<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>&quot;It Felt Like a Real Discovery&quot; : 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). 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I found the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.forgotten-ny.com/CEMETERIES/cemhome/cemhome.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">forgotten cemetaries</a> particularly interesting!]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>59</score><crdate>5/10/2007 1:26:13 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-10T01:26:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>55720</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/55720/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why]]></title><description><![CDATA[In what is one of the worst calamities to hit bat populations in the United States, on average 90 percent of the hibernating bats in four caves and mines in New York have died since last winter.<br/><br/>Wildlife biologists fear a significant die-off in about 15 caves and mines in New York, as well as at sites in Massachusetts and Vermont.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>202</score><crdate>3/25/2008 11:07:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-25T23:07:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>46959</id><url>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/46959/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New York City sued for harassing photographers]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York City police officers need better training to distinguish between law-abiding citizens who snap pictures of city landmarks and those suspected of plotting terrorism, a lawsuit filed on Thursday by the New York Civil Liberties Union said.<br/><br/>*for Jerry520]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>240</score><crdate>1/11/2008 7:14:19 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-11T19:14:19+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>73688</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/73688/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Hit and run driver who killed a man suing city for damages to his car]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man leaves the scene of an accident, effectively murdering his victim. His punishment? 20 days of community service. Now he is suing the city of New York for $190,000 for damages to his vehicle which he claims happened during the impounding.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>312</score><crdate>8/26/2008 12:41:39 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-26T12:41:39+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>9677</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/9677/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Your New York tax dollars hard at work!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Available soon from City Hall: an official New York condom in a jazzy wrapper, perhaps one printed with a colorful subway map or some other city theme... maybe they'll call it &quot;The Big Apple&quot;]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>20</score><crdate>1/28/2007 8:19:13 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-01-28T20:19:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>16750</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16750/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New York switches from real to fake grass]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York plans to spend about $150 million installing 100 synthetic playing fields in parks across the city over the next five years.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>50</score><crdate>4/17/2007 12:04:11 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-17T12:04:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>5264</id><url>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/5264/1/</url><title><![CDATA[2006 NYC Marathon Slideshow, Parrots and All]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Inquirer spent Sunday morning on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City near the 13-mile marker of the 2006 New York City Marathon. (Along with the Coca-Cola sign, the white bird at right is a neighborhood staple.) Here's a slideshow, photographs by Andrew Bast.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-21</score><crdate>11/6/2006 1:54:35 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-11-06T13:54:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>79127</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79127/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Young, Black and Republican in New York, Blogging Against the Tide ]]></title><description><![CDATA[At one demonstration in New York in 2004, he recalled, an antiwar protester, who was white, used a racial slur against him, and black demonstrators with the protester kept silent.<br/><br/>Mr. Ivory said he was incensed that blacks would ignore such a slur because it was aimed at someone with opposing political views.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>31</score><crdate>10/9/2008 11:14:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-09T23:14:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>74692</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/74692/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The New York Sun's Obama Frame-Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York Sun's made an inaccurate attempt to draw ties between Senator Barack Obama and Islamic extremism in Kenya]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>207</score><crdate>9/3/2008 12:38:54 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-03T12:38:54+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>20947</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20947/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New York apartment sold for more than $50M]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York real estate market reportedly passed a major milestone recently when an apartment in the city's famed Plaza Hotel sold for more than $50 million.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>50</score><crdate>5/21/2007 1:09:44 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-21T01:09:44+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>78119</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/78119/1/</url><title><![CDATA[It is cheaper for a Londoner to fly to New York to purchase Adobe's CS4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adobe's insane pricing policy means that it would be cheaper to fly from London to New York, grab a copy of the software, spend the night in a hotel, and fly back to London the next day!]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>518</score><crdate>9/29/2008 4:24:54 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-29T16:24:54+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59472</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/59472/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New York Subway Vent Animals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vents in New York sidewalks blow gusts of air up to street level each time a subway train goes past.  So if you attached an inflatable animal to the vent it would stand up with each gust.  Watch it - it will make sense.<br/><br/>Part 2, which is more involved, in the comments.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>425</score><crdate>4/23/2008 6:59:25 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-23T18:59:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>57032</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57032/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Apple Computers Suing New York]]></title><description><![CDATA[They feel that New York, known as The Big Apple since the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Apple" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">20's</a>use of an apple logo will cause harm and confusion regarding their company.]]></description><comments>16</comments><score>456</score><crdate>4/4/2008 10:03:09 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-04T10:03:09+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>236</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/236/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Visiting New York]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you want the perfect itinerary for a week in New York with your teenager, look no further.  From sights to see and places to eat, this guide covers the best of New York wonderfully.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>19</score><crdate>9/11/2006 3:29:14 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-11T15:29:14+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>51081</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/51081/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New York City turns time behind bars wholesome]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spending time behind bars in New York City might turn out to be good for your health.<br/><br/>*Next to be offered, mandatory Pilates.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>200</score><crdate>2/18/2008 10:53:42 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-18T10:53:42+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>48482</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/48482/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The King Invades New York City]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some guy in a full King outfit invades New York and rallies up the city. 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Well done (mostly) and thought-provoking.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>9/27/2006 4:36:37 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-27T16:36:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>22414</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/22414/1/</url><title><![CDATA[City of Villains]]></title><description><![CDATA[City of Villains is a massively multiplayer online role-playing computer game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSoft. Released on 2005-10-31,the game is integrated with their previous release, City of Heroes. The gameplay centers on defeating a variety of computer controlled opponents within a three-dimensional world using various powers and attacks, sometimes with the help of several other players.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>22</score><crdate>6/2/2007 2:47:01 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-02T02:47:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>50534</id><url>http://www.plime.com/sex/l/50534/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New York rolls out city condom for Valentine's Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW York authorities unfurled a new official city condom Wednesday in time for Valentine's Day with a &quot;Get Some&quot; tagline, a new colorful wrapper and a campaign unfortunately described as cutting-edge.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>142</score><crdate>2/14/2008 4:46:27 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-14T04:46:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>13987</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/13987/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Could you Live for a Year in New York with no Toilet Paper?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Out to save the Earth... environmentalist couple living a &quot;no impact&quot; lifestyle in New York City. This includes eating only organic food, producing no trash, using no motorized transportation, and no &quot;TP&quot;.]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>64</score><crdate>3/23/2007 7:11:46 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-23T19:11:46+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>