<?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</title><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/</link><description>&quot;Librarians are the secret masters of the universe. They control information. Never piss one off.&quot; Spider Robinson</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:50:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:29 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The Wrecking Crew Is Winning | Common Dreams</title>
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The Wrecking Crew Is Winning by Robert Borosage Congress is taking this week off on the first of their spring breaks. The legislators will return to find only four days left before the first of the Republican Congress&rsquo; austerity bombs &ndash; the deep automatic cuts in go&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17059307-the-wrecking-crew-is-winning-common-dreams</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17059307-the-wrecking-crew-is-winning-common-dreams</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:50:49 +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>Tonya Battle sues hospital after baby's father didn't want African American nurse</title>
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Tonya Battle was "shocked, offended and in disbelief" when her supervisors at Hurley Medical Center informed her she couldn't care for a baby in the neonatal ICU because she is African-American.&nbsp;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16987108-tonya-battle-sues-hospital-after-babys-father-didnt-want-african-american-nurse</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16987108-tonya-battle-sues-hospital-after-babys-father-didnt-want-african-american-nurse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:21:01 +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>Michigan's 21 Million Gallon Frack Job: A National Record? – EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement</title>
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The destruction of the world&rsquo;s fresh water due to fracking is at the uppermost of our minds, as we live and drink the water in the Great Lakes state. How much water is being used for Michigan&rsquo;s frack industry is now proven to be obscenely underestimated. Michigan ma&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16871493-michigans-21-million-gallon-frack-job-a-national-record-ecowatch-uniting-the-voice-of-the-grassroots-environmental-movement</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16871493-michigans-21-million-gallon-frack-job-a-national-record-ecowatch-uniting-the-voice-of-the-grassroots-environmental-movement</guid><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 19:00:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarianFCE527E6-7A25-18DD-C721-A4B82FEDE1C6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarianFCE527E6-7A25-18DD-C721-A4B82FEDE1C6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Big Oil Profits from High Gasoline Prices – EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement</title>
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Time magazine reported in December that &ldquo;2012 will go down as most expensive year ever for gas.&rdquo; The Energy Information Administration determined that gasoline averaged $3.63 per gallon&mdash;a dime per gallon more than the previous record set in 2011. The Energy In&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16871251-big-oil-profits-from-high-gasoline-prices-ecowatch-uniting-the-voice-of-the-grassroots-environmental-movement</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16871251-big-oil-profits-from-high-gasoline-prices-ecowatch-uniting-the-voice-of-the-grassroots-environmental-movement</guid><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 18:39:36 +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=disturbedlibrarianFC10A225-775E-E115-48B5-24C60A8B949F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarianFC10A225-775E-E115-48B5-24C60A8B949F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP to Filibuster Obama's Consumer Watchdog Pick | Mother Jones</title>
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A little more than a week after Senate Democrats decided not to weaken the filibuster, Republicans are vowing to filibuster President Barack Obama's&nbsp;nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unless its powers are reduced, Reuters reports.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16822410-gop-to-filibuster-obamas-consumer-watchdog-pick-mother-jones</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16822410-gop-to-filibuster-obamas-consumer-watchdog-pick-mother-jones</guid><pubDate>Sun, 3 Feb 2013 00:41:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian9623E74E-C052-2B3F-2774-373B13B2F20A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian9623E74E-C052-2B3F-2774-373B13B2F20A.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>Las Vegas Accused of Engineering Massive Water Grab: Is This the Future of the West? [With Photo Slideshow] | Alternet</title>
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January 25, 2013 &nbsp;| &nbsp; Las Vegas exudes an all-you-can-eat mentality. People walk between casinos carrying giant cups of slushy liquor; advertisements blare from speakers on the streets pitching the best shows, best food and best deals; escalators take you across stree&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16714930-las-vegas-accused-of-engineering-massive-water-grab-is-this-the-future-of-the-west-with-photo-slideshow-alternet</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16714930-las-vegas-accused-of-engineering-massive-water-grab-is-this-the-future-of-the-west-with-photo-slideshow-alternet</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:10:07 +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=disturbedlibrarianCE967456-2304-5545-B7A8-4326A979B9F2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="229" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarianCE967456-2304-5545-B7A8-4326A979B9F2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>12 Rational Responses to Irrational Arguments About Guns | Alternet</title>
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Which sport requires an assault weapon that fires 850 rounds per minute? January 22, 2013 &nbsp;| &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp; In a recent discussion about gun control on Thom Hartmann's program, my opponent suggested that gun control advocates like me really have a cultural ave&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16714689-12-rational-responses-to-irrational-arguments-about-guns-alternet</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16714689-12-rational-responses-to-irrational-arguments-about-guns-alternet</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:31:51 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian2026C71C-B900-CFE7-A912-20F3A2226527.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian2026C71C-B900-CFE7-A912-20F3A2226527.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>Donald Trump wants The New York Times- MSN Money</title>
