<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : public : ATOM 0.3</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><entry><title><![CDATA[Man Sues For $1 Over Right To Wear Skirt In Public]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/112199/1/" /><id>112199</id><summary><![CDATA[Man Sues For $1 Over Right To Wear Skirt In Public]]></summary><issued>2009-05-06T10:07:16+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-06T10:07:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A man sued the New Orleans Police Department, claiming he was harassed by an officer who threatened to arrest him for wearing a black pinstriped skirt to municipal court. Jeremy Don Kerr is asking for $1 in damages, a ruling that his rights were violated, and an order against barring access to public facilities because of gender stereotyping.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[10 year old arrested for cat-fighting with her sister]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/122383/1/" /><id>122383</id><summary><![CDATA[10 year old arrested for cat-fighting with her sister]]></summary><issued>2009-06-12T20:36:36+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-12T20:36:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[When asked if the girls planned on fighting in public again, Desiree had a sensible answer. &quot;Not in public, but we're still going to fight like every other sister will,&quot; she said.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[City Drops Public Lewdness Charges Against 81-Year-Old Woman]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/130061/1/" /><id>130061</id><summary><![CDATA[City Drops Public Lewdness Charges Against 81-Year-Old Woman]]></summary><issued>2009-08-06T13:08:59+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-06T13:08:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Mobile, Alabama city officials dismissed a public lewdness charge against an 81-year-old woman accused of urinating in a public park when she couldn't make it to a bathroom.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Detroit Public Schools Book Depository]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/57903/1/" /><id>57903</id><summary><![CDATA[Detroit Public Schools Book Depository]]></summary><issued>2008-04-11T12:59:32+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-11T12:59:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Pictures inside this building where Detroit's public school system once stored its supplies, and then one day apparently walked away from it all, allowing everything to go to waste.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Lithuanians turn public toilets into traps for vandals]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/127182/1/" /><id>127182</id><summary><![CDATA[Lithuanians turn public toilets into traps for vandals]]></summary><issued>2009-07-09T16:28:35+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-09T16:28:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Anyone who happens to visit a public toilet in Klaipeda, Lithuania, should be careful not to spend longer than five minutes inside &#8211; after that time limit the doors will automatically be blocked.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The 20 Best Public Service Announcements of the Last 30 Years]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/131548/1/" /><id>131548</id><summary><![CDATA[The 20 Best Public Service Announcements of the Last 30 Years]]></summary><issued>2009-08-24T22:09:29+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-24T22:09:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[If it were not for public service announcements, would any of us know how to behave? I'm bored without my Plime.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Top 10 People Who Committed Suicide In Public]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/arts/l/47332/1/" /><id>47332</id><summary><![CDATA[Top 10 People Who Committed Suicide In Public]]></summary><issued>2008-01-15T10:58:51+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-15T10:58:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Romas Kalanta (February 22, 1953 - May 14, 1972) is considered a national hero of Lithuania, and is the subject of several books. Romas Kalanta set himself on fire in a public place in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas on May 14, 1972 in protest of the oppression of the Lithuanian language, culture and people by the government of the Soviet Union. At the time it was very difficult to tell the western world about this oppression, as the Soviet government made foreign communications nearly impossible.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Call for Italian-only public transport seats]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/113159/1/" /><id>113159</id><summary><![CDATA[Call for Italian-only public transport seats]]></summary><issued>2009-05-10T09:48:22+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-10T09:48:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[AN Italian deputy from the anti-immigration Northern League party has sparked controversy after he said public transport seats in his constituency of Milan should be reserved for Italians only.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The international jihad against tobacco]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33108/1/" /><id>33108</id><summary><![CDATA[The international jihad against tobacco]]></summary><issued>2007-08-25T16:57:25+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-25T16:57:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Cities, states, and countries all over the world are banning smoking in public, and I couldn't be happier.In fact, it's such a rout, it's getting out of hand.Now public opinion and governments have turned against tobacco.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[English language campaigners blast public signs]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35550/1/" /><id>35550</id><summary><![CDATA[English language campaigners blast public signs]]></summary><issued>2007-09-13T13:37:34+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-13T13:37:34+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Campaigners for the English language on Thursday attacked a growing tendency for &quot;obvious&quot; public information posters, such as a police sign urging people: &quot;Don't Commit Crime.