<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : check : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.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>56185</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56185/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Patrick Combs was sent a phony advertising check for $95.000]]></title><description><![CDATA[So he deposited it into his bank account with a smiley face endorsement.  Funny that the advertisers who mailed it had included all the legal qualifications for a check instrument.<br/><br/>The bank cashed it - hilarity ensues.  <br/><br/>*This is a multi-page story, links to the next page are at the bottom in teeny text.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>503</score><crdate>3/28/2008 9:48:17 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-28T21:48:17+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>130544</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/130544/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Click a picture with the iPhone to deposit a check]]></title><description><![CDATA[Users of the iPhone can now use the camera of their phone to deposit a check into the bank thanks to a new service by USAA Bank. The bank has launched the new USAA Deposit@Mobile feature for the iPhone.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>158</score><crdate>8/12/2009 10:34:33 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-08-12T10:34:33+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>35363</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35363/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bank Robber Uses Own Check in Robbery]]></title><description><![CDATA[A note demanding money from a bank teller was written on a check that authorities said belonged to the suspect.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>111</score><crdate>9/11/2007 11:09:58 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-11T23:09:58+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>96954</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/96954/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Deputies &quot;bust&quot; woman after check for &quot;new boobs&quot; bounced]]></title><description><![CDATA[A local woman is under arrest on charges she used a bad check and then stolen credit card information to pay for her breast augmentation surgery.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>182</score><crdate>3/1/2009 2:13:32 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-03-01T02:13:32+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>68439</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/68439/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Mother Can't Take Her Severely Epileptic Son To School Until She Passes Criminal Background Check]]></title><description><![CDATA[She hires a taxi to take her son to school. She rides along to be present should he have an attack or otherwise needs urgent treatment. Because she takes a taxi, she is being forced to undergo a background check before she can accompany her son on his ride to school. If she drove herself, she wouldn't need one.]]></description><comments>13</comments><score>547</score><crdate>7/11/2008 9:50:38 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-11T09:50:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>96148</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/96148/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Cops: Man tries to steal laptop to check Facebook]]></title><description><![CDATA[Manatee County Sheriff's officers say a 19-year-old man snatched a Starbucks customer&#8217;s laptop after being told he could not use it to check his Facebook account.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>219</score><crdate>2/24/2009 9:01:46 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-02-24T09:01:46+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>121214</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/121214/1/</url><title><![CDATA[So you get a post-dated check and a suicide note, cash or cops?]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the back of a delivered envelope, in handwritten block letters, were six words: WAIT UNTILL [sic] YOU HEAR FROM CORONER.<br/><br/>Inside was a last will, and a post-dated check for $100,000.<br/><br/>They put it in the bank until after his suicide.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>646</score><crdate>6/8/2009 9:07:10 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-06-08T21:07:10+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>28967</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28967/1/</url><title><![CDATA[HELP FIND RILEY!!! The Yorkshire Terrier!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lost dog posters check! Organized searches of the area check! Private eyes check! News crews?? check! PSYCHIC?? Check!  Hired Helicopter? CHECK! Riley must be one speical dog.  Watch the video interview..the end is totally worth it.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>-3</score><crdate>7/26/2007 2:21:42 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-26T02:21:42+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>22164</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/22164/1/</url><title><![CDATA[$2.5M check wrongly sent to counselor]]></title><description><![CDATA[An errant computer keystroke led the state to accidentally issue a $2.5 million check to a school counselor&#8212;who spent thousands on cars, jewelry and electronics.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>69</score><crdate>5/30/2007 9:59:28 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-30T21:59:28+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>132123</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/132123/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Armless man fingered in check-cashing dilemna]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steve Valdez was shocked when he was told he had to put his thumbprint on a check. The check was written to him with the same address as his driver's license. He had two IDs with pictures, but the bank still required a thumbprint before it would cash the check.]]></description><comments>8</comments><score>575</score><crdate>9/1/2009 9:14:41 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-09-01T09:14:41+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>45790</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45790/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McDonald's Employee Returns $185,000 Check]]></title><description><![CDATA[He found it on the sidewalk and returned it to its owner.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>143</score><crdate>1/2/2008 11:22:23 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-02T11:22:23+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>83140</id><url>http://www.plime.com/sex/l/83140/1/</url><title><![CDATA[To use the Vac-Bed, place your bondage partner inside and check to see that they can breathe safely thru the breathing hole.(careful@work...or in the bed room) ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Latex Vac-Bed is a bondage restraint that connects to a household vacuum cleaner. It immobilizes the individual between two layers of 14 gauge latex rubber by sucking out the air between the &quot;sheets.&quot;]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>205</score><crdate>11/30/2008 1:20:35 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-11-30T01:20:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>60237</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/60237/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Man arrested for trying to pass a $360 billion check]]></title><description><![CDATA[The man told police he's starting his own record label and that he had been given the money by his girlfriend's mother to help him start it.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>208</score><crdate>5/1/2008 1:34:53 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-01T01:34:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>131891</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/131891/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Misery Index: A Reality Check]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the wake of the panic of 2008, finger pointing has become fashionable. According to some left-wing elements in the chattering classes, the free-market, entrepreneurial capitalist system caused the economic crisis.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>235</score><crdate>8/28/2009 5:41:34 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-08-28T17:41:34+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>49501</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/49501/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Mysterious Man gives a Mysterious Gift]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Couple sitting at a local bar they frequent is approached by a man who questioned if they had children. Indeed they did, so he sat down, and offered them a blank check with the opportunity to write any amount they wanted. The couple scribed $100,000 and it was theirs. Under 2 conditions.]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>452</score><crdate>2/5/2008 12:19:07 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-05T12:19:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>56052</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56052/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Man writes check on 2-ply toilet paper]]></title><description><![CDATA[This would be so cool if it were possible... Save money on printed checks from the bank]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>339</score><crdate>3/27/2008 11:29:23 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-27T23:29:23+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>76751</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/76751/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Pirates: A Reality Check - 9 Pirate Myths Examined]]></title><description><![CDATA[1. Pirates only fought as hard as they had to.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>246</score><crdate>9/18/2008 11:03:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-18T23:03:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>34190</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/34190/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Unsure of the facts, or sure and are getting questioned?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hope this hasn't been posted before, did a search but found nada.<br/><br/>Factcheck.org is a site where you can check your facts.  Seems to be only political (non-partisan) at this time and only goes back to 2003, much to my chagrin.  But still useful, especially in light of the upcoming elections.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>162</score><crdate>9/2/2007 6:30:31 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-02T18:30:31+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>35389</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35389/1/</url><title><![CDATA[ Bank robber uses own check in robbery]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man robbing a bank demanded the money by writing a note on one of his own checks, authorities say. Not surprisingly, he was caught soon afterward.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>24</score><crdate>9/12/2007 7:38:55 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-12T07:38:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64883</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/64883/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Comcast leaks woman's personal info on the internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman so fed up with her cable television provider that she offered a body part as payment is suing the company after a copy of her check, including personal and financial information, wound up in cyberspace.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>270</score><crdate>6/10/2008 12:00:37 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-10T00:00:37+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>