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Billionaire Donald Trump wants it known that he really, really wants to buy The New York Times (NYT +0.23%) even though the paper is not for sale -- and even if it were, the Sulzberger family, which has owned it for more than a century, probably would never sell it to him in a &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16666806-donald-trump-wants-the-new-york-times-msn-money</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16666806-donald-trump-wants-the-new-york-times-msn-money</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:35:55 +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=disturbedlibrarian4DFB218E-CE7A-ACA3-87E1-F32F3BFA5CA8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian4DFB218E-CE7A-ACA3-87E1-F32F3BFA5CA8.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>Is Afghanistan worse than Vietnam? - Salon.com</title>
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In October 2001, George W. Bush told the country he was sending the American military to Afghanistan in order to &ldquo;bring justice to our enemies.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s safe to say support for the war would not have been as nearly unanimous as it was had he said, &ldquo;Oh, and &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16620112-is-afghanistan-worse-than-vietnam-saloncom</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16620112-is-afghanistan-worse-than-vietnam-saloncom</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:20:51 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian5D8B78C4-DC7D-D910-4E44-14492590B333.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian5D8B78C4-DC7D-D910-4E44-14492590B333.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>NY seals 1st state gun law since Newtown massacre</title>
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ALBANY, N.Y. &mdash; New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, calling for a stricter assault weapons ban and provisions to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill who make threat&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16529397-ny-seals-1st-state-gun-law-since-newtown-massacre</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16529397-ny-seals-1st-state-gun-law-since-newtown-massacre</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:39:43 +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>NRA board member threatened lawsuit over Arizona gun buyback - Salon.com</title>
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To mark the second anniversary of the Tucson shootings, police in Arizona held a gun buyback and acquired 206 guns that it planned to destroy. But one NRA board member threatened to sue over the event because,&nbsp;&rdquo;We do believe that it is illegal for them to destroy tho&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16439474-nra-board-member-threatened-lawsuit-over-arizona-gun-buyback-saloncom</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16439474-nra-board-member-threatened-lawsuit-over-arizona-gun-buyback-saloncom</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:54:28 +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=disturbedlibrarian9008E60A-1945-8A41-D4BD-6E1F8EE4981E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian9008E60A-1945-8A41-D4BD-6E1F8EE4981E.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>AIG may join bailout lawsuit against U.S. government - NY Daily News</title>
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American International Group Inc., the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may now join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair, the company said on Tuesday.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16433415-aig-may-join-bailout-lawsuit-against-us-government-ny-daily-news</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16433415-aig-may-join-bailout-lawsuit-against-us-government-ny-daily-news</guid><pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2013 19:00:32 +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=disturbedlibrarian91C4C5AF-B611-211C-2B3C-37D6C46283E8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="210" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian91C4C5AF-B611-211C-2B3C-37D6C46283E8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>House won't vote before midnight on 'cliff' deal - Business - Stocks &amp; economy | NBC News</title>
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House Republicans notified lawmakers that the chamber will vote Monday evening on other bills. They say that will be their only votes of the day. President Barack Obama and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Monday they are near a deal to avoid wide-ranging tax incre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16271632-house-wont-vote-before-midnight-on-cliff-deal-business-stocks-economy-nbc-news</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16271632-house-wont-vote-before-midnight-on-cliff-deal-business-stocks-economy-nbc-news</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:58:23 +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=disturbedlibrarian0FB03EB7-4090-0507-591C-63823D5AA52C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian0FB03EB7-4090-0507-591C-63823D5AA52C.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>House won't vote before midnight on 'cliff' deal - Business - Stocks &amp; economy | NBC News</title>
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House Republicans notified lawmakers that the chamber will vote Monday evening on other bills. They say that will be their only votes of the day. President Barack Obama and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Monday they are near a deal to avoid wide-ranging tax incre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16271599-house-wont-vote-before-midnight-on-cliff-deal-business-stocks-economy-nbc-news</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16271599-house-wont-vote-before-midnight-on-cliff-deal-business-stocks-economy-nbc-news</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:55:20 +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=disturbedlibrarian88790050-1E9D-993D-F64D-762FE9C4F3A5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian88790050-1E9D-993D-F64D-762FE9C4F3A5.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>Mitt Romney did not want to run for president</title>
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After weeks of Mitt Romney's campaign staff blaming everything from Obama's torrent of constituency "gifts" to the barometric pressure in Ohio for their loss, the delusional swoon has subsided and an attempt to "reverse engineer" what went wrong during the campaign has begun. O&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/23/16110822-mitt-romney-did-not-want-to-run-for-president</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/23/16110822-mitt-romney-did-not-want-to-run-for-president</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:42:34 +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=disturbedlibrarian62C9120C-5139-517F-B55F-925D3EFFC8BB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian62C9120C-5139-517F-B55F-925D3EFFC8BB.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>Congress lets assault weapons ban expire - politics | NBC News</title>
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updated 9/13/2004 8:28:49 PM ET Print Font: BOISE, Idaho&nbsp;&mdash; The expiration Monday of a 10-year federal ban on assault weapons means firearms like AK-47s, Uzis and TEC-9s can now be legally bought &mdash; a development that has critics upset and gun owners pleased.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/16/15951419-congress-lets-assault-weapons-ban-expire-politics-nbc-news</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/16/15951419-congress-lets-assault-weapons-ban-expire-politics-nbc-news</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:26:56 +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=disturbedlibrarianC3AF3419-EC62-6D79-B005-417D2DA1B5D0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="298" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarianC3AF3419-EC62-6D79-B005-417D2DA1B5D0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Other Crucial Civil Rights Case the Supreme Court Will be Ruling On | Onward Voice</title>
