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<link><id>21058</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21058/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Identity theft protection: What to do]]></title><description><![CDATA[Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal identifying information, like your name, Social Security number, or credit card number, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. The Federal Trade Commission estimates that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. In fact, you or someone you know may have experienced some form of identity theft. Repairing the damage caused by identity thieves takes time and money.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-33</score><crdate>5/22/2007 1:39:17 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-22T13:39:17+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>13081</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/13081/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Blosker, a very strange social news site [NSFW]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>-3</score><crdate>3/14/2007 7:09:40 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-14T07:09:40+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>450</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/450/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Woman Fears Identity Theft Because..]]></title><description><![CDATA[She put her name and driver's license on the bottom of her plants that were then stolen.  HA!]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>34</score><crdate>9/18/2006 5:13:46 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-18T17:13:46+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>455</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/455/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Tech Moronique: Identity theft, the HP way.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many organizations value loyalty above character. Dunn, Bush, Palpatine... all examples of how Loyalty is the cornerstone of every successful empire. -not-]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>20</score><crdate>9/19/2006 12:51:27 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-19T00:51:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>57488</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/57488/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Sexy name decoder]]></title><description><![CDATA[Name Decoder is an online quiz with just one question: what's your name? 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The best private solution, of course, is simply to allow the American people to keep more of their paychecks and invest for retirement as they see fit.&quot;]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>49</score><crdate>10/16/2007 6:07:02 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-16T18:07:02+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>10882</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/10882/1/</url><title><![CDATA[UN Daily News [PDF Format]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Includes daily highlights, press briefings, and releases, and the UN Journal, a schedule of daily meetings at the UN.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>22</score><crdate>2/15/2007 10:00:29 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-15T22:00:29+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>51228</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51228/1/</url><title><![CDATA[115 Social News and Bookmark Sites Ranked and Rated]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a collection of 115 social bookmark and news sites ranked by PageRank, number of links and value of each site.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>310</score><crdate>2/19/2008 7:11:19 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-19T07:11:19+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>16614</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16614/1/</url><title><![CDATA[5 Principles of Basic Social Media Marketing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Social media sites such as Digg, Flickr, YouTube, MySpace are primarily used as social networking centers but also allow users for other type of collaborations such as internet marketing or website promotion.<br/><br/>This is also called social media marketing or SMM.<br/><br/>SMM can assist community members with content creation, building brand awareness, getting more targeted leads and building customer relationships.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-12</score><crdate>4/16/2007 8:31:20 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-16T08:31:20+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>18304</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18304/1/</url><title><![CDATA[77-year-old man confused with Brad Pitt]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 77-year-old man in Concord, N.H., may be having a bit of an identity crisis since he has been getting numerous phone calls for actor Brad Pitt.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>29</score><crdate>4/28/2007 12:05:43 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-28T12:05:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>76060</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/76060/1/</url><title><![CDATA[30 year old mom steals daughter's identity... because she wanted to be a high school cheerleader]]></title><description><![CDATA[She said she wanted to get her high school degree and be a cheerleader because she was trying to regain a part of her life she missed. However, she only went to the first day of classes and the check for her uniform bounced.<br/><br/>Surprise, it's NOT Florida.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>139</score><crdate>9/13/2008 11:32:06 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-13T11:32:06+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>7432</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/7432/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Mom uses sons social security number to get credit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some people just shouldn't be parents...]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>97</score><crdate>12/11/2006 4:22:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-11T16:22:22+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>81386</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81386/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama victory opens door to new black identity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Considering our <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/politics/l/81270/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">lively discussion</a> over the appropriate use of the label &quot;black&quot; in regards to our President-elect, this article discussing the cultural identity of blacks in America seemed fitting.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>72</score><crdate>11/8/2008 3:19:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-11-08T15:19:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>41380</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/41380/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama: I will tax more of your income for social security]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hardly surprising that a liberal democrat would want to tax more of your income. 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In Congress, a bipartisan coalition is forming around bills that would repeal portions of the Real ID Act, but it is unclear if today's rules will slow or accelerate these efforts.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>132</score><crdate>11/24/2007 11:46:10 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-24T23:46:10+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>12819</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12819/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The online virtual news]]></title><description><![CDATA[News At Seven automatically gathers news with relevant images, videos and opinions from blogs and combines them into a virtual newscast.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>44</score><crdate>3/11/2007 12:33:48 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-11T12:33:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>58923</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/58923/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Play The News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Think the news is boring? Well here is a site that may change your mind. It is a community driven experience &#8211; imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Roleplaying, prediction of real world events and more are combined into a new fun learning experience.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>97</score><crdate>4/18/2008 10:26:16 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-18T22:26:16+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1505</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/1505/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Why Watch Fake News? 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