<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : scratching : 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[Why scratching brings relief]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/49065/1/" /><id>49065</id><summary><![CDATA[Why scratching brings relief]]></summary><issued>2008-01-31T19:09:09+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-31T19:09:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[OH, it brings such blessed relief and now scientists can tell you why - scratching an itch temporarily shuts off areas in the brain linked with unpleasant feelings and memories.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[&#8216;Super lice&#8217; leave parents scratching their heads]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/75687/1/" /><id>75687</id><summary><![CDATA[&#8216;Super lice&#8217; leave parents scratching their heads]]></summary><issued>2008-09-10T15:44:39+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-10T15:44:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Stubborn parasites outsmart drugs &#8212; and mortify moms.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scratching stops your nerve cells]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/105008/1/" /><id>105008</id><summary><![CDATA[Scratching stops your nerve cells]]></summary><issued>2009-04-06T11:55:45+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-06T11:55:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists think they have figured out why scratching relieves an itch, something that has apparently never been fully understood.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Why you shouldn't drive with a cat in your lap...]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/59745/1/" /><id>59745</id><summary><![CDATA[Why you shouldn't drive with a cat in your lap...]]></summary><issued>2008-04-26T17:34:45+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-26T17:34:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[...especially one that likes to scratch.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Horse stranded on cliff foils would be rescuers...]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/57194/1/" /><id>57194</id><summary><![CDATA[Horse stranded on cliff foils would be rescuers...]]></summary><issued>2008-04-06T13:31:15+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-06T13:31:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[and joins herd on his own. Bewildered investigators are scratching their heads and plan to follow the trail to see how the horse got free.<br/><br/>Happy ending to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/animals/l/57118/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">dolly's earlier post</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pot plants found 30 feet up holly tree]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/129657/1/" /><id>129657</id><summary><![CDATA[Pot plants found 30 feet up holly tree]]></summary><issued>2009-08-01T12:10:06+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-01T12:10:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Police make marijuana busts every day. But a drug seizure in Westport has even the police scratching their heads. Several marijuana plants were discovered growing in a holly tree, about 30 feet in the air.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Semen allergy the seed of many problems]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41454/1/" /><id>41454</id><summary><![CDATA[Semen allergy the seed of many problems]]></summary><issued>2007-11-12T19:29:52+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-12T19:29:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;A simple check for a semen allergy involves applying semen to a soft part of the skin, say on the upper arm after scratching the skin, then waiting for about 20 to 30 minutes to see whether it causes redness or a rash to appear.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Explain This Image]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/101110/1/" /><id>101110</id><summary><![CDATA[Explain This Image]]></summary><issued>2009-03-20T14:07:57+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-20T14:07:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Have you ever seen a picture that simply makes no sense. Here we have collected pictures from around the web that left us scratching our heads and saying &quot;wut&quot;. See if you can explain what&#8217;s going on in the photos and read the explanations that other people write.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cat fight occurs outside the zoo]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27807/1/" /><id>27807</id><summary><![CDATA[Cat fight occurs outside the zoo]]></summary><issued>2007-07-18T01:44:28+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-18T01:44:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Two women got into a physical fight over a parking space in a crowded lot at a Minnesota zoo. Shoving, punching and scratching, as well as ripping shirt.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Priests Crack Coconuts on Devotees' Heads]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130216/1/" /><id>130216</id><summary><![CDATA[Priests Crack Coconuts on Devotees' Heads]]></summary><issued>2009-08-08T13:17:19+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-08T13:17:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Some religious rituals are so bizarre that they leave you scratching your head. This one, however, may lead to a cracked skull. Literally. Here&#8217;s the strange practice of cracking a coconut on devotees of Goddess Lakshmi.<br/><br/>Many of the visitors believe that it was the British presence in India in the 19th Century that spawned the idea for the festival.