<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Texas state Senator Royce West gives convention center hotel sales pitch : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>Texas state Senator Royce West gives convention center hotel sales pitch : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Texas state Senator Royce West gives convention center hotel sales pitch]]></title><description><![CDATA[The controversial convention center hotel plan in Dallas has support from most local politicians, including state Senator Royce West, who has a hard time answering a question about the project.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/66840/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/66840/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator: China plans to spy on Olympic hotel guests]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Senate lawmaker accused the Chinese government on Thursday of ordering U.S.-owned hotels in China to install Internet filters that can spy on international visitors coming to see the summer Olympic games.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/60328/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/60328/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Democratic Convention &quot;Coming&quot; To Denver ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cities Businesses are expected to thrive, profits sore, but the one industry that is really going to take off, The Sex Business. Prostitutes are traveling into the city, as the 35,000 guests that arrive during a convention always drive up the illegal sex services. <br/><br/>(Dont worry Dems, the Republican Convention does it too...)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/49372/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/49372/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Man rips head off tame duck that lived in hotel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott D. Clark, a guest at the Embassy Suites Hotel in St. Paul, cornered the duck early Saturday morning, grabbed the bird and ripped its head from its body while a hotel security guard and others watched. Clark then turned to onlookers and said: &quot;I'm hungry. I'm gonna eat it.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36539/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36539/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[State senator caught speeding in school zone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senator John Goedde sponsored a bill to sharply increase fines in Idaho for speeding in school zones...<br/><br/>...Can you see where this is going?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57852/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57852/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Beatles-themed Hard Days Night Hotel opens in Liverpool]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visitors to Liverpool, birthplace of the Beatles, can rest their heads in the Lennon or McCartney suites at the Fab Four-themed Hard Days Night Hotel that opened Friday.<br/><br/>Hotel's website: <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.harddaysnighthotel.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.harddaysnighthotel.com/</a></div>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/49172/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/49172/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[California State Parks - Top Picks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gorgeous pictures of top california State parks]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20559/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20559/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;Houston, We Have A Problem&quot; Again - Gunman and Hostage Dead at Johnson Space Center]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gunman kills one male hostage and then himself. Police say the gunman had a hand gun. <br/><br/>5:25pm EST<br/><br/>Isn't NASA a secured facility? Apparently not.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17240/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17240/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Veteran Alaskan senator indicted]]></title><description><![CDATA[A senator is actually being indicted for receiving and hiding gifts including renovations on his home. Only shocking thing here is why only he and not the rest of the senate is being indicted. None of them are innocent.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/70496/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/70496/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldier Refused Room At Hotel]]></title><description><![CDATA[So you're on leave from a tour of duty in Afghanistan and go to visit a wounded colleague and go to book in at a hotel only to be told, &quot;Sorry we don't accept military personnel&quot;.<br/><br/>___________________________________________<br/>*UPDATE* <br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7598523.stm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Hotel says that</a>, &quot;the hotel had in recent months &quot;experienced some rather serious incidents&quot; resulting from the stay of personnel from a local barracks and staff had been requested to be &quot;cautious&quot; in taking future bookings from the armed forces.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/74848/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/74848/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Beatles Hotel gets mixed reviews]]></title><description><![CDATA[Costing some &#163;22 million, the Hard Days Night <i>(sic)</i> hotel in Liverpool is now open.  The low key Beatles styling has impressed some (such as in the article linked) but not others, as <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/news/article3333497.ece" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evinced</a> here.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50014/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50014/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Space Invaders attack the World Trade Center]]></title><description><![CDATA[The artist, Douglas Edric Stanley, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://kotaku.com/5039580/artist-explains-wtc-space-invaders-exhibit-at-games-convention" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">explains his reason </a>for the art installation at a games convention. More from <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">his website</a> including video link.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/73092/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/73092/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Hotel offers smashing good time]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Madrid hotel combined its need to refurbish its rooms and stressed-out city residents' need for an outlet, letting them take sledgehammers to their rooms and demolish it.<br/><br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/world/l/26095/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DUPE</a>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26288/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26288/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Las Vegas Hotel Reviews]]></title><description><![CDATA[Traveling to Las Vegas is usually exciting. It can be even better if you plan ahead a little and set things up around your budget, entertainment needs and location. Hotels in Las Vegas run from skanky cheap to absurdly extravagant.<br/><br/>Why settle for what your convention planners recommend, or the easiest hotel to find.  A trip to Vegas is worth taking the time to plan a few things.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23761/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23761/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[If Hotel Room Walls Could Talk(NSFW)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever wondered what happened in your hotel room the night before you moved in?<br/><br/>(If anyone can decipher the Cyrillic description, feel free to link to the original source.)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/67787/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/67787/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Deadly toxin found at Las Vegas hotel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police in Las Vegas, Nevada, are investigating the discovery of what they said is the deadly poison ricin in a hotel room.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/52528/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/52528/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince of Darkness Setting Up Christian Teen Center]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alice Cooper along with <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://srfrock.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">associates</a> is setting up a Christian Teen center to try and help at-risk teenagers channel their energy into a more positive direction.<br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/93624" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Link</a> with more info. CNN Video <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxcMN3im1sQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Interview</a>.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32391/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32391/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Two-headed lamb born on West Bank]]></title><description><![CDATA[The animal, dubbed 'Holy' by its owner, was born on a refugee camp on the West Bank.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81039/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81039/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Evicted guest can sue hotel]]></title><description><![CDATA[A guy checks into a hotel. Gets beligerent, causes enough problems that he is evicted. He was drunk, yet chose to drive home. He crashed and now is suing the hotel for kicking him out which caused him to drive home.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8389/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8389/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Maine's Largest Snowwoman Named After Senator]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world's largest snowwoman in Bethel, Maine has been named after Senator Olympia Snowe.  Standing at about 122 feet tall, she has trees for arms and skis for eyelashes.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/52448/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/52448/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Comic hotel room at the Arte Luise Kunsthotel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The artist's hotel; this whole hotel is beautiful, one of the best rooms has to be this comic room where the whole room looks like a frame straight out of a comic book.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/5863/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/5863/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>