<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Bloomberg Will Not Run, May Endorse Candidate : 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). 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But this is sounding more like a serious consideration.  I'm a supporter, especially if he runs with Chuck Hagel!<br/><br/>What about the rest of you... what do you think?]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>108</score><crdate>12/31/2007 1:41:35 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-31T13:41:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>4151</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/4151/1/</url><title><![CDATA['No building halt' at Ground Zero]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said construction work will continue at Ground Zero, despite recent finds of human remains at the site.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>6</score><crdate>10/23/2006 5:35:35 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-23T17:35:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>46607</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46607/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg getting serious about run  for president]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mike's team conducting extensive polls and analysis to determine a run for office as an independent. Hey Mike, try for governor first!<br/>Update to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45631/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">an earlier post</a>]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>100</score><crdate>1/9/2008 6:21:26 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-09T18:21:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>3604</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/3604/1/</url><title><![CDATA[NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Lexus Carjacked]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's personal employees was beaten by thieves who then stole the billionaire's car Wednesday morning in New Jersey, authorities said.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/18/2006 4:42:45 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-18T16:42:45+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>36773</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/36773/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Which candidate are you?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all want to be President, which candidate would you be?<br/><br/>Allegedly, 768 possible tickets.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>115</score><crdate>9/26/2007 10:01:56 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-26T10:01:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>45531</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45531/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg Seeks New Way to Decide Who Is Poor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Frustrated by the federal government&#8217;s method of determining who is poor, the Bloomberg administration is developing its own measure, saying it will offer a more accurate picture of poverty.<br/>Could be very good and long overdue if they can keep politics to a minimum.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>113</score><crdate>12/30/2007 10:07:07 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-30T10:07:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>63377</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/63377/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Michael Yon - Independent Journalist in Iraq]]></title><description><![CDATA[An amazing blog from an independent journalist experiencing first hand what is happening in Iraq.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>57</score><crdate>5/27/2008 7:19:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-27T19:19:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>55475</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55475/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Registered sex offender running for mayor in Wilmer, Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Caught soliciting 15 year old in an internet sting.  So he copped a plea so he had to register, but was not convicted.  That made him eligible to run for mayor.<br/><br/>*Yes the law says even if it was a cop on the other end, he was guilty of solicitation of a minor.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>149</score><crdate>3/24/2008 3:59:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-24T15:59:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>352</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/352/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Long-running Dispute Between John and Michael is Over]]></title><description><![CDATA[George Michael and Elton John had a fight.  John made a negative statement about George Michael's lifestyle which led to him being badgered by the press.  Now, John says they made up.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>19</score><crdate>9/15/2006 11:15:18 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-15T11:15:18+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>35801</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/35801/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Litvinenko suspect running in election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andrei Lugovoi, the former Russian agent wanted by Britain over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, is running for election as a candidate for the ultra-nationalist party led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>57</score><crdate>9/15/2007 7:49:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-15T19:49:22+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>