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Mystery Probed in Record-Setting Cosmic Explosion]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41668/1/" /><id>41668</id><summary><![CDATA[Mystery Probed in Record-Setting Cosmic Explosion]]></summary><issued>2007-11-14T20:41:46+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-14T20:41:46+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Last September, a supernova burst into a cosmic flame 100 times more intense than any event on record&#8212;and left scientists scratching their heads. Now, two new studies attempt to explain the remarkable explosion. One sets up the explosion with a cannibalistic star, while the other describes how colliding layers of jettisoned gas could outshine all other supernovae.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[ Woman Gets Surprise When Alligator Shows Up At Door]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34391/1/" /><id>34391</id><summary><![CDATA[ Woman Gets Surprise When Alligator Shows Up At Door]]></summary><issued>2007-09-03T20:11:15+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-03T20:11:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Emily McKenny said she heard a scratching at the side door to her house, looked down and saw the giant reptile's tail.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The scratch-proof car: Scientists create coating that repairs itself in the sun in 30 minutes]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/99481/1/" /><id>99481</id><summary><![CDATA[The scratch-proof car: Scientists create coating that repairs itself in the sun in 30 minutes]]></summary><issued>2009-03-13T09:56:57+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-13T09:56:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Motorists may never have to worry about scratching their paintwork again.<br/><br/>Scientists claim to have invented a 'self-healing' coating that repairs scuffs or blemishes on paint when exposed to sunlight.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[10 Archaeological Mysteries]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/47707/1/" /><id>47707</id><summary><![CDATA[10 Archaeological Mysteries]]></summary><issued>2008-01-18T16:05:57+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-18T16:05:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[No worries, not a boring history post, but some really interesting mysteries that have been puzzling men for centuries. Some of them really have me scratching my head.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How to piss a bunch of nerds off]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36698/1/" /><id>36698</id><summary><![CDATA[How to piss a bunch of nerds off]]></summary><issued>2007-09-25T14:32:17+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-25T14:32:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Less than 24 hours after die-hard fans finally got their hands on a copy of &quot;Halo 3,&quot; blogs brimmed with reports that special limited-edition packaging is scratching the video game disks.<br/><br/>Headline change thanks to <b>donteatpoop</b>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[GOLFER SWINGS FOR A HIT-THEN DUCKS &amp; COVERS -UP]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23530/1/" /><id>23530</id><summary><![CDATA[GOLFER SWINGS FOR A HIT-THEN DUCKS &amp; COVERS -UP]]></summary><issued>2007-06-12T10:32:58+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-12T10:32:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[John Daly assaulted his wife and then covered up the incident by scratching his own face and claiming she attacked him, Sherrie Daly alleges in court papers filed Monday and obtained by The Commercial Appeal.<br/>I CAN'T COME UP WITH THE JOKE FOR THIS ONE!!!!!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Box of beetles found in Pennsylvania Post Office]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/61987/1/" /><id>61987</id><summary><![CDATA[Box of beetles found in Pennsylvania Post Office]]></summary><issued>2008-05-15T20:16:00+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-15T20:16:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[After hearing scratching noises, the Mohnton postmaster sent a package to be X-rayed.  Inside were 26 really big beetles.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Man calls 911, says he is surrounded by police officers]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27626/1/" /><id>27626</id><summary><![CDATA[Man calls 911, says he is surrounded by police officers]]></summary><issued>2007-07-16T18:37:14+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-16T18:37:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[His call left the officers of the Largo, Fla., department scratching their heads. Alcohol seems to have been a factor.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Coffee or Postum? You decide]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11493/1/" /><id>11493</id><summary><![CDATA[Coffee or Postum? You decide]]></summary><issued>2007-02-24T10:00:20+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-24T10:00:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[You&#8217;re probably scratching your head and asking yourself, &#8220;What the heck is Postum?&#8221;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[American Idol Blows, Antonella Barba Thankfully Gone, Sanjaya Inexplicably Remains]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12701/1/" /><id>12701</id><summary><![CDATA[American Idol Blows, Antonella Barba Thankfully Gone, Sanjaya Inexplicably Remains]]></summary><issued>2007-03-09T21:13:32+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-09T21:13:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For a person whose singing voice sent my cats into frenzied teeth-baring, claw-scratching orgies of hatred, Antonella Barba sure seemed awfully surprised to be gone last night.]]></content></entry></items></xml>