<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Giant Squid Invasion : 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>56295</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/56295/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant Squid Invasion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not only is California dealing with UFO invasions they're now having to deal with <b>Giant Squids</b>!<br/><br/>Like something out of a Jules Verne fantasy, giant squid have invaded the coast of Northern California. Scientists are baffled, fisherman are frustrated, no one knows the ultimate impact on our ecosystem. Now, who wants calamari?]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>98</score><crdate>3/30/2008 10:24:59 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-30T10:24:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>70221</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/70221/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant Squid Dissected in Public]]></title><description><![CDATA[The largest giant squid ever caught in Australian waters has been dissected, revealing several hearts and chainsaw-like teeth. [Video]<br/>Update to this article:<br/><div style='display:block;width:250px;text-overflow:clip;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/l/63195/1/" rel="nofollow">http://www.plime.com/science/l/63195/1/</a></div>]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>363</score><crdate>7/27/2008 5:25:41 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-27T05:25:41+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>63195</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63195/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant squid netted in Victoria]]></title><description><![CDATA[A giant squid has been found off Portland in Victoria's south-west.<br/><br/>The six-metre long, 230-kilogram squid was still alive when it was netted by commercial fishermen last night.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>246</score><crdate>5/26/2008 9:38:56 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-26T09:38:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>28857</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28857/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Voracious Jumbo Squid Invade California]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jumbo squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds are invading central California waters and preying on local anchovy, hake and other commercial fish populations.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>104</score><crdate>7/25/2007 9:27:26 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-25T09:27:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>15834</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/15834/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Huge, deadly squid prowling California waters!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Posted because we haven't had a good squid story in awhile.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>25</score><crdate>4/11/2007 1:59:26 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-11T01:59:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>10806</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/10806/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant Squid emit blinding flashes of light when they attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Big deep-sea squid emit blinding flashes of light as they attack their prey, as shown in video footage taken in deep waters off Chichijima Island in the North Pacific. (cool video!)]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>32</score><crdate>2/14/2007 7:22:26 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-14T19:22:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>62533</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62533/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Millions in Grant Money Go to California Colleges for Stem-Cell Research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twelve academic institutions in California recently received approximately $271 million in grant money from a state agency to construct laboratories for stem-cell research, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (&#8220;In California, Millions Are Distributed for Stem-Cell Research,&#8221; May 8, 2008).]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>172</score><crdate>5/20/2008 12:34:39 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-20T12:34:39+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>30519</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/30519/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Supercomputer Makes Near-Instant Movies of California Quakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only in California will you soon be able to experience a life-threatening earthquake and watch a locally made, supercomputer-generated, 3-D movie of that shaking ground within 30 minutes of the first jolt.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>88</score><crdate>8/7/2007 8:07:38 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-07T08:07:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>26961</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26961/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Massive squid washes up on Tasmanian beach]]></title><description><![CDATA[A squid as long as a bus has washed up on a beach on the west coast of Tasmania.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>99</score><crdate>7/11/2007 10:17:11 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-11T10:17:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>60041</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60041/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Colossal squid comes out of ice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technicians in New Zealand have begun to thaw a rare colossal squid specimen. The animal is now sitting in a bath of salt water. Once it is thawed, scientists will begin to dissect it.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>267</score><crdate>4/29/2008 1:09:28 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-29T13:09:28+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>60073</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60073/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Scientists post live webcam of giant squid thaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[People interested in watching the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/animals/l/60041/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">squid thawing</a> out and being examined can view a live webcam broadcast.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>403</score><crdate>4/29/2008 9:21:57 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-29T21:21:57+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>18370</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18370/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Algae bloom kills birds, sea animals off California coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bloom of ocean algae that produces a toxic acid has sickened and killed hundreds of birds, sea lions and dolphins in California, environmentalists said.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>50</score><crdate>4/29/2007 3:49:57 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-29T03:49:57+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>29315</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/29315/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant wombat bone found]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists in Australia announced on Friday they had found the jawbone of a giant wombat the size of a large car that lived 20,000-40,000 years ago.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>96</score><crdate>7/28/2007 10:56:54 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-28T10:56:54+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>198</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/198/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant Tree Found In California]]></title><description><![CDATA[At 378.1 feet, Hyperion may beat the world record for tallest living thing!  The location of the tree remains a secret in order to protect its' fragile surrounding land.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>34</score><crdate>9/8/2006 1:01:46 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-08T13:01:46+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>61520</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61520/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant space vegetables &#8216;could feed the world&#8217;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Swollen to ten times their normal size and weighing more than an average man, these giant pumpkins would not look out of place in a science fiction film.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>175</score><crdate>5/12/2008 10:38:21 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-12T10:38:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>42091</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42091/1/</url><title><![CDATA[California Sues Toymakers]]></title><description><![CDATA[California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday sued 20 companies, including Mattel Inc. and Toys &quot;R&quot; Us, claiming they sold toys containing &quot;unlawful quantities of lead.&quot;<br/><br/>If the suit is successful, the companies could pay a US$2,500 fine for each violation.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>31</score><crdate>11/20/2007 9:13:03 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-20T09:13:03+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>30566</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/30566/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant Lego man found in Dutch sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>218</score><crdate>8/7/2007 4:41:11 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-07T16:41:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>60225</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60225/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant Panda Ling Ling Dies At Ueno Zoo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ling Ling, the male giant panda at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, died of chronic heart failure early Wednesday at age 22 years and seven months, equivalent to about 70 human years.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>537</score><crdate>4/30/2008 9:36:26 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-30T21:36:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>35697</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35697/1/</url><title><![CDATA[California bans cell-phone use for teen drivers]]></title><description><![CDATA[A message from the state of California to its 16- and 17-year-olds: Dnt txt n drv &#8212; thx.<br/><br/>Should be illegal period.]]></description><comments>15</comments><score>254</score><crdate>9/14/2007 2:56:56 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-14T14:56:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>8040</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/8040/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant squid caught alive on video for the first time]]></title><description><![CDATA[(since the Pamela Anderson / Tommy Lee video).]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>111</score><crdate>12/22/2006 1:12:17 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-22T13:12:17+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>28488</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28488/1/</url><title><![CDATA[West Nile virus kills 1, infects 27 in California ]]></title><description><![CDATA[West Nile virus has surged in parts of California, killing one woman and infecting 27 other people, health officials said on Sunday. *gak*]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>83</score><crdate>7/22/2007 11:52:37 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-22T23:52:37+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>