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That would be less impressive.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future of Newspapers]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37071/1/</link><description><![CDATA[An interesting prediction from Dilbert creator Scott Adams on the future of newspapers in the electronic age.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daily News readers have offered their World Series tickets  to Injured Soldier.]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/135090/1/</link><description><![CDATA[After the Daily News wrote about a disabled veteran's dream of seeing the Yanks in the World Series, two dozen readers offered him either tickets or cash toward buying one.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[360&#176; Panorama Of The Future]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81528/1/</link><description><![CDATA[An awesome 360&#176; photo of the future. You will need Quicktime in order to see this.]]></description></item></channel></rss>