<?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 - Digits's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Digits's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:57:38 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:07:42 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>City Nurse Stricken With Rare Syndrome After Flu Shot</title><description><![CDATA[A nurse was stricken with a rare nerve disorder that can cause paralysis two weeks after receiving a seasonal flu shot, the New York State Health Department confirmed Wednesday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3440458-city-nurse-stricken-with-rare-syndrome-after-flu-shot</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3440458-city-nurse-stricken-with-rare-syndrome-after-flu-shot</guid><category>health</category><category>h1n1</category><category>swine-flu</category><category>vaccines</category><category>guillain-barre</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:57:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Taser International issues taser advisory</title><description><![CDATA[PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona-based Taser International is advising police agencies across the nation not to shoot its stun guns at a suspect's chest, saying it could post an extremely low risk of an "adverse cardiac event."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3440174-taser-international-issues-taser-advisory</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3440174-taser-international-issues-taser-advisory</guid><category>technology</category><category>tasers</category><category>taserwatch</category><category>taser</category><category>taser-international</category><category>safety</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:57:01 +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>Police stop more than 1 million people on street</title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - A teenager trying to get into his apartment after school is confronted by police. A man leaving his workplace chooses a different route back home to avoid officers who roam a particular street.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/09/3364459-police-stop-more-than-1-million-people-on-street</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/09/3364459-police-stop-more-than-1-million-people-on-street</guid><category>us-news</category><category>cops</category><category>crime</category><category>racism</category><category>profiling</category><category>excessive-force</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>liberties</category><category>libertarians</category><category>stop-and-frisk</category><category>police</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:18:47 +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>Gun-toting soccer mom found shot dead </title><description><![CDATA[LEBANON, Pa. - A mother of three who became a voice of the gun-rights movement when she openly carried a loaded pistol to her daughter's soccer game was fatally shot along with her husband, a parole officer and former prison guard, in an apparent murder-suicide at their home.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/09/3364441-gun-toting-soccer-mom-found-shot-dead-</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/09/3364441-gun-toting-soccer-mom-found-shot-dead-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>crime</category><category>murder</category><category>suicide</category><category>second-amendment</category><category>2nd-amendment</category><category>guns</category><category>soccer-mom</category><category>gun-rights</category><category>meleanie-hain</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:10:47 +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>High court affirms same-sex partners rights</title><description><![CDATA[The Montana Supreme Court Tuesday upheld parental rights for a Missoula woman who'd been part of a same-sex couple that cared for two adopted children, saying she's entitled to joint custody of the kids.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3363445-high-court-affirms-same-sex-partners-rights</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3363445-high-court-affirms-same-sex-partners-rights</guid><category>us-news</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>child-custody</category><category>gay</category><category>lesbian</category><category>lgbt</category><category>aclu</category><category>gay-marriage</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:49:24 +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>PETA's &quot;Save The Whales&quot; Billboard Takes Aim At Fat Women</title><description><![CDATA[Save the Whales - Lose the Blubber

PETA's new billboard campaign in Florida is raising eyebrows and ire among women and health groups. A drawing on billboards in Jacksonville depicts an obese woman with the phrase, "Save The Whales, Lose The Blubber: Go Vegetarian."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3362149-petas-save-the-whales-billboard-takes-aim-at-fat-women</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3362149-petas-save-the-whales-billboard-takes-aim-at-fat-women</guid><category>business</category><category>peta</category><category>whales</category><category>advertising</category><category>save-the-whales</category><category>feminism</category><category>billboard-advertising</category><category>vegetarian</category><category>shaming</category><category>shame</category><category>fat-people</category><category>obesity</category><category>meat-eaters</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:09:06 +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>Lawsuit -- Dr. Phil Trapped Me, Touched My Boob </title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Phil is being sued by a woman who claims the TV shrink held her captive inside his production offices, forced her to stare at a naked man -- and then grabbed her left breast.