<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:04:45.210-07:00</updated><category term='Business'/><category term='Lifestyle'/><category term='International'/><category term='Sport'/><category term='Africa'/><category term='Technology'/><category term='Europe'/><category term='Politic'/><category term='Health'/><category term='Travel'/><category term='America'/><title type='text'>afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>40</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-5193865181440696891</id><published>2011-03-29T05:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-30T04:29:01.947-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>Newport Beach Houses - Buy A New Houses to Stay</title><summary type='text'>Are you still looking to a new home to live in? California is a big state. There are lot of people here. And there are a lot of great places here you may pass your life time. You have numerous alternatives if you like the California as your future home. If you love live in downtown where much good places can be accessed easily, then you can choose Los Angeles, San Diego or San Francisco. But if </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/5193865181440696891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/5193865181440696891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/newport-beach-houses-buy-new-houses-to.html' title='Newport Beach Houses - Buy A New Houses to Stay'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-5307862355522642676</id><published>2011-03-21T20:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T19:58:30.107-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>Discovering Newport Beach Houses</title><summary type='text'>Newport Beach is a favoured travel destination in the west coast of California. Many tourists love to spend the holidays in this beach. It is truly a best place to shake the busy routines on the working days. If you love to research the nature, this can be the great destination for you. You will able to go there with family. It's attending be nice also to savor the honeymoon days with your wife. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/5307862355522642676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/5307862355522642676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/discovering-newport-beach-houses.html' title='Discovering Newport Beach Houses'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-3389819534690302026</id><published>2011-03-17T08:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-18T07:13:25.513-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International'/><title type='text'>Mexico's top diplomat defends US drone flights</title><summary type='text'>MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's top diplomat on Thursday defended allowing U.S. drones to fly over Mexican territory to hunt drug traffickers, while acknowledging the government has disagreements and "moments of tension" with Washington.
Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa said the drone flights do not violate Mexico's sovereignty because they are "controlled" by Mexico and are unarmed.
</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3389819534690302026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3389819534690302026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/mexico-top-diplomat-defends-us-drone.html' title='Mexico&amp;#39;s top diplomat defends US drone flights'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-3212997565922613638</id><published>2011-03-15T21:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T20:40:09.938-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health'/><title type='text'>Doctors get a taste of 'Gabby' as Giffords reaches more milestones in her recovery</title><summary type='text'>HOUSTON (AP) -- Doctors helping Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recover from a gunshot wound to the head talk enthusiastically about her progress, saying some of the greatest moments come when her personality shines through with big grins and excitement over her rehabilitation milestones.
"That's Gabby. It's a constant, wonderful thing," said Dr. Dong Kim, a neuroscientist.
Doctors provided the new </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3212997565922613638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3212997565922613638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/doctors-get-taste-of-as-giffords.html' title='Doctors get a taste of &amp;#39;Gabby&amp;#39; as Giffords reaches more milestones in her recovery'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-1851424047615345338</id><published>2011-03-15T00:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T23:17:07.850-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>Discover Accomplished Information about  Newport Beach</title><summary type='text'>There are a lot of things that should be prepared before having a holiday. People need to decide their holiday destination, get a place to stay, and many others. It is very significant for people to gather as much information as they can about their holiday destination, so they can enjoy their holiday even more. It will be so much more effective to add their knowledge a head they going to a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/1851424047615345338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/1851424047615345338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/discover-accomplished-information-about.html' title='Discover Accomplished Information about  Newport Beach'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-4111924030320401622</id><published>2011-03-13T04:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T03:54:05.454-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politic'/><title type='text'>Giffords' friends make her a presence in Congress</title><summary type='text'>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' chair sits empty as she recovers from a gunshot wound to the head, yet three friends are ensuring she still has a presence in Congress.
At nearly every hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, the panel's top Democrat, Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, carves out a few precious minutes from his time-limited turn quizzing military officials to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4111924030320401622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4111924030320401622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/giffords-friends-make-her-presence-in.html' title='Giffords&amp;#39; friends make her a presence in Congress'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-2492490215021905867</id><published>2011-03-12T06:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-13T06:02:04.585-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International'/><title type='text'>France's Far-Right Candidate Leads Presidency Poll</title><summary type='text'>French politics have been thrown into disarray this week by a pair of polls showing far-right leader Marine Le Pen would carry the first round of presidential elections, which are scheduled next year.
