﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>feet news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more feet stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/29679/feet.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 8:44:59 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/42553/canada-may-have-a-match-in-case-of-severed-feet.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Canada May Have a Match in Case of Severed Feet</title><description>Another severed foot in an athletic shoe has washed up on a Canadian shore, the sixth in a bizarre series of feet found over the last 15 months, reports the Vancouver Sun . The left foot, encased in a New Balance running shoe, was found earlier this week on a riverbank...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/42553/canada-may-have-a-match-in-case-of-severed-feet.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 9:06:12 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/32896/canadian-foot-linked-to-depressed-man.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Canadian Foot Linked to Depressed Man</title><description>One of five dismembered feet that have mysteriously washed ashore near Vancouver over the past year has been linked by DNA to a depressed man who disappeared a year ago, police announced. Investigators released no other information at the family's request. The foot is the first to be identified in...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/32896/canadian-foot-linked-to-depressed-man.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 6:46:07 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/30867/mysterious-human-feet-baffle-police.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Mysterious Human Feet Baffle Police</title><description>Police are struggling to explain a string of washed up human feet found on beaches along one 125-mile stretch of British Columbia. So far five of the grisly, sneaker-clad appendages have been found, and all are right feet. “It’s a mystery,” said one Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. “We’ve certainly...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/30867/mysterious-human-feet-baffle-police.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 7:56:57 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/30748/keep-your-feet-pain-free.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Keep Your Feet Pain-Free</title><description>Watch out for those summertime flip-flops and ballet flats: Prolonged use could give you a painful foot condition, a podiatrist tells NPR. Shoes without enough arch or back support put too much strain on an important piece of tissue called the plantar fascia. Fashionable or not, it's better to go...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/30748/keep-your-feet-pain-free.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:42:10 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/30411/sixth-foot-washes-ashore-in-canada.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Sixth Foot Washes Ashore in Canada</title><description>Yet another severed foot—the sixth in a year and second this week—washed ashore yesterday in Canada on an island near Vancouver. Like all but one of the others, it was a sneaker-clad right foot. "It's very unusual," said a police spokeswoman. "To my knowledge, we have not encountered...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/30411/sixth-foot-washes-ashore-in-canada.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:48:44 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/30185/5th-severed-foot-steps-up-canadian-probe.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>5th Severed Foot Steps Up Canadian Probe</title><description>Yet another severed foot—the fifth in a year—has washed ashore in British Columbia, causing authorities to take a fresh look at evidence. This is the first sneaker-clad left foot to be found so far. "We're certainly not discounting the possibility that this may be linked to the other...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/30185/5th-severed-foot-steps-up-canadian-probe.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:16:10 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/29775/flip-flops-bad-for-politicians-even-worse-for-your-feet.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Flip-Flops: Bad for Politicians, Even Worse for Your Feet</title><description>Flip-flops—the lightweight footwear appearing farther afield than just the beach these days—may be damaging to your health, Newsweek reports. Flip-flop wearers take shorter steps, need more movements to go the same distance they would with regular shoes, and, a study shows, face higher risk of muscle and joint...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/29775/flip-flops-bad-for-politicians-even-worse-for-your-feet.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:51:03 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/28401/severed-feet-stump-cops-in-canada.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Severed Feet Stump Cops in Canada</title><description>A fourth foot in a sneaker has washed up on a Canadian shore, leaving investigators more puzzled than ever. Each of the three previous right feet have been in sneakers and have washed up on different islands near Vancouver over the last 10 months, reports the Globe and Mail. The...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/28401/severed-feet-stump-cops-in-canada.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 12:19:35 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/25217/those-shoes-are-just-killing-your-feet.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Those Shoes Are Just Killing Your Feet</title><description>Walk a mile in my shoes? No way, researchers say—even comfortable shoes warp how we walk and damage our bodies. "With one carelessly designed instrument, our shoes, we have warped the pure anatomical form of human gait," one expert wrote. So Brooklyn scribe Adam Sternbergh walks a day in...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/25217/those-shoes-are-just-killing-your-feet.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:59:13 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>