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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>The latest in Washington, Dc</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/topic/washington-dc" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://informreligion.com/topic/washington-dc</id><updated>2011-01-05T01:31:03Z</updated><entry><title>Monsignor defrocked in NYC sex abuse scandal</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/roman-catholicism/monsignor-defrocked-nyc-sex-abuse-scandal-4715729a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-18T07:00:23Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-12-18:/roman-catholicism/monsignor-defrocked-nyc-sex-abuse-scandal-4715729a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Catholic monsignor who raised funds for &lt;a title="NYC Archdiocese" href="/topic/NYC+Archdiocese" &gt;NYC Archdiocese&lt;/a&gt; defrocked in sex abuse scandal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Roman Catholic tribunal has defrocked a monsignor who once led fundraising for the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Archdiocese of New York" href="/topic/Archdiocese+of+New+York" &gt;Archdiocese of New York&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after deciding he had molested a teenage student in the 1980s.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The archdiocese announced the decision regarding &lt;...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Sexual Offenses"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Roman Catholicism"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Archdiocese of New York"></category><category term="Scandals"></category><category term="Church Abuse Scandals"></category><category term="NYC Archdiocese"></category></entry><entry><title>A reader collars two more TV priests</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/christianity/reader-collars-tv-priests-4396920a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T14:31:29Z</updated><author><name>Beliefnet</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/christianity/reader-collars-tv-priests-4396920a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Media"></category><category term="Television"></category><category term="TV Comedies"></category><category term="Sitcoms"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Saturday Night Live"></category><category term="Stephen Colbert"></category><category term="Jon Stewart"></category><category term="National Mall"></category><category term="Barney Miller"></category><category term="Stephen Furst"></category><category term="Ron Carey"></category><category term="Guido Sarducci"></category><category term="Silver Spoons (TV Show)"></category><category term="Rally to Restore Sanity"></category><category term="Chris Vaughen"></category><category term="Joel Higgins"></category></entry><entry><title>Pope Benedict US Visit 2008</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/roman-catholicism/pope-benedict-visit-2008-4698023a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-30T13:55:10Z</updated><author><name>Mahalo</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-11-30:/roman-catholicism/pope-benedict-visit-2008-4698023a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Roman Catholicism"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Philadelphia"></category><category term="Boston"></category><category term="Baltimore"></category><category term="United Nations"></category><category term="Pope Benedict XVI"></category><category term="World Trade 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href="http://informreligion.com/african-diaspora-religions/practitioner-santeria-3948120a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-03T00:20:23Z</updated><author><name>hubPage</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-11-03:/african-diaspora-religions/practitioner-santeria-3948120a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="San Antonio"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Illinois"></category><category term="Manhattan"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Las Vegas"></category><category term="San Diego"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Orlando (Florida)"></category><category term="Nevada"></category><category term="Memphis"></category><category term="Newark (New Jersey)"></category><category term="Puerto Rico"></category><category term="Miami"></category><category term="Houston (Texas)"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Tampa"></category><category term="Dallas (Texas)"></category><category term="West Palm Beach"></category><category term="Jacksonville (Florida)"></category><category term="Ponce"></category><category term="Union City (Oklahoma)"></category><category term="Bayamon"></category><category term="Brooklyn (New York City)"></category><category term="African Diaspora Religions"></category></entry><entry><title>Single Adult LDS Activities in the Washington DC Area</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/mormon-church/single-adult-lds-activities-washington-dc-area-1385783a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-11T21:28:02Z</updated><author><name>eHow</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-09-11:/mormon-church/single-adult-lds-activities-washington-dc-area-1385783a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Holidays"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Mormon Church"></category><category term="Travel and Tourism"></category><category term="Travel Destinations"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Salt Lake City"></category><category term="Maryland"></category><category term="Potomac (Maryland)"></category><category term="Smithsonian Institution"></category><category term="Kensington"></category><category term="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"></category><category term="Institute of Religion"></category><category term="Christmas"></category><category term="Holiday Season"></category></entry><entry><title>Religious Associations</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/religious-associations-3616071a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-02T14:36:00Z</updated><author><name>eHow</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/religious-associations-3616071a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Judaism"></category><category term="Religious