A poll published Tuesday shows France's far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen would beat out all favored candidates for the French presidency - including incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy - if </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/2492490215021905867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/2492490215021905867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/france-far-right-candidate-leads.html' title='France&amp;#39;s Far-Right Candidate Leads Presidency Poll'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-6560306033714016797</id><published>2011-03-11T18:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-12T17:50:48.904-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International'/><title type='text'>Quake brings modern Tokyo to a standstill</title><summary type='text'>TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's huge earthquake brought super-modern Tokyo to a standstill as it paralyzed trains that normally run like clockwork, crippled mobile phones, stranded hordes of commuters and trapped scores of people in elevators.
The magnitude-8.9 quake that struck off the coast Friday afternoon and triggered a deadly tsunami in the northeast also violently shook buildings in the capital, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/6560306033714016797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/6560306033714016797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/quake-brings-modern-tokyo-to-standstill.html' title='Quake brings modern Tokyo to a standstill'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-5879457836245312371</id><published>2011-03-10T22:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-11T21:51:57.707-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Group: MLK parade bomb suspect was avid neo-Nazi</title><summary type='text'>SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- When a bomb was found along the route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane, some law officers suspected a possible white supremacist link. Now, an organization that tracks hate groups says the man charged this week in the failed attack was an avid contributor to a supremacist Internet forum and a reputed member of a neo-Nazi group.
The Southern Poverty Law </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/5879457836245312371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/5879457836245312371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/group-mlk-parade-bomb-suspect-was-avid.html' title='Group: MLK parade bomb suspect was avid neo-Nazi'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-2145196835850897108</id><published>2011-03-09T07:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-10T06:56:42.266-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>Newport Beach Houses – An Interesting Place to Stay</title><summary type='text'>Many people want to relax on the beach. A dream for tourism to find the wind blowing breeze, calm waves and sandy beaches that invigorate total fun and relaxation. Newport Beach is the answer to the dream of every person who thought of the beach environment as their ideal way to have fun and relaxation. Newport Beach Houses is the answer for a place to live for the dream of every person who </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/2145196835850897108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/2145196835850897108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/newport-beach-houses-interesting-place.html' title='Newport Beach Houses – An Interesting Place to Stay'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-1879647231658517096</id><published>2011-03-07T17:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T16:45:09.894-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International'/><title type='text'>Kaspar the friendly robot helps autistic kids</title><summary type='text'>STEVENAGE, England (AP) -- Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl began playing with a robot that teaches about emotions and physical contact - and now she hugs everyone.
"She's a lot more affectionate with her friends now and will even initiate the embrace," said Claire Sawczenko, Eden's </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/1879647231658517096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/1879647231658517096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/kaspar-friendly-robot-helps-autistic.html' title='Kaspar the friendly robot helps autistic kids'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-4891306611195249896</id><published>2011-03-06T19:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-07T18:38:56.432-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sport'/><title type='text'>Rachel Alexandra pregnant, foal expected in 2012</title><summary type='text'>LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Rachel Alexandra is going to be a mom.
The 2009 Horse of the Year is in foal with an expected due date of Feb. 1, 2012.
Stonestreet Farm announced the pregnancy Monday, two weeks after the 2009 Preakness winner was bred to two-time Horse of the Year winner and stablemate Curlin.
The two horses mated in a breeding shed at Lane's End Farm, near Versailles, Ky., on Feb. 21. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4891306611195249896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4891306611195249896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/rachel-alexandra-pregnant-foal-expected.html' title='Rachel Alexandra pregnant, foal expected in 2012'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-1521811545228818243</id><published>2011-03-06T08:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-07T08:29:27.059-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International'/><title type='text'>Chinese premier pledges to fight inflation, corruption</title><summary type='text'>Beijing (CNN) -- China has made significant strides on the global stage over the past five years, but still needs to solve persistent problems at home, the country's premier said Saturday.
Speaking before the country's parliament, Premier Wen Jiabao pledged that fighting inflation and corruption would be top priorities over the next five years.
"We have not yet fundamentally solved a number of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/1521811545228818243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/1521811545228818243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/chinese-premier-pledges-to-fight.html' title='Chinese premier pledges to fight inflation, corruption'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-3636236248242118584</id><published>2011-03-05T14:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-06T14:13:27.150-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Search for missing US student in Spain</title><summary type='text'>MADRID (AP) -- Police, family and friends have stepped up a search for a San Diego State University exchange student who went missing after visiting a nightclub in Madrid more than a week ago.