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Man gets ticket for going topless in public]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/65251/1/" /><id>65251</id><summary><![CDATA[Man gets ticket for going topless in public]]></summary><issued>2008-06-12T23:56:15+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-12T23:56:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For only the third time in five years, Easton police have ticketed someone for going topless in public.<br/><br/>Easton Police Lt. Gregory Wright said people without shirts are considered a public nuisance.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Public Domain Children's Literature]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/arts/l/78775/1/" /><id>78775</id><summary><![CDATA[Public Domain Children's Literature]]></summary><issued>2008-10-06T10:55:54+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-06T10:55:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Baldwin Project seeks to make available online a comprehensive collection of resources for parents and teachers of children. Our focus, initially, is on literature for children that is in the public domain in the United States. <i>Really a huge collection of children stories and poems</i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Irrational Public Radio]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/14534/1/" /><id>14534</id><summary><![CDATA[Irrational Public Radio]]></summary><issued>2007-03-29T17:46:25+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-29T17:46:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[We love public radio. We are fans of <i>All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Car Talk, This American Life, Fresh Air,</i> and <i>Prarie Home Companion.</i>  We love them all dearly.  But we also think they're begging to be made fun of.  So <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.irrationalpublicradio.com/episodeguide.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a> we are.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[London Public Toilet]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/6005/1/" /><id>6005</id><summary><![CDATA[London Public Toilet]]></summary><issued>2006-11-17T02:55:18+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-17T02:55:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Here's a public toilet idea where the outside walls appear to be mirrors but on the inside the walls appear as glass where you feel like you are being watched.<br/><br/>Think I'd still have a bad case of &quot;stage fright&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[PRI's This American Life - Soon to be a Television Show]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/11217/1/" /><id>11217</id><summary><![CDATA[PRI's This American Life - Soon to be a Television Show]]></summary><issued>2007-02-20T21:55:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-20T21:55:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Touching and hilarious radio show is moving to Showtime.  Check the preview video.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Voting Machine Companies now Tabulating Votes, too]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/73166/1/" /><id>73166</id><summary><![CDATA[Voting Machine Companies now Tabulating Votes, too]]></summary><issued>2008-08-22T00:32:48+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-22T00:32:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Elections, if not run by the public, are no longer public.  <br/>2 links can be found on this page that provide articles/transcripts from Ellen Thiessen, a leading advocate of transparent, public elections]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Where to do &quot;IT&quot; in public in NYC]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/47080/1/" /><id>47080</id><summary><![CDATA[Where to do &quot;IT&quot; in public in NYC]]></summary><issued>2008-01-13T11:15:34+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-13T11:15:34+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Inspired by <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/47027/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this post</a>. More on <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/features/23457/naughty-by-nature" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">getting it on in public</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Don't Go To Prom]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/112825/1/" /><id>112825</id><summary><![CDATA[Don't Go To Prom]]></summary><issued>2009-05-08T17:42:33+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-08T17:42:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Christian High School in Ohio threatened a senior with suspension if he attended prom with his girlfriend--at <i>her</i> public school.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[ABC&#8217;s Awesome Saturday Morning Cartoon PSAs]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/121464/1/" /><id>121464</id><summary><![CDATA[ABC&#8217;s Awesome Saturday Morning Cartoon PSAs]]></summary><issued>2009-06-09T13:06:20+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-09T13:06:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A look back at ABCs slew of Saturday morning cartoon public service announcements.  See Time for Timer and The Bod Squad. <br/>Click on the links, a real blast from the past.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Public donates to UW scientist to fund backward-in-time research]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/23794/1/" /><id>23794</id><summary><![CDATA[Public donates to UW scientist to fund backward-in-time research]]></summary><issued>2007-06-14T04:06:41+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-14T04:06:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A University of Washington scientist who could not obtain funding from traditional research agencies to test his idea that light particles act in reverse time has received more than $35,000 from folks nationwide who didn't want to see this admittedly far-fetched idea go unexplored.]]></content></entry></items></xml>