Concepts"></category><category term="Religious Ethics"></category><category term="Education"></category><category term="Elementary and High School Education"></category><category term="High School Education"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Boston"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Silver Spring"></category><category term="Indianapolis"></category><category 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Events Rescind Invites to Catholic Cardinal, Franklin Graham</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/roman-catholicism/washington-dc-events-rescind-invites-catholic-cardinal-franklin-graham-3391045a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-27T07:00:16Z</updated><author><name>Beliefnet</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-10-27:/roman-catholicism/washington-dc-events-rescind-invites-catholic-cardinal-franklin-graham-3391045a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Child Abuse"></category><category term="Sexual Offenses"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Protestantism"></category><category term="Evangelicalism"></category><category term="Roman Catholicism"></category><category term="Religious Concepts"></category><category term="Religious Ethics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Military and Defense Policy"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The New York Times Company"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="The Pentagon"></category><category term="Pope Benedict XVI"></category><category term="The Roman Catholic Church"></category><category term="Military Religious Freedom Foundation"></category><category term="Religious Freedom and Discrimination"></category><category term="Scandals"></category><category term="Church Abuse Scandals"></category><category term="Congregation for the Clergy"></category><category term="National Day of Prayer"></category><category term="Ethical Issues"></category><category term="Frankllin Graham"></category></entry><entry><title>Ultimatum in DC II</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/roman-catholicism/ultimatum-dc-ii-3678741a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-02T16:21:24Z</updated><author><name>America Magazine</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/roman-catholicism/ultimatum-dc-ii-3678741a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Roman Catholicism"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Local Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Catholic Charities USA"></category><category term="Archdiocese of Washington"></category><category term="Tom Reese"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Michael O'Loughlin"></category><category term="Philanthropy"></category></entry><entry><title>Wat Thai of Washington D.C.</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/buddhism/wat-thai-washington-dc-1517348a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-22T02:45:02Z</updated><author><name>ArticlesBase</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-09-22:/buddhism/wat-thai-washington-dc-1517348a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wat Thai of Washington, D.C. is viewed as having been founded, informally, when two monks who were invited from Thailand arrived and took residence on July 5, 2517/1974, at a suburban house at 705 Wayne Avenue in Silver Spring. This house was rented by the Buddhist Association in Washington, D.C. for monks' residence and for use as a seat of Buddhist activities of the Association.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Buddhist Association in Washington, D.C., the owner of the house, is in turn the outgrowth of a ...</summary><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Buddhism"></category><category term="Armed Forces"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Thailand"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Silver Spring"></category><category term="Southeast Asia"></category><category term="Delaware"></category><category term="Dover"></category><category term="Dover Air Force Base"></category><category term="Buddhist Association"></category><category term="Military Bases"></category><category term="Saeng Dhamma"></category><category term="District of Columbia Non-profit Corporation"></category><category term="Homestead Air Force"></category></entry><entry><title>Baptists' ex-president sues over lost election</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/baptist-church/baptists-expresident-sues-lost-election-707205a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T09:48:18Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/baptist-church/baptists-expresident-sues-lost-election-707205a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Ex-president of &lt;a title="National Baptist Convention" href="/topic/National+Baptist+Convention" &gt;National Baptist Convention&lt;/a&gt; sues over landslide election loss, claims fraud&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The former president of the National Baptist Convention &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;USA&lt;/a&gt; has sued the denomination over an election he overwhelmingly lost.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Delegates to the convention, the nation's largest and oldest black denomination, chose the &lt;a title...</summary><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Protestantism"></category><category term="Baptist Church"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Nashville"></category><category term="Henry Lyons"></category><category term="Julius Scruggs"></category><category term="National Baptist Convention"></category></entry><entry><title>Muslims vs. Christians: Prayer Smackdown in DC</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/christianity/muslims-christians-prayer-smackdown-dc-2515988a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T07:38:55Z</updated><author><name>About.com</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-10-22:/christianity/muslims-christians-prayer-smackdown-dc-2515988a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, 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type="html">...