Friends said 22-year-old Austin Bice was last seen outside Riviera concert venue and discotheque in the early hours of Feb. 26. The family he was staying with laid a plate for him at lunch later in the day </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3636236248242118584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3636236248242118584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/search-for-missing-us-student-in-spain.html' title='Search for missing US student in Spain'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-595665394622277152</id><published>2011-03-05T01:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-06T01:13:39.989-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sport'/><title type='text'>Vonn clinches 4th consecutive downhill title</title><summary type='text'>TARVISIO, Italy (AP) -- Here's a measure of Lindsey Vonn's strength in the downhill: She no longer bothers to celebrate the season-long championship.
She won the downhill crown for the fourth consecutive year Saturday by finishing second to Sweden's Anja Paerson. A day earlier, Vonn clinched her second straight super-combined title. She now has 11 World Cup championships for her career, with </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/595665394622277152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/595665394622277152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/vonn-clinches-4th-consecutive-downhill.html' title='Vonn clinches 4th consecutive downhill title'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-8160224642781175044</id><published>2011-03-04T17:45:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-04T17:45:27.085-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Okla. tests inconclusive in Amelia Earhart search</title><summary type='text'>NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Tests to determine if bone fragments found on a remote South Pacific island are the remains of Amelia Earhart are inconclusive, researchers announced Wednesday, dashing hopes they might help explain what happened to the famed aviator who disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly around the world.
Scientists at the University of Oklahoma attempted to detect human DNA from three</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/8160224642781175044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/8160224642781175044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/okla-tests-inconclusive-in-amelia.html' title='Okla. tests inconclusive in Amelia Earhart search'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-3448701740429383514</id><published>2011-03-04T16:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T16:45:02.538-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lifestyle'/><title type='text'>Makeityourring Diamond Engagement Rings Symbol of Endless Love</title><summary type='text'>Reason out of choosing diamond is that they believed as symbol of love, purity and unity. This attain Makeityourring Diamond Engagement Rings are one of the most popular alternatives in engagement rings. You can find that these days couples choose representing kakeityourring diamond engagement ring to their beloved and the argue of its popularity is its unique look and it has the power to melt </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3448701740429383514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3448701740429383514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/makeityourring-diamond-engagement-rings.html' title='Makeityourring Diamond Engagement Rings Symbol of Endless Love'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-3127258226836375015</id><published>2011-03-04T15:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T15:18:41.589-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Autopsy: Mich. hoops player dies of cardiac arrest</title><summary type='text'>FENNVILLE, Mich. (AP) -- One moment: a perfect shot to end a perfect season. The star player, just 16, lifted off the floor in celebration. Teenagers triumphant, crowds cheering, the district playoffs ahead, the future open wide.
The next: Wes Leonard on the gym floor, his enlarged heart failing, his life fading just a few moments after his victory layup. Packed bleachers suddenly stunned by an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3127258226836375015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3127258226836375015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/autopsy-mich-hoops-player-dies-of.html' title='Autopsy: Mich. hoops player dies of cardiac arrest'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-3348553645316405729</id><published>2011-03-04T07:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T07:53:36.772-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lifestyle'/><title type='text'>Makeityourring - Symbol your Love</title><summary type='text'>Have you found out any good girl for yourself and without her you flavor solely and the world did not llok worthwhile? You can not think your lifetime without her. Well, you're in love that deep so it is rude that you would like to go engage with her. While you talk of engagement, the most important thing in your mind is to purchase Makeityourring Diamond Engagement Rings elegant so you can </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3348553645316405729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/3348553645316405729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/makeityourring-symbol-your-love.html' title='Makeityourring - Symbol your Love'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-967928009261147017</id><published>2011-03-03T22:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T22:32:42.751-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politic'/><title type='text'>Bush back in Washington to unveil Frist portrait</title><summary type='text'>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tap-tap-tap went George W. Bush's feet under his chair in the Old Senate Chamber Wednesday as he waited through a speech by his longtime friend, heart surgeon and one-time majority leader Bill Frist.
The former president, invited for the unveiling of Frist's Senate portrait, shifted in his chair. He crossed his legs. He fidgeted.
