<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : states : 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>12244</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12244/1/</url><title><![CDATA[50 States in 10 Minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[That 192 countries quiz was WAY too difficult for us geographically-challenged Plimers(Plimates?)... If your ego needs a boost try one a little closer to home - unless you live in one of those other 191 countries.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>48</score><crdate>3/5/2007 12:03:55 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-05T00:03:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>93052</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/93052/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Increasing Number of States Declaring Sovereignty ]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Obama and Congress further extend the dictatorial reach of the federal government, expect more states to assert their rights under the Constitution and the Tenth Amendment.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>146</score><crdate>2/6/2009 2:51:43 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-02-06T02:51:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>130131</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/130131/1/</url><title><![CDATA[How to Get Cancer: Move to the United States]]></title><description><![CDATA[The risk of cancer for Hispanics living in Florida is 40 percent higher than for those who live in their native countries, a puzzling new study finds. The finding holds even after researchers corrected for the increase detection rates in the United States. And access to health care did not make things better.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>196</score><crdate>8/7/2009 11:53:52 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-08-07T11:53:52+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>82504</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/82504/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown.]]></description><comments>12</comments><score>461</score><crdate>11/21/2008 12:57:21 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-11-21T12:57:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>17692</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17692/1/</url><title><![CDATA[10 Steps to a Fascist America]]></title><description><![CDATA[An article from the Guardian.  It's a little hysterical in sections, but worth a look.]]></description><comments>23</comments><score>60</score><crdate>4/24/2007 12:42:05 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-24T12:42:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>82008</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82008/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Not-So-Nice Things Said About America]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are 10 quotes, mostly by Americans, that are actually quite critical of the United States, but succeed nonetheless in being both witty and funny as well.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>394</score><crdate>11/16/2008 6:24:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-11-16T18:24:22+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>126228</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126228/1/</url><title><![CDATA[College Grad Working 50 Jobs In 50 States In One Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[For three years after college graduation, Daniel Seddiqui struggled to land a job. So he shifted gears and went after 50, one in each state, for one week apiece.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>86</score><crdate>6/30/2009 11:08:06 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-06-30T11:08:06+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>31021</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/31021/1/</url><title><![CDATA[StaTetris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just Tetris, but with states instead of blocks.<br/>You can play the USA or Europe.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>56</score><crdate>8/10/2007 5:13:05 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-10T17:13:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>51633</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/51633/1/</url><title><![CDATA[U.S. Ends Protection for Wolves in 3 States]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration on Thursday announced an end to federal protection for gray wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, concluding that the wolves were reproductively robust enough to survive.<br/><br/>EDIT: When I first saw this article I thought it said &quot;gay&quot; wolves. Gray wolves are just not that interesting. My bad.]]></description><comments>15</comments><score>325</score><crdate>2/21/2008 10:31:32 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-21T22:31:32+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>36320</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36320/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite some people's theories, the United States' national motto, &quot;<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">In God We Trust</a>&quot; was not added to paper money by mistake.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>114</score><crdate>9/21/2007 1:09:07 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-21T01:09:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>120820</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/120820/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New National Report Shows Substantial Disparities in the Levels of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Problems Experienced among the States]]></title><description><![CDATA[The District of Columbia had the nation&#8217;s highest rate of past year cocaine use among those aged 12 and older (5.1 percent) while Mississippi had the lowest (1.6 percent).]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>143</score><crdate>6/7/2009 1:37:26 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-06-07T01:37:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>78161</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/78161/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The United States of Mind ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Certain regional stereotypes have long since become cliches: The stressed-out New Yorker. The laid-back Californian.<br/><br/>But the conscientious Floridian? The neurotic Kentuckian?]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>334</score><crdate>9/29/2008 11:14:57 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-29T23:14:57+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>105076</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/105076/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The 50 States Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[On 1st March 2009 all the images for the first assignment 'People' were submitted by the 50 photographers and published on the site.<br/><br/>*<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.50statesproject.net/alabama-people.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The photo site</a>*]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>344</score><crdate>4/6/2009 5:27:09 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-04-06T17:27:09+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>126274</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/126274/1/</url><title><![CDATA[10 Deadliest States for Drinking &amp; Driving]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that, on average, an American is killed by a drunk driver every 40 minutes?]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>274</score><crdate>6/30/2009 10:38:05 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-06-30T22:38:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>4052</id><url>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/4052/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Cricket - The National Pastime of the US?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cricket&#8212;now played by millions of people in 92 countries ranging from the Caribbean to Europe to Africa to South Asia&#8212;was once the national game of, yes, these United States. And one of the first outdoor sports to be played on these shores. An 1844 cricket match between teams from the United States and Canada was the first international sporting event in the modern world, predating the revival of the Olympic Games by more than 50 years.<br/><br/>Very interesting and informative article.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>1</score><crdate>10/22/2006 10:30:52 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-22T22:30:52+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>12249</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12249/1/</url><title><![CDATA[You can name the states, can you place them?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Easier than naming the countries at least.]]></description><comments>12</comments><score>63</score><crdate>3/5/2007 12:52:54 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-05T00:52:54+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>45923</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45923/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Dropping Out Of The Electoral College]]></title><description><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Electoral</a> College of the US has it proponents and its detractors. One possible replacement is the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">National</a> Popular Vote <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">(NPV)</a>. Maryland is the first state in the nation to pass laws to enact this system provided enough other states does likewise.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>230</score><crdate>1/3/2008 2:35:43 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-03T14:35:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>45213</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/</url><title><![CDATA[US Military Bases Around The World]]></title><description><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Military</a> of the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.defenselink.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">US</a> is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployments_of_the_United_States_Military" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">deployed</a> in many <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/maps/9.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">countries</a>. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, The War on Terror. The US has nearly 1.4 million active <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">personnel</a>, and over 369,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>99</score><crdate>12/25/2007 5:57:19 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-25T17:57:19+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>83429</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/83429/1/</url><title><![CDATA[49 States Flunk College Affordability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Highest grade: C]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>151</score><crdate>12/3/2008 4:19:40 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-12-03T04:19:40+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>58005</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/58005/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Can you name all 50 states in 10 minutes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Took me 4 1/2.  I got stuck on Wyoming.]]></description><comments>14</comments><score>290</score><crdate>4/12/2008 10:34:28 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-12T22:34:28+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>