<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><generator>NFE/1.0</generator><title>Google News - Top Stories</title><link>http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&amp;topic=h</link><language>en</language><webMaster>news-feedback@google.com</webMaster><copyright>&amp;copy;2008 Google</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:03 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Google News</title><url>http://news.google.com/intl/en_us/images/news_res.gif</url><link>http://news.google.com/</link></image><item><title>Media look for conflict, but Democrats disappoint - Los Angeles Times</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-tvcritic28-2008aug28,0,2181194.story&amp;cid=1240563313&amp;ei=80y2SOWcHabgyQSy5Jn7Cg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGXUNwmCtgKBeJAZc5d3lPFGZJoow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=_np1WRs1qREJ</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:05:50 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/08/bubba_stands_up_and_delivers.html%3Fhpid%3Dtopnews&amp;cid=1240563313&amp;ei=80y2SOWcHabgyQSy5Jn7Cg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFtkLVuZbENvzsKua_9X1diopXyJw&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=RhlbjZ7Vu68J&amp;imgurl=media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/08/27/PH2008082703570.jpg width=80 height=55 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Washington Post&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-tvcritic28-2008aug28,0,2181194.story&amp;cid=1240563313&amp;ei=80y2SOWcHabgyQSy5Jn7Cg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGXUNwmCtgKBeJAZc5d3lPFGZJoow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Media look for conflict, but Democrats disappoint&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Los Angeles Times&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;54 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By Mary McNamara, Times Television Critic Karl Rove defending Bill Clinton from a disparaging Sean Hannity; Bill Clinton telling the thousands of conventioneers chanting his name to &amp;quot;please stop it, please sit down,&amp;quot; so he  could anoint Barack Obama; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082704148.html&amp;cid=1240563313&amp;ei=80y2SOWcHabgyQSy5Jn7Cg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFqPoeX9a6L_JbX-c7bJKdrfRY3Qg&quot;&gt;Former President Makes the Case for Obama&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Washington Post&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700254412,00.html&amp;cid=1240563313&amp;ei=80y2SOWcHabgyQSy5Jn7Cg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGmXV8rq0_aRjZrLIqxtHd2LP_sNQ&quot;&gt;Making history: Biden hails Obama as wise leader who can deliver &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gaymarriage28-2008aug28,0,6444457.story&amp;cid=1240296336&amp;ei=80y2SOWcHabgyQSy5Jn7Cg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGiaoKL8zs5Am5BHDkuLQKDJbbMlQ&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Most oppose bid to ban gay marriage in California, poll finds&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Los Angeles Times&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Fifty-four percent of likely voters are against Prop. 8, with 40% supporting the measure. 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