoax distress call reporting a yacht explosion off New Jersey earlier this month and a mayday call in Texas last month, an official said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Dobnik]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Verena Dobnik]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/20/12310644-coast-guard-similarities-in-texas-nj-hoax-calls</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/20/12310644-coast-guard-similarities-in-texas-nj-hoax-calls</guid><category>us</category><category>explosion</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>hoax</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>yacht-explosion</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:24:43 +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=7967d71e-aa0b-4417-b85c-045571c8c61b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="336" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7967d71e-aa0b-4417-b85c-045571c8c61b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen, right, and Special Agent Michael Donnelly of the Coast Guard Investigative Service take questions from the media at a news conference in New York, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Similarities in a caller's voice and phrasings have led the Coast Guard to believe there's a link between a hoax distress call reporting a yacht explosion off New Jersey and a mayday call in Texas last month.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&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=80b20ca9-ce21-4ac8-b9af-6e7cf3be9730.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80b20ca9-ce21-4ac8-b9af-6e7cf3be9730.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen gestures towards a map of New York Harbor while speaking at a news conference in New York, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Similarities in a caller's voice and phrasings have led the Coast Guard to believe there's a link between a hoax distress call reporting a yacht explosion off New Jersey and a mayday call in Texas last month.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&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=b93fdecc-234e-4f87-91a5-9f895c3abb2b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b93fdecc-234e-4f87-91a5-9f895c3abb2b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen gestures towards a map of New York Harbor while speaking at a news conference in New York, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Similarities in a caller's voice and phrasings have led the Coast Guard to believe there's a link between a hoax distress call reporting a yacht explosion off New Jersey and a mayday call in Texas last month.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Transcript of NJ yacht explosion emergency call</title>
<description><![CDATA[A transcript of a hoax emergency call received Monday afternoon by the Coast Guard from a boat identifying itself as the Blind Date. Coast Guard crews and New York City police helicopters searched for several hours about 20 miles off Sandy Hook, N.J., but found no sign of any people or distress in the water.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12190921-transcript-of-nj-yacht-explosion-emergency-call</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12190921-transcript-of-nj-yacht-explosion-emergency-call</guid><category>us</category><category>explosion</category><category>hoax</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>transcript</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:52:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Independent panel believes yacht struck island</title>
<description><![CDATA[An independent review panel investigating the deaths of four sailors said it believes the 37-foot sailboat Aegean ran aground on North Coronado Island off the Mexican coast on April 28 during the Newport to Ensenada Race.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernie Wilson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernie Wilson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12187434-independent-panel-believes-yacht-struck-island</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12187434-independent-panel-believes-yacht-struck-island</guid><category>deaths</category><category>race</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>sai</category><category>north-coronado-island</category><category>ensenada-race</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hoax sea emergencies cost Coast Guard, taxpayers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hoax emergency calls like the one about a yacht explosion off New Jersey cost U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars a year, yet authorities who police the nation's coastlines acknowledge there's little they can do to prevent them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Dobnik]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Verena Dobnik]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12184180-hoax-sea-emergencies-cost-coast-guard-taxpayers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12184180-hoax-sea-emergencies-cost-coast-guard-taxpayers</guid><category>us</category><category>explosion</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>hoax</category><category>us-news</category><category>yacht</category><category>yacht-explosion</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=646c85e7-71c4-452a-9379-542181721187.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=646c85e7-71c4-452a-9379-542181721187.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The Coast Guard says a reported explosion on a motor yacht off central New Jersey likely was a hoax and that an extensive search and rescue operation cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&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=c58e58c3-443e-4de7-83cb-2a85d31d2496.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c58e58c3-443e-4de7-83cb-2a85d31d2496.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen speaks to reporters after a news conference in New York, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The Coast Guard says a reported explosion on a motor yacht off central New Jersey likely was a hoax and that an extensive search and rescue operation cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&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=187458c6-fbaf-4074-a7ec-35fb1c88cbca.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=187458c6-fbaf-4074-a7ec-35fb1c88cbca.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The Coast Guard says a reported explosion on a motor yacht off central New Jersey likely was a hoax and that an extensive search and rescue operation cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Was 'call of distress' about yacht explosion a hoax?</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/11/12172381-was-call-of-distress-about-yacht-explosion-a-hoax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/11/12172381-was-call-of-distress-about-yacht-explosion-a-hoax</guid><category>explosion</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>news</category><category>hoax</category><category>nbc-news</category><category>coast</category><category>yacht</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>nbc-news<p><br</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:46:12 +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><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-usn-120611-yatchNewJersey2-235p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-usn-120611-yatchNewJersey2-235p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Reports of a yacht explosion off the New Jersey coast may be a hoax, a Coast Guard spokesman told NBC News.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>