<?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://macinsanity.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 07:24:56 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:16:40 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Physicists Bummed That Physics Is Pretty Much What They Expected </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Large Hadron Collider discovered the Higgs boson. Hooray! Success for the big machine!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15689843-physicists-bummed-that-physics-is-pretty-much-what-they-expected</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15689843-physicists-bummed-that-physics-is-pretty-much-what-they-expected</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 07:24:46 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity7EF08AB5-C5D3-C2A1-4285-8BB765D755CF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity7EF08AB5-C5D3-C2A1-4285-8BB765D755CF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former FCC Commissioner: Big Media Dumbs Down Democracy </title>
<description><![CDATA[This week, we&rsquo;re focusing on the Federal Communications Commission&rsquo;s  proposal to relax the rules that prevent one company from owning radio  stations, television stations and newspapers all in the same city &mdash; a  move activists say would hurt diversity and be a &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15689790-former-fcc-commissioner-big-media-dumbs-down-democracy</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15689790-former-fcc-commissioner-big-media-dumbs-down-democracy</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 07:22:43 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity3EA1CBCB-E4A3-A364-BBCE-0CBACBDC05C5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="168" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity3EA1CBCB-E4A3-A364-BBCE-0CBACBDC05C5.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>Tea party group chief quits, cites internal split </title>
<description><![CDATA[Eased out with an $8 million payout provided by an influential  Republican fundraiser, former GOP House Majority Leader Dick Armey says  he has left the conservative tea party group FreedomWorks because of an  internal split over the group's future direction.
Read  more here:  h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15688185-tea-party-group-chief-quits-cites-internal-split</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15688185-tea-party-group-chief-quits-cites-internal-split</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 06:28:59 +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>What the color white smells like</title>
<description><![CDATA[Your eyes can experience the complex nothingness of white. But what  about your nose? A determined group of researchers decided to find out]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15529227-what-the-color-white-smells-like</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15529227-what-the-color-white-smells-like</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:08:38 +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=macinsanityE8E2B527-C6C5-36F2-7192-0394DA0CF0C7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="145" width="145" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityE8E2B527-C6C5-36F2-7192-0394DA0CF0C7.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>Paul Krugman: Fiscal Cliff Is 'No Way To Run A Country'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A single word comes to Paul Krugman's mind when trying to describe the U.S. political system: "dysfunctional."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15529134-paul-krugman-fiscal-cliff-is-no-way-to-run-a-country</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15529134-paul-krugman-fiscal-cliff-is-no-way-to-run-a-country</guid><category>business</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:05:18 +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=macinsanity7D2557A2-B29D-7E71-C807-0D8A5B901BF2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity7D2557A2-B29D-7E71-C807-0D8A5B901BF2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>6 secessionist movements from throughout U.S. history </title>
<description><![CDATA[A Texas plan to secede is making headlines, and we all know about the  Confederate states leaving the Union. But that's not all...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15502152-6-secessionist-movements-from-throughout-us-history</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15502152-6-secessionist-movements-from-throughout-us-history</guid><category>history</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:34:37 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityF6158F71-D535-3C8F-8395-25F179C7A1FE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="145" width="145" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityF6158F71-D535-3C8F-8395-25F179C7A1FE.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>CEO Evening News? </title>
<description><![CDATA[The CBS Evening News has decided the best way to inform viewers about the impending "fiscal cliff" is to let corporate CEOs affiliated with the Fix the Debt campaign recommend cuts to Social Security and Medicare.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15474045-ceo-evening-news</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15474045-ceo-evening-news</guid><category>business</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:43:08 +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 cry from some Obama foes: It's time to secede</title>
<description><![CDATA[ In the three weeks since  President Barack Obama&rsquo;s re-election victory, his most ardent foes &ndash;  nearly 1 million people from all 50 states &ndash; have signed online  petitions to take their opposition to the extreme: seceding from the  United States.
