<?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 - caroaber's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - caroaber's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:37:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:54:33 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>We are Canadians, not Vulcans...</title><description><![CDATA[The Curiouser column wonders why "macho" trumps "intellectual."
But is this truly just a Canadian preference?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/20/4045007-we-are-canadians-not-vulcans</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/20/4045007-we-are-canadians-not-vulcans</guid><category>canada</category><category>culture</category><category>opinions</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:37:21 +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>Rush calls Obama &quot;essentially a third world president&quot;</title><description><![CDATA[Media blowhard Rush Limbaugh has launched yet another salvo at the current President of the U.S.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/16/4026324-rush-calls-obama-essentially-a-third-world-president</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/16/4026324-rush-calls-obama-essentially-a-third-world-president</guid><category>rush-limbaugh</category><category>tabloids</category><category>fox-news-radio</category><category>pres-obama</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:15:10 +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>3 teachers in Black History Month incident to be reassigned, Cortines says [Updated]</title><description><![CDATA[Life in these United States.
Here we go again. Three L.A. teachers, including a known prankster, decided to mock Black History Month by including dubious achievers in a school display: O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and the drag queen, RuPaul.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/11/4008209-3-teachers-in-black-history-month-incident-to-be-reassigned-cortines-says-updated</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/11/4008209-3-teachers-in-black-history-month-incident-to-be-reassigned-cortines-says-updated</guid><category>los-angeles</category><category>racism</category><category>us-news</category><category>satire</category><category>black-history-month</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:38:10 +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>Garrard McClendon: Parents' murders a catalyst for TV host - chicagotribune.com</title><description><![CDATA[This man found the extraordinary will to forgive the two teenagers who murdered his parents.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/06/3986695-garrard-mcclendon-parents-murders-a-catalyst-for-tv-host-chicagotribunecom</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/06/3986695-garrard-mcclendon-parents-murders-a-catalyst-for-tv-host-chicagotribunecom</guid><category>teenagers</category><category>murder</category><category>crime</category><category>us-news</category><category>u-s-a</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:20:47 +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>Detroit girl begs 911 operator to help her dying mother</title><description><![CDATA[Two children hid in the bathroom while the adults were being slain. The suspect in this double-homicide is still at large.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/05/3984474-detroit-girl-begs-911-operator-to-help-her-dying-mother</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/05/3984474-detroit-girl-begs-911-operator-to-help-her-dying-mother</guid><category>guns</category><category>murder</category><category>detroit</category><category>us-news</category><category>domestic-violence</category><category>crimes-of-passion</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:19:36 +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>As Rodney Alcala's third murder trial winds to a close, victim's brothers wait for closure, justice - latimes.com</title><description><![CDATA[How heart-wrenching it must be, to have to relive this nightmare yet again.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/24/3947320-as-rodney-alcalas-third-murder-trial-winds-to-a-close-victims-brothers-wait-for-closure-justice-latimescom</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/24/3947320-as-rodney-alcalas-third-murder-trial-winds-to-a-close-victims-brothers-wait-for-closure-justice-latimescom</guid><category>children</category><category>california</category><category>crime</category><category>sex-crimes</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:58:06 +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>Mossad: Inside the Spying Game</title><description><![CDATA[The "extra-judicial killings" that Israel's Mossad is known for have long been controversial. The Mossad is now being implicated in last month's "targeted killing" in Dubai.

