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<item><title><![CDATA[Pictured: The punk rock turtle with a bright green mohawk]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/77778/1/</link><description><![CDATA[He may be an endangered species, but this turtle clearly has attitude.<br/><br/>The punk rock-loving Mary River Turtle was photographed in the Mary River near Kenilworth, Australia sporting a fetching bright green mohawk.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man spends 10 years teaching his pet turtle tricks ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43619/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Mitchell Spero said he has spent 10 years training his pet turtle to do things like sit, heel, stay and roll over. Spero, a psychologist, said his turtle, Florida, has helped children deal with the trials and tribulations of life.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two-Headed Turtle Goes on Display in Pa.]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36874/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A pet store has bought a two-headed turtle from a collector and plans to keep it on display, the store manager said. The 2-month-old turtle, actually conjoined red-eared slider twins, fits on a silver dollar.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turtle Swims From Indonesia To Oregon]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/49854/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A leatherback turtle has been tracked swimming from the coast of the Papua province in Indonesia to Oregon, researchers said, in what may be the longest trip for marine vertebrae between breeding and feeding sites.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11143/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses.<br/><br/>All teams were given the rules 24 hours in advance of the start of the race (10a EST on Friday). The rules include route requirements (such as two airports about 3000m above sea level and two airports below sea level), bonus airports and various rules such as if a plane crashes and which planes could be used in the race.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare turtle found in Vietnam]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/58604/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo have discovered a rare giant turtle in northern Vietnam _ a find that carries great scientific and cultural significance.<br/>Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle was previously thought to be extinct in the wild.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disabled turtle uses new wheels to find love]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/73082/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A disabled turtle has started mating after being fitted with a set of wheels to help her get around.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers discover fossilized pregnant turtle]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/74439/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Nine years after its discovery in the badlands of southeastern Alberta, the 75-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant turtle finally made its public debut Wednesday.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials shut eatery after finding turtle in sink]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/65257/1/</link><description><![CDATA[YORK, Pa. -&quot;in China, a turtle is like a Buddha.&quot; It's supposed to bring good luck. Inspectors ordered the restaurant shut down on Friday after finding the turtle and other health code violations.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shell shocker: The baby turtle born with two-heads]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/76035/1/</link><description><![CDATA[It is the baby turtle that proves two heads really are better than one. While its siblings grow at a the usual steady pace, this tiny creature is speeding ahead. The reason for its extraordinary growth spurt is simple: having two heads mean it eats twice as fast.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The slowest bust ever as GPS equiped turtle leads police to marijuana plants]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/70901/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Credit Turtle #72 with the arrest.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nagasaki trains delayed by wayward turtle  ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/38257/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A turtle got stuck in a railway switch in Nagasaki Prefecture on Friday, delaying three trains by up to 46 minutes, the railway operator said.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two-headed turtle (Pics)]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34861/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A two-headed Greek turtle named Janus, named after the Roman god with two heads, officially celebrated its 10th birthday on Wednesday.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN report: 'Geek' now recognised as a race, Retard now a racist term]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17921/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The UN has entered a new race of people on our earth based on the definition of the word. The new race which is one of the largest on our planet is the new Geek race. As always with races comes racism and the UN have quickly defined racist terms for the new race which include retard, noob and nerd.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman sells ashes of first wife]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30528/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Anita Lewis sold the ceramic turtle jar containing the ashes of Terrence Lewis's first wife to a woman who planned to use it as a cookie jar-for 58 cents.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atlanta zoo breeds endangered turtle]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18696/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Zoo Atlanta has hatched a rare Arakan forest turtle, a victory for researchers trying to save the endangered Asian species - one shell at a time.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turtle tries to lay eggs near NYC rink]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20135/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A determined turtle crawled up a flight of stairs and trudged toward Central Park's ice skating rink in an apparent urge to lay eggs near the rink, park officials said.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[CNN readers respond angrily to 'race or gender' story]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48472/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Within minutes of posting a story on CNN's homepage called &quot;Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in South Carolina,&quot; readers reacted quickly and angrily. Many took umbrage at the story's suggestion that black women voters face &quot;a unique, and most unexpected dilemma&quot; about voting their race or their gender.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kinetic Sculpture Grand Championship]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/63093/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The original event, the Kinetic Grand Championship in Humboldt County, California, is also called the &quot;Triathlon of the Art World&quot; because art and engineering are combined with physical endurance during a three day cross country race that includes sand, mud, pavement, a bay crossing, a river crossing and major hills.<br/><br/>(A Blog documenting the daily trials of the race, with many, many photographs!)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Universe of Man-Made Islands Coming to Dubai?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/47941/1/</link><description><![CDATA[On the heels of the completion of the World Islands, property development company, Nakheel, unveiled another Dubai mega-project. If given the go ahead, The Universe Islands would add more than 7,500 acres worth of man-made islands to an already crowded Dubai coastline.]]></description></item></channel></rss>