<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : starbucks : ATOM 0.3</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><entry><title><![CDATA[Court to Starbucks: Return tip money  Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56171/1/" /><id>56171</id><summary><![CDATA[Court to Starbucks: Return tip money  Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no]]></summary><issued>2008-03-28T17:36:11+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-28T17:36:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Why Starbucks actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45504/1/" /><id>45504</id><summary><![CDATA[Why Starbucks actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses]]></summary><issued>2007-12-29T23:19:41+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-29T23:19:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The first time Herb Hyman spoke with the rep from Starbucks, in 1991, the life of his small business flashed before his eyes.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China Recalls Starbucks]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/36570/1/" /><id>36570</id><summary><![CDATA[China Recalls Starbucks]]></summary><issued>2007-09-24T13:44:58+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-24T13:44:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Forbidden City coffee shop replaces Starbucks]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Christian Group Calls for Boycott Over New Starbucks Logo]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/61991/1/" /><id>61991</id><summary><![CDATA[Christian Group Calls for Boycott Over New Starbucks Logo]]></summary><issued>2008-05-15T20:31:57+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-15T20:31:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[&quot;How Starbucks Saved My Life&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45482/1/" /><id>45482</id><summary><![CDATA[&quot;How Starbucks Saved My Life&quot;]]></summary><issued>2007-12-29T17:26:05+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-29T17:26:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chinese Lawmaker Want Starbucks Ousted]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12815/1/" /><id>12815</id><summary><![CDATA[Chinese Lawmaker Want Starbucks Ousted]]></summary><issued>2007-03-11T11:46:08+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-11T11:46:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Starbucks Makes Breakfast Now]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/2035/1/" /><id>2035</id><summary><![CDATA[Starbucks Makes Breakfast Now]]></summary><issued>2006-10-04T10:15:15+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-04T10:15:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Starbucks Coffee for CHEAP!!!!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/2550/1/" /><id>2550</id><summary><![CDATA[Starbucks Coffee for CHEAP!!!!]]></summary><issued>2006-10-09T17:45:58+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-09T17:45:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Starbucks vs. Starstrucks!?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12359/1/" /><id>12359</id><summary><![CDATA[Starbucks vs. Starstrucks!?]]></summary><issued>2007-03-06T03:30:22+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-06T03:30:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Starbucks steams at &quot;Starstrucks&quot; Indian coffee chain.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Would you like a kidney with that?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/54167/1/" /><id>54167</id><summary><![CDATA[Would you like a kidney with that?]]></summary><issued>2008-03-13T09:07:51+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-13T09:07:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Sandie Andersen, a friendly Starbucks barista, recently offered one of her customers the gift of life.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Officer Threatened Starbucks Managers For Free Coffee]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/69068/1/" /><id>69068</id><summary><![CDATA[Officer Threatened Starbucks Managers For Free Coffee]]></summary><issued>2008-07-17T12:52:49+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-17T12:52:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[What happens if you want to surf the web at Starbucks, but don't own a laptop?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/52027/1/" /><id>52027</id><summary><![CDATA[What happens if you want to surf the web at Starbucks, but don't own a laptop?]]></summary><issued>2008-02-25T22:11:57+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-25T22:11:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Well, you bring your wi-fi enabled desktop computer with you.   Watch what happens!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Starbucks presents... The Great Drain Robbery]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/78779/1/" /><id>78779</id><summary><![CDATA[Starbucks presents... The Great Drain Robbery]]></summary><issued>2008-10-06T12:20:40+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-06T12:20:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Starbucks Ordered To Pay  $100 Million In Tips]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/55105/1/" /><id>55105</id><summary><![CDATA[Starbucks Ordered To Pay  $100 Million In Tips]]></summary><issued>2008-03-20T21:39:03+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-20T21:39:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Woman Offended By Message On Starbucks Coffee Cup]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19495/1/" /><id>19495</id><summary><![CDATA[Woman Offended By Message On Starbucks Coffee Cup]]></summary><issued>2007-05-08T13:29:53+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-08T13:29:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[God loves his java.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Protect, serve, demand free java?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/71670/1/" /><id>71670</id><summary><![CDATA[Protect, serve, demand free java?]]></summary><issued>2008-08-08T07:49:55+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-08T07:49:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Chicago Police Officer demanded free coffee and pastries from a half-dozen Starbucks stores over the years, until she was banned from one of the java joints and a memo was sent to other stores.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[STARBUCKS STORES TAKE A COFFEE BREAK]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/52069/1/" /><id>52069</id><summary><![CDATA[STARBUCKS STORES TAKE A COFFEE BREAK]]></summary><issued>2008-02-26T05:28:49+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-26T05:28:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[McDonald's to launch 'coffee bar war' against Starbucks: report]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46354/1/" /><id>46354</id><summary><![CDATA[McDonald's to launch 'coffee bar war' against Starbucks: report]]></summary><issued>2008-01-08T03:15:37+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-08T03:15:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Yeah.  Good luck with that.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Coffee withdrawal ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/59699/1/" /><id>59699</id><summary><![CDATA[Coffee withdrawal ]]></summary><issued>2008-04-25T23:47:35+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-25T23:47:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Not surprisingly, Starbucks cited the U.S. economic downturn for its troubles.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Starbucks Is Expanding!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/2314/1/" /><id>2314</id><summary><![CDATA[Starbucks Is Expanding!]]></summary><issued>2006-10-06T11:38:20+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-06T11:38:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[They would like to have 40,000 stores...currently they have 12,000.]]></content></entry></items></xml>