</summary><category term="Executive Management"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Protestantism"></category><category term="Baptist Church"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="England"></category><category term="London (England)"></category><category term="Religious Freedom and Discrimination"></category></entry><entry><title>National Association of Evangelicals</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/evangelicalism/national-association-evangelicals-2662955a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T09:15:59Z</updated><author><name>The Encyclopedia Britannica</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-10-22:/evangelicalism/national-association-evangelicals-2662955a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Protestantism"></category><category term="Evangelicalism"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="National Association of Evangelicals"></category><category term="National Religious Broadcasters"></category><category term="England"></category><category term="Azusa"></category><category term="London (England)"></category><category term="Evangelical Foreign Missions Association"></category><category term="World Evangelical Fellowship"></category></entry><entry><title>Apr 23, 2009</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/presbyterian-church/apr-23-2009-3005425a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-23T23:10:14Z</updated><author><name>Crosswalk</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-10-23:/presbyterian-church/apr-23-2009-3005425a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Protestantism"></category><category term="Presbyterian Church"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Washington Times"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Pasadena"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Maryland"></category><category term="Pakistan"></category><category term="South Asia"></category><category term="Northern Virginia"></category><category term="Lahore"></category><category term="National Association of Evangelicals"></category><category term="Presbyterian Church USA"></category><category term="John Piper"></category><category term="Tim 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Carson"></category><category term="Ajith Fernando"></category><category term="Joseph Tkach"></category><category term="K. Edward Copeland"></category><category term="Shah Taj"></category><category term="Tim Cargal"></category></entry><entry><title>Levy family's grief endures, despite break in case</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/judaism/levy-familys-grief-endures-break-case-391887a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T14:09:59Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/judaism/levy-familys-grief-endures-break-case-391887a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A family's grief endures, despite reports that police close to arrest in &lt;a title="Chandra Levy" href="/topic/Chandra+Levy" &gt;Chandra Levy&lt;/a&gt; killing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the first weeks after her only daughter disappeared, grief hit &lt;a title="Susan Levy" href="/topic/Susan+Levy" &gt;Susan Levy&lt;/a&gt; so hard she could not move from a fetal position on the living room couch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By the time Chandra Levy's skull and bones were found in a park in the nation's capital a year later, her mo...</summary><category term="Criminal Sentencing and Punishment"></category><category term="Prisons"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Judaism"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Germany"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Modesto"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons"></category><category term="Cathy Lanier"></category><category term="Traci Billingsley"></category><category term="Chandra Levy"></category><category term="Gary Condit"></category><category term="Ingmar Guandique"></category><category term="Rock Creek Park"></category><category term="Susan Levy"></category><category term="Donna Raley"></category><category term="Adelanto"></category><category term="Avis Buchanan"></category><category term="Bob Levy"></category><category term="Joyce Gandelman"></category><category term="Pat Hall"></category><category term="Quintin Peterson"></category></entry><entry><title>How to Save Catholic Schools</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/roman-catholicism/save-catholic-schools-3678808a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-02T16:21:28Z</updated><author><name>America Magazine</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/roman-catholicism/save-catholic-schools-3678808a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Roman Catholicism"></category><category term="Education"></category><category term="Elementary and High School Education"></category><category term="High School Education"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Pennsylvania"></category><category term="Maryland"></category><category term="University of Notre Dame"></category><category term="Chesapeake Bay"></category><category term="Thomas B. 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A machine had continued to work his lungs after he was pron...</summary><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Judaism"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Children's National Medical Center"></category><category term="Motl Brody"></category></entry><entry><title>No Need to Believe in God?</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/religion/god-2978372a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-23T19:09:14Z</updated><author><name>Crosswalk</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-10-23:/religion/god-2978372a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Media"></category><category term="Advertising"></category><category term="Television"></category><category term="TV News Shows"></category><category term="Holidays"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="United 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href="http://informreligion.com/religious-ethics/judge-rules-bearded-dc-firefighters-1220099a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-10T00:22:44Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-09-10:/religious-ethics/judge-rules-bearded-dc-firefighters-1220099a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Federal Judge Rules DC Fire Department Can't Ban Beards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A federal judge on Friday struck down a requirement that firefighters in the &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;District of Columbia&lt;/a&gt; be clean-shaven.