<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/</link><description>An eccentric mix of politics, health, sport &amp; wine</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:28:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:34:48 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Instant noodle sales top 100 billion a year - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)</title>
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Global sales of instant noodles have topped 100 billion units annually, more than one monthly serving for every person on the planet.
Instant success
1China44 billion 2Indonesia14.1 billion 3Japan5.41 billion 4Vietnam5.06 billion 5India4.36 billion 19Australia350 &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17925539-instant-noodle-sales-top-100-billion-a-year-abc-news-australian-broadcasting-corporation</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17925539-instant-noodle-sales-top-100-billion-a-year-abc-news-australian-broadcasting-corporation</guid><category>odd-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:29:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Anarchists target Church with explosive dildos </title>
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A group of Spanish anarchists have owned up to mailing explosive dildos to high profile Catholic targets including the Archbishop of Pamplona and the headmaster of an elite religious school.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/21/17847427-anarchists-target-church-with-explosive-dildos</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/21/17847427-anarchists-target-church-with-explosive-dildos</guid><category>religion</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:42:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerDB5ACA50-C268-F4C9-B7FD-D3B5E54646CD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="214" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerDB5ACA50-C268-F4C9-B7FD-D3B5E54646CD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Swallowed by sewers </title>
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The last time anyone ever saw 21-year-old Yang Lijun, the college senior was walking along a street with a friend on a rainy night in Changsha, Hunan Province.
Later that night - March 22 - Yang's mother received a heartbreaking phone call. As the rain pounded down, she had be&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17808357-swallowed-by-sewers</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17808357-swallowed-by-sewers</guid><category>china</category><category>odd-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:16:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Original Van Dyck unearthed at Bowes Museum in Durham | Art and design | The Guardian</title>
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A painting that has been languishing in a museum store for decades, regarded as an undistinguished copy, has been confirmed as a 17th-century original by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, one of the most fashionable and expensive artists of his day.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17241551-original-van-dyck-unearthed-at-bowes-museum-in-durham-art-and-design-the-guardian</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17241551-original-van-dyck-unearthed-at-bowes-museum-in-durham-art-and-design-the-guardian</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Mar 2013 01:45:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Woman mauled to death by lion as she made love to boyfriend in Zimbabwe - Telegraph</title>
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The My Zimbabwe news website reported that the predator attacked the couple at a secluded spot in the bush near the northern town of Kariba.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17213468-woman-mauled-to-death-by-lion-as-she-made-love-to-boyfriend-in-zimbabwe-telegraph</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17213468-woman-mauled-to-death-by-lion-as-she-made-love-to-boyfriend-in-zimbabwe-telegraph</guid><category>sex</category><category>odd-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 23:11:36 +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>Sea slug able to regrow penis</title>
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Scientists have reported on the bizarre sex life of a sea slug that discards its penis after copulation, and then grows a new one.
Dubbed Chromodoris reticulata in Latin, the red-and-white slug - technically a shell-less mollusc - inhabits warms waters in South East Asia.
"No&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16943726-sea-slug-able-to-regrow-penis</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16943726-sea-slug-able-to-regrow-penis</guid><category>odd-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:43:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Teutonic Knights go to battle again</title>
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The successors of the Teutonic Knights, the sword-wielding religious order that once controlled swathes of Central Europe, have gone to battle again to fight for the return of their former Czech castles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16919876-teutonic-knights-go-to-battle-again</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16919876-teutonic-knights-go-to-battle-again</guid><category>religion</category><category>teutonic-knights</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:15:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerF51752BC-1E88-58E4-13D5-06EB899D556A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerF51752BC-1E88-58E4-13D5-06EB899D556A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mistrial declared after prosthetic eye pops out</title>
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An assault trial over a fight that cost a man his left eye ended in a mistrial when his prosthetic eye popped out as he was testifying, startling jurors.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16888933-mistrial-declared-after-prosthetic-eye-pops-out</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16888933-mistrial-declared-after-prosthetic-eye-pops-out</guid><category>assault</category><category>odd-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 22:25:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerF018D6C5-772A-50B7-A834-18044EA1B820.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerF018D6C5-772A-50B7-A834-18044EA1B820.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Black Forest gateau granted protected status </title>
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The Black Forest gateau, Germany&rsquo;s most famous contribution to the cake world, is to join the ranks of Cornish pasties and Stilton after the European Commission granted the multi-layered dessert protected status.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16874077-black-forest-gateau-granted-protected-status</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16874077-black-forest-gateau-granted-protected-status</guid><category>home-garden</category><category>black-forest-gateau</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 23:42:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerE337CF05-392E-84A9-9D1A-03D5DB94BC43.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerE337CF05-392E-84A9-9D1A-03D5DB94BC43.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Japanese town demands underpants for Michaelangelo's David</title>
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Okuizumo town in western Shimane prefecture received 16-foot replicas of David and of Greek treasure the Venus de Milo, as donations from a businessman who hails from the area. The statues were put up in a large public park that also includes a full-size running track, a baseba&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16865632-japanese-town-demands-underpants-for-michaelangelos-david</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16865632-japanese-town-demands-underpants-for-michaelangelos-david</guid><category>japan</category><category>sculpture</category><category>arts</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 10:08:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerC080EE27-B528-12BF-3FE2-BF42DF1595BB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerC080EE27-B528-12BF-3FE2-BF42DF1595BB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - What happens at an atheist church?</title>
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An "atheist church" in North London is proving a big hit with non-believers. Does it feel a bit like a new religion?