Read more here&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15470063-new-cry-from-some-obama-foes-its-time-to-secede</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15470063-new-cry-from-some-obama-foes-its-time-to-secede</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:16:02 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityFBE44873-C070-E07A-226F-8F96F25131F4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityFBE44873-C070-E07A-226F-8F96F25131F4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Humans can survive the harsh conditions found on Mars, scientists say</title>
<description><![CDATA[Metallic robots constructed by ingenious humans can survive on Mars. But  what about future human astronauts? What fate awaits them on a bold and  likely year's long expedition to the endlessly extreme and drastically  harsh environment on the surface of the radiation drenched Re&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15424764-humans-can-survive-the-harsh-conditions-found-on-mars-scientists-say</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15424764-humans-can-survive-the-harsh-conditions-found-on-mars-scientists-say</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:26:07 +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=macinsanity8176DD3F-2A46-DD54-A230-E20A8A16684E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity8176DD3F-2A46-DD54-A230-E20A8A16684E.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>Saxby Chambliss: One more Republican breaks ranks over anti-tax pledge </title>
<description><![CDATA[Republicans are grappling  with growing rifts in their ranks over a pledge to never raise taxes  that has been rock solid for more than 20 years. That shift could  determine how Congress deals with its looming 'fiscal cliff.']]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15424531-saxby-chambliss-one-more-republican-breaks-ranks-over-anti-tax-pledge</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15424531-saxby-chambliss-one-more-republican-breaks-ranks-over-anti-tax-pledge</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:09:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityDA920FB2-5683-B496-4AB0-A38954F40D8D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityDA920FB2-5683-B496-4AB0-A38954F40D8D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Economists, Obama administration at odds over role of mortgage debt in recovery </title>
<description><![CDATA[One year and one month before President Obama won reelection, he invited  seven of the world&rsquo;s top economists to a private meeting in the Oval  Office to hear their advice on what do to fix the ailing economy. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m  not asking you to consider the political feasi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15424434-economists-obama-administration-at-odds-over-role-of-mortgage-debt-in-recovery</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15424434-economists-obama-administration-at-odds-over-role-of-mortgage-debt-in-recovery</guid><category>business</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:02:25 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityB24A75DE-FD31-9353-611F-3CBABDE621EB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="43" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityB24A75DE-FD31-9353-611F-3CBABDE621EB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="43" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> More than 1,000 new coal plants planned worldwide, figures show </title>
<description><![CDATA[World Resources Institute identifies 1,200 coal plants in planning  across 59 countries, with about three-quarters in China and India]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15380791-more-than-1000-new-coal-plants-planned-worldwide-figures-show</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15380791-more-than-1000-new-coal-plants-planned-worldwide-figures-show</guid><category>environment</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:44:54 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity9AD117F6-3B11-17E1-7B3D-AE91E13F15D9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="84" width="140" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity9AD117F6-3B11-17E1-7B3D-AE91E13F15D9.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 Chinese Are Using Children In Bikinis To Show Off Cars</title>
<description><![CDATA[Whenever you go to an auto show, you're sure to see a bevy of beautiful  women surrounding the cars on stage in order to attract attention. This  is nothing new.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15354736-the-chinese-are-using-children-in-bikinis-to-show-off-cars</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15354736-the-chinese-are-using-children-in-bikinis-to-show-off-cars</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:27:41 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityD8FBD874-CBC5-B6C2-B58B-33ED7BD5022C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityD8FBD874-CBC5-B6C2-B58B-33ED7BD5022C.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>What Can We Do About JFK's Murder?</title>
<description><![CDATA[As November 22 comes around again, the memory of John F. Kennedy's  assassination seems to be fading in America's collective consciousness,  save among aging Baby Boomers like myself. Few people younger than me  (I'm 54) have any memory of the day it actually happened. 9/11 has  &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15354444-what-can-we-do-about-jfks-murder</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15354444-what-can-we-do-about-jfks-murder</guid><category>history</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:16:15 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity537A3E9B-2F3A-8ABE-7F11-59D049168D1D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity537A3E9B-2F3A-8ABE-7F11-59D049168D1D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Discovered: A massive super-planet 13 times larger than Jupiter </title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists&nbsp;have snapped a photo of a rare alien exoplanet that's 13 times bigger than Jupiter and 170 light-years away.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15352134-discovered-a-massive-super-planet-13-times-larger-than-jupiter</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15352134-discovered-a-massive-super-planet-13-times-larger-than-jupiter</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:43:51 +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=macinsanityE1B98FAC-1EEF-711A-B4AE-1CF0E392A733.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="145" width="145" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityE1B98FAC-1EEF-711A-B4AE-1CF0E392A733.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>The People Bail Out the People </title>
<description><![CDATA[Last week, the members of Strike Debt, a group of Occupy activists  working to help Americans dealing with debt, launched a new campaign  called The Rolling Jubilee. The  initiative &mdash; a clever plan to collect money, buy up other people&rsquo;s debt  and forgive it &mdash; k&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15352039-the-people-bail-out-the-people</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15352039-the-people-bail-out-the-people</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:39:33 +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=macinsanity48432D98-16AC-D7CF-8FBF-122CBBE19C87.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="168" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity48432D98-16AC-D7CF-8FBF-122CBBE19C87.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>Black Friday Creep Costs Retail Workers Their Thanksgiving</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last year, for the first time in her life, Ayanna Roach missed Thanksgiving.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15351855-black-friday-creep-costs-retail-workers-their-thanksgiving</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15351855-black-friday-creep-costs-retail-workers-their-thanksgiving</guid><category>business</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:33:09 +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=macinsanity556809E3-629D-0F1C-BFB9-BC27020FB11A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity556809E3-629D-0F1C-BFB9-BC27020FB11A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nebraska woman denies charges in sex-with-stepson case </title>
<description><![CDATA[A 27-year-old south-central Nebraska woman accused of having sex with her teenage stepson has pleaded not guilty.