"I'll speed it up, Mr. President," Frist said </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/967928009261147017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/967928009261147017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/bush-back-in-washington-to-unveil-frist.html' title='Bush back in Washington to unveil Frist portrait'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-7387892039563024770</id><published>2011-03-02T19:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T19:07:49.382-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>NJ gymnast, 7, balances religious faith and sports</title><summary type='text'>NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- When 7-year-old Amalya Knapp took the beam at the New Jersey state gymnastics finals last month, her excellent performance symbolized a far more complicated balancing act.
Although she would have ranked fifth in her age group, eligible for a medal, her individual scores were discounted. She was unable to compete on a Saturday because of her Orthodox Jewish family's observance</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/7387892039563024770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/7387892039563024770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/nj-gymnast-7-balances-religious-faith.html' title='NJ gymnast, 7, balances religious faith and sports'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-7114671638366229897</id><published>2011-03-02T10:14:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T10:14:29.603-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Buy engagement rings to make her happy and engagement occasion memorable</title><summary type='text'>Diamond is a very beneficial stone available on earth. People choose diamonds because the sparkling shine of your love. Indeed, a diamond engagement ring symbolizes endless love and devotion. And diamond engagement ring is a assure of wedding and felicity between two humans.
If you're one of the moes favored couples and also very affected in a love on someone especiaL or marrying in a couple of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/7114671638366229897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/7114671638366229897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/buy-engagement-rings-to-make-her-happy.html' title='Buy engagement rings to make her happy and engagement occasion memorable'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-4267953052560949498</id><published>2011-03-01T21:44:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-01T21:44:10.878-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International'/><title type='text'>EU court bans insurance sex discrimination</title><summary type='text'>BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union's highest court on Tuesday barred the insurance industry from charging different rates for men and women, saying the widespread practices amounts to sex discrimination against millions.
The ruling ordered changes effective Dec. 21, 2012, to auto insurance, life insurance, medical coverage and other plans, potentially affecting tens of millions of customers </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4267953052560949498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4267953052560949498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/eu-court-bans-insurance-sex.html' title='EU court bans insurance sex discrimination'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-8548796635480516516</id><published>2011-03-01T21:29:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-01T21:29:40.722-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sport'/><title type='text'>Jets letting go of Woody and Jenkins</title><summary type='text'>NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Jets are trimming some salary and some veterans from their roster.
Offensive lineman Damien Woody said on his Twitter account on Monday that he had just been informed of his release, and thanked the Jets and their fans.
Defensive tackle Kris Jenkins will also be released Tuesday, his agent, Tony Paige, confirmed to the AP in an e-mail.
The 33-year-old Woody just </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/8548796635480516516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/8548796635480516516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/03/jets-letting-go-of-woody-and-jenkins.html' title='Jets letting go of Woody and Jenkins'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-7382885003891173891</id><published>2011-02-28T21:24:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-28T21:24:41.042-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International'/><title type='text'>Car runs down bicycling demonstrators in Brazil</title><summary type='text'>SAO PAULO (AP) -- A motorist sped his car through a pack of more than 100 cycling activists in southern Brazil, sending bikes and screaming riders flying through the air and landing hard on the asphalt in a scene captured on amateur video and posted online.
At least 40 cyclists were injured, with most suffering cuts and broken bones, but nobody was killed, authorities said.
Police said the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/7382885003891173891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/7382885003891173891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/car-runs-down-bicycling-demonstrators.html' title='Car runs down bicycling demonstrators in Brazil'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-4436849351115167170</id><published>2011-02-27T21:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T23:42:32.021-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Air travelers may have been exposed to measles</title><summary type='text'>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Public health officials are warning travelers and workers present at four U.S. airports on two recent days that they may have been exposed to measles from a traveler arriving from London.
Authorities said Saturday that a New Mexico woman later confirmed to have measles arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport late in the afternoon of Feb. 20. Two days later, the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4436849351115167170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4436849351115167170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/air-travelers-may-have-been-exposed-to.html' title='Air travelers may have been exposed to measles'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-748430028557712614</id><published>2011-02-26T14:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-26T16:26:24.838-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International'/><title type='text'>PR House majority whip tests positive for cocaine</title><summary type='text'>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico House Majority Whip Rolando Crespo has tested positive for cocaine use during a mandatory drug test for legislators in the U.S. territory, the body's top leader said Friday.