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16841409-bbc-news-what-happens-at-an-atheist-church</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16841409-bbc-news-what-happens-at-an-atheist-church</guid><category>religion</category><category>atheism</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 21:19:57 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner42793BCD-6F79-5F9E-62D4-45A1A3EBA2A5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner42793BCD-6F79-5F9E-62D4-45A1A3EBA2A5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ukip youth leader asks: What is wrong with necrophilia? - Telegraph</title>
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Olly Neville, who was the leader of Ukip&rsquo;s youth wing until this month, defends sexual intercourse with dead bodies.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16788045-ukip-youth-leader-asks-what-is-wrong-with-necrophilia-telegraph</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16788045-ukip-youth-leader-asks-what-is-wrong-with-necrophilia-telegraph</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>necrophilia</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:02:54 +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>Bolshoi ballet exposed as a 'cesspool of pathalogical cruelty' </title>
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With a cast including disgruntled ballerinas and the Soviet old-guard pitched against progressive modernisers, Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre has long been a creative hotbed of murky melodrama.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16608595-bolshoi-ballet-exposed-as-a-cesspool-of-pathalogical-cruelty</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16608595-bolshoi-ballet-exposed-as-a-cesspool-of-pathalogical-cruelty</guid><category>russia</category><category>arts</category><category>ballet</category><category>bolshoi</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:02:06 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerED3B23F7-F4C5-CFE3-6953-907DAFC6BF0B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerED3B23F7-F4C5-CFE3-6953-907DAFC6BF0B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>And The Worst Lede of All Time Is: &quot;She lost a womb but gained a penis.&quot;</title>
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Congratulations, Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno &ndash; not only have you written a horrifying story about a horrible incident, but you have also written what's probably the worst lede of all time. That lede is:
She lost a womb but gained a penis.
The former was being r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16605483-and-the-worst-lede-of-all-time-is-she-lost-a-womb-but-gained-a-penis</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16605483-and-the-worst-lede-of-all-time-is-she-lost-a-womb-but-gained-a-penis</guid><category>journalism</category><category>odd-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:59:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner78A97998-C185-F11B-4387-A35E8BC89F4D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner78A97998-C185-F11B-4387-A35E8BC89F4D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'I am told I will hang for my faith in Jesus': American pastor faces death sentence in Iran</title>
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An American Christian pastor faces a possible death sentence in Iran after prosecutors accused him of harming national security on charges he and his supporters claim amount to religious persecution. ...
The origins of the charges against Mr Abdini are not clear. But the Ameri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16591135-i-am-told-i-will-hang-for-my-faith-in-jesus-american-pastor-faces-death-sentence-in-iran</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16591135-i-am-told-i-will-hang-for-my-faith-in-jesus-american-pastor-faces-death-sentence-in-iran</guid><category>religion</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:55:06 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerC87B954D-1C7A-8B4A-3DC3-A68AE0B2238B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerC87B954D-1C7A-8B4A-3DC3-A68AE0B2238B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Outcry as Canada puts foreign maple leaf on new banknotes</title>
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The Bank of Canada has used a foreign Norway maple leaf as the emblem on its new banknotes instead of the sugar maple that the country has on its national flag, an eagle-eyed Canadian botanist has said.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16591024-outcry-as-canada-puts-foreign-maple-leaf-on-new-banknotes</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16591024-outcry-as-canada-puts-foreign-maple-leaf-on-new-banknotes</guid><category>canada</category><category>odd-news</category><category>maple-leaf</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:44:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner67F8E718-5C07-65E1-0286-C443D5AE6CD4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner67F8E718-5C07-65E1-0286-C443D5AE6CD4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why Swiss cheese plants are full of holes</title>
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Swiss cheese plants' iconic leaves help them to avoid stress, according to a US scientist.
Their familiar hole-riddled leaves allow the plants to capture sunlight more regularly, his research suggests.
The counterintuitive idea explains how such plants can survive in shady ra&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16576885-why-swiss-cheese-plants-are-full-of-holes</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16576885-why-swiss-cheese-plants-are-full-of-holes</guid><category>plants</category><category>home-garden</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:26:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner722A56C5-8351-A7DC-B29B-A010FEA2930D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner722A56C5-8351-A7DC-B29B-A010FEA2930D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Crash saves cats from Chinese dinner plates</title>
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Around 600 cats stuffed into wooden crates and destined for dinner plates in southern China have been rescued by animal protection volunteers after a truck crash.
