<?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 - Diane M. Grassi's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 9 Sep 2010 04:09:06 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:34:01 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>U.S. Ban On Online Gambling On Way Out?</title>
<description><![CDATA[ When it comes to gambling, there has never been a shortage of opinion amongst the masses. Either people favor it or they feel strongly that it accompanies some of society's more depraved behaviors, along with attracting crime, and is a negative temptation for our youth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5073223-us-ban-on-online-gambling-on-way-out</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5073223-us-ban-on-online-gambling-on-way-out</guid><category>congress</category><category>economy</category><category>trade</category><category>deficit</category><category>government</category><category>us-news</category><category>online-gambling</category><category>barney-frank</category><category>global-economy</category><category>states-rights</category><category>h-r-2267</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Sep 2010 04:09:06 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/5073250.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="" width="" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/5073250.jpg" width="" height="" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/5073256.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="148" width="170" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/5073256.jpg" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MLB's Gaming Sale of Texas Rangers Continues</title>
<description><![CDATA[ &ldquo;If an alternative process is established, we&rsquo;re going to be guided by the court&rsquo;s procedures, subject to of course, our ultimate right to approve any owner submitted to us.&rdquo;

 &ndash; MLB Commissioner, Bud Selig &ndash; July 12, 2010]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/19/4710403-mlbs-gaming-sale-of-texas-rangers-continues</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/19/4710403-mlbs-gaming-sale-of-texas-rangers-continues</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>economy</category><category>bankruptcy</category><category>texas-rangers</category><category>bud-selig</category><category>mark-cuban</category><category>tom-hicks</category><category>nolan-ryan</category><category>jim-crane</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:40:41 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/4710456.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="110" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/4710456.jpg" width="110" height="150" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MLB Gaming Sale of Texas Rangers</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Back in 1989, it was but a no-brainer for George W. Bush to inject himself into the proposed purchase of the then flailing Major League Baseball (MLB) Texas Rangers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/11/4270628-mlb-gaming-sale-of-texas-rangers</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/11/4270628-mlb-gaming-sale-of-texas-rangers</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>economy</category><category>wall-street</category><category>hedge-funds</category><category>bankruptcy-court</category><category>texas-rangers</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>bud-selig</category><category>tom-hicks</category><category>taxpayers</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 02:42:30 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/4270650.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="94" width="94" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/4270650.jpg" width="94" height="94" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>States Rush to Legalize Sports Betting &amp; Expand Gambling for Revenue</title>
<description><![CDATA[ With the melt down of the global economy over the past 2 years, multi-national brokerage firms and trusted financial institutions bore the brunt of accusations of gambling away the financial health and futures of investors, primarily through the sale of toxic mortgages with cred&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/14/4019403-states-rush-to-legalize-sports-betting-expand-gambling-for-revenue</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/14/4019403-states-rush-to-legalize-sports-betting-expand-gambling-for-revenue</guid><category>congress</category><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>gambling</category><category>legislation</category><category>gaming</category><category>internet-gambling</category><category>states-rights</category><category>sports-betting</category><category>indian-casinos</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:01:11 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/4019418.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/4019418.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Baseball, Rawlings Bring New Meaning to Free Trade: Postscript</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 2006, this reporter shed light on the seemingly unfair labor practices taking place in the Central American country of Costa Rica, in a factory operated by the Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc., and now a subsidiary of the multi-national corporation, Jarden Corp.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/21/3928079-baseball-rawlings-bring-new-meaning-to-free-trade-postscript</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/21/3928079-baseball-rawlings-bring-new-meaning-to-free-trade-postscript</guid><category>mlb</category><category>economy</category><category>labor</category><category>unemployment</category><category>cafta</category><category>outsourcing</category><category>free-trade</category><category>us-news</category><category>employment</category><category>labor-unions</category><category>offshoring</category><category>wages</category><category>u-s-government</category><category>s-a</category><category>rawlings-de-costa-rica</category><category>dr-cafta</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:03:20 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/3928118.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/3928118.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rogue Commissioner: NBA's David Stern</title>
