<?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 - Katie Cannon's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://katiecannon.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:01:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:11:03 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Wildfires in Arizona keep crews hopping </title>
<description><![CDATA[A fire blazes in Arizona&rsquo;s Tonto National Forest, near Payson, Ariz., May 12. The fire has grown to more than three-square miles as air tankers and helicopters assist ground crews in beating back flames. Tonto National Forest spokesman David Albo says the fire about 20 mile&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/14/11691506-wildfires-in-arizona-keep-crews-hopping</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/14/11691506-wildfires-in-arizona-keep-crews-hopping</guid><category>az</category><category>wildfire</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 05:19:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-fire-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-fire-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Marc Allan / AP</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Graduation day: Columbia janitor gets degree after 12 years, question popped at UNC, docs party at KU</title>
<description><![CDATA[For years, Gac Filipaj&nbsp;mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out trash at Columbia University.
A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living working for the Ivy League school. But Sunday was payback time: The 52-year-old janitor donned a cap and gown to graduate&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11688969-graduation-day-columbia-janitor-gets-degree-after-12-years-question-popped-at-unc-docs-party-at-ku</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11688969-graduation-day-columbia-janitor-gets-degree-after-12-years-question-popped-at-unc-docs-party-at-ku</guid><category>ny</category><category>nc</category><category>education</category><category>us-news</category><category>graduation</category><category>ks</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:17:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-graduate2-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-graduate2-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Maura Mayorga, standing right, and Michael Wengenroth embrace after getting engaged during the University of North Carolina's 2012 commencement in Chapel Hill, N.C., May 12. About 5,700 students graduated. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Takaaki Iwabu / The News &amp; Observer via AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-graduate-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-graduate-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Columbia University janitor Gac Filipaj, center, looks on during the Columbia University School of General Studies graduation ceremony, May 13, in New York.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Jason DeCrow / AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-graduate3-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="215" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-graduate3-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graduates in the School of Medicine celebrate during the 140th annual commencement ceremony at the University of Kansas, May 13, in Lawrence, Kan.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Charlie Riedel / AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.newsvine.com/_nv/api/media/getMobileVideo?videoId=47363120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/120509/nn_09ellis_janitor_120509.thumb.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Gac Filipaj, an immigrant from the former Yugoslavia, completed his Classics degree with honors after balancing classes with a fulltime custodial job for the past 12 years. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports. </media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'The Human Floor' makes appearance at Watch City Festival</title>
<description><![CDATA[Women stand on a performer who calls himself 'The Human Floor' as he lays on a bed of broken glass at the Watch City Festival celebrating Steampunk in Waltham, Mass., May 13. Steampunk is a movement that explores the notion of what the world might look like had modern technology &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11687727-the-human-floor-makes-appearance-at-watch-city-festival</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11687727-the-human-floor-makes-appearance-at-watch-city-festival</guid><category>us-news</category><category>steampunk</category><category>watch-city-festival</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:02:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-humanfloor-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-humanfloor-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Space shuttle Enterprise lifted off 747 in New York</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York and Los Angeles homes for two of NASA's space shuttles want to put your name in lights &mdash; actually on heat shield tiles and stars &mdash; in return for your help funding the construction of new buildings for their incoming orbiters.
The Intrepid Sea, Air &amp; S&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11686608-space-shuttle-enterprise-lifted-off-747-in-new-york</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11686608-space-shuttle-enterprise-lifted-off-747-in-new-york</guid><category>technology</category><category>space</category><category>space-shuttle</category><category>us-news</category><category>enterprise</category><category>jfk-airport</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-enterprise-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-enterprise-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The space shuttle Enterprise hangs in the air at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, May 13, after it was lifted from a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in preparation for its upcoming journey to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air &amp; Space Museum.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Craig Ruttle / AP</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Williams team nabs first Formula One victory in eight years, celebration cut short by garage fire</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Pastor Maldonado held off Fernando Alonso to win the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday and give Williams its first Formula One victory in eight years. ...
