<?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 - Betsy Taylor's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://ap-1903.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Betsy Taylor's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:16:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:33:25 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Missouri to freeze higher education tuition</title><description><![CDATA[Tuition and academic fees will be frozen for the second straight year at Missouri's public four-year colleges and universities, Gov. 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Walmart leads to charges of racism</title><description><![CDATA[Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Betsy Taylor, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/16/3505843-arrest-at-mo-walmart-leads-to-charges-of-racism</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/16/3505843-arrest-at-mo-walmart-leads-to-charges-of-racism</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>race</category><category>us-news</category><category>store</category><category>scuffle</category><category>heather-ellis</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:48 +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>Pinnacle CEO resigns amid probe of council meeting</title><description><![CDATA[Casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.'s CEO and chairman resigned Monday, less than a week after allegedly telling a St. Louis County Council member that voting in favor of another company's casino was the worst move of the council member's career.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Betsy Taylor, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/09/3480821-pinnacle-ceo-resigns-amid-probe-of-council-meeting</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/09/3480821-pinnacle-ceo-resigns-amid-probe-of-council-meeting</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>investigation</category><category>ceo</category><category>casino</category><category>pinnacle-entertainment-inc</category><category>louis-county-council</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:10:11 +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></item><item><title>Missouri agency looks into actions of Pinnacle CEO</title><description><![CDATA[Investigators are looking into the behavior of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.'s CEO during a zoning vote by the St. Louis County Council this week on a casino complex being developed by another company.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Betsy Taylor, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/06/3469544-missouri-agency-looks-into-actions-of-pinnacle-ceo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/06/3469544-missouri-agency-looks-into-actions-of-pinnacle-ceo</guid><category>business</category><category>investigation</category><category>ceo</category><category>casino</category><category>mo</category><category>pinnacle-entertainment-inc</category><category>louis-county-council</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:52:33 +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>Hindus, yoga teachers question US sales tax</title><description><![CDATA[Yoga practitioners are criticizing a Missouri sales tax that applies to yoga classes, claiming they should be exempt because the lessons include spiritual elements.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Betsy Taylor, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/04/3462178-hindus-yoga-teachers-question-us-sales-tax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/04/3462178-hindus-yoga-teachers-question-us-sales-tax</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>us-news</category><category>yoga</category><category>sales-tax</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:01:58 +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>St. Louis aldermen approve redevelopment plan</title><description><![CDATA[City leaders voted Friday to support a developer's proposal to transform crumbling sections of north St. Louis by building new business centers and homes. 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The photo showed her and her husband Jeff holding their two young children.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Betsy Taylor, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/10/2917279-mo-family-christmas-photo-turns-up-in-czech-ad</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/10/2917279-mo-family-christmas-photo-turns-up-in-czech-ad</guid><category>us</category><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>photo</category><category>us-news</category><category>prague</category><category>danielle-smith</category><category>card-photo</category><category>when-danielle-smith</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:56:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/b30ba083-cbea-4baa-93d3-5a2191966e0a.jpg" width="75" height="50" /></item><item><title>Injected with HIV by dad as baby, teen inspires</title><description><![CDATA[Brryan Jackson has been left out of birthday party invitations and asked not to use water fountains. His daily routine at one point included 23 pills, three IV medications and two injections. 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