Read more here: #storylink=cpy]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15340515-nebraska-woman-denies-charges-in-sex-with-stepson-case</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15340515-nebraska-woman-denies-charges-in-sex-with-stepson-case</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:26:34 +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> U.S. warns Bahrain's society could break apart</title>
<description><![CDATA[The strategic Persian Gulf island of Bahrain, scene of continuing  protests since early last year by the majority Shiite Muslims against  the Sunni minority monarchy, is on the verge of severe disruption, the  State Department warned Tuesday.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15323116-us-warns-bahrains-society-could-break-apart</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15323116-us-warns-bahrains-society-could-break-apart</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:49:55 +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></item><item><title>FBI seeks identity of man in photo with sexually exploited girl </title>
<description><![CDATA[The FBI sought the public&rsquo;s help Monday in identifying a man depicted in a photograph of a girl who was sexually exploited.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15322923-fbi-seeks-identity-of-man-in-photo-with-sexually-exploited-girl</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15322923-fbi-seeks-identity-of-man-in-photo-with-sexually-exploited-girl</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:43:17 +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>Finland's educational success story: Less testing, more trusting </title>
<description><![CDATA[Finland has become an educational star by doing the opposite of what's  happening in many U.S. schools and school districts. Pasi Sahlberg, an  official with Finland's Ministry of Education and Culture, is in Seattle  this week to share the story of Finland's success.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15298530-finlands-educational-success-story-less-testing-more-trusting</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15298530-finlands-educational-success-story-less-testing-more-trusting</guid><category>education</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:14:11 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity5C9D3131-A949-E67E-EBF4-4B6F580D7BEA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="197" width="296" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity5C9D3131-A949-E67E-EBF4-4B6F580D7BEA.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> How cheap energy from shale will reshape America's role in the world </title>
<description><![CDATA[After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of China and the Arab spring, American energy independence looks likely to trigger the next great geopolitical shift in the modern world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15298414-how-cheap-energy-from-shale-will-reshape-americas-role-in-the-world</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15298414-how-cheap-energy-from-shale-will-reshape-americas-role-in-the-world</guid><category>business</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:10:44 +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=macinsanityA99640ED-11EC-BFC1-9551-B4FE3D3131BC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="132" width="220" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityA99640ED-11EC-BFC1-9551-B4FE3D3131BC.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>Report: 70 Percent Of Retired Generals Took Jobs With Defense Contractors Or Consultants</title>
<description><![CDATA[A report released Monday by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the Brave  New Foundation found that 70 percent of retired three-and-four star  generals took jobs with defense contractors or consultants, a figure  that has actually declined in recent years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15298333-report-70-percent-of-retired-generals-took-jobs-with-defense-contractors-or-consultants</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15298333-report-70-percent-of-retired-generals-took-jobs-with-defense-contractors-or-consultants</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:07:35 +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=macinsanity094E432C-9BC0-EDCF-621B-D780240C1604.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity094E432C-9BC0-EDCF-621B-D780240C1604.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Timothy Geithner: U.S. 'Absolutely' Should Get Rid Of Debt Ceiling</title>
<description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the U.S. "absolutely" should get rid of the debt ceiling as soon as possible.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15298289-timothy-geithner-us-absolutely-should-get-rid-of-debt-ceiling</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15298289-timothy-geithner-us-absolutely-should-get-rid-of-debt-ceiling</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:06:11 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity1CF90858-17F7-314B-BDB7-E45879191281.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity1CF90858-17F7-314B-BDB7-E45879191281.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Republic Police: Man with child porn called us, fearing FBI </title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities are investigating a man for allegedly possessing child pornography. The tip came from the man himself.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15298161-republic-police-man-with-child-porn-called-us-fearing-fbi</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15298161-republic-police-man-with-child-porn-called-us-fearing-fbi</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:02:07 +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=macinsanity6B88662D-5717-DB48-7348-25F9996FD14B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanity6B88662D-5717-DB48-7348-25F9996FD14B.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></channel></rss>