<?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 - Freed's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Freed's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:27:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:40:26 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Police%3A%20%27Chunky%27%20escorts%20rip%20off%20intoxicated%20men</title><description><![CDATA[The men chased after them, but one man was run over when he tried block the women from driving off. The man suffered injuries that required a two-day hospital stay, Hansen said. 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Excuse the disturbing anti-USA Fox double-speak at the beginning.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/02/2992275-short-video-from-michael-jacksons-last-performance-released-celebrity-gossip-entertainment-news-arts-and-entertainment-foxnewscom</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/02/2992275-short-video-from-michael-jacksons-last-performance-released-celebrity-gossip-entertainment-news-arts-and-entertainment-foxnewscom</guid><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:11:20 +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></item><item><title>Bulldoze the burbs? | csmonitor.com</title><description><![CDATA[The article reports that the city has already demolished 1,100 abandoned homes, and that Mr. Kildee estimates that another 3,000 will need to come down. Overall, local officials believe that the city will need to contract its area]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/22/2955616-bulldoze-the-burbs-csmonitorcom</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/22/2955616-bulldoze-the-burbs-csmonitorcom</guid><category>odd-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:13:22 +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>AT&amp;T Unveils New Privacy Policy. No, Really</title><description><![CDATA[We're also sure that if the company is ever caught violating its policy or federal law, it would accept responsibility.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2921037-att-unveils-new-privacy-policy-no-really</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2921037-att-unveils-new-privacy-policy-no-really</guid><category>technology</category><category>iphone</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:42:53 +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>Sprint Will Blow it With Pre, History Shows</title><description><![CDATA[ the real question is whether Sprint executives will let the device be free or whether it will ruin it by attempting to control it and ignoring its fan base and developers as its done with its other phones.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/05/2776458-sprint-will-blow-it-with-pre-history-shows</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/05/2776458-sprint-will-blow-it-with-pre-history-shows</guid><category>technology</category><category>pre</category><category>palm</category><category>sprint</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 May 2009 07:55:42 +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>Political winds shift in favor of legalized pot</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/13/2676839-political-winds-shift-in-favor-of-legalized-pot</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/13/2676839-political-winds-shift-in-favor-of-legalized-pot</guid><category>seattle-pi</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:30:13 +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>Todd Palin: $150K on clothes 'out of our control' | Seattle Times Newspaper</title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin and Republican presidential nominee John McCain faced a storm of criticism over the tens of thousands of dollars spent at high-end stores to dress the Alaska governor and her family.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/01/2628232-todd-palin-150k-on-clothes-out-of-our-control-seattle-times-newspaper</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/01/2628232-todd-palin-150k-on-clothes-out-of-our-control-seattle-times-newspaper</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Apr 2009 21:16:11 +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>Govt. seeks to reverse Ted Stevens' conviction | Seattle Times Newspaper</title><description><![CDATA["They were hell-bent on convicting a United States senator," Sullivan said. "His name is cleared. He is innocent of the charges as if they had never been brought."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/01/2628222-govt-seeks-to-reverse-ted-stevens-conviction-seattle-times-newspaper</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/01/2628222-govt-seeks-to-reverse-ted-stevens-conviction-seattle-times-newspaper</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Apr 2009 21:12:50 +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></item><item><title>Former Bush aide gets 30 months in prison</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/31/2623756-former-bush-aide-gets-30-months-in-prison</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/31/2623756-former-bush-aide-gets-30-months-in-prison</guid><category>seattle-pi</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:26:14 +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>Auto Review: India's lean Tata Nano delivers the basics for an impressive price</title><description><![CDATA[The $2,200 car was built for frugality but it's no cheap drive. Engineers stripped away everything they could. What's left is a nice little car, surprisingly roomy inside and fun to shift, if a bit slow on the uptake.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/30/2619685-auto-review-indias-lean-tata-nano-delivers-the-basics-for-an-impressive-price</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/30/2619685-auto-review-indias-lean-tata-nano-delivers-the-basics-for-an-impressive-price</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:51:45 +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>Protesters visit AIG officials' lavish Conn. homes | Seattle Times Newspaper</title><description><![CDATA[A busload of activists representing working- and middle-class families paid visits Saturday to the lavish homes of American International Group executives to protest the tens of millions of dollars in bonuses awarded by the struggling insurance company after it received a massive&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/23/2584214-protesters-visit-aig-officials-lavish-conn-homes-seattle-times-newspaper</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/23/2584214-protesters-visit-aig-officials-lavish-conn-homes-seattle-times-newspaper</guid><category>business</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:59:23 +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></item><item><title>Obama challenges lobbyists to duel</title><description><![CDATA["The system we have now might work for the powerful and well-connected interests that have run Washington for far too long," Obama said in his weekly radio and video address. "But I don't. I work for the American people."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/28/2489617-obama-challenges-lobbyists-to-duel</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/28/2489617-obama-challenges-lobbyists-to-duel</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>lobbyists</category><category>populist</category><category>bush</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:49:17 +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>Top Migraine Remedies - a not-so-useless list</title><description><![CDATA[Not much in this world is worse than migraining (migraining=the total experience of a migraine attack: emotional changes, extreme sensoral sensitivity, nausea, visual disturbances, impedance of mental processes, intense headache, exhaustion, etc.), anything that can relieve or te&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/21/2460734-top-migraine-remedies-a-not-so-useless-list</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/21/2460734-top-migraine-remedies-a-not-so-useless-list</guid><category>health</category><category>migraine</category><category>headache</category><category>natural</category><category>herbs</category><category>drugs</category><category>list</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:35:45 +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>Maureen Dowd: Cheney and the goat devil</title><description><![CDATA[In the show, the former president dismisses waterboarding as a spa treatment at Bliss, and reveals that he did walk in on Cheney once in the basement of the White House locked in the amorous arms of a giant goat devil in a room full of pentagrams.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freed]]></dc:creator><link>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/19/2452395-maureen-dowd-cheney-and-the-goat-devil</link><guid>http://freed.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/19/2452395-maureen-dowd-cheney-and-the-goat-devil</guid><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:24:49 +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>Thomas L. 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