House Speaker Jenniffer Gonzalez said she would file a complaint against Crespo with the House ethics committee.
Crespo issued a statement through his spokesman, Carlos Bermudez, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/748430028557712614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/748430028557712614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/pr-house-majority-whip-tests-positive.html' title='PR House majority whip tests positive for cocaine'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-6346399301385019491</id><published>2011-02-25T18:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T20:29:05.714-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politic'/><title type='text'>Saudi suspect in terror plot appears in fed. court</title><summary type='text'>LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The world is watching to see how the justice system treats a college student from Saudi Arabia who is accused of buying chemicals online as part of a plan to blow up key U.S. targets, his attorney said Friday.
Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari appeared in federal court in Lubbock on Friday. He has been charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction after federal </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/6346399301385019491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/6346399301385019491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/saudi-suspect-in-terror-plot-appears-in.html' title='Saudi suspect in terror plot appears in fed. court'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-881689553543658552</id><published>2011-02-25T00:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T02:07:02.200-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><title type='text'>NATO Not Planning to Interfere in Libya</title><summary type='text'>NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance has no plans to intervene in the unrest in Libya.
Speaking in Ukraine Thursday, Rasmussen said NATO has received no request for such an intervention, and stressed that any action NATO does take should be based on a United Nations mandate.
Rasmussen said the situation in Libya does not threaten NATO or any NATO allies, but he added it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/881689553543658552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/881689553543658552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/nato-not-planning-to-interfere-in-libya.html' title='NATO Not Planning to Interfere in Libya'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-4716457893759821711</id><published>2011-02-24T06:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-24T08:23:56.032-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Thornton scores 300th, Sharks beat Red Wings 4-3</title><summary type='text'>DETROIT (AP) -- Joe Thornton scored his 300th career goal, Devin Setoguchi had two and the San Jose Sharks held on to beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Henrik Zetterberg scored a power-play goal with 1:51 left to pull the Red Wings within a goal, but they couldn't beat Antti Niemi again to force overtime.
Ryane Clowe scored on a breakaway he created midway through the game and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4716457893759821711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4716457893759821711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/thornton-scores-300th-sharks-beat-red.html' title='Thornton scores 300th, Sharks beat Red Wings 4-3'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-162404634400440103</id><published>2011-02-23T15:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-23T17:14:30.284-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>Victoria's Secret parent's 4Q net income rises</title><summary type='text'>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Shoppers splurging again on little luxuries like lingerie and bath products boosted sales at Victoria's Secret and Bath and Body Works and helped parent Limited Brands' fourth-quarter net income rise 27 percent, the company said Wednesday.
The retailer said its net income was $452.3 million, or $1.36 per share, compared with $356.1 million, or $1.08 per share, a year </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/162404634400440103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/162404634400440103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/victoria-secret-parent-4q-net-income.html' title='Victoria&amp;#39;s Secret parent&amp;#39;s 4Q net income rises'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-8802095527344823359</id><published>2011-02-22T15:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-22T18:20:06.586-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politic'/><title type='text'>Judge tosses suit against Obama health care plan</title><summary type='text'>WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit claiming that President Barack Obama's requirement that all Americans have health insurance violates the religious freedom of those who rely on God to protect them.
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler in Washington dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Center for Law and Justice, a Christian legal group founded by evangelist Pat</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/8802095527344823359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/8802095527344823359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/judge-tosses-suit-against-obama-health.html' title='Judge tosses suit against Obama health care plan'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-6575181629524694761</id><published>2011-02-22T03:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-22T06:56:09.353-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Trying brain pacemakers to zap psychiatric disease</title><summary type='text'>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Call them brain pacemakers, tiny implants that hold promise for fighting tough psychiatric diseases - if scientists can figure out just where in all that gray matter to put them.
Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, has proved a powerful way to block the tremors of Parkinson's disease. Blocking mental illness isn't nearly as easy a task.
But a push is on to expand research into how </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/6575181629524694761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/6575181629524694761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/trying-brain-pacemakers-to-zap.html' title='Trying brain pacemakers to zap psychiatric disease'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-5477929039130739628</id><published>2011-02-20T18:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T21:32:06.411-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>House passes sweeping cuts to domestic programs</title><summary type='text'>WASHINGTON - Jolted to action by deficit-conscious newcomers, the Republican-controlled House passed sweeping legislation early Saturday to cut $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs and shelter coal companies, oil refiners and farmers from new government regulations.