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A group of firefighters who wear beards for religious reasons first sued in 2001 to challenge the fire department's "grooming policy." That policy was replaced with a safety policy in 2005 that held that beards are not compatible...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Civil Trials"></category><category term="Fashion and Style"></category><category term="Facial Hair"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Religious Concepts"></category><category term="Religious Ethics"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Philadelphia"></category><category term="Alan Etter"></category><category term="James Robertson"></category><category term="Beauty and Hair Care"></category><category term="Religious Freedom Restoration Act"></category><category term="Religious Freedom and Discrimination"></category><category term="Ethical Issues"></category></entry><entry><title>Mega Millions</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/photo/mega-millions-2406219p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-05T01:31:03Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2011-01-05:/photo/mega-millions-2406219p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Loretta Pride" href="/topic/Loretta+Pride" &gt;Loretta Pride&lt;/a&gt;, right, smiles after receiving help from Ivey Coples with selecting numbers for her three Mega Millions lottery tickets at the The All In One Shop on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in &lt;a title="Greensboro" href="/topic/Greensboro" &gt;Greensboro&lt;/a&gt;, N.C. Thousands of people lined up in 41 states and in &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington, D.C.&lt;/a&gt;, ahead of the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday in hopes...</summary><category term="Lottery Results"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Greensboro"></category><category term="Jerry Wolford"></category><category term="Loretta Pride"></category></entry><entry><title>NEW YEAR</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/photo/new-year-2404627p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-31T20:31:34Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-12-31:/photo/new-year-2404627p/</id><summary type="html">Oyuna Orosoo, from &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington, D.C.&lt;/a&gt;, foreground left, is checked with a metal detector by &lt;a title="New York City Police Department" href="/topic/New+York+City+Police+Department" &gt;NYPD&lt;/a&gt; police officer Toro, right, as she arrives for the New Year's Eve festivities in &lt;a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" &gt;New York&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Times Square" href="/topic/Times+Square" &gt;Times Square&lt;/a&gt; Friday Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Tina Fin...</summary><category term="Holidays"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Times Square"></category><category term="New York City Police Department"></category></entry><entry><title>Deaths YE</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/photo/deaths-ye-2400800p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-21T12:01:44Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-12-21:/photo/deaths-ye-2400800p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 picture, &lt;a title="Ted Stevens" href="/topic/Ted+Stevens" &gt;Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska&lt;/a&gt;, speaks during a news conference in &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington, D.C.&lt;/a&gt; Stevens was killed Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 at 86 in a plane crash in a remote part of &lt;a title="Alaska" href="/topic/Alaska" &gt;Alaska&lt;/a&gt; while on his way to a fishing trip.  (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright 2010&amp;...</summary><category term="Accidents and Disasters"></category><category term="Transportation"></category><category term="Air Disasters"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Alaska"></category><category term="Ted Stevens"></category></entry><entry><title>Tax Cuts</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/photo/tax-cuts-2398656p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-16T20:31:50Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-12-16:/photo/tax-cuts-2398656p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Louise Slaughter" href="/topic/Louise+Slaughter" &gt;Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.&lt;/a&gt;, , talks to reporters about the  status of the tax legislation  on &lt;a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" &gt;Capitol Hill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington, D. C.&lt;/a&gt;,   Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010.(AP Photo/Harry &lt;a title="Hamburg" href="/topic/Hamburg" &gt;Hamburg&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright 2010&amp;#160; &lt;a href="http://www.ap.org"&gt;AP News...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="Hamburg"></category><category term="Louise Slaughter"></category></entry><entry><title>Indian Money</title><link href="http://informreligion.com/photo/indian-money-2392763p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-05T14:31:26Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:informreligion.com,2010-12-05:/photo/indian-money-2392763p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2009 file photo, &lt;a title="Elouise Cobell" href="/topic/Elouise+Cobell" &gt;Elouise Cobell&lt;/a&gt;, right, looks on as &lt;a title="David Hayes" href="/topic/David+Hayes" &gt;Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes&lt;/a&gt; testifies during a &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Indian+Affairs" &gt;Senate Indian Affairs Committee&lt;/a&gt; hearing in &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington, D.C.&lt;/a&gt;  Native Americ...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Civil Trials"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Native American Issues"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Indigenous Issues"></category><category term="David Hayes"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs"></category><category term="Elouise Cobell"></category></entry></feed>