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On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would hear two cases challenging state and federal laws which prevent the legal union between same-sex couples. But it&rsquo;s not the only significant civil rights case the Court has decided to take up this term. Last month, the Suprem&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15889087-the-other-crucial-civil-rights-case-the-supreme-court-will-be-ruling-on-onward-voice</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15889087-the-other-crucial-civil-rights-case-the-supreme-court-will-be-ruling-on-onward-voice</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:02:53 +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>Hamas, Israel agree to truce in Gaza</title>
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Hamas, Israel agree to truce in Gaza]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15339115-hamas-israel-agree-to-truce-in-gaza</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15339115-hamas-israel-agree-to-truce-in-gaza</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:49:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian60219D3E-9B04-1A01-2B4F-18C36A9CDF95.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian60219D3E-9B04-1A01-2B4F-18C36A9CDF95.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wranglers say 'Hobbit' animals died on unsafe farm - MSN Movies News</title>
<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) --&nbsp;Animal wranglers involved in the making of "The Hobbit" movie trilogy say the production company is responsible for the deaths of up to 27 animals, largely because they were kept at a farm filled with bluffs, sinkholes and other "death traps."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15282902-wranglers-say-hobbit-animals-died-on-unsafe-farm-msn-movies-news</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15282902-wranglers-say-hobbit-animals-died-on-unsafe-farm-msn-movies-news</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:48:44 +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=disturbedlibrarianB0F22D51-A13D-8994-0BB7-F89D80F6924E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarianB0F22D51-A13D-8994-0BB7-F89D80F6924E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dead candidates win elections in Florida, Alabama</title>
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Florida Democrat Earl K. Wood and Alabama Republican Charles Beasley won their respective elections but they will not take office.
Both men died weeks before the Nov. 6 election yet managed to beat their very much alive opponents by comfortable margins.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15006453-dead-candidates-win-elections-in-florida-alabama</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15006453-dead-candidates-win-elections-in-florida-alabama</guid><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 02:51:37 +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>McConnell to Obama: Move to center</title>
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who famously said that his main job was to ensure that President Obama was a one-term president, offered &ldquo;sincere congratulations&rdquo; to the president, yet suggested a stiffening resolve to challenge him.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15002463-mcconnell-to-obama-move-to-center</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15002463-mcconnell-to-obama-move-to-center</guid><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 23:08:53 +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>Nun pleads not guilty to stealing $128K from 2 parishes</title>
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KENDALL, N.Y. &mdash; A 67-year-old nun has pleaded not guilty to a grand larceny charge stemming from the theft of nearly $130,000 from two Catholic Church parishes in western New York.Local media outlets report that Sister Mary Anne Rapp entered her plea Monday night in Kenda&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14973176-nun-pleads-not-guilty-to-stealing-128k-from-2-parishes</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14973176-nun-pleads-not-guilty-to-stealing-128k-from-2-parishes</guid><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 19:02:34 +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>Romney's 2.7 Billion Olympic Bailout by John McCain | Politicol News</title>
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In 2002 the Winter Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah, home of the Mormon Church, Mitt Romney canvassed the White House for a bailout of the Olympic Games.
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The Final Bill was: 2.7 Billion Dollars given to Romney by George Bush, the then, President to complete the Games&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14862385-romneys-27-billion-olympic-bailout-by-john-mccain-politicol-news</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14862385-romneys-27-billion-olympic-bailout-by-john-mccain-politicol-news</guid><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 22:39:46 +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>New York Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[The mayor backed President Barack Obama for re-election, saying the incumbent Democrat will bring leadership that is critically needed to fight climate change after the East Coast devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14861718-new-york-mayor-bloomberg-endorses-obama</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14861718-new-york-mayor-bloomberg-endorses-obama</guid><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:33:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian1D8C9486-CD7C-5D30-05AC-31CF3D113C80.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarian1D8C9486-CD7C-5D30-05AC-31CF3D113C80.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>In crucial Ohio, anti-Obama activists out in force</title>
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The two activists are not beholden to any campaign - some would say they are a rogue force - nor do they mention Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney by name.While they differ with former Massachusetts governor Romney on many policies and suspect his conservative crede&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Disturbedlibrarian]]></source><link>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14838164-in-crucial-ohio-anti-obama-activists-out-in-force</link><guid>http://disturbedlibrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14838164-in-crucial-ohio-anti-obama-activists-out-in-force</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:20:52 +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=disturbedlibrarianBF3293E5-BC5B-A49D-C8E3-AA2328458EBA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=disturbedlibrarianBF3293E5-BC5B-A49D-C8E3-AA2328458EBA.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></channel></rss>