This piece looks at some of the Mossad's history.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/21/3929620-mossad-inside-the-spying-game</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/21/3929620-mossad-inside-the-spying-game</guid><category>history</category><category>israel</category><category>espionage</category><category>mossad</category><category>assassinations</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:49:32 +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></item><item><title>Floods, mudslides kill at least 32 on Portuguese island of Madeira</title><description><![CDATA[Days of rain has resulted in flooding and treacherous mudslides.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/21/3927987-floods-mudslides-kill-at-least-32-on-portuguese-island-of-madeira</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/21/3927987-floods-mudslides-kill-at-least-32-on-portuguese-island-of-madeira</guid><category>weather</category><category>flooding</category><category>portugal</category><category>world-news</category><category>madeira</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:13:42 +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>A lethal business model targets Middle America : Black Tar Heroin from Mexico</title><description><![CDATA[A new scourge is spreading across America.
Once only available west of the Mississippi, black tar heroin is now flooding the eastern U.S. and gaining a new customer base. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/15/3899098-a-lethal-business-model-targets-middle-america-black-tar-heroin-from-mexico</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/15/3899098-a-lethal-business-model-targets-middle-america-black-tar-heroin-from-mexico</guid><category>mexico</category><category>california</category><category>us-news</category><category>heroin</category><category>drug-abuse</category><category>methadone</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:50:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Pizza thief' walks the line - latimes.com</title><description><![CDATA[The Pizza Thief has become a minor celebrity in Cali.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/10/3878148-pizza-thief-walks-the-line-latimescom</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/10/3878148-pizza-thief-walks-the-line-latimescom</guid><category>california</category><category>inmates</category><category>jails</category><category>three-strikes</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:44:45 +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>Socialite Mother Kills 9 y.o. Autistic Son and Attempts Suicide in Posh NYC Hotel</title><description><![CDATA[I am the mother of a 10 y.o. son whose autism is mild. I can only imagine the difficulties this mother faced in raising her child. But instead of seeking the help she desperately needed, she apparently succumbed to despair. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3860600-socialite-mother-kills-9-yo-autistic-son-and-attempts-suicide-in-posh-nyc-hotel</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3860600-socialite-mother-kills-9-yo-autistic-son-and-attempts-suicide-in-posh-nyc-hotel</guid><category>nyc</category><category>us-news</category><category>depression</category><category>autism</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 22:57:43 +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>CTA panhandler arrested 178 times: Man who works Green Line rarely jailed </title><description><![CDATA[This Chicago homeless man is a disabled Marines veteran.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3860335-cta-panhandler-arrested-178-times-man-who-works-green-line-rarely-jailed-</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3860335-cta-panhandler-arrested-178-times-man-who-works-green-line-rarely-jailed-</guid><category>chicago</category><category>odd-news</category><category>homelessness</category><category>panhandlers</category><category>mental-health-issues</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:35:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa orders 1,000 job cuts to stem city budget crisis</title><description><![CDATA[The California budget crisis shows no signs of abating.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3856750-la-mayor-villaraigosa-orders-1000-job-cuts-to-stem-city-budget-crisis</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3856750-la-mayor-villaraigosa-orders-1000-job-cuts-to-stem-city-budget-crisis</guid><category>unemployment</category><category>california</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><category>recession</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:30:05 +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>Self-help guru arrested in Arizona sweat lodge deaths </title><description><![CDATA[So, this week, both Michael Jackson's doctor and this guru are to be held accountable for alleged negligence. That's a good start.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3852978-self-help-guru-arrested-in-arizona-sweat-lodge-deaths-</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3852978-self-help-guru-arrested-in-arizona-sweat-lodge-deaths-</guid><category>arizona</category><category>denver</category><category>crime</category><category>us-news</category><category>sweat-lodges</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:04:25 +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>U.S. to investigate Toyota Prius brakes </title><description><![CDATA[Uh-oh. The crisis is widening.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/03/3849058-us-to-investigate-toyota-prius-brakes-</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/03/3849058-us-to-investigate-toyota-prius-brakes-</guid><category>japan</category><category>autos</category><category>toyota</category><category>safety</category><category>cars</category><category>us-news</category><category>manufacturing</category><category>u-s-a</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:38:20 +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>Domestic Violence Alert: Beating victim Sandra Viramontes dies </title><description><![CDATA[The mother of two was battered from head to toe.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/31/3837086-domestic-violence-alert-beating-victim-sandra-viramontes-dies-</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/31/3837086-domestic-violence-alert-beating-victim-sandra-viramontes-dies-</guid><category>chicago</category><category>us-news</category><category>domestic-violence</category><category>spousal-abuse</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 03:45:32 +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></item><item><title>State parole board rejects release of 'Onion Field' killer</title><description><![CDATA[The infamous case is still a sore subject. It has a special place in the annals of California crime.

 Thank goodness this murderer will remain behind bars.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/28/3822509-state-parole-board-rejects-release-of-onion-field-killer</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/28/3822509-state-parole-board-rejects-release-of-onion-field-killer</guid><category>police</category><category>california</category><category>crime</category><category>us-news</category><category>the-onion-field</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:52:07 +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></item><item><title>Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot: Archbishop of Port-au-Prince | Times Online Obituary</title><description><![CDATA[Monsignor Miot was among the victims of Haiti's massive earthquake.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/23/3800307-monsignor-joseph-serge-miot-archbishop-of-port-au-prince-times-online-obituary</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/23/3800307-monsignor-joseph-serge-miot-archbishop-of-port-au-prince-times-online-obituary</guid><category>haiti</category><category>religion</category><category>catholics</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:10:27 +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>Man dead in first reported &quot;Twitter&quot; killing</title><description><![CDATA[A Harlem, NY  man may've been killed by an acquaintance in a feud that escalated in the Twitterverse. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3748698-man-dead-in-first-reported-twitter-killing</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3748698-man-dead-in-first-reported-twitter-killing</guid><category>nyc</category><category>killing</category><category>odd-news</category><category>harlem</category><category>twitter</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:00:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Missing warrant forces Irish police to let Liam Adams go</title><description><![CDATA[I.R.A. leader Gerry Adams has addressed deep personal scars  regarding child abuse, incest and pedophilia within his own family.

His brother, Liam, has been accused of sexually abusing his own daughter for years. And their father has been revealed as a pedophile.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[caroaber]]></dc:creator><link>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/09/3735198-missing-warrant-forces-irish-police-to-let-liam-adams-go</link><guid>http://caroaber.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/09/3735198-missing-warrant-forces-irish-police-to-let-liam-adams-go</guid><category>ireland</category><category>politics</category><category>northern-ireland</category><category>sinn-fein</category><category>catholics</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>incest</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:24:16 +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>