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3360710-lawsuit-dr-phil-trapped-me-touched-my-boob-</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3360710-lawsuit-dr-phil-trapped-me-touched-my-boob-</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>dr-phil</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>phil-mcgraw</category><category>shirley-dieu</category><category>therapy</category><category>psychology</category><category>tv</category><category>celebrities</category><category>television</category><category>getting-sued</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 07:14:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gardasil Causes 400 Percent More Deaths than Other Common Vaccine</title><description><![CDATA[The researchers considered Gardasil and Menactra equivalent for the purposes of comparison because they are given to similar age groups at similar frequencies.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3360495-gardasil-causes-400-percent-more-deaths-than-other-common-vaccine</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3360495-gardasil-causes-400-percent-more-deaths-than-other-common-vaccine</guid><category>health</category><category>women</category><category>hpv</category><category>gardasil</category><category>pharmaceutical</category><category>merck</category><category>vaccines</category><category>vaccine</category><category>menactra</category><category>cervical-cancer</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 05:22:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tulsa World: Abortion bill is challenged</title><description><![CDATA[OKLAHOMA CITY — A lawsuit challenging a controversial abortion bill was filed Tuesday in Oklahoma County District Court.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/07/3358635-tulsa-world-abortion-bill-is-challenged</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/07/3358635-tulsa-world-abortion-bill-is-challenged</guid><category>us-news</category><category>government</category><category>women</category><category>abortion</category><category>medicine</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>big-brother</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>prochoice</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 19:11:36 +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>Feminists For Choice » New Oklahoma abortion law being challenged</title><description><![CDATA[As if women didn't have enough threats to their right to choose in this country, Oklahoma is doing its part to make sure women slowly but surely are demonized and criminalized for their right to choose to have an abortion.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/07/3358618-feminists-for-choice-new-oklahoma-abortion-law-being-challenged</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/07/3358618-feminists-for-choice-new-oklahoma-abortion-law-being-challenged</guid><category>politics</category><category>government</category><category>women</category><category>abortion</category><category>medicine</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>big-brother</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>prochoice</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 19:09:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>TheDetailsOfYourAbortion.com - Broadsheet - Salon.com</title><description><![CDATA["Feminists for Choice alerts us to a new Oklahoma law (yes, law, not "proposed legislation" or "some kind of sick joke") set to go into effect Nov. 1 that would collect detailed data about each abortion performed -- and post it all on a public Web site...."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/07/3358580-thedetailsofyourabortioncom-broadsheet-saloncom</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/07/3358580-thedetailsofyourabortioncom-broadsheet-saloncom</guid><category>politics</category><category>abortion</category><category>prochoice</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>women</category><category>government</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>big-brother</category><category>medicine</category><category>civil-rights</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 19:03:58 +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>Bronx teen confesses to roasting kitten</title><description><![CDATA[A Bronx teenager roasted her ex-roommate's kitten to death in a stove - then brushed off the incident as a joke when she was busted, authorities said Thursday.

"I hate cats," Cheyenne Cherry, 17, allegedly told investigators when asked about the heartless crime.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/10/3013458-bronx-teen-confesses-to-roasting-kitten</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/10/3013458-bronx-teen-confesses-to-roasting-kitten</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>animals</category><category>animal-cruelty</category><category>tiger-lily</category><category>cheyenne-cherry</category><category>spca</category><category>torture</category><category>aspca</category><category>prevent-animal-cruelty</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:55:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sites that help you lodge complaints</title><description><![CDATA[A compilation of websites that allow you to make "complaints" online]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/06/3001588-sites-that-help-you-lodge-complaints</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/06/3001588-sites-that-help-you-lodge-complaints</guid><category>technology</category><category>complain</category><category>consumer-information</category><category>consumers</category><category>better-business-bureau</category><category>anonymous</category><category>anonymity</category><category>employees</category><category>federal-trade-commission</category><category>ripoffreport</category><category>rip-off-report</category><category>anonymous-employee</category><category>eff</category><category>electronic-frontier-foundation</category><category>congressmerge</category><category>congress-merge</category><category>online-disputes</category><category>internet</category><category>activism</category><category>liberties</category><category>business-practices</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:27:53 +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>The plant that pretends to be ill</title><description><![CDATA[A plant that pretends to be ill has been found growing in the rainforests of Ecuador.

