<?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 - Frederic J. Frommer's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://ap-97.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Frederic J. Frommer's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:48:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:11:41 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>APNewsBreak: Governors seek wind energy boost</title><description><![CDATA[A coalition representing governors of 29 states is urging the federal government to take steps to boost wind energy, such as a renewable electricity standard requiring utilities to produce at least 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2012.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. 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Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/03/3972172-senators-seek-to-block-stimulus-money-for-overseas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/03/3972172-senators-seek-to-block-stimulus-money-for-overseas</guid><category>foreign</category><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>stimulus</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:14:40 +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>Gov't fitness efforts haven't stemmed kid obesity</title><description><![CDATA[First lady Michelle Obama isn't the first national leader to try to get America's kids off the couch. President Dwight D. Eisenhower tried more than 50 years ago, and it's been a losing battle since.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/10/3876204-govt-fitness-efforts-havent-stemmed-kid-obesity</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/10/3876204-govt-fitness-efforts-havent-stemmed-kid-obesity</guid><category>us</category><category>fitness</category><category>history</category><category>politics</category><category>childhood</category><category>michelle-obama</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:10:32 +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/59c1b2ec-ec27-4eee-9906-cb82b7df4461.jpg" width="75" height="57" /></item><item><title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: NFL players prepare defense</title><description><![CDATA[A year without a Super Bowl? It may be unthinkable to football fans, but that's one worry behind a new lobbying push by NFL players.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/03/3849614-the-influence-game-nfl-players-prepare-defense</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/03/3849614-the-influence-game-nfl-players-prepare-defense</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>football</category><category>politics</category><category>super-bowl</category><category>political</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 18:37:03 +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/e89b9475-72a6-4b32-8015-d706e089ffc9.jpg" width="75" height="50" /></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Federal gov't weighing action on BCS</title><description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice Department said in a letter Friday to a senator who had asked for an antitrust review.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/29/3829479-apnewsbreak-federal-govt-weighing-action-on-bcs?category=sports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/29/3829479-apnewsbreak-federal-govt-weighing-action-on-bcs?category=sports</guid><category>us</category><category>sports</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>bcs</category><category>bowl-championship-series</category><category>justice-department</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:01:50 +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>Act of Congress paved way for Saints, Super Bowl</title><description><![CDATA[More than four decades ago, Congress passed legislation that helped birth both the New Orleans Saints and the Super Bowl. Now the two are finally coming together.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/29/3828268-act-of-congress-paved-way-for-saints-super-bowl</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/29/3828268-act-of-congress-paved-way-for-saints-super-bowl</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>saints</category><category>politics</category><category>new-orleans-saints</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:47:42 +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/06191caa-d409-4029-bb85-cf188593e7c2.jpg" width="75" height="50" /></item><item><title>Record money for 5 college football conferences</title><description><![CDATA[The five college football conferences that don't get automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series will receive a record $24 million from this year's bowl games, according to BCS figures obtained Monday by The Associated Press.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/25/3806911-record-money-for-5-college-football-conferences</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/25/3806911-record-money-for-5-college-football-conferences</guid><category>us</category><category>football</category><category>college-football</category><category>college</category><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>bowl-championship-series</category><category>revenue</category><category>associated-press-monday</category><category>championship-series</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:47:03 +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>NFL players lobby Congress in battles with league</title><description><![CDATA[Pro football players sought lawmakers' help Wednesday in preventing NFL owners from imposing a lockout after next season and said a league victory in a Supreme Court antitrust case could affect free agency and ticket prices.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/20/3782808-nfl-players-lobby-congress-in-battles-with-league</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/20/3782808-nfl-players-lobby-congress-in-battles-with-league</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>nfl</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>capitol-hill</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:37:40 +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>Senator wants Boise State team at White House</title><description><![CDATA[Sen. Orrin Hatch is urging President Barack Obama to invite Boise State to the White House along with Bowl Championship Series winner Alabama, arguing both undefeated teams deserve the honor traditionally afforded to college football's national champion.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/14/3758671-senator-wants-boise-state-team-at-white-house</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/14/3758671-senator-wants-boise-state-team-at-white-house</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>bcs</category><category>bowl-championship-series</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>boise-state</category><category>orrin-hatch</category><category>boise-state-university</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:18:13 +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></item><item><title>PAC to run ad promoting college football playoff</title><description><![CDATA[A new political action committee plans to run ads this week touting a college football playoff system in the markets of two undefeated teams who were bypassed for the national championship.