<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Starbucks Coffee for CHEAP!!!! : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>2550</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/2550/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Starbucks Coffee for CHEAP!!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Add at least $30 of items to cart at Starbucks Store. Auto $10 off $30 when you use Google Checkout. Enter coupon code c96924 for an additional $10 off. Shipping starts at $5.99]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/9/2006 5:45:58 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-09T17:45:58+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>56171</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56171/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Court to Starbucks: Return tip money  Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no]]></title><description><![CDATA[They are defying a court ruling and state that they will defend their stance in states other than California as well.<br/>[update to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/entertainment/food-and-drink/l/55105/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>]<br/>*Use of the Starbucks logo and name does not imply ownership by Plime.  Please don't sue them.  Or me...I have no money.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>316</score><crdate>3/28/2008 5:36:11 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-28T17:36:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>36570</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/36570/1/</url><title><![CDATA[China Recalls Starbucks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forbidden City coffee shop replaces Starbucks]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>33</score><crdate>9/24/2007 1:44:58 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-24T13:44:58+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>52183</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/52183/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Nothing Makes Sense Anymore...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starbucks coffee vs. McDonalds Coffee? And the winner is...]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>133</score><crdate>2/26/2008 10:07:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-26T22:07:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>48147</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/48147/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Starbucks tests 1 dollar coffee and free refills in LA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eh..oh..this could get ugly... Considering everytime I go into Trader Joes there is the SAME wired weird guy filling up is 3 ounce free coffee en perpetuatum.  Get ready for deep conversations with the caffinated homeless weirdos @ $bux.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>90</score><crdate>1/23/2008 5:07:26 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-23T17:07:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>61991</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/61991/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Christian Group Calls for Boycott Over New Starbucks Logo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seems that one person&#8217;s smut is another person&#8217;s morning latte. A Christian group out of San Diego has found grounds for outrage over the new logo for Starbucks Coffee.]]></description><comments>23</comments><score>545</score><crdate>5/15/2008 8:31:57 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T20:31:57+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>45482</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45482/1/</url><title><![CDATA[&quot;How Starbucks Saved My Life&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;At his lowest point &#8212; brooding about how to support his young child and how to pay for medical care without health insurance &#8212; he stopped in a Starbucks on the Upper East Side to have one last latte.&quot;]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>246</score><crdate>12/29/2007 5:26:05 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-29T17:26:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>45504</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45504/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Why Starbucks actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first time Herb Hyman spoke with the rep from Starbucks, in 1991, the life of his small business flashed before his eyes.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>25</score><crdate>12/29/2007 11:19:41 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-29T23:19:41+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>44620</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44620/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Police Reward Good Drivers With Coffee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Motorists may be in for a surprise if they spot flashing red lights in their rearview mirrors in Rancho Cordova, CA during the holiday season.<br/>Police there are stopping law-abiding motorists and rewarding their good driving with $5 Starbucks gift cards.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>196</score><crdate>12/18/2007 4:53:56 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-18T16:53:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>69068</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/69068/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Officer Threatened Starbucks Managers For Free Coffee]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;If something happens, either we can respond really fast or we could respond really slow. I've been coming here for years and I've been getting whatever I want. I'm the difference between you getting a two-minute response time, if you needed a little help, or a 15 minutes response time.&quot;]]></description><comments>22</comments><score>722</score><crdate>7/17/2008 12:52:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-17T12:52:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>52069</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/52069/1/</url><title><![CDATA[STARBUCKS STORES TAKE A COFFEE BREAK]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;What am I supposed to do, make it myself?&quot; fumed NYU student Mallory Drew, 18, at the always-packed Lafayette Street and Astor Place location.]]></description><comments>12</comments><score>334</score><crdate>2/26/2008 5:28:49 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-26T05:28:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>12359</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12359/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Starbucks vs. Starstrucks!?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starbucks steams at &quot;Starstrucks&quot; Indian coffee chain.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>72</score><crdate>3/6/2007 3:30:22 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-06T03:30:22+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>12815</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12815/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Chinese Lawmaker Want Starbucks Ousted]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Chinese lawmaker revived calls for the removal of a Starbucks coffee shop from Beijing's famed Forbidden City, saying its presence was a smear on China's historical legacy]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>58</score><crdate>3/11/2007 11:46:08 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-11T11:46:08+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>60317</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/60317/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Something Good From The Economic Downturn?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starbucks will be slashing expansion plans after its second-quarter profits fell 28%. They say that the current market conditions are the worst in their 37-year history. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/c.p?pid=15&amp;item=lc&amp;lid=59699" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DUPE</a><br/><br/>Perhaps people are learning that spending $4 for .30 cents of product isn't a wise move.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>46</score><crdate>5/1/2008 4:28:30 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-01T16:28:30+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>28281</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28281/1/</url><title><![CDATA[171 Starbucks - In One Day.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The guy made a movie about it. It's a really fast movie.<br/><br/>[edit]Ok, it's really 10 minutes long - but that's a lot of caffeine in 10 minutes. Also, loving the music at the end.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>78</score><crdate>7/21/2007 2:26:43 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-21T02:26:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>2035</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/2035/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Starbucks Makes Breakfast Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you want an egg and cheese after 10:30 a.m. when most places don't serve them, Starbucks will be serving their sandwiches all day.  Take one with your latte.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/4/2006 10:15:15 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-04T10:15:15+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>55105</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/55105/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Starbucks Ordered To Pay  $100 Million In Tips]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saying baristas were entitled to $86 million in back tips plus interest, San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett also issued an injunction preventing Starbucks&#8217; shift supervisors from sharing in future tips.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>390</score><crdate>3/20/2008 9:39:03 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-20T21:39:03+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>46354</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46354/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McDonald's to launch 'coffee bar war' against Starbucks: report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yeah.  Good luck with that.]]></description><comments>21</comments><score>356</score><crdate>1/8/2008 3:15:37 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-08T03:15:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>837</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/837/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Starbucks to raise drink prices five cents]]></title><description><![CDATA[For two lattes a day, five days a week, 52 weeks a year, that's an extra 26 bucks a year out of my pocket. Time to ask the boss for a raise.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>9/22/2006 1:50:13 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-22T13:50:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59121</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/59121/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Improv Everywhere: Mobile Desktops]]></title><description><![CDATA[What happens when three separate people enter Starbucks and sit down with their coffees in front of their own desktop computers they tote around with them?<br/><br/>Once again, so much credit to these guys, wonderful work.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>101</score><crdate>4/21/2008 10:46:46 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-21T10:46:46+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>78779</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/78779/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Starbucks presents... The Great Drain Robbery]]></title><description><![CDATA[The giant coffee chain has a policy of keeping a tap running non-stop at all its 10,000 outlets worldwide, wasting 23.4 MILLION litres a day.]]></description><comments>13</comments><score>485</score><crdate>10/6/2008 12:20:40 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-06T12:20:40+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>