<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Texas passes new &quot;Pole&quot; tax : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</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>45087</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Texas passes new &quot;Pole&quot; tax]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting January 1st, there will be an additional $5.00 cover charge at 150 different strip clubs in Texas.  All because the State thinks Strip Clubs lead to sex crimes.<br/><br/>What's next?  A $10 per fetus tax on abortion clinics?]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>397</score><crdate>12/23/2007 10:24:05 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-23T10:24:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>29971</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29971/1/</url><title><![CDATA[&quot;One State, Under God.&quot;  Texas adds four new words to state pledge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas students will have four more words to remember when they head back to class this month and begin reciting the state's pledge of allegiance.]]></description><comments>27</comments><score>153</score><crdate>8/2/2007 5:19:40 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-02T17:19:40+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>37797</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37797/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Texas Cashier Clubs Deaf Customer For Not Talking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas...the new Florida.]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>329</score><crdate>10/9/2007 11:48:13 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-09T11:48:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>79043</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/79043/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Texas bans nibbling fish pedicures]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US state of Texas has banned <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/l/62690/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">fish</a>, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/weird/l/69516/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pedicures</a> over health and safety concerns, denying salon customers the opportunity to enjoy the sensation of hundreds of small fish nibbling away the dead skin from their feet.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>524</score><crdate>10/8/2008 10:40:25 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-08T22:40:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64756</id><url>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/64756/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Son of Evel Knievel jumps 21 Hummers in Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Next time, he'll do it on a bike...(just kidding)<br/><br/>Daredevil Robbie Knievel, son of the late Evel Knievel, rode his motorcycle against a stiff 30-mpg headwind over 21 Hummers, at the at Texas Motor Speedway  on Saturday.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>19</score><crdate>6/9/2008 1:17:02 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-09T01:17:02+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>57113</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57113/1/</url><title><![CDATA[52 Girls Removed From Texas Compound]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials from Texas Child Protective Services, escorted by state troopers, took 52 girls, ages 6 months to 17 years, from the remote retreat on Friday afternoon.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>208</score><crdate>4/5/2008 8:06:29 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-05T08:06:29+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>47503</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/47503/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Texas Is No. 1 Carbon Polluter In U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The headquarters state of America's oil industry spewed 670 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2003, enough that Texas would rank seventh in the world if it were its own country, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>255</score><crdate>1/16/2008 9:04:33 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-16T21:04:33+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1445</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/1445/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Last year's worst pass defence meets last year's best pass offense.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas A &amp; M's easy 4-0 record meets it's first real test Saturday against the Red Raiders.  Fireworks expected.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>28</score><crdate>9/28/2006 10:21:49 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-28T10:21:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>69279</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/69279/1/</url><title><![CDATA[5,000 gallons of molasses spill on Texas highway]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sticky mess has been cleaned up after an overturned tanker truck poured 5,000 gallons of molasses onto a major Texas highway.<br/><br/><i>Now THAT is what I call a &quot;sticky&quot; situation </i>]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>712</score><crdate>7/19/2008 12:32:10 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-19T12:32:10+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>70893</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/70893/1/</url><title><![CDATA[A gimme for texas troopers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snoop Dogg's tour bus was pulled over in Texas, two fall guys fall for posession.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>107</score><crdate>8/1/2008 10:51:48 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-01T10:51:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>73905</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/73905/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Texas Ballot: No Obama or McCain?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Section 192.031 of the Texas election code says that political parties must certify their presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the November ballot no later than 70 days before the general election.<br/><br/>Neither the Democrats or Republicans have filed, and the deadline has passed.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>71</score><crdate>8/28/2008 2:22:38 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-28T02:22:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>28402</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28402/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Lightning strikes twice in Texas Pick-3]]></title><description><![CDATA[An unlikely but possible event occurred this week in the Texas Lottery when the same numbers were drawn on two consecutive days.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>66</score><crdate>7/22/2007 9:27:42 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-22T09:27:42+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>72482</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72482/1/</url><title><![CDATA[North Texas school district will let teachers carry guns]]></title><description><![CDATA[A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes begin later this month.]]></description><comments>14</comments><score>430</score><crdate>8/15/2008 4:42:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-15T16:42:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>48244</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/48244/1/</url><title><![CDATA[F-16s at Scene of U.F.O. Sighting in Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the hype around a U.F.O. sighting in Texas garners an unusual amount of attention, a local Air Force reserve base stepped up on Wednesday with a statement that either completely debunks the story or fuels it further, depending on who you ask and when you ask them.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>130</score><crdate>1/24/2008 11:46:16 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-24T11:46:16+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>40171</id><url>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/40171/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Texas Independence Relay]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Texas Independence Relay is composed of 40 relay legs of various lengths, totaling 200 miles. The course starts in Gonzales, TX, where the Texas Revolution began, and it finishes at the San Jacinto Monument, where Texas Independence was won! <br/><br/>I'm trying to get the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/sports/f/1872/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Texas Chainsaw Repairmen</a> to run this one.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>32</score><crdate>10/31/2007 3:36:57 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-31T15:36:57+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>34566</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34566/1/</url><title><![CDATA[ Endangered turtle nests found in Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wildlife officials counted a record 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this summer on Texas beaches.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>101</score><crdate>9/5/2007 7:32:39 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-05T07:32:39+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>50672</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50672/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Sex Toys Now Legal In Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sex toys are now legal in Texas, after a 1970s law banning the sale of &quot;obscene devices&quot; was overturned in court.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>301</score><crdate>2/15/2008 3:15:36 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-15T03:15:36+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>68699</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/68699/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The foot bone's connected to the...]]></title><description><![CDATA[ankle?   Not if you live in Texas. <br/><br/>In the newest way to increase revenue, texas orthopedics (bone doctors) have sued to prevent podiatrists (foot doctors) from treating any aliments above the heel. 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