"It's a wonderful day for me and the team. An unforgettable race," said Maldonado, who was hoisted onto the shoulders of Alo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11685860-williams-team-nabs-first-formula-one-victory-in-eight-years-celebration-cut-short-by-garage-fire</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11685860-williams-team-nabs-first-formula-one-victory-in-eight-years-celebration-cut-short-by-garage-fire</guid><category>sports</category><category>motors</category><category>formula-one</category><category>motor-sports</category><category>pastor-maldonado</category><category>williams-team</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 17:14:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire7-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire7-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Racing team crews try to extinguish a fire in the Williams racing pit stand at the Circuit de Catalunya on May 13 in Montmelo, Spain, after the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Josep Lago / AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire6-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire6-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Crews carry the front end of a car.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire5-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire5-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A fire breaks out at the back of the Williams team garage after they celebrated winning the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Peter J Fox / Getty Images Contributor</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire4-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire4-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Racing team crews use a fire hose to try to extinguish the fire.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire3-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire3-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Williams' Brazilian driver Bruno Sena's car is damaged by the fire.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire2-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-garagefire2-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Crews try to extinguish the fire.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Josep Lago / AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A walk through the 'Tunnel of Love'</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11685342-a-walk-through-the-tunnel-of-love</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11685342-a-walk-through-the-tunnel-of-love</guid><category>ukraine</category><category>kleven</category><category>tunnel-of-love</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 16:09:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-tunnel-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120513-tunnel-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A girl walks on a railway track no longer in use, through what is known locally as the 'Tunnel of Love', in Kleven, Ukraine, near Kiev, May 13.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Gleb Garanich / Reuters</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mother's Day event provides children opportunity to see moms behind bars</title>
<description><![CDATA[Reuters photographer Lucy Nicholson:
The children bounded off the bus and ran excitedly towards a tall fence topped with razor wire. In the distance, through layers of fencing overlooked by a guard tower, huddled a group of mothers in baggy blue prison-issue clothes, pointing, wa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11681209-mothers-day-event-provides-children-opportunity-to-see-moms-behind-bars</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11681209-mothers-day-event-provides-children-opportunity-to-see-moms-behind-bars</guid><category>mom</category><category>prison</category><category>us-news</category><category>mothers-day</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 05:42:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon1.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon1.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cori Walters, 32, right, hugs her daughter Hannah Walters, 6, at the California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, Calif., May 5. An annual Mother's Day event, Get On The Bus, brings children in California to visit their mothers in prison. Sixty percent of parents in state prison report being held over 100 miles from their children.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Lucy Nicholson / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon2.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mothers watch their children arrive to visit at the California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, Calif., May 5.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Lucy Nicholson / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon3.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon3.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Camille Glinton, left, kisses her mother Luz Gonzalez.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Lucy Nicholson / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon4.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon4.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Levell Jones, 7, who has not seen his mother in 17 months, holds up a card for her.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Lucy Nicholson / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon5.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon5.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Levell Jones, 7, looks out of the bus window as he leaves his mother.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Lucy Nicholson / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon6.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon6.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cali Farmer, 4, cries as she hugs her mother, Netta Farmer.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Lucy Nicholson / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon7.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-mdbars-cannon7.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fulorise Gadson, right, of Riverside hugs her daughter Ken'yida Draper, 7.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Lucy Nicholson / Reuters</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>More rain on the way after China hit by deadly storms</title>
<description><![CDATA[China's national observatory yesterday upgraded the warning level from blue to yellow for a new round of rainstorms expected to hit the country's southern regions over next three days.
The National Meteorological Center urged local authorities in south China to strengthen monitor&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11681028-more-rain-on-the-way-after-china-hit-by-deadly-storms</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/13/11681028-more-rain-on-the-way-after-china-hit-by-deadly-storms</guid><category>weather</category><category>china</category><category>storm</category><category>flood</category><category>rain</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 05:01:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-chinaflood-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-chinaflood-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A car is stranded in a flooded tunnel after a heavy rainstorm hit China's Jiangxi Province on May 12, flooding roads in several cities.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Zhou Ke / Xinhua via Zuma Press</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-chinaflood2-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-chinaflood2-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A young girl makes her way along a mud-covered street after a storm hit the village of Minxian, China. Forty people were killed when a brief but violent hailstorm and torrential rain swept through a mountainous region of northwest China.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boston U. holds vigil for students in New Zealand van crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[Brashears' mother, Julie, told The Boston Globe that he frequently posted new photos on Facebook documenting his adventures in New Zealand, including bungee-jumping off the Auckland Harbor Bridge on his birthday. She said he planned weekend outings for the study abroad group.