The 235-189 vote to send the bill to the Senate was largely along party lines and defied a veto threat from President </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/5477929039130739628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/5477929039130739628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/house-passes-sweeping-cuts-to-domestic.html' title='House passes sweeping cuts to domestic programs'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-2404944607916420578</id><published>2011-02-20T12:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T15:11:47.903-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>Iceland: New Icesave deal must go to public vote</title><summary type='text'>REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- Icelandic President Olafur R. Grimsson said Sunday he would put a new deal aimed at solving a dispute with Britain and the Netherlands over a $5 billion repayment to a public vote.
Grimsson confirmed he would not personally ratify a plan to repay funds invested by British and Dutch citizens in Internet bank Icesave that were lost when it collapsed in late 2008.
About </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/2404944607916420578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/2404944607916420578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/iceland-new-icesave-deal-must-go-to.html' title='Iceland: New Icesave deal must go to public vote'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-8451730637992043463</id><published>2011-02-19T14:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-19T17:32:05.926-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><title type='text'>Economic Instability Tops Agenda For G20 Ministerial Meeting</title><summary type='text'>Finance ministers from the Group of 20 largest economies meet in Paris Friday and Saturday to consider ways to maintain stability in the global economy. The ministers will also discuss soaring food prices that helped spark protests across the Arab world.
France has big ambitions for its G20 presidency this year, but experts say there are obstacles to just meeting the immediate goals of this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/8451730637992043463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/8451730637992043463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/economic-instability-tops-agenda-for.html' title='Economic Instability Tops Agenda For G20 Ministerial Meeting'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-9025973591176486642</id><published>2011-02-19T06:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-19T09:30:38.752-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Fed may reconsider plan to limit debit card fees</title><summary type='text'>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve told Congress on Thursday that it may reconsider its proposal to limit the fee that banks charge merchants for debit card transactions to 12 cents per swipe, the latest twist in a battle over billions of dollars.
Fed Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin made the remark at a House hearing at which lawmakers of both parties attacked the Fed's plan and asked her to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/9025973591176486642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/9025973591176486642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/fed-may-reconsider-plan-to-limit-debit.html' title='Fed may reconsider plan to limit debit card fees'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-1954922435060548047</id><published>2011-02-18T03:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T06:58:13.833-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Judge throws out Padilla suit over alleged torture</title><summary type='text'>CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit brought by a man convicted of plotting terrorism and who alleged he was tortured at a Navy brig in South Carolina, saying a trial would create "an international spectacle."
U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel ruled Jose Padilla, arrested as an enemy combatant, had no right to sue for constitutional violations and that the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/1954922435060548047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/1954922435060548047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/judge-throws-out-padilla-suit-over.html' title='Judge throws out Padilla suit over alleged torture'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-4732577509143167479</id><published>2011-02-17T14:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T17:31:23.706-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Technology'/><title type='text'>LG puts hopes on 'next generation' 3-D TV</title><summary type='text'>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- LG Electronics says competition is heating up in the global battle to woo viewers to 3-D TVs and the South Korean company thinks it has an edge.
Seoul-based LG showed off its Cinema 3-D TV, which it called the "next generation" in the sector as it went on sale Wednesday in the domestic market. LG enlisted the help of popular South Korean movie star Won Bin, who </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4732577509143167479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/4732577509143167479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/lg-puts-hopes-on-generation-3-d-tv.html' title='LG puts hopes on &amp;#39;next generation&amp;#39; 3-D TV'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022918646745959349.post-424109379271823678</id><published>2011-02-17T14:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T17:28:54.932-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sport'/><title type='text'>Cycling leaders threaten to sue Floyd Landis</title><summary type='text'>GENEVA (AP) -- Floyd Landis has been threatened with legal action if he does not withdraw allegations leveled at cycling leaders Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid in a televised interview.
Verbruggen, who was president of the International Cycling Union for 14 years until being succeeded by McQuaid in 2005, said on Wednesday that the claims were "unacceptable."
"We cannot accept what he said and so</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/424109379271823678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6022918646745959349/posts/default/424109379271823678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrogpointsofview.blogspot.com/2011/02/cycling-leaders-threaten-to-sue-floyd.html' title='Cycling leaders threaten to sue Floyd Landis'/><author><name>proudpinaywoman.blogspot.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02809372807274737694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
