Ability to exempt 1/more articles from verification rules

when creating a rule using hierarchy or other filter, to exempt 1 or more articles.

My case: We use the Mink theme. Within each of our categories, there is a What's New section. At release, a What's New article is created. 30 Days post release the What's new content is moved to an archive log (in the same section). The archive is all accordions with a drop for each release. And is our historical log. Once in the archive, the article dedicated to the release is archived. 
The Net: 

• Our what's New articles do not age enough to hit a verification rule
• But the What's New archive is a historical view and does not need verification.

I'd like a way to exempt a few articles from a verification rule rather than manually change the verify status.

Also, When including all articles in a rule, the list of articles includes archived articles. Could you either exclude archived articles from the list or provide a way for us to exclude/ignore those? I can't think of a process where I would need to verify archived articles.