"Ev&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11680176-boston-u-holds-vigil-for-students-in-new-zealand-van-crash</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11680176-boston-u-holds-vigil-for-students-in-new-zealand-van-crash</guid><category>new-zealand</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>boston-university</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 03:02:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-vigil-cannon1.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-vigil-cannon1.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston University students including Tori Pinheiro, third right, of New Bedford, Mass., and Austin Brashears' girlfriend, holds a candlelight vigil on Marsh Plaza at Boston University, Saturday, May 12, in Boston, for three students studying in New Zealand who were killed when their minivan crashed during a weekend trip.  Daniela Lekhno, 20, of Manalapan, N.J.; Austin Brashears, 21, of Huntington Beach, Calif.; and Roch Jauberty, 21, whose parents live in Paris, were killed as they traveled in a minivan Saturday near the North Island vacation town of Taupo when the vehicle drifted to the side of the road and then rolled when the driver tried to correct course.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Bizuayehu Tesfaye / AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-vigil-cannon2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-vigil-cannon2.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston University student Blake Wrobbel, of Los Angeles, right, gets emotional during the vigil.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Bizuayehu Tesfaye / AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-vigil-cannon3.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-vigil-cannon3.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police and fire crew examine the scene of the accident near Turangi, New Zealand, Saturday, May 12. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">John Cowpland / New Zealand Herald via AP</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Soccer fans clash with Turkish police</title>
<description><![CDATA[The fans also turned over two police vehicles and set them on fire in Istanbul's Kadikoy district, the Anadolu agency added. Police and citizens nearby quickly put out the fire, it added. The fans also turned over garbage bins and shattered shop windows, also leaving behind stree&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11679289-soccer-fans-clash-with-turkish-police</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11679289-soccer-fans-clash-with-turkish-police</guid><category>turkey</category><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>istanbul</category><category>galatasaray</category><category>fenerbahce</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 00:47:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-soccerriot-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-soccerriot-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fenerbahce soccer fans clash with riot police after their team's Turkish Super League, Super Final match against Galatasaray at Sukru Saracoglu stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, May 12. Galatasaray won the Turkish league title for the 18th time after a 0-0 draw at arch-rivals Fenerbahce.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Umit Bektas / Reuters</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Thousands left homeless by shantytown fire in Philippines</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some 5,400 people were left homeless by a fire that swept through an island shantytown in Manila, Philippines, on Friday. Many returned to the scene Saturday to try to recover belongings.
During the fire, at least 100 people were plucked from the waters thick with ash and debris,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11677933-thousands-left-homeless-by-shantytown-fire-in-philippines</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11677933-thousands-left-homeless-by-shantytown-fire-in-philippines</guid><category>philippines</category><category>fire</category><category>world-news</category><category>shantytown</category><category>manila</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 21:24:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-shantyfire-cannon2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-shantyfire-cannon2.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Residents try to salvage recyclable materials on what used to be houses in the aftermath of a massive fire.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images Contributor</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-shantyfire-cannon3.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="267" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-shantyfire-cannon3.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="80" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A resident searches underwater for any reusable materials from the remains of his home.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Rouelle Umali / Zuma Press</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-shantyfire-cannon4.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-shantyfire-cannon4.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Residents search for usable items at the site of a fire in a shanty town in Manila.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Jay Directo / AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-shantyfire-cannon1.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-shantyfire-cannon1.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Residents try to salvage recyclable materials from what used to be houses in the aftermath of a massive fire that engulfed hundreds of makeshift homes in a shanty town community in the Tondo district of Manila, Philippines, May 12.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images Contributor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fishing trawler runs aground off Cape Town beach</title>
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A 50-meter (164-foot) Japanese trawler with 28 fishermen ran aground off a popular beach in Cape Town, South Africa, May 12. Craig Lambinon, spokesman for the National Sea Rescue Institute, said thick fog may have contributed to the accident early Saturday at First Beach in Cape&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11677016-fishing-trawler-runs-aground-off-cape-town-beach</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11677016-fishing-trawler-runs-aground-off-cape-town-beach</guid><category>boat</category><category>ship</category><category>trawler</category><category>world-news</category><category>cape-town</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 19:27:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120412-trawler1-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120412-trawler1-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rescue workers help a crew member from a stranded trawler into a rescue boat.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Schalk Van Zuydam / AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120412-trawler2-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120412-trawler2-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Onlookers walk past the stranded fishing trawler.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Mike Hutchings / Reuters</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Clearer weather allows for further search of Sukhoi Superjet-100 crash site</title>
<description><![CDATA[Clearer weather finally allowed Indonesian helicopters to land Saturday and retrieve some remains of the 45 people aboard a Russian-made plane that crashed into a volcano during a demonstration flight. 