The plants feigns sickness to stop it being attacked by insect pests known as mining moths, which would otherwise eat its healthy leaves.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/30/2984686-the-plant-that-pretends-to-be-ill</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/30/2984686-the-plant-that-pretends-to-be-ill</guid><category>science</category><category>plants</category><category>botany</category><category>manifesting-illness</category><category>manifestations</category><category>human-plant-connection</category><category>illness</category><category>evolution</category><category>emotions</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:07:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Michael Jackson's death sparks Florida bus brawl</title><description><![CDATA[A fight broke out on a Florida bus when news of Michael Jackson's death sparked debate over whether he should be remembered as a great musical talent, and one passenger was charged with assault, police said on Friday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/27/2975161-michael-jacksons-death-sparks-florida-bus-brawl</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/27/2975161-michael-jacksons-death-sparks-florida-bus-brawl</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>michael-jackon</category><category>florida</category><category>assault</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:56:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Michael Jackson: A Life In Pictures</title><description><![CDATA[Photographic montage of Michael Jackson from special moments of significance.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/26/2972071-michael-jackson-a-life-in-pictures</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/26/2972071-michael-jackson-a-life-in-pictures</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>michael-jackson</category><category>photos</category><category>photography</category><category>media</category><category>music</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:08:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rosanne Barr Starts Own Political Talk Show on her New Free Speech TV Network </title><description><![CDATA[You can watch The Tipping Point pilot online at Rosanne's blog.
There is a brief blurb on the page mentioning accepting donations for her new Free Speech TV network which will be broadcasting her Tipping Point talk show. Details on how to donate will be forthcoming.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/26/2971929-rosanne-barr-starts-own-political-talk-show-on-her-new-free-speech-tv-network-</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/26/2971929-rosanne-barr-starts-own-political-talk-show-on-her-new-free-speech-tv-network-</guid><category>politics</category><category>the-tipping-point</category><category>talk-shows</category><category>news</category><category>media</category><category>cable</category><category>political</category><category>rosanne-world</category><category>left-wing</category><category>right-wing</category><category>feminism</category><category>feminists</category><category>feminist</category><category>marijuana</category><category>legalize-it</category><category>drugs</category><category>war-on-drugs</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>george-carlin</category><category>roseanne-barr</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:10:30 +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>Moberly puts Moratorium on Tasers and is to pay $2.4 million in Taser lawsuit settlement </title><description><![CDATA[MOBERLY, Mo.- This municipality agreed Monday to an indefinite moratorium on the use of stun guns and will pay $2.4 million to survivors of a man who died after police shocked him.

Note: See the full settlement details in .pdf format.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/23/2960258-moberly-puts-moratorium-on-tasers-and-is-to-pay-24-million-in-taser-lawsuit-settlement-</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/23/2960258-moberly-puts-moratorium-on-tasers-and-is-to-pay-24-million-in-taser-lawsuit-settlement-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>tasers</category><category>taserwatch</category><category>police</category><category>moberly</category><category>taser-deaths</category><category>dont-tase-me-bro</category><category>stanley-harlan</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:44:25 +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>Barrel Monster gets Student Arrested </title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. - When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride, the North Carolina college student said he saw it as a form of street art.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/18/2944313-barrel-monster-gets-student-arrested-</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/18/2944313-barrel-monster-gets-student-arrested-</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>joseph-carnevale</category><category>arrested</category><category>police</category><category>vandalism</category><category>larceny</category><category>art</category><category>barrel</category><category>street-art</category><category>barrel-monster</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:45:19 +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>Homosexual behaviour widespread in animals according to new study </title><description><![CDATA[The pairing of same sex couples had previously been observed in more than 1,000 species including penguins, dolphins and primates.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/16/2937332-homosexual-behaviour-widespread-in-animals-according-to-new-study-</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/16/2937332-homosexual-behaviour-widespread-in-animals-according-to-new-study-</guid><category>science</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>animals</category><category>animal-kingdrom</category><category>gay</category><category>zoology</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:00:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>