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/04/3713779-pac-to-run-ad-promoting-college-football-playoff?category=sports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/04/3713779-pac-to-run-ad-promoting-college-football-playoff?category=sports</guid><category>business</category><category>college-football</category><category>sports</category><category>ad</category><category>playoff</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:09:57 +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>TV sports star calls childhood obesity 'startling'</title><description><![CDATA["Monday Night Football" analyst Ron Jaworski told Congress on Wednesday that childhood obesity levels in the U.S. are "startling" and that kids need to get more exercise to help stem the epidemic.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/16/3641734-tv-sports-star-calls-childhood-obesity-startling</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/16/3641734-tv-sports-star-calls-childhood-obesity-startling</guid><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>ron-jaworski</category><category>night-football"</category><category>night-football</category><category>jaworski</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:09:34 +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/fa3bd26c-efd1-4c39-b257-9db5e4f3dc66.jpg" width="75" height="64" /></item><item><title>Girl who sustained 11 concussions seeks new law</title><description><![CDATA[A 16-year-old New Jersey girl who was forced to give up basketball because she suffered multiple concussions wants Congress to step in to reduce such injuries in youth sports.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/15/3636754-girl-who-sustained-11-concussions-seeks-new-law?category=sports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/15/3636754-girl-who-sustained-11-concussions-seeks-new-law?category=sports</guid><category>us</category><category>sports</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>concussions</category><category>sports-concussions</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:55:25 +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:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/4657da60-89ba-4b11-b48f-420414f8d583.jpg" width="75" height="48" /></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: McCain again urges pardon for boxer</title><description><![CDATA[Two lawmakers are appealing to President Barack Obama to pardon renowned black boxer Jack Johnson, imprisoned a century ago because of his romantic link to a white woman.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/10/3616954-apnewsbreak-mccain-again-urges-pardon-for-boxer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/10/3616954-apnewsbreak-mccain-again-urges-pardon-for-boxer</guid><category>us</category><category>boxing</category><category>politics</category><category>justice-department</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>pardon</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:08:54 +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>House panel passes college football playoff bill</title><description><![CDATA[Dismissing complaints from some members that Congress had more pressing matters, a House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3611372-house-panel-passes-college-football-playoff-bill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3611372-house-panel-passes-college-football-playoff-bill</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>bcs</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:36:20 +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:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/d803cf7a-22ea-4247-bc4c-50d96299824f.jpg" width="75" height="103" /></item><item><title>House panel passes college football playoff bill</title><description><![CDATA[A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress had more pressing matters on its plate.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3610841-house-panel-passes-college-football-playoff-bill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3610841-house-panel-passes-college-football-playoff-bill</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>bcs</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:54:48 +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><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/d803cf7a-22ea-4247-bc4c-50d96299824f.jpg" width="75" height="103" /></item><item><title>House panels passes college football playoff bill</title><description><![CDATA[A House subcommittee has approved legislation aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3610671-house-panels-passes-college-football-playoff-bill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3610671-house-panels-passes-college-football-playoff-bill</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>bcs</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:08:33 +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><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/d803cf7a-22ea-4247-bc4c-50d96299824f.jpg" width="75" height="103" /></item><item><title>House panel considers college football playoffs</title><description><![CDATA[A top official of the Bowl Championship Series says there are more important things for Congress to worry about than pressing for a playoff system for college football.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3609232-house-panel-considers-college-football-playoffs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3609232-house-panel-considers-college-football-playoffs</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>bcs</category><category>bowl-championship-series</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 08:07:04 +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/d803cf7a-22ea-4247-bc4c-50d96299824f.jpg" width="75" height="103" /></item><item><title>Off the mound, Pirates pitcher pursues farm policy</title><description><![CDATA[An e-mail requesting an internship arrived at the Agriculture Department this summer with an impressive resume: Princeton University degree in operations research and financial engineering, 3.8 college GPA, 1520 SATs.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/27/3552555-off-the-mound-pirates-pitcher-pursues-farm-policy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/27/3552555-off-the-mound-pirates-pitcher-pursues-farm-policy</guid><category>us</category><category>baseball</category><category>politics</category><category>agriculture-department</category><category>princeton-university</category><category>intern</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:48:46 +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/14d83484-f196-4897-a827-ba9cf28efc51.jpg" width="75" height="52" /></item><item><title>Can baseball help bring US and Cuba together?</title><description><![CDATA["Pingpong diplomacy" thawed relations between the United States and China in 1971. 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Frommer, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3498340-can-baseball-help-bring-us-and-cuba-together</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3498340-can-baseball-help-bring-us-and-cuba-together</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>cuba</category><category>politics</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>united-states</category><category>baseball-diplomacy</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:33:33 +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><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/b482f475-c88c-4fe4-aea0-9fa6440c5d24.jpg" width="75" height="49" /></item><item><title>Goodell asks Congress for help on anti-doping</title><description><![CDATA[Arguing that sports leagues' drug programs could be "gutted" if not protected from individual states' laws, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell asked Congress on Tuesday to intervene with legislation and found at least one powerful ally.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. 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