Investigators still have found no sign of the black box recorder that might e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11676288-clearer-weather-allows-for-further-search-of-sukhoi-superjet-100-crash-site</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11676288-clearer-weather-allows-for-further-search-of-sukhoi-superjet-100-crash-site</guid><category>indonesia</category><category>plane-crash</category><category>aviation</category><category>world-news</category><category>sukhoi-superjet</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 18:14:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-crash-cannon4.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-crash-cannon4.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Soldiers, who are part of a rescue team, search for victims in the the wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi aircraft on the slopes of Mount Salak in Indonesia's West Java province, May 12. A rescue team found no survivors but several bodies on Thursday when it arrived at the crash site of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane that slammed into Mount Salak during an exhibition flight with 45 people on board, Wednesday. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-crash-cannon3.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-crash-cannon3.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Relatives weep as they wait for the identification of victims.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Dita Alangkara / AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-crash-cannon2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="373" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-crash-cannon2.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="112" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A rescue team carries a body bag containing the remains of victims from the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash in Cijeruk of Indonesia's West Java province, May 12.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Reuters</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Leica 0 series camera sets record price at auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Leica 0 series camera, number 116, is seen on a shelf in Westlicht gallery in Vienna, Austria, May 11. The Leica camera, number 116, was built in 1923 as part of a pilot series of 25 cameras and was sold for the world record price of 2,160,000 Euros ($2,789,796) at the Westlich&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11674385-leica-0-series-camera-sets-record-price-at-auction</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11674385-leica-0-series-camera-sets-record-price-at-auction</guid><category>art</category><category>auction</category><category>camera</category><category>photography</category><category>leica</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 14:44:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-leica-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120512-leica-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Leonhard Foeger / Reuters</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Musicians pull out the stops at weekend music festivals in Memphis, New Orleans</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11571051-musicians-pull-out-the-stops-at-weekend-music-festivals-in-memphis-new-orleans</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11571051-musicians-pull-out-the-stops-at-weekend-music-festivals-in-memphis-new-orleans</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>new-orleans</category><category>art</category><category>music</category><category>la</category><category>memphis</category><category>tn</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2012 04:27:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-beale-cannon2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-beale-cannon2.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Claudio Sanchez, frontman for the rock band Coheed and Cambria, plays a few bars with his face during his performance at the Beale Street Music Festival, May 6, in Memphis, Tenn. The weather cooperated for a third straight day as crowds gathered to watch Coheed and Cambria and other acts like Bush, Herbie Hancock, and Wiz Khalifa.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Jim Weber / The Commercial Appeal via AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-music-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-music-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kermit Ruffins performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, La., May 6.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Gerald Herbert / AP</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wrestlers perform high-flying moves during South American Wrestling Championship</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11570536-wrestlers-perform-high-flying-moves-during-south-american-wrestling-championship</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11570536-wrestlers-perform-high-flying-moves-during-south-american-wrestling-championship</guid><category>sports</category><category>brazil</category><category>wrestling</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2012 03:37:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-wrestle-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="359" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-wrestle-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wrestlers perform during the South American Wrestling Championship during the annual &quot;Virada Cultural&quot; event, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 6.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Nelson Almeida / AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Surfers honor late NFL star Seau with 'paddle-out'</title>
<description><![CDATA[San Diegans took to the water Sunday in remembrance of hometown hero Junior Seau.
Locals were invited to bring their surfboards to the south side of the Oceanside Pier in Oceanside, near Seau&rsquo;s beachfront home.