<description><![CDATA["Considering the fact that so many state governments – probably between 40 and 50 – don't consider it immoral, I don't think that anyone should. It may be a little immoral because in reality it is a tax on the poor; the lotteries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/01/3702580-rogue-commissioner-nbas-david-stern</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/01/3702580-rogue-commissioner-nbas-david-stern</guid><category>mlb</category><category>nba</category><category>nhl</category><category>nfl</category><category>sports</category><category>economy</category><category>taxes</category><category>ncaa</category><category>david-stern</category><category>gambling</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>delaware</category><category>gaming</category><category>u-s-congress</category><category>sports-betting</category><category>gaming-act</category><category>federal-legislation</category><category>offshore-betting</category><category>game-integrity</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jan 2010 05:29:45 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/3702608.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/3702608.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wynn Resort Sportsbook&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MLB Sportswriter Scoops Self to Remain Relevant</title>
<description><![CDATA[At a time when rumor and innuendo in sports journalism has arguably never been more pervasive, one would hope that the current active senior statesmen of their craft would still have an interest in maintaining their once high standards.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/11/3143942-mlb-sportswriter-scoops-self-to-remain-relevant</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/11/3143942-mlb-sportswriter-scoops-self-to-remain-relevant</guid><category>media</category><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>newspapers</category><category>pete-rose</category><category>ny-daily-news</category><category>fourth-estate</category><category>sports-journalism</category><category>baseball-hall-of-fame</category><category>accuracy-in-media</category><category>bill-madden</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:10:02 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/3144089.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/3144089.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Fourth Estate is Dying</title>
<description><![CDATA[It was on June 21, 1788 that the United States Constitution was officially adopted with its ratification. And it was at that time that its ratification was contingent upon suggested changes be made to the Constitution, thereafter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/22/2958496-the-fourth-estate-is-dying</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/22/2958496-the-fourth-estate-is-dying</guid><category>media</category><category>constitution</category><category>government</category><category>bill-of-rights</category><category>us-news</category><category>abuse-of-power</category><category>freedom-of-speech</category><category>separation-of-powers</category><category>fourth-estate</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:51:08 +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></item><item><title>MLB Ramps Up Casino Sponsorships</title>
<description><![CDATA[It was 30 years ago when baseball legend, Willie Mays, was banned from Major League Baseball (MLB). Four years later, NY Yankee great, Mickey Mantle, met with the same fate as did Willie.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/15/2685736-mlb-ramps-up-casino-sponsorships</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/15/2685736-mlb-ramps-up-casino-sponsorships</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>economy</category><category>gambling</category><category>bud-selig</category><category>stadiums</category><category>sports-betting</category><category>indian-casinos</category><category>sponsorships</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:32:43 +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></item><item><title>Fallout of Energy Policy Act 2005: The Nuclear Option</title>
<description><![CDATA[In this third chapter of this ongoing discussion and analysis of United States energy policy and its ramifications both realized directly and indirectly from the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005, (EPAct 2005) it would be irresponsible not to include U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/22/1898721-fallout-of-energy-policy-act-2005-the-nuclear-option</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/22/1898721-fallout-of-energy-policy-act-2005-the-nuclear-option</guid><category>energy</category><category>congress</category><category>environment</category><category>government</category><category>legislation</category><category>us-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>national-security</category><category>nuclear-technology</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:34:29 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/1898723.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="88" width="119" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/1898723.jpg" width="119" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fallout from the Energy Policy Act of 2005: The Nuclear Option                                                                                                         The Nuclear Option</title>
<description><![CDATA[In this third chapter of this ongoing discussion and analysis of United States energy policy and its ramifications both realized directly and indirectly from the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005, (EPAct 2005) it would be irresponsible not to include U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/22/1898700-fallout-from-the-energy-policy-act-of-2005-the-nuclear-option-the-nuclear-option</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/22/1898700-fallout-from-the-energy-policy-act-of-2005-the-nuclear-option-the-nuclear-option</guid><category>energy</category><category>congress</category><category>economy</category><category>nuclear</category><category>environment</category><category>government</category><category>legislation</category><category>us-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>utilities</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:25:13 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/1898709.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="88" width="119" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/1898709.jpg" width="119" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gaming Congress, Yanks Could Strike Out</title>
