<?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/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - doc4600's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - doc4600's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:39:05 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:07:43 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>How CEOs steal from your 401(k)</title><description><![CDATA[At KB Home these days, Karatz's replacement, Jeffrey Mezger, presides over a mess. The real-estate market has collapsed, as has the company's stock price. A KB Home shareholder who bought $1,000 worth of shares five years ago has seen their value slip to around $290.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/05/2508303-how-ceos-steal-from-your-401k</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/05/2508303-how-ceos-steal-from-your-401k</guid><category>business</category><category>ceo</category><category>401-k</category><category>money</category><category>fraud</category><category>corruption</category><category>news</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:39:05 +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>Will This Recession Become a Depression?</title><description><![CDATA[ A Depression doesn't have to be Great -- bread lines, rampant unemployment, a wipeout in the stock market. The economy can sink into a milder depression, the kind spelled with a lowercase "d."

And it may be happening now.............

Credit: Flickr]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/04/2505794-will-this-recession-become-a-depression</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/04/2505794-will-this-recession-become-a-depression</guid><category>us-news</category><category>recession</category><category>depression</category><category>news</category><category>money</category><category>stock-market</category><category>usa</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:16:11 +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>Steele vs. Limbaugh - The Battle for Republicans' Souls</title><description><![CDATA[The culture tussle between the two leading evangelists of the Republican Party culminates in a battle for the conscience and direction of the party.