The group that gathered planned to paddle out into the water at&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11568514-surfers-honor-late-nfl-star-seau-with-paddle-out</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11568514-surfers-honor-late-nfl-star-seau-with-paddle-out</guid><category>nfl</category><category>football</category><category>sports</category><category>junior-seau</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2012 00:21:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-seau-cannon1.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-seau-cannon1.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A surfer wades into the surf for a ceremony during a &quot;paddle-out&quot; in honor of NFL star Junior Seau on May 6, in Oceanside, Calif.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-seau-cannon2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-seau-cannon2.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bryn Best waves to surfers in the water during the &quot;paddle-out&quot; ceremony.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-seau-cannon3.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-seau-cannon3.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Surfers prepare go into the surf.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-seau-cannon4.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-seau-cannon4.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fred Hodges shows a surfboard he decorated.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-seau-cannon5.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-seau-cannon5.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Surfers ride their boards out into the surf.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Heavy hitters: Gates, Buffett play oversize game of table tennis</title>
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&nbsp;"I don't think that every deal that I made would necessarily be makeable by a successor, but they'll bring other talents," including skills to be an effective chief risk officer, Buffett said. "We're not going to have an arts major in charge of Berkshire."
Charlie Munger, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11567844-heavy-hitters-gates-buffett-play-oversize-game-of-table-tennis</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11567844-heavy-hitters-gates-buffett-play-oversize-game-of-table-tennis</guid><category>business</category><category>berkshire-hathaway</category><category>warren-buffett</category><category>bill-gates</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 22:38:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-buffettgates-4p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-buffettgates-4p.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bill Gates, a Berkshire Hathaway board member, tries using an oversized paddle to return a serve during a brief exhibition table tennis match in front of shareholders at the Regency Court in Omaha, Neb., while board chairman Warren Buffett looks on.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Steven Branscombe / Zuma Press</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>French President Sarkozy admits defeat in presidential bid</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sarkozy faced voters' anger over austerity Sunday in a presidential run-off expected to replace him with Socialist rival Francois Hollande, with far-reaching consequences for efforts to fight Europe's debt crisis.
The election outcome could also have an impact on how long French &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11566782-french-president-sarkozy-admits-defeat-in-presidential-bid</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11566782-french-president-sarkozy-admits-defeat-in-presidential-bid</guid><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>francois-hollande</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 20:02:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-sarkozy1-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-sarkozy1-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party headquarters after the the preliminary results of the second round of the presidential elections were announced in Paris, France, May 6. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Michel Euler / AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-sarkozy2-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-sarkozy2-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of 'Union pour un Mouvement Populaire' (UMP) party candidate Nicolas Sarkozy react after learning their candidate lost the Presidential election in Paris.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Christophe Karaba / EPA</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Grand piano performance hits notes up high in Brazil</title>
<description><![CDATA[Brazilian pianist Ricardo de Castro Monteiro plays a piano hanging from wires during the annual "Virada Cultural" event, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 6. The Virada Cultural is a cultural party which offers 24 hours of uninterrupted attractions in stages around the city, such as musi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11565731-grand-piano-performance-hits-notes-up-high-in-brazil</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11565731-grand-piano-performance-hits-notes-up-high-in-brazil</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>brazil</category><category>art</category><category>sao-paulo</category><category>piano</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 17:45:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-piano-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-piano-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A mother's love in India</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11565236-a-mothers-love-in-india</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11565236-a-mothers-love-in-india</guid><category>india</category><category>mother</category><category>mothers-day</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 17:01:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-indiamom-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-indiamom-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An Indian woman plays with her child at the doorway of her house ahead of Mother's Day, in Allahabad, India, May 6. Mother's Day will be celebrated on May 13.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tornado near Tokyo kills one, injures dozens</title>
<description><![CDATA[Firefighters and medical teams rushed to the area after the tornado struck about 40 miles from Tokyo. The city is a science center, with dozens of research and academic institutes, but the tornado appeared to be mostly in residential areas.