<description><![CDATA[As previously chronicled in this series of reports subtitled,  MLB Goes to Harlem Seeking Welfare, on the public financing of the new Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY, a borough of New York City, the issues it encompasses and the various impending outcomes may have a broad impact for &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/22/1894982-gaming-congress-yanks-could-strike-out</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/22/1894982-gaming-congress-yanks-could-strike-out</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>congress</category><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>taxes</category><category>fraud</category><category>corruption</category><category>government</category><category>irs</category><category>public-policy</category><category>politcs</category><category>stadium-financing</category><category>public-subsidies</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:17:25 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/1895005.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="79" width="132" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/1895005.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fallout from the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Pts. 1&amp;2</title>
<description><![CDATA["Energy independence from foreign sources."  A mantra repeated over and over again by those responsible for establishing United States energy policy. But it remains a contradiction in terms as the topic is never broached candidly by lawmakers as to how much of the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/26/1615841-fallout-from-the-energy-policy-act-of-2005-pts-12</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/26/1615841-fallout-from-the-energy-policy-act-of-2005-pts-12</guid><category>energy</category><category>economy</category><category>government</category><category>legislation</category><category>nuclear-power</category><category>us-news</category><category>globalization</category><category>national-security</category><category>doe</category><category>nrc</category><category>deregulation</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:19:01 +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></item><item><title>Fallout from Energy Policy Act of 2005</title>
<description><![CDATA[Part 1 of a Series]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/25/1323366-fallout-from-energy-policy-act-of-2005</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/25/1323366-fallout-from-energy-policy-act-of-2005</guid><category>energy</category><category>congress</category><category>economics</category><category>government</category><category>legislation</category><category>oversight</category><category>us-news</category><category>conservation</category><category>globalization</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:02:21 +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></item><item><title>MLB Given Pass by Feds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Complicit in Drug Culture

Major League Baseball (MLB) and drugs. The two have been linked for decades and their relationship has never waned. The drug ingredients are different, the players acquiring them have changed and the performance benefits have been enhanced. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/25/1323354-mlb-given-pass-by-feds</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/25/1323354-mlb-given-pass-by-feds</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>government</category><category>u-s-congress</category><category>illegal-drugs</category><category>performance-enhancements</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:55:14 +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></item><item><title>Saudi Takeover of GE Plastics Flies Under Radar</title>
<description><![CDATA[The announcement on May 21, 2007 that the largest public company in the Middle East, by market value, would be acquiring a division of the world's second-largest corporation, by market value, and based in the United States, could not have been any less publicized.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/09/825562-saudi-takeover-of-ge-plastics-flies-under-radar</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/09/825562-saudi-takeover-of-ge-plastics-flies-under-radar</guid><category>energy</category><category>congress</category><category>terrorism</category><category>government</category><category>industry</category><category>free-trade</category><category>us-news</category><category>globalization</category><category>national-security</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2007 05:30:49 +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></item><item><title>MLB Bats Whittled Down to Uneven Playing Field</title>
<description><![CDATA[As Barry Bonds comes ever closer to breaking the National Pastime's hallowed home run record, currently held by Hank Aaron at 755, the controversy regarding illicit performance enhancing drug use, which may forever taint Bond's entire career, does accomplish taking the focus &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/09/825541-mlb-bats-whittled-down-to-uneven-playing-field</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/09/825541-mlb-bats-whittled-down-to-uneven-playing-field</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>sporting-goods</category><category>anti-trust</category><category>professional-sports</category><category>performance-enhancing-drugs</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2007 05:08:09 +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></item><item><title>NAFTA Superhighway Has Giuliani As Key Player</title>
<description><![CDATA[On March 23, 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush, former Canadian Prime Minister, Paul Martin and former Mexican President, Vicente Fox, authorized the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), now under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Commerce.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/07/706005-nafta-superhighway-has-giuliani-as-key-player</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/07/706005-nafta-superhighway-has-giuliani-as-key-player</guid><category>commerce</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>gop</category><category>government</category><category>free-trade</category><category>us-news</category><category>nafta</category><category>u-s-constitution</category><category>2008-presedential-campaign</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2007 02:05:30 +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></item><item><title>New Mining Laws Year After Sago Non-Implemented</title>
