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I don't know much about the stuff, the attention it is getting just seems a little biased.]]></description><comments>29</comments><score>433</score><crdate>3/11/2008 11:52:59 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-11T11:52:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>132649</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/132649/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Flying Fish]]></title><description><![CDATA[If someone in a pub told you they&#8217;d just seen a fish flying for nearly a quarter of a mile, you might think there was something fishy about their story &#8211; or maybe just that they&#8217;d been drinking like a fish. But bad jests aside, certain of our Piscean pals are fully capable of such feats.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>265</score><crdate>9/8/2009 5:56:51 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-09-08T17:56:51+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>100906</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/100906/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Pet Shop Snakes invade Florida ]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;Recently in southwestern Florida, a python was found with deer hooves in its stomach&quot;<br/><br/>(soon to reach 1/3 of US)]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>90</score><crdate>3/19/2009 7:50:16 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-03-19T19:50:16+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59728</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/59728/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Florida moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>447</score><crdate>4/26/2008 2:10:05 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-26T14:10:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>29429</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29429/1/</url><title><![CDATA[It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, It's a 200 lb FISH.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now boaters in Florida have another hazard to watch for - in the air.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>114</score><crdate>7/29/2007 10:23:24 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-29T10:23:24+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>63194</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/63194/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Florida man selling &quot;bottled&quot; ghosts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes, it's Florida, and it's just down the road from where I live. Maybe I'll go pick up a six pack of spirits for myself!]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>283</score><crdate>5/26/2008 8:58:24 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-26T08:58:24+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>27268</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27268/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Cops establish Florida burglars own a cat]]></title><description><![CDATA[A pair of credit card thieves in Florida apparently have a soft spot for a pet cat after allegedly using a stolen American Express card to buy cat food.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>72</score><crdate>7/13/2007 6:55:55 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-13T06:55:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>79046</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79046/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Florida primary recount reveals huge problems]]></title><description><![CDATA[A close primary election in Florida is bringing to light massive vote-counting problems, in one of the major swing-counties in a major swing state.<br/>This could be bad news for the Presidential election.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>81</score><crdate>10/8/2008 11:37:55 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-08T23:37:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134122</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/134122/1/</url><title><![CDATA[University of Florida zombie preparedness document removed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The term, &#8220;undead&#8221; is also denoted in the report stating, &#8220;Supporters of Florida Zombie Preserve Inc. insist that the term &#8216;undead&#8217; clearly connotes deficiency; specifically in the absence of both life and death. Hence, we suggest here the term &#8216;life impaired.&#8217;&#8221;]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>200</score><crdate>10/4/2009 9:45:35 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-04T21:45:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>3150</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/3150/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Slain Family Off Florida Turnpike Identified]]></title><description><![CDATA[The family, including two boys ages 3 and 4, was found Friday, fatally shot along Florida's Turnpike in Port St. Lucie, about 100 miles north of Miami. Investigators believe their vehicle, a 1998 four-door Jeep Cherokee, had pulled to the side of Florida's Turnpike before someone else in the vehicle shot them and drove away sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/14/2006 7:38:26 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-14T19:38:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>112439</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/112439/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Florida priest removed after beach photos with woman published ]]></title><description><![CDATA[An internationally known Catholic priest sometimes called &quot;Father Oprah&quot; has been removed from his posts in Florida after published photos showed him lying down bare-chested in an embrace with a woman on a beach.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>41</score><crdate>5/7/2009 5:35:25 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-05-07T05:35:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>110565</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/110565/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Woman's shock as 11-ft alligator turns up on her doorstep in Florida]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plagued by uninvited guests? Try throwing out a welcome mat like this.<br/><br/>The 11-ft alligator was spotted lying very still on a suburban doorstep in Florida, doing its best to blend in with the garden decor.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>330</score><crdate>4/29/2009 11:50:04 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-04-29T11:50:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>54779</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/54779/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Florida and Michigan Unlikely to Recall Primaries]]></title><description><![CDATA[After much controversy regarding the Democratic primaries in Michigan and Florida, it looks unlikely that either state will recall their election due to lack of funding and support.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>110</score><crdate>3/18/2008 7:40:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-18T19:40:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>99337</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/99337/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Florida lawmakers consider ban on bestiality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Florida lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make having sex with animals a felony.<br/><br/>*Flori-duh*]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>308</score><crdate>3/12/2009 5:37:45 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-03-12T17:37:45+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>51487</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/51487/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Evolution Wins as Creationists (Accidentally) Switch Sides in Florida]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Florida Board of Education officially upheld evolution yesterday.<br/>Well, sort of...]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>354</score><crdate>2/20/2008 8:21:24 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-20T20:21:24+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>67238</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/67238/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Florida Biologist Rescues Drowning Bear]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 375-pound male black bear was saved from a drowning death Saturday after a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist pulled the tranquilized animal from the Gulf of Mexico (about 40 miles from Tallahassee)]]></description><comments>8</comments><score>494</score><crdate>6/30/2008 4:18:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-30T16:18:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>112782</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/112782/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Florida woman keeps mother's dead body in house for six years]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Florida woman has been charged with fraud and theft after she kept her dead mother's body in a bedroom for six years while collecting more than $200,000 in pension benefits.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>248</score><crdate>5/8/2009 11:44:42 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-05-08T11:44:42+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>