<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Phil Spector: News &amp; Videos about Phil Spector - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Phil_Spector</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Phil Spector from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:41:05 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Phil Spector: News &amp; Videos about Phil Spector - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/CRIME/06/24/california.spector.prison/tztop.phil.jpg</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Phil_Spector</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Phil Spector from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Phil Spector moved to California 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Spector</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/10/california.spector.mug.shot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/10/california.spector.mug.shot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>California corrections officials released a startling new prison mug shot of Grammy-winning music legend Phil Spector, convicted last month of second-degree murder and serving 19 years to life in prison.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Phil Spector Sentenced to 19 Years-to-Life</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20282128,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20282128,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The legendary producer had been convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 shooting of Lana Clarkson</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 00:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Phil Spector gets 19 years to life for murder of 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suicide</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/24/california.spector.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/24/california.spector.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It's impossible to rule out the possibility that an actress committed suicide in music producer Phil Spector's home, and that he is being unjustly accused in her death, Spector's defense attorney told jurors in closing arguments Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jury weighs Phil Spector's fate in murder trial</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/26/spector.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/26/spector.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A six-man, six-woman jury began deliberating Thursday whether music producer Phil Spector is responsible for the death six years ago of an actress in his home.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Closing Arguments Set for Phil Spector Murder Trial - Again</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20267682,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20267682,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The music producer's attorney insists the victim killed herself six years ago</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DA: Who buys shoes, then commits suicide?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/23/spector.retrial.closings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/23/spector.retrial.closings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Music producer Phil Spector, on trial for the second time in connection with the 2003 death of an actress at his home, is "a very dangerous man," a prosecutor told jurors Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spector murder trial: 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