The contrast in styles and focus between the old guard and the new school within the Republican Party is clear. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/04/2505699-steele-vs-limbaugh-the-battle-for-republicans-souls</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/04/2505699-steele-vs-limbaugh-the-battle-for-republicans-souls</guid><category>politics</category><category>steele</category><category>limbaugh</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>power</category><category>gop</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Mar 2009 19:50:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>First Thoughts: Backflips For Rush  </title><description><![CDATA[Steele's rocky start: Steele's apology yesterday was the second time he has said something during his month-old chairmanship that he has had to backtrack from.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/03/2501487-first-thoughts-backflips-for-rush-</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/03/2501487-first-thoughts-backflips-for-rush-</guid><category>politics</category><category>rush-limbaugh</category><category>opinion</category><category>power</category><category>fear</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 20:47:36 +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></item><item><title> Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos </title><description><![CDATA[The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/02/2498243-obama-releases-secret-bush-anti-terror-memos-</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/02/2498243-obama-releases-secret-bush-anti-terror-memos-</guid><category>politics</category><category>president-obama</category><category>bush-43</category><category>cia</category><category>corruption</category><category>lies</category><category>cover-up</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>videotapes</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 02:39:41 +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>Army Mother Arrested for Desertion 10 Years Later</title><description><![CDATA[To compound things, her family members were unwilling to take the children, and Flynn balked at the prospect of leaving them with friends given her son's illness. She was declared absent without leave in 1999, dropped from the roster and marked as a deserter.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/25/2476827-army-mother-arrested-for-desertion-10-years-later</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/25/2476827-army-mother-arrested-for-desertion-10-years-later</guid><category>politics</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>military</category><category>values</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:07:36 +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></item><item><title>GOP's Jindal calls Obama's plan irresponsible</title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Republican leaders continued their attacks on President Barack Obama's handling of the economy Tuesday, calling it irresponsible and certain to increase taxes and federal debt. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/25/2475232-gops-jindal-calls-obamas-plan-irresponsible</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/25/2475232-gops-jindal-calls-obamas-plan-irresponsible</guid><category>politics</category><category>president-obama</category><category>gov-jindal</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>values</category><category>congress</category><category>gop</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:29:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>McCain Questions Obama on Helicopter</title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama never had a helicopter, which he says might explain why he's perfectly happy with the current White House fleet and doesn't need a more costly one.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/24/2471236-mccain-questions-obama-on-helicopter</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/24/2471236-mccain-questions-obama-on-helicopter</guid><category>politics</category><category>president-obama</category><category>mccain</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>helicopter</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:46:51 +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>Frenetic street scene awakens D.C. - Inauguration- msnbc.com</title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The U.S. capital came to life well before dawn Tuesday, as out-of-towners and area residents alike overwhelmed mass transit and filled city streets to witness the swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/20/2332712-frenetic-street-scene-awakens-dc-inauguration-msnbccom</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/20/2332712-frenetic-street-scene-awakens-dc-inauguration-msnbccom</guid><category>politics</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>inauguration</category><category>president-obama</category><category>vp-biden</category><category>d-c</category><category>national-mall</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:35:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Probe begins in jet's 'miracle' splash landing - Life- msnbc.com</title><description><![CDATA[FAA says N.Y. near-disaster appears to be 'an accident'; birds eyed as cause]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/16/2319430-probe-begins-in-jets-miracle-splash-landing-life-msnbccom</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/16/2319430-probe-begins-in-jets-miracle-splash-landing-life-msnbccom</guid><category>us-news</category><category>flight-1549</category><category>hudson-river</category><category>ntsb</category><category>birds</category><category>u-s-airways</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:38:44 +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></item><item><title>Child Maid Trafficking Spreads to US</title><description><![CDATA[The trafficking of children for domestic labor in the U.S. is an extension of an illegal but common practice in Africa. Families in remote villages send their daughters to work in cities for extra money and the opportunity to escape a dead-end life.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/29/2255567-child-maid-trafficking-spreads-to-us</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/29/2255567-child-maid-trafficking-spreads-to-us</guid><category>world-news</category><category>slaves</category><category>children</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>values</category><category>trafficking</category><category>immigrate</category><category>servants</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:51:15 +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>Converter Box Coupon Update: Relief for Expired Coupons? | TVConversionhelp.com</title><description><![CDATA[Considering the amount of media attention lately surrounding frustrated consumers not being able to find converter boxes before their coupons expired, it's not suprising to see such high expiration figures.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/14/2213604-converter-box-coupon-update-relief-for-expired-coupons-tvconversionhelpcom</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/14/2213604-converter-box-coupon-update-relief-for-expired-coupons-tvconversionhelpcom</guid><category>us-news</category><category>poltics</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>fraud</category><category>corruption</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:20:46 +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> &quot;I lost my wife to cybersex!&quot;</title><description><![CDATA[Dear Dr. Gilda,
Has anybody else lost a relationship because of cybersex? I believe it is an addiction.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/07/2187288-i-lost-my-wife-to-cybersex</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/07/2187288-i-lost-my-wife-to-cybersex</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>cybersex</category><category>values</category><category>marriage</category><category>opinion</category><category>relationship</category><category>news</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Dec 2008 14:11:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Estranged relative arrested in Hudson killings on Yahoo! News</title><description><![CDATA[The arrest of Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law in the shooting deaths of her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew confirmed what police officials have quietly said for weeks:]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/02/2168572-estranged-relative-arrested-in-hudson-killings-on-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/02/2168572-estranged-relative-arrested-in-hudson-killings-on-yahoo-news</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>jennifer-hudson</category><category>crime</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>values</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:32:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bush Aides Rush to Enact a Rule Obama Opposes </title><description><![CDATA[The Labor Department is racing to complete a new rule, strenuously opposed by President-elect Barack Obama, that would make it much harder for the government to regulate toxic substances and hazardous chemicals to which workers are exposed on the job.
The rule, which has strong &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/01/2164755-bush-aides-rush-to-enact-a-rule-obama-opposes-</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/01/2164755-bush-aides-rush-to-enact-a-rule-obama-opposes-</guid><category>politics</category><category>bush</category><category>obama</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>values</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:14:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lieberman to keep committee chairmanship</title><description><![CDATA[Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign.
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/18/2124488-lieberman-to-keep-committee-chairmanship</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/18/2124488-lieberman-to-keep-committee-chairmanship</guid><category>politics</category><category>lieberman</category><category>news</category><category>democractics</category><category>congress</category><category>vote</category><category>fraud</category><category>lies</category><category>campaign</category><category>values</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:08:27 +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></item><item><title>Hunger among U.S. children skyrockets in 2007</title><description><![CDATA[The department's annual report on food security showed that during 2007 the number of children who suffered a substantial disruption in the amount of food they typically eat was more than 50 percent above the 430,000 in 2006 and the largest figure since 716,000 in 1998.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/18/2123822-hunger-among-us-children-skyrockets-in-2007</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/18/2123822-hunger-among-us-children-skyrockets-in-2007</guid><category>health</category><category>hunger</category><category>news</category><category>children</category><category>america</category><category>opinion</category><category>values</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:42:04 +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></item><item><title>Japan firm recalls 8 million bottles of U.S. mineral water</title><description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese firm recalled eight million bottles of U.S. mineral water on Monday after consumers complained it smelled like insecticide and medicine.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/17/2120407-japan-firm-recalls-8-million-bottles-of-us-mineral-water</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/17/2120407-japan-firm-recalls-8-million-bottles-of-us-mineral-water</guid><category>health</category><category>japan</category><category>bottled-water</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:09:25 +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 Whistleblower Emerges in Siegelman Case</title><description><![CDATA[Tamarah T. Grimes, a legal aide who worked in the office that prosecuted Siegelman, provided the documents, according to a major investigative story by Adam Zagorin of Time magazine.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/15/2115036-new-whistleblower-emerges-in-siegelman-case</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/15/2115036-new-whistleblower-emerges-in-siegelman-case</guid><category>politics</category><category>alabama</category><category>corruption</category><category>doj</category><category>attorney</category><category>firings</category><category>dept</category><category>of</category><category>justice</category><category>crimes</category><category>failures</category><category>don</category><category>siegelman</category><category>juror</category><category>lies</category><category>rove</category><category>miers</category><category>harriet</category><category>more</category><category>politicization</category><category>scandals</category><category>white</category><category>house</category><category>gop</category><category>whistleblowers-ing</category><category>fraud</category><category>opinion</category><category>news</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:51:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson pulled another fast one on American taxpayers.</title><description><![CDATA[Our troubles with Hank started back when he was CEO at Goldman-$achs.  Hank helped launch the masked bogus financial instruments called "derivatives" which are at the Heart of the Global Meltdown of Banks around our Planet. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doc4600]]></dc:creator><link>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/15/2114929-treasury-secretary-hank-paulson-pulled-another-fast-one-on-american-taxpayers</link><guid>http://d-re-01.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/15/2114929-treasury-secretary-hank-paulson-pulled-another-fast-one-on-american-taxpayers</guid><category>politics</category><category>animals</category><category>arrogance</category><category>government</category><category>money</category><category>paulson</category><category>secretary-of-the-treasury</category><category>fraud</category><category>corruption</category><category>bush</category><category>opinion</category><category>lies</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:45:28 +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></item></channel></rss>