Officials say a 14-year-old boy died an&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11563945-tornado-near-tokyo-kills-one-injures-dozens</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11563945-tornado-near-tokyo-kills-one-injures-dozens</guid><category>japan</category><category>weather</category><category>tokyo</category><category>tornado</category><category>world-news</category><category>tuskuba</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 14:11:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-tornadojapan-cannon1.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-tornadojapan-cannon1.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A tornado is seen in Tsukuba, north of Tokyo, in this picture taken by a resident, May 6.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Kyodo / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-tornadojapan-cannon2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-tornadojapan-cannon2.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A damaged residential area is seen after a tornado struck Tsukuba, Japan.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Kyodo News via AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-tornadojapan-cannon3.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="281" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-tornadojapan-cannon3.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="85" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People walk near debris and damaged vehicles in a residential area after a tornado struck Tsukuba, Japan.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Kyodo / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-tornadojapan-cannon4.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="295" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-tornadojapan-cannon4.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="89" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A tornado is seen in Tsukuba, Japan.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Kyodo / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-tornadojapan-cannon5.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120506-tornadojapan-cannon5.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This picture whows a tornado sweeping through Tsukuba, Japan.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Kei Hashimoto / Jiji Press via AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.newsvine.com/_nv/api/media/getMobileVideo?videoId=47311980" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/tdy_1_japan_torndo_120506.thumb.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">One person is dead and dozens are injured in Japan after a tornado in a city northeast of Tokyo destroyed scores of houses. Today's Courtney Reagan reports. </media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Foam floats on Atlantic after storm</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sea foam floats on the Atlantic Ocean with the cliffs of the Sentinel mountain behind in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, May 5. Sea foam is created following the churning of the seas in the wake of a southern ocean storm.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11560378-foam-floats-on-atlantic-after-storm</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11560378-foam-floats-on-atlantic-after-storm</guid><category>south-africa</category><category>environment</category><category>atlantic-ocean</category><category>capt-town</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 04:46:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-foam-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-foam-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Nic Bothma / EPA</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Global Marijuana March calls for legalization of cannabis</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Global Marijuana March goes by a number of different names including World Cannabis Day, Worldwide Marijuana March, Cannabis Liberation Day, Global Space Odyssey, Ganja Day, J Day, and Million Blunts March. The event got its start as the 5th Avenue Pot Parade in New York some&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/05/11559780-global-marijuana-march-calls-for-legalization-of-cannabis</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/05/11559780-global-marijuana-march-calls-for-legalization-of-cannabis</guid><category>marijuana</category><category>pot</category><category>world-news</category><category>cannabis</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 03:54:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-marijuana-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-marijuana-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Youngsters smoke marijuana during a march for the legalization of cannabis in Medellin, Colombia on May 5, as part of the 2012 Global Marijuana March which is being held in hundreds of cities worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Raul Arboleda / AFP - Getty Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Supermoon' rises around the world</title>
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Saturday night's "supermoon" is the biggest and brightest full moon of the year, due to the fact that the moon is near the closest point in its orbital path around Earth. But just how much bigger and brighter does it look? That's a tricky question.
Most reports say the mo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PhotoBlog]]></source><link>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/05/11558331-supermoon-rises-around-the-world</link><guid>http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/05/11558331-supermoon-rises-around-the-world</guid><category>technology</category><category>space</category><category>greece</category><category>athens</category><category>cosmic-log</category><category>supermoon</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 May 2012 23:55:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-supermoon-cannon.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-supermoon-cannon.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The full moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon in Cape Sounion, southeast of Athens, Greece, while tourists watch on May 5.  Saturday's event is a &quot;supermoon,&quot; the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Dimitri Messinis / AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-moon-cannon5.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-moon-cannon5.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A full moon is seen behind the minaret of Mohamed Ali mosque, in Islamic Cairo, Egypt, May 5.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Asmaa Waguih / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-moon-cannon4.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="311" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-moon-cannon4.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="94" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People fish from a jetty as the moon rises over the Atlantic Ocean, May 5, near Bal Harbour, Fla.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Wilfredo Lee / AP</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-moon-cannon3.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-moon-cannon3.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The moon rises over the skyline in Toronto, Canada, May 5.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Mark Blinch / Reuters</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-moon-cannon2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="303" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120505-moon-cannon2.120;120;7;70.jpg" width="91" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A supermoon rises over neon hotel signs on Highway 80 in Ft. Worth, Texas.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">Ralph Lauer / Zuma Press</media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.newsvine.com/_nv/api/media/getMobileVideo?videoId=47312021" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/tdy_ch_supermoon_120506.thumb.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">The biggest full moon of the year, a so-called &quot;supermoon,&quot; rose into the night sky to the delight of skywatchers around the world. NBC's&amp;nbsp; Charles Hadlock reports. </media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