Xu Chenxin from the Changsha Small Animal Protection Association says volunteers hauled the felines from the lorry&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16572297-crash-saves-cats-from-chinese-dinner-plates</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16572297-crash-saves-cats-from-chinese-dinner-plates</guid><category>china</category><category>cats</category><category>home-garden</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:28:29 +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>Match-fixing revenues comparable to global firms - Interpol</title>
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Match-fixing in football today generates "hundreds of billions of euros per year" around the world, the head of Interpol has warned.
Secretary General Ronald Noble said revenues from illegal betting were "on the same scale as a Coca-Cola company".
He was speaking in Rome at a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16571920-match-fixing-revenues-comparable-to-global-firms-interpol</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16571920-match-fixing-revenues-comparable-to-global-firms-interpol</guid><category>sports</category><category>gambling</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:59:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner9FEC6841-B000-3521-AE21-1D7B7DDB11E1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner9FEC6841-B000-3521-AE21-1D7B7DDB11E1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why are the British revolted by the idea of horsemeat?</title>
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Horsemeat has been found in beefburgers on sale in UK and Irish Republic supermarkets. But why do the British have such a revulsion over the idea of eating horsemeat?
The discovery of horse DNA in burgers in major supermarkets such as Tesco and Iceland has been met with alarm &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16548035-why-are-the-british-revolted-by-the-idea-of-horsemeat</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16548035-why-are-the-british-revolted-by-the-idea-of-horsemeat</guid><category>home-garden</category><category>horse-meat</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:52:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerF981F524-55BA-95CB-8BBE-9ADBE0193005.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerF981F524-55BA-95CB-8BBE-9ADBE0193005.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Scrabble: Should letter values change?</title>
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The values of the letters in Scrabble were assigned according to the front page of a US newspaper in the 1930s. Is it time the scoring system was updated to reflect today's usage?
All Scrabble players know that Q and Z are the highest scoring tiles. You can get 10 points for e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16522169-scrabble-should-letter-values-change</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16522169-scrabble-should-letter-values-change</guid><category>scrabble</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:03:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner9124BD18-648B-DE35-1363-7B65C9449BA3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner9124BD18-648B-DE35-1363-7B65C9449BA3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Fast-food 'linked to childhood asthma and eczema'</title>
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Eating fast food three times a week may lead to asthma and eczema in children, say researchers who have looked at global disease and dietary patterns.
Data from more than 500,000 children in more than 50 countries suggests poor diet may be to blame for rising levels of these a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16504163-fast-food-linked-to-childhood-asthma-and-eczema</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16504163-fast-food-linked-to-childhood-asthma-and-eczema</guid><category>fast-food</category><category>asthma</category><category>home-garden</category><category>hezalth</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:53:27 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner5429E41F-E8BB-2C85-C6E2-3CB06661BD09.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner5429E41F-E8BB-2C85-C6E2-3CB06661BD09.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Porn companies sue to overturn Los Angeles condom law</title>
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Two major US porn companies have taken legal action to try to overturn a law requiring porn actors in Los Angeles County to wear condoms.
Vivid Entertainment and Califa Productions say the measure violates the guarantee of free speech in the US constitution's First Amendment.
&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16475841-porn-companies-sue-to-overturn-los-angeles-condom-law</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16475841-porn-companies-sue-to-overturn-los-angeles-condom-law</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>condoms</category><category>porn-movies</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:48:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerFFC60D26-B711-0702-73BC-32F1074A387E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarnerFFC60D26-B711-0702-73BC-32F1074A387E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Agreed, Baby Pandas Are Cute. But Why?</title>
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Xiao Liwu made his public debut Thursday at the San Diego Zoo. Fans crowded around the exhibit, their camera lenses extended, hoping to catch a glimpse of the 5-month-old giant panda cub. If they're lucky and actually do see the 16-pound panda (his Chinese name means "Little Gi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16451961-agreed-baby-pandas-are-cute-but-why</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16451961-agreed-baby-pandas-are-cute-but-why</guid><category>environment</category><category>pandas</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:06:20 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner0C7408BE-5DF3-B423-2A16-184939BA7917.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner0C7408BE-5DF3-B423-2A16-184939BA7917.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Incompetent Party</title>
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For years, everyone assumed Republicans were politically savvy and Democrats weren't. But Michael Tomasky thinks that stereotype is outdated.What if today's GOP just isn't very good at politics?
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Farmer]]></source><link>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16438182-the-incompetent-party</link><guid>http://richardfarner.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16438182-the-incompetent-party</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:12:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner77D519CA-93DD-5764-9548-E9C768733EB5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=richardfarner77D519CA-93DD-5764-9548-E9C768733EB5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>