<description><![CDATA[The tragic explosion of the Sago Mine in West Virginia on January 2, 2006, which took twelve lives and permanently disabled another, still begs for a rational explanation over 1 year later.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/24/536372-new-mining-laws-year-after-sago-non-implemented</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/24/536372-new-mining-laws-year-after-sago-non-implemented</guid><category>energy</category><category>congress</category><category>commerce</category><category>labor</category><category>environment</category><category>mining</category><category>government</category><category>unions</category><category>legislation</category><category>public</category><category>policy</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:00:26 +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></item><item><title>NCAA Gives New Meaning to Gender-Bias</title>
<description><![CDATA["We talkin' about practice! Not a game. We talkin' about practice, man. We ain't talking about the game.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/30/500180-ncaa-gives-new-meaning-to-gender-bias</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/30/500180-ncaa-gives-new-meaning-to-gender-bias</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>ncaa</category><category>higher-education</category><category>title-ix</category><category>feminism</category><category>college-athletics</category><category>womens-rights</category><category>womens-issues</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 05:04:52 +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://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DianeMGrassi/500186.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="104" width="94" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DianeMGrassi/500186.jpg" width="94" height="104" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Troops Pay Hidden Costs of Multiple Deployments</title>
<description><![CDATA[The ravages of war are hell and collateral damage that includes loss of life, permanent disability and war-related illness in both military and civilian populations is expected.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/13/481436-troops-pay-hidden-costs-of-multiple-deployments</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/13/481436-troops-pay-hidden-costs-of-multiple-deployments</guid><category>congress</category><category>military</category><category>healthcare</category><category>government</category><category>mental-health</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans-affairs</category><category>veterans</category><category>war-in-iraq</category><category>war-on-terror</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:56:47 +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></item><item><title>Offshoring U.S. Patients No Cure for Ailing Healthcare System</title>
<description><![CDATA[For several years now, American healthcare consumers, including many from other western industrialized nations, have heard about elective surgeries being performed in lesser-developed nations and due to cost and denial of coverage by health insurance providers have opted to go th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/17/445534-offshoring-us-patients-no-cure-for-ailing-healthcare-system</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/17/445534-offshoring-us-patients-no-cure-for-ailing-healthcare-system</guid><category>economy</category><category>insurance</category><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>health-care</category><category>government</category><category>medicine</category><category>outsourcing</category><category>us-news</category><category>public-policy</category><category>globalization</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:33:02 +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></item><item><title>Clinton Soda Deal Ignores School Funding Problems</title>
<description><![CDATA[This past July, former President Bill Clinton announced an initiative in conjunction with the William J. Clinton Foundation to fight childhood obesity.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/18/404951-clinton-soda-deal-ignores-school-funding-problems</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/18/404951-clinton-soda-deal-ignores-school-funding-problems</guid><category>health</category><category>education</category><category>fundraising</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>nutrition</category><category>us-news</category><category>education-funding</category><category>federal-funding</category><category>clinton-administration</category><category>child-obesity</category><category>school-budget-deficits</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:16:43 +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></item><item><title>Designs on Perfect Baby Drives Assistive Repro Industry</title>
<description><![CDATA[Assistive Reproduction Technology (ART) has been an accepted medical alternative to human reproduction since the first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, was conceived in England in 1978.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/27/377884-designs-on-perfect-baby-drives-assistive-repro-industry</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/27/377884-designs-on-perfect-baby-drives-assistive-repro-industry</guid><category>business</category><category>health</category><category>healthcare</category><category>family</category><category>research</category><category>science</category><category>medicine</category><category>reproductive-technology</category><category>womens-issues</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:56:16 +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></item><item><title>Post-Katrina Role of Property Insurers Threaten Consumers Nationwide</title>
<description><![CDATA["Prediction is very hard, especially when it's about the future."  Yogi Berra]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diane M. Grassi]]></source><link>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/08/354903-post-katrina-role-of-property-insurers-threaten-consumers-nationwide</link><guid>http://DianeMGrassi.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/08/354903-post-katrina-role-of-property-insurers-threaten-consumers-nationwide</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Sep 2006 06:37:56 +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></item></channel></rss>
