<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Hot Topics</title>
	<atom:link href="http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics</link>
	<description>Trending news, culture, and entertainment from Hearst producers around the country.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:27:44 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>TV: Cancelled Shows We Won’t Miss One Little Bit</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/tv-cancelled-shows-we-wont-miss-one-little-bit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/tv-cancelled-shows-we-wont-miss-one-little-bit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bustraan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/?p=6576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Weigand SFGate.com This week, the broadcast networks finish the annual upfronts, the process by which networks try to woo advertisers with bright and shiny objects called “New Fall Shows.” In the process, a lot of shows have fallen by the wayside. &#160; In fact, since last fall, shows have been cancelled left and<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/tv-cancelled-shows-we-wont-miss-one-little-bit/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/tv-cancelled-shows-we-wont-miss-one-little-bit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The wacky world of the Eurovision Song Contest</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/the-wacky-world-of-the-eurovision-song-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/the-wacky-world-of-the-eurovision-song-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmpreovolos@hearst.com (Chris Preovolos)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=15586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forget all that E.U. ‘we are all brothers’ nonsense, Europeans are fiercely patriotic and right now a battle royal of nationalism is brewing…in Malmö, Sweden. But this ain’t the Euro Cup, we’re talking about the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest and it’s your chance to see some seriously entertaining musical acts duke it out for the<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/the-wacky-world-of-the-eurovision-song-contest/15586/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/the-wacky-world-of-the-eurovision-song-contest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="" length="" type="" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reporters say video shows Toronto Mayor smoking crack</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/reporters-say-video-shows-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/reporters-say-video-shows-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cduray@ctpost.com (Christopher Duray)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=15577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After facing accusations of violating campaign laws, making obscene comments, public drunkenness and squandering public funds, it didn’t seem possible that a controversy existed that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford hadn’t faced. At least until two news sources came forward, Thursday, claiming to have seen a video they say shows Rob Ford smoking from a crack<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/reporters-say-video-shows-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/15577/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/reporters-say-video-shows-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="" length="" type="" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Geotagging shows where the haters are</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/geotagging-shows-where-the-haters-are/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/geotagging-shows-where-the-haters-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennlouisew@gmail.com (Jennifer Wadsworth)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hate speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hate tweets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homophobic tweets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humboldt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humboldt state university]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tweets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=15554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The eastern half of the U.S. must be sippin’ on haterade. A group of academics, adorably and somewhat mysteriously dubbed Floating Sheep, came out with a study called “Geography of Hate,” a color-coded image that maps out racist, homophobic and anti-disability tweets. California’s Humboldt State University helped the group analyze geotagged tweets, manually reading through 150,000<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/wheres-all-the-hate-coming-from-go-east/15554/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/17/geotagging-shows-where-the-haters-are/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="" length="" type="" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Campaign uses homeless to undermine Abercrombie’s image</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/16/campaign-uses-homeless-to-undermine-abercrombies-image/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/16/campaign-uses-homeless-to-undermine-abercrombies-image/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennlouisew@gmail.com (Jennifer Wadsworth)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#fitchthehomeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abercrombie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abercrombie and fitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO of abercrombie and fitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clothing brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clothing industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expensive clothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hollister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike jeffries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prestige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[status symbols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[style]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=15522</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Angry at Abercrombie &#38; Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries’ exclusivity, a Los Angeles filmmaker decided to give away the brand’s clothes to the homeless. Greg Karber caught his charity rebranding mission on video, uploaded it to YouTube and asked others to join him in the marketing effort to undermine the company’s uppity image. Karber’s not the only<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/campaign-uses-homeless-to-undermine-abercrombies-image/15522/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/16/campaign-uses-homeless-to-undermine-abercrombies-image/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="" length="" type="" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gazan smugglers going underground to bring in KFC</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/16/gazan-smugglers-going-underground-to-bring-in-kfc/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/16/gazan-smugglers-going-underground-to-bring-in-kfc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmpreovolos@hearst.com (Chris Preovolos)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=15538</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A smuggler carries food from Kentucky Fried Chicken to be delivered through an underground tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt   Finger lickin’ good it may be, but this is taking things a little too far. Some residents of Gaza have taken to smuggling in fried chicken and all the fixin’s from neighboring Egypt<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/gazan-smugglers-going-underground-to-bring-in-kfc/15538/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/16/gazan-smugglers-going-underground-to-bring-in-kfc/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="" length="" type="" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>You can turn anything into a taco</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/16/you-can-turn-anything-into-a-taco/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/16/you-can-turn-anything-into-a-taco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmpreovolos@hearst.com (Chris Preovolos)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=15525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taco Bell’s new experimental waffle taco inspires BuzzFeed to turn everything into a taco:

]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/16/you-can-turn-anything-into-a-taco/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="" length="" type="" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What European country is the most arrogant?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/15/what-european-country-is-the-most-arrogant/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/15/what-european-country-is-the-most-arrogant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmpreovolos@hearst.com (Chris Preovolos)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=15504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The French are the most arrogant people on the planet, right? Just look at this totally non-fake example of an actual Parisian. That’s the stereotype anyway, but now Pew Research has actually released polling data on stereotyping within the European Union — and it’s interesting. According to Pew, the French even think they are the<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/what-european-countries-are-the-most-arrogant/15504/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/15/what-european-country-is-the-most-arrogant/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="" length="" type="" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Daft Punk hit ‘Get Lucky’ spawns viral mash-ups</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/15/daft-punk-hit-get-lucky-spawns-viral-mash-ups/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/15/daft-punk-hit-get-lucky-spawns-viral-mash-ups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennlouisew@gmail.com (Jennifer Wadsworth)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daft punk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get lucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get lucky song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[song get lucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=15478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a song goes viral this time of year, you could take it as a sign it’s on track to become the hit of the summer. Think of Carly Rae Jepsen’s (Carly Rae Who?!) “Call Me Maybe,” which spun into popularity last spring by a Justin Bieber tweet and subsequent YouTube parody. Or Rihanna’s “Umbrella,”<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/daft-punk-hit-get-lucky-spawns-viral-mash-ups/15478/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/15/daft-punk-hit-get-lucky-spawns-viral-mash-ups/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="" length="" type="" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Brad Pitt feeling ‘emotional’ about Jolie’s mastectomy publicity</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/15/brad-pitt-feeling-emotional-about-jolies-mastectomy-publicity/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/15/brad-pitt-feeling-emotional-about-jolies-mastectomy-publicity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dana.guthrie@chron.com (Dana Guthrie)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=15495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If Angelina Jolie had chosen not to tell the world about her double mastectomy, the world would have been “none the wiser,” her husband, Brad Pitt, told USA Today in an an interview. “But it was really important to her to share the story and that others would understand it doesn’t have to be a<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/brad-pitt-feeling-emotional-about-jolies-mastectomy-publicity/15495/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/15/brad-pitt-feeling-emotional-about-jolies-mastectomy-publicity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="" length="" type="" />
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Dynamic page generated in 0.500 seconds. -->
<!-- Cached page generated by WP-Super-Cache on 2013-05-19 00:37:34 -->
